the two of the three words of your cover, black hawk. it's getting a lot of attention these days. >> a black hawk is the helicopter that is used to deliver american infantrymen to battle. it is be a major attack helicopter and the other book that but that we hear a lot about is an apache helicopter. it is not a troop carrier. but a black hawk will carry about 15 or 16 soldiers are back, it is armed with rockets and miniguns and a formidable fighting machine. >> how did you pick the title? >> well, the mission that i describe in the book changed irrevocably in the somalis shot down a black hawk helicopter and removed all chance that they would be able to quickly rollout of the city. so really the reason that this battle took place is because they were able to shoot down a black hawk. when they dead, it became such a shock to the soldier on the ground, they kept shouting to the radio, we have a black hawk down in the city. it seems to me an emblem of their shock and surprise and of the whole story. >> when did you first go to mogadishu? >>

but of course a black hawk a u.s. army black hawk. was configured these two black hawks were configured slightly different that day normally a black hawk they have little wing lights on the side and sponsons in on this particular day the black hawks are going about one hundred miles to the town of erbil inside deep inside northern iraq and so they attached external fuel tanks to the blackhawks and these little wings in that change the shape. what shapes what we see every day it's largely shaped by our expectations. by what we want to see what we expect to see and also then the ultimate you know sort of the physical stimulus that actually enters or i so it was a very ambiguous stimulus the speed the distance and everything camouflaged in a very strong set of expectations the visual identification has happened the intersection of a strong set of expectations possibly a little desire to maybe see an enemy aircraft and a very ambiguous stimulus that actually came in the eyes of what we do as humans we fill in the blanks. and then finally

army black hawk. was configured these two black hawks were configured slightly different that day normally a black hawk they have little wing lights on the side and sponsons and on this particular day the black hawks were going about one hundred miles to the town of erbil inside deep inside northern iraq and so they attached extra fuel tanks to the blackhawks and these little wings and that changed the shape. what shapes what we see every day it's largely shaped by our expectations. by what we want to see what we expect to see and also then the ultimate you know sort of the physical stimulus that actually enters or i so it was a very ambiguous stimulus the speed the distance and everything camouflaged in a very strong set of expectations the visual identification has happened the intersection of a strong set of expectations possibly a little desire to maybe see an enemy aircraft and a very ambiguous stimulus that actually came in the eyes of what we do as humans we fill in the blanks. and then finally

army black hawk. was configured these two black hawks were configured slightly different that day normally a black hawk they have little wing lights on the side and sponsons and on this particular day the blackhawks were going about one hundred miles to the town of erbil inside deep inside northern iraq and so they attached external fuel tanks to the blackhawks and these little wings and that changed the shape. what shapes what we see every day it's largely shaped by our expectations. by what we want to see what we expect to see and also then the ultimate you know sort of the physical stimulus that actually enters or i so it was a very ambiguous stimulus the speed the distance and everything camouflage in a very strong set of expectations the visual identification has happened the intersection of a strong set of expectations possibly a little desire to maybe see an enemy aircraft and a very ambiguous stimulus that actually came in the eyes of what we do as humans we fill in the blanks. and then finall

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black hawk helicopter was downed by war lord.lt mission turned quickly to rescue mission. >> the most intense gun fight that i have ever been in in my life. there was nothing that i could do about it. >> reporter: you're told, you'll have to go back out because there's another rescue that has to be done. do you think you were going out on a death mission? >> all of us were thinking this is a suicide mission. if we went back through, all of us are going to die. >> listening over the radio, people's voices were getting more and more terrified. i started thinking about my family and i started praying. >> reporter: a moment so intense so powerful, it changed everything. >> it was a life-transforming event for me. firefights and previous combat. i had a strong faith in jesus christ before i went. but my faith became so real and so significance. >> reporter: sergeant struecker became any chaplain and now a pastor. a dramatically new life. revolution found when he returned to the battle field. incredible trip captured all on camera. as

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it is the same with the black hawk down incident.sands of somalis were butchered. >> when the u.s. helicopters came in under george h w bush. >> well, president clinton ended rangers inthe army the u.s. presence out of somalia, but they were hunting , who was basically destroyed mogadishu and created a situation where you have a civil war in somalia. the point i'm getting at here is non-abaab was largely a player in somalia and al qaeda had almost no presence there, and the u.s., by backing these warlords made the very force that they claim to be trying to fight the most powerful force in somalia. >> what is at stake for the u.s. in east africa and the horn of africa? >> initially, it started with a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11. the fact was that there were major terrorist events that happened as a result of somalia's lawless situation. there were people being harbored that were involved with the 1998 embassy bombing. and dick cheney, early on after 9/11 developed a program called next steps, and they cited the countries they intended

per hour in the black hawk.ike as we head into town with cooler weather on the way will have more later tonight. >> pam: fallout from the fight. >> pam: 49ers coach jim harbaugh defended his team hood of a packers player. >> pam: grant lodes is tracking this story that really has people talking tonight.grant. >> reporter: just delete it and to defend and was hit in the face. how about tackled as to that. >> i look at this with my own eyes what to punches pulled. one punch and one , in nine if you are going to go to the face police to use your knuckles and not an open slapped parrot that young man worked very hard at being a tough guy he may have some prepared to to to his image after the slap her it >> reporter: these guys are down going to back down in situations like this. at people are reacting to the slack gate on fancy facebook fan page. >> mathews was just mad because we beat them last season and we did it again. >> reporter: they sure did. we would invite to to join the conversation and stick around for d

tonight a preview of the regular season opener capitols visiting the black hawks. ward taps that into the goal. caps 3-3. we are headed to over time br k brooks shot is blocked. blackhawks win in over time 4-3. those same two teams will play in the same place chicago tuesday night the regular season opener. thank you very much >> more than 2500 people took advantage of the allstate community shred. it was held in largo, it is a great way to prevent against identity theft. go to nbcwashington.com and take part in our next community shred. have a good night and be safe. >>> you're watching c-span. at 4:30, it's speech house, a slide show of congressional members on their summer vacation. but first we go to prince george community college in maryland, where president obama is speaking in support of the affordable care act. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you so much. as many of you know, next tuesday, the insurance exchange for the affordable care act will be open to the public. while this is exciting news for americans, polls show that

we're going to drop temperatures by about 10 degrees in some locations. 84 in walnut creek. 82 in black hawk74 in alameda. san francisco and oakland and berkeley going down to 78 today. not too bad throughout here. what you should know with this incoming system is we're going to stay dry most of friday. only a slight chance of a shower in the north bay by late friday. we'll some uplift moving in throughout the early afternoon. that could give us some scattered rainfall on saturday. it is not a strong storm system. a huge departure expected on that saturday forecast. let's get a look at the overall totals. these are estimates. it is not what we exactly expect. it is how the computer model is ranging the storm system. overall the best possibility of those accumulating totals will be up in the north bay. close to that in oakland. little to nothing in san jose and livermore. keep your eye to the sky. if you feel something, it is a few rain drops on saturday. temperatures going down into the 70s. sunday, upper 70s. sunshine will be back. sunshine monday, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday next week

. >> we had gone into a black hawk with the national guard, a black hawk, big thompson canyon to viewone. areas for mile after mile. and governor hickenlooper and other members of our congressional delegates going down the big thompson when we -- many which have been lost. others stranded. [broken audio] >> torn up all of the roads. when i spotted several people who were waiving frantically at the helicopter and we kept going. did i not have a -- i was -- able to comiewb communicate with the pilot. head set on. so i had to type out a message on my blackberry hand it to the. guy who was flying. parking: >> i know those people are tremendously thank you very much. i suspect that we are losing your cell phone. flooding. if that improves we will try to get back to you congressman cory guardner. thank you very much. our hearts and prayers go out to the people who have been so affected by this devastation there. secretary of state john kerry visits israel today to try to sell the country's leaders on a diplomatic solution to syria's chemical weapons crisis. that, as syrian foirms are offici

we are east of black hawk. the winds bill was talking about, look at that. that ridge was covered with a huge, thick, plume of smoke an hour ago. right now it is gone. all day long the winds were blowing smoke and ash our direction. >> the hot smoke, then cooled. most intense in dublin. >> just a pretty thick smoke. like a camp fire. like you are in the mountains. >> reporter: officials warning people with breathing problems to stay indoors. from walnut creek the view intimidating. the fire seemed to roll down mount diablo. >> it is a away but still look at the dry grass. >> reporter: they peered through trees at the plume of dark smoke trying to gauge which way the fire was heading. >> i am hoping that it doesn't come over the side of the mountain. >> people drove to this trail head and climbed the hill for a better view. >> all different color smoke. black whirl winds. >> it is scary. waiting to hear are we going anywhere? should we stay put? growing fast it seems like. >> reporter: looks right that the fire stalled on this side of it. with the winds, it w

. >> you could notice it in black hawk, the smoke coming over and we started smelling it, so we all went back inside. >> air quality district issued a smoke advisory. the pollution level considered moderate. but for the dublin school district, it was enough to cancel p.e. and lunch outdoors. >> personally, i have asthma, so it was getting to me a little bit, but it was, as the day was progressing, it faded. >> dublin high school's running team jogged inside the gym and the football team practiced indoors. >> we did most of the mental stuff today. hopefully tomorrow we can go out and play football. >> did the smoke or haze affect you? >> no, i smelled it throughout the day. it was that earthy, chalky smell. >> well the fire is 20% contained, but the good news tonight is that the flames have not advanced since 3:00 this afternoon. reporting live at the base camp in dublin, linda yee, kpix5. >> that smoke could be a problem for a while, but it's finally cooling down a little bit? >> temperatures dropping, which means humidity will go up. this smoke will be an issue for days and the wind flo

black hawk at 100, livermore at 100 degrees, south bay sunnyvale, 100 degrees. it's cooling at the coast, 74 in san francisco. the temperatures are going to be remain balm my tonight and we are talking about temperatures going up a little more tomorrow, fire danger remains high. make sure that you do not do any outdoor burning. we'll talk about where you'll see some beach conditions looking real good for tomorrow coming up in a few minutes >>> in the south bay crews battled a warehouse fire in san jose. the fire started at 11:00 in between two buildings. firefighterings say the flames quickly spread to both buildings. the cause remains under investigation >>> this evening, san jose investigators are busy with the 35th homicide of the year, a man shot and killed on gilchrist drive. we're in the neighborhood right now where residents say they're shocked it happened there. >> reporter: ter rewe just learned the victim's name was terry. and he was in his late 40s. someone shot him last night outside his home. officers came out anfound him suffering from one gunshot

a team of at least 400 has assembled here to carry out search and rescue, about a dozen black hawk helicopters are taken to the sky. >> the bottom line, is process works we get a call, we go out, and get them with our aircraft, and our resources here. >> in some of the areas hit the hardest, there is no electricity and no cell phone service. whole mountain communities have been cut off by rushing water. >> within an hour houghses were crumbled off of the mountain side. and people's entire lives everything that they owned just fell off of a mountain into a river, and down. >> other whose escaped with the help of rescue workers are hoping double reunited with family members. >> our family and friends have been worried six, so i just want to give them the biggest hug in the world, it makes me realize how fragile life can be. you never know if you are given a tomorrow. >> and more rain is coming forecasts indicate at least another day of rainfall that can limit these critical areas. officials say it could be days before the rescue operations are completed and months before people can return to reb

. >> faced with a blocked roads officials have sent black hawk helicopters in the national guard to evacuate thousands of people. president obama said temporary housing would be provided and financial aid would be given to those with uninsured property. ready-to-eat meals are also being air lifted and dropped to trapped locals, but they are bracing for more bad weather. meteorologist they rain could help the region for several more days. >> to mexico, where there is more bad weather. heavy rain, landslides and floods have killed at least 21. now the country is bracing for a hurricane. thousands were evacuated as hurricane ingrid and tropical storm man well -- maneuel before. the first of mexico has been hit hurricane just 24 hours after a tropical storm made landfall. in antigovernment protests rocked turkey for a six night last night. they set fire to barricaded this tech -- downtown istanbul while police tried to control the crowd with tear gas. this latest wave of violence was kicked off by the death of a 22- year-old protester last week reportedly by the police. it renewed the antigovern

one of our hottest black hawks at 100. mill valley, off into the north bay at 98. even south san jose at 97 degrees. temperatures very mild right now. 94 in livermore, 94 in concord. look at that, 71 in santa cruz. 76 in san francisco. that's a thermal trough that's set up across the peninsula, and that's why we didn't get overly hot at the coastline today. we had these offshore winds that warmed us about five degrees warmer than we were yesterday at this time. the 24-hour temperature change at the coast. 11 degrees cooler at half moon bay from where we were yesterday at this time. the thermal trough set up right against the santa cruz mountains. that's why santa cruz is four degrees cooler than we were yesterday at this time. the thermal trough is expected to move all the way to the coastline tomorrow. because of this area of high pressure still sitting offshore. we have to kick in those normerly winds. outdoor burning is not advised. temperatures in san francisco were only in the mid to upper 80s. nothing too hot. but again, just because we have such dry conditio

. >> you can notice it in black hawk, the smoke coming over and we started smelling it so we all wentinside. >> reporter: the air quality district issued a smoke advisory. the pollution levels, considered moderate. for the dublin school district it was enough to cancel pe and lunch outdoors. >> personally i have asthma see it was getting to me a little bit. but as the day was progressing it faded. >> reporter: the high school's running team jogged inside the gym and the football team practiced indoor. >> we did mental stuff we knew to prepare for. hopefully tomorrow we can play football. >> did the smoke or haze affect you? >> no, just kind of smelt it through the day, that earthy kind of chalky smell. >> despite those flare-ups, officials tell me the flames have not advanced since 3:00 this afternoon and that is hopeful news. live at the base camp in dublin, linda yee, kpix 5. >> cal fire brought out the big gun right over the fire, a dc10 sweeping low several times to drop that retardant. paul, what's the weather looking like tonight for the firefighters? >> well, the weather is goi

army black hawk helicopters instantly killing twenty six u.n. peacekeepers this happened in one thousand nine hundred four full three years at the end of the first gulf war was that a high shooting war going around there's not a lot of bad guys running around on the ground or in a lot of enemy planes flying around near broad daylight unlimited visibility relatively benign conditions it's on can play in this one in the fog of war on the call sheet that morning the two f. fifteen pilots were briefed that they would be the first aircraft to enter the no fly zone by regulation no helicopters were allowed to fly into the zone without fighter coverage. unbeknown to the f. fifteen pilots a last minute early morning trip was scheduled to get peacekeepers to or below the town deep in northern iraq when the pilots entered the no fly zone that morning.

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the black hawks won the championship in june. i'm a huge mistake in a staff meeting this morning.let's go to sandra smith who was standing beside the cup itself. sandra: this is the secret in the city of chicago, and standing next to carry duffey, chairman of this exchange in chicago and the captain of the stanley cup champion team. this is a huge day, this is what it is like in chicago. business show, i got to go to carry and say something a lot of people don't know is kerri is accused blackhawks fan. go to most of the games. >> my family and i go to every game and that is our family time together and we are blessed to have friends like that. sandra: you are close with these guys and what made you parrot with an iconographic like the black hawks? >> it is important, i am a big brand guy, the cme it has been around 170 years, it is important not only in chicago but throughout the world especially washington d.c. and you need to partner up with certain organizations and couldn't have a better one. this was lightning in a bottle because in 2011, the first year, 2012-2013, the first

army black hawk helicopters instantly killing twenty six u.n. peacekeepers this happened in one thousand nine hundred four full three years after the end of the first gulf war was that a high shooting war going around there's not a lot of bad guys running around on the ground.

army black hawk helicopters instantly killing twenty six un peacekeepers this happened in one thousand nine hundred four full three years after the end of the first gulf war it was not a shooting war going around there's not a lot of bad guys around on the ground there aren't a lot of enemy planes flying around near broad daylight unlimited visibility relatively benign conditions and it's on.

army black hawk helicopters instantly killing twenty six u.n. peacekeepers this happened in one thousand nine hundred.

army black hawk helicopters instantly killing twenty six u.n. peacekeepers this happened in one thousand nine hundred four full three years after the end of the first gulf war.

then, you can see communities of black hawk and danville residents reporting ash falling from the skyig snowflake autos red cross is operating a center for the morgan fire at clayton community library. so far only one family has shown up. they close choes to sleep in the car because the shelter doesn't allow animal autos things happe >> your dogs were happy you slept with them inside of the car? >> well, as happy as they could be. >> several horses needed to be evacuated as well. they're being sheltered in antioch. abc 7 weather anchor joins us live. we can see the smoke its showing up there clearly. you're right. we can see clear skies, sunny skies inland. and here is a time lapse view of the smoke building in the afternoon. smoke is thick for several hours. starting to get lighter. that is hopefully leing to containment of the fire, 79 degrees. there has been an increase in humidity in the last hour or so. that isonly helping in a minimal way. winds strong and gusts over 30 miles per hour. it's hotter down near the base of the mountain. our smoke advisory, our first forecast first o

then, you can see communities of black hawk and danville residents reporting ash falling from the sky like big snowflake autos red cross is operating a center for the morgan fire at clayton community library. so far only one family has shown up. they close choes to sleep in the car because the shelter doesn't allow animal autos things happen. >> your dogs were happy you slept with them inside of the car? >> well, as happy as they could be. >> several horses needed to be evacuated as well. they're being sheltered in antioch. abc 7 weather anchor joins us live. we can see the smoke its showing up there clearly. you're right. we can see clear skies, sunny skies inland. and here is a time lapse view of the smoke building in the afternoon. smoke is thick for several hours. starting to get lighter. that is hopefully leading to containment of the fire, 79 degrees. there has been an increase in humidity in the last hour or so. that is only helping in a minimal way. winds strong and gusts over 30 miles per hour. it's hotter down near the base of the mountain. our smoke advisory, our first fore