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cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr has our exclusive report. >> reporter: afghan soldiers starving, lying in dirty beds with festering wounds. denied painkillers. all of this at the kabul national military hospital, a hospital the u.s. paid more than $100 million to help the afghans run. >> things are simple as dressing changes are not done. patient become infected and they die. >> reporter: these days, a world away, skyler geller, a retired air force doctor, tends to his tennessee farm. >> this will be a little haven. >> reporter: from february 2010 to february 2011 he oversaw training of afghans at the hospital. these photos were taken by his american military staff. >> there are patients that are starving to death because they can't buy the food. they have to bribe for food. they have to bribe for medicine. patients were beaten when they complained about no pain med or no medicine. >> reporter: and you're not supposed to worry about that? >> that's what we were told. >> reporter: pentagon officials do not dispute that the photos from 2010 show hidden, but deliberate abuse by afg
cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr has our exclusive report. >> reporter: afghan soldiers starving, lying in dirty beds with festering wounds. denied painkillers. all of this at the kabul national military hospital, a hospital the u.s. paid more than $100 million to help the afghans run. >> things are simple as dressing changes are not done. patient become infected and they die. >> reporter: these days, a world away, skyler geller, a retired air force doctor, tends to...
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barbara starr, thank you very much for your reporting on that. and cnn has also just confirmed that 19 people still remain hospitalized from this shooting, 2 still listed in critical condition. we'll have much more on the shooting in colorado ahead in our next hour of "cnn saturday morning," which continues right morning," which continues right after this. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com that'll be $973.42. ya know, your rates and fees aren't exactly competitive. who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ spokesman ] when you refinance your mortgage with quicken loans, you'll find that our rates and fees are extremely competitive. because the last thing you want is to spend too much on your mortgage. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. ♪ and so too is the summer event. now get an incredible offer on the powerful, efficient c250 sport sedan with an agility control sport-tuned suspension. but hurry before this opportunity...disappears. ♪ the mercedes-benz summer event ends july 31st. ♪ your mouth has sipped, snacked, ...yell
barbara starr, thank you very much for your reporting on that. and cnn has also just confirmed that 19 people still remain hospitalized from this shooting, 2 still listed in critical condition. we'll have much more on the shooting in colorado ahead in our next hour of "cnn saturday morning," which continues right morning," which continues right after this. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com that'll be $973.42. ya know, your rates and fees aren't exactly competitive. who do you...
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thank you, barbara starr. he's author of in the lions den. andrew welcome back. >> thank you. >> let me begin with barbara's point there talking about the pentagon and concern with the chemical weapons. how would one stop them ahead of time? >> probably bomb them if they are on the move. it depends on where they're going. that's been a concern for the last couple of weeks about what is the regime doing and where are they moving them to. there's opinion a lot of reports and speculation. washington is really in a dilemma here. fp that material gets into the hands of a rump regime that's retracting, it can be used as a deterrant. it's a marble security threat. >> let me back you up. by the government, by assad saying he will not use chemical weapons against his own people, is this his way he learn add lesson that hussein did not learn? >> he's a complete ll lly errat person. he's hard to track him. what's interesting by saying he's not going to use them against his own people is that's great. what he is saying is i will use this against anyone t
thank you, barbara starr. he's author of in the lions den. andrew welcome back. >> thank you. >> let me begin with barbara's point there talking about the pentagon and concern with the chemical weapons. how would one stop them ahead of time? >> probably bomb them if they are on the move. it depends on where they're going. that's been a concern for the last couple of weeks about what is the regime doing and where are they moving them to. there's opinion a lot of reports and...
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barbara starr, cnn, tunis. >>> the man accused in the colorado shooting is in court tomorrow, a live report on what's expected coming up next. >>> the colorado suspect linked to a shooting rampage at a movie theater is due in court tomorrow. james holmes is expected to be formally charged in the case. 12 people died, 58 others were injured. dave mattingly joins us live outside the courthouse. dave, what are we expecting tomorrow? >> reporter: well, tomorrow the prosecution is going to set the tone with how this case is going to be heading through the courts here in colorado. what we're expecting to hear with 12 people killed, that's 12 potential premeditated murder charges we could hear tomorrow. 58 wounded in that theater could mean dozens of potential attempted murder charges. we're also going to be watching closely to see if there's any sort of decision made about the mysterious package the alleged killer sent to his psychiatrist at the university of colorado. that package now in the possession of authorities. the defense says that could contain privileged communication between a
barbara starr, cnn, tunis. >>> the man accused in the colorado shooting is in court tomorrow, a live report on what's expected coming up next. >>> the colorado suspect linked to a shooting rampage at a movie theater is due in court tomorrow. james holmes is expected to be formally charged in the case. 12 people died, 58 others were injured. dave mattingly joins us live outside the courthouse. dave, what are we expecting tomorrow? >> reporter: well, tomorrow the...
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barbara starr reporting from tunisia. the artillery includes a shop in israel, as the meeting with israeli counter parts, the defense minister ehud barak. he gave me a preview of what the agenda will be. sounds to me like you have a lot on your plate and i know you're getting ready to meet with secretary of defense leon panetta. >> i'm looking forward to it. he's a great friend and great friend of israel and great secretary of defense for america. and i highly appreciate him. i look forward to egypt, to iran. >> ehud barak. but the way, we're going to have much more of my exclusive interview with ehud barak coming up next, includinge ining his d description of the mission he was involved in avenging the munich olympic game massacre and how israel will, quote, in his words, settle the account with the people behind the recent attacks on israeli tourists in bulgaria." >>> also a major u.s. city choking under a huge cloud of dust for the second time in just days. male spirit present.trong it's the priceline negotiator. >>wha
barbara starr reporting from tunisia. the artillery includes a shop in israel, as the meeting with israeli counter parts, the defense minister ehud barak. he gave me a preview of what the agenda will be. sounds to me like you have a lot on your plate and i know you're getting ready to meet with secretary of defense leon panetta. >> i'm looking forward to it. he's a great friend and great friend of israel and great secretary of defense for america. and i highly appreciate him. i look...
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barbara starr, cnn. >> thank you, barbara. >>> well, the man accused in the colorado theater shooting is in court tomorrow. a live report on what's expected coming up next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with advanced haldex all-wheel drive. [ engine revving ] it's bringing the future forward. for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venture card. fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidence? what's in your wallet? [ all screaming ] watch the elbows ladies. [ all screaming ] i'm one of six children that my mother raised by herself, and so college was a dream when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was gonna to do it, but i knew i was gonna get that opportunity one day, and that's
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our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr is working that story for us. what are you seeing, barbara? what's going on? >> wolf, the question on the table today is russia changing its mind about syria. there has been good news. russia has agreed no new shipments into syria as long as the country remains so unstable. influential russian analysts saying if it came to it russia would not resist if there was military intervention inside syria. but russia is also making other moves with its ships and being call add flotilla. let's go to the map. there are a number of ships, at least four, that have left a northern port are making their way all the way around europe through the mediterranean on a journey to the syrian port of tartous. they are likely to be joined by other ships along the way in this flotilla. russia says it's all part of a training exercise. the white house says it's not too worried. but let's go to another map. there are two other ships, military cargo ships, also on the move from russia to syria. they are transiting today through the turkish s
our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr is working that story for us. what are you seeing, barbara? what's going on? >> wolf, the question on the table today is russia changing its mind about syria. there has been good news. russia has agreed no new shipments into syria as long as the country remains so unstable. influential russian analysts saying if it came to it russia would not resist if there was military intervention inside syria. but russia is also making other moves with its...
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here's what leon panetta told our barbara starr today in an exclusive interview. >> i'm sure deep down assad knows he's in trouble and it's just a matter of time. >> what would you say to him? >> i would say if -- if you want to be able to protect yourself and your family, you'd better get the hell out now. >> so did the u.s. government, other government agencies like your former agency, have operations in syria to help assure the security of the chemical weapons? >> again, i'm not going to comment on specific operations. only to tell you that we are taking every step possible to make sure that those chemical sites are secure. >> those chemical weapons, obviously, a major point of concern. one of many concerns. ivan watson's on the ground, inside syria. he joins me now. intense fighting in and around aleppo. both the assad regime and the opposition are claiming victories. what have you seen? what's the latest? >> reporter: with our eyewitness vantage point, what we saw was a rebel offensive that started at sunset sunday night. the rebels attacked the last syrian army checkpoint before
here's what leon panetta told our barbara starr today in an exclusive interview. >> i'm sure deep down assad knows he's in trouble and it's just a matter of time. >> what would you say to him? >> i would say if -- if you want to be able to protect yourself and your family, you'd better get the hell out now. >> so did the u.s. government, other government agencies like your former agency, have operations in syria to help assure the security of the chemical weapons?...
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barbara starr, thank you at the pentagon. >>> a subcommittee hearing that barbara was talking about, it's going to start at 3:00 p.m. eastern, and if there's any news that breaks out of it you bet your bottom dollar that you'll be hearing about it right here first on cnn. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> do you think it's only young people who abuse alcohol and drugs? you might want to think again because there's a new report out from the institute of medicine that says there aren't enough mental health and substance abuse experts who are trained to treat older people, and that if this doesn't change, it could really put a major strain on our health care system so why is this a big deal? because between 14% and 20% of
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barbara starr is live at the pentagon and we know that at least one of the men killed today is the equivalent of the u.s. secretary of defense. this is high up, and pretty big deal here. and how is the pentagon responding? h. >> well, suzanne, oddly enough, a press conference was scheduled earlier this morning by defense secretary leon panetta here at the pentagon and that was the question he was asked about. what about the fighting in damascus and the latest attack and we expected the usual d diplomatic answer and the administration is relying on diplomatic negotiations, and what we got was something different. >> we are very concerned about the increasing violence taking place in syria, and the tremendous loss of life with the associated increase of violence. the violence there has gotten worse, and the loss off life has increased which tells us that this is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control, and for that reason, it is extremely important that the international community working with other countries that have concerns in that area have to bring maximum pressure on assad to
barbara starr is live at the pentagon and we know that at least one of the men killed today is the equivalent of the u.s. secretary of defense. this is high up, and pretty big deal here. and how is the pentagon responding? h. >> well, suzanne, oddly enough, a press conference was scheduled earlier this morning by defense secretary leon panetta here at the pentagon and that was the question he was asked about. what about the fighting in damascus and the latest attack and we expected the...
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barbara starr has the latest. >> reaching out more every day, a senior u.s. official tells me the u.s. is stepping up its contacts with the opposition and in his words, playing more of an advisory role. what are we talking about here? well, this senior u.s. official says what's going on is they're talking to them more, vetting them more, trying to see what opposition groups could coalesce into some sort of more coherent force that can take over in syria, even talking about what defectors may know about what's going on inside of the country, all of it. the key question i think that comes to everybody's mind is is this moving into the realm of arming the opposition? we talked awhile ago to chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. have a listen what he had to say. >> we have been discussing a range of options for some time, among them would be assisting the opposition. i have never heard of any discussion about assisting them with lethal support. that is to say, the discussions that i have been involved with were about providing nonlethal support. >> that's the bi
barbara starr has the latest. >> reaching out more every day, a senior u.s. official tells me the u.s. is stepping up its contacts with the opposition and in his words, playing more of an advisory role. what are we talking about here? well, this senior u.s. official says what's going on is they're talking to them more, vetting them more, trying to see what opposition groups could coalesce into some sort of more coherent force that can take over in syria, even talking about what defectors...
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barbara starr is traveling with the secretary. she just finished an interview with him. barbara joins us on the phone to tell us what he said. hey, barbara. >> hi there, carol. we just finished 15 minutes interview with secretary of defense leon panetta. as you would expect, he had plenty to say about the syrian situation. one of the new things he's talking about is his belief that as much of the syrian military and security structure as possible should be preserved after assad falls. and he believes bashar al assad will fall. he talks about not making the same mistakes made in the past. a reference, of course, to when the iraqi military was disbanded very early on in that country fell into disarray. i don't think he's going so far as to talk about, you know, sort of the really hard core syrian fighters of the regime engaging in so much of the killing and vileants, but he said there's a need to try and preserve as much of the military structure in syria after assad goes. and he believes assad will go. he was really blunt, carol. he said assad and his family should fear f
barbara starr is traveling with the secretary. she just finished an interview with him. barbara joins us on the phone to tell us what he said. hey, barbara. >> hi there, carol. we just finished 15 minutes interview with secretary of defense leon panetta. as you would expect, he had plenty to say about the syrian situation. one of the new things he's talking about is his belief that as much of the syrian military and security structure as possible should be preserved after assad falls. and...
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let's head to the pentagon and barbara starr. what did defense secretary leon panetta say, barbara? >> carol, we just finisheda press conference with the secretary. he mainly in the past has left syria to the diplomatic side of the house. today, a very different tone, very different words from leon panetta. have a listen. >> it's obvious that what is happening in syria represents a real escalation in the fighting. and that all of the concerns that we've expressed about the need for assad to step down, the need for a peaceful transition, the need to achieve a peaceful solution to that situation, that by ignoring those appeals by the international community that the violence there has only gotten worse and the loss of lives has only increased. which tells us that this is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control. >> rapidly spinning out of control. carol, that is the first time we have heard that kind of assessment from the u.s. military from the pentagon. secretary panetta and the british minister of defense, who is also here today, also spoke about syria's chemical weapons
let's head to the pentagon and barbara starr. what did defense secretary leon panetta say, barbara? >> carol, we just finisheda press conference with the secretary. he mainly in the past has left syria to the diplomatic side of the house. today, a very different tone, very different words from leon panetta. have a listen. >> it's obvious that what is happening in syria represents a real escalation in the fighting. and that all of the concerns that we've expressed about the need for...
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here's barbara starr. >> don, an afghan woman killed, executed by the taliban because two taliban men had a dispute over here according to the governor of the the afghan province where the killing took place. amateur video very difficult to watch. we of course will not show the moment of death, but look, this is the ongoing brutality of the taliban. the local governor says the men involve accused her of adultery and then had her killed. that official says the men quote faked a court to decide about the fate of the woman and in one hour, they executed the woman. the two men involved were then killed by a third taliban commander. afghan officials say they are still looking for the others involved. there was a very strong and swift statement from the top u.s. military commander, general john allen, who said quote let's be clear. this wasn't justice. this was murder and an atrocity of unspeakable cruelty. the taliban's continued brutality towards innocent civilians, particularly women, must be condemned in the strongest terms, there has been too much progress made by too many brave aftgha
here's barbara starr. >> don, an afghan woman killed, executed by the taliban because two taliban men had a dispute over here according to the governor of the the afghan province where the killing took place. amateur video very difficult to watch. we of course will not show the moment of death, but look, this is the ongoing brutality of the taliban. the local governor says the men involve accused her of adultery and then had her killed. that official says the men quote faked a court to...
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here is barbara starr. >> a new worry about how far al-assad will go to keep his grip on power. the u.s. n
here is barbara starr. >> a new worry about how far al-assad will go to keep his grip on power. the u.s. n
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. >>> a military official tells cnn's barbara starr seven army soldiers and two marines will receive nonjudicial punishment while in colombia as part of president obama's security team. the nine are not being charged with criminal offenses. nonjudicial punishment refers to things like confinement to quarters or loss of rank or pay. though never publicly confirmed, some personnels were believe to have been involved in pursuing prostitutes. >>> ben bernanke was back on the hill today. lastly the like time he will face representative ron paul who has long advocated, end the fed. >> i want to agree with the basic premise that the federal reverse should be thoroughly transparent, thoroughly accountable, i will work with everyone here to make sure that's the case. but i do feel it's a mistake to eliminate the exemption from monetary policy into deliberations which would effectively, to some extent, create a political influence or political dampening effect on the federal reverse's policy decisions. >> chairman bernanke went on to add that having congressional investigators in the room whil
. >>> a military official tells cnn's barbara starr seven army soldiers and two marines will receive nonjudicial punishment while in colombia as part of president obama's security team. the nine are not being charged with criminal offenses. nonjudicial punishment refers to things like confinement to quarters or loss of rank or pay. though never publicly confirmed, some personnels were believe to have been involved in pursuing prostitutes. >>> ben bernanke was back on the hill...
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barbara starr's following the story. i asked her why the navy opened fire. >> reporter: erin, a u.s. navy supply ship in the persian gulf fired on a small boat apparently killing one person and wounding three others when this small boat came too close to the u.s. navy ship. navy officials, pentagon officials tell us that it may have been fishermen on board but in those busy and tense waters of the persian gulf, when a small boat approaches a u.s. navy ship and does not obey the signals to stay away and keeps coming, that they really have no choice but eventually, if they have to, to use lethal force to stop it. erin. >> all right, thanks to barbara. now we go to syria where fighting intensified today. the red kros announced the spread of violence means the entire country they say formally is now in civil war. ivan watson has been following the story and told me what this new fighting in damascus means. >> reporter: erin, ferocious gun battles have been raging in the heart of the syrian capital for nearly two days now acc
barbara starr's following the story. i asked her why the navy opened fire. >> reporter: erin, a u.s. navy supply ship in the persian gulf fired on a small boat apparently killing one person and wounding three others when this small boat came too close to the u.s. navy ship. navy officials, pentagon officials tell us that it may have been fishermen on board but in those busy and tense waters of the persian gulf, when a small boat approaches a u.s. navy ship and does not obey the signals to...
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barbara starr, what do you know about this? >> the pentagon is not commenting on this at all. but we spoke to an official who said yes, we the united states do believe that syria has moved some of its chemical weapons in recent days. they still believe the chemical weapons are still under the control of the regime forces, so that suggests that it was a planned decision by the syrians and you can see the sites are well disbursed across the country, to move some of them. this is causing a lot of concern because nobody knows exactly why the syrians did it. did they do it just to console late the facilities, are they doing it to taunt washington? are they god forbid doing it to prepare some kind of attack? that's beginning to worry a lot of members in congress. issued a statement saying in part, quote, loose chemical weapons in syria are exactly the type of opportunity al qaeda has been looking for. we cannot discount that the assaad regime could make a decision to use these weapons in an act of desperation and we must act accordingly. so a lot of concern growing about what exactl
barbara starr, what do you know about this? >> the pentagon is not commenting on this at all. but we spoke to an official who said yes, we the united states do believe that syria has moved some of its chemical weapons in recent days. they still believe the chemical weapons are still under the control of the regime forces, so that suggests that it was a planned decision by the syrians and you can see the sites are well disbursed across the country, to move some of them. this is causing a...
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want to bring in barbara starr to talk about what we know about a u.s. military supply ship fire on a small boat in the persian gulf. >> reporter: it happened earlier today, exactly the incident that worries the u.s. navy in the middle east so much. a navy oiler, a supply ship, fired on a small boat in the persian gulf near dubai when this small boat got too close. the navy tried, they say the crew tried to warn the craft to stay away. the ship, the small boat, kept coming. the navy eventually fired warning shots. they say the small boat still kept coming and finally the crew of the ussrappahanock used .50 caliber machine gingriches to disable the boat. one person was killed, three injured. this incident, you know, is -- it has happened before tragically. still remains to be seen whether the small boat was an actual threat. but when shethese small boats i get too close to navy ships they try to warn them to stay away if they keep coming they have no choice, they have to stop the boat. >> any information at all what kind of boat this was? where this boat
want to bring in barbara starr to talk about what we know about a u.s. military supply ship fire on a small boat in the persian gulf. >> reporter: it happened earlier today, exactly the incident that worries the u.s. navy in the middle east so much. a navy oiler, a supply ship, fired on a small boat in the persian gulf near dubai when this small boat got too close. the navy tried, they say the crew tried to warn the craft to stay away. the ship, the small boat, kept coming. the navy...