you have the s.e.a.l. teamut and a story in 1979 brian recalling meeting the pope in person when the pope came to catholic university. it feels like there is piling on of these tales. what do you hear from nbc in terms of why they are saying the investigation is nowhere near done? >> it's because these stories keep coming up. this one was reported yesterday about s.e.a.l. team 6. these things have been in some ways hidden in plain sight. these comments are on youtube. they're advisable. i recall at the time hearing brian williams tell that story about the chopper and getting this piece of the chopper allegedly. if it's true very easy to prove. he can take a picture of it and show it to people today. some of these claims should be provable or disprovable easily. flying into baghdad maybe harder to disprove. we heard them come out and deny it. williams is not able to speak and not allowed to speak by nbc. he's under a contract and suspension. there's no imminent plan for him to speak but he would love to apologiz

in 2011 williams described a long relationship with s.e.a.l. teamt the bin laden raid in another letterman appearance. >> we have some idea which of our special operations teams carried this out, and it happens to be a team i flew into baghdad with on the condition that i would never speak of what i saw on the aircraft the ira craft we were on what they were carrying and who they were after. but all of it was shared with me. it's common when covering the war because to reveal that would be to endanger americans. >> reporter: then in 2012 during yet another letterman appearance that perhaps raises the most questions, williams goes further. >> i have a throat cutter on my desk at 30 rock which is helpful in staff meetings. it just sits there. it was sent to me by a member of s.e.a.l. team -- >> did you say throat cutter? >> yes. s.e.a.l. team 6. i flew in on a blackout mission and i was told not to make any eye contact with them or initiate any conversation. it was like horses in the gate right before a mission. this guy had a wristband with his human

in 2011 williams described a long relationship with s.e.a.l. teamhen talking about the bin laden raid in another letterman appearance. >> we have some idea which of our special operations teams carried this out and it happens to be a team i flew into baghdad with on the condition that i would never speak of what i saw on the aircraft the aircraft we were on what they were carrying and who they were after. but all of it was shared with me. it's common when covering a war because to reveal that would be to endanger americans. >> reporter: then in 2012 during yet another letterman appearance that perhaps raises the most questions, williams goes further. >> i have a throat cutter on my desk at "30 rock" which is helpful in staff meetings. it just sits there. it was sent to me by a member of s.e.a.l. team -- >> you say a throat cutter. >> s.e.a.l. team 6. i flew into baghdad invasion plus three days on a blackout night with elements of s.e.a.l. team 6. i was told not to make any eye contact with them or initiate any conversation. it was like horses in th

known as s.e.a.l. team 6 and there's a pretty good one, too, about the pope and the berlin wall, too. question is, are they true? >>> hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh bamfield. voodoo, apocalypse and taking souls. bizarre references from the man that gunned down ex-navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle and taking center stage in the trial. when officers tracked down eddie ray routh after the shooting he made disturbing statements and questioned his own sanity saying, this is his quote here, i don't know if i'm going insane. jurors saw this dash cam video, routh did not go quietly into police custody after the killing. he drove off in the truck that he stole from chris kyle and a chase ensued. he reached speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. one point in the video, you could see a police car try to slam into the truck to slow him down, take him down but it wasn't work and routh kept on going until this point. he's eventually stopped. he surrenders to police after an officer uses stop sticks or metal sticks to puncture the tir

thank you for being here. >> you're welcome. >> you've spoken to other s.e.a.l. team members, what have they told you about the possibility of what brian williams is saying is true. >> by all accounts any s.e.a.l. member anyone in a spec ops community. it's unheard of. what brian williams is saying none of it can be true. for a reporter to be embedded with s.e.a.l. team six or any tier one unit that just doesn't happen. the objectives of s.e.a.l. team or s.e.a.l. team six or any tier one unit is to conceal our faces. the team one faces, tier one faces, their identities tactics, techniques procedures equipment they used. the last thing in the world we would want is have a reporter sitting in a helicopter embedded with one of these units. it hurt the united states in many ways. >> it's sort of hidden in plain sight these allegations. did you notice him at the time saying this stuff? >> no i have never heard of any reports at all or any accounts of brian williams or any reporter being with s.e.a.l. team six. >> now that we have seen all these sound bites and now that we'

it was sent to me by a member of s.e.a.l. team -- >> a throat cuter? >> yes, s.e.a.l. team 6. i flew into baghdad with elements of s.e.a.l. team 6 and i was told not to make eye contact with them or initiate any conversation. it was like horses in the gate right before a mission. this guy had a wrist band with his human target that he was after when we landed. it was one of the members of the deck of cards, one of the leadership targets. they are amped. this is the best we have and until he reached into my box of wheat thins, my last remaining american food -- it could have been a wheat thin commercial, because this hand the size of a canned ham goes in. i lost half of my supply of wheat thins. but i chatted him up and admired a knife as part of his utility belt. darned if that knife didn't show up at my office a couple weeks later. >> reporter: whether brian williams will be allowed back at that office is now being decided by nbc. john burman, cnn, new york. >> some sad news to report about another reporter. david carr has died. he wrote with remarkable passion about the medi

among them a s.e.a.l. team knife. sources in the s.e.a.l. community tell cnn it is impossible for williams to travel with s.e.a.l. team six because they don't imbed journalists. nbc news has not responded to any of the new allegations. >>> let's get an early start on your money. cristina alesci joins me now. >> good morning. asian shares ended the day mostly higher. european shares are up as well thanks to solid gdp numbers from the major economies. eurozone as a whole grew more than expected. germany is still the region growth engine. u.s. stock futures are continuing to climb after the dow gained 110 points yesterday. and it is official. last year was the worst year for recalls ever. the government says nearly 64 million vehicles were recalled. that's more than double the previous record set in 2004. gm recalled more than 40 million vehicles, including the flawed ignition switches and then defective air bags from takata. poppy, i know you are not surprised. what is surprising none of this deterred vehicle sales. people kept buying. even fr

there are new questions about his claims of flying into baghdad with s.e.a.l. team and war memorabilia that he claims to have received as gifts. among them a s.e.a.l. knife and piece of helicopter from the raid that killed osama bin laden. sources in the s.e.a.l. community tell cnn it would be impossible for williams to travel with s.e.a.l. team six. questions surfacing about his account of meeting with pope john paul ii. >>> let's get an early look at our money with cristina alesci. >> u.s. stock futures are pointing higher. yesterday, the dow climbed 110 points. it has been a year of huge swings so far. now stocks are very close to all-time highs. s&p 500 just two points away from the december record. speaking of all-time highs, the smart money is getting out of apple. bridgewater associates cut its stake in apple last year. shares are up 15% this year. earlier this week apple became the first american company worth more than $700 billion. now the debate is how high can apple go in? bridgewater is buying shares of microsoft. talk about two totally tech companies a

six. >> reporter: may 2011 a black hawk helicopter is engulfed in flames after navy s.e.a.l. teamcessfully killed osama bin laden. the special ops team set fire to the stealth aircraft after it crashed in this courtyard. an attempt to destroy the helicopter's critical technology. in an interview with david letterman in january of 2013 brian williams had this to say about a piece of the burned out wreckage. >> about six weeks after the bin laden raid i got a white envelope envelope. and in it was a thank you note unsigned and attached to it was a piece of the fuselage the fuselage from the blown up black hawk in that courtyard. and i don't know how many pieces survived. >> wow. sent to you by one of the -- >> yeah. one of my friends. >> reporter: but that relationship is being questioned by members of the special operations community and could be one of the things an internal nbc investigation is focused on. then in 2012 during yet another letterman appearance that perhaps raises the most questions, williams goes further. >> i flew into baghdad, invasion plus three days on a blacko

in 2011, i claimed to be member of elite navy s.e.a.l. team that killed osama bin laden in pakistan. i really thought i did that! but apparently, i miss remembered it. i was in no way connected to the crack s.e.a.l. team. in reality, i just killed some guy. i was not as previously reported one of tiger woods' lovers. that was just a flashback to my torrid love affair with jerry sandusky on the eighth hole on a golf course in 1992, the memory of which has become very fuzzy over the years. probably because the white russian. i'm not proud of my conflattions and keep my misremembrances to a minimum in the future. thank you. this show is so packed it could be called action jackson, and otherwise smart lady tells me i'm crazy for wanting to end the marijuana prohibition, and you can take my grammy picks to vegas and make lots and lots of money, and the government is creating another utility, no, not solar powered jackalopes, grab this one by the horns. i'm kennedy. ♪. kennedy: all right, here we go, follows the horrific video isis released of a jor

s.e.a.l. team 6 was able to rescue you. what was that like jessica?an imagine, it was a completely incredible and completely unexpected on my part. i was feeling pretty hopeless at that point. day 93 i was incredibly ill. not even able to walk and at the point of the attack when s.e.a.l. team 6 came in and got me i never thought it would be help. i thought i was possibly being kidnapped by another group, al shabab. so i thought my hopes and chances for survival were nill at that point. >> you were as you mentioned, very sick. you thought at that time you were dying. as people try to just comprehend what kayla endured, did you ever give up hope or did you always have a little hope in the back of your mind jessica, that you might be saved? >> i think my hope was that you know i'm going to survive this. it didn't cross my mind that there would be a military intervention and that's how my survival would happen. but i just kept trying to focus on being strong for my husband and for my family and you could only take it minute by minute. you can't think abou

that's why they didn't have one of the s.e.a.l. teambe one of those people. >> disguises are going on all over the place you say that's common place in drug trials and also in certain terror trials. >> if the person's identity needs to be protected for some reason, or to protect a family, not to blow a cover, they will do makeup and some other does guys they're not in there with a groucho marks mustache but they're going to do something to disguise them just a little bit, but the jury will still be able to see their facial expressions or anything like that in reference to the testimony. >> real quickly, how much are we going to see about this evidence from the compound? we haven't heard much about it. >> we may not get the see a lot. in federal court it's not the most open place you can't have cell phones in federal court without permission, you can't take pictures in federal court. we won't know because federal court is kind of a very secret place where things happen in open court, but you can't take pictures and video in federal court

it started out first to be a story about his experiences with the men on s.e.a.l. team three charlie and the others that he fought with from the marines. and i feel like it was very important that we got that down. >> scott, jeff, stick around, if you would, general marx, thanks for being on and your service and expertise. thank you. >> my pleasure. thank you, guys. >> we're talking about chris kyle and who he was. so you have a better handle of that. what mattered to home to him, especially when he came home. we're going to tell you about that and why he cared so much. ♪ [ male announcer ] you wouldn't ignore signs of damage in your home. are you sure you're not ignoring them in your body? even if you're treating your crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, an occasional flare may be a sign of damaging inflammation. and if you ignore the signs, the more debilitating your symptoms could become. learn more about the role damaging inflammation may be playing in your symptoms with the expert advice tool at crohnsandcolitis.com. and then speak with your gastroenterologist. w

he served as a commander are of s.e.a.l. team six. congressman ryan zekes join us right now. you want a congressional authorization for the use of force and your args is that the president's strategy of air strikes alone is will not work? >> it will not work and you've heard the president's dments. he has yet to see the words islamic terrorist organizations. first we have to identify what we're fighting separated from mainstream and yes it will take troops on the ground in the form of logistics medical supplies, ammunition fuel, and special operations forces. this is not new. air operations alone will not be effective against isis. >> i want to first go back to the map that i showed in the last segment congressman. the president was asked very specifically. he was told that isis has gained territory. this is a map of the area of influence. we had control of most of that territory when he became president of the united states. isis has since taken it over and they have taken it over in syria as well. then we have the institute for study of war showing northwest africa, somalia

>> well, i can speak for myself and the s.e.a.l. teams and the special operations. litary is volunteer service, and we do an extra step to go the extra step to become a s.e.a.l. and we go forward to become a brotherhood to protect the people, and the marines and the army to protect, and so things don't haunt us and i don't believe that chris was, because he never told me that. >> there have a lot of criticism of the movie saying that it is an tie islam. how you respond to that? >> well, i think that it is unfair critique. the adversary in the movie is, you know, a sniper who is from iraq and then there is also the butcher who sis also from iraq, and regardless of the setting, it is the adversary and the country he is from. so it is not anti-islam. and like chris talked about it when you see the face of evil, and you are inundated with it and you are able to call it what it is, and it is not anti-iz ha lam -- islam, but it is the anti-hate of america, and the coalition forces. >> and once chris got back here, did he talk about that? what do you think about those quest

joining me congressman ryan zinke, iraq war veteran and former commander at navy s.e.a.l. team 6 and mike rogers former house intelligence committee chairman. gentleman, thanks for joining me this morning on "state of the union." the situation in copenhagen is obviously unfolding. from what we understand one man responsible for two shooting attacks yesterday. your thoughts? >> well they'll do the forensics to find out if they were tied to any isis recruiter. what you see for isis they're looking for aspirational encouragement everywhere, denmark denmark, united states, canada. you're seeing them take action. any blassphemous talk is encouragement to bring them over because then it's more noble, if you will in the eyes of those folks. >> and i want to go back to that interview that we just had with leon panetta, con man zinke. you just got to congress. you're a retired navy s.e.a.l. one of the things that leon panetta said is the greatest national security threat to the united states is not isis not al qaeda, it's washington. what do you think so far? >> three days in a lot of w

navy and served as a commander of s.e.a.l. team six, and joint special forces in are iraqi freedom.ongressman, thank you for being with us. you won an authorization, a congressional authorization for the use of force, and your argument is that the president's strategy of air strikes alone is not working, and will not work. >> it won't work. >> it will work or won't work? >> it will not work. you heard the president's comments, he has yet to say the words islamic terrorist organizations. so first we have to identify what we're fighting. separated from mainstream. and yes, it will take troops on the ground in the form of logistics, medical supplies ammunition, fuel and special operations forces. this is not new. air operations alone will not be effective against isis. >> i want to first go back to the map that i showed in the last segment, congressman. the president was asked very specifically, he was told that, hey, isis has gained territory. this is a map of the area of influence. we had control of most of that territory when he became the president of the united states. isis has si

we'll talk to one of chris kyle's s.e.a.l. team members about the verdict next. ♪ edith piaf "no regrets" plays throughout♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ shopping online is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters and even piano tuners were just as simple? thanks to angie's list now it is. start shopping online from a list of top-rated providers. visit angieslist.com today. the traffic jam. scourge of 20th century city life. raiser of blood pressure. disrupter of supply chains. stealer of bedtime stories. polluter. frustrater. time thief. [cars honking] and one day soon we'll see the last one ever. cisco is building the internet of everything for connected cities today, that will confine the traffic jam to yesterday. cisco... ...tomorrow starts here. ugh. does your carpet ever feel rough and dirty? don't avoid it. resolve it. our new formula not only cleans and freshens but also softens your carpet so it's always inviting. resolve. a carpet that welcomes you. >>> right now to capitol hil

it started out to be first a story about his experiences with the men on s.e.a.l. team 3 and charlie and the others he fought with with the marines. i felt it was important that we got that down. >> scott, jeff, stick around if you would. general marks, thanks so much for being on and your expertise and service. thank you. >> thanks, guys. >> we're talking about chris kyle, who he was. you got a better handle of that now. but what mattered to him, especially when he came home. it's something that is also creating this movie's momentum. we're going to tell you what that was, and why he cared so much. with my android from tracfone, i can... order safety goggles. play music for seedlings. post science fair projects. schedule guinea pig feedings. video chemical reactions. take pics of mr. bones. time the next launch. calm down principal jones. i can do all that with my android from tracfone. 90-day plans start as low as $20. for a limited time get the samsung galaxy centura with the spongebob movie kid's watch and exclusive case cover. look for specially marked packages at

joining me, congressman ryan zinke, iraq war veteran and former commander at navy s.e.a.l. team mike rogers, former house intelligence committee chairman. gentleman, thanks for joining me this morning on "state of the union." mike, start with you. the situation in copenhagen is obviously unfolding. from what we understand, one man responsible for two shooting attacks yesterday. your thoughts? >> well, they'll do the forensics to find out if they were tied to any isis recruiter. or any aspirational encouragement. unfortunately, with what you see with isis they are looking for that aspirational encouragement everywhere. denmark, united states, canada. australia. you're seeing them take action. one place they can get credibility, is any blasphemous talk about the prophet mohammed, that's just currency for them to encourage these folks who might be on the edge of radicalization to bring them over because then it is more mobile if you will, in the eyes of those folks. >> and i want to go back to that interview that we just had with leon panetta, congressman zinke. you just got to con

it started out first to be a story about his experiences with the men on s.e.a.l. team three charlie and the others that he fought with from the marines. and i feel like it was very important that we got that down. >> scott, jeff, stick around, if you would, general marx, thanks so much for being on and your service and expertise. thank you. >> my pleasure. thanks, guys. >> we're talking about chris kyle and who he was. so you have a better handle of that. what mattered to him, especially when he came home. we're going to tell you about that and why he cared so much. why do we do it? why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people? why are we so committed to keeping you connected? why combine performance with a conscience? why innovate for a future without accidents? why do any of it? why do all of it? because if it matters to you, it's everything to us. the xc60 crossover. from volvo. lease the well-equipped volvo xc60 today. visit your local volvo showroom for details. lease the well-equipped volvo xc60 today. there's nothing more romantic than a spontaneou

a month later navy s.e.a.l. team six

now, williams claims about his purportedly tight relationship with the highly secretive men of s.e.a.l. teamterview on "the late show" with david letterman in 2014 williams talked about receiving a gift from one of the s.e.a.l.s after the raid on osama bin laden's compound. >> about six weeks after the bin laden raid i got a white envelope and in it was a thank-you note unsigned and attached to it was a piece of the fuselage, the fuselage from the blown-up black hawk in that courtyard. and i don't know how many pieces survived. >> wow. september to you by one of the -- >> yeah one of my friend. >> but his friendship is being questioned by members of the special operations community and could be one of the things an internal nbc investigation is focusing on. williams certainly has his fair share of critic but some are thinking the longtime newsman deserves a break. join meganow is "time" magazine columnist and author of one of my favorite books ever "primary color," joe kleine. thanks for being here. >> thanks. >> when the williams story first broke you wrote for "time" the following word "in

a month later navy s.e.a.l. team six failured to capture the team. and isis al shabab and polk are the new face of terror. jeh johnson is warning us to be vigilant. >> these groups are relying more and more on independent actors to become inspired and drawn to the cause. >> through the internet. >> and through small-scale attacks on their own. i'm worried about the serious potential threat of in dependent actors here in the united states. we've seen this in europe and in canada. >> the new pentagon secretary ash carter is meeting with ambassadors in kuwait and four-star generals. >> it will require a combined diplomatic and military effort. that was abundantly confirmed by our discussion. >> the president today extended the national emergency declaration for libya and said libya's lack of stability is a threat to our national security. libya is where isis linked militants have created another strong hold and executed two dozen christians. this is in addition to the war powers president obama is asking congress for to fight isis. also on the radar tod

. >> reporter: may 2011 mh-260 helicopter is engulfed in blames after a navy s.e.a.l. team killed osama bin laden in a compound in islamabad, pakistan. they set fire to the helicopter after it crashed in the courtyard. an attempt to destroy the helicopter's critical technology. in an interview with david letterton in january 2011 brian williams had this to say about the piece of the burned out wreckage. >> about six week ss after the bin laden raid i got a white envelope, and in it was a thank you note unsign and attached to it was a piece of the fuselage, the fuselage from the blown-up blackhawk in that courtyard and i don't know how many pieces survived -- >> wow. sent to you by one of the -- >> yes, one of my friends. >> and those friends according to williams the memberings of the highly seek e retive seal team six. but that relationship is being questioned by members of the special operations community. and it could be one of the things that internal nbc investigation is focused on. in 2011 williams described a long relationship with seal team six when talking about th

they are doing everything possible and that eventually they are going to deploy a delta team and s.e.a.l. teams to try to effect a release. >> the process there could be political grief they are worried about and that's why they may go ahead, start spilling some of the secrets, for example, they sent someone in pretending to be her husband. that could be useful information next time around so all of a sudden that kind of operative presumably goes away because that kind of plot has been revealed. >> that's true. that's true. the politics shouldn't override the safety of this rescue or future rescues. >> that would reveal what they call methods which could be very very dangerous. peter bergen let's talk about these reports out there that kayla mueller, the 26-year-old hostage who was killed may have actually been sold off to a leader of isis as a so-called bride. would that be common for a young female hostage, an american young woman like this to be given to someone as a bride, if you will? >> wolf i'm skeptical of the report on two levels. first of all, isis has definitely enslaved people they

. >> a fellow s.e.a.l. team said this. justice served for chris and the littlefield family. d before wait till the prisoners find out you killed a s.e.a.l. >> the jury didn't buy a insanity defense. #americansmiep sniper. >> he was trying to tend to a weaker brother of his. and this is what happened. the jury has spoken. they said he's not nuts, go to jail. do your time. you killed a great great american hero. >> two of them. >> two of them. that's right. >> thanks peter. >>> it's 7:10 here in new york city. >> we start right now with another fox news alert. southwest airlines now grounding 128 planes out of concern that those planes were potentially unsafe for flight. the airline had failed to inspect backup hydraulic systems which are used to control the plane's rudder if the main system fails. after canceling 80 flights yesterday, most of those grounded planes are expected to fly today. the feds also agree to let southwest keep using more than 100 planes without inspection as long as they are checked by sunday. more on that as we get it. >>> then another fox news alert, th

you need to represent the s.e.a.l. team the next thing led to another. i i auditioned and got the part and was in the movie. >> tell me about your talk with clint eastwood who said you have to be in the movie. >> it was an honor serving with the guys. i always admired clint and if it was a guy that was going to do this story justice and chris kyle justice is clint eastwood. he's someone that i always looked up to. it was really important to tell chris' store row and he was the man for the job. >> kevin, in the movie, bradley actually becomes chris kyle. he actually becomes chris kyle on the screen. there is one scene in the movie that struck out -- that stands out to me and i think a lot of people and it's the scene in the auto body shop where a young marine lost a leg in iraq comes over to chris kyle bradley cooper's son and praises the father in front of the father saying you know your dad's a hero and bradley cooper, chris kyle, is clearly, you know -- he's uncomfortable by it. and it really meant he didn't want his son

s.e.a.l. chris kyle and another man. routh also says he's sorry for what he's done. his defense teamrgues he was insane at the time. >>> important new research on women's health this morning. a study finds hot flashes which afflict up to 80% of middle-aged women is far longer than previously thought. on average the symptoms will stretch more than seven years. for some women they can last as long as 14 years. and there are big differences in ethnicities. african-american women have the longest duration and japanese women the shortest. researchers say the reasons are unclear. >>> coming up on the "morning news," space race. competition to be the first humans to set foot on the red planet. >>> and getting fired up for fat tuesday. we'll take you to new orleans for a colorful mardi gras tradition. this is the "cbs morning news." tradition. this is the "cbs morning news." now chicken smoked in-house, and no more waiting for the check. new smoked chicken quesadillas on chili's lunch combo menu, starting at 6 bucks. fresh is happening now. americans... 57% of us try to exercise regularly. 8

s.e.a.l. chris kyle and kyle's friend. prosecutors dispute that and are calling a rebuttal witness today. >>> the city of los angeles has been without a professional football team for 20 years. now there's talk that three teams could be come there. the san diego chargers, and the oakland raiders are unveiling a plan today that would have them sharing a stadium. the teams are still working on deals to stay in their home cities but the l. a. option is there if they can't come to an agreement by the end of the year. and the owner of the st. louis rams also unveiled plan to relocate to los angeles. >>> still ahead on wusa9, fighting isis. a tile table is in the books now but members of the iraqi army say they may not be ready. >> allyson? >> and the sun is out now but not for long. coming up next, i'll go through the featured times for the winter storm for storm hour by tomorrow. and -- tomorrow >>> welcome back. the "washington post" reports that new jersey governor chris chri stie islosing some of his biggest potential donors to jeb bush. bush launched an aggressive campaign to lock up some premiere fundraisers in the garden state. the former florida governor has

s.e.a.l. whose best selling autobiography turned into the hit movie "american sniper." >> the book and the movie have made it really big. >> reporter: publicity that led routh's defense team to request a change of venue. it was denied. >> the issue is not whether potential jurors have seen the movie and heard about it, it's whether they can put that aside and evaluate the evidence as it comes in fairly and impartially and make a decision a verdict. >> reporter: jury schleck is expected to wrap up in the next couple of days. if all goes as planned, opening statements in the case will start on wednesday. jay gray nbc news stephenville, texas. >>> new information in the domestic violence case against carolina panthers player greg hardy of the charges against hardy have been dropped because the accuser can't be found. hardy was accused of threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend in may. the defensive end only played in one game last season because of the pending charges. >>> more than 25 soccer fans in egypt are dead after a riot outside the statement in cairo. police say it started when a group of fans tried to rush the gate without tickets. security forces fired off tear gas i

s.e.a.l. whose best-selling autobiography was turned into the hit movie "american sniper. ". >> the book and movie have made it really big. >> reporter: publicity that led routh's defense team to request a change of venue in the case which was denied. >> the issue is not whether the potential jurors have seen the movie or have even heard about it. it's whether they can put that aside and evaluate the evidence as it comes in fairly and impartially and make a decision a verdict. >> reporter: jury selection is expected to wrap up in the next couple of days. and if all goes as planned, opening statements in the case will start on wednesday. jay gray nbc news stephenville texas. >>> a selfie led police to charge a teen with murder. 16-year-old maxwell morton was charged as an adult in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy in pennsylvania. he was arrested after taking a selfie photo of himself posing in front of his victim's body. the selfie shows the victim sitting in a chair with a gunshot wound to the face. >>> the publicist for bruce jenner is dispelling rumors jenner was texting before a deadly crash in southern california. a 69-year-old woman died saturday in a chain-reac

s.e.a.l. so we can talk about that. everybody talks about navy s.e.a.l.s and the success and really it's the army navy air force and analysts and it's an entire teamof preparation, a lot of sacrifice, a lot of work. >> and it's a very dangerous mission for the troops right? >> certainly. you know i've said before on cnn, you know the men and women who sacrifice for freedom and to rescue folks realize some things are more important than fear and i've said it before. every american's important and, you know our hearts go out to kayla's family and all innocent people who are impacted by this terrorism. >> do you think that the united states should pay ransom to isis to release prisoners? >> you know i really don't think so because if you do it becomes an open season. you know it's just like five high level terrorist leaders exchanged for a desserter, it just emboldens the enemy and it works and they're going to look for more opportunities to find their terror. >> so is the only answer that humanitarian aid workers not go to places like syria to help those desperately in need? >> you know she certainly had -- i think as we find out more about kayla we

team. joining us with reaction fox news military analyst colonel david hunt author of foreign domestic retired brigadier general tony tata, as well as author of jesus, jihad and peace, retired navy s.e.a.l. with us. let me deal with self-proclaimed success of the administration, put up on the map, influence of iraq and syria. this hasn't been diminished. this is all new territory. the air strikes haven't worked. and look at this map for the institute for the study of war you see the expanse of radicalism in africa somalia, kenya, nigeria, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, isis in syria and iraq, all of this. but they proclaim success in libya, yemen, somalia, iraq, afghanistan, russian reset rk you know poland czech republic. none of it is working and israel on top of it. >> sean, we have to look at this in the way the d.o.d. and administration is not looking at it. this is a multihead serpent that is moving across this region faster than we can stop it because we won't commit to the fight. and what's even worse is it's like a tree that is spreading the roots all over the globe. we're seeing effects of it, canada australia, paris. >> everybody. >> everybody's seeing this. and everybody

s.e.a.l. sniper chris kyle and chad littlefield in a gun range in 2013. his defense teamn wednesday trying to convince a jury that routh is insane. nbc news correspondent jacob rascone reports. >> reporter: the days leading up to the crime were bizarre. eddie ray routh's farmer girlfriend told the jury he threatened her with a ninja sword and called her a demon. he heard voices and even asked her to marry him the night before the killings. in the morning, they fought and routh smoked pot with his uncle until chris kyle showed up. routh shot kyle and chad littlefield at a texas gun range and drove to his sister's. the person who came to my house, his sister told the jury was not who i know as my brother. routh told her he quote, killed two guys and, quote, sold his soul for a pickup. before routh drove away leading police on a chase, his sister told him, quote, i love you but i hate your demons. all evidence the defense hopes will convince the jury routh is not guilty by reason of insanity. >> standard is as it should be. if you think about i. i mean there's really no issu

s.e.a.l. chris kyle and kyle's friend. he told the jury that mental illness prevented him from knowing what he did was wrong. prosecutors dispute that. they plan to call rebuttal witnesses today. >>> this morning two nfl teams say they may go there. the san diego chargers and oakland raiders plan to build a stadium to share the l.a. area. it would cost $1.7 being. the teams say they would move only if they could not get stadiums in their own cities. the raiders played there from 1984 to '94. >> here in new york we know sharing stadiums work. it would be nice to have something in l.a. >>> australia is cleaning up after a pair of ferocious cyclones blasted parts of the country early today. winds of up to 180 miles an hour destroyed dozens of homes. the storms brought down trees and power lines and thousands are still without electricity this hour, but that did not stop some surfers from taking on the massive waves taken by the twin systems. australians call them a cyclone sandwich. >> all right. it is 7:19. ahead, why a federal panel suggests you take a sip of wine >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by safelite autoglass. call or go online at safelite.com to schedule now. >>> outrage over a