he was the 29th california national guard member to be killed in afghanistan or iraq. his mother came to greet fellow soldiers but declined commenting publicly and avoided cameras. >> he was a great soldier, wonderful friend. the world will be quieter without him. >> sean walsh was part of our team. he was a good person. he made me a good person. >> reporter: they return ed a little older and wiser. >> it's not what you see in the news, but it's whatever the soldiers see. and whatever we've seen, it's behind us now. all we see is our families in front of us. it's all that matters. >> reporter: in san jose, cbs 5. >> shots fired at officers when they responded to a report of a man with a gun. the incident happened near highway 101 just after 1:00 this morning. when officers arrived they found a group of people outside a home. police say someone in the group shot at them before everyone ran. one officer returned fire. no one was hit. swat teams found two rifles and three hand guns. six people were taken into custody. so far three people have been charged. >>> we're in th

>> hh wasn't a problem in the battle in afghanistan or iraq.e was a problem for his own people, but wasn't a problem for american interests. and then we had president muinsum muinsum mu -- musharraf asking us not to make him choose. saadam hussein said he would ruward the families of su -- reward the families of suicide bombees for their acts. people in every country of the world part of democracies that were saying "u.s.a., u.s.a.." the world did unite after the attacks on september 11. the world challenged saddam hussein to live up to the promises to end the first gulf world. president bush said there has to be a consequence. no one was surprised when it arrived. >> even if there wasn't the faulty intelligence on the weapon in mass destruction. we probably would have went to war in iraq. >> reeember, the entire world thought he did have the weapons of mass destruction or means to get them quickly help he used them against his own people and easily said to the weapons inspectors, take a look. meet with ho you want to meet with. don't be locked

he was the 29th california national guardsman to be killed in afghanistan or iraq. >>> san francisco police chief greg suhr will hole a community meeting this -- hold a community meeting this afternoon to discuss a deadly police shooting last wednesday after officers shot a man who they say opened fire on them during a traffic stop on larkin street. >>> 6 people are in custody after a police shootout in menlo park. police say a group of armed men fired shots at them early yesterday just outside a home on holly vern avenue. one officer returned fire. no one was hit. s.w.a.t. teams and the chp searched yards and found two rifles and three handguns. so far, three men from east palo alto have been charged. >>> san jose police say that they have credible evidence that the man accused of killing a fellow hells angels member was spotted in the city. authorities say steve ruiz fatally the man in october in san jose. rewheeze is believed to be armed and dangerous. >>> a local labor group is standing by oakland mayor jean quan opposing the recall effort. the oakland-based alameda labor council

the boat was packed with two hundred fifty people fleeing economic and political hardship in afghanistan or iraq iran turkey the ship was heading to a straight when it ran into a powerful storm. creators have now. it's twenty three past nine am here in moscow welcome to our business update it's been called the deal of the year by russian business magazine company the country's two stock exchanges complete their merger today the us has in mind its will continue to trade a separate indices but the trading platforms clearing systems and data centers will be integrated the new exchange is expected to go for public listing in two thousand and thirteen aiming to raise it fleeced three hundred million dollars the merger is an essential part of the government's plan to promote moscow as an international financial center. let's have a look at the markets now all this law for a fourth straight day with the pressure coming from a stronger dollar and concerns about the european debt like sweden is trading at ninety two dollars over ninety two dollars a barrel brant is that over one hundred two dollars a bar

it will bomb the wreckage and if it is in afghanistan or iraq in recent years because they don't want insurgents to get their hands on that technology. that's off the table. don't look for an air strike in iran. what the u.s. wants to determine at this hour is what does iran have its hands on. is there a wreckage, is it partially intact? could shthey get access on the classified sensors and what can they get out of this if they have their hands on it. >> you said when this typically happens, what happened this past so it is not the first time that iran claimed it shot down a u.s. drone. so what happened with those past claims? >> well, to be clear. and thank you for asking. ones i was talking about is afghanistan and iraq. the u.s. could in recent years go in and bomb the wreckage. you are right. iran has made these claims before. some of them have been outright proven to be false, according to u.s. officials, and it has never been acknowledged that a u.s. drone has gone missing inside of iran. so, this statement today is very interesting for what it says, acknowledging that it appear

afghanistan will be the military's focus for the time being. the u.s. has now completed its combat mission in iraq. >>maureen: the four women you see are mothers of soldiers that have fought in iraq, afghanistan or both. if you have sons still on active duty and all have mixed emotions about troops pulling out. none of them feel 100 percent relieved. >> for me it was anticlimactic. our men and women of the best in the world. >> i have a feeling that many of them will get some other places. there is a concern that things will fall apart. >> i think about how much our country has lost in terms of military personnel who have lost lives, lambs or are suffering. i am concerned about those who are stirred into the veterans to. >> i hope the american people and never forget the lives lost if the employees that have suffered. >>vicki: the nine year war took its toll on americans and iraqis. dozens of residents remain without a home, 63 apartments were damaged in a fire in alameda county. the cost of the damage is estimated at 1.5 million. >> people were running, there were carrying their heads colored kid sphere were screaming trying to find their parents. it was crazy. >>maureen: her mother had just ar

>>reporter: the four women that you see here are mothers of soldiers that have fought in afghanistan, or iraq or both. a few have front and back through all of them have mixed emotions about this soldiers clear out clearly what none of them consider >> for me was an anticlimactic. our men and women are the best in the world.-thank god for all of them every day. i have a lot of sun and--i have a lot of friends who have lost sons and daughters. i deplore all little reserved decent is over because a lot of us do not feel like it is over yet. i have a feeling that a lot of the mortgage and other places like afghanistan. i can't there is any contingency in kuwait. her we have the whole world and i hope people remember that. there are concerns that things will fall apart even the iraqi people are concerned about that. is it that once all of the american troops leave, things happen and our concern as a parent is that our kids will have to turn around and go back and clean it all up. >> i thought all our country have lost as far as to military personnel to have lost their lives, or have lost limbs, o

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opportunity for the country to be destroyed when it's like libya or iraq or afghanistan. you're watching r t it's good to have your company today and still to come for you at this hour in the program championing the rights of benefit tourists the e.u. targets of britons a tough hand out policies saying the u.k. is obliged to dole out billions to non-citizens something london believes will only encourage them not to work. and the ten year ten days now before the new year coming down with ten of our correspondents looking back at this year's landmark stories reminiscing about events they witnessed first hand. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shaped two thousand and eleven. about ten minutes past the hour here in moscow russia's sixth state duma the lower house of parliament has held its first session after a heated debate so to get not a can from the ruling united russia party was chosen as the speaker it comes as protests continue against the election some two weeks ago sparked by allegations of vote rigging let's cross live now to. cover for more deta

sense for the syrians to themselves opportunity for their country to be destroyed like libya or iraq or afghanistan of course who got saved in libya what's involved here is the russians have a naval base in syria. americans don't want a russian naval presence in the mediterranean just as in libya and the problem was the chinese all of us are syria and iran is in the torrent sites and lebanon. so there will be knocking all these countries one by one while they stand. don't unite in fact it can't unite and that's one of the one of the wells that i have for you this hour here and are. getting increasingly unhappy with meddling and its affairs. it's simply outrageous that an elected officials and brothels can prevent from bringing about the reforms that we said we were going to do when. we look into the controversy surrounding the attempts to make britain reconsider its welfare roles for non presidents. and r.t. starts the countdown to twenty twelve with a special series of first hand reports on landmarks and trends a passing year. to history. ten stories that shaped two thousand and eleven. wealthy br

sense for the syrians to themselves opportunity for the country to be destroyed like libya or iraq or afghanistan or those who got saved and lived do is the russians problem then we place in syria. and the americans the russian naval presence in the middle ground just as in libya or the problem was the chinese all investments in syria and iran is in the target sights and and lebanon. so there will be knocking off these countries one by one and while they stand there and don't unite in fact they can't unite and that's why we're so vulnerable. you're watching r t live from moscow still ahead for you this hour the u.k. getting increasingly unhappy with the e.u. meddling in its affairs. it's simply outrageous on elected officials in brussels can prevent profit from bringing about the reforms that we said we were going to do when you have a tinting office we look into the controversy surrounding the e.u.'s attempts to make britain reconsider its welfare fund nonresidents. we started the countdown to two thousand and twelve with a special series of reports on a landmark event sat in trends that shape t

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take off their combat boots, many times in their two-week r & r period between their stints in afghanistan or iraq, and you think, oh, my gosh, i mean, that is just unbelievable that our military people who are putting their lives on the line, who are sacrificing so much are having to go through a procedure that just doesn't have a commonsense feel about it? so, last week senator rockefeller, senator burr, and i introduced senate bill 1954, the risk-based security screening for members of the armed forces act. the bill was a modification of the house companion bill that was recently passed by representative cavatt from minnesota in a unanimous decision by the house. and it requires the t.s.a., the transportation security agency, to create a system to speed members of our uniformed services through airport security. i would also like to thank senators lieberman and collins for their input on this piece of legislation. we've all worked hard to move this bill through quickly, and it is the house bill that we will be taking up very shortly, with the modifications that i have mentioned. the bill establ

pointing to the fact that the f-22 never saw combat in afghanistan or iraq.ntries were interested in purchasing f-22 aircraft, but congress forbids its sale outside the u.s. you see this aircraft, the f-22, is packed with so much high technology that congress didn't want to risk that falling into enemy hands. back to you. alisyn: yeah. i mean, just as we've seen with the drones this week. jp than serrie, thanks so much that peek inside the factory there. >>> all right, is the newt gingrich surge moving into mitt romney's firewall state? we have a brand new rasmussen poll, and it takes the pulse of new hampshire, the state critical to romney's bid for the white house. we have breaking ruts at the top of the hour for you -- results at the top of the hour for you. >>> then, no matter which way it rules, the supreme court will play a big role in the 2012 elections. how their decision on health care and immigration could influence the elections. >>> and new information in that wild shoot anything hollywood. one of the victims a popular music producer has died. we

syrians to themselves are up opportunity for the country to be destroyed like it's like libya or iraq or or afghanistan and i suspect that's what's coming to them you know many years ago the neoconservatives and sent out their document calling for the u.s. to overthrow the regimes and syria iraq afghanistan and libya and i think even saudi arabia. and we may simply be watching this as it works its way through. when syria syria goes iran is in the target sights and lebanon and so there will be knocking all of these countries one by one while they stand there and don't unite in fact they can't unite and that's why they're so vulnerable so you think that there is much more behind this than the justification of going in there for humanitarian purposes when they stir up the uprising and that then becomes an excuse for saving the people of course who got saved in libya. and i think i think on the whole what what what's involved here is the russians have a naval base in syria and the americans don't want a russian they will presence in the mediterranean. and just as in linear the problem was the chinese all i

themselves stir up opportunity for the country to be destroyed or right it's like libya or iraq or or afghanistan tourists who got saved in libya what's involved here is the russians have a naval base in syria and the americans don't want a russian naval presence in the mediterranean. and just as in living your the problem was the chinese all in syria goes around and is in the torrent sites and lebanon. so there will be knocking all these countries one by one while they stand there and don't unite in fact it can't unite and that's why we're so want to. still have free will sour here on our t.v. u.k.'s getting increasingly i'm happy it was the e.u. meddling and it's unfair. it's simply outrageous that an elected official from brothels can prevent us from bringing about the performance but we said we were going to have a kid into office well ok until the controversy surrounding that these attempts to make britain reconsider its welfare rules for nonresidents. and our team starts the countdown to twenty eight twelve for the special series of first hand reports on the landmark advance in france that

white house proposal to offer businesses a tax cut when they hire men and women who served in iraq or afghanistan. this is president obama's first trip to ft.bragg, special forces stationed there were among the first soldiers in iraq at the start of the war and helped lead the surge in 2007. tara mergner, wjz 13 eyewitness news. >> it is home to the airborne. >>> a milder start continues but not much sun but plenty of clouds and we have got first warning weather coverage with you with marty bass in the outback and meteorologist tim williams over in the first warning weather center. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. a mild day coming, well -- shaping up i should say here in this early afternoon on this wednesday. temperatures already above our average. our average high is 46. here at noon we are at 49, cool spot 40 degrees in oakland. 50 degrees on the shore and in easton, so another day with mild temperatures in play. radar tells the story, moisture to our west that we will talk about later. right now over most of the area we are looking for another afternoon with temperatures staying in the ple

tavis: if the time of our lives will be defined by anything, it will be by the war in iraq or afghanistan. yesterday, president obama gave a talk to the troops in afghanistan talking about the end to the iraq war. how do you think that history will be defined vis-a-vis the war? >> we went to war on a false premise, that there was weapons of mass destruction. even president clinton thought there was weapons of mass destruction. should we have gone carter earlier in afghanistan? we had them in a box. then, we have decided to rearrange iraq and position it to be a different middle east. this will go beyond our lives, tavis. i do think at this juncture, now that it is coming to an end, domestically, we must remember that we fought the two longest war and our population with only 1% of the population. they were volunteers mostly from working class neighborhoods that paid the greatest sacrifice. nothing was asked from the rest of us. if we ever go to war again, everyone must make a sacrifice as well as in home and in uniform. tavis: this book, "the time of our lives," gets to this central quest

white house proposal to offer businesses a tax cut when they hire men and women who served in iraq or afghanistan. this is president obama's first trip to fort bragg, special forces stationed there were among the first soldiers in iraq at the start of the war. they helped lead the surge in 2007. tara mergener for cbs news, the white house. >>> fort bragg is home to the army special operations including the 18th airborne corps and the 82nd airborne. >>> the man charged with firing shots at the white house and an attempt to kill president obama is scheduled to be in court today. oscar ramiro ortega hernandez of idaho has been charged with firing an assault rifle at the president's home last month. a bullet smashed into a window of the living quarters of the executive mansion but it was stopped by ballistic glass. friends of the suspect say he began acting strange in recent months. federal prosecutors are asking for him to undergo more psychiatric testing. >>> sky 9 was over the scene of a deadly collision involving a pedestrian. police say the unidentified man was struck and killed while walking on

the increase actually is not due to service members dieing in iraq or afghanistan. the military said that it's actually the accelerated number of deaths of world war ei veterans and the growing awareness by families that they're entitled to a military funeral. the national guard performed at funerals for approximately 136,000 military veterans this year while another 90,000 funerals were performed by active military units. >>> north korea's new leader officially controls his country's military. kim jong-un has become the great leader, controlling a massive army of more than 1 million troops in a message of continuity from the kim jong-il era, north korea warned there will be no softening of its position towards south korea. official morning for kim jong- il ended yesterday with his funeral. >>> and more deadly clashes erupted in syria as aspect government protestors filled the streets there. an estimated 500,000 people protested across syria. at least 35 were killed by armed security forces. meantime, a team of 60 arab- league monitors are in syria to monitor a peac

everybody so we really aren't a position he did because of the draw downs of forces from afghanistan and iraq or the practical application of force being that that you would lose at least for disrupt one third of the oil supplies to the planet i just don't think there's any way we can do it militarily at this point and even if it's not feasible or not practical why then are we seeing that this language in this post on both sides it seems like we are heading in that direction we're a nonpartisan think tank we don't take the right or left and one of the things that i think you're seeing here is one side. the republicans essentially taking up this reduced republican party a lot of conservative but frankly the idea here is that they're not thinking this through they are saying what they think the base wants to hear and not actually looking at this saying logically if x. y. and z. does not mean you have to bomb them you have to find a way to essentially make sure that the nuclear weapons if these are established can't be used against us in the best way of doing that is by government reform government

we respond emotionally to these things whether they're gymnastic protest or crowd control in a situation like iraq or afghanistan so is the thought that for example using blinding lasers which won't look awful on t.v. people will just start falling on the ground. or covering their eyes or using sound cannons people just scatter because it hurts is that like a more desirable image then you know up off the officer tony coming up and pepper spray and somebody in the eyes and having them scream as i were saying well the interesting thing is that i think the pepper spray incident that you talk about u.c. davis is a great example i do believe that that's what they are were thinking when they launched this program and and dedicated a billion dollars almost eight hundred million dollars since that since ninety seven to this kind of research is that i thought well if we're not killing people if there's not a lot of blood this will all you know work to our advantage politically in terms of the media as embrace of these actions and i think that we saw at u.c. davis that it really doesn't help all that much the outrage ther

in the armed forces is that they are there whether they are serving in korea or in bosnia or in iraq or afghanistan. they know what they are doing. they understand it. they are proud of what they were doing. thanks to modern communications and e-mails, they are able to communicate with their families and their families and the company sent what they are doing and why they are doing it. and when there is a loss of life, it is heartbreaking. when there is a loss of limb, is heartbreaking. and yet, he talked to those families and you talk to those people and they don't ask why was i dare? they know why they were there and they are proud that they were there. and we're very fortunate country. >> that's for sure. you are a very close to that leadership as well as a leader ur

every serviceman or woman who has lost their life serving in iraq or afghanistan, we have done a personalizedfor and the army national guard has come and picked those quilts up and they deliver them to the families. it makes you feel like you're a part of something greater than yourself. i think i've switched from being "it's all about mitch" to realizing that there's a lot more out there and i left a lot of damage in my wake that i need to fix. i've been working trying to do that. >> mr. swallows, outstanding. that's all i can say about him. he's been down a long time. no anger, nothing, just doing what he's supposed to be doing. >> there you go. >> thank you, mitch. have a good night. >> appreciate it. >> see you first thing in the morning. >> all right. >> as you can see, they're really children's scissors. but we do thousands of quilts with them. last year, we did over 1,000 quilts. the year before, 916. we made some great quilts. to the gentlemen's credit, they do it with these. it's unbelievable. >> still at the end of the day, even children's scissors are safely secured. >> all scissor

or read a newspaper any day of the week and see what's going on for yourself. i don't think we need to lobby for protective services in places like iraq and afghanistan. >> anywheretry or certain regions? >> some regions are worse than others, obviously. >> what about most of your employees former military special forces, s.e.a.l.s, rangers, you name it. >> correct. >> how much more do you pay them than what they get in the military? >> i don't know the exact numbers, but the difference between ourselves and the military folks is when the government no longer needs our service, they send us home and they no longer have to pay us to do that service. so we end up being more cost effective in the long run. >> i know you said you never met eric prince. >> that's true. >> the guy who originally founded blackwater. >> yes. >> now he's in abu dhabi training a mercenary force, to be special forces for the american ally united arab emirates. is this where we're headed, that mercenary forces will fight the battles around the world. where it's not a national flag that determines who you are fighting for, but who's paying your check? >> i hope not. i know this company academ

or read a newspaper any day of the week and see what's going on for yourself. i don't think we need to lobby for protective services in places like iraq and afghanistan. >> anywherethe country or certain regions? >> some regions are worse than others, obviously. >> what about most of your employees former military special forces, s.e.a.l.s, rangers, you name it. >> correct. >> how much more do you pay them than what they get in the military? >> i don't know the exact numbers, but the difference between ourselves and the military folks is when the government no longer needs our service, they send us home and they no longer have to pay us to do that service. so we end up being more cost effective in the long run. >> i know you said you never met eric prince. >> that's true. >> the guy who originally founded blackwater. >> yes. >> now he's in abu dhabi training a mercenary force, to be special forces for the american ally united arab emirates. is this where we're headed, that mercenary forces will fight the battles around the world. where it's not a national flag that determines who you are fighting for, but who's paying your check? >> i hope not. i know this compan