i spent time in the spring in two volatile areas of hellman province. and they were in pretty good shape when i was. there i was actually somewhat surprised that there wasn't more fire fights and things of that sort when i was there in april. between then and october when i visited again, the afghans were put in the lead, and for the most part, where the security of those areas completely with the marines in more of an advising role. the combination of the taliban looking to push the afghans and the afghans leaving their posts and sort of abandoning ship, at least even if it is just for an overnight, you end up in situations where you have to reclear highways and end up in i.e.d.s in places that were safe. marines were quite frustrated. >> insider attacks is. there anything in the intermediate that is being done to improve the cape act of the afghan forces is, there follow on training to bolster their capabilities? >> one batallion commander told me, they're perfectly capable of handling this. at this point, they have more than enough fire power. they h

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. >> i'm currently serving in the hellman province in afghanistan.d friends in connecticut. miss you and i'll see you soon. >> that looks like daily plaza in chicago. >> is that where it was? >> i used to work outside there. they have their nice little festivities set up. that was a nice little memory for me. >> lon youspeaking of memories, you were telling us about something in school. you had to sing something in a different language. >> it was my sophomore year in spanish class and i had to translate and perform "white christmas" in spanish. >> blanco. >> navidad blanco. everybody. [ singing in spanish ] >> that's incredible lonnie. who knew. >> we were talking about christmases past and holidays past. you say you were down to your grandparents' in naples florida. >> you're a minnesota grow. >> yes, i am from minneapolis. we fly from minneapolis to naples, florida. we're going to have this warm warm winter. it snows. and in minneapolis it was warmer. it was a freak thing. luckily we had our winter coats from the airplane. >> most folks don't have

the prince is nearing an end of a four-month tour of duty in hellman province. >>> and a judge has sign off on the bp settlement regarding the gulf oil spills. bp expects to pay out 7$7.8 billion. it includes thousands of claims of businesses and individuals in five states on the gulf of mexico. bp faces many other lawsuits, including a major civil trial in february. >>> a memorial for sandy hook victims and a show of support for tighter gun laws in new york. hundreds of demonstrators marched over new york city's brooklyn bridge and stopped in the middle of the bridge to read the names of the children and adults killed at sandy hook elementary. >>> it is christmas eve. around the world, key events are already under way. thousands are celebrating in bethlehem, the birthplace of jesus christ. at the vatican, both benedict will celebrate with a christmas eve mass at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. >> incredible live pictures. >>> a cyber war with santa right in the middle. if you and your little ones want to keep tabs on santa this holiday season, have you options. not one, but two santa trackers.