and i'm married on the show to our old friend parnsy parnell. >> jimmy: i mean, chris parnell is -- > him so much, too. >> jimmy: what is the premise of the show? >> okay, so, jeremy sisto's a single dad in new york city with a teenage girl. he finds a condom in her bedroom. >> jimmy: watch it. >> it's not hers, but he has a freakout. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and he takes her -- he sort of evacuates her to the suburbs for the better influence. and as you can imagine, it's not much better in the burb. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: in the burb. >> in the burb. but it's more -- yeah, she's kind of trapped in suburgatory. she's stuck in a world that's of a bizarre making. >> jimmy: and you and parnell are who? >> are the weirdos. >> jimmy: yeah. okay, very good. they're gonna -- play weird people. >> we play -- no, i'm sort of a hyper -- i live across the street. i'm like a hyper, perfect martha stewart control everything mom and i'm deeply, deeply judgmental of single fathers. [ laughter ] so, it's -- >> jimmy: does parnell break at all? does he break character or laugh? >> no, never. absolutely neve

we're breaking it down with shawn parnel.e in afghanistan in his new book "outlaw platoon." welcome, shawn. let me start by asking. you obviously have been in some of the toughest terrain and toughest combat that the american military can engage in. what do folks need to understand about what it's like on the ground in afghanistan? >> it's one of the toughest, most difficult places to operate on the face of the planet. we operated there for 485 days. just to put that into perspecti perspective. they jumped into normandy and fought to berlin in less than 485 days. for a kid like me at 24 years of age, drinking beer with college buddies the year before, it was shocking. >> talk more about the bomb that forms when you're engaged with a group of men like this over this long a period. even when there's a larger political fight about should we be there, what's success mean, talk about the bond that forms in this brotherhood. >> if you spend 485 days with anybody, you're going to be close. you spend 485 days with men in combat, you

joining us is shawn parnell author of best seller outlaw platoon. you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> take these one at a time. what cuts in healthcare are on the table for our troops? how do you feel about them? >> first and foremost try care rates are going through the roof. >> try care is the military healthcare. >> it is the military healthcare. >> you are being asked to kick in more? >> for example an army colonel family of four standards rate is $485. after october 12th, 2012, his rate will go to over 2,000 dollars. >> how much will that effect your average troop? >> your average troop comes in under the poverty line. part of the reason they joined the army is so they can serve their country and simultaneously take care of their family. operationally soldiers while they are serving in combat need to know their family is being taken care of. if they are wondering how their children are going to get care while they are employed in combat they are not thinking about their buddy in a fox hole and that could potentially get them killed.

sean parnel. thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. sean is a decorateed airborne ranger retired as a captain two bronze stars and a purple heart. i know you served 16 months with these guys and you know afghanistan infantly. first of all talk about our mission in afghanistan. you know, tell me what you guys and then how do you think that relates to the mission and is the mission in any way possible to accomplish. >> when i was there in 2006 our primary imagination was to destroy the enemy on the board of afghanistan and pakistan. so it was simple back then. but right now we sort of shifted frfr aounter t trorost ststte to counter insur incurnc ra gyrai', nmo st eseowowhaha pped b b the current strategy we're implementing right now i cements that now assumes the afghan nation exists and to train the afghan government effectively. >> that's really interesting. as i read what the old soviets said about it, they said the same thing. they said, what we discovered is that it's not a country. these guys, they don't view it as a country. we g

sean parnell's output was known on the border. he received a purple heart and two bronze stars. his book is called "outlaw platoon," now a "the new york times" best seller. first book, new york times best- seller. good >> i feel so blessed. tavis: before i go inside the book, let me start by asking, you seem to be very grateful by the fact that your platoon never kill a single civilian. you killed 350 others, but never killed a civilian. i want to juxtapose that with the news of this military service man who apparently lost it and went on a rampage, killing six teen afghanistanis and children. having endured what you went through, you see how that could happen. what would lead one to snap? >> i could definitely see how it could happen. it does not excuse the horrific nature of it, but fighting a counter insurgency is really difficult and can be very frustrating. you do not know who your enemy is, but we did pride ourselves on never hurting or killing a civilian during our time there. every mission was our humanitarian mission. we care and tried desperately to show the afghan peo

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just last month governor gregoire hosted us in seattle where governor parnell joined us. in april i'll host a meeting in omaha and i encourage you to attend. finally i want to take a memorial hospital to thank several organizations that made important contributions -- bank of the west, intel, the national venture capital coalition and others. this cross section of private sector support illustrates just how important our work in growing state economies is. we have support from companies engaged in advanced manufacturing to cutting edge information technology to those who can finance entrepreneurs. i also want to thank the kaufman foundation for their financial and intellectual support. we are pleased to have this broad support because it is indicative of our work that we need a partnership with the business community and others who are created to job creation, prosperity, and economic competitiveness. now to kick this off, it is my pleasure to introduce a good friend, gallup chairman and ceo jim clifton, who says that, and i quote, what everyone in the world wants is a go

shawn parnell is cautiously optimistic that the deal will go through. >>> to alaska's north flow, totallion feet, an eighth of the total gas reserves. it's estimated to be home to 236 trillion tons of undiscovered gas so far. but, as we all know, it's useless without a pipeline. conoco-phillips and bp and exxon have -- the project would come at a hefty price as well. let's look at that. laying a line from the remote reserves of alaska's southern coast is expected to cost, take a look at that, around $40 billion in total, andrew. this is a significant investment. if they do have 236 trillion tons of undiscovered gas, some are saying it could be worth it. >> some pretty big numbers going on there, isn't there? still ahead on "world business today," they were being paid for pain. but now they have to pay the price. the latest on a scandal that's hurt america's football league just ahead. i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant imp

afghanistan, anthony schaffer and now senior fellow at the center for advanced defense studies, shawn parnell author of "outla platoon." captain, let's start with you. based on your time there and what you know from studying the psychology in this field, what can we make of what happened in this terrible tragedy? >> well, details are still sketchy. we're just not sure. i think that the details will unfold throughout the investigation process. but what i can tell you is the american military is strapped. we have been dealing with year on year off deployments for the better part of ten years now. and that puts a huge strain on military families. that means divorce rates go up. there's no question the military is under duress right now. >> you're seeing the personal level and also this individual -- i was on bbc and predicted this last night. i said this guy has been on three or four tours and is at the end of his wit. we have had high suicides. we have had post-traumatic stress. but these kids are out there trying to do the best they can in a very bad situation. even if you buy into the counter

it's very discouraging when people like shawn parnell says to hear the commander in chief of the countrys when they go over -- they go to the extreme to make sure civilians aren't hurt, that their culture is coveted and respected and to think the commander in chief is going to apologize for that really bothers many of the people that are fighting. >> and where's the apology from karzai? you know, our people are over there trying to protect them and teach them how to run a country. has he apologized for our people being killed? no, we're still waiting on that. >> waiting on him to get out. that's what we're waiting for. >> meanwhile, 8 minutes after the top of the hour. extreme weather alert for you. several states tried to pick up the pieces from this deadly path of destruction. we have learned overnight that three people were killed by a likely tornado in tennessee. that raise the death toll from this storm to a dozen. tornado in missouri also leaving three people dead. finally, six people were killed in a tornado in harrisburg, illinois, where craig wall is live. craig, how are people