[applause] as we gather here in carson city, countless are watching on television from the internet. it is as if the collective nevada family has gathered around the table. each member leaning forward in his or her chair, eager to hear the news. in this time of sacrifice our nevada family look to us for reassurance for solution and leadership. so i begin with the story of two men in uniform who leadership in times of sacrifice can inspire us all. lieutenant colonel tony milligan is stationed at no less air force base. he was awarded the bronze star and prestigious 2010 air force award for his heroism in afghanistan. lieutenant-colonel millikan's survive a blast from a 700 pound explosive device that exploded less than 50 yards away from his location. his story of courage is echoed in the tail of specialist ernesto podium from gardnerville who is assigned to the first cavalry of the nevada national guard. he left his pregnant wife in may of 2008 and deployed to afghanistan for his vehicle was sliced in half in an explosion. he was severely injured and he earned a purple heart. these a

here now thirty he thinks the time has come for nevada to outlaw prostitution during a speech in carson city he got for the senator in the audience who are a brothel owner legal prostitutes and illegal industries. so according to reports his speech just bought he heard cricket it takes and despite the fact that prostitution was just a tiny little portion of the overall speech it was the only thing the reporters wanted to ask about afterwards and the move was pretty odd for reid who've never taken a stance before but considering the state faces a one point five billion dollar deficit he decided to make it a matter of economic development the businesses couldn't believe they'd be setting up shop in a country where the largest vary county excuse me where the largest business is legal prostitution but could nevada be missing a much bigger opportunity here to cash in by taxing the sex industry earlier i caught up with dennis hof owner of the moonlight bunny ranch and the love ranch and he's also been seen on h.b.o. cat house i first asked him why he thinks harry reid made that statement there's n

announced that he thinks the time has come for nevada to outlaw prostitution during a speech in carson city too bad first senator reid and the audience were a brothel owner legal prostitutes an illegal industries state lobbyist so according to reports in his speech bob he heard crickets and despite the fact that his portion on prostitution was just an event think part of the overall speech it was the only thing the reporters wanted to ask him about afterwards now this move was very odd for reid who had never taken this stance before but considering the state faces a one point five billion dollar deficit he decided to make it a matter of economic development the businesses couldn't believe they'd be setting up shop in counties where the largest business as legal prostitution but couldn't about to be missing a much bigger opportunity here to cash it by taxing the sex industry we're going to ask that question tomorrow. now earlier in the show we brought you all the latest on the union strikes in wisconsin but we did leave out one key aspect the media with so many americans getting their inform

their new home was fort carson, on the outskirts of colorado springs. since the start of the iraq war, this city has experienced an unprecedented murder spree. in the last five years, 14 fort carson soldiers have been charged or convicted in 13 murders and manslaughters. on friday nights, downtown is full of soldiers from fort caonsome tinto forget what they've experienced, others celebrating their homecoming. ( music playing ) hector rodriguez was the most experienced sergeant in third platoon. as the men returned from their first tour, he was worried that his younger soldiers would get into trouble. >> i gave them a speech before we came back, and i said, "look, guys, you've been on deployment for a year, and that's pretty much like caging a wild animal and letting it go free." they still had iraq inside of them, and i think a lot of that kind of caused problems for them, because they couldn't let it go. >> get over on the curb. >> oh, my god! >> narrator: the soldiers of third platoon hit the bars of colorado springs as soon as they got home. >> in the first six months, you know, you're just

i thought it was important story for my city and the army and ultimately for all of us to learn what happened with the soldiers at fort carson who created a string of murders. i am not talking a couple murders. i am talking with in this brigade and i quickly learned after tracking down that it was one combat brigade that all this was happening in hand with in this brigade there was one particular battalion, that was about 500 soldiers. if you calculate the murder rate it wasn't one or two bad apples. it was about 100 times the and national average. if you adjust it and save all young men, they are all young and male, that is the highest risk of violent crime beat relief you adjust it for that it is 20 times greater than that very high risk group so we are talking a big problem so i started piece together what happened and i am going to read a little bit about it and tell you what has happened since. as i made sure to say i was at the pentagon today the army repeatedly said it is a learning organization. there are in number of individuals where that is really true. people who follow what is going on, we have got to fix this.