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christina mcfarland has been in rio since day one. she joins us now live. christina, it's all over now, but how did the closing ceremony compare to the opening ceremony, and what were the highlights everyone is talking about? >> well, rosemary, i was lucky enough to go to both the owning and closing tonight. i think the difference was that the opening ceremony felt rather more like a formal affair. there was a sense of anticipation and tension almost at what was to come for these games, but tonight while the closing ceremony, it was just one big party. a celebration that brazil has managed to deliver an olympic games with success. i think in the back drop is the fact that brazil took away their best ever medal tally count at these games. 19 medals.

lieutenant general sean mcfarland is stepping down. taking over is army lieutenant general steven townsend who served in iraq as a colonel 10 years ago. >> when steve townsend was here, he fought mosul so he's the perfect choice to lead the coalition as they support the most decisive fight of the campaign in iraq. he will bring about the beginning of the end for daish. >> his first operation is likely to be the battle of this year. >> mosul is a key priority. one of the great problems is how bad will this be. you never know how well the defender will defend. we've seen in other areas they dug in, they booby trapped, they fought straight by straight. you might say a relatively quick victory. no one can predict whether this is going to be a long battle, a short one, how difficult it will be. >> townsend arrived in baghdad at a time when isis is losing ground. >> well, i think he's inheriting a better situation than general mcfarland did because we have taken, you know, back fallujah. we're getting ready to move toward mosul. he iraqi arm

mcfarland is coming on the show and she said something interesting. we have a lot to see from wikileaks and i think it could hurt both sides and like i said before we are two scandals away from the gary johnson presidency. donald trump protested the debate schedule pointing out that two of the three debates are in the same night as anna fell games. darn you fall. last night hillary clinton said she will challenge trump to join her and of course today trump accepted the challenge with the caveat that he wants to see the conditions and still saying isn't happy with two of them coming opposite football but it's impossible not to be opposite football. he is going to participate. it's kind of funny that hillary jumped on the goblet first. >> she does want to debate him. her whole strategy is to have few debates as possible and hold the mamba nights that nobody's watching. she doesn't want the whole country to see her and donald trump on the stage together. she doesn't know what she's going to get out of donald trump. kennedy: she is really good with the al

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let's ask kt mcfarland what this means.is whole story unfolds and various news organizations connect the dots. the "new york times" to the a.p., we are seeing so much crossover between the clinton foundation and hillary clinton's time as secretary of state and it's pretty alarming. >> it's not just a co-understand den that it just happened that way, it was just an accident. or others who would excuse them. it's like the end justifies the means. i look at it. we have good results and regulations against foreign money going into american political campaigns because we don't want to influence american national security to go to the highest bidder. the clinton foundation said it's a problem, but it isn't our problem. the second thing they said is if she becomes president we'll shut it down. we'll take the clinton family off. kennedy: fit' a charity, and you are doing such great work and as james carville said, people are going to die if they shut this foundation down, then why on earth would you shut it down just because she is

in washington, scott mcfarland, nbc news. >> and the white house responding to a report saying iran. the wall street journal reports the obama administration secretly transferred $400 million to iran on the same day four u.s. hostages were returned to the united states. one of those hostages was massachusetts native matthew trivette. the white house says it was not a ransom deal but part of a settlement involving a failed arms deal from back in 1979. >>> there's more news today, while america is on alert from virus, the first human clinical trial for a vaccine is now underway. volunteers received the experimental injection on tuesday. the national institute of allergy infectious diseases has been developing the vaccine, which works much like the west nile virus vaccine. the director of the agency spoke out about the challenges posed by mosquitoes. >> they are so resilient in being able to breed in the most stringent positions. pans, tires and little pools or what have you. but these mosquitoes can actually breed in the smallest amount of water. >> so the first phase includes 80 peopl

lou: that will be subject of a discussion coming up here with pentagon official kt mcfa kt mcfarland. and republican establishment may finally waking up to the need to unite around donald trump, over the weekend, jeb bush's son george p bush urged americans to stop the infighting. joining me to discuss that. here later in the broadcast, our top story, mondays until the presidential election, and hillary clinton sca campaign, voicing concerns about donald trump's hundfundraising haul last month. trump today kept his focus on the economy, referencing another example of clinton self-described short circuiting. >> hillary clinton short circuited again, to use a now famous term, when she accidentally told the truth and said that she wants to raise taxes on the middle class. lou: well joining us former reagan white house political director, great america pack strategist, fox news krist contributor ed rollins, and kelly ann conway, good to have you with us, these are big holes in the polling, you maintain there is a secret source of votes not polled for donald trump. >> lou, i have been all

mcfarland joins me next.w lou: we asked whether you believe hillary clinton has the health and stamina to be president. well, in fact 77% of you doubt that she does. there it is. yes, 77%. obviously most of you think she is not healthy enough to be president. the ukraine military is on high alert. the washington freebie con is reporting 20,000 russian troops have been positioned along the border with ukraine. that's a 1,400-mile-long border. 20,000 troops armored full on fourses ready to go and exercises under way. defense officials by the way have identified the russian troops, air force units at 8 locations. these that you see indicated here in adust to the military base in rostov. pentagon officials say the exercises could be used as a cover for an attack against ukraine. kt mcfarland, interest fashion stall security expert. with putin moving troops along that border, he has don't before. is there anything in your judgment that suggests this time that european a u.s. military should be ready to respond? >>

kt mcfarland will join to us take that and much more.he trump campaign confirms it's launching the first television ads in the general election on behalf of donald trump this friday. the ad buys are in the key battlegrounds * states of joeio, florida -- the states of ohio, florida, virginia, and pennsylvania and north carolina. the trump campaign hasn't spent a time on ads since trump became the party's nominee. the republican nominee met with trusted advisers on the fight against radical islamic terrorism and foreign affairs. our first guest, one of those present at the meeting. congressman, great to see you. let's start with the meeting. the tone, the nominee's mood, tell us what you can. >> donald was in a very good mood. the tone was very upbeat. a serious meeting. there were 30 people around the table. experts in terrorism. donald asked several questions, and the experts answered those questions and expand on them. he delved deeper into the answers with more questions. and he did a great deal of good visit and he took that advice. l

mcfarland, i'm afraid we're out of time.ter who tells me not to use big words is my sister-in-law, the former prosecutor. k.t., thanks. >> thanks. >> donald trump spending $4 million on first television ad by the topic, immigration and security. we're going to play it for you. >>> u.s.-mexico border sheriff joe arpaio says isis is training in mexico. we've got details after this. >> take pictures of that! we knew you'd be here, mr. trump. >> we knew you would be here for us! glad you aren't playing golf! . >> hillary clinton's america, the system stays rigged against americans. syrian refugees flood in. illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay. collecting social security benefits, skipping the line. our border open, it's more of the same, but worse. donald trump's america is secure. terrorists and dangerous criminals kept out. the border secure. our families safe. change that makes america safe again. donald trump for president. >> i'm donald trump, and i approve this message. adam: so donald trump relea

mcfarland. great to have you.cing operations as they say against the islamic state in libya. >> libya country number three for the islamic state state. iraq, syria and now libya. the whole middle east for 15 years we have been fighting radical islamists and we haven't gotten it right. first we are going to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here. obama sold out and he pulled back out and pulled back in pulled back into the abyss to figure to figure this out and i think what trump says we have wasted trillions and we have sacrificed so many american lives in pursuit of something we have yet to win. lou: or is no question. a long war, david petraeus hailed as a genius of some kind for saying there such a doctrine is the long war. well my gosh the pentagon has certainly demonstrated its capacity for a long war, exhausting men and equipment. >> and losing. lou: and gaining nothing. does anybody at these academies, military academies teach a victory to these young officers? i mean does anybody? >

lieutenant general sean mcfarland says isis may now have as few as 15,000 militants left in iraq and and that those men are more poorly trained. mcfarland says they no longer put up much of a fight and he said "the enemy is in retreat on all fronts." but he cautions that, as isis loses ground, it will morph into more of a terrorist organization. >>> "healthcheck" at 11:00 tonight, you've heard of the phrase fighting fire with fire. well, now new research supports the idea of using peanuts to fight peanut allergies. it's called immuneo therapy. the idea is to build up the body's tolerance under medical supervision by exposing patience to small amounts of peanut protein. the treatment has been successful in older children but a new study tested it with infants and toddlers who have just been diagnosed with peanut alers. four out of five babies were able to eat peanuts safely. new -- more research needs to be done. >>> all right, meteorologist cecily tynan is back now with a closer look at that steamy and storm he forecast. >> speaking of long lasting, this heat wave could be running fo

here now kt mcfarland, fox news national security analyst.e you seen so many foreign policy wrecks facing a new president in your life? >> no. not in my lifetime. this is a train wreck. pick your continent. it's a disaster everywhere. europe is falling apart. david: what scares you the most? russian reset didn't go so well. >> right. david: china in the south china sea. this continent with venezuela after we coddled maduro and his predecessors. where there is more tension anywhere else? >> three things. one reset with russia and potential for miscalculation, that if the russians try to overreach and we calculate that we should respond to them. so that is number one. that is the most immediate threat which could happen within the next several months, several weeks, several years. the second one though is the medium threat i think the nuclearization of the middle east. iran is on track to get nuclear weapons. iran is the hegemonic power in the region. if iran gets nuclear weapons or looks like it is going to the get nuclear weapons others in th

david webb and bonnie mcfarland. i am tom shillue. thank you tom shillue.l said -- i'll see you next time. >>> after a weekend on the defensive on a number of fronts, donald trump tries to reset, preaching economic opportunity in blue collar battleground of the rust belt. this is "special report." washington. i'm bret baier. with the fallout from a sunday show interview still reverberating on casual news, donald trump tried to get back to what his team considers the winning issues. promising to supply jobs to blue collar regions in the country that are demanding big changes and insisting hillary clinton is more of t

mcfarland park, and the jackson heights community center. in tarpon springs, sand bags splash park, as well as roosevelt boulevard. you will need to bring along a valid id, to show you live in which ever area you're going to get sandbags from. >>> if you have not voted yet, you can drop off your ballot today. sunday was a very busy day at the hillsborough elections 75,000 vote by mail ballots and close to 30,000 people have voted in person. polls open tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. >>> neither hillary clinton nor donald trump are campaigning today. overnight, trump announced a major immigration speech as clinton prepares for their debates. >> tracy pots is in washington, d.c. this morning, with how the candidates are getting ready for that debate. >> reporter: hillary clinton's got more fundraisers today and tomorrow. sunday amid debate prep. advisers tell us, she's studying policy, shortening her answers and cuff donald trump. >> sources say trump is preparing over lunch, instead of mock debates. >> he's not going to prepare the way hillary clinton

mark mcfarland joining us. a spot of explosive shopping in july.is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: you are watching "asia edge." chinese tourists visiting japan had a record in july, spending so much, there's actually a special word to describe what happened, "bakugai," or explosive shopping. our japan editor joins us live from tokyo. the stronger yen not really stopping chinese tourists going to japan. what's attracting them over there? >> we are seeing huge numbers of chinese tourists this year. one thing, the short flight from places like beijing, shanghai, has made japan a popular destination for first-time trips abroad. tourism, in terms of sightseeing, is big. most travelers are coming into osaka, kyoto, traveling between the two, taking in the sights like mount fuji and other attractions in toto. but what we really see standing at is the shopping boom, where the biggest economic opportunities are for japan. yvonne: interesting. what sectors have benefited from this boom? >> well, clearly hotels, restaurants, transportation, and of course retailing. ret

our christina mcfarland has the latest on what is becoming a growing scandal. what more are we learning about this bizarre story of the u.s. swimmers, and what's the possible fallout from this? >> reporter: rosemary, it's a confusing picture here tonight. let's get you caught up on what we know of the situation here this evening. two of the swim emers were remod from their flights this evening. the police visited the olympic village to talk to ryan lochte and feigen. lochte wasn't there. they had moved out of the village after their competition ended. his attorney said lochte is back in the united states, adding that the swimmer still stands by the information he provided to police just a few days ago. later on wednesday, lochte's original story seemed to have changed. he told nbc that they were never called over, but had stopped at a gas station when they were ambushed. have a listen to this. >> when he talked to me tonight, he said that's when the guy pointed the gun in my direction and cocked it. i said to him, you said before it was placed on your forehead

so, cnn world sports christina mcfarland joins us from rio with all the highlights. great to see you, and a lot to talk about. let's start with brazil beating the u.s. in the women's beach volleyball. what happened? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, the dream is over for, arguably, the greatest beach volleyball player of all time, kerri walsh jennings, she was coming into this olympic games 26 games undefeated. she's never lost an olympic beach volleyball match tonight and she was going for her fourth straight olympic gold medal but you know what? they fell to the brazilians, she and her partner april ross, they lost in two straight sets and it was very close indeed, 22-20 in the first set and 21-18 in the second, but they had the crowd behind them tonight. they are, of course, the brazilian number two pair, the biggest win of their career and as you were saying, what added to the tension tonight is that the brazilian women's football team had just lost in their semifinals to sweden, so there was a lot riding on this result tonight, and walsh jennings hasn't lost an o

. >> reporter: i'm scott mcfarland. this just in to the live desk -- a bowie, for breaching security at the white house. he's 22 years old, arrested yesterday morning, we're told. we're told by secret service officers who filed court filings in this case, the man went over a barrier that said "restricted area: do not enter." he did so after being stopped initially by secret service and returned shortly thereafter. 22-year-old man from bowie, maryland, charged with breaching a security barrier at the white house. we're told he has pleaded not guilty in this case. we're still trying to reach his defense attorney. at this point until we do so, we'll not name him. at the live desk, scott mcfarland. >> thanks. >>> the race for the white house got nastier today. both candidates trading charge of bigotry. this comes amid a new quinnipiac poll. the poll result shows hillary clinton leading donald trump now by ten points nationally. steve handelsman on capitol hill with the latest from the campaign trail. steve? >> reporter: jim

mcfarland and what it may mean for the race to the white house. our top story devastating developments in the hillary clinton e-mail scandal newly-released e-mails. we will get more examples of the clinton foundation reaching out to then secretary of state hillary clinton state department for favors involving wealthy donors to the clinton foundation. the message is released by judicial watch show clinton's aid the matt abedin provided influential clinton foundation donors, special expedited access to clinton. the documents revealing crown prince solomon of bahrain in a meeting with clinton after pledging $32 million to the clinton foundation. now herself the center of another controversy in the report says she has spent a decade editing a radical islamist journal named the journal of muslim and minority affairs the publication is for women's rights in blamed the united states for september 11. her mother still serves as editor-in-chief of the obligation. a sportsman for the clinton campaign telling "fox news" quote these tabloid claims are more of

. >>> i'm scott mcfarland. breaking news from montgomery county. police investigating the stabbing of a young woman in wheaton right now. chopper 4 has rived on the scene. you're about to see pictures near wheaton mall. she was stabbed in the upper body. we're working to learn more and will have new information as soon as it comes in. >> thank you, scott. a deadly accident in loudon county, a mother and her child hit while crossing the street. >> this as many students were headed to school and neighbors to work. we have just learned some breaking news on this story about the accident on riverside parkway in the landsdown communi o northern virginia reporter david culver live at the intersection where the tragic crash occurred. david? >> reporter: just in the past 30 minutes, the loudon county sheriff's office e-mailed us confirming that news, that the baby e the five month old involved in the crash lost his life. this is where it happened on the cross walk. when we showed up here this morning this is one of the scenes you walked on to and your stom

. >> they joined patriot guard leaders like kim mcfarland. they paid homage because no one should be buried alone. >> some people do pass without having anne passed before the we don't know why they don't have anybody around. but, we're there for them. >> many of there's deputies are veterans themselves, they felt it was their duty to be there. colonel hoffman's story is unique. his remains were not found >> these heroes gave so much to us and this was a way to say thank you. >>> the sheriff's office was presented with one of the flags that was in the service yesterday, and the sheriff's office plans to proudly wave their flag over at the aviation hanger. >>> thank you john, what a great story. >>> you can se sections of manatee county, 85 degrees, blue sky, no rainfall, lots of sunshine today, high pressure dominating the weather pressure to suppress the shower activity. crystal river 90 degrees, 40% relative humiddist it, temperatures 89 degrees, temperatures will be in the 90s, 94 at tampa international one degree shy of the record again,

ashley: here now kt mcfarland, fox news national security analyst.me people might look, say this, is money they were going to get anyway, what little leverage we have. why wouldn't we hold it back until the hostages were free? >> yeah you know, look, it is clearly we paid ransom for those hostages. it is not a coincidence that it all happened within a few hours. that the hostages hostages wered and money were released. there is a reason we don't do this. not just that president obama was caught basically lying and denying. there is a reason we don't pay ransom for hostages. one, because it reinforces the bad guys are going to take more hostages. that is exactly what they have done. they have taken three more americans hostages. the second,, what do they use the money for? they used money for iranian defense budget and give iranian sponsored terrorists. foundation for the defense of democracies found a budget item in the 2017 iran defense budget. final reason, melissa, that is part of the world where perceptions matter, they matter a lot. what the per

scott mcfarland, nbc news, washington. >>> i'm jacqueline london live in rio. coming up next, we have a closer look at tonight's opening ceremony, and a look at the man who helped bring golf back to the olympics. we'll be right back. and spent eleven months in a pow vcamp.m what donald trump said about our members of the military being captured is a disgrace. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. when you fly over enemy territory, the odds might be against you being able to come home. donald trump doesn't understand the weight of sending americans into harm's way. he's unfit to be president. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. whenthe state made aers, commitment to us. i knew that i wasn't going to make a fortune. but i would have a secure pension plan when i retired. each and every one of us made that contribution from every paycheck we ever earned. they've been negligent in their responsibility over the years of not funding this pension the way it should have been funded. they have

scott mcfarland, nbc news. >>> there are 98 days until election day. the presidential candidates are making their play for pennsylvania with vastly different resources. the trump camp is relying on state and national republican staffers to push his message. the campaign's website said it has five open offices. by tomorrow, the clinton campaign will have 33 offices and 300 staffers throughout the state. >> we have to get out there to the people and let them know that you are serious about running for president. >> there's also a huge difference in the campaign's ad buys. the clinton campaign has $100 million committed, while the trump campaign has around $1 million. >>> mike bloomberg said his support for hillary clinton doesn't relate to other democrats. toomey is facing a tough reelection battle against democrat katy mcgincginty. the new york billionaire is an independent. he also runs a super pac that has spent millions on both parties in previous elections. >>> still ahead on nbc 10 news at 5:00, did donald trump really throw a baby out of his rally

scott mcfarland, nbc news, washington. >>> they may be associated with the republican party, but local party leaders say they are defecting, refusing to be associated with the nominee donald trump. a committee leader in berks county has resigned his post with the party and said he won't support any candidate that supports trump. he tells nbc 10's deanna durante he wants to see a third party conservative emerge and get on the ballot. >> what attracted me to the party in the first place were the conservative ideals of its platform. and like hillary clinton, donald trump is not only not fit for the presidency, he doesn't share those conservative beliefs. >> nbc 10 also talked to u.s. representative charlie dent. the allentown republican said trump's political views and recent attacks on families and john mccain are only a part of why he won't support trump. >>> it sounds like it could be something out of a martin scorsese movie. nearly four dozen suspects including the reported mafia boss in philadelphia were arrested today. it's all part of a massive investigation involving new york poli

joining me rightow fox news analyst kt mcfarland and james. good to have both of you guys here on such a an important day. ambassador, starting with you. you heard what general scales said. how would you add to that? what would you want to hear from donald trump today? >> i think this is not a bad list. i think there are problems that he needs to get sorted out, but he has big ideas right. and one thing he seems to be doing with respect to syria and the ideology of isis and so forth is something that's not real far from what we did during the cold war with respect to the soviet union. if you're a citizen of the soviet union in 1981, you couldn't just go down and get a tourist visa and fly to the united states. you had some hurdles to go through. and you also had hurdles to go through if you wanted to emigrate, big ones. there's nothing wrong with our having particular requirements for certain parts of the world or for people from certain countries. now, you can't -- i don't think, do it with religions. you can't say you've got to go through sp

nbc's scott mcfarland has the latest from washington. >> reporter: donald trump took his campaign to the crucial swing state of ohio. >> we're also going to stop radical islamic terrorism. we're not letting the people come in. >> reporter: there's growing backlash against his criticisms of the parents of humayan khan, a us in limb u.s. army captain killed in action. chap's father blasted trump last week at the democratic national convention. >> this candidate amazed me. his ignorance. he can get up and malign the entire nation. >> the head of the vfw, the nation's largest veteran group with whom he called tuesday today called the comments out of bounds and 17 gold star military families demanded an apology writing this goes beyond politics. it is about a sense of decency. without mentioning trump by name president obama lent his support to a group today in a speech before disabled american veterans. >> our gold star families have made a sacrifice that most of us cannot even begin to imagine. they represent the very best of our country. >> reporter: trump campaign adviser sam clovis s

mcfarland. seems like that to me. how about you? experience in this area. >> i think she tried. don't think it worked very well. this is like a summer of the lies. hillary clinton saying, well, colin powell sid he did it. didn't have any confident e-mails in -- any classified e-mails. that wasn't the case. the state department lies about hostages and releasing them for ransom. it's like everybody lies, it's right in your face and nobody worries about it. to me that's the bigger takeaway is that people lie in washington and nobody is supposed to do a darn thing about it. >> well, there's a lot of detail here. and taken on a legalistic approach, who said what to whom and when and what was the true meaning. to me it's a question of judgment. why did hillary clinton, with all her experience, deliberately go outside the secure system and have her own private e-mail server? she did that. what does that say about her judgment? that is where i'm coming from. how about you? >> well, i think actually you're on to something. that in fact is th

lieutenant general sean mcfarland said 45,000 isis fighters have been killed in iraq and syria in two years of bombing. u.s. special forces a the ground in syria, and for the first time, we have extensive video of them training local soldiers to fight isis. the trouble is, the video came from isis itself. here's charlie d'agata. >> reporter: the isis propaganda video says these are u.s.-backed syrian rebels headed toward the isis stronghold of al-bukamal before they're gunfire and forced to retreat. the 20-minute video also appears to show american and british special forces with their new syrian army recruits at a training camp in jordan. we have blurred their faces to protect their identities, but isis has not. >> you can start over. >> reporter: one scene shows a blond man striewbd as an american coaching a syrian fighter on how to speak in front of a camera. hand movements a he tells his trainee in arabic "but try not moving your legs." isis could have seized the video off rebel fighters. more worrying is that it could have been the work of an insider says cbs national security an

scott mcfarland, nbc news. >> jadiann: massachusetts congressman seth moulton with strongwords coming up at 5:00, hear what he is saying about his service to the country and trump as a candidate. >> ryan: three local man could be facing jail time after police say they planned line. the three men have been charged with attempting to sell lomb $210,000 worth of gillette razor blades on line. the blades were stolen from the south boston manufacturing facility. >> jadiann: to a story you will see on just one station. a secret service agent sharing his story. garrett fitzgerald was critically injured in a car crash back in december. he is talking about what happened and his long recovery. kris anderson has the story. >> this is absolutely fitzgerald couldn't help but smile. the secret service agent has battled through a grueling 7 months after suffering serious injuries during a car crash in new hampshire last year. on monday night fitzgerald was honored in ipswich receiving the 2016 top kopp award. >> this is humbling. and true show of support that didn't expect but it's, it's amazing to

our christina mcfarland joins us live from leo.e see the beach of copa cabana behind you there as the countdown continues, four days to go, so many challenges for the coast nation. what is the mood there and what's being said about all these problems and challenges and whether these games will indeed be a success? >> yeah, rosemary, george, welcome to one of our first-ever lives from the copa cabana and the first olympic games to be staged in south america. just look at the scene behind me. this is the copa cabana, one of four olympic clusters where the games will take place. we'll have the beach volleyball, the swim marathon, and the triathlon all happening here just behind our live position. but as you say, rosemary, perhaps unlike any other games in history, this olympics has been besieged with problems in the run-up. we've seen as you say the impeachment of president dilma rousseff, concern over zika virus, and deep economic recession. but i can tell you, i've been on the ground for about a week and the mood is different from w

in washington, scott mcfarland, nbc news. >> anchor: new details on a deadly hot air balloon crash in texas. federal records show the company operating that balloon tour involved in saturday's crash did have a previous crash. an a accident report shows one of their balloons crashed people were taken to the hospital. victims are remembering their loved ones. >>> we've list a really sweet individual. a lot of people would be affected. he was very well-known. he was known because he helped people as well if you ever need anything he would give it to you. >> anchor: investigators believe the balloon hit power lines killing all 16 people on board. >> anchor: a tweet controversy now for miss teen u.s.a. all criminally hey was crowned tweets from 2013 and 14 resurfaced when she had used the n word. she since apologized and in a statement the miss universe pageant said they are standing behind hey and are committed to supporting her continued growth. >> anchor: massachusetts will be one step closer to closing pay gap between men and women when governor charlie baker signs a new bill into law.

lieutenant general sean mcfarland said 45,000 isis fighters killed in iraq and syria in two years of bombing. u.s. special forces are also on and for the first time, we have extensive video of them training local soldiers to fight isis. the trouble is, the video came from isis itself. here is charlie d'agata. >> reporter: the isis propaganda video says these are u.s.-backed syrian rebels headed towards isis stronghold of al bukamal. a hall of gunfire. and forced to retreat. the 20-minute video also apares to show american and british special forces with their new syrian army recruits in a training camp in jordan. we have blurred their faces to protect their identities. but isis has not. >> you can start over. >> reporter: one scene shows a man described as an american, coaching a syrian fighter how to speak in front of a camera. hand movements are try not moving your legs. isis could have seized the video off rebel fighters, more worrying it could have been the work of an insider. the cbs national security analyst fran townsend. >> has isis been able to penetrate syrian rebel forces