a full investigation to find out what happened. but, joe, i have to tell you, the u.s. military, reeling today from this very sad news. some two dozen or so special forces -- special operation forces killed in action and several military officials are now telling us that the majority of those special operations forces were u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, the types of forces that went on the osama bin laden raid. but these are very highly trained u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s and they do this very dangerous work all the time. this is what u.s. special forces do and have done for so many years now, conducting these assault missions into very remote areas of eastern afghanistan, mainly doing them at night by helicopter. very tough, very dangerous business. and today the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s may have suffered their largest single loss in combat that anybody can remember. at this hour, they are trying to

identify, make precise identification of all of those who were lost and get casualty notification officers out to families really across the country. as you know, military families are often quite spread out and they are going to try and get to all of them just as quickly as they can because this very sensitive news that it is navy s.e.a.l.s is now really spreading very openly and very publicly, joe. >> obviously all our military personnel are precious. but could you sort of explain to our viewers why s.e.a.l.s are special, if you will, what it is that makes them special. >> reporter: right. i think you raise a good point. in afghanistan, in iraq, all forces are at risk all the time, from someone who may drive a truck or be a cook to these commandos who do these dangerous missions. that said, special forces,

whether they are navy, army, air force, marine corps, these are some of the most highly trained commandos, the most highly trained in the u.s. military. a huge amount of money, training and expertise is poured into their careers so they can do these very dangerous missions. to go after insurgents in these remote, dangerous areas. and special forces are, to a large extent, carrying a very significant burden. they deploy time after time after time. they deploy six, eight months at a time. and all the indications are while we're talking so much about the withdrawal or the drawdown of the so-called regular forces, these guys are going to stay on the job. they will remain. no one's talking about drawing them down and they will remain to go on these counterterrorism assaults, to go after the

taliban, largely in eastern afghanistan where this took place, very close to the pakistan border, this is really the leading edge. the military likes to call it the tip of the spear. but this is the leading edge of u.s. combat power in these types of missions. and such a loss today will have ramifications throughout the u.s. military because these guys rotate. they don't just go to afghanistan. they don't just go to iraq. they operate off the coast of somalia. they conduct training mission around the world. special forces operate in -- i would estimate maybe 60 countries around the world, often conducting training missions with foreign militaries, trying to help them get up to snuff, get up to speed. a lot of what they do is reaching out to military services from africa to the philippines. so this loss will be felt very broad, very deeply across the special operations community, possibly for years to come, joe.

>> just want to zero in a little bit on the question of whether this was a crash or whether they were shot down. originally, there was some suggestion in the initial reporting that this might have just been an equipment malfunction. but we also now that the taliban are taking responsibility for it. has anyone given you any guidance at all as to whether this might have been an accident? >> reporter: right. at this point, all of these things remain under investigation by the u.s. military. it was a u.s. army chinook helicopter conducting this mission. it was a u.s. army crew flying the helicopter. so they will look at it. there were, in fact, some very official reports from the nato coalition that there was reports of enemy fire in the area of eastern afghanistan when this incident occurred.

whether it is -- the helicopter was brought down by enemy fire or it is the result of some sort of other accident is what remains to be seen. that will be clearly, rapidly the focus of the investigation because, of course, either way, chinook helicopters are one of the big backbones of the operation in afghanistan. they will have to find out if there is a problem with those helicopters or there is some vulnerability to being shot down that they did not understand. it will be very important for them to find out as quickly as they can what happened. >> given the fact that these are sometimes secret missions, i do wonder the likelihood of hearing from somebody from the pentagon or from any other military source over the next several hours trying to fill in the blanks for us here or do you expect them to sort of remain mum because we're dealing with

people who do secret operations? >> reporter: i think that for the next few days, there will be very little information coming out for one very crucial reason that i think most of us can understand. they are trying to notify the families. they want the families to get the details that they can offer them first. but you are right, joe. this is the most secretive world of the u.s. military. they often say very little. there will be a great reluctance on the part of the u.s. special operations command which oversees all of this to offer any details. and let me just point out, that has already begun. it was scheduled that this coming monday, the day after tomorrow, there would be a major ceremony at special operations command at mcdill air base in florida. they were going to have a change of command. the old commander, a navy

s.e.a.l., retiring. new commander, a navy s.e.a.l., coming in. in fact, the new commander is the man who organized the bin laden mission. and we have received word that that ceremony which is routine and always open is now going to be scaled back out of respect but also closed to the news media. and a lot of people are looking at this already quite askance. one source of mine saying, that's not a good idea f. they're going to ratchet back and close ranks that much, he believes that's handing the taliban a victory, saying the taliban will have succeeded in affecting what is otherwise routine business, open public business for the u.s. military. so we'll be watching this very carefully. there are a lot of sensitivities and everybody wants to be so respectful of the families. that is very much on everyone's mind. but people also do want to know clearly what happened here, such

a loss. such a huge, tragic loss. >> barbara starr reporting to us from washington. already there are reverberations as we still get the information in from afghanistan on exactly what happened. with us from washington, retired u.s. army general mark kemmit. general, ask you the question i sort of talked to barbara starr about. if this happened to have been all special forces, this certainly would have been a huge loss for the u.s. can you talk to us a little bit more about what makes special forces special, if you will, and some of the ways they're different from the rest of the military. >> well, it's really two ways. number one, the mission they have is special operations. they're going against the highest level targets and in many case, the most dangerous targets. regards to their training, the

military invests far more money into their training than they do for our conventional forces. these are people selected from the conventional forces and pulled out to go through additional training. in the case of army rangers, they go to a special army ranger force. but they're always training. they're self-selected from inside the military, the best of the best. and that's why they're given the toughest missions out there. >> so the terrain now, this is wardak province, it's to the west of kabul, steep mountain ranges, as i understand it, an area that can be very dangerous. we heard barbara starr talking about that a little bit. what do you know about this area and if you can venture a guess for us, what kinds of operations would u.s. special forces be engaged in in this area? >> well, i'm not going to speculate on the precise mission. but i did notice that on the icef public operational update today there was a report in that

same area that coalition forces had been going against some ied makers. there may be a connection between the two. but i think all of us understand the tremendous cost that ieds have had both in afghanistan and in iraq. that's the type of mission they might want to send a special operations force up against. >> this chinook helicopter, a slow-moving helicopter, if you will, is this the best aircraft to be moving around in the region or is it the only kind of aircraft you could use given the situation? >> no, i think that was a tactical decision. the ch-47 is a large transport helicopter, goes about 175 miles an hour. can hold up to 55 troops. it's a workhorse. it can be used to transport ammunition. it could be used to pick up

howwitzers. for that type of environment probably nothing is better than using a ch-47. >> if this is, in fact, mostly special forces, mostly navy s.e.a.l.s, as has been suggested, in your view, can you sort of give us a little bit of context of how serious a loosz this loss this is to the united states military? >> by my recollection, there are probably seven s.e.a.l. teams in the country. i don't know the exactly number in each s.e.a.l. team but probably not less than -- not more than a couple of hundred at the most. so when you start talking a total s.e.a.l. population of perhaps under 1,000, if, in fact, you've lost two dozen, it's not solely a tragedy for the families, and it's a tremendous tragedy and our

hearts go out to those families. but there will be an operational consequence to the s.e.a.l. community of losing that large number. >> thank you so much, general kimmitt. appreciate you coming in. we'll try to stay in touch with you and would like to come back to you down the road as the situation warrants. thanks again. moving on, are we in for higher interest rates? are mortgage rates, car loans and credit card rates. the u.s. has been downgrading.

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of america's credit. the head of the committee says this downgrade could have been avoided and he lays much of the blame on congress. >> it could have done a few things. raise the debt ceiling in a timely manner to avoid this to begin with as it has done 60 or 70 times since 1960 without that much debate. so that's point number one. and point number two is it could have come up with a fiscal plan similar, for example, to the bowles-simpson commission which was bipartisan, although it didn't have a super majority vote. it did have a majority vote and came up with a number of sensible recommendations. you could envision other recommendations. but that would have been a start. >> the fallout from the credit downgrades being felt from washington to wall street to main street. let's bring in fleeelicia taylo and athena jones from washington.

we heard this guy, but do we have a full feel for why standard & poor's reduced america's credit rating? >> we heard a couple of things. number one, they were looking for the raising of the debt ceiling which actually happened but didn't happen in a timely manner. so that's frustrating to see and watch the wrangling continue in washington. the other thing they were looking for, which was very specific, was a credible plan to tackle the nation' debt. they didn't really get that. they were looking for a number of $4 trillion. so far, we only have spending cuts of about $900 billion. there's a big gap there that they were looking for. when they didn't actually see that, it look like there's any cohesion of the policymakers in washington to tackle the nation's debt problem. that's why s&p downgraded the u.s. >> felicia, stay right there. athena, this president has been referred to as "no drama obama." how are they reacting to this

news? >> well, the administration is certainly not happy. we haven't seen anyone come on camera yet to respond to that. but we got a written statement from the white house press secretary jay carney a short while ago responding to this s&p downgrade. interestingly enough, it doesn't actually mention the words standard & poor's in the release. but they're addressing some of the same concerns that standard & poor's raised in their support on this decision. so carney says the deal to raise the debt ceiling took too long, both parties need to show their commitment to working together. i'll read one line from what he said. over the coming weeks, the president will strongly encourage the bipartisan fiscal committee as well as all members of congress to put our commitment to a sounder long-term fiscal path above our political and ideological differences. he's calling on this special commission that this debt ceiling deal is going to form, this committee of republicans and democrats, to tackle the big

problems down the road in terms of ways of reducing spending like tax reform and entitlement reform. he's urging them to work together to convince people like s&p and the whole world that they can do that, they can work together. >> felicia, not to oversimplify, but the white house essentially said that standard & poor's had a mistake in the u.s. credit report and it was about a $2 trillion mistake. so let's talk about this error the u.s. said standard & poor's made and why they're still downgrading u.s. debt anyway. >> well, the error, obviously $2 trillion is quite a hefty number. the point, though, is that wasn't what s&p was looking at, frankly, in terms of whether or not they were going to make this decision to do a downgrade. this is really about the future. this is about the future of the economy. s&p has called the american government basically broken, calling it less stable, less effective and less predictable. the word predictable is important because they want to

see a government that works together and comes to decisions from both sides of the aisle. this isn't just a republican problem or a democratic problem. it's both sides of the aisle that have to come together. the markets don't want to see anything other than predictable. they don't like to see uncertainty. that's why you saw this kind of whipsaw reaction, this roller-coaster ride on friday, not really sure. for the last eight or nine days, not really sure why congress couldn't come together and make a cohesive decision about how to reduce spending in this country. the s&p did make a mistake in terms of that $2 trillion number. but their focus is down the road and whether or not this country can get it together and start creating a credible recovery and see some jobs growth. that's the other part of this. there isn't really jobs growth in this country yet. and that's crucial in order to get a recovery. this is about raising interest rates on individuals in this country. and that's very serious when it comes to car loans, home mortgage payments, education

loans, even credit card interest payments. all of that now steps up, making this recovery just that much more difficult and protractive. >> athena, the last question is for you and we'll leave it there. what on earth is the white house going to do or can they do at this stage? the congress is out of session, at least until the first week of september. what are they going to do? >> well, that's the real question. it's not as though when standard & poor's lowers the credit rating, they're going to immediately raise it again. so everyone's looking to the future. what's interesting is that aaa credit rating is a grade. and at the same time that the standard & poor's lowered the u.s.'s grade, you could consider them grading congress and giving them a "d" for dysfunction. all throughout their statement, they talk about what's happened in congress, this long, drawn-out debate to reach this debt ceiling deal. and that's left them pessimistic that the two parties can come together and agree on cuts that

are going to be necessary to get these big, big cuts. so it's hard to say what's going to happen, say, on monday or when the asian markets open tomorrow. but certainly it's not going to change overnight this grade. it's all going to take these two parties coming together, which is what the white house is urging, joe. >> athena, felicia, thanks so much for that reporting. we were all working on this last weekend and we thought it was over, but it's not. so let's stay tuned. >> oh, no. patience can be key when you're trying to get the best travel deal. that's especially true when you're bidding for the best price. alison kosik is on the go. >> reporter: when the phone rings in the priceline commercia commercials, it's william shatner to the rescue. but in the real world, how do you find a hotel deal on travel sites? >> what i do with hotwire and priceline is i go to hotwire and

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court is back in session in san angelo, texas. the jurors who convicted warren jeffs earlier this week are listening to more testimony before deciding his punishment. let's bring in our legal guys. avery friedman is in cleveland.

and richard herman joins us from new york. so warren jeffs -- this is the polygamous sect leader found guilty of sexual assault of young girls. he has all these spiritual wives, he says, and the jury deliberated only about three hours. avery, start with you. did that surprise you at all? three hours in what seems to be a case with massive amounts of evidence? >> well, it would have been much longer except he didn't put a defense on. it really i don't think was a surprise to anyone. what we learned in the trial is that warren jeffs in his yearning for zion, he wasn't yearning for zion, he was yearning for children. the evidence was overwhelming. there was no question we were looking at both a sexual assault and then aggravated sexual assault. that's what the jury is thinking about right now in penalty, joe, because they are now hearing evidence from many of the people that went through these

experiences, personal sexual experiences as children. and that evidence will continue to be presented all the way through monday, probably up to tuesday when they'll finally make a decision on how long he's going to spend in jail. you're looking at life, i think. >> do you agree, richard? this is a case where you've got all this evidence. we're probably going to reach some type of decision on the sentencing phase around tuesday. do you think this is life in prison? >> joe, if they could give him more than life, they would do that. this guy made a big mistake. he messed with texas. and you don't want to do that. so now this ex-prophet, current child rapist who is going to get sentenced is going to get hammered by this jury. the tape recordings that were played to this jury were devastating. it was not a complex case, joe. it was a streamlined prosecution. other prosecution should learn from this -- orlando.

anyway, it was a streamlined prosecution and the jury just ate it up. it was a horrific case. and avery's right. he put on no defense. he sat there like a lunatic. he fired all of his attorneys. now during the sentencing phase, he stands up in court and tells the judge, remove me from the court, i can't see my religion persecuted like that. put in one of his old attorneys to represent him. it's brutal. now the testimony that's coming in is devastating, joe. this jury is not going to tolerate it. he's facing 90 years on the 12-year-old and 22 on the 15-year-old. he's going to get it all. >> but, look, you said it yourself. this is a guy who didn't put on a defense and there's something called inadequate representation, of course. so when we get to the appeal stage of this thing -- >> wait a minute, joe. wait a minute. this guy burned through seven lawyers in six months, joe. >> well, i'm just saying. >> he was given that opportunity.

i think what you're really looking at here is -- the credit has to go to the judge who was very careful, especially for example in closing arguments. mr. jeffs, you've got 20 minutes. mr. jeffs, you've got 15, 10, 5. and he stood there trying to stare down the jury. and here we are in penalty and he asks to leave. judge walter has been very careful in ensuring the integrity of the record. >> he's not a lawyer either. what does he know about the law and representing himself, richard? >> but, joe, before the united states constitution was ratified, individuals had the absolute right to represent themselves in court. it's absolutely in our history from before the constitution. so he had the right to do this. the judge questioned him on it, are you sure? you should have counsel. i'm recommending you have counsel. it's a bad idea to represent yourself. and some great attorneys, clarence darrow represented himself. other attorneys tried to do it

in the past, including yours truly. but he wasn't convicted. they said, leave california, and we'll drop everything. and that's what clarence darrows did. he was fully apprised. he decided to do it. it's not going to be reversed because he represented himself. it may be reversed because of the search warrant and the information that was allowed into evidence in this case -- >> but there was no objection to it. how can it be reversed if there was no objection to it? whether it's tainted evidence, there has to be an objection interposed. there was none. >> you mean on appeal a court just can't take a new look at the evidence and say, okay, this was a constitutional violation? they can't do that? >> well, yeah, that's a legal standard. but the fact is that the judge has been careful in building that. it's a fact question. and that tainted evidence might have gotten in. but there were no objections interposed to it. so i think it stands. i think it's part of the conviction. i think it stands.

>> i don't know, joe. they let in a lot of evidence. they let in those recordings. they were damning. without those recordings, i don't know if he gets convicted. very tough evidence that the judge let in on a fictitious call that led police in to do a raid. it was clearly a fictitious call by someone who was not even there. >> let me cut it off right here, guys. but don't go anywhere. in about ten minutes, you get to talk about casey anthony again, this time for her probation for check fraud. the governor of texas on stage right now at a prayer service in texas. live report coming up. people told me i wasn't going to do anything. and i just decided i have more to offer than that. i put myself through nursing school, and then i decided to go get a doctorate degree. university of phoenix gave me the knowledge to make a difference in people's lives. my name is dr. kimberly horton. i manage a network of over a thousand nurses, and i am a phoenix.

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an update on our top story right now. new information on the deadly helicopter crash in eastern afghanistan. calling it a big loss. u.s. military officials are now saying a majority of those killed were navy s.e.a.l.s. afghan president hamid karzai says at least 38 people were killed, 31 of them u.s. troops. the taliban claimed their militants shot down the chopper. but that has not been confirmed. standard & poor's' decision to downgrade the u.s. credit rating is generating strong reactions in washington. the agency lowered the rating from aaa to aa-plus, citing the recent debt deal. it says the agreement failed to make needed spending cuts and revenue hikes to lower the long-term deficit.

the obama administration says s&p's decision is flawed because the agency miscounted the size of the debt. we're also keeping an eye on syria. in particular the city of hama. witnesses say more than 50 people were killed there yesterday when a government tank fired on protesters near a hospital because of all the shelling. mourners reportedly are scared to travel to cemeteries outside the city. so they're burying their dead in their back yards. thousands of people are attending a huge religious service in houston right now. they're praying for divine intervention to solve the country's problems. texas governor and potential presidential candidate rick perry is hosting the conservative christian event. and it is not sitting well with some. jim acosta is live at the service. jim, let's talk a little bit about perry's involvement and why it's yoefl. why it's controversial.

>> reporter: texas governor rick perry is on stage right now. as you know, he is a potential gop contender, a republican party activist would like to know very much whether or not he's going to jump in this race for president. and his aides say he should have a decision close to the end of the summer. in the meantime, he is holding this religious gathering here in houston, texas, inside the reliance stadium, a football stadium that holds 71,000 people. organizers of this event say about 25,000 people are on hand so far. that number has not been independently confirmed. i can tell you so far, joe, this event has been pretty much about prayer and not politics. governor perry is few moments ago said god is not wise enough to be affiliated with any political party. but he talked about some of the economic struggles happening in this country right now. that his heart breaks for people who have lost their homes and their jobs and who have lost hope. so there is a slightly political

message that is mixed in with the prayer here. as you can see behind me, on stage right now, the texas governor is leading this crowd in a few moments of prayer here. this event will be going on into the afternoon. there are some pastors here who have raised some controversy over the years, made controversial statements over the years. and because of that, there are protesters gathered outside of here. those protesters, joe, are worried about some of the comments made by some of the pastors on hand here who have made some controversial statements about homosexuality and even made some comments about catholicism and some jewish groups in this country. the protesters worry this is an exclusive event. >> it's probably pretty hard for you to hear, but do you know if the turnout here has sort of reached the expectations that

were set by the organizers? >> reporter: i think they had hoped at one point to be able to fill this stadium. andly tell you that just in the couple of days before this event, they were telling us, the organizers, that there were only about 8,000 people who have signed -- who had signed up online to attend this event. but they appear to have gone beyond that at this point. they have started to fill sort of the mezzanine level, if you will, of this stadium. and you can see there are folks who have moved into the upper portions of the stadium. but this section of the stadium where the event is being held has been sort of carved off and sealed off from the rest of the stadium. so it does look a little bit bigger on tv than it actually is at this point. they're not anywhere close to filling every one of the seats in this 71,000-seat stadium. but it is a big crowd, nevertheless. >> jim acosta, thanks so much for that.

casey anthony, could we see her back in orlando? our legal guys are coming back to talk about her latest court battle. [ male announcer ] succeeding in today's market requires decisive action. i go to e-trade and tap into the power of revolutionary mobile apps to trade wherever. whenever. life isn't fully experienced sitting idly by. neither is investing. [ birds chirping ]

casey anthony, heard that name before?

she's going to have to return to orlando to serve probation for a previous conviction, perhaps. our legal guys are back. avery friedman in cleveland, richard herman in new york. so, guys, this obviously goes back to 2010. she pleaded guilty to check fraud in exchange for probation. tuesday a judge ordered her to report for that probation. lawyers appeal. the case is then turned over to judge bell vin perry who presided over the murder trial. can you unravel this for me in simplified terms? what's going on with the woman's probation and why is it even an issue? start with you, avery. >> i think i can make this real simple. january 2010, a judge puts her on probation, florida probation says she's on probation. she satisfied it. the judge then goes on television with an active case, joe, can you believe this? on a show that as its theme the

rabid presumption of guilt. and then after 19 months says, oh, it starts after she gets out of jail. the next day, chief judge perry did the right thing, held it up. what he's saying is it's a mess, no florida precedent. what he's thinking is, what's the matter with that judge? judge perry's going to resolve the whole thing. she's not going to be on probation. >> go ahead, richard. >> go ahead, joe. >> what happened was judge strickland was the judge who handled that criminal case. he sentenced her to time in prison and then to commence her probation upon release from prison. that's what he said verbally from the bench. when he signed his order, it did not say upon release from prison. so probation took the case immediately, began to supervise her. she completed it january 24,

2011, they issued her a letter saying, you have completed your probation. at that point, judge strickland said, whoa, i didn't mean for this to happen. he tried to undo it. he had 60 days to modify his order. he did nothing. it's too late. judge perry has this mess in his lap. he's going to hold that she did her probation. she doesn't have to do it again. if it's not casey anthony, if it's just someone else we don't know, would they make that person redo probation? florida does it. they give probation to people who are incarcerated. she's not going to get a redo. judge perry will decide by wednesday of this week. >> but you can still do administrative probation, right? tell me what that is. >> do you know what that means? that means the judge supervisors instead of a probation officer so that we're not going to have a disclosure of where she is, what she's doing. that's an option for judge perry. i don't think he's going to do it. i think he's going to end the probation, move forward. that's it.

>> wow. so there's also this issue in alabama. you guys are familiar with this obviously. we have the immigration law situation, justice department trying to stop the state from enforcing a law that takes effect the first of next month. let's talk a little bit about this argument which we've heard before in some other states that have passed some really strict immigration laws. richard, start with you. >> yeah, joe, the governor in alabama has said 1 out of 10 citizens in my state are unemployed. i am not going to allow this state to be a sanctuary for illegal residents. i'm going to impose those laws, we're going to enact these laws that are going to require schools to affirmatively determine if students are papered here in the united states. if they're not, they're supposed to call the police and have them detained. if you transport or harbor someone who is not properly in this country, that's a crime.

and if you employ someone who is not properly within this country, you face strict penalties. this law may run contrary to the federal statute. the supremacy clause control this is. the federal government is going to step in again like they did in arizona and in georgia to block these types of laws -- >> but you know what, frustration doesn't justify violating the constitution. those folks in montgomery knew about the court of appeals in san francisco and in philadelphia. it's clearly, openly, mindlessly unconstitutional. 74-page motion, look for an injunction being entered by the federal district judge. that law will not take effect on september 1st. it will not happen. >> isn't this just the kind of thing that all you're trying to do is raise the profile of the issue and see how close you can push it to the supreme court?

>> that's exactly it, joe. and the states are prepared to modify and tweak the statute to comply with whatever the judges say. but it is a wake-up call, again, to the administration, to congress to do something about this. and they just seem paralyzed with the debt situation. >> you don't do it in obvious violation of the constitution. joe, this is a political decision made in montgomery, not a legal or a constitutional one. and these people are swarn to uphold the constitution. so whatever deficiencies are occurring by congress or even the administration, that doesn't justify enacting a law like this. when the legislators now the federal courts have consistently held what they put together is unconstitutional, it is actually a terrible thing to do. congress has to get moving on it. but that doesn't justify what happened in alabama. >> sure sounds like the states are in a fighting mood. and it's not just alabama. arizona is at least one more. >> you're right. >> thanks so much, guys. >> and georgia. >> there you go.

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