brian watson is an instructor and mentor. >> it's very much a culture shock for them., having to get dressed up in the way that they do and working in corporate environments, corporate offices, skyscrapers, whatever it is, they have a lot of skills and a lot of talents that they learn in the service. but one of their hardest challenges is learning how to adapt to the corporate environment. >> richardson is in his third semester. he'll finish at the end of march. from where i was just a year ago to now, it's night and day, you know? it's definitely a game changer. >> and it's why it's so urgent to get veterans like richardson into the workforce. >> if i hire a vet? that's a hard question. i put everything into in this my job, you know? if something is expected of me, i want to deliver. it's just something that is en gr engregg graengrained in a veter because every day you live the military every day.l]5s >> brian watson is the director of business outreach with workforce opportunity services. he joins us here this morning. chris lawrence is a pentagon correspondent. we'

and that's something that brian watson, who is teaching this class is saying. of do. they're teaching them things in the military that made them excel, turning it upside down so you can excel in the work force. >> one of the vets mentioned ptsd. a lot of these companies stereotype them and judge them. there's a stigma that goes along with that. what did you find? >> it's true. brian watson and others have said that managers do tell them, look, we want to hire some vets, but what comes along with that? are they -- do these guys have ptsd or the young women? are they in therapy? are they in treatment? there are a lot of companies who go out of their way to hire vets and make sure that they do have the mental health facilities and benefits necessary, but for the most part you have people coming home who want to work. they want to work and have technical skills they learned in the military that are absolutely translatable and applicable to this economy. that's what we need, technical skills right now. that's what they were learning. we're fighting two high tech war

brian, thank you. much more on the devastation one of our other than the correspondents, ivan watson has been allowed inside. i just want to warn our viewers p. broadcast capability is limited. ivan, there's been a potential rift is that what this election is coming down to? >> reporter: certainly some of the political analysts are saying there is competition between rival -- within this election, a block of candidates supporting ahmadinejad and others that are basically against him and more allied with the the reasons being there have been some public disputes over the last year where ahmadinejad disappeared for 11 days after the supreme leader overruled his decision to sack, to fire an intelligence minister, and there's been a lot of criticism and even some investigations comes from certain branches of the government into some of ahmadinejad's top aides. it's important to point out, wolf, that the supreme leader has been making a public appeal for unity in the run-up to this vote, saying it's very important for all iranians to come together to put aside their differences and show their support for the 33

watson, cnn, istanbul. >> and there's no reason to believe bashar al assad is getting outside help to brutally destroy his opponents, that help apparently coming from an ominous place, iran. brians part of the story for us. >> this could be a very disturbing sign of just how far the syrian regime is willing to go to crush the uprising vgts we have reports that iran has sent one of the its most accomplished and ruthless commanders to dx#cus@5al"á:ñ work some of thi lethal tactics. a crackdown that's brutal, relentless and possibly part of a frightening collaboration. the commander the iran's no torious qods force has been recently in syria. one report in a newspaper says he's even been inside the war room of bashar al assad. helping assad direct his forces. the qods force, the secretive army, its leader a shadowy ominous figure. concern among u.s. officials, he's been sighted more than once and for taking part in terrorist plots. have erbilly officials say suleimani oversaw the officers in the alleged plot to assassinate the ambassador to the u.s. and it's said that his imprint is on well-known -- >> we have the attack in the towers, we have the attack, lots on surveillance of u

watson was already tried for murder in australia, with you pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and only served 18 months behind bars. >> briannd his department's slimmed down $614 billion budget plan. he will testify for the armed services committee where he's expected to tell lawmakers it's time to step up and show they're serious about reducing the deficit. only the military, i guess. he affirms his reductions have been carefully planned and there is little room for changes. >> steve: a texas high school taking immediate action in firing its cheerleading coach after she is caught screaming at her female students, calling them cows. officials at cypresswood high school found this all out after one of the girls handed over her cell phone with video of the rant on it. the former employee, who has not been identified, was heard yelling, quote, who do you think you all are? high falooting heifers. you can come and go as you please. fire me! wow. right now she's not facing any criminal charges. meanwhile, the student who handed over her phone got two days detention for taping the rant on school property. that was against the rul