joining us today are the reporters who uncovered the pentagon. cover up dave phillips covers the military for the new york times and is the author of alpha, eddie gallagher and the war for the soul of the navy seals and eric schmidt, who covers terrorism and national security. and is a former pentagon correspondent for the new york times. he's the author of counter strike, the untold story of america, secret campaign against al qaeda. gentleman, thank you so much for joining us. this is truly an explosive report as i read it in david, why don't you describe to our audience what the underlying incident was that led to issues which we'll get into, but tell us about the underlying incident. right, so like you said, this is at the very end, i years long war against isis. and what was left of the caliphate fighters were basically trapped, corralled into a area, maybe a square mile against a river. and it was just a chaotic seam with, with lots of vehicles and makes shift tents and the hand dug bunkers. and there were thousands and thousands of people in there, certainly many fighters, but also

nick: dave phillips, thank you very much. judy: tonight, we begin the first in a series of stories on the challenges many formerly incarcerated people face. william brangham and producer mike fritz have this profile of michael plummer, who served more than two decades in prison. he was released a year and a have ago, and he now works with at-risk youth to pass on the lessons he learned. it's part of our ongoing series, searching for justice. william: for 42 year-old michael plummer, the reality of his freedom still hasn't set in. michael: you say, ok, is this real? am i driving this car or am i at this restaurant? i'm used to being home. but mentally, you know, the mind is always there. william: “there” is the 23 years that plummer spent in prison for a murder he committed when he was 16. he was released in 2020 thanks to a washington, d.c. law that freed some longtime prisoners if their crimes were committed as juveniles. he's now been out more than a year and a half, and we've been following plummer as he's rebuilt his life