in chicago wmaq, thank you very much for that information. again, on the left side of the screen a news conference set to start in lemoyne, pennsylvania. when that happens we will bring that to you live. i want to bring in jim miklaszewski live at the pentagon. i want to put numbers on the screen to show the viewers at home what we're talking about. this green on blue-type violence that we continue to see happening in afghanistan. a surge over the past few years. this is the second attack so far this year. last year, 13 green on blue attacks in 2012, there were some 44 attacks. in 2012, 15% of all coalition deaths were a result of these green-on-blue attacks. for folks that might not be familiar with this green-on-blue term, what is it and why have we seen a rise in these numbers? >> the green-on-blue attacks are

the green who are afghan security forces whether soldiers or police officers and the blue, an attack on the coalition forces led, of course, by the united states and if you look at those numbers, the overall numbers have decreased significantly overall because so many of the foreign forces have already withdrawn from afghanistan and continue to be withdrawn. and i think there is a better working relationship with many of the u.s. afghan security forces, but the enemy there in afghanistan has changed their tactics to attack green-on-blue in some respects, foreign journalists. in this case, three doctors today. two weeks ago or three weeks ago a couple of of an a.p. photographer and reporter were shot as they said in their car by a security officer. the photographer was killed and the reporter survived and as soon as that shooter finished

shooting up the automobile and he simply laid down his weapon and gave up to his fellow security officials as if he knew, perhaps, he'd be taken into custody but there would be no retribution, no justice dealt to him and that's one of the problems. they appear, again, to be focusing on civilian foreign targets, particularly americans as opposed to the soldiers they had been shooting and killing in the past. >> hey, mick, really quickly. what's the pentagon doing? how are they approaching these green-on-blue attacks? >> in terms of u.s. military operations they have changed their tactics. there were times when they would be working side by side with afghan security officials, police, soldiers and even some high-ranking officers and they would be unarmed. now any time they're working with the afghans they remain armed, ready to respond. somebody might get the drop on

them, but their fellow soldiers would be able to respond immediately. so there's a more cautious approach working with the afghan security forces overall and i think that's paid off in part because you do see those numbers declining. >> jim miklaszewski, and nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins us and we are waiting for this news conference in lemoyne, pennsylvania, to start. you have more information about what happened at the hospital in kabul. >> we received information from witnesses in kabul, from hospital officials. this happened just around 10:00 this morning kabul time. a well-known physician. he's been identified by colleagues as a man from chicago and we'll get more details about him. >> jerry umanos. >> jerry umanos was receiving guests, three other americans. they arrived. they were dropped off in their vehicles and they were inside what is effectively the pound of

this hospital, a well-known hospital treating mostly children and women with problems during pregnancies, prenatal care, after-delivery care and after they were dropped off dr. umanos was greeting them and then a security guard an afghan security guard assigned by the ministry of interior ministry, turned his gun and shot him. we're getting information about who they were. it appears that the three of them were maybe members of the same family? two of those guests, those later arrivals were killed along with the -- with dr. jerry and the third, a woman was injured. after the shooting the afghan security guard who had just somewhat suspiciously been transferred to this place three weeks ago from lagman province which is quite a dangerous, and

an insurgent safe haven. after the shooting the militant turned the gun on himself. shot himself in the chin, but survived that attempted suicide and was rushed to the emergency room of the same hospital. >> that he attacked. >> that he attacked. so he and the woman who was wounded were being treated in the same e.r. >> you spent so much time in that region, so much time in that part of the world. what's happening here? this sounds like a case where someone infiltrated the security force. is that accurate? >> infiltrated or was always there or was changed. what radicalized this person? i really don't know, but there seems to be, as mick was talking about earlier, a change in tactics and perhaps even standing orders on the part of the taliban that if you see an american, journalist, civilian contractor, doctor, medical

worker, take the opportunity. and we're seeing it more and more often from men in afghan uniforms who are, after all, the very people that the united states, the u.s. troops are still in afghanistan to train. >> sure. >> so when we saw that attack on the two journalists a few weeks ago, same kind of thing. it was an opportunity. there's also a different element in this. this hospital, cure, is a faith-based charity and it's also the second time in the last several weeks that christian-based charities have been attacked and a christian-based charity was attacked in a guest house in kabul and this time it was a hospital. >> are christian -based charitis are still being targeted. >> they were targeted because they were americans, because they were a target of opportunity or because they were americans from a faith-based charity? it could have been all of these

hinges. >> very quickly before i let you go here, richard. >> if -- if this is the new m.o. there -- >> to drive westerners out. >> what are we left to do then? how do we defend ourselves against this or do we or can we? >> well, u.s. troops have a mission. their mission, somewhat continues. their mission is to train the afghan security forces so that the afghan security forces can fight off the big insurgent groups, the taliban and hakani network. these troops are trying to undermine the very fabric of society and drive out the foreigners and drive out the christian-based foreigners although many afghans say it was a top facility, great reputation and not known for pros fed feddizing and the other militant groups seem to want to drive out

foreigners and bring this society to its knees and then almost in a parallel universe you have u.s. troops trying to train their afghan partners. so it does leave you in an awkward position because as societiy is becoming more and more difficult, becoming a harder place to live, foreigners are no longer free to operate and do charitable activities you have americans continuing on this mission to train the security forces. >> rich engel, our chief foreign correspondent, heretofore there has not been an official claim of responsibility. thanks again, richard. >> i want to bring in ben carter of maryland who serves on the foreign relations committee. success attack from a member of the afghan security forces has turned a gun on foreign civilians. we just heard from our chief foreign correspondent this is also the second time recently that we've seen a christian hospital attacked. why do you think we continue to see these kinds of attacks specifically in afghanistan?

>> first, our prayers go out to the victims and their families. as you reported the doctor from chicago who was the victim was not only helping his community in the united states, but also in afghanistan is a real tragic loss. he understood the risks, but this is unacceptable. we're looking at our future involvement in afghanistan and it's true, our mission is to stop extremists and to make sure that the al qaeda organization cannot cause harm not just on afghanistan, but the international community, but our future involvement very much depends on the afghan government keeping us safe and keeping those civilians in afghanistan safe and keeping our soldiers in a safe environment. quite frankly, they haven't done what they need to do and they have to do a better job. those who want the extremists to win are trying to disrupt our non-profits and our charitable

organizations. we have to have the cooperation and the afghan government to work with us to make sure that our people are kept safe. >> senator, really quickly because again, we just heard from richard, this is another case of one of the security forces. someone that presumably we help train. they turn their gun on us. how do you defend against that? do you defend against that? >> the question is what is our future in this region and quite frankly, when you're in a hospital compound which has security forces there. you expect it to be safe and there should be a way to screen those who are part of the afghan security forces, this is not acceptable and particularly the pattern that we've seen where they've been targeting those who are trying to bring some degree of stability to afghan life, we have to have stronger cooperation from the afghan

government rather than continuously trying to fight us for a common mission. >> i want to remind our viewers at home that we continue to wait on the news conference in lemoyne, pennsylvania where we expect to learn more about the americans who were killed today in kabul. when that news conference starts, we will, of course, bring it to you live here. we appear to be a few mope mom away. >> let's bring you to an international hot spot and the ongoing crisis in ukraine and what president obama said about russia at a joint news conference today. take a listen. >> so far, at least, we have seen them not abide by the spirit or the letter of the agreement? geneva. we have been preparing for the prospect that we'll have to engage in further sanctions. those are teed up. i understand that additional sanctions may not change mr. putin's calculous. that's possible.

>> that's president obama this morning in tokyo. all of this coming a day after russia conducted military drills near its border with ukraine. u.s. forces arrived in poland. we know right now there are roughly 40,000 russian troops amassed at the ukrainian border. we just heard president obama admit that you know what? these sanctions might not work. if that is true, senator carden what is left for us to do in ukraine? >> first of all, this is what putin's game plan is to do anything he can to expand the russia to the former soviet union. that's his game plan and what he's doing in ukraine is outrageous. the international community must remain strong. there are some options that we have available. others that are not available today, but one thing we can do is ratchet up the sanctions and ratchet up the isolation of russia and the international community which hurts them financially and hurts them as far as image.

>> we know a number of these european countries, specifically germany, they've all, but said sanctions on russia could indirectly or directly hurt their economies, as well. >> no question we all get hurt by it. the united states economy will be hurt, but not as badly as the russian economy. there's got to be a price to be paid. you can't allow russia to just take over another country. we're beyond that and quite frankly, what happened in ukraine could happen in estonia, it can happen in moldova. if that practice is allowed it can happen in the china sea by taking territory by force. we can't let it go and what we must do, yes, we'll pay a price and not as far as russia will pay as far as the isolation of russia. >> senator ben carter of maryland, a member of the foreign relations committee trying to mix in what is happening today. >> coming up, we will have more on president obama's trip

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we're waiting on that news conference in lemoyne, pennsylvania, just outside of harrisburg. we are expecting to learn more about an american doctor. an american doctor named dr. jerry umanos or just dr. jerry for those who knew him in chicago. he was killed along with two others at a hospital in afghanistan, a hospital that primarily specialized according in our richard engel, children and morgue mothers who were ex and when that news conference

starts in pennsylvania we want to turn to you live. we want to turn on the trip overseas. not long ago he finished up a state dinner in japan. a formal event hosted by the japanese emperor, but it appears that one of president obama's goals of the trip is already falling short. mr. obama did not solidify a trade deal. >> in the short term all of us have to move out of our comfort zones and not just expect that we're going to get access to somebody else's market without providing access to our own. and that means that we have to sometimes push our constituencies beyond their current comfort levels because it will be for the ultimate good for all people. >> beth fouey and david nakamura for "the washington post".

>> it is still early in the trip. he is already knocking president obama over the failure to get this tpp, this transpacific partnership done and the trade deal with japan and 11 other nations, as well. david millbank, writing in part, quote, nothing is wrong with an american president spreading good will and eating good sushi, but the photo-op nature of the trip risks contributing to the perception that obama's asian policy and his foreign policy in general is similarly itinera in. he's seeing the sights, getting some good pics and moving, more tourist than architect of the world affairs. >> things intervened. domestically health care, syria, the middle east. >> sure. >> life has intervened for this

president and dana is echoing a complaint from republicans that this president has made the prestige of the united states. i think it is too early to make this judgment. >> as we say that we should note we were showing video of the president dancing with the robot. >> oh, you know. on that subject of prestige. it's very early in this trip. obviously, he's got a narrow thread to go through. he's knot got to reassure the a that they'll look at him xhuk y economically and militarily and he cannot annoy china. it's a dominating power over there. it's a tough balance. >> ben rhodes who claims that part of what's needed to reinvigorate the president's strategy in asia is to show up. it can't be that simple, can it? where do you see things in that part of the world with regards to moamerican foreign policy? >> i think what ben was trying to say they missed the asia trip

during the downfall and the president cited he couldn't go. this is a complicated trip because the president was trying to sort of have a big announcement on that trade deal. it's not going to upon that. congressional democrats are not supporting it. it will happen next year if it happens at all. what the president is trying to do today, you saw him trying to make news when he came out with a strong japanese affirmation security alliance in the face of escalating tensions between japan and china. that was a big step to reassure the japanese and the japanese actually felt very good about it. the president stood up there with prime minister abe and said it very strongly and he made a point to say we don't want the tensions to lead to escalation with military force between the two countries because he is trying to assure china that the goal of the trip is not to be in china. this will be a continuing theme as he goes to south korea and

not align with china. >> i want to switch questions and talk to about what we had at the top, hillary clinton. she's at a conference in boston all about women, talking about women running for office. this is what the former secretary of state said when she weighed in on foreign affairs. take a listen. >> i hope you'll join me in committing to help the next generation of women leaders dare to compete. that is the only way we can open the doors to full participation for every girl and every woman. >> dare to compete. >> how do you not run for president after that? after you dare women to compete? >> if you'd asked me nine months ago is she going to be a candidate for 2016, i would have said i'm not sure. her age, her health and she had that concussion and at this point the physics is too strong. the field is cleared.

nobody else is even trying except joe biden, half heartedly. if she was to get in at this point with this huge vacuum of anything else it would infuriate the democratic party. i think she's there and signalling in all these ways and we won't know for several more months. >> we'll continue to hear her make speeches and there is a book set to come out later this year. what we just heard there, what we just saw there, is that probably a carbon copy of the kind of speech we are going see her give over the next few months on similar audiences. >> when she was the secretary of state of state the issue of women and girls around the world was her big sort of pillars of her foreign policy vision and i don't think her advisers think she gets enough credit for that, but she'll keep talking about that and that is something that appeals to folks back home and largely in the democratic base as well. so that's a winning argument. a lot of foreign policy and she's looking at issues that

remain unfinished. she was a big part of the president's push in asia with sort of this idea that the u.s. would refocus on asia and that's still ongoing. the administration also tried when she was in office to reset the relations with rausch aussi that's not going anywhere. but this issue of women and girls was something she championed while serving as the nation's top diplomat and i think she'll keep talking about. thank you. coming up, jeb bush officially says he's thinking about running for president. is he trying to get out ahead of a chris crist comeback? we'll talk about that. first, the fda cracking down on e-cigarettes. will big e-tobacco lobbyists stop those regulations? this is msnbc. ♪ i know a thing about an ira

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others were injured. the shooter who is not an employee of cure has been identified as a member of the security detail, assigned to the hospital. he shot himself after the attack. he was initially treated at the cure hospital and has now been transferred out of our facility into the custody of the government of afghanistan. no patients or other staff members were injured. cure international has been serving the afghanistan people since 2002 and it began operating the hospital's current location in 2005 at the invitation of the government of afghanistan. the hospital is focused on pediatric care and serves 37,000 patients a year. at this time the investigation is ongoing and we are working closely with authorities. cure international remains committed to serve the people of afghanistan. please join us in praying for the families of the victims and those affected by the shooting

as well as the peace in afghanistan. dale brannen, president and ceo of cure international is traveling internationally and will release a formal statement after 3:00 p.m. eastern daylight time. thank you so much. i have no further comments at this point. thank you. >> okay. there you have it. that was an official from cure international in pennsylvania there providing some details about the shooting in kabul today that claimed the lives of three including dr. jerry umanos, the chicago doctor who was known simply as dr. jerry to all who knew and loved him. father of three, we are told. we will continue to follow developments in this story. we will bring you more information as details are released. >> let's pivot now, the food and drug administration proposing some new regulations for e-cigarettes. the nicotine delivery devices that have surged in popularity.

e-sigs are a multibillion-dollar business. those when want to buy the e-cigarettes have to be at least 18 years old and would have to show photo i.d. to prove their age and in addition e-cigarette makers have to register with the food and drug administration, provide the agency with a detailed list of their products' ingredients and also be subject to fda inspections. dr. robert lahita is from beth israel medical center and we just know him as dr. bob. i hope we can make some sense of this. do these new rules say anything about the product's safety fret government's perspective. >> no, but it is a drug and nicotine has been a potent drug and this has been a delivery for nicotine around this country and it is acquired by youngsters that are below the age of 18 from the internet and from stores and when taken in high concentration now, you can buy

nicotine in pure form when taken in high concentration, they have big adverse effects and these adverse effects lead to addiction and when you give up on the electric cigarette as a youngster you go to the regular cigarettes. >> these rules would also apply to pipe tobacco and cigars to a certainec extent. how regulated have they been? you can buy tobacco and cigarsa many have and more importantly, you can buy nicotine in a bottle and you can buy e-cigarettes and if you're a child under the age of 6 and you have your patients' credit card you can buy a whole kit that include strawberry, watermelon, et cetera. >> the fda has decided not to

limit, you know, internet advertising for e-cigarettes or tv ads for e-cigarettes. the critics are already out and they're saying these rules don't go far enough. what do you say? i say this is a great way to stop smoking for adults, to taper your injeing ingest onof e-cigarettes. diarrhea, high blood pressure, headache, inability to sleep and agitation and all of these are side effects and when you're addicted to these things as we know, the adverse effects far outweigh the benefits. >> thank you so much. we appreciate you stopping by. >> the unbelievable cost of college and mounting student debt. we'll talk to the head of the suni college system for all of new york state about what can be done next. tomorrow we go live... it's a day full of promise.

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pictures from new jersey. that's where governor chris christie is back at it. his latest town hall once again against the backdrop of the ongoing investigation into the traffic closures on the george washington bridge. so far christie who denies personal wrongdoing has stayed out of legal trouble, however there continue to be political implications as he ponders 2016. if christie's political star falls that could give rise to another presidential hopeful who made some news in new york city wednesday. we'll get to that in a moment and steve cornacki has been hanging out with the hardball folks. good to see you again. let's start with bridgegate and give us the latest in the investigation. >> the news this week -- excuse me, is the state legislative committee looking into this issue for new subpoenas. they go in slightly different directions depending on the person, but michael jerniak, and

the port authority board, he steams have have stonewalled the committee member who was asking questions last fall. christina renna who works under bridget kelly who gave the time for traffic in the fall email and pat floyd, the executive director of the port authority and said stop the closures, they violate state and federal law in last september. floyd will appear and they're not being asked for documents. floyd said he had indicated that she will do it. shuber has indicated that she will do it and i think we're still not sure about michael turniak and may 6th. >> and can we expect more subpoenas? >> the interesting thing is this, the legislative committee just lost a legal fight where

they tried to subpoena bridget kelly and they wanted them to appear. they both invoked their fifth amendment right and a judge upheld that, and they have reasonable fear that they to be the targets of federal prosecution and could potentially complicate things for them. the judge left open how they will work practically. the judge left over the possibility that you can issue a narrower subpoena or that they can cissue a subpoena. they're looking to find a narrower subpoena that will get them involved somehow. >> you are breaking it down for us here, governor christie has taken the stage there in brick, new jersey, again, holding another one of those town hall meetings. governor christie, steve, seems to be doing a lot to make sure his name stays out there. he tweeted yesterday expressing his excitement over stephen

colbert being named the heir-apparent to david letterman. this is his tweet. oh, letterman, i'm really going to miss your fat jokes. wait, no i'm not. @colbertnation. >> what can we make of this? what's motivating and what can be motivating chris christie here? he wants it to look at business as usual and when that internal investigation released its findings and said christie's exonerated and you can see the plan from a pr standpoint was that report comes out, he holds a press conference and says i'm exonerated and i've answered the questions and he's prickly with the press and he goes out to las vegas and talking to republicans out there and holding a town hall meeting and he does another marijuana thing in colorado. the thing to keep in mind here is there are sort of two fronts into the investigations that are going on right now. we talked about the state

legislative committee and the two people appearing next month and what else they might do. the real action is in the u.s. attorney's office and we know people are talking about them and michael druniak and the mayor of hoboken. it's not a very public process and we're not going to see all of the gears in motion there, but something is going on there, and so he can keep doing this pr thing for the next few months and the big question hanging over him, is there something going to come out of that office. that renders this moot. >> of course, you can catch steve weekends, 8:00 a.m. eastern and for an extra dose of kornac kornacki. >> that's a nice headshot. >> too much kornacki. republican strategist alice stewart. we've been talking about chris christie here for the past few

minutes, but jeb bush, jeb bush is the guy who made a fair amount of news in new york city when he said in this closed-door meeting a sense of -- not only am i thinking of running for president and i'm really thinking about it and i'll let you know what i decide right after the mid-term elections. do you think that jeb smells blood in the water here with christie's popularity having taken somewhat of a hit? >> i think what we're seeing is that all of these republicans are being discussed in the realm of 2016 have been seriously considering it, and they're meeting with folks whether they're fund raisers, supporters or grassroots and they're all going to make their decision based on what's right at the time for them, and that's clearly what's going on with jeb bush. he has been thinking about it as he said and many others have said they'll make that decision after the 2016 election and the key thing is we're talking about jeb bush, chris christie and a lot of other names come to the

surface and we're talking about governor mike huckabee. we've got a good bench. we have a good list of folks that could represent the party unlike the democrats and all they have is hillary clinton. >> alice, here's the thing. there are some who said that jeb bush could bea i formidable opponent in a general election, but when it comes to winning a primary, jeb bush might have some trouble. whether it's immigration, whether it's common core. here is a guy who has been called by a number of folks in your party not conservative enough. what say you to that? >> the key that the republican party has learned over the two presidential cycles is that we elect someone that represents the views and values of the party is not moderate, and most importantly, connects with the american people and understands what's in the hearts and minds of the american people and jeb bush is a popular elected official. he certainly could help bring in the hispanic vote, but priority number one for the republican party right now is to do the

likely step of maintaining control in the house and the probability of gaining control in the senate and that will be priority number one for republicans at least through the midterms. alice stewart, i should note, i promised keith boinkin, we had trouble with keith's camera and our apologies to keith. we'll get him back here pretty soon. we'll be right back with an important conversation about college tuition and debt. (music)

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weeks away for about 1.6 million college seniors and along with their diplomas, a staggering 70% of the class of 2014 will leave with student debt. since 2007 total student debt has doubled, soaring to $1.1 trillion. to help students dig out, the the obama administration 20 len extended a debt forgiveness program that has apparently become a victim of the own success. enrollment has surged by nearly 40% in just the past six months alone to 1.3 million people and that has the government now looking at some ways to rein in the program. nancy zimfer is the chancellor of new york's college system, the nation's second largest with more than 462,000 students and 64 campuses. it was last summer when president obama singled her out for her role in helping the white house tackle college costs.

>> suny chancellor nancy zimfer is here doing a great job. i am confident that the country's colleges and universities will step up just like chancellor zimfer and the folks at sunni asuny and studens step up. >> for folks who might not be familiar with the program, in a nutshell, how does >> what we do at the university of new york is tell people what it really costs to go to college. we have smart track that allows you to see every dollar that you will need to spend over the course of four years and tuition at the state university of new york for a four-year degree is $5800 and people say is that for a course or a semester? and i say, no, it's for a year.

so what we're trying to do is give students the habit of only borrowing or getting a loan for what they can ultimately pay back and think, our first priority is that they don't take a loan at all. our low tuition and the new york state tuition assistance program which is $4,000 a year gives you a package of financial support that makes taking out loans that are excessively high and that you can't pay back, not a reasonable thing for our students to do. so pay as you go says set aside funds so when you graduate you don't have excessive debt. it's as simple as that. >> let's talk about pay as you go. i want folks at home to know more about the program. you basically pay as you earn and pay as you go and what you pay is largely determined by how much you make. pages based on income and also encourages public service, as well. somewhere between 10% and 15% a

year and debt forgiveness after 10 to 25 years. 1.3 million folks are enrolled and they owe about $72 billion. the program itself could soon cost about $14 billion a year. one of the criticisms, chancellor, is that this is a program that has now unintended -- one of the unintended consequences is that it encourages or certainly doesn't discourage colleges and universities from charging an arm and a leg. is that an unintended consequence? >> well, it very well could be, but i think there is an ethic around what colleges are trying to do with their students and it's certainly the case at the state university of new york. we do not want to encourage any post-graduation debt. what we want to encourage is a great career and a good job and a responsible financial lifestyle for our graduates. so we're doing everything we can up front to keep the debt from

being a necessity. we're getting our students graduated quicker. >> yeah. >> we're encouraging reduction in any remediation through vehicles with our k-12 partners. so i think what campuses really do is they have an ethic of bringing the costs down while students for college and that's the remedy for post-had graduation finance. >> tuition and fees on average have climbed 6% a year over the past decade, more than twice the rate of inflation. in a nutshell, why have we seen that surge? why does it cost so much money to go to college? >> well, you know, i think you have to break it down. there is a difference of costs across institutional types and i just told you what the low tuition is with the state university of new york, and so i think there are many partners in public higher education and the state is a partner and the state has been strapped financially

and all states have through the recession. states have many demands on their dollar and we're a people industry. so we employ people to deliver a service, but it's more what we do to make sure that a student has a reasonable, financially affordable experience and that's where the focus is at suny and that's why president obama came to us and said we are affordable. we are cost-conscious. 40% of our students have no debt at all. >> suny chancellor, nancy zimfer. we'll be right back with stories you may have missed this morning. ock on equities ♪ ♪ that's why i'm type e ♪ ♪ that's why i'm tyyyyype eeeee, ♪ ♪ i can do it all from my mobile phone ♪ ♪ that's why i'm tyyyyype eeeee, ♪ ♪ if i need some help i'm not alone ♪ ♪ we're all tyyyyype eeeee, ♪ ♪ we've got a place that we call home ♪ ♪ we're all type e ♪

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people including a 14-year-old boy. we now know why the commander of the elite blue angels was relieved of duty last week according to documents, captain gregory mcwarder is being investigated for allowing and encouraging, quote, lewd speech, inappropriate comments and sexually explicit humor. he commanded the blue angels for four years and a top gun graduate of the navy's fighter weapons school. the investigation is not over, we are told. you might be most familiar with the blue angels with the air shows and this does not affect that schedule. in south korea students return to class today at the school where so many of their classmates were killed in that ferry sinking. students walked past a makeshift memorial on their way in this morning, but the grim search continues for victims. 171 bodies have been recovered so far from inside the ship. 131 are still missing. investigators say that the ship was unsafe and was also

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