martha raddatz. abc news, latvia. >>> we turn to the news about the tragedy in benghazi. the attack on the u.s. consulate that killed four americans including a u.s. ambassador. todayed retired general testified that the u.s. military should have tried to do more to fend off that attack. >> what would you say to the mother of one of the people killed? >> i would say sorry for your loss. and your sacrifice. we should have done more. >> the white house pointed out that the top military officials have repeatedly said there were no u.s. military forces close enough to fight back. >>> there is news about the missing malaysian passenger plane now 55 days since it disappeared. an investigation released today shows confusion, and a four-hour delay from the start. abc's david kerley with the new information tonight. >> reporter: the malaysian report reveals it took four hours to launch a rescue. a story of confusion by air traffic controllers and bad information from the airline and another country having to tell malaysia its plane is missing. >> the back and forth, the miscommuni

abc's martha raddatz tells us it's clear now for most of these troops it's going to happen faster than we thought. >> reporter: today the president made it clear: america's longest war, longer than vietnam, longer than world war ii is now finally ending. >> the bottom line is it's time to turn the page on more than a decade in which so much of our foreign policy was focused on the wars in afghanistan and iraq. >> reporter: with a total price tag of $538 billion. >> at its peak 100,000 u.s. forces were on the ground in afghanistan. the battle beginning while the twin towers were still smoldering. today nearly 32,000 u.s. troops on the ground but rapidly reduced to 9,800 at the end of this year. at the end of 2015, only 5,000 will remain. by the end of 2016, all gone except for embassy personnel. >> we have to recognize afghanistan will not be a perfect place and it is not america's responsibility to make it one. >> reporter: for thousands of military families, they're loved ones never came home. for others, this news means more homecomings. moments like this just last week navy mechanic

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. >>> let's bring in martha raddatz. and jon karl at the white house. martha, let me begin with you. the comment by michael mcfall, the former ambassador this is real. really striking. u.s. officials don't know how far putin wants to go. does putin want to stir up trouble or invade? >> we don't know. with such a dramatic escalation over the weekend, with all of the fighting, so much concern about whether this turns into an all-out war. i was in eastern europe last week. i was with the u.s. forces training latvian and lithuanian troops. the general in charge says he's very concerned that russia will go into eastern ukraine. if that happens, you'll see a lot more troops in our nato allies in the countries like lithuania and latvia. >> and jon, one of the things we have seen with this struggle over saxs, are the united states has limited means to deter putin. >> no question. but the white house is prepared to lower the boom of much broader economic sanctions than we have seen so far. targeting entire sectors of the russian economy. they believe russia will

martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> it was an emotional gathering on the ucsd campus as the sixhe rampage were remembered. there were words shared by the college's leaders offering families words of condolences. and unity. the uc president, janet naacp has ordered the campus flags will be lowered to half staff to honor the victims. >> it's important that we not lose sight of the lives we have gathered to remember. all died much too young, but lp it's important that we do not let the arithmetic of this atrocity define them. >> reporter: the father of one of the murdered students told the crowd his 20-year-old son died because politicians have done nothing to strengthen gun laws. >>> we're learning more about the on-line world that the santa barbara killer apparently took refuge in. a place of cynicism and anger and there are questions whether the digital culture helped to fuel the rampage. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: over the past few days, a worldwide out pouring in response to the misogyny elliot rodger expressed. >> if i can't have you, girls i will destroy you. >>

. >>> let's get more from abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. and retired navy s.e.a.l. robert harward, now an abc news contributor. mr. harward, let me begin with you. you heard the doubts that hammish expressed that the united states has about the capability of the nigerian military. what kind of resources do we have in place there? and what can we do? >> well, george, as the state department acknowledged yesterday, we have a full range of assets to assist the government of nigeria. not only advisers. but also those air and satellite assets that can search over a broad area of northern nigeria, to isolate those individuals. we're going to track, to listen and hear and see what they're doing over these wide areas. and then isolate them. and thereby allow the government of nigeria to take that information and pursue courses of action to solve this problem. >> martha, underscore this will not be an american operation? >> it will not. you heard the president say there will be no u.s. boots on the ground. what he means by that is combat troops. the

. >>> during his broadcast interview with martha raddatz, hagel was asked about ending the ban on transgender individuals serving if the military. >> is that something that should be looked at again? >> i do think it continually should be reviewed. i'm open to that. >> congressional investigators say the government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells on federal land, even though environmentalists believe fracking being done there could contaminate water supplies. the findings by the government accountability office ascribed the problem to lack of resources and poor coordination between blm and state regulators. some members at the secret service who patrol the area around the white house reportedly were redeployed during summer 2011 to protect an assistant who was also a personal friend of the agency's director at the time. this according to "the washington post." the friend was involved in a dispute with a neighbor. agents inside the secret service's washington field office reportedly were concerned the diversion increased the risk to the president. a secret service spokesma

martha raddatz also working this story. i want to bring her in. you've learned u.s. authorities have offered to help even more? >> reporter: a defense official tells me that the u.s. is moving surveillance and recon nens assets towards nigeria so if they ask for that kind of help in locating the girls, the u.s. will be ready. there are a lot of kinds of surveillance afrk in the region and those would not only give eyes in the sky but pick up cell phone conversations so important in the hunt. >> a lot of people when they hear this at home, surveillance video, they're going to be wondering if they're drones. >> reporter: there are drones in the region and they would be unarmed, they would only be another pair of eyes in the sky. >> martha will have more with defense secretary hagel on abc's this week right here. >>> to los angeles tonight and the newest tapes from donald sterling. he said in america he can't be forced to sell, talking about his team, even as someone else has been appointed to run it. ryan smith on it again tonight for us. >> reporter: shelley sterling

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abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz starts us off. >> reporter: it is the face of evil. the leader of the kidnappers smiling. with that taunting chilling warning, i took your girls. they are our slaves. i will sell them in the market. the girls, 15 to 18-year-olds were taken at bedtime. the best and brightest. students in a nation with little education away at boarding school when the gunmen stormed in loading the girls onto trucks. tonight anguished parents of the missing are speaking out. >> translator: we cannot sleep said the mother thinking of our daughter and the other girls and wondering what they are going through. it is the work of boko haram. which means western education is a sin. loosely affiliated with al qaeda. they're responsible for dozens of massacres including the slaughter of about 50 teen-age school boys earlier this year. these girls are among some 50 who did manage to escape. the reporter spoke to one. >> the girls are alarmed and not sure what's going on. these men are dragging them out of bed and taking them outside and putting them in truck

here is abc's chief global affairs corespondent, martha raddatz tonight. >> reporter: the revelations in "politico" are the first indication of how she would handle the fallout from benghazi if she decides to run for president. and according to the online publication, she comes out swinging. her anger aimed at congressional republicans she accuses of politicizing the tragedy. "i will not be part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead americans," writes clinton according to "politico." it is the same anger she displayed last year on the hill. >> the fact is, we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest? or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they would go kill some americans? what difference, at this point, does it make? >> reporter: whether the attackers were reacting to an anti-islamic video, as the administration initially stated, or were terrorists, "politico" says clinton writes, "it is inaccurate to state that every single one of them was influenced by this hateful video. it is equally inaccurate to state that none of them were." there is

abc's martha raddatz who has travelled to iran over the decades tells us what is happening. >> reporter: they call it happy in tiran. young iranians lip-syncing the hit. their message. even in repressive iran, there is joy. but 165,000 hits later when the iranian police found out, the joy was over. they rounded up and arrested the six dancers and the film maker calling the homemade video with women not wearing the required head scarves vulgar. an affront to public chastity. the world reaction was swift. pharrell tweeting it's beyond sad these kids were arrested for trying to spread happiness. i ran today is a country in flux. the guards facing off with the new president hassan rouhani who is supporting more freedom, especially on the internet. tonight six of the seven young people from the video were released. iran's president even tweeting happiness is our people's right. but diane, critics say the dancers shouldn't have been arrested in the first place. >> and the whole world will keep watching. thank you so much. >>> sometimes humor is the hardest thing. ask fbi director. james comey

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome martha raddatz, chief global affairs correspondent, "abc news.." [applause] general peter pace, united states marine corps retired. [applause] and stephen schwarzman, chairman, ceo and cofounder of blackstone. [applause] >> hello, everyone. i am so proud to be here. i know i'm announced as a reporter but when the subject is our veterans i am not objective about service and sacrifice. so, i am very pleased to be here but i do want to pick apart president bush's speech. i think he buried the lead, okay? did you notice he dropped the d from ptsd? thank you, president bush. [applause] and that is a really great, great, great, first step to have a former president say it's not a disorder. that helps remove the stigma. i'm very honored to be with these two gentlemen today, and i want you to just look here. they are representative of what can be done, what can be done to employ our veterans, to help them make that transition. we have supply, and we have demand. steve schwarzman employs one million people in blackstone. peter pace, as former

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and we want to get to martha raddatz, tracking that from washington. martha, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, david. putin appeared at an economic summit in st. petersburg, russia, saying what we see now is full-scale civil war in ukraine. this comes in advance of ukraine's elections this weekend, where a new president will be chosen. the front-runner, a billionaire, already saying he does not think russia will accept the results. violence is of grave concern during the elections. yesterday, more than a dozen ukrainian troops were killed at a checkpoint. pro-russian militants claiming credit for that attack. >> and u.s. intelligence tracking russian troops on the border. what do we know about that? >> reporter: russian troops remain on the border with ukraine. the u.s. said they have seen some of the troops move away from the border. vladimir putin promised that. but the u.s. still says this is a force capable of moving into ukraine and considers the troop presence very threatening, david. >> martha raddatz, this morning. thanks. >>> and by the

martha raddatz is in washington with the latest. morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is one of the deadliest attacks in weeks. and it happened at a checkpoint manned by ukrainian forces in that volatile eastern part of the country. journalists saw bodies of the dead and about 30 wounded, scattered across fields near the checkpoint. the witnesses say the troops were attacked by pro-russian insurgents. ukrainian armored vehicles were set on fire. a military helicopter had to swoop in to rescue the wounded in grave condition. and rebel commanders are showing off weapons they seized like trophies. there's also sporadic fighting elsewhere in the east. >> this attack comes in the context of russian troops actually pulling back from the border, correct? >> reporter: u.s. officials say they see no mass withdrawal of russian troops from the border. but the nato secretary-general, says there has been some activity, which may suggest they are preparing to withdraw. and of course, we have the upcoming elections this weekend

abc's martha raddatz is in washington with the very latest on this. od morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, lara. the startling assertion came from nigeria's top military commander. he has been under enormous pressure to locate the missing girls. he was speaking to a group in nigeria's capital and was quoted as saying, the good news for the parents of the girls is that we know where they are, but we cannot tell you the military secret. just leave us alone. we are working to get the girls back. he said they could not go in with force because, he said, we can't kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back. there has been no confirmation from u.s. officials, lara. and, remember, the nigerian military in the very early days of the kidnapping said the girls had been released, which was, of course, wrong and delayed the rescue attempt. >> right, so if the nigerians do know, why wouldn't they go in and would the u.s. help? >> reporter: well, if they had found them, it is dangerous. there are so many girls, you would presume a great number of a

thank you so much, martha raddatz, in washington. george has more on this now. george?. >>> let's take this straight to the secretary of state, john kerry. mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. we heard from edward snowden right there. he said he was a spy, not a hacker. and last year, you said people may die because of his disclosures. do you have any evidence that people have, in fact, died because of his revelations? >> we have evidence that people are in additional danger because operational security has been breached. terrorists have learned firsthand, about methods and mechanisms in which the united states collects intelligence. and so, our operations have been compromised. it's plain and simple. >> and let me move, now, to afghanistan because the president announced yesterday that all u.s. troops would be home by the end of 2016. and that's drawn a pretty harsh response from some of your former republican colleagues in the senate. john mccain, lindsey graham, kelly ayotte, called it a monumental mistake that will embolden our enemies. your response? >> i flatl

. >>> our martha raddatz is hosting abc's "this week" this morning from washington. busy memorial day. what are you covering? >> bianna, we'll be covering the latest on the shooting and the pope's visit, but also, this morning, we talk to a former nfl player and christine brennan about painkillers in the nfl. after that class action suit was filed this week. and i have a personal story on this memorial day, a ten-year reunion with soldiers that i have known since they fought in one of the deadliest battles in the war in iraq. quite remarkable to see where they all are today, bianna. >> a poignant story. i know it's dear to your heart. martha, thank you. >>> martha will have much more this morning on abc's "this week." >> a big show for martha. i'm looking forward to that story. she wrote a whole book about that. we'll see that much later this morning on abc. >>> coming up this morning, always a huge highlight of this holiday weekend, the indy 500, and today, abc is proud to mark a milestone, a half century of covering this famous race and abc's sara haines is at the

here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: it's the face of evil, the leader of the smiling with thatem in the market." the girls, 15 to 18 years old, were taken at bedtime. the best and brightest, students in a nation with little education, away at boarding school when the gunman stormed in, loading the girls on to trucks. anguished parents of the missing are speaking out. "we cannot sleep" said this mother, "thinking of our daughter and the other girls and wondering what they are going through." it's the work of boko haram which means western education is a sin. loosely affiliated with al qaeda, they're responsible for dozens of massacres, including the slaughter of about 50 teenage school boys earlier this year. these girls are among some 50 who did manage to escape. this reporter spoke to one. >> the girls are alarmed. they're nervous. they're not sure what's going on. these men are dragging them out of bed and taking them outside and putting them into big trucks. >> reporter: the girl said she made a break for it while the terrorist caravan was stopped, sprinting into the woods,

i'm martha raddatz. happy mother's day. so much to cover including michael sam's emotional and historymaking moment at the nfl draft. >>> but first, dramatic developments in nigeria, where we have learned u.s. surveillance aircraft are on the way to held inspect the urgent search for hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls. and there are new questions about whether warnings before the kidnapping were ignored. abc's hamish macdonald has the very latest. >> reporter: this morning, the fwochlt is facing damning allegations that boko haram was coming four hours in advance. >> this is shocking. embarrassing. a lack of political will. >> reporter: the claims are made in an amnesty international investigation. the defense ministry says the report is unfortunate and untrue. we do know nigeria's government took time before accepting international help. there are now two dozen u.s. personnel on the ground, including the military in a support role only. the surveillance and reconnaissance assets heading to nigeria could help immensely. in t

i'm martha raddatz. as we come on the air this morning, new details emerging about the deadly rampage near a california college. ten minutes of terror when 22-year-old suspect elliot rodger opened fire, triggering a deadly chase with police. in this disturbing video, rodger called it a day of retribution. here's the latest. police say there are at least ten crime scenes, seven people dead, including rodger, son of a hollywood director, investigators also confirming three interactions with police months before the shooting spree. so, were warning signs missed? our experts weigh in shortly. but first, let's go to abc's clayton sandell outside one of the crime scenes. clayton? >> reporter: martha, normally i would say good morning. right now, it is a not good morning here. isla vista is a community in deep sorrow. behind me, the apartment complex where elliot rodger lived and where police say he murdered his first three victims. as shocked residents of this santa barbara community grieve, a clearer picture

martha raddatz is in washington with the latest. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. president obama telling abc news, that a u.s. team is already on the ground this morning. that team will grow in the coming days. all part of a coordination cell that the president is authorizing to help find those girls. for the first time since the mass kidnapping, 23 days ago, and with even more girls now seized from their schools, president obama is speaking out about the missing girls, telling our ginger zee, the u.s. will do whatever it can to help the nigerian government's rescue efforts. >> it's a heartbreaking situation. outrageous situation. this may be the event that helps mobilize the international community to finally do something against this horrendous organization. >> reporter: the coordination cell will include u.s. military, the fbi, and will provide expertise on hostage negotiations, communications and intelligence, which may include reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft. traveling with the secretary of defe

abc's martha raddatz staying on this for us, joins us from washington with more. orning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, robin. there's such an outpouring of support for these girls. but for the parents of those schoolgirls, each day that goes by is more difficult than the last. a moment of silence for nigeria's president this morning. but for the parents returning to the school for the first time, there's little faith in the government. this father wanting the world to know we don't feel nigeria can help get our daughters back. but the world is listening. first lady michelle obama, tweeting this photo. and hillary clinton, giving a strong reaction to our robin roberts. >> it's criminal. it's an act of terrorism. and it really merits the fullest response possible, first and foremost from the government of nigeria. >> reporter: the nigerian government is offering a $300,000 reward. but finding the girls will be an immense challenge. the search will focus in the northern wilderness, a remote swath of forest, more than six times the size of yellowstone national par

abc's martha raddatz has the latest and joins us this morning from washington. od morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this morning, the wave of outrage is growing with social media spreading the word, but every day that passes, it will become more difficult to find the girls. these are believed to be the names released by a christian group of the some 300 girls abducted from their boarding school at bedtime, and this is the man behind it, the leader of the terrorist group boko haram, sneering, taunting. "i took your girls, they are our slaves, he said, i will sell them in the market." these girls are among some 50 who managed to escape in the chaos. one girl describing how she jumped from the truck and ran. reporter alexis okeowo spoke to another girl who escaped. she described the night of the kidnapping. >> they told the girls we're taking you to safety and then when the men started shooting their guns in the air, and they start yelling "god is great" in arabic, the girls started realizing, we're not in the military anymore. we're with boko haram

and martha raddatz has an exclusive interview with defense secretary chuck hagel. >> all right, george>>> to the growing tensions with russia and the massive show of military might this morning similar to the soviet days. a huge military parade, as president vladimir putin arrived in crimea weeks after it became part of russia again. abc's terry moran is right there in crimea with the story. good morning to you, terry. >> reporter: good morning. president putin has just arrived in this historic russian naval port. until a couple of weeks ago, it was part of ukraine, now claimed by russia. this is a day of extraordinary personal triumph for putin, in the face of western sanctions and criticism. he is taking to what amounts to a defiant victory lap. like a conquering hero from another age, vladimir putin toured the harbor of this city, bask eving in theed a ration of this pro-russian crowd. it began this morning in moscow. putin flanked by political deputies had a show of military might that echoed soviet displays during the cold war. 11,000 troops, 150 military vehicles and missiles, 70

abc's martha raddatz tells us how the u.s. government is getting involved. martha, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy. this was a breathtaking kidnapping. those nearly 300 girls taken by armed men from their school dormitory in the middle of the night by islamic extremists who believe western education is a sin. this morning, the lead of the islamic group admitting in a video, i abducted your girls. anguished parents and protesters around the world pleading for the search to intensify, and nigeria's president vowing overnight that the girls, gone now for more than three weeks, will be found. >> wherever these girls are, we'll get them out. >> reporter: it comes as secretary of state john kerry is touring africa and pushing nigeria to go after the kidnappers. >> the kidnapping of hundreds of children is an unconscionable crime and we will do everything possible to support the nigerian government to return these young women to their homes. >> reporter: kerry's predecessor, hilly clinton, and celebrities like mary j. blige, also bringing attention to t

i want to go to martha raddatz who's known the general for a long time.dent did not want to do this. he wanted to back the general. but as he said, the general himself determined he had become a distraction to fixing the problems. >> reporter: i'm certain, george, that the general did not want to resign. he did not want to be viewed as a quitter among the veterans. but you heard president obama say this was as much a political decision as well, and general shinseki thought he was a distraction. but the public face he put on this. general shinseki is very impassive. he was not a strong handler of this situation. he didn't really speak to the press. he doesn't really speak to the public. ask you need a very strong, passionate person, to deal with something like this, and especially to speak to those veterans. >> already getting some reaction to capitol hill. the chairman of the house veterans affairs committee, jeff miller said they are not going to get a honey moon. whoever replaces him, sloan gibson, the acting secretary, as the president said, he will se

speaking on abc's "this week," he told our martha raddatz every qualified american should have the opportunity to serve in the military. he stopped short of saying the ban could be or should be overturned. >>> history in the nation's capital today. after 32 months the washington monument is finally re-opening to visitors. the 555-foot tower had been covered by scaffolding for more than two years while crews repaired cracks in the stone caused by the earthquake that rocked the capital in august of 2011, sending panicked tourists scrambling down the stairs. in the meantime, down below, a growing controversy this morning. in the hopes of growing thicker greener grass, the national park service has established new rules limiting events and games in certain areas of the mall. >>> and another landmark was the site of a dramatic rescue. this is the iconic sydney opera house and there you see a man who climbed it by himself, no ropes, no harness, 20 stories in all. when he got to the top, he opened a beer, but police say he had a few too many beers before making that climb so it took him about an hour

proud to be here with military service organizations, our analysts, i want to thank martha raddatz for leading the discussions. a lot of people ask me do i miss much about being president? nd the answer is really, no. i mess the people i served with. i miss air force one. i mean, in eight years they have never lost my baggage. i do miss saluting men and women who volunteered to defend our nation during war. many are coming home and are preparing for new missions as civilians and i intend to salute these men and women for the rest of my life. [applause] and through the military service initiative, the bush institute is going to help. we're focused and we'll be relentless in serving our vets. since 9/11, more than 2.5 million americans have worn the uniform. they faced down our enemies, liberated millions and in so doing, showed true compassion of a great nation. they're the 1% of america who kept the 99% safe. and we owe them and their families a deep debt of gratitude. our country can never really fully repair -- repay our vets but we ought to try. from our earliest days, americans hav

. >> reporter: he told martha raddatz that finding the girls is a huge challenge. >> this is not goingy use to help the nigerian government. >> reporter: for now that means surveillance assistant and law enforcement support. secretary hagel said at this point there is no intention to put any american boots on the ground. karen travers, abc news, washington. >>> pro moscow insurgents in eastern ukraine have declared independence and are seeking to join russia following sunday's vote. russia is signaling it has no intention of annexing eastern ukraine the way it did crimea in march and acting prime minister of ukraine said he wants to hold talks with all of the parties involved. >>> st. louis rams introduce their draft picks to the media today and undoubtedly the guy that will get the most attention was pick ed in the seventh round. michael sam was the first openly gay athlete to be drafted by an nfl team. he said he wants to be judged by his actions on the field. his jersey is the number two seller of all of the players in the draft. >>> president obama honored dozens of police officers

martha raddatz of abc news monoed or the discussion with army chief of staff peter chiarelli. this is almost an hour. >> we want to talk in this panel about some of the obstacles our veterans face. some of the obstacles certainly the wounded face. and the opportunities to empower those veterans. i want to start with general pete cell lee, who i will say -- pete chiarelli, who i will say i have known since early in the iraq war. we went through a lot together. we have visited the wounded together. and pete chiarelli, since retiring as vice chief of staff of the army where he was deeply involved in issues of post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, i truly think no one cares more than pete chiarelli about the future of our wounded veterans and he is now with one mind, where they and he dedicates his time to continue to help those same veterans. general chiarelli, i want you to talk about those obstacles and the health and wellness of our veterans as they go forward into civilian life. >> well, martha, this discussion is a double edged sword because we tend to in fact slap

martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> it's remarkable, isn't it? the disparity. >> right. religious faction that's trying to exercise some kind of power that they feel is being taken away from them? the president during a conference did say why are we so nervous and why don't we trust our youth? there is an indication that some don't trust the youth. >>> coming up, a 40th anniversary party. remember the rubik's cube? >> yeah. >> we will do a flashback thursday coming up. >>> "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations ♪ >>> time now for our "throwback thursday." and today we celebrate the big 4-0. one of america's most popular toys. >> 40 years ago this week that the rubik's cube was created by an young architecture professor. >> five years later the ideal toy company discovered and licensed it and unleashed it on the world with commercials like this one. the rubik's3(q took america by storm becoming a craze that everyone had to try. >> warning, once you get your hand on rubik's cube you may never be able to put it down. rubik's cube, over 3 billion combina