here's where braxton bragg enters the picture. what follows in the course of this between the fall of those two forts, then general buell pushing down to kentucky and tennessee is the defensive system comes apart and at the very top of the confederate high command, they're like oh, my gosh, what do we do? we have no idea what to do here, so they're scrambling around. at this point, bragg comes into the picture, writes a letter to the secretary of the war and says "our means and resources are too much scattered, the protection of persons and property as such should be abandoned and all means applied to the government and the cause. important strategic points only should be held. all means not necessary to secure these should be concentrated for heavy blow upon the enemy." so, he essentially argues, look, we need to abandon the periphery of the confederacy, mass all of our forces in various areas, concentrate is what he says. the periphery of the confederacy, he argues, is not that important. yes, it's terrible that we lose missouri

>> fort bragg.matthieu akins is the author of, "the a-team killings" which has just come out. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. , anduest is matthieu akins award-winning investigative journalist based in kabul, afghanistan and just published the piece, "the a-team killings ." how theere talking military has now begun its own investigation, but you have discovered so far they haven't interviewed any of the witnesses that youth talk to. -- that you talk to. have you been contacted by the military asking if you could give names of some of the folks you talk to? >> i hope they will because they haven't. it really was baffling to me how i could spend five months digging into the story and interviewed all the key witnesses and gathered all the key evidence myself and not have somehow run into this investigation which was taking place. it raises the question if this is been taking seriously. you have to s

bragg. there is no sign of foul play but they have been unable to find his rental car to rule it out completely. his bar and grill in roseville. a court in thailand sentenced a british man to 25 years for the death of a u.s. marine. lee stabbed desean in 2010. he was upset after longfellow beat him. the court reduced the sentence from life because oldhouse pleaded guilty. >> a southern california man in custody for shooting an lapd officer. another officer was injured while trying to help. both are expected to survive. rain, sleet, snow greeting on the east coast. a storm has dumbed snow. it's forced the cancellation of about 300 flights yesterday. most of them in philadelphia, new york, and newark, new jersey. >> a different picture in the bay area. here in the bay area as well we're filled with dog lovers. the bay area also loves an underdog which explains why one nonprofit is enjoying so much success. garvin thomas shows us one woman's passion to save older unwanted dogs. her story will m

bragg. >> to get a text from a parent who is in the war zone saying that they're fine is a lot different being able to see them on a video screen saying that they're fine because then you can visually see that they're fine. >> each year the department of defence invests billions in family support programs. and providing text support is now a key part of their approach. even in here. >> army specialist nagy he would bridge dialed in to witness the birth of his wild at a uso center in afghanistan. >> i was like i'm to the going to cry, i'm to the going to cry, i kind of broke down. after his daughter nyla was born he stayed in constant contact with her through the computer. his wife britney says the technology seals an emotional bond long before he came home. >> he wasn't there when she was born, and almost two months later for him to hold her, she knew his voice when she saw him, and she went right to him. >> skype allows deployed service members to function more as a family, for the simerly's that connection doesn't completely erase concerns. >> i tell him everything is going all right.

. >> reporter: the school psychologists council the military families near fort bragg. >> to get a text from parents in the war zone saying they're fine is a lot different than being able to see them on a video screen saying that they are fine. because then you can eventually see they are okay. >> reporter: each year the department of defense invest billions in family-support programs in providing text support that's a key part of their approach, even in here. army specialists dialed in to witness the birth of his child at a uso center in afghanistan. >> i was like oh i'm not going to cry, i'm not going to cry. and i kind of broke down. >> reporter: after his daughter was born, he stayed in constant contact with her through the computer. his wife, brittany, says that the the technology seals an emotional bond, long before he came home. >> he wasn't there when she was born, and almost two months later for him to hold her, she knows his voice when she saw him. and she went right to him. >> reporter: they allow the service members to function more as a family for the connection that does n

david martin, cbs news, fort bragg, north carolina. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" forht. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org he used himself as a human shield.. to break a woman's fall. tonight this ex-marine >> being in the marine core, we're trained to just react, no questions asked. you just react. >> : he used himself as a human shield to break a woman's fall. tonight, this ex-marine describes how his instinct kicked in when a fan jumped from the third level deck of the oakland coliseum. good evening everybody? police say the woman just certainly would have died had it not been for donny navidad. ann notarangelo has more. >> reporter: donnie navidad is back home here in stockton recovering from his injuries. he's still in a lot of pain, bit may come as no surprise that he is more concerned about taco bell young woman who almost committed suicide. >> as they say, she was twenty something years old. young. and, you know, you have a whole lot of life left in you

committee and you know the laws about transparency it was a major turning point and then and then bragg and bush reagan committed this crime to come into office committed what i would argue as treason to to get office and was never prosecuted although you were involved in trying to prosecute him these are each kind of like cyclical flips historical cyclical flips what are your thoughts on that and you can start out by responding to my comments about what president biden solder said i'm curious your thoughts on why the american media did not touch its public proclamation that reagan had. cut a deal in the background with the iranians to hold the hostages well that this is been addressed very directly to the gary sick who was the national security council advisor to president jimmy carter working with him on the negotiations has written a book called the october surprise and in that he has a whole conclusion where he says those of us who have lived in washington d.c. for twenty years or more have become accustomed to the petty scandals in washington an individual senator will be found to

strangest story, the man came here with his wife from fort bragg he lost her in two hours. literally nshths crowd of 16,000 people. we hope they've gotten together by now. >> thank you very much. protestors rallied today demanding a murder indictment for the deputy who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy the demonstration in memory of andy lopez followed a meeting focussed squarely on the shooting. abc7 news reporter vic lee is live with the latest on the >> reporter: close to 100 protestors marched to the hall of justice they want the district attorney to convene a grand jury to look into the shooting death of andy lopez. this activist is convinced a grand jury probe will end with an indictment of the deputy, eric gelhaus. >> it will show this murder was senseless, useless, unnecessary. and against basic police practices. >> looking for understanding. we all we find is dark confusion. >> reporter: this morning the board went into special session to discuss this fatal shooting the supervisor represents the district. >> this is not just an issue that is affecting one community

strangest story, the man came here with his wife from fort bragg he lost her in two hours. literally nshths crowd of 16,000 people. we hope they've gotten together by now. >> thank you very much. protestors rallied today demanding a murder indictment for the deputy who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy the demonstration in memory of andy lopez followed a meeting focussed squarely on the shooting. abc7 news reporter vic lee is live with the latest on the developments. >> reporter: close to 100 protestors marched to the hall of justice they want the district attorney to convene a grand jury to look into the shooting death of andy lopez. this activist is convinced a grand jury probe will end with an indictment of the deputy, eric gelhaus. >> it will show this murder was senseless, useless, unnecessary. and against basic police practices. >> looking for understanding. we all we find is dark confusion. >> reporter: this morning the board went into special session to discuss this fatal shooting the supervisor represents the district. >> this is not just an issue that is affecting

man who came here from fort bragg with his wife. lost in the crowd of escape,000 peel. lost her. couldn't find her. she doesn't have a cell phone. in rohnert park abc 7 news. >> assume they have been reunited. >> another bay bridge delay. this one involves demolition. of the old span. workers were ske scheduled to start rae moving some sections of the old side tomorrow morning but project officials tell us that the contractor is still working on which to contain all the debris. work will now most likely begin within a week. crew hope to have almost 1500 feet of the span demonthly issued in 6 week time. entire demolition job will take three years. >> well 24 hours after man was set on fire. oakland police have tracked down and arrested the person they say is responsible. 16-year-old boy. happened on ac transit bus near the intersection of mcarthur boulevard and art avenue. we see the area here. victim is 18-year-old man luke fleshman in stable condition in the burn unit at st. francis memorial hospital in san francisco. police say luke was asleep when the attacker hit his clothes

bragg area. hagger was the for a fund-raise the rocr has not commented on the owner' disappearae. >> in miami doesesre missing keys after angry workers thr the employees dumped the keys during a dispute wh lot owners abou not getting paid so. told they were in a container and needed get them. people luckynough to find their key and couered another road block whe they discored thr cards we parked back to back so they were stuck even when they hkeys. cruise, get back, wt -- good luck finding your car. 5:22. coming up we'llell you about a bay area woman getting a special call from vice presidentn honor of veterans day. i love watching tv tside. and why can you move t tv out here? the wireless receir. i got that when i switch to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got morhd channels, more dvr sce. yeah, but i mean, how diyou know? i researched. no, i-i ld you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'

unless you are up toward fort bragg, 30s and 40s and 50s. but these are much cooler than what we had yesterday. some of that fog is pretty thick. thick as thieves there. 34 up in tahoe. 43 sacramento. cooler coast and bay because of the addition of that nothing. again its very shallow. around oakland and bay bridge we see reduced visibility. everything stays to the north. it will still be warm inland. fog, sun hazy skies. a few 70s. by the waters edge you will see more 50s and 60s. 75 fairfield. 76 brentwood and oakley. oakland 65. so coming down with that fog 70s for san jose. morgan hill and gilroy. everyone is pretty close here. 50s and 60s on the coast. sal parts of the peninsula upper 60s or very, very low 70s. >>> a few minutes ago the government announced u.s. employers added 204,000 new jobs. the unemployment rate though rose a bit to 7.3% from 7.2%. as furloughed workers were counted as unemployed. >>> tesla stock continues to slide this morning. it fell another 7.5% yesterday. that was after federal investigators announced they are

. >> i'm a bragg one. that sounds like a religion. jeb bush is in favor of comprehensive reform. chris christie has said people should be able to marry whoever they want to marry. do they fit your definition of a conservative? >> you know, i don't think any one person gets on decide what is or is not conservative. on the case of the new jersey governor, i think embracing obama care, expanding medicaid in his state is very expensive and not fiscally conservative. many republican governors did resist expanding and accepting obama care in their state. i would say that fact, i would say, would lead you toward making the conclusion that it is not a very conservative proposal. >> all right. our thanks to senator rand paul. we look forward to your feedback. a virginia lawmaker stab over and over again fighting for his life. a man who knew the victim and his alleged attacker is out front. >>> plus a department of homeland security employee was found to be running a black supremacist website. this was only four months ago. why is uncle sam and you the taxpayer still paying him his salary?

bragg, the most heavily deployed unit in special forces.r 10 deployments, senior ones, the toll they suffered, things they have seen and done i've been told by soldiers in the special forces community, they have really seen the weight of this war -- >> they go and do it so we don't have to. how about that. >> also no wars without consequences. read a-team killing in the latest issue of rolling stones. thank you for joining us. >>> federal reserve janet yellin received a hearing yet even when reminded the panel of damage done by conservative fiscal policy. we will discuss austerity and reform coming up next. [ bells dinging ] ♪ hark how the bells, sweet silver bells ♪ ♪ all seem to say throw care away ♪ ♪ from everywhere, filling the air ♪ [ female announcer ] chex party mix. easy 15-minute homemade recipes you just pop in a microwave. like caramel chocolate drizzles. happier holidays. chex party mix. medicare open enrollment. of year again. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. but it never hurts to see if you can

i live 40 minutes from fort bragg and the air force base, and also, we have cap lejeune in jacksonville for the marines. i see every day on the news quite often these soldiers coming home, they have served their country, and they saw the family, they either kill the family or kill themselves because of the gst. -- because of ptsd. and the governor patrick for rehearing has defunded all mental health care -- pat mcrory has defunded all mental health care. i don't know where these people are supposed to turn to. it is pathetic to me that american people would let their people who served in war do this to them. friend who is 22 years old who watched his body blow his brains out in war in afghanistan. and that is very sad. 22 years old, he could not take the war and had to commit suicide. they need help and the unemployment rate here is horrible. like a do get a job, is dollars or nine dollars and hour. who can support the family on that? host: tom tarantino? guest: your point about suicide is extremely timely. it is an epidemic right now. not only is it a huge problem within the military,

this is a specialist, ricky elder, who in 2012 shot and killed his commanding officer at fort bragg and then turned the weapon on himself. his clearance timeline was actually reminiscent of aaron alexis'. his background investigation was done in 2006. over the next five years, after 2006, weighs charged twice with assault, once with d.u.i. hit nd run, once with felony assault. none of which was reported in his personnel chain. aaron alexis, similar. after receiving a security clearance, he received nonjudicial -- disorderly conduct. another nonjudicial punishment for being drunk and disorderly and arrest for firearm discharge. a month prior to the incident that would have highlighted his mental health problems, and none of these triggered a re-y valuation of his access -- re-evaluation to his access of classified material, classified facilities, none of those. and i think this is -- i mean, every issue raised here today is important, but if we can't get to this, the interim period between a clearance and, again, whether it's a five or 10-year cycle, i think we'll continue to have these

bragg to montgomery to be on standby. he urged birmingham citizens to accept the negotiated accord and make outside intervention unnecessary. smire convinced kennedy not to declare martial law, wallace chafed under the sovereignty represented by the federal occupation. yet, civil orders spread beyond birmingham. the initial rallies of support in los angeles and new york in april 1963 spawned some 750 demonstrations in nearly 200 cities with the arrests of more than 15,000 protesters across the country. suddenly, a black rebellion was at hand. the kennedy administration was caught off guard. rather than the civil rights activists in birmingham, the president more concerned with actions of alabama's feisty governor who pledged to stand in the schoolhouse door to stop the federal courts from desegregating the state schools. kennedy feared another ole miss, and focused attentions on wallace rather than king. attorney generalobert kennedy compiled the alabama notebook, the documented state's corporate ceos to get them to press

case and ricky alder in 2012 shot and killed a commanding officer at fort reg and then -- at fort bragg and then turn the weapon at himself. it was reminiscent of aaron alexis. his background investigation was done in 2006. over the next five years, he was charged twice with assault, one with dui hit-and-run, once for aggravated assault, none of which was reported in his personal security chain. and alexis, similar, after receiving security clearance, he received nonjudicial punishment another nonjudicial punishment for being drunk and disorderly and arrest for firearm discharge. multiple law enforcement interactions, both military and civilian. a month prior to the incident that would have highlighted his mental health problems, and none of these triggered a re- evaluation to his access of classified material, classified facilities, none of those. and i think this is -- i mean, every issue raised here today is important, but if we can't get to this, the interim period between a clearance and, again, whether it's a five or 10-year cycle, i think we'll continue to have these tragic insta

i think if anything, fort bragg, cape mendocino. partly cloudy, partly sunny after the low clouds. it will be cooler and cloudy. i don't think we'll get any rain out of it. low clouds, high clouds. the combination of the two will bring a little bit of a cooler pattern, especially up towards areas that don't have the low clouds. a little bit cooler over the coast and bay just by the mere fact the cloud cover may be cool to burn off. mostly cloudy to cloudy tuesday. it's gone by wednesday. back to dry weather, thursday, friday. cooler and breezy by the weekend but dry. >>> california is hoping to avoid another year of drought that steve told you about by increasing snowfall in the clouds. the practice of this has been around for years. it's been mostly an experiment. utility companies around the state plan to use it this winter hopefully to avoid another year of drought. 2013 could be the driest year in state history. >> yes. >>> 7:22. a controversial proposal to fight crime and keep teens off the streets of oakland. the plan that some residents say could lead to racial profiling. >>

maybe rain moving back in for point arena, fort bragg. that will develop later on for us. for everyone else by this afternoon, it's also going to give us a possibility of some shower activity. a couple of systems coming together. the low is on its way to southern california but not until tomorrow. until then, it could get sunny. things are quiet in the rain department. we had .75 to 2 inches for some, especially up in the russian river. things are calming down. they are not done yet. you get a good look at the system as it starts to pop up right there. it's on way its. that will set the stage for maybe some thundershower activity. right now, it's cloudy. could be sunbreaks for a while. highs today starting off in the 50. will only be in the 50s or 60s. here's sal. >>> we're looking at a tough commute because of the wet roads. not as bad as last night where we had a terrible drive home. we do have a crash reported in san francisco. southbound 101 at cesar chavez. several vehicles in the fast lane. pretty soon san francisco traffic on the central freeway, even coming in off

-nepal caucus, i'm particularly proud to be able to share the story of seral, a fort bragg soldier from kathmandu, nepal, selected as the 2012 soldier of the year. he came to the united states in 2007 from nepal, went to college in nebraska, joined the army in 2009, and was deployed in afghanistan. we should be proud of the contributions that our 2012 soldier of the year has made. himself an immigrant, an inspiration to all the men and women who serve, including those who were born in other nations. as many of you know, contestants for soldier of the year is a very rigorous competition. he's been promoted to sergeant since he began the competition and we are particularly proud, the announcement was made during the association of the united states army annual meeting in washington, d.c. there are many others, madam speaker, that we would like to be able to share the story of, who want to lay down down their lives to defend our country and serve with distinction but under current law are prevented from serving in the armed forces even though under the deferred action program they're able

. >> what people don't understand, in many cases fort carson in colorado, fort hood in texas, fort bragg, in north carolina, fort campbell in kentucky they are some of the biggest generators of the states periodn as installations go away you're just not losing soldiers whaton they do, all the businesses around thosest installations foe probably 50-mile radius are impacted by a shutdown and loss of the impact of these installations losing people. so the impact to the local and state governments is substantial. we have studies, i don't have the numbers with me, for every installation, but we have numbers for every installation. when i to visit they always brief me, this is the first, leading employer in the state, either first, second, third very close to the top of lead are employer in the state, people, many forget o about this as we lookle at these reductions, in addition to what i'm concerned about the national security impacts it as. >> general welsh, would you care to comment? >> senator, $1.3 trillion reduction in dod over 10 years will leave a bruise in a lostd. places of the we ha

i live 40 minutes from fort bragg and the air force base, and also, we have cap lejeune in jacksonvillefor the marines. i see every day on the news quite often these soldiers coming home, they have served their country, and they saw the family, they either kill the family or kill themselves because of the gst. -- because of ptsd. and the governor patrick for rehearing has defunded all mental health care -- pat mcrory has defunded all mental health care. i don't know where these people are supposed to turn to. it is pathetic to me that american people would let their people who served in war do this to them. friend who is 22 years old who watched his body blow his brains out in war in afghanistan. and that is very sad. 22 years old, he could not take the war and had to commit suicide. they need help and the unemployment rate here is horrible. like a do get a job, is dollars or nine dollars and hour. who can support the family on that? host: tom tarantino? guest: your point about suicide is extremely timely. it is an epidemic right now. not only is it a huge problem within the military, b