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the military said members of navy s.e.a.l. team 6 released classified information while helping to make a video game. david martin reports. >> reporter: the seven members of s.e.a.l. team 6 are all still on active duty. one of them was on the raid which killed osama bin laden and made navy s.e.a.l. team 6 a household name. for two days this summer they worked on this video gam game, "medal of honor war fighter." several others are under investigation. the game does not recreate the bin laden raid but it does portray realistic missions such as an attack on a pirate vessel. it was produced by electronic arts which boasted real commandos active and retired made their games as accurate as possible. >> operators can jump at altitudes of 30,000 feet. >> reporter: it's unclear what secrets s.e.a.l. team 6 gave away but they used classified material which had been given to them by the navy. they violated the unwritten code that s.e.a.l.s are silent warriors who shun the spotlight. in fact the s.e.a.l.s have been buried in an avalanche

one form year navy s.e.a.l.esn't think it was call any harm. >> taliban and al qaeda is not going to use modern warfare war fighter as a training video aid or recruitment tool they're not going to use it. >> ea released a statement saying there are no plans to recall medal of honor war fighter and no plans to alter the content in the game. >> happening now in the south bay, hundreds of people registering for a chance to receive free food this holiday season. >> they turned out to the sacred heart community service braving. >> doesn't surprise us to see this number of people. it's really scary to see people braving almosts that come out just for the opportunity. >> this charity expects to distribute several thousand food boxes for the holidays. >> abc 7 news is committed to working with food banks to feed hungry people in the communities. we have information on how you can help including the most-needed donations just go to our web site and click on see it on tv. >> still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 a big rig driv

my way as john will verify to get a republican cia operative at the highest level, a republican navy s.e.a.l. and one of the leading historians in the world not american to bet all of the things in the film. i wanted the opposition to bet it. the president comes out heroic because he makes the decision by himself. hillary clinton and panetta say go, do the raid. joe biden and gates say don't do it. the president thinks overnight this is in the movie and says, give me one hour from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. the next day and authorizes the raid. it's not political, tis historical. i would not do anything political when it comes to making one of my movies. >> john stockwell, talk about what drew you to this topic, the drama, how compelling this is as harvey says, how historic it is and all of that is evident and there are other films and books about this. what draws you to this project? >> honestly i was very nervous because it's one of those pieces that very hard to vet. we started the process long before mark's book. but i just found it fascinating, we know the outcome but the behind the scene w

seven active members of the elite navy s.e.a.l. team six have been punished for divulging classified information. the violation allegedly occurred while the s.e.a.l.s were consultants to the makers of a video game called medal of honor war fighter. cbs news said one of the s.e.a.l.s involved took place in the raid that killed osama bin laden. all seven had their pay docked and received a letter of reprimand. in the 8:00 hour of "starting point" we'll find out more about the punishment and what the s.e.a.l.s are really accused of divulging when we're joined by former navy s.e.a.l. commander christopher heben. >> it happened last week before election day but the pentagon is just now talking about this. iranian fighter jets firing on an unarmed air force drone in the persian gulf. pentagon officials say the drone which was conducting routine surveillance and international air space was not hit and they say iran's been told that u.s. surveillance flights in the region will continue. >>> new developments in a long and difficult recovery

a former navy s.e.a.l. member says when you join the s.e.a.l.s, you sign a nondisclosure agreement. >> did these guys disclose sensitive information to the extent it's going to damage operational capabilities or their fellow snc.e.a.l.s in the line of duty or anyone in special operations command? i don't think so. they brought certain pieces of kit to fruition, to -- they brought their kit and exposed it. >> members of the elite special forces unit still under investigation for this. cbs news says one of those punished was involved in the raid that killed bin laden. in response, ea, electronic arts, says, quote, we do not know if the veterans who consulted on the game were in contact with the department of defense. much more on this in the next hour of newsroom. >>> 11 days since superstorm sandy made landfall in new jersey. some residents are just now returning home to survey the damage. this is how one new jersey man described the moment he knew he had to leave his house. >> we rode out the storm until fr

. >> and seven members of navy s.e.a.l. team six punished after helping make a video game that some say is simply too realistic. did they put national security at risk? >> lots to talk about over the next two hours. kelly carender will join us. steve la tourette is back. pauly shore with us. chris heben, dr. sanjay gupta. patricia maisch and howie kurtz the host of cnn's reliable sources and his partner in crime lauren ashburn from the daily beast with us as well. it's friday, november 9th. it's friday. "starting point" begins right now. and good morning our "starting point" this morning, the u.s. is just 53 days to falling off that fiscal cliff. today, president obama is going to deliver a big speech about the economy. one of the main components of the president's spending plan is higher tax rates for the wealthy. that's something that house speaker john boehner doesn't seem to be buying. listen. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. and, frankly, it couldn't even pass the house. i'm not sure it could pass the senate. >> w

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. >> but a group of navy s.e.a.l. team 6 members are punished for their work with makers of a video game. >> and a single goal in the closing minutes of dc united move to the next round of the postseason. keep it right here, we'll be back. >>> it is 5:09 on this friday morning. kind of chilly out there but we have a warming trend setting up. it will start today and really kick in over the weekend. here's the day planner, nice and sunny today. not too windy. winds northwest at about 10 miles an hour. 3:00 60 and some areas east of town may stay in the 50s and by 6:00 dark and 55. back? a few minutes with the i the tails of the -- in a few minutes with the details of the warmer weekend. >>> the bbc is filming a movie today and traffic is expected to be very heavy in the area of potomac near falls road and river road. beginning at 6:00 a.m. and all the way to 6:00 p.m. so you want to avoid the area and choose alternate routes especially along river road if you can. back with more traffic coming up at 5:17. mike? >>> than

. >>> seven members of navy s.e.a.l team 6, including one involved in the osama bin laden mission, are in trouble because of a video game called "medal of honor war fighter." the navy says they're being punished for divulging classified information to the game's maker. >>> in an unprecedented attack, the pentagon says iranian aircraft fired twice at an unarmed u.s. drone patrolling the persian gulf last week. >>> next week a house panel will hold a hearing on the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that left ambassador chris stevens and three others dead. cia director david petraeus and national intelligence director james clapper are scheduled to appear. >>> well, wall street was down for a second consecutive day. a triple digit drop for the dow opening at 12,811. the s&p tumbled 17. the nasdaq sank 41. >>> overseas trading closes out the week in tokyo. the nikkei dropped 79 points while in hong kong the hang seng slipped 182. >>> well, investors are going to be hoping for a rebound today to close out this wild week. amazon.com is giving it another go at selling wi

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day we didn't know who the navy s.e.a.l.s were or what they did. >> nobody heard of legendary navy team s.e.a.l. 6. this is too much of a good thing. you do a movie like "medal of valor" which was approved by the navy. that they consider a great recruiting tool. a s.e.a.l. himself who runs special ops said if i didn't see john wayne in "the green beret" i wouldn't have gone to special force. when people do this on their own, not telling the commanding officer and not allowing the navy to exercise any judgment on this, this is where they are running into the facebook generation, used to living out loud, used to talking as individuals, it's all about me and there's a conflict. >> and captain biglow's movie is still to come. >> yes. it will still stir controversy. >> gas rationing started this morning in new york city and on long island nearly two weeks after superstorm sandy after this week's nor'easter frustrations growing for thousands of sandy's victims. mark strassman is in oceanport, new jersey. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. behind me is one of fema's two tent cities in new

. >>> seven members of navy s.e.a.l.eam six are in trouble because of a video game called "medal of honor: warfighter." they're being punished for divulging classified information to the game's maker. >>> the pentagon says iranian aircraft fired twice at an unarmed u.s. drone patrolling the persian gulf last week. the shots missed and the drone was unharmed. >>> and next week, a house panel will hold a hearing on the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that left four americans dead. >>> and now here's your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. shell shocked. that is how a campaign adviser describes mitt romney's reaction after giving his concession speech. this according to cbs news. insiders tell nbc news the campaign closed down so quickly some staffers couldn't even use their campaign-funded credit cards to pay for their taxis home that night because they'd been deactivated. >>> florida secretary of state says he hopes to finally have full election results by saturday, but the ro

. >>> join me tonight at 9:00, coming up then, navy s.e.a.l.g a secret to a silicon valley coop a president. this video just leased is coming up at 9:00 and 11:00. >> now larry beil is here with more news. >> here we go, again. warriors seem to be cursed by injuries announced they're shutting down seven to 10 days he's played in four of the first five games this year averaging about 18 minutes per game. he's not putting up scoring numbers4y-n1z accustomed to. s?q appe laboring at times. s?q appe both insisting this is not cause for alarm. >> this came back a little early. i see that. you know? probably little too soon. it's what i wanted to do. i feel like i'm a liability out there. i can't rebound or move the way i'd like to move. >> at the end of the day it's important to stay true to the process as far as making sure he's healthy. we said we're going to listen to doctors and trust my eyes. and we're going to listen to andrew. >> the a's stunning successes resulted in playoff berth and billy dean being named executive of the year by sporting

. >>> a video game has landed members of covert navy s.e.a.l. team 6 in hot water. the navy disciplined seven members of s.e.a.l. team 6 for disclosing classified information to the video game medal of honor. it boasted that it was written by actual u.s. tier 1 operators while deployed overseas. the s.e.a.l.s received letters of reprimand which could end careers and docked pay. they will not face jail time. >>> a four-day-long ceremony is going on at the vietnam veterans memorial. >> david a. land. louis e. milan. >> the names of the more than 58,000 people on the vietnam veterans memorial wall in d.c. are being read aloud for the 30th anniversary of the vietnam wall. the reading of the names started wednesday and goes through saturday night, stopping only for a few hours just after midnight each night. >> we hope everyone takes a moment to honor our veterans at some point this weekend. i'm privileged on sunday night to participate in an event that's going to air live on maryland public television. america's veterans. remember the tribute from ruben studdard of "amer

we remember mark owen was the navy s.e.a.l. who wrote the book "no easy day" about being on the bin laden raid. they were looking into his deal whether he violated the nondisclosure agreements that he signed what they ended up learning was that 11 navy s.e.a.l.s had been brought in allegedly by owen into this deal with a video company for the production of medal of honor: warfighter, a navy s.e.a.l.s based video game. according to our sources, there was no notification of their commanding officer, no waiver signed, none of the boxes had been checked. so now seven of them have letters of reprimand, which is a nonjudicial finding but a bit of a career killer. >> if i'm a gamer and playing this game, how do i know if i'm looking at classified information or just a good move? >> you don't but when they frame the game as this game was put together by former navy s.e.a.l.s and active duty navy s.e.a.l.s based on tactics, let's stretch that. if you're a terrorist or someali pirate you're looking for tactics, procedures. how do they wo

. >>> a bay area company embroiled in a scandal involving navy s.e.a.l. team six, government secrets and video games. "mornings on 2" begins right now. >>> well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's friday, november 9th. >>> we're on -- stormwatch this friday morning. the loud sound of hail, thunder and lightning may have caused you some sleep early this morning. our ktvu news crew took the pictures of the marble-sized hail falling in the east bay, something you would expect to see driving up to tahoe. our photographer took this on 880 in milpitas a few hours ago and there's slick highways everywhere you look in the bay area. so you should be especially careful heading to work. >>> the chp spent hours cleaning up a traffic mess. on 880 in fremont. it was a bad crash that sent one man to the hospital with severe injuries. tara moriarty is in fremont where things are getting better out there. it was pretty bad out there? >> reporter: yes, it was. the good news, it's no longer raining. the road se

he wants to be a navy s.e.a.l. i think he could be a great one. i have a lot of hope for him.t with us so i know how he's doing. >> feel good seeing my mom, man. i ain't seen her in a long time. long time. >> for charles taylor and michael brehm, a change in mind-set and attitude is evident after months of intensive rehab at pendleton. but tomorrow staff will start all over again with the 300 teens who still remain behind bars.

was so authentic seven navy s.e.a.l.s were reprimanded for giving classified information about navy s.e.a.l. stuff to the makers of this game, who presumably used it to make it as authentic as possible. a new combat realism game that came out today, they were advised by oliver north. remember him? he was indicted for 16 felonies in the iran contra panel. he was a conservative movement hero. oliver north not only consulted on this new game that comes out today, he appears as a character in the game. look at his hips. in real life i don't think his hips swing like a hula dancer like they do in the game. i don't know. i've never seen him walk. when the character oliver north talks in "call of duty black ops 2," it's his real voice. here's the thing about this game that came out today and today's news, and i think a thing i guess nobody saw coming before it happened. the game comes out today and set 13 years in the future. it's set in the year 2025. although the game is supposed to be fiction, the cameo from oliver north is not the only way to make it seem connected to real people in the real w

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navy s.e.a.l. team six are being disciplined this morning for disclosing classified information. the s.e.a.l.s were paid consultants on a new video game. officials say the s.a.e.l.s violated rules about tactics and procedures. >>> and the bank robber known as the ak-47 bandit has apparently struck again. he was caught on camera holding up this credit union in idaho. forcing employees into a safe before getting away with a bag stuffed full of cash. the fbi believes he is the same person who hit several banks earlier this year, on a run from california to washington state. in one heist, he shot and seriously wounded a police officer. a $70,000 reward is now being offered to conversatiinformatio to his arrest. >>> and former congresswoman gabrielle giffords stared down the gunman who shot her and a crowd of bystanders last year. more, now, from abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: in front of a courtroom packed with other victim, gabby giffords stood silently, face-to-face with the man who came so close to killing her. mr. loughner, you may have put a bullet through her head. but you have

navy s.e.a.l. from northern california has been killed in combat in afghanistan.ense department says 32- year-old kevin ebert was killed saturday. he's from arcade da. he was assigned to -- arcadia. he was assigned to the u.s. s.e.a.l.s team. >>> a paper says one idea is to have a small terrorism force with less than 1,000 troops to stay in afghanistan, primarily to give advice to afghan forces. but then there's another option calling for 10,000 u.s. troops and several thousand non-nato troops to stay in the country. >>> the california congress wants to change the way combat awards are given out. hunter says several medals were not awarded because of oversight and a lengthy paperwork process. the pentagon says some military members request their names be removed from the list and others are not posted for security reasons. >>> gas prices continue to slip even through the holiday weekend. the cheapest gas in the bay area is in santa rosa, where a gallon of regular sales for an average of $3.68. san jose is just a penny more and in oakland, it's $3.72. those are all

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the navy is punishing seven members of secretive s.e.a.l. team 6 for disclosing classified information to the games maker. the military says the s.e.a.l.s worked as paid consultants in developing medal of honor, war fighter. they apparently showed them some of the combat equipment that's unique to their unit. the s.e.a.l.s received letters of reprimand which can end careers. they also were docked pay. they won't face jail time. >>> a soldier who is accused of massacring afghans had blood on his uniform. the expert says the blood of two males and two females were found on his clothing. she also said she only tested a small sample of the stains. the current hearing is to determine if bales will face a court mart shal. >>> the man behind the worst mass shooting in u.s. history will face a lifetime in jail, but not before he came face to face with his victims. those injured and families of those killed by jared loughner lined up to face him yesterday. including the primary target of his attack, congresswoman gabrielle giffords. her husband mark

. >>> seven navy s.e.a.l.s, all members much the famous s.e.a.l. team six are punished over a video game. one was involved in the raid to kill osama bin laden. the s.e.a.l.s reportedly worked as paid consultants on a video game. an official telz nbc news they've received letters of reprimand and will will have their pay docked for two months. >>> the new metro expansion will bring four stations to tyson's corner. but don't expect to see parking lots for the riders. workers are not building lots. there is an effort under way to turn that area into a walkable downtown focused on public transportation and not on cars. the urban planning experts say parking lots just would not work with their plans. he believes parking spaces woulded add to the traffic with commuters flooding into the area in order to take metro to work. >>> black friday is coming even earlier this year. walmart, sears and kmart plan to open on thanksgiving day. walmart's door-buster deals, they're called, start at 8:00 p.m. retailer is giving away a $75 gift card with a purchase of a

the navy is punishing seven members of the s.e.a.l. 6 team. they developed the war fighter. they showed game designers some of the come pat equipment unique to their unit. they received letters of reprimand and pay docked. >>> two men robbed a recording studio after recording there. it's called "larry hoover." it happened at copy cat studio in laurel. several people in the studio at the time. they got away with victim's wallets and phones. no one was hurt. >>> stolen textbooks. look at this sting operation at george washington university bookstore. one man placed the books on the table. another boxes them and takes them to the loading dock where they are picked up. the books were resold online. they sold 200,000 of textbooks from december 2010 to january 2011. one man will be sentenced next friday, the other three in january. >>> college basketball tips off tonight with big games for local teams. georgetown is taking part in a classic. it's a spin on a carrier classic. they take on the florida gators. the game starts at 9:00 tonight. looking for a big win. they take on the d

s.e.a.l. team six, including one of the men that took down osama bin laden. 7s.e.a.l.s have been repry happened, their pay partially forfeited with for leaking navy secrets to electronic arts. the game does not recreate the bin laden raid, and it's unclear what information the s.e.a.l.s shared. the navy is not discussing the breech, but said the s.e.a.l.s have been punished for the misconduct, saying "we do not tolerate misconduct." since the raid that brought down bin laden, the s.e.a.l. team has become a source of intrigue. bun member wrote the book no easy day under a pen name, and some s. eavment l.s participated in filming of a movie with permission. the bin laden raid will also be the subject of the hollywood movie zero dark 30. but it's the unapproved disclosure of information to electronic arts that has 7 s.e.a.l.s facing punishment now. >> reporter: electronic arts has no comment, although their website bust boasts thaw they used active duty commandos to write their game. live in redwood city, kristin ayers. >>> looking behind the buzz word. >> the looming fiscal cliff. >> the impending fiscal cliff. >> exactly what could happen when we

s.e.a.l. team 6 their jobs. scott mcgrew joins us with the details on this one. >> good morning. the accusation is active members of the navy's special forces were paid to help ea develop a new video game called medal of honor war fighter. now having soldiers, even active duty soldiers consult on video games is actually not unusual. but the defense department has told news agencies several members of the elite s.e.a.l. team, including one member who participated in the killing of osama bin laden, have been officially reprimanded for revealing secrets to the video game maker. in the military a simple letter of reprimand is basically a career killer. secrets is relative. just explaining how a s.e.a.l. team works is prohibited. ea is not itself in trouble and to be completely fair, the military has been participating in a lot of hollywood-style projects lately, including an active special forces movie in which the actual stars in that movie were real soldiers. >>> other news, corporate raider carl icahn talked with cnbc about netflix. he said he might subject the company to an unfriendly takeover. one way or the other, he said n

s.e.a.l. members consulted with makers of "medal of honor: war fighter." now that is a major violation of navyes, and procedures. seven men were punished, 11 involved, nonjudicial punishment, letters of reprimand can be career enders and punishments were read out loud in front of their peers this morning. a little public humiliation. >> first, the book, they're upset about that, and now the video game. >>> well, if you were watching yesterday morning, you saw the brazen robbery in which thieves drove into a mall to rob a jewelry store with an ax in hand. >> this morning a robbery that was a bit more direct, shall we say. this one comes from tennessee. cameras caught someone using a forklift to rip an atm off its fixture. >> whoever was driving the forklift, then put the atm into the back of a pickup truck and off they went. much like the biker bandits we showed you yesterday, that atm has not been seen since. >> ah, man. brazen is the word of the week, is it not? >> forklift. >> give them an "a" for effort, i guess. >>> coming up, after an emotional day in court, mark kelly, husband of gabriel