a navy s.e.a.l.e talks about how so many times you don't do your ownening gardening, or we're going to talk about changing a tire. changing your oil. >> i've been practicing all morning. >> we're going to make it happen today. it's great to have you and all of you joining us. we begin with an extreme weather alert. at least four people are dead. as flash floods and tornados pave a path of destruction through the south. >> oh, my god. >> people watching on in horror as a tornado touches down in fayiate county texas. 37 counties in that state have been declared disaster areas. the state is dealing with major widespread flooding. take a look at that. a jeep completely swept away here incredibly the man inside did survive. down south in new mexico near the texas border 13 people were killed when a tornado tore through their town. a baby reportedly ripped from her mother's arms and sent flying into the air. and for the 35 million americans the nightmare could continue today with more threats of severe wea

and the founder, he's navy s.e.a.l.hat the reason why he did that, because a lot of people have asked, is because he knew he could go overseas and serve his country and know that his family and friends were protected back at home. >> the firefighters and the police officers. >> all the brave men and women. so that's why they're included as well. so what a trek what a tribute. >> absolutely. >>> stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >> "news4 today" starts now. >> fast approaching the 5:00 hour. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm angie goff in for eun yang. welcome to news 4 today. we want to look at the weather and it looks like the heat is working its way in. >> chuck bell has a look. >> good morning, aaron and angie. beautiful weather on tap for everything you want to do on your memorial day. it will be warmer than we have been in the last several mornings and several afternoons as well. right now it's a cool 55 in frederick, maryland. 56 in culpepper. 67 now in capital heights. 66 in leo

you'll remember the images from inside that compound after the navy s.e.a.l. raid. tonight, what they found. showing bin laden's obsession with america and an application to join al qaeda, asking are you enters in suicide missions? even a warning for his own wife. abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz tonight. >> reporter: the secret files were captured bid navy s.e.a.l. team six in that deadly 2011 id. included a stunningly simple job application for those seeking to join al qaeda. special skills and then this -- do you wish to execute a suicide operation? and, who should we contact in case you became a marlter? the files show a man obsessed to attacking america and his own security. bin laden warning his wife to leave everything behind before joining him, because "some chips have been lately developed for eavesdropping, so small it is possible to implant a chip in some of the belongings." the terrorist mastermind, who had maps of iranian nuclear sites, was still fixated on large-scale attacks against america. a letter from one of the operators sa

. >> justin hoped to become a navy s.e.a.l. after graduation. >>> house speaker john boehner lashed out today of critics of funding cuts to amtrak and he said that the less money does not make it less safe. >> are you really going to ask such a stupid question? listen you know they started it yesterday, it is all about the funding. it is all about the funding. well obviously, it is not about the funding. the train was going twice the speed limit. >> the lawmakers in the house passed a spending bill after cutting funding to amtrak by more than $200 million and most of the democrats were against the plan. >>> and the president says that the trainer is vis in the northeast corridor will be restored monday or tuesday, and right now fewer trains are moving because of the derailment, and the schedule is a modified scheduled service between washington and philadelphia and there is no train service today between philadelphia and new york. >>> remember if there is anything major that breaks with this story, we will send you breaking new

>> reporter: bruce a former navy s.e.a.l. launched carry the load to remind americans of the true meaning of memorial day. >> carry the load is a chance for people to ask and answer the question of who you're carrying. >> i'm carrying the load for my grand pa who served in the vietnam war. >> i'm carrying my wife. i served in the war. >> i'm carrying the load for my dad and uncle and my great uncle. >> reporter: the national relay began last month at west point. >> i'm carrying it for the forgotten men and women of this country. >> reporter: people of all ages walking miles at a time. >> i'm walking for my comrades in desert storm. >> i'm carrying 75 pounds to represent the night stalkers. >> i'm carrying it forward. >> reporter: even the water at annapolis didn't stand in their way. dubbed memorial may, the nonstop relay spans some 2,000 miles passing through 200 cities and towns. and wrapped up in dallas more than 15,000 people participated. >> i'm carrying for first class davidson. >> it's an opportunity to reconcile the n

and there is no need for an enduring ground operation, but under the cover of darkness we have a navy s.e.a.l that is capable of coming after the sunset, and for us we can leave before the sun comes up. it seems at times like our special operations when operating on the well-executed operations it seems like they are invincible and i do support the use of u.s. special operations, and when there is a target we are capable of taking out the best. >>> still to come mike huckabee and others running for the white house are worth millions of dollars, and we'll talk about that next. [announcer] everyone works hard for a reason. working together,we can help you prepare financially for when two becomes three. wells fargo. together we'll go far. introducing new flonase allergy relief nasal spray. this changes everything. new flonase outperforms a leading allergy pill so you will inhale life. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over-producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. most allergy pills only control one substance, flonase controls six. and six is greater than

a lot offishes to sort out. >>> navy s.e.a.l.a note to self about the loz of her husband in this series "note to self." ♪ >> dear taya there's so much i can tell you you're going to experience. joy beyond your wildest dreams and a grief so terrible you'll be sure it will break you. i wish i could keep you from the pain, but life isn't like that. when you're in your early 20s you will meet a man who will change your life. his name is chris kyle. he'll be strong physically and emotionally with the gentlest voice. he'll have a tremendous smile and a sense of humor that will match yours. the two of you will fall madly in love and decide to spend the rest of your lives together. chris is a united states navy s.e.a.l. he believes in god country, and family, just like you do. he'll serve four tours in iraq. >> my mother and i would like to bless you in honesty. >> even so he'll find a way to be by your side when you give birth to two perfect children a boy and a girl. you'll be so proud of him. as a father and a war hero. >> when i'm go

during the grueling training program he befriends fellow navy s.e.a.l. marcus luttrell, famous in his own right as the subject of the film, "lone survivor." >> are mikey and danny really dead? >> i don't know. >> people die all the time in our training. not -- i'm not talking about combat. just talking about training. i mean blood and sweat every day. >> reporter: chris not only survives. he thrives, showing immense talent as a sharpshooter, earning his s.e.a.l. trident. he's stationed in southern california where, as the movie shows, he meets taya. she's working as pharmaceutical sales rep and, as she says in her book, depressed after a series of bad relationships and an unsure future praying for a man with a good heart. >> you know, i wanted to be really independent, even though i knew i kind of needed somebody. >> reporter: her prayers would be answered during a night out at a bar of all places. the chance meeting between taya and chris started off on a pretty rocky note, as seen in the film "american sniper." okay, how true was that first meeting? >>

congressman and former navy s.e.a.l. joins us. >>> more than two dozen people are dead in texas and in oklahoma after a week of heavy storms the dallas area got 7 more inches of rain overnight when it can't afford to get even one more drop. is there any relief in sight? janice dean is at the extreme weather center. >>> former maryland gover areernor martin amally announced his bid for presidency in baltimore, the town he once ran as mayor and a city reeling from riots and a skyrocketing murder rate and ed henry is live from federal hill in baltimore. ed? >> reporter: good to see you, leland. you're right, martin o'malley addressed those riots head-on, he knows he has to deal with it as both the former mayor and governor of this state of maryland. what he's trying to do and he hasn't really caught on very much at all in the national polls behind not just hillary clinton and bernie sanders who are already in this race on the democratic side but he's even behind lincoln chafee the former senator and governor from rhode isla

a navy s.e.a.l. -- one who's retired and one still in duty since the kosovo crisis.ore we start, gentlemen, i'd be remiss if i didn't just say thank you for everything that you've done. thank you for helping them. that's important. rob, i want to start with you. i have many ceos on the show. they all say the same thing. we want to hire the veterans. hire guys like s.e.a.l.s. we want to hire the best. but when i look at the numbers i'm not seeing it. why? >> sometimes it's skills translation. a lot of the candidates we work with at your grateful nation have trouble translating the skills. and secondly sometimes it's a little bit of a breakdown entering the h.r. departments of these organizations. they're not necessarily set up to understand how to translate the candidate that's sitting in front of them. if it's based upon a key word search and a magical engine sometimes they're not going to be the right fit on the screen. but they're the right fit on paper. >> rob, what is your grateful nation do to try to bridge that gap and change the translation? >> we work individ

one woman agrees the mother of mark he lee, the 28-year-old navy s.e.a.l. die navy s.e.a.l.merican sniper he was the first to lose his life in the iraq war, in ramadi. getting this city back his mom says matters. and she joins me now. debbie lee, mighty warrior. an honor to have you on. i'm sorry for the loss of your son, but thank you so much for joining me this afternoon. >> you bet. thanks for having us and raising awareness on it will issue. >> it's so important, but before we get into all of this, i want to hear about mark.will issue. >> it's so important, but before we get into all of this, i want to hear about mark. and i would prefer your words versus mine, reading me the first couple paragraphs from a letter you wrote. >> mark was an amazing young man, he was my baby youngest of my three. the day he died he stood up in the direct line of fire three times that day gave his life on save his teammates. he was trying out for a professional soccer team in colorado very athletic. had amazing sense of humor. was always keeping things lighthearted and fun. and i miss that y

and thank you for your service, former navy s.e.a.l.all right thanks for paying attention to this. it means a whole lot. >> oh, i'm so -- any time thank you so much for being with me. to learn more about the relay go to carrytheload.org. i'll be right back. does your makeup remover take it all off? every kiss-proof >>> representing the united states -- cry-proof, stay-proof look? neutrogena® makeup remover does. it erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. need any more proof than that? neutrogena. >>who... is this?! >>hi, i am heinz new mustard. hi na na na na >>she's just jealous because you have better taste. whatever. >>hey. keep your chin up. for years, heinz ketchup has been with the wrong mustard. well, not anymore. introducing heinz new better tasting yellow mustard. mmm! great job! k.... now let's get ready for the ball. here it comes. here you go. good catch! perfect! alright, now for the best part. lets see your pour. ooo....let's get those in the bowl these are way to good to waste right?! ohhhh......yeah l

a bright young college student who dreamed of becoming a navy s.e.a.l. more from david right. >> reporter: their stories are heart wenching. amongid shipman at the united states naval academy. >> reporter: he played football for navy wide receiver. was headed home at the end of the school year. his journey home ended here. 39-year-old rachel jacobs texted her husband at 8:45 saying she just caught the vain train. she was ceo of a philadelphia tech startup. 49-year-old jim gaines worked for the associated press. voted a.p.'s geek of the month. sur vised by his month and two teenage children. wells fargo bank confirmed one of its senior vice presidents abid gilani is also among the dead. >> he was a kind family man. we have suffered a tremendous loss today. he'll be sorely missed. and, he was -- really a wonderful person. >> reporter: well, the latest victim to be identified is that man, a 42-year-old educator dr. griffith. he was traveling from d.c. he recently defended his dissertation and was scheduled to graduate in two weeks. >>> we're hearing more and

speech, and later, as college students don their caps and gowns this weekend, we hear from the navy s.e.a.lress struck a chord across the country. s.e.l. whose commencement address struck a cord across the country. hord across the country. >>> as potentially the first african-american first lady, i was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations, conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others. was i too loud or too angry or too emasculating. or was i too soft, too much of a mom, not enough of a career woman. >> we'll take that up with the roundtable in just a moment, but let me start with you, gwen, and let's talk about hillary clinton staking out her position on immigration this week to the left, saying she would go even further with executive action than president obama has. >> if you look at what the clintons have been doing, she has been under fire not only because of e-mails and benghazi but because of the clinton foundation. what they thought they were going to do this week was have hillary and bill clinton in africa showing the good work of t

. >> reporter: bruce, a former navy s.e.a.l.d to remind people of the true meaning of the day. >> i'm carrying the load for my grandpa who served in the vietnam war. >> i spent five years in the military to i'm carrying my wife. >> i'm carrying the load for my dad, my uncle and my great uncle. >> reporter: the national relay began last month at west point. >> i'm doing this for friends and family. >> reporter: people of all ages walking miles at a time. >> i'm walking for my comrades in desert storm. >> i am carrying 75 pounds representing all the fallen soldiers. >> reporter: even the water in annapolis didn't stand in their may. the nonstop relay spans some 2000 miles passing through 200 cities and towns and wraps in in dallas on sunday. more than 15,000 people participated. >> it's an opportunity to reconcile a nation and an opportunity to walk alongside you and say what you did mattered. >> reporter: carry the load reminds us of lincoln's sermon. it is for us the living to be dedicated to the unfinished work of the fallen. c

. >> reporter: the secret files were captured by navy s.e.a.l. team 6 in that deadly 2011 raid included a stunningly simple job application for those seeking to join al qaeda asking about hobbies, special skills and then this do you wish to execute a suicide operation? and who should we contact in case you became a martyr? the files show a man obsessed with attacking america and his own security. bin laden warning his wife to leave everything behind before joining him because some chips have been lately developed for eavesdropping. so small he wrote, it is possible to implant a chip in some of the belongings. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> well, some eye opening evidence surfacing in that deadly biker rampage. it left nine people dead, 18 wounded, 177 arrested and now authorities say they found more than 3,000 weapons ranging from pocket knives to ak-47s hidden in kitchen stoves food stocks and seat cushions. that's all the proof you need there was criminal intent here. >>> elsewhere across texas and oklahoma severe weather has been tr

a bright young college student who dreamed of becoming a navy s.e.a.l. we get more now from abc's david wright. >> reporter: their stories are heart-wrenching. among them, justin zemser. two months past his 20th birthday. his mom's pride and joy. >> he was his high school valedictorian and was just finishing up his second year as midshipman at the united states naval academy. >> reporter: he played football for navy, wide receiver. and was headed home to rockaway beach at the end of the school year. his journey home ended here. 39-year-old rachel jacobs texted her husband at 8:45 saying she had just caught the train. it was the last message he'll ever get from her. she was ceo of a philadelphia tech startup. commuting from her home in new york. 49-year-old jim gaines worked for the associated press doing digital video. voted a.p.'s geek of the month. survived by his wife and two teenage children. wells fargo bank confirmed one of its senior vice presidents, abid gilani, is also among the dead. >> he was a kind family man. we have suffered a tremendous lo

a former navy s.e.a.l. commander. a member of the house armed services committee. our reporters and experts have been working their sources. they're ready to bring you the very latest. let's get the very latest from our white house correspondent michelle kosinski. michelle? >> reporter: hi wolf. this is is a last push for the white house to persuade what may be now only three remaining senators to vote to keep these parts of the patriot act up and running. we've heard more rhetoric from the white house saying that the senate is playing russian roulette with security. saying that something needs to happen to keep this going, and calling what's been going on in the senate like a feud bethe hatd between the hatfields and mccoys. we just heard the president lay ow what is at stake for national security. >> i don't want us to be in a situation in which for a certain period of time those authorities go away and suddenly we're dark. and heaven forbid, we've got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack or apprehended someone who was engaged in dangerous a

. >>> months before he was taken out in a navy s.e.a.l. raid, osama bin laden wrote it may be time to move out of the compound. that letter is one of the many released documents in the operation that killed the al qaeda leader. a lot of interesting information found by the navy s.e.a.l.s. tom foreman takes a look. >> reporter: christine, this is a remarkable collection of documents. we do know from the documents that he actually sent people to great britain and russia to carry out attacks to hit american targets if possible. numerous attacks failed. when he responded to the letters to others he said it was bad luck and god wasn't on our side. beyond that though he felt a great disdain for american targets. throughout the letters, he pushes people to say don't attack the police and security forces where you are. attack the american targets. he wanted to stay focussed in that direction. he had a great deal of respect for, at least fear of american power out there. at one point, one of his documents says these invaders and their loyal dogs ar

>> in recent days that of us at a military will lower the standards for the special forces of navy s.e.a.ls to get more women involved is this something you would agree with? >> there is no loring of standards the guidance is the services would lift the ban on previously prohibited occupations for women and they would have to do their homework to determine what the standards were for those occupations which doesn't mean those have been studied the there is a lot of work and studies done. the last thing we can do the worst thing we can do is lower the standards of a social experiment of those standards that must be met when i went to airborne school i had the black cats yelling at me but and to be an honor graduate to demonstrate to be a special forces to do my job in the peace anwr but some in the combat arms and i believe if they are capable of doing that that can meet and exceed the standards we shall allow them to do that had had the opportunity to go to do airborne school and i probably wouldn't be standing here today. that allowed me to do things that others could not do. i understand

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country like afghanistan soldiers whenever able to speak to women so admiral olson who was the first navy s.e.a.l. to head special operations said we need to get more knowledge out there. there is information we don't know about. there are people we don't know about and when you are trying to keep the pressure on the insurgency in afghanistan people who are trying to take down the government you have to know everything that you can. so he has this idea about the yin and yang of warfare and as he jokingly said a lot of people were waiting for the next commander to come in. but then the head of joint special operations command at mcraven comes in with an actual request for his rangers and says we need women out here. so from those two men plus general mcchrystal and a bunch of others that over time really come to believe that they were not getting everything out the information that they could have and they were leaving a security gap there to fill came the idea for what became known as the cultural support teams which is incredibly benign name for an actually groundbreaking concept that you needed

admiral olson was the first navy s.e.a.l. had the idea that we needed knowledge and women to talk to women. you had americans from alabama to alaska who were motivated by the desire to be alongside the best of the best on a mission that mattered. serving their country. they are this incredible group of friends who will forever be connected by what they saw at war at the tip of the spear even while women were officially not in ground combat units. but the obvious complaints women are never as strong, they'll never be as fast they'll slow men down. how will those questions be answered by this combat support team? >> i hope people see in these pages a look at a world we've never seen. they were all fierce, all fit. and incredibly feminine. they had to show they were women in the heat of the night operation. i had rangers serve 12 to 15 deployments. some of the best soldiers in the united states military said these women brought value to the battlefield. helped us accomplish this mission and a job well done stands out. i think th

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. >>> the blockbuster film "american sniper" shined a spotlight on navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle.w his wife has written a memoir. she opened up to "new day" michaela pereira. >> i am painfully aware that people die every day for various reasons. i think the most horrifying thing is that he was murdered and his friend was murdered when they were trying to help somebody. the person they were trying to help turns a gun on them in a way they don't even see it coming? that to me was what was most shocking and horrifying and it's the hardest thing to get my head around. >> you had so many chances to have to do that and you sat through two trials, the defamation lawsuit against jesse ventura against the estate and then the murder trial, and that is living out loud in the most painfully obvious way. what did you do to get through those times? >> i think the best thing that has helped me through all of these different things are my friends that are very warm and supportive and, you know they don't have an opinion on how i should do things. they just kind of got your back. family certainly.

the helicopter the president says let's go see the seals and that was as surprised to see the navy s.e.a.ls. they didn't know he was coming in was a huge hangar with all of these amazing young american men and all of them had really long beards. it was off the cuff full of emotion he has tears in his eyes and they will nonstop clapping. it was in order they did not have to obey. but then they came up and said i you the press secretary? so i wanted to make some small talk what made you want to become a navy seal? family tradition? physical challenge? the first one says now. the chicks dig it. [laughter] >> true. even with the beard? yap. when you are preparing to go wherever it is the you have to take a lot of language class is? no. we are not there to talk. [laughter] i tell that story to bogan your question as i am on marine one with the president and he said god i love those guys. they understood the mission and freedom and what we were fighting for the of all the things the only thing he misses is commander in chief [applause] >> if you don't know there is also an ugly side to working at

richmond in the ap track derailment saying jus tip ze m srks-- justin zemse r wonderful made a great navy s.e.a.lsecretary of education arnie duncan joined mayor duncan at the linebacker ray in mantua to discuss summer enrichment and job opportunities for young people. school superintendent william height also participated. >> they can't do it themselves. the formula in pennsylvania has been morally bankrupt for a long type. >> the secretary of education says every child in the city deserves a great summer job as well as an education. >>> okay the holiday weekend upon us. how about this -- a nickel can get you far in atlantic city today. >> plus, the shore is not the only hot spot. if you are preparing to get your grill on you're not alone. mad rush to get the backyard barbecues in order. nothing like a brand new one. that story ahead and a live report from delaware. plus -- >> why would you hurt somebody? why? >> shocking surprise. what a girl found this her yearbook that prompted the school to recall every one of them. >> and reality star turned sex abuse scandal. the add higgins that'smission

. >> this morning, the mother of the first navy s.e.a.l. iraq has a message for the white house. >>> speaking of the white house, should this clinton donor be allowed to cover hillary rodham clinton's 2016 campaign for president? the done oris george stephano

so we're a small -- we're like -- i look at black re-enactors as like the navy s.e.a.ls of the civil war. >> yes. very much so. >> we've got a big, big, big navy but we got very, very few black s.e.a.l.s. le probably 3 or 400 maybe out of all the hundreds of thousands guys that do this and enjoy the history. and it's worldwide. it's not just nationwide. i've met guys from ireland and germany, canada. and they provide a wealth of knowledge and they enjoy it. we've even got one re-enactor in hawaii by himself. hey, he's having fun. i'm happy for him. but,

ramadi is where navy s.e.a.l. and sniper chris kyle served. he earned the nickname devil of ramadi by his enemies. my next guest served with kyle and was also awarded the bronze star for braving enemy fire and carrying a fallen comrade to safety. thank you so much for coming in. i appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> when you look at what's happening in ramadi right now, what goes through your mind? >> it's inexplicable. the futility of the situation. to see that just washed away whether it's a symbolic loss or not, it's still a loss. it's frustrating for those on the ground that served because we look at what we did and we're brothers in arms and we won that city and it was a hard fought fight and to see it washed away by politicking is frustrating. >> we can't protect a shrine everywhere they fell. it doesn't mean sacrifices lose value. our warriors' sacrifice is not cheapened because people in suits couldn't hold on to what those in camo gained. your response? >> operators are keen at getting the job done. we do that well. the adminis

. >> and that was sound from debbie lee, the mother of mark lee, the first navy s.e.a.l. to die over in iraq. your thoughts? >> i'm sad to see that sound bite of president obama saying we can report now that the war is over and things are great and four years later, as you point out, we see more americans dying. the war may be over because they declared it over but the conflict isn't and certainly we haven't put isis down yet. they are still killing americans and still want to kill americans. think back to earlier, i guess last week when president obama said the biggest threat to obama is climate change. fixing the problem and finishing them off, people have different opinions about how that should happen. i, for one, think that we should bomb them but others think there are other ways. >> it's a big difference because he thinks that climate change made boko haram sick in the head. but okay. dana? >> well i think what has happened in the last week or so is that the white house has started to now send signals that they realize that the strootategy is not working and they a

documents seized in the navy s.e.a.l. raid that killed osama bin laden have been released.little interest in the isis-like caliphate. he was obsessed with attacking the united states and its interests worldwide. tom foreman has more. >> reporter: this is a remarkable collection of documents. you get a much more full picture of the man who has been almost mythical as an enemy of the united states. we know from the documents, he sent people to great britain, europe and to russia to carry out attacks specifically to try to hit american targets if possible. that numerous attacks failed. they did not materialize. when he responded to the letters to others he said it was bad luck and god wasn't on our side. beyond that though he felt a great disdain for american targets out there. he said don't attack the security forces or police forces where you are. attack the american targets. he wanted to stay focused in that direction. but he had a great deal of respect for at least fear of american power out there. at one point, one document says these pig invaders and loyal dogs are too s

that person doesn't have the ability to send a navy s.e.a.l. team army ranger, special forces, green berets to go capture intelligence and shut down those computers. we as congress are being asked to accepted our troops in to harm's way. we should never sign off on that if we're not setting up our troops to suckceedsucceed. >> congressman, thank you for joining us. >>> and tonight, the fbi admitting it sent a bulletin warning place this garland, texas about possible violence. that warning sent just hours before attack at the cartoon event. >> yes, the fbi director saysabout possible violence. that warning sent just hours before attack at the cartoon event. >> yes, the fbi director says some three hours before the attack at the caldwell center in garland, they did send additional information to agents and to the garland police department here the name of elton simpson, his picture, as well as the license plate to his vehicle. that was added to a list of names they already had because the government was looking at many people who had, quote, high

i have a former navy s.e.a.l. and former fbi agent with me. also a cnn military analyst. gentlemen, welcome to both of you. colonel, let me begin with you. you've been on i'm sure many many of these bases. i'm wondering, first, your reaction to all of this and how do you 100% safeguard a u.s. mail military installation? >> i'll take the second part of that first. you don't. there are always going to be chinks in the armor. there are always ways to get on these installations. remember these installations are huge. they're like small cities. they have gates and fences but any of that can be defeated if somebody really wants to get in. so more individual lens,vigilance, not just at the gates, but on the post as well. they have churches museums, gymnasiums schools, housing areas. it's a large area. it's difficult to detect anybody that wants to get in and do this. as you were talking earlier, these people are radicalized online so we're not going to see an attack like we did with the al qaeda attackers. we're seeing people that are attacking from within. so this is a big prob

navy s.e.a.l. credited with killing bin laden that night told cnn. peter bergen who went to the compound after the raid and saw the evidence of exchanged bullets called the allegations nonsense. >> this is based really on one source and literally hundreds of people in pakistan and the u.s. government would have to be lying for years and years. it fails a lot of common sense tests. >> he won the pulitzer prize in 1970. but he has especially in recent years, come under much criticism for these hotly disputed stories. for this report, he says he also spoke with two other u.s. sources that have been long-time consultants to the special operations command. jake tapper, cnn, washington. >> and for a closer look at the controversial report, along with a rebuttal, you can go to cnn.com. there it is. >>> there is big news to report in the world of american football. new england patriots quarterback tom brady has been penalized with a four-game suspension. >> this comes after an investigation into the so-called deflategate incident when the patriots were found

architect and father of two and justin zemser was from the navy academy and hopes of becoming a navy s.e.a.l. >> it was a huge loss. >> and abid jill lani as well. >> and now, they are turning it back over to amtrak and they are working on the repairs and they are hoping to resume service on the line in the next few days, and by the middle of next week at least. >> a lot of people are ready to et get the amtrak service in the northeast corridor going again, jay. it seems that the engineer is the key to the investigation, but is there to a sense of how long it will be before they can talk to him? >> well, it seems that is how the investigation is going, but it looks like that according to those on the ground it will be within the next couple of day, and they want to get as quickly as possible to get the most pertinent information. >> thank you, jay gray. >>> and across pittsburgh another derailment being tonight. 13 empty freight cars off of the tracks in the hazelwood neighborhood. railroad officials say that the train was moving at 10 miles per hour at the time. nobody was injured. they are

let's talk about it with former navy s.e.a.l. and former fbi agent johnathan gilliam. i can't imagine being an officer, feeling sort of this threat on top of the normal threat that officers feel every day that they're on duty. waco police say they're under this constant threat right now. where are these bikers getting the guns? because we know about 100 of the 300 or so weapons that were found were legal. but not all of them. >> so i have a real issue with the whole way this narrative is starting to work its way out. i've been talking with cops. i've been talking with bikers. i've been talking with cops that are bikers. when we say these people if we speak that specific group that was allegedly in this shootout i can't tell you where they got that. the majority of bikers that i've ever met in my life and i was raised around bikers and know bikers they're biker club members. they're not gang members. there are these one percenters in there that do organized crime type of things inside these certain bike clubs. but the reality is the majority of these people if they have

here to discuss the raid is former navy s.e.a.l. joining us from new york. and joining us via skype from newport beach, california analyst bob baer who is also a cnn operative. thank you, gentlemen, for joining me. ospreys and black hawk helicopters. this was a pretty loud air raid so likely people heard them coming. in a case where it's difficult to protect your choppers and troops coming in what or who is on the ground to take cover? >> first off before an operation like this even takes place, there is a lot of what we call isrs, which is intelligence reconnaisance and surveillance where they're actually going out and collecting a massive amount of intel on this target. we have to realize that when you have helicopters going in they are noisy, so we either have already softened up the target by using air power, and we definitely have overwatch, but depending on you know exactly where -- if you were to take an operation like this in iraq or afghanistan where the movement was basically free wherever we wanted to go in those areas, but here it's a little more

just a few months later, a portland oregon native would be the first navy s.e.a.l. killed in ramadi trying to protect another s.e.a.l. just last month when general martin dempsey dismissed ramadi as an unimportant symbol. mark's mother wrote an open letter to dempsey. my son and many others gave their future in ramadi ramadi mattered to them. yesterday, debbie lee described the fall as gut-wrenching, and when challenged on that today, on ramadi here is how the white house responded. >> we have to decide what our approach to these issues is going to be. are we going to light our hair on fire every time that there is a set back in the campaign against isil or are we going to take care of our responsibilities to evaluate those steps to succeed? >> joining me now, pete heckstaff. general jack keen is chairman for the institute of the study of war, pete i want to begin with you, you were there, you with were in iraq you fought now tonight to hear the white house dismiss this as a setback and say, what are we going to do light our hair on fire every time there's a setback

so i make my way to the back of the room and the navy s.e.a.ls said are you the press secretary? i said they know who i am? so i ask what made you want to become a navy seal? a physical challenge and he says no. [laughter] so when you are preparing to go wherever it is do you have to take a lot of language glasses? he said no ma'am. we are not there to talk. [laughter] then we get on the chopper to head back and he said that was cool and i tell the story and he said i love those guys. and they understood the mission and freedom of all the things that come with the presidency the only thing he misses is being commander in chief. [applause] >> host: there is also the ugly side to working at the white house, long hours hours, incredible stress and this book does a great job to tell a wonderful story what it is like working with the president also and all staffers questioned but is also a day to got the job. >> walked into the white house fully intending to resign. and every time i made a plan god had a different idea it was better than the one i had. >> and he also recently ran for s

and a former navy s.e.a.l. is also with us who fought alongside of mark thank you both for being with us. first of all, i'm sorry about the loss of your son. you see that you know first it was tikrit that later got back in the right hands, fallujah mosul, ramadi where your son died. you watch these cities go and then we hear a press secretary, we can't light our hair on fire every time we have a set back. what is your reaction to that? >> you know it -- first they were saying there was no symbolic if it did fall then they watched as the comments from general dempsey, and now that it's falling, they are making up executions. we have blood on that soil my son's blood is on that soil. so many others have sacrificed greatly for that area, and there is it shows that there's things we could be doing differently there. there's tactics that could be employed that we could make a difference over there. and now they're only emblazened to go further and go into baghdad and take that area as well. >> miss lee, we played th

he would have made a great navy s.e.a.l. >> zemzer was on leave from the naval academy and ledded to visit family in queens, new york, when the amtrak train derailed. he was one of seven people killed that night. the cause ever the crash is still under investigation. >>> a look at our weather now. doug went to i guess one of the best places around to enjoy it. doug? see what i mean? >> reporter: oh vance, i'm having a great time. these guys are here from woodbridge. something just happened that i will not mention on the air, but it had to do with a bird. that's all you've got to do. a beautiful day down here guys. plenty of sunshine, bright blue skies, temperatures in the 70s today. next couple of days a little different down here. i've got that forecast. take a look. this is what we're talking about. the weekends forecast obviously the beach forecast. and then we've got a heat wave coming up over the next couple of days. so enjoy the nice spring weather now. things will change in a big way over the next couple of days. i'll be back live from ocean city in a few minutes. >>> coming u

it's important not only for the fact that the elite delta forces the army's version of the navy s.e.a.l. team 6, killed a key isis commander but also because this was done with boots on the ground, not just a drone strike. this is the first known u.s. ground operation targeting isis in syria. we also have an isis operative in custody who may be able to offer valuable intel since his wife was also tied to terror activities. do you see this raid as a sign that the white house is getting more aggressive and will we see more of our troops in combat? >> i do wish that this would be the beginning of a change of strategy so this amazingly successful tactical victory would multiply and go forward, because at the same time what isis is doing is marching towards a very important city in syria and also advancing in -- on many in iraq. we are scoring and this is one tactical victory showing that the u.s. military especially special forces delta, could deliver. but the question is for the administration is this going to be a change of strategy or is this one strike to get information and then policy