(john irvin) the people i've talked to didn't have an option. obviously, it was possible to evade the draft. the people i met didn't have the means or will. it's from my girlfriend. (john irvin) or even believe that it was right to. says she's not gonna write anymore. friends at college told her it was immoral to write to me. oh. there were those of us who thought the war was wrong, but felt in many ways as though we had no choice other than to do what our duty was. (popping sound of guns) i was faced in "platoon" with a jungle hard to see in. you, therefore, have to take the liberty of moving the enemy a little closer so that you can see. often, you never saw the enemy but you'll feel 'em. (vietcong talking in the distance) (explosion) get outta the bunker! they're gonna blow it! we did a lot of jiggly stuff to try to approximate the sense of not knowing where it's coming from or what you're shooting at, very documentary, with a long lens panning fast and shooting from position to position approximating point of view, changing radically each mo

we have a report from john irvine of independent television news, based in neighboring lebanon. >> reporter: these protesters north of homs wanted to prove, despite the surrender of the stronghold baba amr, the uprising goes on. but the regime didn't like that. ( gunfire ) it was probably a syrian army mortar shell, as well as panic, there was death, claims that 12 people were killed are entirely credible. we think this woman lost her son. the assad regime is butchering the own people. the history of homs is being written in the blood of its citizens. the situation there is truly terrle, constant shelling, no water, no food, no medicine, freezing conditions. it is a scene of medieval barbarity. >> reporter: despite all the riskes, protesters have gone to cities. these pictures were taken in damascus. and this is the country's second city, where there were also clashes with the state security forces. following the fall of baba amr, after almost a month-long siege, th syrian regime seemingly relented on the issue of aid and gave the red cross permission to go in with supplies. but a day later

we have a report from john irvine of independent television news, who filed from inside syria, near idlib. >> reporter: this is as close as we dared go to the city where the government flag now flies. it's the latest rebel stronghold subdued by the syrian army. it's their children's future they are fighting for, they will tell you, they want for them a better life than they have known. yet this is half the town it was. thousands have already fled, fearing that assad's iron fist will soon be swung here. and when it is,.... >> the people here feel for geten by the rest of the world. nobody helped us. no united states. no islam. no arab. no one. >> reporter: many houses in this village have been emptyed by sniper fire from an army base that's home to helicopters you can just make out. they were used to spot for the artillery aimed at homs and idlib. these young men escaped those battles and are now licking their wounds. all were syrian army con scripts who defected to the rebel side and have paid a price. mohammed has been shot in the hand. he was injured attacking the assad militia responsi

the teller avenue bridge that runs over 580 is now sergeant mark dunnegan, irvin romans, daniel kind, and officer john haiti memorial bridge. chief howard jordan calls the anniversary his department's own 911. >> when you say 321 too many oakland police officer it means a lot to us because it means it was the darkest day of our history, one in which we lost four very brave officers >> in 2009 a wanted parolee gunned down the four officers following a traffic stop. he was also killed in the gunfight >> a drug and alcohol counselor at salinas high school is accused of secretly filmed students having sex in his office. 34 year-old gilbert all of yours was arrested last week on suspicion of arresting a teenage boy but investigators say they have since found 14 cellphone video is featuring other students on his computer. they say he does not appear to be in the room when the recordings were made. in nightmare flight to china for travelers out of sfo. the passengers spent two days stop in alaska in route to shanghai. united airlines blighted, diverted the flight three hours after taking off because the rest

some of the money that was taken was intended for the families of sergeants mark, irvin, daniel, and johnland officers were shot and killed by a parolee back in 2009. investigators say the families never received any donations from atkins or the deputies sheriffs association. >>> the sheriffs governor is talking about the role he played in firing joe paterno. tom orbit says he wishes paterno had done more when telling them about the accusations against san custody kay. they were right to fire paterno last fall because he failed to follow up on the accusation. now sandusky has been charged with sexually abusing several boys and pleaded not guilty. paterno died of lung canister january. >>> the cal golden bears took another step toward the post season. >> drives on right and scores. >> that's how they do it. jorge scored 22 points. it was just a couple days ago sanford beat cal preventing the bears from winning a share of the leagues regular season title. cal will play colorado tonight. sal likes that. >> i know sal does. that's not the way my bruins are doing it this year. march madness no

some of the money taken was intended for the families of sergeants mark, irvin, daniel, and john. the four oakland officers were shot and killed by a parolee back in 2009. investigators say the families never received any donations from atkins or the deputies sheriffs oh,. >>> evidence could come -- three judge panel is considering whether a 55 second video can be used as evidence during mirkarimis trial. the video was taken bay neighbor and shows mirkarimis wife eliana lopez crying and pointing to a bruise on her arm. the trial judge will consider a motion to allow a domestic violence expert and uc berkeley lecturer testify. >>> in a few hours they will go shopping in walnut creek. new neiman marcus opens the doors. claudine wong is there on how this can be an economic boost. >> reporter: good morning, pam. doors not open yet but we are waiting. certainly the mayor who we talked to this morning says he hopes when people come to the neiman marcus today and from now on they will come from all over deciding it's worth the effort to drive here. the only two neiman's in the bay area a

the keller avenue bridge will be dedicated to sergeant mark, irvin roman, daniel and officer john hegey. they died during a shoot-out with a cornered fugitive. mixon was also killed. >>> the search continues for a san francisco man who just disappeared in death valley national park. 67-year-old george kohler vanished march 12 during a cycling trip. witnesses say that they last saw him heading back to his tent at the mesquite springs campground. the campground is about 180 miles northwest of las vegas. his tent and bicycle were both at the campground the next morning but he was nowhere to be found. search crews still searching death valley for kohler with the help of dogs and aircraft from a nearby airport base. >>> 5:05. the suspect wanted in a deadly shooting in france surrounded by police right now in a stand-off. marla tellez has the latest. >> reporter: they are talking to police negotiators and say he plans to surrender. exactly when is not known. the stand-off started early this morning when heavily armed officers raided the home. it was within a few miles of the jewish school whe

the keller avenue bridge will be dedicated to sergeants mark dunnigan, irvin romass, daniel fikay and officer john in march of 2009 during a shoot-out with cornered fugitive nixon. he was also killed in that incident. >>> san francisco drivers can expect delays along the busy embarcadero this morning. part of the northbound lane between mission and howard streets will be closed. crews will be out repairing the sewer lines. no word on when that lane will reopen. >>> 6:35. looks like a clear day outside for us. >> good morning to you. it will be a nice day today. we are going to see temperatures in the 70s. something we haven't had for a while. and the thing is that if you want the rain we have that back in the forecast as of today. the next four days it works out like this. we are going to see nice conditions. dry conditions today. by tomorrow, we start to get showers and shave off ten degrees. same thing for friday. mice conditions on saturday. shave off ten degrees. get the rain showers. that's what is happening in the weather department. let's take you outdoors and show you what it looks like ri

john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> d.c.'s attorney general claims some suspected drunk drivers are not being punished to the full extent of the law because police don't have breathalyzers. irvin nathan told the city council prosecutors have no what iton how intoxicated suspects are when they're -- no way to know how intoxicated suspects are when they're arrested. right now d.c. police are relying on field sobriety tests and urine tests which aren't as accurate. >> what we've done is effectively gutted the entire deterrent system that's in place here and in other jurisdictions. it says look, if you score this high meaning you're that intoxicated, you're going to get additional penalties. if you're a repeat offender that has scored at these certain levels, you'll get additional penalties. that's all gone now. >> the breathalyzers were taken out of service because some had not been calibrated properly. the police chief said the program may not be running for another six months. >>> president obama today called a georgetown law student to offer her support after conservative talk show host rush limbaugh called her a prostitute and other slurs for talking to congress about the nee