and it's an extraordinary story what happened to this chinook.ook could have died easily. it was extraordinary that they survive. >> and have they forgiven him? because they apologized and said he misremembered the events he conflated his memories over the years. do they accept that? >> the veterans i spoke with who talk to me about this apology they accepted it. one told me i don't want to kick him while he's down now. but i think the wider vet and military population has, you know, there's a lot more anger out there plenty of people calling for williams to be fired. >> yeah. i do want to tell the viewers yesterday we reported there was one man who went on cnn and claimed to be the pilot of the flight that brian williams was in. that man has since recanted his story. he was the one supporting the story that maybe there was ak-47 fire on brian williams' aircraft. he now says he doesn't know whether that's true and there's doubts about whether there was in fact the man on that mission because this other man has come forward saying i was the pilot,

was it ever within sight of the chinook that was shot at? >> my aircraft with chalk one, flight of two chinooks carrying bridge pieces to the euphrates. we were afraid they were google to blow the bridges and we wanted to make sure third id had the capability of crossing the euphrates. as far as chinook that was shot down we were not within visual range of them. they would have to be almost on top of us with the sandstorm we were flying through to get up there. >> what sort of distance was there between your helicopter with brian williams aboard and the helicopter that did take fire? >> that would be difficult to ascertain. we both took off in separate cereals. the big windy crew my understanding two aircraft and they hooked up with their loads ahead of us. initially we were probably a half hour behind them. but with the sandstorms the weather we ran into we had to slow up. i'm sure they did as well. so it's anybody's guess the exact distance but i'd say probably somewhere between 15 and 30 minutes. >> do you think it's possible that william

so geographically then close but it was clear that a brian williams' chinook was not following the chinookthe other company. >> so two different versions here of this chain of events from 2003. david, to you. you wrote in the sun, if credibility means anything to nbc news brian williams will no long per be editor and anchor by the end of the day friday. do you still feel that way? >> i do. absolutely. i'll tell you why brooke. this superintendent just as he said he misremembered something from 12 years ago. he also used the language of conflating one event with another. this is a story that he's told over those 12 years in differing versions s versions. in all of them he was in danger and took fire. it's not just that he lied for 12 years, it's the kind of lie he told. there are millions of military families in this country who suffer everyday diminished lives from those wars. along comes an anchorman who didn't do it who by that lie. you tell me how any member of any military family in this country can look at him on tv and not feel contempt for him. that's why i think it's going to be ve

the guys on this one chinook, were fortunate to survive. >> he inflated his memories over the years dopt that? >> the veterans i spoke with who talked to me about this apology, they accepted it. one said i don't want to kick him while heezer rr down now, but i think the wider military population, there's a lot more arrange out there and plenty of people calling for williams to be fired. >> i do want to tell the viewers that there was one man who went on cnn and claimed to be the pilot of the flight williams was in, and that has been recanted and he was the one supporting that there was fire and now he says he doesn't know if that was true and now there are doubts that he was on this mission because this other guy says he sr the is the pilot. >> i have howie kurts coming up. we had a very fiery debate and the viewers logged in. those are the statements. you heard them yourselves. what do you think. follow me on twitter at meagan kelly. but we brought him on to talk about this. -- well, in a second i'll tell you. >>> and what may have caused the plane crash. and of course, there is a sto

. >> on the ground, we learned the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. >> but his story kept changing and by 2013, the anchor was telling this version to david letterman and alec baldwin. >> two of our four helicopters were hit including the one i was in, rpg and ak-47. >> what happens the minute everybody realizes you've been hit? >> we figure out how to land safely. and we did. we landed quickly an hard and we put down and we were stuck. >> did you think you would die? >> briefly.d hard and we put down and we were stuck. >> did you think you would die? >> briefly. >> he repeated it last week. >> the story started with a terrible moment a dozen years back during the invasion of iraq when the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an rpg. our traveling nbc news team was rescued surrounded and kept alive by an armored mechanized platoon. >> but army veterans on that mission told the stars and stripes newspaper williams was not on the chinook he was hit. >> i made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago. it did not take long to hear fr

appears to be chinook helicopter. we'll see something darn amazing. where is it going to land? it's going to land in the lake. watch what happens here. guys in the back of the helicopter open it up let the ramp down and they're going to let some of the water come in. >> cool idea. >> g.i. joe stuff. >> pretty amazing how they are letting that come in. they wanted to do that. >> that was so scary, right? >> cool. risky, the chinooks got heavy lift, increase of the weight with the water able to get itself out of trouble. >> watch what happens. that boat with all of those guys aboard will be pulled right into the helicopter. so they want that water in there to make it easier to pull the boat in. >> that's cool. >> guys climbing into the back of that thing, rotors are still going, everybody hops out of the boat start pulling that thing inside the these helicopters cost 35 million u.s. dollars. >> what a great day of work. what are we going to do today, guys? we're g landing a chinook into the lake and you're going to drive into it. >> cool. >> they have all of their gear and everyt

it was clear that brian williams' chinook was not following the chinook hit by the rpg in other company what's really key here is how veterans are responding to brian williams' apology. brian, let me turn to you. you have spoken to the pilot of the chinook which brian williams and his camera men were in. how did he recount the event? >>> he tells a different story this. pilot says that the three choppers that they were with this company of helicopters, did come under small arms fire and did -- was struck by one rpg but the helicopter struck was not the one brian williams was in. it was in one close by a little bit ahead. i wonder whether we're talking about two cases of two different attacks of two different companies of helicopters. it shows how confusing this has been. one thing is clear. when brian williams has said on television and to david letterman and implied in blog posts that his helicopter was struck by an rpg, that's simply not true. brooke i can't have find many people at nbc who think he's making an innocent mistake. there's anger of people that think he may be dismisleadi

. >> on the ground we learned the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. >> by his story kept changing and by 2013 the anchor told this version to david letterman. >> two of our four helicopters were hit by ground fire including the one i was n. >> what happens when everyone realizes you were hit? >> we figure how to land safely and we did we landed quickly and hard and we put down and we were stuck. >> did you think you would die? >> briefly. sure. >> last week he repeated the false account in a ceremony honoring a piece that aids on nbc. >> it started with a terrible moment, a dozen years back during the invasion of iraq when the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an rpg. our traveling nbc news team was rescued, surrounded and kept alibby an armored recognized platoon from the united states army. >> army veterans on the mission told the stars and stripes newspaper he was not on the chinook that was lit and this week he agencied the story was simply untrue. >> i made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago. it did not take long t

i spoke with the flight engineer on williams' chinook, joseph miller. told me as williams and the nbc crew actually they had been given a headset and they had taken a microphone and put in an earpiece of the headset so they could pick up the radio communications between the company that they were in and another company of chinooks that was flying a separate mission in the opposite direction. so what you're hearing is that radio chatter from that other company that was coming under fire. >> fascinating. today, former nbc nightly news anchor tom brokaw disputed some claims made in the "new york post" and other places that he wanted brian williams fired. he released a statement saying quote, i have neither demanded nor suggested brian be fired. his future is up to brian and nbc news executives. not exactly a ringing endorsement. but what about the troops from the mission? do they want brian williams to lose his job or is it enough that he apologized? they just want to get on with their lives? >> i don't think they want to see him fired at all. i don't thin

like an hour behind this grouping of three chinooks who were out in front.ree chinooks out in front came under fire and the middle one was hit. >> that's the first i've heard of that. i did not think we were in trail by that far. i think that's probably a good question for tim, who i now learned witnessed the overflight. but i could not see in front of us, but i thought we were just in one flotilla, for lack of a better word. that's the first time i've heard that. >> again, that's from last week. tim refers to the retired soldier williams mentioned in the broadcast in which he made the claim about taking rpg fire. that single story, as you doubt know, is not the only one now under a microscope. more on all of it from randi kaye. >> as we left there tonight, the first signs of restlessness. wrr on the ground in new orleans, tales of dead body says dysentery -- stories that now have skeptics taking a closer look at brian williams' reporting. in a 2006 interview, the "nbc nightly news" anchor shared this. >> when you look out of your hotel room window in the fr

. >> what was your aircraft doing and was it ever in sight of the chinook that was shot at? >> my aircraft along with my -- the chalk one, i was chalk two in a flight of two chinooks we were carrying bridge pieces up to the euphrates, we heard they were going to blow the bridges and we wanted to make sure that we had the capability of crossing the euphrates, the chinook that was shot down we were not -- >> brian williams told his staff that he will be back on the anchor desk in the next hour i'll speak with media experts about what the network is weighing to see if indeed that will be the case. still ahead a connected murder may get a second chance at freedom, all because of a popular podcast. nick is following that story for us next. >> hey, there, fred, it's a show that captured the attention of millions and brought new life to a 15-year-old murder case. we'll show you how a serialed podcast may have helped a convicted murder win an appeal. >>> buying a home used to mean visiting a licenseded real estate agent. and visiting place after place until you find the one you love

he wrote all four of our low flying chinooks took fire u we were forced down and stayed down.013, to mark the tenth anniversary of the start of the iraq williams went on the letterman show. and he also talked to alec baldwin for a radio broadcast. now he's telling the story of bullets fired into hi helicopter. >> i've done some ridiculously stupid things like being in a helicopter i had no business being in in iraq with arms fire coming into the airframe. >> reporter: and this just about ten days ago, when williams was at new york rangers hockey game and appeared with an army ranger the soldier had ehelped protect williams and his team. now a big change in the story. this is how he told it on next nightly news. >> the story actually started with a terrible moment a dozen years back during the invasion of iraq when the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an rpg. >> reporter: the previous version had evolved to all four choppers being fired upon. this latest one added the rpg. some soldiers who were also there began speaking out saying on face book

. >> we are one of four chinook helicopters. >> reporter: in 2003, williams first reported traveling in a group of helicopters and said one of the other choppers took fire. >> on the ground, we learned the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. that hole was made by a rocket- propelled grenade, or r.p.g.. >> reporter: that story morphed over the years. he told david letterman in 2013 it was his chopper. >> two of our four helicopters were hit by ground fire, including the one i was in. >> no kidding! >> r.p.g., and ak-47. >> reporter: but it was only after the most recent story ran on nightly news. >> when the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an r.p.g.. >> reporter: last week he apologized. >> i hope they know they have my greatest respect and now my apology. >> reporter: but neither his viewers nor his bosses were satisfied. nbc c.e.o. steve burke called his actions inexcusable, the suspension severe and appropriate. nbc news says its investigation into brian williams is ongoing. at least one of the stories that will be looked at, his

a chinook helicopter was forced down but not the one he was on.reported it at the time. >> suddenly without knowing why, we learned we've been ordered to land in the desert on the ground we learned the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. >> reporter: but over the years the story changed. in 2013 he told david letterman this version. >> two of our four helicopters were hit by ground fire including the one i was in. >> no kidding? >> rpg and ak-47s. >> reporter: and this version last friday during a tribute to a veteran. >> helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an rpg. >> reporter: that's when soldiers who were there started speaking up. lance reynolds writing on facebook sorry, dude, i don't remember you being on my aircraft. do you remember you walking up about an hour after we landed to ask me what had happened. others called him out, as well, prompting williams to apologize on facebook and on the "nightly news". >> this was a bungled attempt by me to thank one special veteran and by extension our bra

what happened to that chinook?ured the pilot who actually flew brian williams that day he might know. joining me on the phone right now is former chief warrant officer 4 rich krell, the pilot of the chinook helicopter on which williams was traveling back in 2003. rich tell us what happened that day. did the helicopter you were in that brian williams was in take any rpg fire did it take any small arms fire? >> we were a flight of three. i was on the second aircraft. mr. williams was aboard my aircraft. we talk small arms fire. all i know one rpg was fired. it struck the lead aircraft which was about what we call six rotor discs in front of me. >> i have been on a helicopter before. i know you can't hear anything really especially if you are in the back. would he have been able to have heard the small arms fire? >> he would have been aware of it because of the activity of the crew. the gunners were returning fire. m-60s are very loud. the pinging of the bullets hitting us there were only a few but it's a distinct sou

on wednesday the military newspaper "as far as and stripes" quoted service members who were on the chinook saying that williams was no where near them when they were hit, and williams offered an apology on wednesday night claiming he miss remembered. >> i made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago. it did not take long to hear from some brave men and women and the aircrews who were also in that desert. i want to apologize. i said i was traveling in an aircraft hit by rbg fire. i was instead in a following aircraft. this was a bungled attempt by me to thank one special veteran and by extension our brave military men and women and veterans everywhere. >> oopsie. >> video surfaced of the incident in question. let's take a look. >> john, williams basically he said he miss remembered. can't we forgive him and move on? >> it is not the worst story. he was telling classes that he had been a paratrooper in vietnam. it turned out he was teaching history classes during the war at west point. >> he was probably talking about things like that. he was talking about paratroopers in class. >>

." >> on the ground we learned the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. that hole was made by a rocket propelled grenade or rpg fired from the ground. >> so he didn't even say he witnessed the attack then only that he heard about it after his chopper had landed. but that changed nearly two years later when he seemed to indicate that he actually saw the attack unfold telling tim russert, quote, it was no more than 120 seconds later that the helicopter in front of us was hit and it beautifully pierced the tail rotor of the chinook in front of us. but he still didn't say he was on that chopper. that didn't come until 2007 when he told general david petraeus. when i was flying in the helicopter, that helicopter was shot at by a former. and in 2013, williams was still repeating that story saying, quote, and i have done some ridiculously stupid things under that banner, like being in a helicopter i had no business being in in iraq with rounds coming in to the airframe. and to david letterman later in that same month. >> two of our helicopters were hit, includin

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the crew of the actual chinook that was really shot, they heard his story. the fib hasn't sat well with a few of them. some of the guys finally had enough. they called out brian williams on facebook and williams has been forced to issue an apology. he said this last night -- >> i want to apologize, i said i was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by rpg fire. i was instead in a following aircraft. we all landed after the ground fire incident. kennedy: brian, no! it's like losing your wallet then claiming you've been robbed. that's not misremembering, that's lying. and the worst part, it wasn't just a tall tale that nbc's most respected news man indulged in a dozen years ago. he recounted his heroism for david letterman in 2013. >> two of our four helicopters were hit by ground fire, including the one i was in. >> no kidding! >> rpg and ak-47. >> what altitude? >> 100 feet doing 100 forward knots. we had the massive pieces of bridge beneath us on slings. >> what happens when everybody figures out you've been hit. >> we figure out to land. kennedy: yeah, we,

once we landed we set up a perimeter of the three chinooks. he talked about the bradley third id guys coming in. they were a great help but they didn't show up until almost a day and a half later. you know they were just passing by and happened luckily to see us through the dust storm. you know there's just minor details but that's 12 years ago. but generic that he was there at the time of the attack. >> there is, of course this morning a dispute that krell even was the pilot of that helicopter. other crew members say he does not. in fact, the pilot who was, mika the guy who also claims he was the pilot of the helicopter actually says krell misremembers everything. so there's even a confusion there. >> his account does seem to differ from what crew members and the lead chopper told "stars and stripes" that williams was, quote, nowhere near that aircraft or two other chinooks flying in the formation that took fire. williams did not readdress the controversy on "nightly news" last night. asked for fur the comment, they said the network stood by

like an hour behind this grouping of three chinooks out in front. and the middle one was hit. >> and that's the first i've heard of that. i did not think we were in trail by that far. i, i could not see in front of us but i thought we were just in one flotilla, for lack of a better word. >> does that help him? >> no. because brian williams has now told seven or eight different exaggerated versions deceptive versions of the same iraq story. here's the situation, megyn, brian williams is in utter limbo right now because the strategy he had to save himself has collapsed and here's why. first he did the apology but the apology contained inaccuracies, everybody close to him even say he botched it. then he self-deported off nbc news. but that made nbc executives look like they're not in charge and this investigation they're conducting is not really an investigation. he was going to go on letterman this week but things got so toxic and as you noted new questions about some of his hurricane katrina reporting which i believe remains in dispute, what he has t

. >>> the california army national guard unveiled two new chinook helicopters in stockton today. the national guard says the chinook 47f is the most advanced multimission helicopter and the world's most reliable transport helicopter. the air force replaced choppers built in the 1960s and '70s. they can also be used for high altitude search and rescue missions. if you want to find out more, check out our website, ktvu.com. >>> a legal win for a pot club in the east bay. what a federal judge's ruling means for the immediate future of the business. >> the bay area should see a warm up this week. chief meteorologist bill martin has the details coming up in his complete bay area forecast. >> and not your typical get together. what we found out about so- called measles parties here in the bay area. (mom) when our little girl was born we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the 2015 subaru forester (girl) what?

brian williams has seen the inside of a chinook helicopter multiple times, and what i don't understandfor embellishment where the underlying story had merit. >> first of all, he reported the real story when it happened. it's only afterward in his own mind that he began to exaggerate it. you know i know from my own experiences and war zones that there are weird things that happen and you tend to embellish them over the years. but it's a natural tendency especially among ego-deprived people like brian williams and me and anybody else who sticks their face on the camera. you know there's a tendency to self-aggrandize. and he made a bad mistake. >> jon stewart announced this week as you know he'll be leaving his current role. i was wondering as i saw the juxtaposition of those two stories, i was wondering if brian williams' pursuit of acceptance by entertainment journalists like jon stewart, like david letterman kind of set him up for the fall insofar as to go on those shows with regularity you've got to be prepared to bring it to have a good story, to be entertaining. do you see it that w

. >> the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. that hole was made by rocket-propelled grenade. >> williams told a similar story in a 2008 blog writing the chinook helicopter flying in front of ours took an rpg to the rear rotor as all low-flying chinooks took fire. but later on the late show with david letterman his account was different. >> two of the four helicopters were hit by ground fire including the one i was in. >> no kidding. >> at his core brian williams is a journalist. he's supposed to be reporting the truth. and now he's come out and said that for years he's been telling a story that was essentially false. and that really dealt a blow to his credibility before the viewing public. >> nbc news did not respond to our request for comment. >>> a crowded lineup of music's biggest stars including katy perry will take the stage sunday night. the 57th annual grammy awards. kevin frazier is at the staples center bright and early with more on what we can expect. i'm looking forward to sunday night. good morning to you. >> gayle,

why the chinook helicopters areker considered one of the -- are considered one of the most important aircrafts in the sky. >>> the free way is heavy going there. look at another camera. >> this is the grade. you can see traffic is very heavy there on this monday. back with more after this. in hopes of building their immune system. ktvu's cristina rendon found out the reports are not true. >> the muse about measles parties is spreading like wildfire across the country. [ indiscernible ] >> measles parties. >> reporter: a way for unvaccinated children to catch measles. >> we wanted to know if they are happening so we called around and took our search online. media reports about it. a search on craigslist came up empty. we called health departments in san francisco, contra costa county, alleada and santa clara. -- alameda and santa clara. they do not have proof they are occurring and then we facebooked a woman. she said the party never happened. how did the story make headlines? it may stem from a statement the california department of public health made, they said they do not have info

. >> the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. >> that hole was made by a rocket propelled grenade orr pg. >> jon: oh. but in 2013 on letterman it became. >> two of our four helicopters were hit. by ground fire including the one i was in. >> no kidding. >> rp g&a k-47s. >> jon: no kidding. so in 2015 as he returned the story to a news format on his show he stuck with the more, we say interesting workshop version. >> the story actually started with a terrible moment a dozen years back during the invasion of iraq when the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an rpg. >> jon: see, i see the problem. you have to infotainment confusion syndrome t occurs when the celebrity quartet get their wires crossed with the medulla anchor dala. you see when it happens. see in 2003 he is looking straight in the camera. the med you willa anchor dalla regulating a news story but in 2013 his head is turned, a 45 degree activating the celeb-- known as the brain's applause center. once that engages, there is no going back. you're in full blown anecdote mode. the truth

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command sergeant major tim turpak was responsible for th safety of brian williams and nbc news ter chinookas hit and crippled by enemy fire. >> reporter: a heartwarming reunion spoiled after nbc posted the story to its facebook page. sorry, dude, i don't remember you being on my aircraft, flight engineer lance reynolds wrote in the comments. i do remember you walking up about an hour after we landed to ask me what had happened? door gunner mike o'keeffe even called brian williams a liar. r cia w is back in kuwait city after a close call the >> reporter: in 2003 williams' initial reports were vague about whether his helicopter was hit. but his "dateline" version has this detail. >> on the ground we learned the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. >> reporter: over the years, however, his story has changed. on alec baldwin's radio show. >> did you think you would die? >> briefly. sure. >: id an were hit by firno k >> rpg and ak-47. >> reporter: there are conflicting accounts by chopr pilots who claim to have flown williams and his crew that day. the controversy as been trendi

he has been dining out on a story the nbc anchor about how he was on a chinook helicopter in iraq and was shot down and i guess he was on the helicopter. turns out he has been telling the story a lot. he was telling him recently and he had to admit that he wasn't on this helicopter at all. he may not have been anywhere near this helicopter. he may have been at a best western in harrisburg pennsylvania where i was at the time. i don't know where he was. >> i am giving it to you and you said you were not surprised. >> he said he miss remembered that maybe he hadn't actually been hit. i thought maybe he was speeb -- he was speaking with hillary clinton and then they realized they weren't under fire. what does this do to the credibility of the nbc news department when their top anchor is making things up? >> the real question is can i watch "girls" knowing her father is an abject liar? >> is he really her father? >> that's a good question. we have to question everything. >> nothing is real anymore. >> i just feel like after this hit as the ambassador said, i don't know if i can ever touch

he admitted he misrepresented events coming under fire in a chinook helicopter.rian has jeopardizes the trust millions of americans place in nbc news. his acts are inexcusable and this suspension is severe and appropriate. burke said williams deserves a second chance and we are rooting for him. brian shared his deep remorse with me and committing to winning back everyone's trust. nbc news continuing an internal investigation. lester holt the substitute anchor of "nightly news" in the immediate future. tough week for all of us the nbc. we all know brian, work with brian, proud of the traditions of standards here at nbc news. >> tough week way to put it. tough week. >> not much more to say. >>> sara eisen to talk about pepsi, the quarter this morning. 112, did beat by 4 cents revenue nice beat. soda volume down noncarb volume up. >> earnings out, beating the street. you see in the market reaction. in the premarket, pepsico stock trading higher. the cf ofo of pepsi, hugh johnston. welcome, hugh. >> sara good morning. >> clearly, a difficult environment, currency vol

but his "dateline" version has this detail. >> on the ground we learned the chinook ahead of us was almostut of the sky. >> reporter: over the year however, his story has changed. on alec baldwin's radio show. >> did you think you would die? >> briefly. sure. >> reporter: and on david letterman -- >> two of our four helicopters were hit by ground fire including the one i was in. >> no kidding. >> rpg and ak-47. >> reporter: there are conflicting accounts by chopper piles who flew him and his crew. the controversy as been trending for two daysys. #brianwilliamsmisremembers. late night comedians are starting to weigh in too. >> williams said the helicopter part was true but it was a coin operated helicopter outside of a chuck e. cheese. >> reporter: nbc news has had no comment beyond williams' on-air apology for last friday's piece. on last night's broadcast no mention at all of the story. still, a lot of unanswered questions out there and we should note that stars and stripes magazine broke this story picking up comments from the nbc facebook page. >> thank you. >>> now to a new mexico man

yesterday he told cnn williams' chinook did come under small arms fire. now, he's not so sure. several other soldiers say krell was actually piloting a different helicopter in the area. krell says his nightmares about the war are coming back and he just wants to forget. perhaps the only one who can clear up the confusion is brian williams himself. in the mean time.lester holt will fill in for williams. there has been no word on any long term changes. >> vicki: the ex-wife of a california police officer -- accused of shooting and killing her former husband. officer daniel green was found in his home in goshen on friday. police went to his home after he failed to show up for work. green had been on a three-day break so officials aren't sure how long he'd been dead before his body was discovered. on saturday, his ex-wife and the mother of his child -- erika sandoval -- was arrested. green's coworkers say they are still reeling from the loss. >>:as you would suspect a small department like ours is family. this hurts deeply. we're grieving right now. we're still all in a state of sh

. >> this all stems from an account over the year of 2003 when he was on a mission in iraq in a chinookially it was struck by an rpg and then later saying it was the one in front of us struck not ours. maintaining, though throughout that this was an innocent mistake and maintains that position now. >> yes. he made that clear on wednesday in his apology. some people have called this a fish fish fishtail. it's a story that gets exaggerated with time. sometimes that's okay. people have fun recounting stories like that. even veterans say they have combat stories that grow bigger over time. but that's when they are telling them with friends over a beer. journalists should be held to a different standard. what we witness and remember must be taken seriously and must be truth. the idea that he was exaggerating his story over time is disturbing and why he was exaggerating it is even more disturbing. was he trying to put himself in the center of the action? that's what his critics are saying. again, he says it's an independent innocent mistake that was made. >> you brought up, brian, sort of thi

when you are inside a chinook, you can't see very well. >> it's tight. >> if you are in a group of four helicopters and wet gets shot at our shot down all four take evasive maneuvers. they also fire something called chaff. maybe williams thought something very dramatic was happening to him. if so let's hear it. >> that sound kind of ricocheting, and then too you have your own experiences in covering the iraq war. you're near-death experience and it's always still your incredible perspective to this story as well. i want to give brian williams the benefit of the doubt as a former colleague of his. i can also understand how sometimes you forget certain details, and then when you're covering war and you are sleep deprived. >> jetlag. >> so many components of being in a hostile region help us understand how possibly it can be that maybe you misconstrued the fact. >> i also want to give brian williams the benefit of the doubt. i ran into him in the field in iraq in dangerous places dangerous situations when he was flying along with generals you know there was always the possibility he could

eventually becoming one of the most requested radio crewmen at chinook field in illinois. >> i worked as a line radio operator as the only african-american on the flight line. >> reporter: even so with racism in full bloom, he wasn't allowed to even ride from his segregated baraks to the flight line with the rest of the crew. if james pride was disappointed he never actually learned to fly a plane before leaving the service he was more disappointed when he returned home to washington. >> they sent me by train from the field to ft. lee for discharge. >> reporter: he soon learned that even after serving his country, earning two sets of silver wings, he wouldn't find a decent job thas hiring quote, negroes. eventually through friends in his old neighborhood he would learn about a military project that had been started two years before, a code-breaking division of the sis, the u.s. signals intelligence service. it was both civilian and military operating out of what had been arlington hall school for girls in nearby virginia. and while most of the work there was classified the biggest sec

. >> the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. that hole was made by a rocket propelled grenade. >> reporter: the media editor at the new york times. >> at his core of brian williams is a journalist and he's supposed to report the truth. now he's come out and said that for years he's been telling a story that was essentially false and that really deals a blow to his credibility before the viewing public. >> reporter: jeff glor, cbs news, new york. >>> pope francis is making headlines again after saying it's okay for parents to spank their kids as long as it's done with dignity. speaking at an event at the vatican, the pontiff said that a father knows how to correct without degrading. he needs to punish them, does it justly and moves on. this mother of two doesn't disagree with him. >> a lot of kids nowadays lack discipline and if it's necessary, i mean nothing too out of control, but i don't think it's wrong. >> 1 pediatrician suggests that there are better ways to discipline like discussing that behavior, having some positive ree