looked at my wife and she said you would be an idiot if you didn't know. >> reporter: so age 52, jimmy hatchg the united states's chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan, i asked jimmy to come on cnn, someone that fought and lost so much there. >> we did a lot of wrong things in afghanistan. >> reporter: turns out yale university liked jimmy's idea. they designed a year-long class to investigate what went wrong in afghanistan, produce a report of their findings. they invited jimmy, the under graduate to not only take the graduate class but be an unofficial co-professor. >> jimmy was basically the founder, the brain child of the course and he was a huge benefit because jimmy had on the ground experience in afghanistan. >> my first class was. >> jimmy, when he came to yale i think showed us that education is service, too, that his service to the country didn't end when he stopped being a navy seal and serving in active combat but his idea this is a new phase in service to the country and he was there to learn something so that the world would be better. >> reporter: the close spent months speaking

on the mission, jimmy hatch suffered a catastrophic gunshot wound. >> hit me right above the knee, camea navy seal were over. >> he was awarded the purple hearts and bronze star for his actions that night. >> we will not lose this war. because that's deep, there's a lot of layers, and we are all blessed. >> he was blessed to survive but its military dog, rump co-, was killed on the mission. he honored aramco in another working dogs who helped save lives by founding spikes canaan fun. a charity that provide protective gear and training for working dogs who face danger. in 2017, our first profile jimmy as a champion for change. he convinced me to go skydiving with him to raise money for spikes canaan fund. in 2019, after transmitting with yell professor on another skydiving trip, jimmy was encouraged to apply to yells eli whitney program for non-traditional students with exceptional backgrounds and aspirations. >> a few months later i received an email saying that i was accepted. and i was shocked, i looked at my wife and she said, you would be an idiot if you didn't go. >> so age 52, jim

. >> reporter: it's been a long journey for former navy seal jimmy hatch to the halls of yale. a lifetime of service, he's finally pursuing his college degree and investigating the war that nearly cost him his life. we first met jimmy back in 2015. >> rescue stuff is really hard. >> reporter: he was speaking out for the first time about a mission to rescue army soldier b beau berg dahl in afghanistan. he suffer a catastrophic gunshot wound. jimmy had to be rescued. bandaged and bleeding, his 21 years as a navy seal for over. he was awarded the purple heart and bronze star for his actions that night. >> we will not lose this war because that's deep. there's a lot of layers. and we're all blessed. >> reporter: pat was blessed to survive, but his military dog was killed on the mission. he honored the dog and other working dogs who helped save lives by founding spikes k-9 fund, a charity that provides protective gear and training for working dogs who face danger. in 2017, i first profiled jimmy as a champion for change. he convinced me to go sky diving with him to raise money for s

we first introduced you to jimmy hatch five years ago. the ex-navy s.e.a.l.tan and then founded a non-profit to protect police dogs. today hatch is one of yale university's oldest undergrads. he's helping shape future american foreign policy now a days and he continues to be a champion for change. >> last year after the united states' chaotic withtrawl from afghanistan, i asked jim toe c to come on cnn. >> turns out yale university liked jimmy's idea, in a matter of weeks they designed a year-long class to investigate what went wrong in afghanistan and to produce a report of their findings. they invited jimmy, the undergraduate to not only take the graduate-level class, but to be an unofficial co-professor with retired ambassador jen paterson. >> he was the founder and the brain child behind the course. >> the class spent months speaking to a number of generals, ambassadors, members of the afghan special forces and even a spokesman for the taliban. jimmy hatch hopes the report will inspire americans of all walks of life to hold the country's leaders accountab

. >> reporter: so age 52 jimmy hatch became the oldest freshman in yale's class of 2023. aotic withdrawal from afghanistan, i asked jimmy to o come on cnn as some fought and lost so much there. >> i just think we did a lot of wrong things in afghanistan. >> reporter: turns out yale university liked jimmy's idea. and in a matter of weeks they designed a yearlongs class to investigate what went wrong in afghanistan and produce a report of their findings. they invited jimmy, the undergraduate, to not only take the graduate level class but to be an unofficial cook professor with retired u.s. ambassador anne patterson. >> jimmy was basically the founder, the grandchild behind the course. and he was a huge benefit because jimmy had on the ground experience in afghanistan. >> my first class was -- >> jimmy when he came to yale i think showed us that education is service, too. that his service to the country didn't end when he stopped being a navy s.e.a.l. and serving in active combat, but an idea this was a new phase of his service to the country and he was there to learn somethi

. >> jimmy hatch hopes the report will inspire americans of all walks of life to hold the country's leaders accountable in america's future conflicts. >> i believe that in a way, a part of the united states of america died in afghanistan and that my classmates and i picked them up and brought them into our classroom and are attempting to bury them with respect and learn their lessons that created them. >> if you're interested in reading the report by jimmy and his class, there is the link at the bottom of your screen. bit.l-y/yale.20year war. be sure to tune in saturday, 8:00 p.m. eastern for the one hour special. the news continues. let's hand it over to sara sidner and "cnn tonight." >>> the message behind the special master donald trump asked for in his battle over classified documents is basically this, put up or shut up. and you have a deadline to do so. and that deadline is next friday. michael cohen, donald trump's long-time personal lawyer, turned nemesis, is here. i'll talk to him in just a few minutes about the former president's many legal battles, including one of the vital new

. >> so age 52, jimmy hatch became the oldest freshman in al's class of 2023. last year, from the united states chaotic was withdraw from afghanistan, i asked me to come on cnn, -- someone who fought so long and hard. there >> i think the solution is to figure out how not to do it again. >> turns at your university like jimmy's idea. and matt a matter of weeks, there isn't a yearlong clause to investigate what went wrong in afghanistan, produce a report of their findings. they batted jimmy the undergraduate to not only take the graduate level class, but to be an unofficial co-professor. a retired u.s. ambassador and patterson. >> jimmy was basically the founder, the branch behind the course. and he was a huge benefit because jamie had, on the ground experience, in afghanistan. >> my first class was that. >> jimmy, when it came to yale, i think showed us that education to service is to. his service to the country didn't and when he stopped being a navy seal and serving an active combat. this idea that this is a new phase of this service to the country. and that

hatch an annual threat hearing. my ranking member would always be bringing up white supremacy, which i condone -- i mean, i condemn. [ laughter ] >> jimmywhich one? which one means i like it? because that's the one. these guys. they're throwing every bit of garbage at the wall right before the midterms. hoping that something will stick. the chairperson of the republican national committee, this character, ronna mcdaniel, reacted to something bill clinton said. pay attention, this is really good. >> the republicans always close well. why? because they find some new way to scare the living daylights out of swing voters about something. that's what they did in 2021 when they made critical race theory sound working than smallpox. >> news flash, bill, your party's doing that just fine, we don't need to help you at all, you're scaring voters with the open border. 2,000 pounds of fentanyl came across our border. every mom in the country is worried, what if this gets into my kid's halloween basket. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what? i think she just made clinton's point very well. [ laughter ] look out for these fentanyl wafers in the halloween was b