. >> reporter: for caton the mission is anything but crazy.wo years in iraq as a front line medic as he watched americans die in places like ramadi and fallujah. seeing isis take control of those hard fought up tos make it is personal. >> i cannot believe i saw them driving down the streets flying their flags in a city american soldiers died to secure. i don't even know the words to describe it. >> reporter: so caton joined veterans against isis. he's one of two dozen warriors selected from applicants across the country. they've raised thousands of dollars in their communities and online for airfare and supplies. they plan to join kurdish militia fighters based in northern iraq. >> we've gamma reens, we've got air force guys and army guys and each of us can pass on the knowledge that we've learned. >> reporter: it's been nine years since kayton has been a full-time soldier. when he left iraq in 2006 a civil war was raging. he believe the u.s. decision to pull out hurt any prospects for peace. >> i do believe we left too soon. we left a power v

joining us is caton dawson and akeep jeffreys who spoke eloquently against the confederate flag at theebate and bob herbert still with us here on set. caton dawson that speech we played a clip of from rick perry saying basically the republican party gave up on trying to win the black vote and lost its moral legitimacy he's saying by doing that. how widespread is that view in the republican party versus the view that previewed in the last few decades the idea of we don't need the black vote to win? >> rick perry has legitimacy saying that being 14 years as governor of texas one that got close to 40% of the hispanic vote in the last race and one that understands i've worked for him now, one that understands republican party has got to get bigger, has a message that can resonate and once you get to know rick perry you understand that's kind of who he is. he's from paint creek, texas, 1300 people in a small town. he's been traveling in south carolina for the last year so i think he said a lot of people will be thinking and it takes courage to do it. i've seen some the complaints and rhetor