in march two thousand and five an american army major made surprising revelations in this army review he claims that the use of white phosphorus proved highly effective in fallujah. he adds that he used it willingly against the insurgents the major refers to such deployment as shake and bake missions according to this officer white phosphorus was used in iraq to kill. given this damning evidence the international press seized upon the story. they would have to wait until november sixteenth two thousand and five for the american administration to officially admit to the media that the city was bombed with white phosphorous. back to fallujah seven years after the bombing the population is convinced that white phosphorus is still killing. such is the case with. he lives in the jolan neighborhood one of the hardest hit by the bombing. in two thousand and five founded the first charity for war victims. and his aim to gather as much information as possible beginning with these files on sick children. this child for example has developed a brain tumor just after the bombing back in two thous

but instead of making peace, he led the mexican army in several battles against the americans. the mexican war inspired the first major american anti-war movement. war opponents thought it morally reprehensible for a rising industrial giant of 20 million people to invade a bankrupt nation of seven million in order to take its territory. congressmen john quincy adams and joshua giddings led the congressional opposition of the war. other war foes included clergymen, abolitionists and transcendentalists like ralph waldo emerson and henry david thoreau. thoreau was living at walden pond at this time. he refused to support the war in any way. one day he went in to concord to have a shoe repaired, and he was arrested for not paying his poll tax. so he spent the night in jail. his aunt paid the tax, and he was freed the next morning, free to join a huckleberry-picking party, actually. but this experience inspired him to write "civil disobedience," the essay that in turn helped inspire mahatma gandhi, the vietnam anti-war movement and martin luther king. many war opponents believed the war's secret purpose was to add new slav

american diplomats and more members of the armed forces marching band leader and the army, navy beat the air force and marines that american diplomats. final point, to preach to the choir, the great majoritye next couple decades will lend themselves to diplomatic resolution and not military resolution from climate change to most of the fight against terrorism. it is political and economic to all the things we have to do to strengthen our alliances to coping with china. it will be a diplomatic imperative and we are weakening our diplomacy at a time when it is needed now more than ever. i very much agree with secretary clinton that we need a stronger budget for the state department. >> thank you. i am from the atlantic council. a fan of professor burns. thank you for this report. one of the bad things about being a new yorker is hedges. forgive this question. if germany does not rededicate its attentions to in nato and the u.k. does not follow through with its defense investment, france waivers and turkey is not able to deal with this internal situation, could you discuss a plan b? >> there is no alternative to plan a. continuation of a strong potato. everything you said i wouldn't doubt th

equally obviously there are major privacy concerns because, in effect, this army of drones will be able to look into any americanackyard that the authorities want to look into or indeed into any house using thermal imaging equipment. privacy experts say that there have to be a clear set of limits and regulations in place before, rather than after this fleet of drones gets off the ground, shep. >> shepard: but, as i mentioned, this is about inadvertently getting pictures of people inside the united states, the military inside the united states. what do they mean by that? say one of these drones is on its way to help thought a hostage situation in orlando. cameras rolling as t flies. those cameras see you in your backyard taking in some bags of fertilizer. are you using those to help your tomatoes grow or are you thinking about building a bomb? if the pentagon sees that it can then decide on its own what it thinks you are doing and whether it needs to look much more closely for 90 days at that video. our own judge napolitano says that is illegal. that is unconstitutional. listen. >> there is no statute that permit

fallen colleagues, army specialist vincent and marine major megyn mcclung, a delegation of iraqi sheikhs and army and be security officers came in to pay their respects to the fallen americans and to offer islamic prayers of mourning for them which was a striking scene in the history of the iraq war. i had to find out more about the story. and as i interviewed scores of travis' american and iraqi colleagues, i came to realize that perhaps his story is critical to understanding america's role on the world stage in the post-bin laden, post-arab spring era and maybe even to discover more about what it truly means to be an american. the historical impact of what travis patriquin and his colleagues did was rather striking. in fact, i came to realize that patriquin was a key player at a key moment in the iraq war. in fact, the war began to turn around in mid 2006, months before the famous surge started happening, as patriquin and his military and intelligence colleagues helped iraqis launch something that was called the awakening which was a sunni tribal revolt against al-qaeda. al-qaeda, of course, has never really conquered and held large pieces of territory in the world. there

major step closer to capturing rebel leader joseph kony. ugandan military officials say they've captured a top commander in the army. a force backed by americanops is trying to capture kony, wanted for crimes against humanity. a video about its leader became wildly successful on youtube gains tens of millions of views in a matter of days. >>> now to a major shakeup at yahoo!. the ceo is out. he resigned after a scandal about a fake college degree on his resumes. the problems may have only just begun. >> reporter: this could have major ripple effects as other companies scrutinize filings of top execs. yahoo! confirmed scott thompson has "left the company" but did not elaborate on the reason. the former ceo became ensnared in a firestorm of controversy over a week ago when it came to light there was a fake computer science degree on his resume. this discrepancy became part of public filings with the u.s. securities and exchange commission. >> the only surprise was how long it took to make the decision. there was no way he was going to be able to stay in the job. if he stayed in the job, the board was going to take on nearly unlimited personal l

army uniform killed a nato soldier in southern afghanistan. an american died when a roadside bomb struck a vehicle in eastern afghanistan. two other americans were wounded in the attack. >>> a majorft in power for france. the new president is a socialist. election night in france. francois hollande beatnik las sarkozy. it was a runoff. it came down to the economy and where have we heard this before? look at the celebrating. hol holly standing by in france. hollande just took to the stage. what was his message? >> reporter: well his message was 49.5% of the country didn't vote for me. my duty is to unite the country. his primary duty is to fix this economy and fix the debt crisis in the euro zone in greece, spain, portugal, italy. he is one of a dozen of leaders in this region who lost his job as a result of the economy. the unemployment rate in the united states is around 8% and in france, it is 10%. they have to find a way to get the euro zone out of this mountain of debt. the difference between sarkozy and hollande is that sarkozy and the german chancellor came to a consensus to cut spending. but hoeland says we need a growth plan. and that sounds good but you have to find mone

has been contacted by a major american publishing house with interest in a book deal and she says she would be willing to do with plenty more details to tell. back to you. >>> army investigators say the soldier who died in the middle of a video chat with his wife was not shot. he was talking to his wife by way of skype from afghanistan last monday when he suddenly collapsed. this weekend his family raised the possibility he had been shot. they say that they noticed a bullet hole in the closet behind him. today officials say that an autopsy done on friday found no bullet wounds nor did they find evidence of foul play. they say that it could be weeks before they know the cause of death. >>> the autopsy on the man found dead following the kentucky derby is now complete. corner in louisville performed that autopsy today. she reported finding injuries on the victim but won't release any more information. the police say 48-year-old perez worked at the racetrack at churchill downs. his body was found in a barn early sunday morning. the police say his death might be the result of several fights reported in there in that area that night. perez was from guatemala and the

american visors served there and died there as early as the mid 50s. major combat operations would not begin until the mid '60s. but to illustrate the changing nature of our involvement, it was 1962. armyers. they lifted off, raced over tree tops, carrying south vietnamese troops. it was a single raid just a few miles into the jungle, but it was one of america's first major operations in that far away land. 350 years later, we come to this wall, to this sacred place to remember. we can step, reach out, touch a name. they gave everything in the darkness of war so we could stand here in the glory of spring. and today begins the 50th commemoration of our war in vietnam. we honor each of those names etched in stone. 58,282 american patriots. we salute all who served with them and we stand with the families who love them still. for years you've come here to be with them much once more. and in the simple things you've left behind, your offerings, your mementoes, your gifts, we get a glimpse of the lives they led. the blanket that covered them ooze a baby, the baseball bat he swung as a boy, a wedding ring, a photo of the grandchild he never met. the boots he wore, still covered in mud, the m

army of the united states surrendered to a much smaller force. it was a debacle. in october the same year, american force in niagara is captured on the canadian soil. in november, majoreneral henry dearborn and to gain a retreat from a terrifying exchange of friendly fire between american forces. in short, the british more than held their own in the war. so perhaps it can be said that in a supporting role the canadians were indeed the tories. a group certainly didn't win with the american indians with settlers encroaching upon their land, many indigenous tribes sided with the british before the war began. then some dirt and reject someone with many others in washington believe native americans have been excited toward that a secret agents of great britain. but the ongoing fear among westerners about lexington kentucky called the scalping knife and a tomahawk of the british savages, indians found themselves doing battle with dwindling henry harrison and the northwest territory, and tippecanoe fanta later brigadier general andrew jackson after he took forces in the u.s. south. the charismatic tecumseh wellington of the indian thursday was called by one british officer

army of the united states surrendered to a much smaller force. it was a debacle. in october the same year, american force in niagara is captured on the canadian soil. in november, majorneral henry dearborn and to gain a retreat from a terrifying exchange of friendly fire between american forces. in short, the british more than held their own in the war. so perhaps it can be said that in a supporting role the canadians were indeed the tories. a group certainly didn't win with the american indians with settlers encroaching upon their land, many indigenous tribes sided with the british before the war began. then some dirt and reject someone with many others in washington believe native americans have been excited toward that a secret agents of great britain. but the ongoing fear among westerners about lexington kentucky called the scalping knife and a tomahawk of the british savages, indians found themselves doing battle with dwindling henry harrison and the northwest territory, and tippecanoe fanta later brigadier general andrew jackson after he took forces in the u.s. south. the charismatic tecumseh wellington of the indian thursday was called by one british officer f

army, navy, air force and marines, than there are american diplomats. we need to reorder our priorities. i think, final point, to preach to this choir, that the great majority of crises and challenges that we'll face in the next couple of decades will primarily lend themselves to diplomatsic -- diplomatic resolution and not to military resolution. from climate change to most of the fight against terrorism which is not military. it's political. and it's economic. to all the things we have to do to strengthen our alliances in both parts of the world to coping with china. it's going to be a diplomatic imperative and we're weakening our diplomacy at a time when diplomacy is needed now more than ever. so i very much agree with secretary clinton that we need a stronger budget for the state department. that's the right thing for our country. >> thank you. the visionary and hard-hitting report. one of the problems of being a new yorker is when things about hedges. pardon me for asking this question. if germany does not rededicate its attention to nato and the u.k. does not follow through with its defense investments, france waivers and turkey's not able to deal wit