sir paul stephenson would later deny he was trying to influence the guardian's coverage. hat's not how the editor saw it. >> chief cop came in here to essentially warn me off the story and said there was nothing in it. now, i didn't know at the time, but this was one of those sort of bombshells for me that came out during the summer. he had just employed the former deputy editor of the news of the world as a, uh, as a special advisor. >> bergman: the police had hired neil wallis, who was andy coulson's deputy during the very period when the phone hacking was taking place. the guardian was on its own, with no other major newspapers investigating the story. >> there were points when it was very frightening. it is no fun at all being attacked by an organization which controls, at that stage, four newspapers and a major television news channel in this country. and it can fill you with panic, really. >> bergman: then alan rusbridger took an unusual step. >> at that point i rang bill keller on the new york times and i said, "i'm living through this sort of strange dream. 't it a

and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by tfrontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. (phone ringing) >> please leave your message after the tone. (beep) >> hi, love, i was just thinkg i'm going to be late home from work tonight. >> bergman: britain is still coming to terms with a scandal of historic proportions. >> that should be fine about e kids, but i'll be seeing lawrence tomorrow. >> bergman: voicemails hacked by the thousands, messages like these... >> daddy, can you tell us what time you're coming home from work? >> bergman: private and intimate. >> (crying): clarissa, i've got some terrible news. please ring me back. >> bergman: stolen and turned into stories for the largest selling paper in the country, a murdoch tabloid called the news of the world. it had gone on for years. >> i first heard about the hacking of voicemail by journalists when someb

we have the latest on how the guardian of trees could have used someone guarding him. >> the lorax statue sat here for decades. sometime saturday night someone grabbed the 200 pound bronze statue. this is the statue that disappeared saturday night or sometime after that, dr. seuss' lorax. >> did you chop down this tree? >> i think he did it. >> i thought it was one of those pranks that people pull on television. i said, okay, you guys, where is it. >> it wasn't a prank. someone stole it from the la jolla backyard of the real dr. seuss, theodore geisel. >> this is the access road. >> the property manager showed the path the thieves took with the statue. it was at least a two-man job. >> they pushed it over the fence and dragged it down here. >> reporter: the bronze statue is irreplaceable. the mold was destroyed after this one was made. it sat here for 12 years under the tree out of the public's eye, something that makes him think the thieves have been here before. >> it's somebody who's been on the property. i don't know. >> reporter: bronze statues have been stolen before to be melted do

since which would bring all of us to that's what we've got in the guardian the daily mail a similar thing a couple of page spreads in the middle of the newspaper this isn't quite as peace and wins elections not in flight we got a nice little cartoon have a son all the talking of his son in bed and saying that's nothing certain and i think that's death taxes and he said winning an election it's about the flavor of what the newspapers are saying at the moment will be our thing will comment coming out all the time and as i say could have been expected to bring the nexus congratulating the big three listeners rarities laura smith live for us in london thanks very much for that update. and for more analysis on this wonder about alexei kodaly of editor in chief of a russian foreign news website. so thanks very much for being with us here on r.g.p. so you were an observer during sunday's vote no there was a lot made of the fact they were trying to make this vote as visible and transparent as possible do you think those efforts were worthwhile or were they in vain based upon what you saw at least

big guns in the telegraph and synagogues in terms of pizza and commentators and journalists in the guardian this morning we've got called doing is saying that it's putin has just six more years to draw level with. in terms of the time that he would have been in power in russia president was sitting in the hot seat eighteen years and he. will be drawing up on his trial yeah the headline in the guardian as well it says that irritating habits die hard it's accompanied by a large picture of a rural polling station of women walking around with essentially a. suitcase ballot box for people to put their ballot papers into that of course is in reaction to these allegations of carousel saying where people were alleged he tossed around to different polling stations to be several times it was the comments in the guardian says that people were sent racing going around them for things to pay or space to be again we brought. in the daily telegraph me tourists the t.p.c. and he writes a note for the economist he's saying that speech in may have won the election but he's lost the battle for the middle clas

the american correspondent for the guardian joins me now. they had the vote it was thought if they got 10% against that this would be a major statement of opposition to his continuing involvement and they got 35%. is that an indication that he might be ousted from the inside? >> it is far worse than 35%. it is just the murdoch vote nearly 70% of independent share holders. the problem is there is a dual voting system and the family controls the company. the share holders ousting james through a vote is limited. it is a sign of something much more important is a growing mood within the company and people around getting more and more anxious and angry. >> do they have the ear of those running the organization? is it possible there would be a purnl of murdochs -- purge of murdochs from within. >> it will be difficult because of the voting structure that gives the family control. we are starting to see the development of a new generation of potential leaders for the company. and followed around him this inner core of legal experts and advisors li

"the guardian newspaper. as the revolt raged, asma al- assad defended him. now, she is paying the price. >> in a quick look at other news from around the world, the leader of the coup in mali has no intention of staying in power. he said he would stand down after securing the country. he said troops had been badly equipped and poorly trained for the fight against rebels. in france, the authorities in toulouse has begun clearing out the flat where the self confessed al qaeda militant was shot dead on thursday. the french prime minister has defended the police and intelligence services against accusations that they mishandled the search for the killer. now to the state of the global economy. president obama nominated jim yong kim to be the next leader of the world bank. this was a surprise choice. he is currently the president of dartmouth college and a global health expert. now, he is the topic to when the official selection process. he will have his work cut out for him trying to cure the world's financial pr

conflict british newspaper has printed e-mails apparently written by president assad and his wife the guardian says they were intercepted by position members and revealed scores of personal information. afghanistan's security will be in local hands next year as the british and american leaders confirm a countdown at their meeting in washington and investigation is also pending into a possible assassination attempt against the u.s. defense secretary during his visit to the war torn country. and illegal immigrants coming to the u.k. and search of work are finding their dreams and being in poverty but because many have no idea documents they know have no way of returning home. next time we hear why president obama's initial offer of dialogue with iran over its nuclear program descended into the confrontation we're seeing today. r.t. is sitting down with trita parsi president of the national iranian american council and author of the new book a single roll of a dice obama's diplomacy with iran mr parsley thank you very much for joining our team thank you for having me this is percy when u.s. presi

. >> yeah, these are thousands of emails that the guardian newspaper in britain has got hold of from opposition groups who apparently hacked into the personal accounts. president, his wife, and some of his close circle. the guardian says it can't verify they're all true, but it seems to think at least some of them are. and politically, no great revelations about syrian strategy, and syria is taking advice from iran. that's no great surprise. but some pretty quirky stuff. you know, you've got the president's wife ordering a fon did you e set from amazon, doing a lot of shopping in paris online, buying thousands of dollars worth of candlesticks, chandeliers, tables that she sort of thing. and then, president assad himself apparently sending around kind of jokey youtube videos depicting the situation in homs in a kind of cartoon-like way with toy cars and biscuits to depict the siege there. so, certainly the sort of stuff that a lot of syrians are going to find pretty upsetting. >> jon donnison there. right, we're going to get some sport now. andrew lindsey joins me on the morning after

assad and his wife have been published in a british newspaper a year after the conflict escalated the guardian says they were intercepted by opposition members and seemingly shine a light into the embattled leaders and our circle let's get the details from artie's a london correspondent laura smith laura what exactly is are is in these e-mails. well this is an extraordinary cache of emails and of course as you've already mentioned we have to look at where they come from they were claimed intercepted by the opposition group the super supremes council of the revolution between june last year and early february now it can't be any coincidence that they've been really being released today which of course is the first anniversary of the revolt in syria and they reveal a whole range of of sort of. occupation all matters of the first syrian president but also personal matters let's start with the more serious things that these e-mails really reveal they seem to suggest that assad has established through and communicated with through a private e-mail address a sort of network of powerful aides with wh

that although he might have won this battle he's lost the war in terms of political popularity the guardian goes down much the same it's got a headline on the front talking about talking about six more years to equal brezhnev's eighteen years in power that's another big gun in the anti cretin commentry movement here in the shape of carding he was the guardian's correspondent in moscow for a long time they began got a double page spread the headline across here says that the result was. isn't in doubt but so you're a voting habits die pretty hard to picture here is a polling station over a pensioner casting her vote in a sort of ballot suit case. that's a response to these allegations of carousel very saying the newspapers here are talking a lot about how it's alleged that voters were bussed around to several polling stations the comment here says that the votes were talking about having voted against something rather than facing for something so against chaos rather than for putin the mail goes down again pretty much same reach opposition cries for. wins election landslides there's a cartoo

own server to keep all the information and as the guardian points out this would mean that the f.b.i. would be able to search and possibly amend the info that was shared so we could also give the u.s. the key that it needs to bring charges against making leaks because remember there's still a grand jury investigation underway in alexandria virginia so the obvious question here is what do these arrests mean for the group as a whole both anonymous and also proven resilience to previous arrests which is one of the major reasons that they've always stuck with a format where members are loosely affiliated and last week we saw alleged members of anonymous get arrested by interpol they retaliated or after an important us to gauge and they retaliated with attacks on interpol's website as well as police websites in the countries where those hackers were arrested so all the f.b.i. figures out what to do with the hackers they've arrested we're just going to sit back and wait for them to show us what their next move might be. now what we know there are seven hundred seventy nine prisoners who wer

the case with hungary, the european commission, the guardian of the treaty, has to be very attentive to the respect by member states of european legislation, and that is what the committee has done. -- european commission has done. we have launched a number of procedures against hungary because we have doubts. the european commission has doubts about the compatibility of some of the laws. >> adjacently, maybe the press law. >> a number of issues. the european commission has concluded in a number of these cases, hungary was doing the right thing, and in a number of cases they were not doing enough. for some of the cases we initiated, they are not yet close. they will be pursued because we are insisting that we need more guarantees. the system is there. the system is there. if there are doubts about the fact that one country is not fully respecting the law, the spirit and the letter of the law, the european commission, guardian of the treaty, can act. and ultimately, if need be, the european court of justice will have the final word. >> can issue a judgment that can be enforced, a puni

a man who stepped in to help this young victim >>standing at each corner of 95th and michigan the guardian angels are watching for suspicious activity and there are offering to help children get to school safely what happened here wednesday has everyone on the lookout >>she was crying so i stopped and i asked her what was wrong >>she said that she was raped >>this man said he only wants to be referred to as " mr. white " >>he saw the child in distress he called her parents he put her in the back seat of his car and they waited until her father arrived, i offered to call her mom and father >>but she was still crying shoes very upset it it's just unbelievable >>the unmanned struck up a conversation with the girl pulled a gun on her border into neighboring yard and raped her ... >>the girl's father was extraordinarily grateful for the good samaritan mr. wyatt ... >>the officers told me that you would never believe how many people never stop to help the young lady like that who was upset walking down the street >>another woman was sexually assaulted inside of a vacant train car on the cta redl

the guardian angels hope they can prevent any future crime. >> d.c.or vincent gray will brief the city council on a spending plan at 9:30 of the wilson building and then will talk to reporters about the budget that seeks to close a 172 mitten dollar gap between expenses and expected revenues. harry thomas jr. has now paid back for the money that he owes to the city. he has paid 70,000 of the $300,000 that he owes as a result of a settlement from a lawsuit. he's accused of diverting money from youth sports programs for its personal benefit. he was supposed to return the money in six installments ending in december next year. >> the shooting death of 17- year-old trayvon martin in florida is sparking more outraged. dozens of our university students held a rally last night, demanding the arrest of neighborhood watch captain george horman, who admits he shot the unarmed teenager. pieces that he acted in self- defense. >> he could've been our friend or are little brother. he could've been a future in our university student. >> this is a hate crime. howard

"the guardian" has the headline, "the sun also sets."e times" details the next steps, saying he will focus his energy on expanding the tv business. "the international herald tribune" says it is trying to depict his resignation as a part of his relocation to new york. this is newsday. i am in singapore. >> i am in london. these of the headlines. -- are the headlines. north korea will suspend the missile tests in return for food aid from the americans. >> after four weeks of the bombardment, the syrian government's ground offensive in homs is underway. welfare groups have stepped up its campaign to stop there is being farmed for their bile. bear bile is being used as an ingredient in chinese medicine. it is supposed to increase i said. it is expected from living baer's -- increase eyesight. tracted from living bears. >> this is a bear farm, where animals are milked for their bile. campaigners say this video shows the horror of this procedure. hear, a farmer shows how it is done. a tube is inserted into the bare stomach -- bear's stomach. i

the guardian angels trying to help them. ve been three separate area onrecently in that game and and a chance gender women. in the area takes the fed tomorrow. is another sign of population growth. the area could will be used as numbers in the area served by them. 16 counties will be affected. >> it is 62 degrees. >> there's a new push to bring redskins back to d.c. what the mayor is proposing. this is coming up. >> a great shout out to the cherry blossoms. we will be right back. [ other merv ] welcome back to the cleaning games. let's get a recap, merv. [ merv ] thanks, other merv. mr. clean magic eraser extra power was three times faster on permanent marker. elsewhere against dirt, it was a sweep, with scuffed sports equipment... had it coming. grungy phones... oh! super dirty! and grimy car rims... wow! that really works! ...all taking losses. it looks like mr. clean has won everything. the cleaning games are finished? and so are we. okay, but i just took a mortgage out on the cabinet. [ male announcer ] clean more, work l

joining me now is curtis sliwa, the founder of the guardian angels and also still with us is attorney j.e. bear who defended cases on the stand your ground law. mr. sliwa, you founded the guardian angels and i think your name is synonymous with civilian patrols. what did george zimmerman do wrong and was there anything he did right that night? >> he did nothing right except wake up early that day and begin to stalk people that through his paranoia he thought were looking to commit crime on his compound. a self-appointed watchman. the other day i'm speaking in a high school in new jersey and the youngsters go oh, you're just like zimmerman. i wanted to impale myself right there. wait a second. i buried six guardian angels who have been shot and killed in the line of duty, i was stalked myself, i had a gunman go pow, pow, pow, five hollow point bullets. he's become the face of block watch crime watch. >> what was he doing different from your block watch crime watch? >> he was so low, he had all the furniture upstairs and rearranged in the wrong rooms. i know everyone is fixated on hoodi

one of the things in this e-mail we are told by the "guardian" newspaper assad joking about his talksform in the country with syrian leaders. what else? >>jonathan: a huge amount some 3,000 documents they got hold of all together showing president assad taking advice from iranian officials over the crackdown, discussing military strategy and, also, as you said, mocking the reforms he himself publicly claims show he is committed to changing syria. and they show him detached from the entire situation spending a lot time downloading music from the apple itunes star and tweeting. "the guardian," has been able to confirm some but not all and state officials comments on that today. >> we don't have any reason to believe they are anything but authentic and they tell an amazing tale far from being detached from what the military is doing assad takes pride not viciousness of his security forces. >>jonathan: that characteristic that he takes ride in what he is doing is evident again and again and again if the e-mails. >>shepard: and the e-mails are conversations with iranians? >>jonathan: with

"the guardian" published e-mails september by assad and his wife since last june. was advised how to handle the uprising and joked about promises of reform. he was also told about western journalists in homs and urge to tighten the security grip. they showed them enjoying a luxurious lifestyle. >>> president obama and first lady michelle hosted their sixth state dinner. this one honoring english prime minister david cameron and his wife samantha. while the president and first lady wore their formals well, sparkling dark blue gown turned to his wife and said they look better than us. they toasted to the two nation's long alliance. they toasted the president saying what it was like to work with someone with clear vision and decency. it was attended by actor george clooney. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. >>> a surprise end to go a freeway crash in california. after highway patrol officers bumped the back of a pickup truck to stop a suspected drunk driver, they found a baby actually inside that car. the infant was in a car se

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committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. ( phones ringing ) >> smith: the news broke on december 11, 2008, and within seconds, phones were ringing around the world. ( phones ringing ) michael bienes was in london when he got a phone call from his business partner, frank avellino. >> "and i said, frank, what's wrong?" because i could hear it in his voice. "michael, bernie madoff..." i said, "he died." in a nanosecond, "he died." "...was arrested..." i said, "oh, no," and then another nanosecond-- "...sex crime or some [no audio], you know?" "...for stock fraud." >> smith: phones were ringing in palm beach, too. >> i received a call from an investor in aspen who said that he had heard that bernie was arrested. and i called bernie's office, and i called his secretary. and i said, "gee, we just got this really stran

a group supporting the president -- after many counted were said disqualified by the guardian council. the council is a constitutional watchdog under the interest of hamani. conservative with the president are taking the offensive by attacking the measure of reducing subsidy are. they are losing momentum due to oppressive from authority. he could take a tougher stance against western issues if hard liners hold power after the election. >>> two afghans killed two u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. the burning of copies of the koran last month stoked anti-american sentiment. they say afghans working with americans opened fire at a basin the southern province of kandahar. they say forces shot and killed the gunman. one believed to be a soldier. the other a civilian teaching afghan personnel how to read and write. multi national forces have been on alert for two weeks. afghans have been outraged since u.s. personnel burned copies of the muslim holy book at a base near kabul. an afghan soldier shot and killed two soldiers last thursday in an eastern province. two days later, a man believed to b

committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided byhe park foundation. dedicad heightening plic awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, with a grant from millicent bell through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. >> bergman: we all die, two and a half million americans every year. sometimes, the cause of death is no surprise. sometimes, death comes suddenly-- from accidents, heart attacks, homicides. there are medical experts whose job it is to figure out why and how people die. they are called forensic pathologists or medical examiners, and they perform the postmortem, the autopsy, your last physical exam. ( saw buzzing ) one of the leading forensic pathologts in america is dr. marcella fierro. >> when i was treating live patients, i spoke with them. and when i have dead patients, i talk to them, too. >> bergman: but they don't talk back. >> they talk back to me with their physical findings and with their pathology. i ask them, "tell me your story." >> bergman: as you

joining me now is curtis leewell, founder of the guardian angel, also robert parker, former director miami-dade police department, and also still with us is attorney jay baer, defended several tas cases on the florida stand your ground law. nice to be with ale of you. you founded the guardian angels and your name is a none miss with civilian patrols. what did george zimmerman do wrong and was there anything he did right that night? >> he did nothing right except wake up early that day and begin to stalk. people that, through his paranoia, he thought, while looking to make crime on his compound. a self-appointing watchman. the other day i'm speaking at a high school in new jersey and the youngsters go, oh, you're just like zimmerman. i wanted to impale myself right there. wait a second. i buried six guardian angels shot and killed in the line of duty. i was stalked myself. a person go pow, pow, pow, pow, pow. god, save me. what do you think this is? this isn't zimmerman but he's become the face of crime watch, black watch. >> the block watch, what was different than what you do? >> in

and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. with grants from scott nathan and laura debonis, and the hagler family. >> what a cute little face. aww, here we come. it's a girl! >> yeah! >> she's beautiful. >> what's her name? >> rachel. >> she's beautiful. she doesn't want to cry. >> narrator: a new life begins. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> narrator: out of her mother's womb, rachel murphy is now surrounded by a new world filled with countless germs. modern medicine will do what it can to protect her. >> just a tiny little stick. >> narrator: barely an hour old, rachel gets her first shot against hepatitis b. this is the first of up to 35 inoculations she will get in the next six years of her life to fight 14 diseases. >> it's all right. it's okay, princess. >> narrator: public health doctors celebrate vaccines as one of medicine's shining achievements. >> that's all.

predent is fighting a tough election battle after many candidates are said to be disqualified by the guardian council. the council is a constitutional watch dog under the influence of khamenei. hard-liners of president ahmadinejad are attacking his fiscal measures of reducing substance. iran's economy is over its nuclear program. meanwhile, staged massive anti-government rallies after the presidential election in 2009 are leading to pressure on authorities. iran could take a tougher stance against western nations if conservative hard-liners expand their hold on power in the election. >>> two afghans have killed two u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. the burning of copies of the koran last month has stoked anti-american sentiment. spokespersons for the international security assistance force say afghans working with the americans opened fire at a base in the southern province of kandahar. they say isap forces shot and killed the gunmen. one was believed to be a soldier. the other was a civilian teaching afghan personnel how to read and write. multinational forces have been on alert for two weeks. a

now, the guardian says it is authenticated many but not all of the emails.n said today officials have no reason to doubt the authenticity of these emails. they show the president taking advice from iranian officials, coordinating the military crackdown and mocking his own reforms that he has publicly proclaimed as showing that syria is on a new path. as for mrs. assad, as you said, how she copies with these stressful times is by doing a lot of online shopping for designer shoes, for expensive furniture from paris and in one case for a fondue set apparently to serve a ham some continue tore her murderous husband in his presidential palace. >> shepard: incredible. jonathan, thank you. newt gingrich, he said i have to win mississippi and i have to win alabama for my candidacy to be viable, period. must win states. crucial to the southern strategy. had to have them. he didn't win mississippi. didn't win alabama. so he is out of the race, right? no. >> i'm staying in the race because i want to see if i can't in the second half of the race, louisiana is sort of ha

joining me now is curtis, a founder of the guardian angels. also robert parker. former director of the miami did police department. also with us, attorney jay hebert. nice to see all of you. let's begin with you. you obviously founded the guardian angels. your name is synonymous with civilian controls. what did george zimmerman do wrong, and is there anything he did right? >> he did nothing except wake up early that day and begin to stalk people through his paranoia he thought were looking to commit crime on his compound. a sell-apointed watchman. the other day i was speaking at a high school in new jersey. the kid said you're just like zimmerman. i wanted to impale myself. i've buried six guardian angels shot and killed in the line of duty. i was stalked myself. had a gun at me. five bullets. god save me. this isn't zimmerman. but unfortunately he's become the face of black watch crime watch. >> how is what he was doing different than the block watch crime watch that you were doing? >> because in the streets we call it mad dogs. he was on a mission. he was solo.

. >> this looks at the symbiosis between the two fields which each of them claiming to be the guardianse tru wle at the same time never quite been able to define exactly what truth is. >> more than 50 leading international artists. >> gilbert and george walking through their exhibit of news bibber billboards. they spent years taking their from outside news agents in london. the headlines tell learned stories. >> brutal gang rape of girl 16. >> man charged with rape. >> they are part of an exhibition with works by 55 other artists, all dealing with th links between media, art, and truth. >> the artist and directors are the only ones to point the way. the media only is there to get pointed. we see these articles and tv programs about the arab spring. what arab spring? 80% of the women in egypt are still being circumcised. they never said that on the television. >> the works ask questions about truth, how we perceive it and how it is defined. a series of featured reports hangs alongside a collection of censored newspaper articles. which one grubs' the viewer's attention? the news reports o

"the guardian" looks at brazil to become the fourth largest economy. after all the vehicles, a reality check. less interest in battery powered cars. because of poor sales figures. >> time for us to catch up on the business news. we have a great story from australia. >> i am not sure one can actually say that. from the last quarter of 2011 showing the north point of 4% -- that is half of what analysts expected. a lot of euros and countries would really love that type of growth. it has a two tier economy. we have also seen its retail and business really suffering. the problem with the mining, of course, is it relies on china and india for demand. a little earlier we spoke to the finance minister. >> it is important that we do with the number in perspective when you consider the very severe turbulence and wait global conditions that mark the final last quarter of last year. if you consider it in that context, this result is pretty solid in circumstances. >> exactly. it is pretty solid. we're expecting growth in the australian economy in 2012. >> does it m

here in the u.k., the guardian is considering a controversial plan regarding the police. companies could take responsibility for investigating crimes, patrolling neighborhoods, and even detaining suspects. the daily mail claims some british banks are going to raise interest rates. there currently at half of 1%. this is bbc news. these are the headlines. the united nations secretary general ban ki-moon accused the syrian government of committing crimes against the country's civilian population. five american states have been hit by tornadoes. indiana is one of the worst hit. at least six people have been killed. more on syria. two weeks ago, the british photographer paul conroy was working with marie colvin, who was killed alongside a french journalist. mr. conroy is back in a london hospital. he has been telling the bbc about the moment he was rescued. >> there was a lull in the shelling. it was the free syrian army. it was a last ditch. they had wounded of their own to get out. they knew we were in bad shape. it was a last ditch attempt. it was a proper american helicopt