SAMBOLIN: Welcome back. Fifty-three minutes past the hour here. We're following a developing story happening now in Afghanistan. There are new violent protests on the streets of Kabul. Demonstrators rally for a second day now. They're angry over the burning of the Koran by NATO troops. U.S. officials have apologized for what they're calling a mistake. They say copies of the Koran that were confiscated from the detainee center had extremist messages written in them and that's why they were disposed of.</s>BANFIELD: The U.S. embassy is, right now, on lockdown in reaction to all of the street protests. And reports of increasing violence this morning are coming in. Four people reportedly killed by police. Ben Farmer is a journalist in Kabul. He joins us live now, and it's just sort of late in the afternoon where you are. I'm curious to find out if there are any additional measures right now that you've been able to see, concrete measures, to try to mitigate what is going on there and maybe stop the spread of this violent protest.</s>BEN FARMER, JOURNALIST: Police have deployed extra men on to the streets of Kabul and on to the streets of several other cities to try and stop these protests. We've seen at least five or six large protests today. The death toll</s>BANFIELD: Ben Farmer, thank you for that. And that is distressing news to say the least that the president of that country has condemned the burning of the Koran and not the violence that has ensued. That doesn't speak well to how this (ph) unfortunately.</s>SAMBOLIN: Still ahead on EARLY START, reliving the Lewinsky affair in a new documentary. It's a brand-new information. Does it focus too much on Monica, however? Soledad O'Brien is talking to a friend of the Clintons. She's going to share all the details of that. You are watching EARLY START.
New Protests Over Koran Burning