braden: yes, they were.hoot unarmed people and not call that murder. ♪♪♪ [helicopter blades whirring] mark: afghanistan, 2012, the brutal conflict was in its 11th year. braden chapman was on his first deployment. a signals intelligence officer fresh out of training with the sas, he was struck by a country mired in war. braden: i thought it was, like, a really beautiful country. where the rivers were was really green in the valleys, and i used to say to people it would be a great place for four-wheel driving and outdoor adventure if you didn't have all the war. mark: braden chapman would get to see much of the beauty of afghanistan from a black hawk helicopter. he would also see much of the war's brutality during his braden: there's definitely a buzz of elitism, 'cause it is the best thing you could do for your career, to go to that unit, especially when you're a lower rank and you're actually gonna get to do a lotta hands-on stuff. you definitely feel confident with these guys. i never once felt like i was g

braden powell's total amount of damages?do is use the award to try and help other people in that so that we can save more children. >> jury members told abc news they didn't believe any one individual at child protective services was responsible for what happened. they blame a systematic failure for the tragedy. >> it just came down to this -- you cannot have reunification, you know, as your goal at the expense of child safety. and you know, lawsuits change things. brown v. board of education, roe v. wade. that's how things change. >> "20/20" reached out to several agencies in both states, and they declined to comment or referred us to other departments. in the end, we were unable to get an answer to our questions. could the actions of these agencies, or their inactions, have contributed to the murders of braden and charlie powell? >> my heart absolutely breaks for chuck and judy cox. think about what this couple has gone through. they lost their daughter. both of their grandbabies were hrrifically butchered. and the only th

when we talk to legal analyst jennifer braden de master, she said rush, his recognition of independence does not affect us national security in any way. so and people like secretary of state lincoln in the us or, you know, boris johnson or others or joe biden, come out and say that this is a clear violation of international law is simply not true. it is not a clear violation of international law because they cannot name an international law that this violates. in fact, the very act of recognizing a place as recognizing the independence that somebody has already proclaimed themselves. before offering peacekeeping troops is actually more in line with international law that imposing those troops in a disputed territory. there's no threat to us national security and we have lots of issues going on right here at home that are unaffected,

hashtags save ran has been trending on social media across north africa with it's the 4th day that braden has been under ground. we're asking the authorities to bring him out. he's been down there too long rescue team say that close to rescuing ran a police helicopter his own standby to take him to hospital victoria gate and be al jazeera ah and are you watching out his ear these the top stories this hour, the 24th winter olympics has officially begun by james the 1st city to host both this summer and winter olympics. but the build up has been dominated by covered 19 restrictions and diplomatic boycotts associated press. correspondence. stephen wade has more from the opening ceremony. my 1st thought is it's so very, very different and 20. 08. i remember being in the stadium. it was about 32 degrees hot sweltering night here. it's below 0 probably 2 or 3 below 0. 0, the stadium and 2008 was filled. 91000 people this time we have a select a few friends, very, very few friends. so it's a very, very different ab, as for the winter games or course, much smaller than the summer games, it's much

dependent with thousands of ukrainian dan, the great that we had monday, celebrated their your pals. braden read all the time and indicated that he will not stop republic wanting to leave the hearing it. because americans are so free to dream. we fail a special kinship with those who dream of being free. the tension between russia, ukraine were life the more than just politics. the soviet union fil a most important republic. now all the my most proud of each other. you and i have witnessed one of the greatest dramas of the 20th century, the historic and revolutionary transformation of a totalitarian dictatorship, the soviet union. and the liberation of its paypals. ah ah ah ah ah. 01989. ready the leadership of the united states is closely monitoring what's going on in the soviet union. and indeed, something extraordinary is transpiring. the all powerful communist party is rapidly losing control. red hammer and sickle flags are fluttering in the wind. new concepts of governance were gaining strength. in the further one goes from moscow, the stronger these ideas are felt. a man, we met a maj

so my name is braden. i'm from way north minnesota, from the united states, heading out towards the, on the phone. we just actually pulled over the 3rd time popping your tires on the road. a bunker. the unspoken agreement is that if someone else is proud of yourself and help them, it turned out those 2 weren't the only foreigners would made in my neck on which is becoming increasingly popular among adventures. seeking tourists. we like going to places like afghanistan, food on syria, and of course, coldest inhabited place on the planet. that's right on the list. the last leg of our journey turned out to be the most difficult. it was dark and we hadn't seen a single uncommon car for hours. our driver was edging and stopped to check on the vehicle every time and dumped over a piece of gravel. for there was a knocking sound in the engine. a blast. we've reached the coldest place on earth. look at that food. yeah. last rice for the deep freeze. well, they forget there will be to further installations over the

it will further inflame tensions, but the west braden has been holding talks with bella, russian president, alexander lucas shanker. in moscow. and says the joint trills are a defense against growing nato military activity. she would just nitty go world conditions at today's talks. we also discussed strengthening our joint defense space of russia and belarus. we agreed again to take collect of misses for strength and security of our countries in the face of the growing military activity of nato countries near the borders of our states. we also focused on the joint military exercises which will continue in belarus until the 20th of february. i should say that these exercises are totally defensive in nature and do not threaten any one. and in other world news, at least one person has been killed in ireland after being hit by a falling tree, caused by storm units. the storms also battering the u. k. way the record gas of 195 kilometers per hour ripping off parts of the roof of london's o. 2 urena millions of people having more to stay home. hundreds of flights have been canceled. those are th

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well, to discuss the legal aspects of this, we are joined now by legal analyst, jennifer braden demoss to jennifer. welcome to the program. thank you for having me on a number of western leaders, including british p. m. boys johnson being quick to condemn versus recognition of lucas on don. yes. with the boys. johnson said it was plainly a breach of international law. we have seen unilateral interventions by the west. what's your take on this from a legal perspective? well, from a legal perspective, i mean, anybody who actually has studied extensively international law knows that that concept alone is very fluid. there really is no black letter international law because there are very few international legal systems and ways to ways to really implement those or carry those out except for maybe the un, which i think most people can agree, especially others, is that international arming itself. most people can agree that the u. n is somewhat of a joke. and so we're seeing these, it's complete hypocrisy on all these other measures. and so we're talking about the john boss region. this is

due to being union will respond in the strongest possible terms. braden or did o b and gone till bridges and michelle has called for a meeting are due to be and cancel this evening. and they will agree and put a bike bullet decala guidance to our bob, the stronger baggage the harsh it baggage of sanctions. we have ever implemented gustav cursor is a senior fellow with the european council on foreign relations. what do you think is rational president putin's goal? o russelton's goal is what he said and what he announced the destruction of ukraine as a state, the destruction of ukraine as a people, the destruction of ukrainian society. such this is not an ordinary board. this is a war of annihilation. this is something we haven't been seeing since the boston, serbian campaign or the 2nd world war. so a complete regime change. in other words, a regime change, a society re engineering of the country that involves eliminating its cultural and political and societal. part of russia offensive has been launched from the territory of bella. ross is the regime they're now acting as one with russia

hashtag saver an has been trending on social media across north africa with it's the 4th day that braden has been under ground. we're asking the authorities to bring him out. he's been down there too long rescue team say that close to rescuing ran a police helicopter his own standby to take him to hospital victoria, gate, and be algae 0. americans have been quitting their jobs in rec, hold numbers, and low wage service industries have been particularly hot heat as a result. economists say factors such as clever 19 concerns, lack of child k and generous, general generous stimulus benefits rather than to blame. now employees at having to re think how to hire and keep their staff. kristin salumi explains beach weather is still months away, but businesses along the new jersey coast are already looking to fill summer jobs, including more than $400.00 at this boardwalk, fund zone. if we don't have the employees and virtually like we had a dual actuate a shorter hours. so a lot of the gas a one to come, we couldn't say, opened and seized the whole time that we usually do. so a lot of gas or dis

maryland and braden says they want people back and working in the empty downtown buildings. she told san francisco business times that she is setting her return to work date in march. >> we're looking at a targeted date. this is a targeted date to encourage businesses to buy in, and returned to work on those days. that will be very instrumental in the success of trying to really get downtown going again. >>> the mayor also added she knows that businesses will have hybrid work from home and office models. >>> good news for guacamole lovers, the u.s. is lifting the embargo on avocados coming from mexico. this comes after the usda worker was threatened, that led to the ban. avocado imports can now resume. the u.s. plans to bump up security measures to better protect field inspectors. speaking of imports, cargo ship full of luxury cars is adrift in the atlantic ocean. it caught on fire on wednesday. 22 crewmembers had to abandon ship. it is carrying cars. the car owners arrange to tow the vessel as it continues to burn. >>> a major recall of infant formula is underway. abbott is