just to underscore the effect in history, after 9/11, when american troops went interest -- into kandahar and osama bin laden's compound, they und a copy of begin's memoir, and he wanted to know how a terrorist leader becomes a prime minister and wins the nobel peace prize. it's a trick that very few people have accomplished. after the british left, begin turned his attention to palestinians and there's a little village outside of jerusalem. i visited it. now a psychiatric hospital. very weird. the psychiatrists have their offices in what were palestinian homes and the grounds are occupied by lunatics but it's -- it was a palestinian village that the peaceful village, they had a nonaggression pact with their ultra orthodox neighbors but begin determined it was a strategic place in the city and had to be taken. so there were some initial resistens and begin's men went through the village throwing grenades through the windows, killing entire families. was a massacre. 20 minute who survived war tone to quarry and shot. some of the women and children who were survivors, who were placed on a f

. >> caller: how's it going.i was there a couple years ago in kandahar and the seven months i was there was the biggest waste of time you could imagine. all we did was sit around waiting to get shot at or trying to accept an ied and anytime we did have contact, we pursue the enemy, it was never the taliban, it was a bunch of farmers or guys that had been in the country for 14 years. but during intel, we would constantly be labeled the tower man, it was a lot better to say that then afghanistan billions that were unhappy. it's the biggest waste of time. we would constantly be talking to different leaders of different sides and there is no real centralized government means there is no real mine we can turn a national level. there's always going to be fighting there because it's this huge cultural difference in the country, from outside the country. it's a huge astronomical waste of time. and money. that's all. >> tank you for your service. to our nation and you articulated it muchbetter than i ever could because you've been there, you know it. i will tell you that is with great pride, the

an iou that braved ieds in kandahar. a promise was made. to america's veterans.ts for all veterans and their families so they get the health care, financial benefits and support they earned. if your'e a veteran who needs help, or you'd like to help us keep the promise, visit dav.org. we take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. for example, thyme. it's part of our 100% veggie diet and helps support their immune system. products no antibiotics ever. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's monday, march 27th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump is moving past the health care collapse but not before some finger-pointing as he goes after republicans for failing to repeal and replace obamacare. >>> hail hammers parts of the south and at least one funnel cloud is spotted as severe weather makes its way through texas. >> for the win. >> and the final four is set in the ncaa men's basketball tournament and some unfamiliar faces are in the mix.

an iou that braved ieds in kandahar. a promise was made. to america's veterans. fights for all veterans and their families so they get the health care, financial benefits and support they earned. if your'e a veteran who needs help, or you'd like to help us keep the promise, >>> iraqi troops, backed by the u.s. military, are tightening the noose around isis in the city of mosul. holly williams is covering the battle . >> reporter: isis fighters snipe at iraqi forces pushing into mosul's old city. one of the extremist's last strongholds. [ explosions ] 350 yards from the frontline this week, we were with general al jaberi, as he called in helicopter gunships. targeting an isis position where they were burning tires to try to hide their location. >> we are going to move a lot. we are going to fight isis house to house. but we put a safe sector for the civilians if they want to come to us. >> reporter: bearing a victorious mood on the frontline, and it's easy to understand why. nearly three years ago, isis swept triumphantly across northern iraq, as many iraqi soldie

the one that was built in kandahar housed over 17,000 u.s. soldiers and similarly in other parts of the country. but these ones from the security system to the water and roads and telecommunication, all of that, all of those are hardware having those sites to be special economic zones for export would be a tremendous advantage. that's basically what we've been working on. last year we built the first infrastructure plan for the country where we looked at all these key areas. we built the railroad structure plan. we developed a national power grid for the country. right now power and electricity in afghanistan is nine different islands connecting and only serving about 30% of the population. we are going to be building a national grid in the next five years, but also get us right now 77% of the electricity is important. in five years, we'll get to self-sufficiency and get to a point that we can actually export electricity. on the roads, we're building a lot of the main arteries between north and south a, and on the fiber infrastructure, as i m

mary jennings haig gar and her crew were shot down in the taliban in 2009 after a rescue outside kandaharught back and saved the lives of her crew and patients. major hagar received the purple heart. she received the flying purple cross for her valor and heroism. >> she returned home and joined a lawsuit that barred women from joining. >> it should not be a factor when selecting personnel to serve in combat rules. >> that rule has since been reversed. may jer hegar has discussed her battle in her book "shoot like a girl." i don't know if we should call you miss badass. >> m.j. >> your book is riveting. i look at girls like you i could never do that. you knew at a young age, you were watching "perfect storm" and said i want to do that. >> from watching hans solo to watching movies like "a perfect storm," it would always get my adren limb up and i knew it was something i wanted to to. >> you got resistance along the way. you get a recommendation from a teacher you think likes you only you find out he's saying that's not for a girl. >> right. it was the first experience of many that i realiz

the one that was built in kandahar housed over 17,000 u.s. soldiers. and similarly in other parts of the country but these have come from the security, to a system to the water and roads and telecommunication, all of those hardware. so looking at these sites, special economic zones for building a lot for export would be a committed advantage. that basically is what we have been really working on. so having said so i will briefly tell you about what are some of things we have done. last year we built an ever such a plan for the country will look at all of these key areas. for the first time we built the railroad infrastructure master plan as most of the -- we developed national power grid for the country. right now power, electricity in afghanistan is nine different islands connecting and only serving about 30% of the population. we are going to be building a national grid in the next five years, but also get us right now 77% of electricity is important. in five years we will get to self-sufficiency and get to the point that we can actually export elect

an iou that braved ieds in kandahar. a promise was made. to america's veterans.p. dav fights for all veterans and their families so they get the health care, financial benefits and support they earned. if your'e a veteran who needs help, or you'd like to help us keep the promise, visit dav.org. we take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. for example, thyme. it's part of our 100% veggie diet and helps support their immune system. roducts no antibiotics ever. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's thursday, march 23rd, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." >> he was speeding on the pavement and he was knocking off people walking by. >> terror in london. breaking overnight, several people are reportedly arrested in a raid believed to be tied to wednesday's deadly attack. this morning londoners vow they won't back down. >> we stand together in the face of those who seek to harm us and destroy our way of life. we always have and we always will. >>> also we take look at the techniques officials are using the keep americans safe fr