>> i'm greg gutfeld. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. i want to find out what your thinking was. i want to find out what your feelings are. and did you learn anything. >> well, i have learned that geraldo is live and at large in afghanistan starting right now! >> this is a fox news alert. hello, everybody, i'm geraldo rivera in camp hans at the base for the third battalion sixth marines. we are here to tell the story of the efforts of these marines to bring normalcy to the once taliban occupied province. the center of opium production here in afghanistan but we have this fox news alert we have just received word that three italian medical workers are among nine people arrested in an alleged plot to kill the

provincial governor. i'm not kidding about this. we are just getting word that the three italians who worked for the emergency center for civil war victims are among nine detained listen to this in the alleged plot to kill the governor. we met him several days ago in the raid on the emergency clinic the authorities, the afghan authorities say that they have seized suicide vests, hand grenades, pistols and explosives. now, this italian group has been in the country since 1999. they run 28 health clinics here. they run a maternity clinic and three surgical centers. the afghan authorities are saying that this was a plot associated with the taliban and one hatched in pakistan. so we will continue to follow these bizarre developments of

this alleged plot which is sure to complicate our already strained relations with the government of president hamid karzai. he is already feeling xenophobic and feeling already as if the united states are forcing him to crack down on drug smuggling and corruption. and now comes word that one of his key aides the target of a bizarre plot by medical workers, an asass nation plot. the group based in milan, italy denies involvement in any alleged plot. we will follow up on this and i will tell you as the program progresses of the wonderful work being done by the marines in the third battalion. now, let's go to kimberly in new york. the news on everything from tiger woods to the tea party express.

kimberly, back to you in new york. >> thanks, geraldo. we begin with a tea party express victory lap around the great state of michigan. this started with the campaign to oust an obama care congressman and ended with a resignation celebration. >> congressman bart stupak, you have betrayed our constitution. you sold us out on the healthcare vote and now it is time for you to pay the political price. >> i inform the democratic leaders and key supporters that i would not seek reelection to the congress. i'm not afraid to do the tough vote and with it you get all the outside noise. those threats, the 3:00 in the morning phone calls, threatening us. >> join the tea party express as we send bart stupak packing for an early retirement. log on to teapartyexpress.org as we fight to defeat bart stupak.

>> as you can see, the congressman's retirement hasn't put a damper on the tea party. instead it seems to have reinvigorated the movement as thousands attended rallies throughout the state of michigan today including saturday night live alum any victoria jackson and home improvement's jim mariella who joined the celebration and here in studio in new york city is governor mike huckabee host of fox news channel hit show "huckabee." i watch it every night, three times. do you believe that the tea parties are the reason for stupak pulling the rip cord, he is out? >> i think it had a big impact on it. there is no way stupak can go to the podium and say i decided i wanted to spend more time with my family. he has been in congress 18 years. he knew he had a family. it wasn't like he woke up and said who are all these people in my house. there is no way that he can plausibly say that this is something that he evolved into, the pressure, the fact that he sold out democratic prolife

colleagues and got caught for it and that the tea party was breathing down his neck. he knew he was going to leave congress. did he do it by his own hand or by the voters and he made a wise decision. >> victoria, take it away. what do you think? >> i got on a plane from l.a. to seattle to chicago and took a cab trying to get stupak not to go back to congress and i found out he quit. yeah! >> yeah, it worked. >> i think he was scared because there was an italian guy named jim labriola on the bus. that scared him. >> you frightened him, right? >> i frightened him. >> i want to know what the bribe was that obama gave him secretly. like was it a million bucks. maybe that is why he is retiring. >> a million bucks. that is a lot of cash. is it worth it, jim? >> soon we will find out what the bribes were. >> i just want to say they call this tea party racist, too. and i got to tell you how

racist it is. i'm on a bus. i just started joining them. i'm on a bus. a chinese guy. a mexican rapper, a black guy, two blondes and what was the other. >> the bus driver. >> and a jewish guy. the other white guy was the bus drive. here is our mexican rapper politic. he is awesome. he is on the tour with us. >> that is how racist they are. can you believe it. >> like the united colors of benetton, everything is represented. this is the movement with the faces of all americans and not just like some angry crazy white people. >> do i look like a crazy white guy to you?gry >> we all want one thing. freedom. we don't want the government to control everything and the government is taking over now and it is not allowed. we are firing the whole congressing. >> what do you say about that, governor? people are fired up about this and feel excited that their voices are being heard. thethey are having what they sm

to thing is a transformational effect of the way government is being run today and the people accountable in d.c. >> the greatest danger is i hope someone doesn't try to go in and coopt it. this is not time for a personality to say i'm the tea party face. the tea party is about principles, not personalities. that is why it is working and as long as it focuses on that it will be a force to be reckoned with in american politics and in a good way. the idea this is a racist group is nonsense. recent studies this week showed that the demographics of the tea party movement are the dem graphics of america with ethnicity, gender, race, religion. this is people from all over the spectrum saying this is enough of the spending and government control. >> the comedians are all reconciled up. look at these two here. >> i'm going crazy.

i want to -- >> i want to tell the uninformed people because there is a lot of people -- the cell phone is going off. >> people are calling me right now, i owe money. >> the uninformed two things. watch glenn beck every day and read the book concessions of a black conservative by lloyd marcus. i read it on the plane today and it is awesome. confessions of a black conservative. >> and i want to say i have never been more proud of being american than the last few days seeing people from all walks of life, everybody. >> everybody is hugging and kissing and singing and everything. >> and people are standing up. you know what it is -- >> and you don't seem scary at all. >> first of all, kimberly, i want to say you are a beautiful woman. god bless your parents. >> thank you. did you like my tiger wannabe snl. >> he is trying to be funny. we can't see you.

>> i watch you all the time. >> i got to put a wrap on that. i love them. victoria and jim, thank you so much for being here tonight. >> god bless america. we're out there. >> governor huckabee, i will see you at the bottom of the hour when we will announce the anxiously awaited results of today southern republican leadership conference, their straw poll. those results are in. and coming up next, it is being called the new cocaine except this drug is no party. when we come back we will join geraldo rivera halfway around the world where he traveled for an upclose look at a new killer. he has teamed up with the military and taken to the frontlines of the new war on drugs in afghanistan of all places. stay with us. so the deadly harvest has begun. the idea is they scrape the poppy bowl and then the sap starts coming out and the sap that they collect, that is the opium paste. after processing it will soon be made into heroin for the

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that is why fox news channel is the most watched most trusted name in news. >> geraldo: back live at the head quarters of the third battalion sixth marines. getting more on the arrest of the three italian medical workers along with the six afghans in the alleged plot to kill the provincial governor. the italian organization released this statement. these are people who for years worked to ensure care for the people of afghanistan and we ask that you respect their rights, first of all, the right to communicate with us and let us know where they are and what their condition is. that is the statement from emergency. as this incident, maybe this is an extreme grotesque example of it but in some ways seeming as if the invasion now almost two months ago by the marine battalions to route them from this province may have been the crease part of ththe -- easy pe

operation we are faced with. >> the deadly harvest has begun. the idea is they scrape the poppy bowl and then the sap starts coming out and the sap that they collect, that is the opium paste. that opium paste looks fairly benign and agricultural but obviously after processing it will soon be made into heroin for the junkies of europe and the united states. it is the most unintended and awkward consequence of our military offensive here in afghanistan. the route by our marines of the taliban from their former stronghold here in helmut province put us in the weird position of being protectors of the largest opium crowd in the world. how much is this worth in afghani money?

>> like 100,000 afghany. >> so this field when harvested will reap for the farmers $2,000. obviously there is no way on eartha this amount of wheat or cotton in a patch this small would reap that kind of money. that is the obvious economic incentive. that is why they plant the opium poppy because of the value. 90% of the world's supply comes from this one province. enough poison easily to supply america's half american junkies and the almost three times that number in europe. >> you know, they say the marines have landed and the situation is well at hand. in a sense, though, general are we the victims of our own success. you got in so fast and got the enemy out so fast the poppy fields are everywhere. the programs although some have started, can't possibly keep up

with this gigantic crop. what are we going to do about all the poppies now that they are being harvested. >> a big part of it is the taliban provides the seed and all the stuff and they get in debted. the poor former doesn't have any choice but to continue the cycle. our efforts are to break the cycle and they want to grow something else. they don't like growing something illegal. they are just trying to make a living. >> geraldo: as our forces establish control, supporting local communities with aid and development programs. reopening markets. establishing security checkpoints and distributing seed and fertilizer to encourage the growing of alternative crops. it is not all mr. nice guy. as marines actively patrol for remnants of the taliban, our drug enforcement patrol are actively pursuing the drug dealers who collect, process

and transport the dope from here to the drug customers in the world. have this become a narco state in the way that colombia is. >> we are seeing the phoenix us between drugs and the insurgency. >> a big part of the problem lies with corrupt afghan official. even some associated with president karzai. after last week's escalating tensions following president obama's surprise visit with karzai actually threatening to join the taliban, washington has backed off its insistences that he fight corruption and drug trafficking, relying instead on persuasion to wean the country and its citizens from this habit. >> can you send a message that the marines will stop them? >> confident with our teamwork

these guys don't stand a chance. we are close to allowing hell to become the seed that the rest of the country blooms from and get afghanistan back to a prosperous nation. >> we are joined in washington by mathieu hoe. he was a marine captain and foreign services officer and resigned in protest over our policies here in afghanistan. why, matthew? why did you resign? >> thank you forsterring me on, geraldo. there are four reasons for my resignation but the main thing was that the sacrifices of our young men and women in afghanistan like the marines and sailors you are with in marjah, those costs to our nation are not with a benefit. we are -- our operations in afghanistan are not making us safer, not having an effect on al-qaeda. we are taking part in a civil war and we are propping up an i illegitimate and corrupt government and so the lives

sacrificing there. >> geraldo: wait a second. aren't these guys keeping al-qaeda out of afghanistan? or keeping them underground and keeping us safe? it was from afghanistan that the 9/11 attacks were launched. >> yes, they were. however, al-qaeda is a worldwide organization. if you look back over the last ten years the majority of the al-qaeda attacks are planned, prepared for, the training occurs in the area where the attack occurs. so the people who carry out the attacks are from england or from europe or from north africa or from the united states. they are not from afghanistan. plus, too, al-qaeda has evolved. it is a loosely organized organization that doesn't require large tracts of land. >> geraldo: let's put this on pause. i'm up against a hard break, matthew. you stand by and we will continue our conversation and kimberly will rejoin us and give us the latest on tiger and the other stories of the day. let's take a quick break. we will be back from

>> geraldo: welcome back live to camp hansen, the head quarters of the third battalion sixth marines here. the world's opium capital. the marines doing their best to wean thi their pop lex from the deadly poisonous crop and get them to do something on the straight and narrow. there are a plethora of legitimate agricultural products that can be grown here. we have a bit of a desert storm coming up so might get having meteorologically. i'm speaking to the foreign services officer making the argument we should get the hell out of here because al-qaeda

doesn't need a base like this and they are internationally organized like a terror group, a criminal gangster syndicate. make your point and then i want to be on a different point of view. >> i'm not advocating for us to cut and run. it is not a case of all in or all out. we could do this smarter without sacrificing our young men and women to support the karzai regime as well as in the civil war. we could affect it rather than having the marines patrolling through poppy fields we could be putting the resources to better use around the world actually attacking the al-qaeda organization. >> geraldo: all right, matthew in washington, thank you very much. i'm joined by lieutenant colonel brian christmas. a great soldier. the morale of the men here is sky high despite the adverse conditions. do you feel that president obama's afghanistan policy gets

about just under 50% approval rating from the american people. do you feel honestly speaking that you are making headway here and making the situation better for the afghan people and as a result better for the american people? >> i tell you mat reasons and sailors are this battalion and all involved and the ana and the ansf forces they are making a difference. you see it. we are opening schools and building roads. and we are pushing the taliban out. so yes, absolutely, there is a difference. >> geraldo: it would seem to me because i can't tell the difference between a guy in the taliban and the guy working in a field whether it is poppies or watermelons, a goo guy froma bad guy. how do you tell the difference? >> when they shoot us. >> geraldo: how about short of that? >> you rely on the local nationals. as we gain their trust and confidence they start telling us more. as we have given them security they have given us information. it is a trust factor and we are gaining it and gaining their confidence and in the end we

will push the taliban completely without and they can grow the watermelon and cucumbers and their wheat. >> geraldo: i said at the top of the segment in a sense the invasion and seize your of the province was the easy part and now comes the tough job of trying to create something out of nothing or out of something negative. >> the marines trained for this. we trained for the environment, it is part of it. we are always ready for the conventionial, that is what they fought when they came in and now the concentration is now on the people with a minor if you will in insurgency. >> geraldo: i know it is either above your pay grade or outside of your jurisdiction but want to comment on the bizarre arrest of the three italian medical workers in an alleged plot to kill the governor you know very well? >> no comment on that. i have a large ao i'm responsible for and that is outside of it. >> geraldo: i will be with his

men for the rest of the hour. coming up, craig on the opening of schools here in afghanistan and then kimberly takes over with the latest on tiger woods and all of the rest of the sir, uscircus following the masters after this. >> and the tee on the hole the upper back right. >> tiger woods. >> upper back right. >> tiger woods.

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from america's news headquarters, i'm patti ann browne. president obama is calling for a thorough investigation of the nation's worst mining disaster in four decades. a team of federal investigators will arrive monday in west virginia. their job tortion find out what caused the explosion that took the lives of 29 coal miners. new orleans festival goers caught in the crossfire saturday night. a gunman injured seven people including the intended target on the city's busy canal street. all of the victims received minor injuries. no word yet if the gunman was caught. and actress dixie carter has died. she was nominated for an emmy in 2007 for a guest stint on desperate house wives.

she was married to actor halle. holbrook.k ewas 70. i'm patti ann browne. large." >> i'm going to try and obviously not get as hot when i play. >> got to love that. more on tiger coming up in a minute with phil keating's review of his swinging and swearing on the green today. plus, the southern republican leadership conference wraps up with a string of powerful gop voices on center stage. mainly the man of the hour embattled rnc chairman michael steele whose recent scandal had fellow gopers calling for his head. all that coming up. first, geraldo, what is the word from the frontlines in afghanistan? >> geraldo: hi, kimberly. one of the problems here in this country, this war-torn country aside from the decades of violence is that it is among the poorest nations on earth

and among the least educated, particularly the females. girls are not allowed or were not allowed under the taliban to go to school. craig now reports on some volunteers who are changing that in a big and better way. geraldo, more than half of the population of afghanistan is illiterate and the incidene of illiteracy is higher among women who have been the target of attacks under taliban rule. because of that the central asia institute decided to open up 85 schools here in afghanistan to fill a desperate need. >> in the time the taliban here is not allowing for girls to go to school or go outside the home. the good for them now that they have time to go outside and get education. >> central asia in city tuesday or cai is the brain child of greg mortensen, an american

adventure remember and veteran who conceived of the area in 1993 while attempting to summit k 2 during a commemoration of his sister's death. turning back short of his goal he stumbled into a community of illiterate children and found a new goal tortion bring schools to the children in the most remote regions of pakistan and afghanistan. >> we talked with the inland elders and con vined them to send their daughters to school. >> how many children do you think you taught to read, taking away from the i will literacy. >> last year, more than 50,000 students we had in that time and maybe in this year more than 80. >> mortensen has been able to raise millions for the schools through lectures of sales of his two best selling books three cups of tea and stones into schools. his 17 years dedicated to confronting il illiteracy has earned him a noble peace prize

nomination in 2009. abdul is the cai program directer in afghanistan. >> many of these places are very remote area of afghanistan where you actually have to convince people who are still taliban influenced. >> yes. >> to open your schools. >> yes. >> greg mortensen sees schools, specifically those for girls as the most effective way to combat extremism in muslim society. before joining the jihad, most young men seek permission from their mothers before they can go off and have an attack. and mortensen finds if the mothers are educated they won't give that blessing to the young

men. back to you, kimberly. >> thanks, craig and geraldo. the southern republican leadership conference just ended and the results from the straw poll could be a litmus test for the presidential nomination. mitt romney edged congressman ron paul in the poll, winning by a single vote. sarah palin finished third in a statistical tie with newt gingrich and our own mike huckabee took fifth. he should have been first. i want a recap. is this a real indication of 2012, the gop race? >> if it is, then ron paul is a serious contender for the 2012 nomination. he won the straw poll at cpac earlier. they are a fun thing and entertaining but don't necessarily indicate where the parties are going and we are two years away. they both organized and had people on the ground there to

gin support for the straw poll and that is usually what it takes at the southern republican leadership conference. >> and you are here working. >> thanks for acknowledging that. >> people are saying how come you weren't there? because i have a job and i have to be here in new york. >> exactly. you are part of the stimulate the economy situation. >> i need to stimulate it. i don't want to join the ranks of the evergrowing unemployed you are nevertheless a gop karling. a top rated show that everybody watches. and people want to know if you gorgeous run? >> the honest answercy don't know. right now i am doing what i love doing and i think that the voice that i have here at fox and on radio every day. >> and in your book. >> and in the books. and i honestly do believe it is too early. i think we to be focused on winning the congressional elections in 2010 and i know that sounds yes, what i'm supposed to say. it is truly what i believe.

>> doesn't that make sense, though. don't put the cart before the horse. >> step one is this year's elections and step two is what happens in 2012. i will say this and i said it before. barack obama is going to be much more difficult to defeat than people think he is. he has billion dollars he will start with in the bank. no opponents in the democratic primary that are serious and the republicans will have an expensive free for all and come out in the middle of the year wounded and broke. not a good situation to be with. >> i'm with you. look at 2010 and then have a better indicator about 2012. governor huckabee, always a pleasure. now, tortion day three at the masters and tiger woods. his return to golf for his attempt of his fifth green jacket. the triumphant comeback days after he said he was going to be more respectful of the game. has he listened to his own advice. check out what cbs caught today from the sixth hole. >> and tiger on the tee.

the hole in the upper back right quadrant. >> tiger woods, you suck! goddamnit. >> joining me to discuss tiger's performance and the 22-year-old hotty of woods who admitted to the "national enquirer" she had a one night stand with tiger. and thank you for being with us tonight. people -r7 looking that the. tiger started out strong. what about today? a little bit of loose language? >> we saw the famous tiger temper and at his press conference he said he was going to try to be a little more relaxed and a little more zen and we wondered who was going to heckle tiger this week. it turns out tiger was going to heckle tiger his name is tiger. it is not pussycat. >> he did tell himself you suck. tigheer is very tough on himself. interesting thing today at

august that, we saw fans sitting on their hands. nobody booed him. we have no reports of any fans who have shouted out any names but they are not clapping. they are giving him a fair reception but not going crazy for tiger. >> we'll see what happens if he ends up winning then we will see if they get off their hands and start clapping. flacketting is live in august state of michigan. -- flacketting is live in augusta. what did you make of tiger and the reaction? >> he only ended up shooting 2-under par. he made no headway because the current leader was in the lead yesterday and this morning when everything started and he remains four strokes ahead of tiger woods. phil mickelson is one stroke behind the lead. if tiger woods is going to win the fifth jacket he has to have an incredible game, much like the opening round on thursday where he had two eagles which he had never done before in one

day of 18 hole play. and he also beat his best ever record on opening day of the masters which had been a 70. and he came in with a 68. as far as the protesters and hecklers, very minor. really everyone has as the sports illustrated man said, everyone is being respectful and polite to tiger woods. thursday a plane flew over with two banners. one after the other heckling him from the air. well, that is not happening any more. the faa groundd that plane yesterday in south carolina at the airstrip where it was going to and from. and there were actually four morbaners and i'm told by the owner of the company in toledo, ohio, that they were going get worse and worse and worse or at least more sharp and more acute as the weekend went on but that is not happening. the faa tells me they never had a banner plane flying over august state of michigan national so they wanted to -- augusta national so they wanted

to check the plane out and it mad minor mechanical issues and it is flying back to ohio. >> phil keating, thanks for the update. conor, always a pleasure to have you on the program as well. coming up, the latest from the war zone, plus, geraldo's interview with close friend of i reviewed the data myself. and i am amazed by the results. [ female announcer ] the results are in. the olay professional pro-x intensive wrinkle protocol

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we'll head back out to afghanistan in just a moment. but first, before guantanamo the trip to the war zone he sat down with jerry weintraub for a look at his life. >> this is a picture. you and george clooney and he writes from here on i'm going to model my life after yours, you are the best and i'm proud to call you my grandpa, love george. you always said that relationships are the only thing that matter in life and

in business. is that how you built an incredible franchise, getting george clooney and brad pitt and matt damon to star in your movies, is it because of a relationship? >> first of all, i'm older than all those stars you are talking about and so i learned a lot from the people who were older than me when i was a kid and then i learned try to teach the people with me and have a relationship with the people with me, the actors that george clooney and brad pitt and matt damon, et cetera. it as trusting relationship because i don't treat them like children. >> geraldo: how do you convince them, julia roberts to work in one of your movies for far below what they usually command. >> julia roberts was interesting. we con vined her simply, even soderbergh and clooney and i wrote her a note and put a $20 bill in it and sent it to her

and we said julia, we know you get 20 for a movie, how about coming aboard? >> 20 million. >> we said it, in other words, getting a piece of the profits, plus a much less up front salary as i did on the film and we all made a lot of money. it was -- it worked out fine. it was great. >> geraldo: so when i say george clooney, what do you think of? >> i think of one of the biggest movie stars in the world and one of my best friends in the world. >> and matt damon. >> one of the biggest movie stars in the world and one of my best friends in the world. >> and brad pitt? >> one of the biggest movie stars in the world and one of my best friends in the world. >> geraldo: which is biggest of the three? >> as what, friend or movie star? they are all equal. i'm a politician, too, geraldo, you know. >> geraldo: aren't you, jerry, in many ways and you know i love you and have known you for so long. aren't you the last hollywood

tycoon? >> i don't like the word tycoon but i am a throwback to the old days and i'm sure there is a lot of kids running the film business that would like to see me disappear. they think it is time for me to float off into the heavens but i'm not ready yet. >> geraldo: hollywood almost lost its last mow gull when a critical illness brought jerry to death's door. >> you had a challenging illness and you are on death's door i think it is fair to say and in bed here for two, three, four months. did that change you? >> it changed me because i'm not afraid of death any more. and i was afraid of death. i was afraid of death my whole life and i was lying in the bed and the rabbi was praying and screaming out the window to god.

he said you can't have him. you can't have him, we need him. we need him here, he does too much good work, you can't have him, it's not time, leave him alone. and i floated out the window, felt myself floating. i literally -- i mean people are going to think i'm crazy saying this but i floated out the window and i saw that light that everybody talks about. and now maybe i saw it because of suggestion all my life i have heard about this light. but i saw this light. and it was peaceful and it was calming and i wasn't frightened. >> geraldo: and here you are. >> yeah. but i haven't changed. >> geraldo: i can tell. it is not the deal but something that drives you other than your desire to make people's lives more fulfilled.

for instance, karate kid, you made so much money and made so much history with that series of films. aren't you doing it again with will smith's son jaden and here you go again. >> the kid is great. he is so wonderful and so i went out to see will the other day. had lunch with him because we were talking about selling it and merchandising it and we were going to take it up to a convention in las vegas which we did. and he said to me, you know, we should go over and say hello to jaden, that is his son. and we walked in the classroom and i was talking to jaden and having a lot of fun with him and met the teachers and so on and on the way out will smith turned around and he said to his daughter, she is a singer, she is going to start making records, he said willow, this is the man who helped and produced frank i is sinatra and

elvis presley and this little nine-year-old looked up at me and said you knew elvis presley, you worked with elvis presley? i said, yes. she said you must be 150 years old! i loved it. >> very nice. and coming up, geraldo is back live in afghanistan with the the 2-in-1 swiffer sweeper does two jobs. the dry cloths clean better than a broom, and the wet cloths clean better than a mop. so you'll dump your old broom and your old mop. but don't worry -- they'll always have each other. ♪ who's that lady? ♪ who's that lady? ♪ sexy lady ♪ who's that lady? [ female announcer ] the 2-in-1 swiffer sweeper does it all. the electrostatic dry cloths trap and lock dirt, dust, and hair and clean 50% more than a broom. ♪ ♪ real fine lady [ female announcer ] and swiffer wet mopping cloths are premoistened with built-in cleansers

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>> geraldo: there it is. this is the most valuable commodity in this part of afghanistan. really it is the most valuable commodity in the whole world. this is freshwater coming from ancient sisterns. what is this system. >> we are 30-40 feet underground. this is where they get their

water. we projects to help clean out. the locals come out here and dig. it is dangerous work because it could collapse on top of them. you can see the light coming from the well in the compound. all the wells they go out throughout the town, this is where the the people get their water. >> geraldo: and when was this dug? >> it has been dug by -- since people have been here, this is how they get their water. >> geraldo: centuries? >> right. as we look at the men of the three six, i want to say if you want to know how creepy the taliban is, they destroyed some of those ancient aquifers when they laid siege to the capital city of kabul. that is the enemy that our marines and soldiers are fighting along with afghan colleagues. this master gunnery sergeant. who is this named after? >> lance corporal matthias

hansen is the marine that died. one of our fallen angels. he died in combat. >> during the assault. >> yes, sir. >> geraldo: lieutenant colonel brian, our host here, the commanding officer of the three six. is the goal to turn this all over to your afghan colleagues? >> the afghan national police and afghan national army have fought with us hand in hand, 50/50 all the way. eventually as we pull out they will take over and they will be ready for it. >> geraldo: a lot of stories about they are not ready yet and they don't take well to the discipline and all the rest of it. >> this group did. they are good crew and we will see how the next crew is. >> geraldo: good luck to you. good luck when you take over. it's your country. we want you to take it as soon as you can. a couple of seconds left. let me get a couple of hi moms in there. your name. >> i'm corporal johnson strickland. i would like to say hi to my wife and new born son bryce and

my parents back in poplar bluff, missouri. >> geraldo: when was bryce born. >> less than a month ago, sir? >> geraldo: have you seen pick him? >> i have seen pictures. unfortunately, he looks just like me. >> geraldo: i hope he is not as dusty as you are. >> i'm corporal dylan manion. hi to everybody at rick's sports bar. i love you mom and dad and i love you, crystal. >> geraldo: he doesn't go to rick's sports barney more, crystal. >> i do. >> geraldo: i got to protect these guys against themselves. tomorrow we will be with the marine air squadrons down in camp leatherneck. i want to thank the third battalion sixth marines. wonderful, wonderful, fighting men and they are doing a complicated mission helping rebuild this nation. thank you on behalf of kimberly also and craig. we'll be back tomorrow. thanks a lot for watching. from camp hansen in afghanistan, we'll see you

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