it's about a family of an iraq war veteran.y're furious after a gravestone built in their daughter's honor has been removed by the cemetery. it was made in the'm spongebob. it was taken down because the cemetery sis it does not fit in with the history of the space. the woman was found strangled in a colorado hotel room. her army boyfriend was charged in her killing. >> spooky action on cam. someone dressed up as a ghost running around the liquor store. the owners decided to check it out after noticing a few things are missing. the police said the ghost could face third degree-boog-lary charges. >> you tell it what you think about darryl issa saying eye voiding sticker shock. >> i check out what my money would be and would be more than my already high premium at work. bruise says, i'm concerned about those whose health insurance has already been cancelled because it doesn't meet the aca standards. henry edwards on facebook, if i buy something and it doesn't work, i return it for a full refund. the company who built this must giv

an iraq war veteran spongebob square head headstone has been removed because officials at the cemeteryeemed it inappropriate. the headstone of kimberly walker was made in the likeness of her favorite cartoon character and put up at the cemetery. according to the president the headstone along with the duplicate for walker's living twin sister will not be allowed back up but they will reimburse the family for each headstone and pay for new ones. >>> a world war ii veteran has finally received his much deserved honor. 94-year-old phillip coon was presented with the prisoner of war medal and other honors at the stulsa airport. he survived a labor camp and brutal death march in it the philippines. he was presented with a bronze star medal and combat infantry badge. he had just returned from the pow friendship program. >>> listen to this. the bar harbor maine will no longer display a per pit actually lit tree in the center of town. since 2011 the tree has been a memorial to the american soldiers who lost their lives in the battle of the bulge. a majority of the town council voted to remove t

moments ago we saw an iraq veteran trying to come in. he was physically stopped from getting by and tried to force his way in. he said he was an iraq veteran and his father who is now dead served in world war ii and came here today to honor his father and turned away. there no protesters except one lone guy with his sign and message to congress. you will see the tourists who are not being, loued in today. not the pack in congress or hoards of protesters on either sides of the issues at the world war ii memorial today. news 4. >> thank you, mark. if you live if d.c. and want to sign up for the affordable health insurance, you can get help. the link is offering the first free information session today. you will learn how to search and compare choices and enroll in the plan of your choice. the meeting will be held at the library along benning road in northeast d.c. from 3:00 to 7:00. state and federal officials are hoping you have an easier time signing up for the health care coverage today. the white house said within the first few hours,

. >> happening today, the ohio family of an iraq war veteran killed at home is meeting at the cemetery officials over the future of a cartoon character tomb season. she loved sponge bob square pants and the family spent $25,000 on two massive monuments. they said the cemetery gave the okay but now they are removing the tombstones. >> flavored cigars are smoked by one in 30 teens. the centers for disease control found that smoking rates with candy or fruit. 19,000 students grade 6 through 12. the cigars skirt a 2009 band on flavored cigarettes. the tobacco industry says they do not market to minors. >> meteorologist, mike nicco, ahead with the foggy forecast. >> there is still a damp chill in the air in many cities but the sunshine is coming out and it will warm up not only today but the next couple of days. i have a cooling trend in the forecast and we will go in search of rain. we haven't had any yet, this month. >> the bay bridge is about to get another new fixture with crews uprooting something from sacramento and giving its roots near the toll plaza. >> women, you have noticed your

. >> an iraq veteran murdered at home, how a clash of a cartoon could keep her family from honoring her dying wish. >> and san mateo showing not good visibility, and a big temperatures spread. a live look outside, skies have cleared temporary. we'll talk about how long the folk will stick around in the forecast coming up. >>> and apple shows off its revamped ipad ,, . ,,,, lies a very stinky problem:d anchovies everywhere. we're talking tens of thousands of fish.. floating up from the bottom.. and giving birds a feast. . >>> in the beautiful santa cruz harbor lies a very stinky problem, dead anchovies everywhere, tens of thousands of fish floating from the bottom and getting birds a feast. >> those fish fouling up the north end of monterrey bay. apparently it all started with they took a wrong turn into the santa cruz harbor. kpix's glen ramirez on exactly what went on here. >> reporter: allen, the fish today to float dead here in the water, not only massive birds have shown up to feast on their bodies with birds, but also with a stench of death in the air. >> the air wreaked with a ste

. >> keith, an iraq war veteran, also suffering from ptsd. he threw his name in the hat for the heroes to heroes trip, hoping for help with his stress and anxiety and tells us it's working. >> i slept better. i don't have to look behind me because i feel safe, i feel confident. >> they are funded entirely by private donations. it kaus $7,500 for each trip, and ten more will be chosen for next year. >> thanks, rick. let's go to new jersey with governor chris christie is spoking out about superstorm sandy relief. nearly a year to date after it roared ashore, it said sandy victims have all the right to be frustrated, but he's telling the associated press that washington and not his administration is to blame. explaining that it took congress three months to approve the $51 billion relief package. sandy killed at least 182 people and costed $65 billion in damage in the u.s., making it the second costliest weather disa disaster in american history behind only hurricane katrina. >> baseball fans are up this morning and chattering about the wild fin

according to his linkedin profile he's also an iraq war veteran. many in the community though don't believe the shooting was justified. >> shame on -- on sonoma county sheriff. shame on you. you have broken our hearts. >> reporter: now post on the justice for andy lopez facebook page is also encouraging students to leave class beginning at 10:00 this morning to take part in the demonstration although the superintendent here is encouraging students to stay in school. meantime there are a lot of groups from outside of this area who are also planning to help out in this demonstration and take part. we wanted to take you now to a live picture from franco gallo plaza because that's where occupy oakland organizers are planning to have buses pick people up and drive them up here to santa rosa to take part in this march that again will begin today at about noon or so is when people will begin to gather here in this area. we are live this morning in santa rosa. alex savage. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all right alex. time is 6:34. the suspect who was wounded i

the 24-year veteran is an iraq war veteran who's also a firearms instructor. he's contributed to gun publications.and in 2008.he wrote an article for swat magazine. >>"today is the day you may need to kill someone in order to go home. >> reporter:somebody needs to be in charge, so make a decision." >> reporter:and in the same article, he said "when you are caught in an ambush, you need to make your decisions immediately and carry them out just as quickly. >> reporter:you need to shut down the bad guys who initiated the ambush so that you can go home." >> catherine: in a developing story on the peninsula. for the second straight day - the woman accused in a closely-watched fatal d.u.i case is a no-show. a father and mother were killed in that crash. kron four's rob fladeboe reports on what happened. >> reporter:once again on tuesday, just moments before she was to be arraigned in department 4-a here at san mateo county superior court, marjorie reitzell failed to appear. the 53-year-old redwood city woman is charged with two felony counts of vehicular manslaughte

. >> the tactics are what lead to an iraq war veteran almost getting killed by the police. >> well, that's a falsehood. first of all we don't do any training in regards to crowd control like it has been alleged. >> the rallies were finished by 8:00 tonight no problems. >>> san jose's acting police chief it seems will get the job permanently. he was appointed to replace the retiring chief chris moore in january. the city manager says during the tenure, the city's gang suppression unit has been resurrected helping in a summer crackdown on gang activity. she hopes to put the appointment in late november. >>> still to come, racial profiling at high end stores and the superstar found in the middle of a growing controversy jie. and a popular fundraiser for teens could be banned. why the city of san jose wants to clean up car washes. >> and a decade's old beatles mystery is now solved. abc7 news talked with a bay area man ring go star has been searching for. >> and i am sandhya patel. this is a good indication of a great looking weekend. i will have the temperatures and the wake up weather and i

according to his linked-in profile he's an iraq war veteran. one organizer believes the deputy didn't have to shoot. >> i think the community is tired of being somewhat persecuted. always feeling they are suspicious in some way. >> reporter: now, posts on the facebook page for and yip lopez are enkuging students to leave class beginning at 10:00 a.m. to take part in the march. but the santa rosa superintendent is encouraging kids to stay in class. he doesn't want them to leave class to take part in today's event. in the meantime, there are a number of groups from beyond santa rosa getting involved. i want to put up a live picture if we can from downtown oakland. this is a live shot from gankg obau wa -- from frank ogawa plaza. this is where people will be picked up to santa rosa to take part in the march that will be happening today. it's a march that begins hat around noon. it begins in two different spots and two different groups of people are expected to join up and converge, again, for a large rally in front of the sonoma county sheriff's d

stormed a villa of a leader of the al-shabaab militant group responsible for the delhi attack on an iraq the shopping mall last month at another operation was carried out in the libyan capital tripoli where the military seized a suspect in the one thousand nine hundred eighty u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania well i spoke with peace activist ryan dawson who says washington is only against those who oppose its policies the us has no problem supporting terrorists all over the rest of the world so for them to be fighting terrorists in somalia sounds a little disingenuous when they're supporting. al-qaeda in syria as well as our nursery and many other terrorist groups all over the world but why do you think of such double standards as you just mentioned i mean what's the reason behind all that well the war on terrorism has really replaced the cold war to justify massive military spending and so when they're supporting a dictator like hadi and a man who want to election because it is the only name on the ballot or they're supporting al-qaeda or getting mercenaries in syria or whethe

. >> the tactics are what lead to an iraq war veteran almost getting killed by the police. >> well, that'shood. first of all we don't do any training in regards to crowd control like it has been alleged. >> the rallies were finished by 8:00 tonight no problems. >>> san jose's acting police chief it seems will get the job permanently. he was appointed to replace the retiring chief chris moore in january. the city manager says during the tenure, the city's gang suppression unit has been resurrected helping in a summer crackdown on gang activity. she hopes to put the appointment in late november. >>> still to come, racial profiling at high end stores and the superstar found in the middle of a growing controversy jie. and a popular fundraiser for teens could be banned. why the city of san jose wants to clean up car washes. >> and a decade's old beatles mystery is now solved. abc7 news talked with a bay area man ring go star has been searching for. >> and i am sandhya patel. this is a good indication of a great looking weekend. i will have the temperatures and the wake up weather and i will let

an iraq and combat veteran. duncan hunter jr. thought they had solved the problem. why they didn't speak up is beyond me and i've got to tell you. their unnamed white house aides today, i hope the president is angry with them because if it is true that white house aides knew about this for several days before this told the president at some point that we still don't know what it is, those white house aides have something to account for too. their job is to serve the president and they ill-served the president. of course, the president ill-served the country. i do think, i've become convinced the administration is looking for cheesy little ways like this to make the shutdown hurt even more we saw it with the allowing of the immigration rally on the national mall, but having park rangers try and turn away honor veterans who want to visit the open-air world war ii memorial. that just makes no sense at all. >> the reason they're so attracted to the white house is it has now passed the senate and it's passed the house and the senate and president obama said he wasn't goi

he's an iraq war veteran who's also a firearms instructor. gelhaus has spent 24 years in law enforcement. he's contributed to gun publications.and in 2008.he wrote an article for swat magazine. >> >> reporter:"today is the day you may need to kill someone in order to go home. >> reporter: somebody needs to be in charge, so make a decision." >> reporter:and in the same article, he said "when you are caught in an ambush, you need to make your decisions immediately and carry them out just as quickly. >> reporter:you need to shut down the bad guys who initiated the ambush so that you can go home." >> reporter:keep it tuned here to kron four as we continue to follow the latest with the andy lopez protests. you can also get updates on our facebook and twitter pages, kron four-dot-com, and our new mobile app. >> catherine: new at 8. in hopes of making shoppers feel safer on the streets of oakland's chinatown. a local businessman is bringing in >> catherine: kron 4's dan kerman has more. >> reporter: he is the one that will pay for the guard in the la

an iraq veteran who fought for the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. going to fold my paper.raduate of west point, he announced he was gay on the rachel maddow show, give it up for rachel maddow, you all. on march 19, 2009, the anniversary of the assassination of biggie smalls, his wife -- life changed forever. the army initiated discharge proceedings against him less than month -- less than one month later. the audacity of these people. a noted advocate of lgbt civil rights, a graduate of the parachuting school and the scalp either core. -- scout leaders corps. put your rebellious handclaps together for lieutenant dan choi. >> thank you. thank you. i am so honored to be here. i have a few words i would like to share with the federal agents that have graced us with their presence among us today. i have a few choice words. you are not our enemy. we are here for the same purpose . you swore an oath to protect the constitution and that is exactly what we continued to do in our shared mission with you. we are not opponents, we are on the same team. when you come across informatio

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iraq this year. every single day i get an e-mail about bombings. >> reporter: the bad old days are back. it is not 2008. it is sunday, multiple car bombs exploded across baghdad. killing at left a 35 people and wounding 100. the week before a suicide bomber blew himself up in a coffee shop, leaving at least 24 dead. and before that, it was eight worshippers getting killed in a mosque when a car bomb exploded outside. those are the big headlines but small scale attacks happen every day. on wednesday, vice president biden kicked off high level talks. critics on capitol hill accused him of steering his country into another civil war. >> the situation is deteriorating it is and unraveling and he has to turn it around. >> this week, senators wrote president obama. urging hill to reengage with iraq. increase u.s. assistance and pressure maliki. >> i think it would be a bad thing for us if he finds his best option for partnership is iran. >> jessica lewis is an iraq expert and form he army intelligence officer. she said maliki needs to stop down on iraqi who's aren't part of his coalition and f

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victims and all kinds of real people who can tell the story about how their lives are impacted and an iraq veteran wounded seriously by the disability benefits after waiting for two years for his claim to be processed. now on october 1st, the claim was planted. he has learned that as of november 1, he may not be receiving those benefits. these real life stories for a purple heart recipient as he was and now being denied again the benefits that he really needs and deserves. i think that's compelling. my colleagues on both sides of the aisle are hearing from not just wall street, but certainly a compelling story. the main street story about the effects on the economy and immunity banks and i'm hearing from the business community that this brinksmanship has to end. they are supposed to prevent this gainsmanship. >> senator, you are headed to the white house today. the president said publicly since 2011 you do not think the reading of the 14th amendment allows him to reach the debt ceiling. sounds like you disagree. are you going to voice that today? >> i have voiced the opinion that the 14th

and duncan hunter, a member of the armed services committee and is himself an iraq and war veteran. representative hunter, good to see you, i know you served three tours of duty, we thank you for your service. how did this happen? >> megyn, here is what happened. i want to take you back to 2004, the iraq war was going on, i was in fallujah, and they were sending money to bring back the dead soldiers in rented car go airplanes, there was an iconic picture of these being forklifted out of dover, delaware. that is the type of decision they make. they said you will no longer do that, they will have a military escort back to their hometown. so fast forward nine years, here is what happened. this is a boneheaded decision that dishonors our fallen brothers and sisters. it breaks the trust with the men and women who served on the front line and are forgotten because of the shutdown. by the way, megyn. thank you so much for doing this. i'm glad you're talking about it. it is unfortunate that we're talking about this issue, but great to be on your show. >> and it is great to have you, we have

. >> the police tactics is what led to an iraq war veteran almost getting killed by the police. >> well, that's a falsehood. first of all, we don't do any training in regards to crowd control like has been alleged. >> the rally rapped up by 8:00 last night. >>> san jose's acting police chief is going to get the job permanently. abouting chief larry escoval has been appointed to replace the chief in january. she hopes to put the appointment before the city council in november. >>> parents in south alameda county are making themselves heard of an issue they believe will hurt their families. they are upset keizer permanente plans to close a clinic in a month. we'll look at both sides of the controversy. >> reporter: lily green is pretty good at connecting the dots on her coloring book, but when she was a few days old she recollects has to spent a few extra days at kaiser permanente. >> being with our neighbors, our family, close to our home, took a traumatic situation for our family and made it somewhat more manageable. >> reporter: kaiser has been planning to shut down this hospital and m

this is the guy who scammed america into an iraq war with false claims.he guy who brought diplomacy to new lows and tarnished america's image. so he's not allowed to talk about competence. the host then asked about the, quote, victory dance that occurred after bin laden was killed. this was cheney's response. >> well, my concern about the way bin laden was handled, one, i was glad they got him. two, they needed to recognize as some have although he never really has, all the work that was done by our intel professionals over a period of ten years to make that possible. and the other thing was that by going public the way they did, they lost, i am convinced, some opportunities. >> so the guy that couldn't get bin laden is now criticizing the president that did? and he's talking about the work of our professionals. i got to hand it to you mr. cheney, that takes some brass. but when you're talking about a victory dance, does this one ring a bell? so, again, next time you get that question, just take a pass. did you think we wouldn't notice that you're the las

but he confirmed the deputy who fired the shots is eric gillhouse, an iraq war veteran. >> eric is aee and trains new people for us. that shows the level of respect we have for eric and his position here. >> investigators say only ten seconds passed from the moment gillhouse and his partner called back to say that shots were fired. according to witnesses, at least one of the deputies took cover behind an open front door of their cruiser and one yelled twice to drop the gun. shots were fired and the boy was pronounced dead at the scene. this teen says it is common for kids his age to play with the so-called air soft rieffles, an the deputy should know it was a fake. >> he was a firearms specialist and you should know it was a fake gun. >> if you hold them side by side, though, some experts say it is hard to tell. >> i mean, a 13-year-old to be carrying an ak-47 like that. you know what i mean? those are heavy, not like guns, i held a real one myself. so they're not like guns for a 13-year-old to be just holding it like it is nothing. >> and this is the area where the boy was shot. you

operating system for mac computers and mac laptops. >>> the "chicago sun-times" the head stone of an iraqeteran have been removed at an ohio cemetery that says the marker is inappropriate. the seven-foot gravestone is shaped as a smiling spongebob squarepants. the cemetery said the employee who approved the design made an error in judgment. officials are offering the family compensation for the gravestone and an identical one next to you. the "salt lake tribune," the boy scouts fired two leaders who filmed themselves toppling an ancient boulder. the men said they tossed the boulder because they were worried it could fall on somebody. but the boy scouts said they violated the leave no trace rule. the men could still face criminal charges. ringo starr is asking for help on his quest to fund the identities of the people in this photo, ringo took the photo during the beatles first trip to the u.s. back in 1964 when their cars passed each other on the freeway. it's part of his new limited edition photo book called photograph. he believes it may have been taken in miami. if you recognize anyone

i'd like to submit for the article an article written by an iraq war veteran who now attends the university of southern california which he entitled "afghan war must end immediately." i ask unanimous consent that i might submit this for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jones: thank you. mr. speaker, both of these articles hold the same conclusion. the war in afghanistan is a misuse of american youth, american money and american military power. it is time for the congress of the united states to face the fact that we have our own problems here in america. to send money, over $600 billion to afghanistan, to build roads, schools, utility plants so the taliban can blow them up makes no sense. it is time for little girls, like these two, to have their dadies at home and not have their -- daddies at home and not have their daddies in a coffin. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. thank you for this opportunity. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. matsui, for five minutes. m

, so they want to basically lease a portion of what is today iraq. and an area north of lebanon now, along the coast which they had said is not primarily arab, it's very mixed, there's a huge christian population there. so they excluded that from the agreement, but virtually everything else was going to be an independent arab nation. the british had done this without ever consulting their chief allies, france and russia. so when they made a deal with hussein, the british thought, you know, maybe we should have checked with allies and see how they feel about this. one man in particular, a slide i'll show in a minute, a man named markus seitz was sent to meet with the french diplomats and just to kind of sound that what the french might want. in the middle east. as it turned out the french basically wanted everything. they wanted what is today syria, lebanon, iraq, israel and jordan. they wanted everything. what ensued was discussions between mark seitz and his french counterpart, george tito, where they basically, they decided to divide up the region between

tom tarantino is an iraq war combat veteran. >> member of congress, members of the administration, any politician needs to understand that if you are holding veterans hostage for the sake of political gain or if you're trying to balance the budget on the backs of the men and women who have served and sacrificed their country, you are going to pay a political price. >> reporter: for america's 1.4 million troops still on duty and their families, the prospect of a shutdown has also brought worry about delayed paychecks, even though congress has moved to ensure men and women in uniform, including those in afghanistan, are paid on time. but eileen huck, a navy wife, says there's still plenty of anxiety about what may happen. >> short term the commissaries where we do a lot of our shopping, will be shut down. for those who get our health care or children's health care at military facilities, that could be affected as well. routine appointments won't be available. >> reporter: still, 400,000 civilian defense department personnel will be furloughed until congress and the white house reach an a

first, congressman murphy, you're an iraq war veteran, you're a former member of congress, and we should're a former member of congress largely because of your vote in favor of the affordable care act, obama care. >> that's right, andrea. i'm proud of that vote, even if it did cost my my seat. i have a piece on msnbc.com about that. and i'm proud. we have the greatest country in the world, andrea, but to know that in 2010, 26,100 americans died because they didn't have access to health insurance was just wrong. so i was proud of that vote. it probably did cost me my seat, but my conscience is clear and i sleep well at night. >> tom tarantino, i know you and pat murphy have been talking about some of the services veterans will not be getting. what's the backlog likely to be? the va is already under criticism for not processing things quickly enough. >> the good news is the va has been on quite a tear over the last six months. they've reduced the backlog by about 33%. this is due to new initiatives like mandatory overtime, better communication with the dod and social security administratio

year-old erick gelhaus is a 24 year veteran of the department and according to a linkedin profile he is an iraqny in this community believe that deputy didn't have to open fire. >> shame on -- on sonoma county sheriff. shame on you. you have broken our hearts. >> reporter: a post on the justice for andy lopez facebook page is encouraging students here in santa rosa to leave class beginning at 10:00 a.m. to take part in this march. but santa rosa's superintendent is trying to discourage students from doing that. he wants them all to stay in school. he feels as though the march may not be a safe place for them to be. meantime, lopez's father is telling ktvu that he wants to deputy who shot his son to face criminal charges. live this morning in anita rosa, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a woman accused of running over and killing a couple as they walked their dog in menlo park is scheduled to appear in court today. ktvu's brian flores joins us now with reaction from the suspect's brother. good morning brian. >> reporter: good morning pam. marjorie reitzell was supposed to be in court yester

tom tarantino is an iraq war combat veteran. >> members of congress, members of the administration, anyolitician needs to understand that if you are holding veterans hostage for the sake of political gain, or if you're trying to balance the budget on the backs of the men and women who have served and sacrificed for this country, you are going to pay a political price. >> reporter: for america's 1.4 million troops still on duty and their families, the prospect of a shutdown has also brought worry about delayed paychecks, even though congress has moved to ensure men and women in uniform, including those in afghanistan are paid on time. but eileen hook, a navy wife says there is still plenty of anxiety about what may happen. >> short-term you know the commissaries where we do a lot of our shopping will be shut down. and for those of white house get our health care, our children's health care at military treatment facility, it's possible that that is going to be affected as well. routine appointments are not going to be available. >> reporter: still, 400,000 civilian defense department pers

iraq to continue. they want to have an independent country in northern iraq. isn't that a bad thing? -- is that a bad thing? i do not. >> perhaps the best way to fix the is to break it up into several parts? >> when countries breakup -- who regrets the breakup of the soviet union? it was wanted. should the sunnis and be subjected to rule of the majority of the shiites win and they define themselves by their religion in a way that the sunnis feel excluded, arrangements which provide for greater autonomy for the sunni region makes a lot of sense. they have a constitution and it does and the weak central government by the design of its various people. it is not an accident. it is something the kurds very much intended. in fact, it was intended by at the time of the larger shiite party that was called the islamic revolution. it is not that to be outside powers are coming and interfering him a -- interfering, the parties are looking to the outsiders for trade relations and for political support. more or less, the same phenomenon is in way in syria. i do not think it would be a desirable o

wrote this history peter you can talk about nuclear threats bush had a similar plan to provoke an attack on iraq and he's going to paint the u.s. plane headed nations colors that it shot down and use that as a pretext to invade iraq so this thing goes on all the time still in the bush the father of bush in kuwait way why do you think these are a false flags and more historically explored in these provocations kind of the use of these false provocations starting to do for this but we're excited especially to try to expose this to national security archives putting out great documents about these things so people know some of this but it's at the heart of our story because we're telling the other side of american history the dark side all the interventions the assassinations the dirty tricks the psychological warfare the torture of don't forget the arrogance it's behind and that you have those two it's always you're able to drop them on japan and get away with it successfully by calling it a moral victory and saying that it ended world war two then you adopt the attitude that because you want you

at a cemetery in ohio, a family of an iraq war veteran, built a monument to her.rtoon. the cemetery offered to pay for a more traditional stone. but the parents say that's not what their daughter wanted. we'll have updates as news becomes available. >>> and finally, phenomenal news yesterday about a young man i had the pleasure of introducing to all of you a few weeks ago. zach hodskins, a senior in high school. phenomenal ballplayer. by the way, missing half of his left arm. he is playing next year, officially, having committed, after a visit this week, to the university of florida. the gators. hard work paying off. and hard work turning him into one of the great basketball players in the country, as a high school senior. need i remind you, without half a left arm. >> that's great. >> when he was making his appearance, he is phenomenal. >> a wonderful kid. i spoke with his dad and mom, crying tears of joy. >> go, gators. all right. >> that's hard for me to say. you know? a little rivalry there. but go, gators. congratulations to you. >>> "pop news" time everybody

we're learning the deputy involved is a weapons expert and an iraq war veteran, who once wrote a magazinehris brown was checked into rehab for anger management following his arrest for allegedly punching a man. he is still on probation from the 2009 accusation of beating then-girlfriend rihanna. he could face serious jail time if a judge determines that he violated that probation. >>> and a warning for wine users. a new study warns that the global wine shortage is about to get a lot worse. and it's all because production is falling in europe while demand soars in china. we're also drinking more wine here in the u.s., as well. >>> finally, some politicians are giants among their people. or are they? take a look at the photo, posted online by the chinese government. famous for its propaganda. in this case, trying to show that politicians are concerned about the elderly. but you would notice here, the woman they appear to be visiting, is actually a doll? yeah. something of a photoshop fail, it would appear. you be the judge. >> can we go back to the top story? >> the top story? >> the wine s

dawn posse are released pending trial three more remain in custody following the killing of an anti-fascist iraq the last one. and russian investigators charging five greenpeace protesters with piracy after that attempts to board an oil platform as part of an on to training campaign and they are.

and the administration says that isn't really al qaeda and we don't need to worry about that it's an iraq. >> they call themselves al qaeda and believe in al qaeda. >> they set up islamic emirates and the hat for and fighters. >> but the ignore everything they have to say in who they are. >> and everything that we know about who they actually are because of the administration is trying to do and this is important with the administration is trying to do is define the threat to be only those individuals who were actually either involved in the attacks are part of the organization at the time and if you want to picture in the white house somewhere a poster that has the faces on the posters with at the bottom done i think that is what the administration strategy is. the problem is the world has changed since 9/11 and al qaeda although in some important respects it hasn't of course. >> i would say to you that isn't even good enough because you have people like the guantanamo bay detainee who's been with bin laden since the eighties and went with him from afghanistan back to afghanistan and whe

tom tarantino is an iraq war combat veteran. >> any politician needs to understand if you are hold holdinge for the sake of political gain or trying to balance the backs of the men and women who served this country, you are going to pay a political price. >> reporter: for america's 1.4 million troops still on duty and their families, the prospect of a shutdown has also brought worry about delayed paychecks, even though congress has moved to ensure men and women in uniform, including those in afghanistan, are paid on time. but eileen huck, a navy wife, says there's still plenty of anxiety about what may happen. >> in the short term the commissaries where we do a lot of our shopping will be shutdown. for those of us who get our health care and children's health care it's a possibility that is affected as well. routine appointments will not be available. >> reporter: still, some will be furloughed until congress and the white house reach an agreement. barbara starr, the pentagon. >> 35 minutes past the hour. >>> in colorado today, mourning for five people killed in massive rock slide and happ

now, according to syrian activists, they do believe that the islamic state in iraq that's an al quadated group is behind the kidnapping of the icrc staff. now, there hasn't been any claim of responsibility from that particular group. but this is what syrian activists do believe. now, in another piece of information that we have been gathering the nationalities of those kidnapped are not revealed by the icrc, but information coming from activists do suggest that they are some of them arab nationals as well as foreigners. >>> two bombs have exploded in the syrian capital damascus, reports say people were injured and cars damaged in the city center blasts. syrian states television says its building was also hit. syria's military says it's retaken control of two towns near southern damascus. state tv showing here pictures of tanks moving in to them. there has been intense fighting between rebels and syrian government forces in the capital's suburbs. hundreds of people have left their homes in the suburbs of damascus, pictures up loaded on to the internet appear to show the neighborhoods.

an imperfect system. and this case is a perfect example of how everything can fail someone who has stood fast by america. and in iraqhis is an urgent situation we face. if congress can't get it's act together and reauthorize the iraqi visa program, even this imperfect path, nobody is going to get out. so the senate has approved the legislation as you say. the house has approved legislation or language that is very similar. almost identical to that senate language but they did it in a bill mixed up with obamacare and everything that you are hearing with the shutdown. all that needs to happen is for the house to take this off as an independent bill and simply pass the senate bill and we can go forward and reopen that channel, that lifeline that men and women like hasan need so badly. >> we have a question from social media. >> matt in response to news about janis, why would anyone help us? >> that's a great question. that's why i worry about--i'm still an officer in the army reserve, and i made a promise to janis to save his life five years ago, and i've been trying to fulfill it ever since. my fear going forward that

i would like to live better. >> reporter: an estimated 30 million kurds live in iraq, syria, turkey and iran. the autonomous government aims to host the first kurdish national conference bringing together representatives from around the region. however, the governments of those countries are increasingly cautious of such an initiative. they are concerned that it might lead to a collective kurdish independence movement. that renewed vibrancy of iraqi kurdistan is being seen as an additional element, adding to the instability of the middle east. sho beppu, nhk world. >>> south korean officials have postponed an event at an industrial complex they run jointly with authorities from north korea. foreign investors were scheduled to visit the kaesong facility later this month. the complex was shut town in april when north korean officials abruptly withdrew their workers. the two sides resumed operations just last month. an official with the unification ministry in seoul said it reflects a lack of progress in talks about the facility. he said the situation makes it difficult to hold event accor

now, according to syrian active shifts they do believe that the islamic state in iraq, an al quada affiliatedup is behind the kidnapping of the staff. now there hasn't been any claim of responsibility there that particular group but this is what syrian activists do believe. now, in another piece of information that we have been gathering the nationalities of those kidnapped are not revealed by the icrc, but information coming from activists do suggest that they are some of them are arab nationals as well as foreigners. >> omar reporting there. also in syria, two suicide car bombs exploded. sunday's blast went off in downtown damascus near the state television and radiohead quarters. according to state media there were no ca, at thises. syrian television showed footage of what peered to be two burning vehicles. a fire engine and images from inside a nearby building where windows had been blown out. also in syria, thousands of people have been allowed to leave a besieged rebel-held suburb of du damascus, the syrin government with the help of the red crescent escorted 3,000 civilian to his safer

and at least a dozen children are killed in a suicide attack in iraq that targeted an elementary school most recent.