my father died my wife was sick with cancer so i built a facility to stay connected to the seal teams you know the seal team special operations units in america had been using private this ill at ease really since the one nine hundred seventy s. and no one had ever done it on an industrial scale and so i did i was you know we had sold my father's business i took some of the money from that and i built a facility and then you know one thing led to another there is a terrible tragic shooting in colorado called the columbine shootings and then the u.s.s. cole was blown up in yemen in two thousand. and then of course after nine eleven. you know we kept we kept saying yes when the u.s. government called the need our help for training or logistics support aviation support security one thing led to another and and we grew very quickly so yes we got in numerable a number of government contracts how do you explain your success there because to military was unable to their job properly. our success was based on you know we had primarily former special operations people in our management team ma

you know seal team special operations units in america have been using private this elite is really since the one nine hundred seventy s. and no one had ever done it on an industrial scale and so i did i was you know we had sold my father's business.

they are like seal team 6 coming into a personal residence. >> there's no legitimate reason for the way they carried this out. >> in oakland california, gunmen have taken over a passenger train. an elite swat team moves in to neutralize the threat - highly-trained units like this are crucial in such situations. this time it's just a drill - part of a law enforcement training event called "urban shield". it's the kind of scenario for which swat teams were first formed in the los angeles police department in the 1960s. >> and so swat had its genesis with that philosophy and the philosophy of protecting life. >> stephen downing was there at the time, and says these units were only meant for the worst-case scenarios >> these are military type responses, military style tactics and military types of weaponry that are very dangerous in a civilian population. >> nowadays while swat teams are still trained - and equipped - to deal with the very deadliest threats, what's changed is how they're being used. >> are you in this kind of situation a lot? >> few and far between, better to be prepared. >

when he decided to extend the seal team in, send the seal team in he made the decision not to tell the pack zanies and when you stand back, think about it for aine, by 2011, two presidents, bush and obama had given, given pakistan $25 billion, billion dollars in aid since september 11th, why? to fight al qaeda. and at the moment of truth when the president of the united states was told this is where he is, he decided he couldn't trust the government. >> rose: even though they gave them $25 billion. >> $25 billion and we continue. >> what if we hadn't given them the $25,000,000,000.000000000. >> 25 billion was, in my view, a worthwhile effort in seeing if we could bribe pakistanis. and we know the answer. >> rose: we could. >> we couldn't. so my response today would be we tried it, it was worth a try, but don't keep trying to bribe them. it is not going to work. >> rose: and did you believe this mission could work? >> rose: i mean, in other words, 0 general mccraven said to me in interviews he, i said to the president, this is what we do. we send helicopters into polices and pick up peo

. >> reporter: the delta force and navy seal teams six went in this summer to rescue foley and othertages. the foley's parents receive a letter last week saying that foley would die. >>: with enough as much to save any of the other people. about 20 journalists are still missing in syria. >> mark:the u-s supreme court has agreed to keep virginia's ban on same sex marriage in place. >> mark:this is video of demonstrators yesterday in richmond. >> mark:justices will announce whether they will have the final word on the issue in the coming weeks, but it could also take months. >> mark:a binding ruling from the high court could apply to all 31 current states that forbid same-sex marriage. >> mark:virginia's governor and attorney general have refused to defend the ban in court. >> mark:in pasadena this morning. two teenagers suspected of planning a mass shooting at their high school are denying charges they threatened another teen after sharing their plot with him. >> mark:the 16 and 17 year old suspects appeared in juvenile court yesterday. >> mark:police say the two were working on a pla

has on the level of delta force, seal team six, we have seen spring into action so many times before.had intelligence. they went to a site in syria. that location not being disclosed. they came in by helicopter, several dozen of them. they were backed up in the air by combat aircraft by intelligence and surveillance aircraft keeping an eye on them at all times. when they got to this facility, they engaged isis fighters on the ground. we are told they killed several of them. we are told one of the special forces personnel was wounded, no u.s. personnel killed, but when they got to the site, none of the hostages were there. very sad news on that front. i can tell you that the administration is indicating they had intelligence that they would be there, they were going after a particular part of the isis network that they believed was holding foley and other hostages. they had some very specific information. they are not saying how they developed that information. we know it is public information that other hostages that have come out of syria have been able to report some details of thei

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ginny says send in the seal teams and bomb thing, bomb them, bomb them again until isis is destroyed. mark says, bomb them back to the stone age and dennis says make landing in iraq look like the invasion of normandy 2014 still. shawn says for starters stop arming them. and jimmy says as you said a month ago i'm glad my viewers listen. as you said a month ago, bomb them, bomb them, and bomb them again. and michael says i'm sick of obama wanting to negotiate with hamas. if we negotiated with terrorists in world war ii, america would be owned by germany. and andy says don't talk about our failures when trying to rescuing them. obama should be prosecuted for harming americans. and before you go, you've seen images all week of violence and unrest in ferguson. but i wanted to show you something different. here is chris rock at a yankees game this week giving a foul ball to a young fan. this is what america's all about. that's it for us tonight, folks. thanks for joining us. i'll see you after lab tweeting with all of you. the conversation can continue. huckabee starts now. tonight on hucka

it's like seal team six coming into the residents. >> there's no legitimate reason. >> from "faultlinesastien walker joins us here. when we look at the situation, seb, that you have seen over the last day, struck by the fact that the attorney-general came out as critical of the overmilitarization of law enforcement. yet, where do the supplies come from. >> that's right. a lot of the impetuous for the scenes is the fact that police have the hardware, the military-style vehicles, all the military-protective gear. a lot comes from the federal government. there has been grants and programs that off-load military equipment used by the army in conflict zones, and is arriving in police departments. some of the police departments have officers that are not well trained enough to use equipment like that, it's high-powered weaponry, it's an m rap. it's something that basically soldiers right around in, making sure they are not injured. it's hardly the thing that you would expect to be deployed in a community. that is happening, estimated to be around 500 of those vehicles flooding in to police de

when he decided to send the seal team in he also made the decision not to tell the pakistanis and whenu stand back, think about it for a minute. presidents, bush and obama had given pakistan $25 billion, billion dollars in aid why? since september 11, to fight al qaeda. when the president was told this is where he is he decided he could not trust them. 25 billion dollars. we continue. >> what if we had not given them the $25 billion? view abillion was in my worthwhile effort and seeing if we could bribe the pakistanis and we know the answer. we could not. so my response today would be come a we tried it and it was worth a try but do not keep trying to bribe them. it is not going to work. >> did you believe the mission could work? mccraven said, this is what we do. we send helicopters into places and pick them up and bring them home and the president said ok. ten years ofat warfare and iraq and afghanistan have honed the capabilities of our special forces to a level that is unique in the world. >> what are you writing your memoir? when do you get clearance? >> there is a lot i cannot ta

. >> delta force and navy tilt seal team 6 try to rescue him and other hostages held captive by militants. when they arrived, the hostages were not there. his parents say they received an e- mail last week telling them their son would die. they couldn't do anything to stop it but they hope others can be saved. >> will we have been doing wasn't enough. we don't know if it'll save any of the others. >> an organization called the committee to protect journalists estimate 20 journalists are still missing in syria, many held captive after being kidnapped. lives very much at risk. >>three hamas military leaders were killed by an israeli airstrike. that bombing destroyed a four story building in southern gaza. it killed three hamas leaders, but it also left people buried under the rubble. that building was one of 20 targets that were hit by the israeli military yesterday. airstrikes resumed after rockets were fired from gaza after the last cease fire expired without a peace deal. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. charges are pending against two men who took a woman and six ch

when he decided to send the seal team in, he made a decision not to tell the pakistanis.hen you stand back -- think about it for a minute -- by 2011, two presidents, bush and giving pakistan a $25 billion in aid. why? to fight al qaeda. themoment of truth when president of the united states was told this is where he is, he decided he cannot trust them. $25 billion he gave them. >> what if we had not given them that money? view, billion was, in my a worthwhile effort and seeing we could bribe the pakistanis. we know the answer. we could not. my response today would be we tried it. it was worth a try, but don't keep trying to buy them. >> do believe the mission could work? i was toldrds, someone said to the president this is what we do. we pick up -- we pick up people and bring them home -- that is what we do. the president said ok. >> i think that 10 years of in afghanistan have honed the capabilities of our special forces will level which is unique in the world. >> when are you writing your memoir? when we get clearance? -- when will you get clearance? >> there's not much

we have delta force, seal team six, in the long run we need to infiltrate isis like we would any otherg or mob. that's what they are. they are absolutely brainwashed into this. we need to get operatives inside that organization. we do that by using the internet the same way they use the internet to recruit the fbi and homeland security. we need to get people who really understand the deep concept of the islamic culture who can blend in undetected and start to feed us information so we can conduct military operations without having to send thousands and thousands of troops there. >> it seems like the war on terror is still alive and well, a huge and insurmountable task. aaron cohen, thank you so much. >>> breaking news out of ferguson, missouri, with the governor calling for the national guard to start clearing out. protesters are calling for the prosecutor in the case to step away. we'll have a live report, next. >>> plus mcdonald's coming under fire. why the home of the happy meal got some pretty sad news from the kremlin. >>> and a bigger wedding leads to more marriage bliss. that's

one more thing i'd say about that call, when he decided to send the seal team in, he also made the decision not to tell the pakistanis. when you stand back, think about it for a minute, by 2011, two presidents, bush and obama, had given pakistan $25 billion -- billion dollars -- in aid since september 11. why? to fight al quaida. at the moment of truth, when the president of the united states was told this is where he is, he decided he couldn't trust -- >> charlie: even though he'd given them $25 billion. >> and we continued. >> charlie: and what if we hadn't given them the $25 billion? >> $25 billion was, in my view, a worthwhile effort in seeing if we could bribe the pakistanis, and we know the answer. >> charlie: we couldn't. we couldn't. so my response today was we tried it, was worth the try, but don't keep trying to bribe them, it's not going to work. >> charlie: did you believe this mission could work? in other words, jim mccraven said to me in interviews, he said, i said to the president, this is what we do, we take he continuesers into places and pick up people and bring them home,

these are like seal team 6 coming in to your percentage residents, floss legitimate reason for the wayied this out. >> from "faultlines" sebastian walker rejoins us here as we continue our coverage of flash point ferguson. know, seb when we look at the situation that you have seen over the last day, struck by the fact the attorney general came out himself as critical of the over militarization of law enforce. , anenforcement and yet, where o those supplies come from. >> a lot of the impetus for those scenes is the fact that the police have this hardware, the military-styled vehicles high-powered weapons and all of this military gear. a lot of it comes from the federal government. there have been federal grants and program that his certainly off-load military used by the army in all of these conflict zones around the world and it's arriving now in police departments across the country. some of these police departments have answers that are not real will trained enough to use equipment like that. that's very high-powered weaponry. it's something that stands for mine resistance protection

team. the final step seals the deal to keep the team at the oakland coliseum through the 2024 baseball season including an "out" after the 2018 season. the a's have committed to four years but the owner is determined to build a new ball park for the team wherever he can. >> i loved oakland. i love our fans but we have to have a new venue. that is what we are trying to do. it is a matter where we can implement the venue. >> the city council and the alameda >>> big news from the san jose sharks: they going to play a game at the new levi stadium in santa clara and will host the kings on saturday, february 21st. the home of the 49ers get the nod over san francisco which could set an attendance record for hock in california. sharks season ticket holders get the first chance at technical -- at tickets tomorrow. >> social media is buzzing of the volume of beyonce and jay-z's performance last night in san francisco. >> someone outside at&t park shot and posted this video on youtube and you can clearly hear the music by people across san francisco were posting on twitter that they could hear it from m

undercover of darkness, several dozen elite commandos from units like army delta force and the navy seal teamay to a building where they were told james foley and other american hostages were being held. no one was there. a firefight broke out with nearby militants. several of those militants were killed. the u.s. team got back to their helicopters and left. the operation, including the helicopters, similar to the raid that killed osama bin laden. fighter jets patrolled overhead, syrian radars were jammed. team members moved to block mear by access roads. the entire mission lasted about two hours. now questions about whether the lives of the other hostages are at risk from the administration's revelations. >> it's the responsibility of our government and our leaders to do all we can to take action when we believe there might be a good possibility, a good chance to make a rescue effort successful. >> one former navy seal says, you cannot underestimate the risk now posed by going public. >> it's highly unusual because it compromises our capability to do this again and to do it successfully. it

it is a lengthy and frustrating negotiation process to secure a home for the team going forward. the final step sealse team at the oakland coliseum through the 2024 baseball season. but the extension includes an out after the 2008 team season. the a's have committed to staying for at least four years but owner says he's determined to build a new ballpark for his team wherever he can. >> i always loved oakland. i love our fans, but we also have to have a new venue, so that's what we're trying to do. it's a matter of where we can implement the venue. >> the board of supervisors approved a deal last month. another provision would allow them to force the a's out of the coliseum. they follow through with the plan to develop a stadium. the raiders are in talks about building a stadium near the old one. estimates are it would cost $1.3 billion. >>> now they want to match passengers with each other. rival companies announce add service that will pair up riders going the same way. the strangers then split the fair. it can save passengers up to 50% on rides. side car has been tsting the idea in san francisco.

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. >>> the final step seals the deal to keep the team at the oakland coliseum through 2018, but the extension includes an out. the a's have committed to stay at least four years. lou wolf says he's determined to build a new park for his team. >> i have always loved oakland. i love our fans, but we also have to have a new venue. it's a matter of where we can implement the venue. >>> the city council and alameda county board of supervisors 3ru6d that deal last month. another provision allowed the city to force the a's if the oakland raiders follow you had through with their plan to develop the site for a football-only stadium. estimates are it would cost 1.75 of a billion dollars. >>> there's big news from the san jose sharks. they'll play a game of outdoor hockey in santa clara. the sharks will host the kings february 21st. officials say it will set an attendance record. sharks season ticket holders guess the first chance. tickets for the general public will be released as a later date. >> outdoor hockey, that's cool. >>> ten of the cupertino products have been blacklisted from approved gadget

it is quite parallel because these people are not sealed off from each other. they are all missing team and have an interest in success and party leaders will feel a sense of indebtedness and the alternatives don't do with that. but if i could, i will address the circumvention problem. what they've done is come done is come up with a whole series of things. it's not what do you have to do. you'd have to say no transfers, segregated account, no given money to pacs was a party given money. you have to do five or six things to do at the risk of corruption. it seems to me like a significantly more restrictive means that will impose first the cost of its own. they will say what do you mean we can't give money to? >> it seems to me that the full to think this is the gratitude that an individual senator or congressman is going to feel because of the substantial contribution to the republican national committee or democratic national committee is any greater than the sense of gratitude that that senator or congressman will feel to a pac, which is spending an enormous amount of money in his dist