fort bragg we were there doing a memorial day special.ort campbell we were there doing a veterans day special. >> and the soldiers are pretty excited to see you. no one's asked me why i'm in uniform. i saw you looking at my uniform and you couldn't figure out -- >> i was told, are you in the reserves? what do you do? >> i'm in the state guard. >> what does a state guardsman do? >> thank you for asking. there are 27 of the 50 states have state guards that are usually part of the same military structure as the national guard. and where national guardsmen deploy here in the united states or overseas. state guardsmen only deploy within the 50 states. >> what job do you do? >> they have me do public affairs. >> you talk, don't you? >> i enlisted right after the terrorist attacks. someone told me about the state guard and i was like, wow. i'm too hold to go into regular army reserves or national guard. but this gave me an opportunity to serve. >> you look great. you look great and -- >> i would like on my website at clarkhoward.com i have a gui

in the case which you were involved, fort bragg, white supremacist views. what we are worried about here is islamic extremist views. what is the responsibility of a soldier to report up the chain of command? >> yes, the members of the team have an obligation to identify and report to the chain of command any of this type of the extremist behavior, rhetoric, etc. that was clearly one of the problems we had at fort bragg inside our unit. it was being tolerated by the soldiers and also being tolerated by the immediate chain of command to a certain degree. it is unclear in my mind that we have in the military today and in our army units clear, specific guidelines as to what is jihadist extremist behavior. >> right. >> how do you identify this behavior? how does it manifests itself? i think that is one of the things that this investigation will probably determine, as i said in my remarks. i believe the department of defense will more than likely have to issue some very specific guidelines, as we had to do after the racially-motivated murders and the skinhead ext

bragg.port hes won't be allowed to do during her visit. >>> time for us to salute our troops. sarah winsoni wants to salute her fiance. she says that he's in iraq, he'll return in july of next year. listen, she says he joined the army right after high school and loves what he does and that he is all she have ever wanted in her life. so sweet. if you have somebody in the service and you want to salute them, go to cnn.com/robin. >>> what a way for the astronauts to wake up today. alarms went off on the shuttle "atlantis" and the space station overnight. the alarms to warn them of fires or loss of pressure. nasa says it was a false alarm thankfully. no danger to the crew. yesterday the astronauts finished the first of three space walks. nasa says a close inspection of the shuttle revealed no launch damage. >>> there is another new set of testing guidelines for women. this time for cervical cancer. now, the american college of on sta trigss and gynecologists says that most women in their 20s onl

i commend you for taking strong action after the racially motivated murder at fort bragg.as i read it through this pamphlet, however, the types of conduct prohibited in the policy manual really do not apply in the case of major hasan. would you agree with that? >> i absolutely agree. as pamphlets are in the hierarchy of information provided to the leaders in our units, it only deals with something very specific as a result of a particular action. under the umbrella of a general policy, that is what it is designed to do. we do not have anything like that dealing with the hasan said it, his behavior, his attitude and what should be the actions that died leaders -- that guide our leaders and soldiers. >> be prohibited activities listed in this manual are geared towards organized activities. they really do not apply to the lone wolf conduct that we saw. i agree with the chairman that this is an area we need to pursue. mr. townshend, there has been discussion this morning thisms. townsend, there has been discussion about his first amendment rights. i want to pursue this issue w

that was clearly one of the problems we had at fort bragg inside our units.it was being tolerated by the soldiers and also being tolerated by the immediate chain of command to a certain degree. it's unclear in my mind that we have in the military today and in our army units clear specific guidelines as to what is jihaddist extremist behavior. how do you identify this behavior? how does it manifest itself? i think that's one of the things that this investigation will probably determine, as i said in my remarks, and i believe that the department of defense will more than liningly have to issue some very specific guidelines as we had to do after the racially motivated murders and the skin head extremism we had in our midst in the 90s. so we will definitely pursue that. and that may be an area of recommendation for us. but to the best of your knowledge now, existing army policy about extremism is general prohibitting extremist activity, or is it more focused based on the fort bragg case on white supremist activity? >> the army pamphlet that was published in owe t

bragg on monday. she's going there to promote her new book.t was previously said it wouldn't let crews in because the event might turn into political grandstanding against president obama. still, reporters won't be able to ask palin or her supporters questions. >>> a big hike in tuition is not going over well in california. police arrested dozens of students at the university of california and davis after they occupied an administration building. hundreds more marched at ucla. now the increase will cost students about $2,000 more in the next two years. they pass add 32% increase even after deep cuts to spending. the students want to help. >> you pass this increase today, when i go home tonight to san diego, i will have to drop all my classes because i cannot afford this anymore. you are not making this university affordable. >> the regents have promised more aid to help lower income students. they will meet with concerned students today to talk about the increases. >>> a former nba star appears to be heading to prison. larry smith has the deta

>> what he said -- 24 hours before this attempt happened, he comes out and braggs abos that program is having no problems. yeah, our program has been relatively clean. well, thursday three of kiffin's prized recruits were arrested for attempted armed robbery. police say two men approached a car in a parking lot, one with a gun demanding money. when the victims showed they had none, they left. cops say they pulled the car over. the men were inside with an air powered pellet gun and the victims identified them. >>> the windy city is just fuming today. the chicago bears taking on san francisco. the bears traded everything but the kitchen sink for jay cutler. i mean everything in the off-season. it was a huge story. last night cutler threw a career high five interceptions. five. usually one or two in a game at the worst. he had a chance late. cutler drove the length of the field, end of the game, the last play he was picked often. niners win 10-9. joe namath may need to call off his dogs. he had a hearing over charges two of his dogs attacked people who came to his home. his yellow lab leo

personnel, being members of white supremacist organizations, and in one case, in the vicinity of fort bragget whether it was one two is listed soldiers who were actually involved in the racist murder of two african american people in that vicinity. i think it is a question of whether the wording in those regulation also covers what we're dealing with today, which is a very different kind of threat, the threat of islamist extremism. it happens to also be the enemy that we're fighting and is fighting us. to reach a conclusion about that, and the other question came out of our homeland security to meeting meeting yester day is to give enlisted soldiers once, a sense of obligation. if they hear statements that they think are inconsistent with outhe purpose of the military, they have obligation to report that. and that they would be protected, as it were, if they did. [unintelligible] i think they will probably try to continue their -- the army itself has begun a review of this case. the department of defense has generally. the president has as his national security council to dues as well. the

he was the individual sergeant down at fort bragg in 1995 who laid in the woods and opened up and shot a bunch of folks, killing one and injuring 17 others, while laying in the woods. his case -- and the main issues dealt with this mitigation specialist and the government's refusal to provide them with a mitigation expert. and so that kind of is a significant issue, because, again, as we laid out kind of early on, one of the factors that goes into whether a death sentence can be approved is whether or not any mitigating factors are substantially outweighed by the aggravating factors. so this case will focus a lot on dr. hasan trying to show whatever problems that he has or certain mitigating circumstances, religious, mental or otherwise. so you can expect that. i think we also mentioned about 80% of the cases, the death penalty cases, that had been overturned for some reason or another, every those, 1/3 of them were from ineffective assistance of counsel, if you will. so counsel kind of failing to raise right issues. another, i think, almost 1/4 had to do with bad instructions by the j

bragg on monday. she will be there to promote her new book.had previously said it would not let crews in because it might turn into political grand standing against president obama. still supporters will not be able to ask palin any questions. >>> how a shot some of you might have gotten last year could be giving your bodies a fighting chance again the swine flu, come up. >>> hey, oprah winfrey fans, big news coming out this hour. she is set to officially announce she is ending her talk show. winfrey's last show will be in september of 2011, which means the show will have been on the air for 25 years. >> i don't think anyone can fill oprah's shoes. she has maintained such incredible integrity throughout her career. that's the thing i admire most about her and i'm really proud of her for that. >>> and the man accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old girl will be charged with murder and rape. marco mcneill will be in court today. police say she was the last person to see her alive. investigators think she was prostituting her daughter. preliminary aut

even though i love people to pay substantial down payment, in your circumstance, when you get to bragg, i would look at biing there. but especially if you find some one that's a real deal. >> next on clark howard -- >> you can actually ask for a bargain? >> no, it's something that you look for. >> how are you doing, clark? >> good. >> the question is about biing a house and it's either buying a house or building a house and what's the best way to invest in land. >> i would prefer that you consider buying a house rather than buking land. houses are selling for less than replacement cost. the price is cheaper than it cost sticks up to build. so you might get are real deal on the land but then you decide to build your own house now or later. if you were to build the house now, at least you'd get good prices from builders and you'd get better prices on materials because the market is not in great shape because you've got to buy it at a fraction of what it would cost to make. >> what is the best way to be debt-free before retirement? when are you going to be retiring? >> ten years from the

fort bragg, whatever, down in texas -- host: okay, fort hood and sarah palin.st: there is a funny thing going on in the country. when you said the name sarah palin, i sort of left, and i should not have left, becau -- laughed, and i should not have laughed -- people are biting her book. people seem to be searching for authenticity. some people think that sarah palin offers an authentic voice and philosophy. i don't know exactly what the phenomenon is, but i don't think it is temporary. it is probably pretty real. but we have always -- as i said, the voters have a way of sorting things out. over time, i think they will sort this out. they will really scrutinize sarah palin and say, " wait a minute, is this person really qualified to have the most important job in the world?" i think we are going through a very fascinating moment at this time. for could -- for to good -- fort hood -- is that the next question? host: yes. guest: i cannot speak to those issues because i've not been in washington for the last several weeks since that incident all i can say is that i

bragg. happy veterans day to you. >> caller: i myself after being in combat several times i've gone well over a month without a shower and surviving the living conditions that we dealt with as airborne infantry men in combat. no running water. lack of sleep. and after all of the discussions with my wife and many other females that i know that are currently serving in the army, my fair conclusion is females should be allowed to do whatever they want in the military but facing the realities of combat is just not practical for female soldiers to do certain jobs and to perform on the same standard that they need to for survival in combat. >> because of physical limitations? >> physical limitations, hygiene purposes. are you married, sir? >> yes. >> caller: ask your wife what would happen if she went two months without a shower. it's important to look at stuff like that and in a time of war it's a distraction that we shouldn't be focusing on, you know -- >> is fraternization the distraction? >> t

he was the individual sergeant down at fort bragg in 1995 who laid in the woods and opened up and shot a bunch of folks, killing one and injuring 17 others, while laying in the woods. his case -- and the main issues dealt with this mitigation specialist and the government's refusal to provide them with a mitigation expert. and so that kind of is a significant issue, because, again, as we laid out kind of early on, one of the factors that goes into whether a death sentence can be approved is whether or not any mitigating factors are substantially outweighed by the aggravating factors. so this case will focus a lot on dr. hasan trying to show whatever problems that he has or certain mitigating circumstances, religious, mental or otherwise. so you can expect that. i think we also mentioned about 80% of the cases, the death penalty cases, that had been overturned for some reason or another, every those, 1/3 of them were from ineffective assistance of counsel, if you will. so counsel kind of failing to raise right issues. another, i think, almost 1/4 had to do with bad instructions by the j