he died when he and another navy s.e.a.l. collided in mid-air during a parachute training exercise over southern arizona. shatel was stationed in virginia. he leaves his wife and two young children. he was 31. >>> in south africa, former president nelson mandela remains in the hospital tonight, but is said to be doing better as he fights pneumonia. nbc's keir simmons now with the latest from johannesburg. >> reporter: nelson mandela is sitting up and talking, according to family members, after he was rushed from his home late wednesday due to a recurrence of pneumonia. doctors have now drained fluid from around his lungs. an official spokesman revealed >> doctors advised that he had developed an occlusion which has since been tapped and this has now resulted in his being able to breathe without difficulty. >> reporter: meanwhile, winnie mandela while at church for easter confirmed her former husband is doing well. >> we were very touched this morning when we heard. also wish him well. this is very inspiring. we have the lord

navy s.e.a.l.s was killed. another injured when they collided during freefall training in arizona. it's one of the military re most elite forces, u.s. navy s.e.a.l. team six responsible for the raid that killed osama bin laden is now mourning the loss of one of its own. the navy s.e.a.l. died not in a perilous undercover operation but during what was supposed to be routine parachuting training at piknell air park and left another member in the hospital. right now it's unclear if either navy s.e.a.l. was part of the operation that killed bin laden. this is not the first deadly accident at pinal air park. >> no, no, he's not breathing, sir. >> reporter: a 911 call from 2008 when tree trained servicemen died during parachute training within six months of each other. >> it looks like we have a gentleman that parachuted out or something like that and he didn't make it. >> reporter: it was temporarily put on hold at the park there following those accidents. investigators would later conclude all three de

the navy s.e.a.l. died, not in a perilous undercover operation, but during what was supposed to be routine parachuting training at pinal air park near morana, arizona. the accident now under investigation. it left another member of s.e.a.l. team six in the hospital. right now it's unclear if either navy s.e.a.l. was part of the operation that killed bin laden. this is not the first deadly accident at pinal air park. >> no, no, he's not breathing, sir. >> reporter: that was a 911 call from 2008 when three trained servicemen died during parachute training within six months of each other. >> it looks like we have a gentleman that parachuted out or something like that, and he didn't make it. >> reporter: parachute training was temporarily put on hold at pinal air park following those accidents. investigators would later conclude all three deaths were the result of human error. and that injured s.e.a.l. is still in the hospital in stable condition. >>> in other news this morning, north korea is ratcheting up

. >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> he was a navy s.e.a.l.team with three others of his team. there were i think eight of them over in afghanistan. he and three others went. they were after a particularly troublesome individual who had a group called the mountain tigers. that was their target. >> this was an individual who was known to be a terrorist. >> yes, yes. he was a top lieutenant of osama bin laden. and of course, there were rumors that osama may have been in the area. they had been watch that quite a while, that whole area. it's right along the afghan/pakistan border. so michael's team was inserted the night before. they moved into a location and was overlooking a village to see whether or not this top lieutenant was there. what happened is they were compromised. what they call a soft compromise. that being civilians walked into marcus latrell's vision. the civilians, one was a boy, i think, 14. they let him go. and approximately an hour and a half, two hours later, 40 to 50 fighters descended on michael's position they had previousl

military officials today released the identity of the navy s.e.a.l. killed in a parachuting training exercise. brett shadel was a decorated member of the navy's elite team. he was killed on thursday. he and another s.e.a.l. reportedly collided during a routine free fall in a parachute exercise. he served in iraq and afghanistan. there are some reports he was one of the members of the team that carried out the raid on osama bin laden's compound, but that has not been confirmed. >>> in san francisco, a 19-year-old college student is dead after being shot in the mission district. it happened around 3:00 this morning near 24th and bryant streets, not far from sf general. kimberly tere is there now with more. >> reporter: diane, that young man was shot in front of his home while on his spring break. his family tells us that his father heard the gunshots and came downstairs and found him lying on the stairs. the 19-year-old was taken to the hospital where he later died. police say he and a friend were walking home about 3:00 this morning when a car drove up,

. >>> we are learning more about the navy s.e.a.l. killed in that accident in arizona.egular exercise, pi nal airpark. he and another s.e.a.l. collided in midz air. the other s.e.a.l. remains hospitalized in tucson. shadle was a decorated member of s.e.a.l. team 6, the team that killed osama bin laden in the much-heralded raid. there's no information if he actually participated in the raid. during his service, shadle earned multiple medals and honored. he was a married father of two,s and our sympathies certainly go out this morning to his family. >>> in an exclusive interview on fox news sunday, mark kelly, the husband of former convict grelswoman gabrielle giffords, who was wounded in a shooting rampage in tucson, says the mass shooting in newtown, connecticut, has changed the gun control debate. listen. >> one thing that is different now is the fact that we have 20 first graders murdered in a classroom along with 6 educators. i mean, that's unacceptable. the american people, you know, want something done on this. you know, 92% of americans support a universal backgro

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a navy s.e.a.l. claims to be the lone shooter is being accused of another word, complete b.s. >>> amanda knox fights back. will the american be forced to return to italy now that she faces retrial on murder charges. >>> a provocative idea to make airline passengers pay based on what they weigh. could it take off? >>> wolf blitzer's off today. i'm joe johns. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're in "the situation room." >>> a new war within the secretive navy s.e.a.l.s of who killed osama bin laden and how the raid went down. >> a dramatic story of a single shooter and his heroic face-off with the world's most wanted terrorist. >> now, another s.e.a.l. who is a member of the same team that executed the mission said that version is overblown, and flat-out wrong. cnn national security analyst peter bergen broke this story. but first, to our brian todd with more on these dueling accounts of the osama bin laden raid. what are you picking up, brian? >> kate and joe, yo

. >>> a navy s.e.a.l. killed during a training accident in arizona. the new details. >> then a million dollar crime lends two men in jail. >> i'm sam brock in tonight's reality check. north korea has been talking tough for years. but is the country's latest provocation bound to lead to violence? we evaluate the risk next. >>> on the brink of war or just testing our patience, north korea is reportedly ramping up its military activity to get ready for confrontation. >> leaders around the globe from russia to china are urging restraint and warning of a vicious cycle that could get out of control. tonight's reality check, sam brock looks at claims the latest threat will lead to war. sam? >> the request question is will north korea directly attack the u.s., the u.s. target or one of its allies? no one can answer that question definitively. if you frame the question does this round of confrontation pose the greatest risk as of yet, the answer is unequivocally yes. and world leaders do have a reason 0 to fret. you might say tensions with north korea have sta

again, one navy s.e.a.l. killed, more on that story here coming up in just a moment.technology, sports, business, health, science, showbiz news, we're hitting it all in what we call the power block, beginning with this, rescue teams in latvia had to leap into action after two ice floes carried off more than 220 people. the floes broke off the latvian coast, started drifting in open water, helicopters and boats joined in for this rescue attempt. one person refused to fly in a helicopter and insisted on waiting for a boat. rough seas made the entire operation pretty tricky. >>> and it is still incredible. this land here, still moving near homes sitting on this cliff in washington state. this is whidbey island. geologists say a landslide like this doesn't happen but once every 100, maybe 200 years. no one is saying yet what triggered that this week. but one woman who lives here, she moved in a couple of months ago, is waiting and watching her house for now. >> i thought of it as like a huge, huge wave crashing against the cement wall. and it was just really strong. >> th

cnn says they've talked to another member of team 6 and he says a navy s.e.a.l. shot bin laden in the head when he peeked out of a door. two other s.e.a.l.s then entered the room and shot bin laden in the chest while he was on the floor. >>> protesters have launched what they call a guerrilla art campaign. the group has been painting offer and writing their own political messages. the ads by a group include inflammatory quotations by osama bin laden and others. critics say they are hateful and antimuslim. >>> 7:14. california may soon play a key role in testing drones. 50 states from 50 teams from 39 states are bidding to test the drones for the federal government. two front-runners reportedly are aerospace companies from the san diego area. the drones have been used overseas for military operations but now there is a push to fly droebs domestically for things like fighting wildfires and for law enforcement operations. >>> the city of oakland wants to limit the way pay of a -- pay of a man hired to oversee the reforms of the police department. thomas frazier was

cnn says they've talked to another member of team 6 and he says a navy s.e.a.l. shot bin laden in the head when he peeked out of a door. two other s.e.a.l.s then entered the room and shot bin laden in the chest while he was on the floor. >>> protesters have launched what they call a guerrilla art campaign. the group has been painting offer and writing their own political messages. the ads by a group include inflammatory quotations by osama bin laden and others. critics say they are hateful and antimuslim. >>> 7:14. california may soon play a key role in testing drones. 50 states from 50 teams from 39 states are bidding to test the drones for the federal government. two front-runners reportedly are aerospace companies from the san diego area. the drones have been used overseas for military operations but now there is a push to fly droebs domestically for things like fighting wildfires and for law enforcement operations. >>> the city of oakland wants to limit the way pay of a -- pay of a man hired to oversee the reforms of the police department. thomas frazier was

another navy s.e.a.l. says the "esquire" magazine story about the s.e.a.l.a bin laden is quote, total b.s. instead, he says it was another member of s.e.a.l. team six, the so-called point man who fired the deadly shot. he also says the point man will never likely speak out about his role in that raid. earlier today, on the lead with jake tapper, peter bergen described the conversation he had about it with a s.e.a.l. team six member. take a listen. >> it's actually very close to what was told to "60 minutes." the point man saw bin laden stick his head out of his bedroom, shot and mortally wounded him and two more s.e.a.l.s came in and finished him off on the floor. mark owen and the shooter in the "esquire" article. so what the difference here is in the shooter in the "esquire" article as you said in your piece shoots the man while he's standing up, he looks like he's maybe going to go for a gun. the s.e.a.l. team six member i spoke to said that's completely false. bin laden couldn't have reached for a gun because his guns were somewhere else, which they only

. >>> a navy s.e.a.l. who was part of the team that killed osama bin laden is disputing another account of that raid that appeared recently in "esquire" magazine. the s.e.a.l. known in "esquire" at the shooter claims to have fired three shots after a point man intercepted two women in the hallway. now another member of s.e.a.l. team 6 tells cnn's peter bergen that a completely different s.e.a.l. team member fired the fatal shot. >> the account in "esquire" was inaccurate. it's not the shooter described in that article who killed bin laden. it was, in fact, the point man that fired the shot at bin laden and hit him in the head. >> "esquire" magazine sent a statement to cnn saying the story is well sourced. cnn stands by its reporting. >>> a new director of the secret service. julia pearson is the first female to ever head up that agency. pearson inherits a $1 billion budget, 7,000 employees, and a department with scandal after agents allegedly hired prostitutes in colombia during a visit by the president la

military has identified the navy s.e.a.l.f elizabethville, pennsylvania. >>> the white house is encouraged by progress being made on a bipartisan immigration bill. sources tell nbc news a deal was struck friday night between the afl-cio, the u.s. chamber of commerce and democratic senator chuck schumer who is leading negotiations. back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. we've seen sports brawls, dirty dancing police officers and children fighting in a cage. but our next story is more than just out of line. it's nearly fatal. a driver mows down a crowd of people. >> i turn around and just see the car coming. pow. >> then takes off, leaving bloody victims in her wake. >> get her license plate, man! >> i was scared. i thought the people was really dead. >> april 19th, 2011, national hiring day at mcdonald's and thousands of people flood restaurants across the country looking for employment. nigel recently quit his job and is hoping to get hired at a mcdonald's in cleveland, ohio.

. >> your character is a former navy s.e.a.l.e s.e.a.l.s to get inside their heads. what was that like? >> they're amazing individuals. you know, in a way, we deal with for entertainment and excitement and adrenaline, this was to be honest, it's 100% failure, this day. this is a day when security was breached but every day that it's not is 100% success and it's because of the work of these men and women. and when you spend time with them, you realize why that is. they are so dedicated and committed and passionate and it is amazing how their brains work. you spend a lot of time with them, you learn to think that way because once you get in there, it's literally i got to assess the enemy, i got to establish lines of communication, i got to find ammo. that's the fascinating part of the process. but what really got me was what's going on in their eyes. it's like you said earlier, it's great to see the good guys beat the bad guys. when they talk about bad guys, one of these guys slashed down here on his throat, he almost died, another

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. >>> a navy s.e.a.l. is dead and another injured following what was supposed to be a routine training exercise. they collided in midair while they were parachute training in arizona northwest of tucson. the s.e.a.l. who died is a member of the s.e.a.l. team six the squad that went after osama bin laden. this is the third deadly military training accident since february. >>> a serial rapist who spent almost 35 years on the run is finally behind bars this morning. authorities say gary allen irving went on the lam in 1978 after he was convicted of raping three young women in massachusetts. new leads led police to the small town of goram, maine, where they found irving 52 years old watching tv with his wife and grandchild. >> his wife appeared like she was in a state of shock. she was very cooperative. seemed to be a very nice lady. and for all intents and purposes they seemed to be a nice couple that were living there in downtown. >> always pleasant and nice, always liked him. you never know who is living ne

military has identified the navy s.e.a.l. training accident as 31-year-old brett david shadle of pennsylvania. he and another s.e.a.l. collided midair on thursday. now it's back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> over the years of filming "lockup," we've seen a wide range of stories from positive ones with inmates who have found redemption or earned degrees to better their life in prison, to the negative, where the cycle of violence has actually escalated for them. they've become more violent and added more time to their sentences. >> stories of troubled childhoods, multiple incarcerations and violent crime convictions are common to many of the inmates at the penitentiary of new mexico, but none of them told us their personal stories of self-destruction quite the way inmate frederico munoz did while we were shooting "lockup: extended stay." >> at the hour of my birth there were no celebrations. allow me to present my many tribulations. i come from a broken home. i am a bastard chi

someone who is a navy s.e.a.l.niper, they always we must be okay, does it make you aware, this means that you need help. it makes me so mad when i hear young people today, adults do they say that if we would have had things like this country or that -- do you realize that everything in this country that we have is god-given? not one person sitting in the room, me included, deserved to be born in america. by the grace of god we were born into the greatest country in the world. we are americans and i think we have gotten to the point where we are willing to exist. let uncle sam help us out. let's make him responsible for our well-being. let me tell you that when uncle sam was dumb of me, i was sitting in a wheelchair in georgia contemplating suicide. i was no longer an asset, so i felt like i was a liability. the shooter that shot the modern feels the same way. i am out and would like to address content the skill set and how my going to feed my family clinics we have to find a way to get our soldiers, especially the

another navy s.e.a.l. was hurt. >>> north korea has entered a state of war with south korea.d at the united states and ally after b 2 bombers flew training missions in that area. north korea warned of retaliation against the u.s. for any interference. the white house responded this morning, saying north korea has a long history of making threats and doesn't think they would be carried out immediately. however, administration officials also say they are taking the threats seriously and have bolstered the u.s. missile defense systems in alaska. >>> some airmen are coming home, just in time for the holiday weekend. this afternoon, families will welcome home members of the moffitt field 129th rescue wing. this is video from january, when the wing was deployed to both afghanistan and the horn of africa. the wing is part of the california air national guard. the wing provides support for rescue missions, as well as medical evacuations. >>> american special operation forces have handed over a base in a troubled area of eastern afghanistan. local afghan commandos will now be in charg

. >> we know the name of the navy s.e.a.l. who died in a training accident.cial warfare operator brett shadle died thursday. he should be remembered as a hero. father, and friend. introduce american. >> he was from pennsylvania. a spokesman for the special command said shadle and another seal slided in mid air. he was a member of the elite seal team six which carried out the raid that killed osama bin land den. >>> they are -- osama bin laden. >> they are copying the government from keeping -- keeping the government from keeping up with claims. they have lingering pain and they are appealing for full disability. he said his appeal is stuck in a backlog of more than 600,000 cases. >> the fact is that they should have been ready for this. and they should have known. and putting in dollar for dollar. into the va what they were putting into the war. >>> the pentagon plan as careful look at the key findings. >> they will work with veterans administration and officials to provide a response in june. >> vietnam memorial stands as a tribute to following service membe

. >>> in arizona a navy s.e.a.l. has died and another injured during a special training exercise. nix and tucson on thursday during what the navy calls a normal parachute exercise. the two sailors were doing a freefall routine before opening their parachute. the s.e.a.l. who survived is in the hospital and the navy is investigating. >>> north korea says it's on standby to aim missiles at american military bases in the pacific. they say it's in response to the u.s. using stealth bombers during military maneuvers with south korea. i asked former u.s. ambassador to south korea and lead negotiator on north korea christopher hill and joseph cericione former adviser to president obama on nuclear issues how serious this threat really is. >> still, i do not think the north koreans intentionally want to start a war. i believe this is mainly for domestic politics to shore up kim jong-un's leadership role. the danger is that it could spiral out of control. this is how wars start, by miscalculation, by accident. so, we have to be very careful, very measured in our responses to this bluster. >>

. >> and save the rhino, and an ex-navy s.e.a.l. an fearful moment during his investigation of richard nixon. back to you. >> let me tell you, i spent, you know, 14 hours in the airport yesterday with some very irritated passengers and i've got to tell you, i hope none of them were carrying a knife. >> well, exactly, that point. that point they're going to make from the flight attendants, like the last line of defense. >> this seems like a bad idea. >> agreed. >>> up next, she beat the odds and she's helping other women to do the same. . our foot soldier this week is leading in by example. [ male announcer ] when ziggy the cat appeared at their door, he opened up jake's very private world. at first, jake's family thought they saved ziggy, but his connection with jake has been a lifesaver. for a love this strong, his family only feeds him iams. compared to other leading brands, it has 50% more animal protein... ...to help keep ziggy's body as strong as a love that reaches further than anyone's words. iams. keep love strong. otherworl

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in my navy s.e.a.l. career i grew up in the pacific, if you will, and as you know we have had we, the special operations community have had wonderful relations in the pacific for many, many, many decades from korea down to australia and every country in between. so we very much value our relationship in the pacific. i will tell you that i think as we look at special operations moving forward, we always need to maintain our ability to rescue americans and to capture or eliminate the terrorist threats. so that kind of direct action approach is an important part of what we in special operations do. but i will tell you, the current and future aspect of special operations i think is equally if not more important, how we go about building our partners' capacity, how we allow them to deal with their own security problems. so, part of the strategy of u.s. special operations command, building off the defense strategic guidance put in place in 2012 by secretary panetta, is to work with the combatant commanders, wo

. >>> up next, thousands try out but only a handful survive the brutal training to become a navy s.e.a.l.l. officer eric writeon and how he's helping soldiers returning home from war. i know what you're thinking... transit fares! as in the 37 billion transit fares we help collect each year. no? oh, right. you're thinking of the 1.6 million daily customer care interactions xerox handles. or the 900 million health insurance claims we process. so, it's no surprise to you that companies depend on today's xerox for services that simplify how work gets done. which is...pretty much what we've always stood for. with xerox, you're ready for real business. >>> all right. welcome back to "morning joe." 43 past the hour. and here with us now, former member of the navy s.e.a.l.s, the author of a the warrior's heart: becoming a man of compassion and courage" and founder of the mission continues organization. phil griffin has been telling us a lot about eric. it was kind of over the top when you read the jacket. >> it sounds as though we're talking about ourselves here, eric was born and raised in miss

. >>> the navy say it is man who died in a parachute training accident in arizona was a member of the s.e.a.l. team 6, the squad that went after osama bin laden in pakistan. 31-year-old brett shadow died at a training facility. the pair collided in air during a freefall. the other is in stable condition now. the accident is under investigation, of course. >>> a turn for the better for former south african president nelson mandela to report to you. he's responding to treatment for pneumonia and breathing without difficulty. his former wife attended a church service offering prayers for his good health. the world watches, hopeful that the civil rights leader's recovery but nowhere more than right at home. >> he's a good man. he changed our country. only brought good things. we wish him well. get better. >> the whole world is watching. i hope he comes back as soon as possible. viva mandela. >> he's a hero, a good fighter. he will be fine. >> the 94-year-old nobel prize winner was admitted to a hospital this week for a recurring lung infection. pope francis is celebrating his first holy week as l