david rodriguez, and a great guy, helping cal this number of youngsters. dave is up next.ntless number of thyoungsters. for a limited time, smartphones talk free. add any smartphone to a family shareplan and share minutes for free. >> turning wheels for kids. december 11th, their sixth annual pike festival 700 volunteers with your bicycle-festival, with 2500 bicycles for a local charity. also raising money during the amazing ride, and david rodriguez is front and center and explain the death ride. and explain that. >> the death ride is a fairly difficult ride during the summertime. a number of people, nearly two dozen men/women decided to ride and turn this into a fund rais fund-raise. >> and with children in need? >> and it is not only children from a difficult economic background? but many physical challenges? >> correct. and this helped underprivileged children however, it is also more into underprivileged and health challenged, children with obesity. and pre-teen, with type 2 diabetes because of lack of exercise. and porch eating habits. we provide bicycles for a coupl

i was with general david rodriguez when a snow squall forced our helicopter to land between two jaggedabove sea level. we landed where the 10th mountain division just earlier that month climbed with 60 pound packs of gear to engage al qaeda. it absolutely blew me away to realize what these kids don't do, and they're not kids, what this men and women continue to do. ladies and gentlemen, these are fierce warriors engaged and engaging a fierce enemy on fierce terrain. there's a section in john steinbeck's "east of eden" where cyrus describes to his son adam what it means to be a soldier. he says, a soldier is the most holy of all humans because he is the most tested. a soldier must coldly learn to put himself in the way of losing his own life without going mad. if you can bring yourself to face not shadows, but real death, described and recognizable by bullet or sabre, arrow or lance, then you need never be afraid again. i look out at all of you who have served our nation, and all of hugh have stood by their sides and waited as they served, and i see the most tested among us, the most te

with me is lieutenant general david rodriguez, the commander of forces in afghanistan. happy thanksgiving to you. you've been a wonderful host to us and we appreciate all you've done. we heard a lot about 2014 the last couple of months, nato leaders decided that was the end of u.s. combat operations. what does it mean to these folks. a lot have stood in these lines before. this isn't their first time. >> no, it's not. 2014 is a light at the end of the tunnel for many. that transition will be conditions-based and work with the afghan community and afghan forces to assume that goal. >> was that a political decision or military one? were you angen ral petraeus consulted and said, give us a realistic debate? >> yes. we've been in communication going forward and how long it will take and what the objectives and our goals are. >> this has been an uneven battle. this past week, we learned there was a fake taliban leader negotiating with nato, was a fraud, took some money. it's embarrassing, frustrating, what does it mean from a military standpoint trying to fight this war? >>

i was with general david rodriguez when a snowfall forced our helicopter to land between two jagged peakst above sea level. we landed where the mountain division had just earlier that month climbed to engage al- qaeda. it absolutely blew me away to think of what these kids continue to do, and they are not kids, what these men and women continue to do. ladies and gentlemen, these are fears the warriors engaged and engaging a fierce anime on hostile terrain. -- fierce enemy on hostile terrain. a soldier is the most holy of all humans because he is the most tested. a soldier must coldly learn to put himself in the way of losing his own life without going mad. if you can bring yourself to face, not shadows, but real death, described and recognizable, and then you need never be afraid again. i look out at all of you who have served our nation, and all of you who have stood by the side and waited as they served, and i see the most tested among us, the most tested of all americans. i also see the most honorable men and women, as citizens who have never feared the future and are determined to bui

spoke to general david rodriguez, when a forced snow squall forced our helicopter to land on a road nothelicopter. we landed with the 10th mountain -- where the top -- where the 10th mountain division climbed with more than 60 pounds of gear to battle al qaeda. i'm amazed what these kids alone to do -- and they are not kids, they are men and women. ladies and german, these are fierce warriors and engaged and engaging a fierce enemy on fears terrain. there is a section in john steinbeck's's "east of eden" when cyrus describes to his son adam what it means to be a soldier. here is what is said. a soldier is the most holy of all humans because he is the most tested. a soldier must " learn to put himself in the way of losing his own midlife without going mad. if you could bring yourself to face, not shadows, but real death, describes and recognizable by sabre, arrow, or lans, then you need never be afraid again. i look out at all of you who served our nation, and all of you who stood by the side and wait as they served. and i see the most tested among us, the most tested of all americans. i

i was with general david rodriguez when a snowfall forced our helicopter to land between two jagged peaksabove sea level. we landed where the mountain division had just earlier that month climbed to engage al- qaeda. it absolutely blew me away to think of what these kids continue to do, and they are not kids, what these men and women continue tdo. ladies and gentlemen, these are fears the warriors engaged and engaging a fierce anime on hostile terrain. -- fierce enemy on hostile terrain. a soldier is the most holy of all humans because he is the most tested. a soldier must coldly learn to put himself in the way of losing his own life without going mad. if you can bring yourself to face, not shadows, but real death, described and recognizable, and then you need never be afraid again. i look out at all of you who have served our nation, and all of you who have stood by the side and waited as they served, and i see the most tested among us, the most tested of all americans. i also see the most honorable men and women, as citizens who have never feared the future and are determined to build a

rodriguez gives us the run down. >> we cracked some heads in the process and get him in the end. >> reporter: david is hands on, evenrs when he must. >> the guy's great. we're having a great time with him. we hope he comes back many, many times. >> csi miami, sunday night. right here 10:00, channel 9. >> after sunday football. >> david arquette creating a lot of budge. >> we heard who's going to take over for mary hart. nancy o'dell. mary hart just celebrated a birthday. 60 years old. >> happy 235th birthday to the marine corps. a good day for that. happy wednesday everybody. got a good sunny day ahead. let's get your day planner going on this wednesday morning. temperatures are now in the 40s here in washington. some 30s in our suburbs to the west. grab the jackets this morning.