i was simultaneously in the rotc program and in the second sets -- second special forces reserve. nttle before i was 18, i to jump school. i lied about page. i was time i was 20, jungle warfare qualified, light weapons qualified and years of special training. of course, catch-22, where does the army sent me question mark to fort polk louisiana to train instant warriors. you win in as a young man and six months later he went out as a warrior. i don't think you can teach warriors in six months. volunteered at fort polk five times to go to vietnam. each time i was unceremoniously told no. but my father had been a whiz kid during world war ii. he was charged up the development, production, and allocation of fighter aircraft. he knew all the generals. friend whose roommate was general bersani. one week later, i was in the 100 and first on my way to a place that would because hamburger hill. was the most significant experience of my life. i saw horrific things. i did horrific things. i survived. thought it back, i was business as usual. i thought i was normal, but i was not. ptsd was hid

attack is still ongoing afghan special forces are fighting against a number of attackers who are armedwith rocket propelled grenades semi automatic weapons we heard five to about six explosions in the area almost about fifteen minutes or so and afghan officials are now confirming and that one car bomb has exploded there's another one that the attackers that brought in with them it's quite an embarrassment to say the least because these areas should be protected these are areas where afghan intelligence trained members in new recruits and next to it is another facility that starts with providing security to other installations in in kabul. all across the country what we see these days is that militants are targeting kabul and other major cities which is almost. front line for them in the last few months we've also seen americans and other nato countries pounding board i says as well as taliban positions and afghan special forces have been carrying out regular operations it could be a retaliation but certainly what we see more and more the afghan government and its international law is f

a nice special forces raid in the capital tbilisi just over a week ago three isom members were also killed in the operation as well as a georgian serviceman. lebanon is struggling with another rubbish problem two years after it brought the last one under control but this time it's the way the waste is being disposed off using incinerates says public health activists worried they know how the reports from beirut. lebanon's rubbish is being collected but it's what happens next which is causing concern activists are warning of a new garbage crisis in the making and serious health risks. two years ago the streets of the capital beirut and surrounding areas were clogged with un collected trash and the stench filled the air the main landfill was full and there was nowhere else to go it took months before government leaders found a temporary solution since then the mountain of voice produced every day in the lebanese capital is taken to two new coastal landfills but they are quickly becoming close to overflowing. leaders are considering enlarging landfills and importing incinerators but environme

there standing there protesting demonstrate chanting it was about to try and express and still special forces always moving in trying to disperse the crowds that remain main peaceful in east jerusalem and maybe also the turnout up to notice it was not as big as expected it was also a bit less tense than expected so i talked to some people the old thing them what they think about how this situation he visited by them and this it to do they have really big speeding's about some said no it's up to the but it's good. to do something about to come up with the un system to spend some steps what they would next other people would say you have to go out student protests and some were saying we had to start as we tried everything if you know we have to think about something else something that is my neck to to to get the right seems to say ok stay with this president in time we want to look now at the international political consequences in a minute but first here are some reactions from around the world and they floss the palestinian israeli exchange at the united nations last night. a small group of

been killed during a raid in georgia former eisel fighter ahmed shah tell you have died in the special forces operation in tbilisi just over a week ago three members of the armed group of the georgian servicemen were also killed these forty one people died when three suicide bombers attacked ataturk airport in istanbul last june a potential game changer in renewable energy has been turned on in south australia where billionaire tech mogul and unmask has build the world's largest lithium ion battery the state's premier unveiled the one hundred megawatt battery on friday it was built near a wind farm in the agricultural area around jamestown south australia has turned off its cold fired power stations and his transition into renewables but a freak storm last year caused a state wide blackout exposing faults with a reliable supply of electricity the state governments or to help from testers mask who promised to build the battery within one hundred days if you thought about be the biggest battery in the nation but it's proved to be the biggest battery in the world that the great thing about a lot

force. withdrawing our forward presence and placing unrealistic reliance upon allies and special operations forces. in stark contrast to the previous administration, this republican-led congress and trump administration have taken the initial steps to rebuild our military. mr. president, i'm having some difficulty with my voice this morning. i'm going to ask that the balance of my statement be included in the record. the presiding officer: without

transitioning away from this relianced on special forces and moving those more to general purposes task. we heard the head of special operations saying special ops, the special operators, navy seals, glen berets, are not a panacea. we officially have it from the secretary of defense they're going to be transitioning more towards general force. this is what pays to come to the pentagon on friday morning. mattis can sometimes stop by. he's still speaking. we're fresh with this. we're going to go through all our notes. the wires are still in there taking notes. ayman, just to give you a sense the kind of guy secretary mattis is, i walked in with him this morning. he stopped and he said hello to the janitor. the janitor spoke spanish to him. mattis said, i've known that lady for 15 years. this is a guy who would rather visit troops, he would rather talk to janitors. he really doesn't like talking to the press. although he does it, as he did today, under duress. >> i'll try to let you get back into that briefing to get more headlines. it is interesting to see the last working day of the year

army special forces did detachment stationed in berlin, germany, during the cold war. >> two teams would the city just to give the russians and east germans a hard time. destroy critical targets like radio tagss and powt and powe s radio tagss and powtations and while the other guys crossed over the walls to hit these targets. railyards. >> wednesday night, black voter suppression. >> during the congressional debate representative louis ludlow said, quote, what a travesty. we're sending neg roes to the fighting lines to die with no freedom. >> thursday night, president andrew jackson's political struggle to challenge and even cripple the powerful back of the united states. >> already by june of 1829 would he have been president for all of three months, jackson was writing friends that the only thing that could prevent our liberties from being crushed by the bank and its influence would be to kill the bank itself. >> and friday night, an interview with senator john mccain on the vietnam war's impact on his life and the country. >> i don't hold a grudge against the north vietnamese. i don'

and seek and the rooms above key of my town square except the man being detained by a unmarked special forces is a former president and one of ukrainian president petro poroshenko as most vocal opponents. as news of the rate spread on facebook within minutes a crowd had gathered on the streets below but still there was no word from the police as to why he was being detained. his arms tied behind his back second really had one last chance to address his supporters calling for president bush and co to face impeachment the but it was one second he was bundled into a car that the confrontation between police and his supporters really got going. to the street ornaments rubbish bins even park police cars were all fair game as the crowd tried to prevent second his forcible departure. in the meantime ukraine's prosecutor general finally got around to answering the question on everyone's lips why not such a big operation and why now the second sweeney he said they colluded with exiled ukrainian oligarchs was preparing to subvert the country's government. or want to cause now to our correspondent nick

they reportedly saw a can with some wires coming out and then alerted the police the police sent special forces into the area they cordoned off the entire area they evacuated the christmas market they evacuated the nearby apartments and have even created a temporary shelter for people who live there it is very cold at this time of year in here in northern germany and then they proceeded to the fuse this object which they are calling an unconventional explosive that essentially is an i.e.d. an improvised explosive device of the type that is often used in terror attacks so they have now defused it with a controlled explosion but they have not yet said anything about who might have been behind this attack and whether in fact what kind of traces what kind of clues they're looking for times about paul stop one of the package was found. pottstown is the former capital of the pression empire so it's the place where the pression kings and later pression kaiser's had their palaces it's a very beautiful city not too far from berlin and it is it's known for is some very picturesque session sections of the

army special forces detachment stationed in berlin, germany, during the cold war. >> two teams will remainn the city just to give the russians a hard time. destroy radio stations and power plants while the other guys who cross over the walls hit the targets. railyards. >> wednesday night, black voter suppression in the 1940s. >> during the congressional debate, representative louis ludlow said, quote, what a travesty. we're sending negroes by the multiplied thousands to the firing line, by telling them they shall have noll part and parcel in freedom at home. >> thursday night, president andrew jackson as political challenge. >> already by june of 1829 would he have been president all of three months, jackson was writing friends that the only thing that can prevent our liberties to be crushed by the bank and its influence would be to kill the bank itself. >> and friday night, an interview with senator john mccain on the vietnam war's impact on his life. and the country. >> i don't hold say grudge against the north street vvietn. i don't like them. some i would never want to see again, but a

army special forces detachment stationed in berlin germany during the cold war. >> two teams would remainn the city just to give the russians a hard time. destroying targets like radio stations and the others would cross over the walls. >> wednesday flight black voter suppressi suppression. >> during the congressional debate he said what a travesty. we are sending by the multiplied thousands to the firing line to die and fight for freedom while telling them they should have no parcel in freedom at home. >> thursday night andrew jackson's political struggle to cripple the powerful bank of the united states. >> jackson was writing that the only thing that can prevent our liberties to be crushed by the bank and its influence would be to kill the bank ititself. >> an interview on the impact on his life and the country. >> i don't hold a grudge against the north vietnamese. i don't like them. there is some i would never want to see again. at the same time, i was part of a conflict, okay? i thought they were some of the meanest people i had ever met in my life and i never want to see again. the

i just retired from special forces. to one of my friends involved in national defense at the pentagon. he was telling me. when donald trump came into office, he basically said to defense secretary mattis to get it done. so mattis has turned to the big guys and said i want these guys crushed in six months. that's a huge step. before we were always hampered. i was in the military at the time. the things we had to deal with, the rules of engagement. the hoops we had to jump through to hit a target when we knew it was there. it was soul crushing. now we are more aggressive and it's paying off. dagen: we are talking about the islamic state is on the run. what are we going to do about the power vacuum in syria. if we are asking this question less than a year into this presidency. it's an incredible thing. it's iran and russia trying to fill that vacuum. in syria. the missiles that the rebels in yemen are firing at saudi arabia are essentially iranian. >> that's the thing it's a proxy war. yemen is a proxy war. the humanitaria

army special forces detachments stationed in berlin, germany, during the cold war. >> two teams would remain in the city, just to give the russians and the east germans a hard time. destroying critical targets like radio station and power plants. the other guys would cross over the walls to hit these targets. >> wednesday night, black voter suppression in the 1940s. >> represent lewis said negroes -- we're sending negroes by the multiplied thousands to die and fight for freedom while telling them they shall have no part or parcel in freedom at home. >> thursday night, president andrew jackson's political struggle to challenge and cripple the powerful bank of the united states. >> already by 1829, june of 1829 when he was president all of three months, jackson was writing friends that the only thing that can prevent our liberties to be crushed by the bank and its influence would be to kill the bank itself. >> and friday night, an interview with senator john mccain on the vietnam war's impact on his life and the country. >> i don't hold a grudge against the north vietnamese. i don't lik

hide and seek on the roofs above kiev's my town square except the man being detained by unmarked special forces is a former president and one of ukrainian president petro poroshenko most vocal opponents. as news of the rate spread on facebook within minutes a crowd had gathered on the streets below but still there was no word from the police as to why he was being detained. his arms tied behind his back second really had one last chance to address his supporters calling for president pershing to face impeachment. but it was once he was bundled into a car that the confrontation between police and his supporters really got going. street rubbish bins even park police cars were all fair game as the crowd tried to prevent his forcible departure. in the meantime ukraine's prosecutor general finally got around to answering the question on everyone's lips why such a big operation and why now. he said they colluded with exiled ukrainian oligarchs was preparing the country's government. and a recap of our top story the sea has banned russia from the upcoming winter olympic games over state sponsored dopi

protests there were singing and sometimes also praying again and then police and riot police and special forces moved in and trying to push people out that it came back it was back and forth also tried to speak with horses so it was a bit back and forth but right now about missing there is still a high police presence but that's always you know in east jerusalem and especially at this point here in town and you know people are going back normally into this city here at a mosque a skate and you know they're walking around it is less tense and probably as expected all right the message that's coming through loud and clear after this decision by president trump is that this isn't about real estate how do people in bethlehem where you are where many christian palestinians live what does to mean for them. jerusalem means a lot but i would i would say there's a difference between two generations which is important to remember there is a generation that has grown up and lived with drew sloan before the israel these review authorities build the segregation wall and for that generation drew through mean

special forces and then it began like shoving and pushing back and forth trying to disperse the crowd so that went on for the whole afternoon basically we also saw some people getting arrested there were also some injured people. and then you know now in the evening now at this time it is much much calmer although the presence of the police here is still very high but it has been less tense maybe then it was expected but still we saw a lot of shoving and pushing today here and people you know trying to protest that decision and said he want to go to you to join us on the phone right now set the scene for us what set the day been like in bethlehem. for him just like congress saying in truth it was just after friday prayers. a bit of war protests many north koreans. growth to the group from the numbers were much less than expected and it lasted for forty five minutes an hour and that has died down and quieted down so these the reaction in beslan but also across the country has a much truer that what was expected the last two days when the gov't protocol very afraid. time what if anythin

confirmed by the police at any rate the police were then informed about this package they sent in special forces they cordoned off the nearby christmas market they evacuated that area of the city of potsdam and they've even created an emergency shelter for people who live nearby the police are saying that they have now defused this object apparently with a controlled explosion and they're calling it an unconventional explosive which basically is the equivalent of an i.e.d. an improvised explosive device we're not hearing anything yet from the police about whether they have any idea who the perpetrators of this may have been and how they're going about researching that fact but the details that i have just given you have been tweeted by the police over the course of about the last hour and a half and tell us about where this package was found. well puts them is the former capital of the pression empire it's where the pression kings and later the kaiser had their palaces it's a beautiful city as i said very close to berlin and interesting for purposes of this particular event it does have five chr

army special forces detachment stationed in berlin, germany, during the cold war. >> two teams would city just to give the russians a hard time. destroy radio towers like radio stations and power plants. for others who crossed over the yards. railyards. >>> wednesday night, plaque voter suppression in the 1940s. >> during the congressional debate, represent louis ludlow said, quote what a travesty. we're sending negroes by the thousands to the firing line to die and fight for freedom while telling them they should have no part and parcel of freedom at home. >>> thursday night, andrew jackson's challenge the even crippled bank of the united states. >> already by june of nine 1929d he have been president three months, jackson is writing the only thing that would prevent our liberties from being crushed by the bank and its influence would be to kill the bank itself. >>> and friday night, an interview with senator john mccain on the impact of the war in vietnam. >> i don't hold a grudge against the north vietnamese. i don't like them. there's some that i would never want to see again. bu

died in the special forces operation in tbilisi last week but these forty one people died when three suicide bombers attacked ataturk airport in istanbul last june in zimbabwe the new president has announced his cabinet includes politicians loyal to the ruling party and also members of the military who helped oust the former leader robert mugabe and a quarter malaysia has heard the murdered half brother of north korea's leader was carrying an antidote to the toxin used to poison him kim jong nam died after a nerve agent was smeared on his face at kuala lumpur airport in february two women have been charged with murder trial has heard that kim had a dozen vials though of the antidote in his bag and it is unclear why he didn't use it news hour for you in about twenty five minutes time right now we return to the coming war on china. this is shanghai the historic hotel on the yangtze river china's greatest city. and arranged to meet the american author james bradley whose latest bestselling book the china mirage reveals an extraordinary hidden history of american power and martin china i

if you know anything about the united states army special forces, their idea would be to walk into this room and get to do something and no one fire a shot because we'd know that cultural sensitivities, not like the new zealand, the exact opposite. this is abinstance -- an instance of tax dollars at work. you know, i k kind of get this. >> we areth just about done, you're such a beautiful writer and reader, is there another section that you would like to end with? >> sure. just -- yeah, great way to end. thank you for the chance. one thing i want to add, i don't have an answer to this question, the book ends with the question who is watching, the book begins with that question, the bookends with that question, that's the ueestion for all of us. i think writing is an act of citizenship, it's an act of moment for us to pause and say who is watching, who is responsible for this, who let this happen, did we, i don't -- and i don't have the bans but it comes in an out of the book and this surely after -- this is when we are talking about agent orange on the street and we are all sitting with

>> i think me specifically i was an 18 charlie which is special forces engineer. primarily i handled demolitions. it was just one element of what i did. we still -- like the main effort was working by and through our local forces. >> and mostly you blew stuff up? i would love with you in a bar and some guy showing he was an engineer. >> yeah, a little bit of a difference. >> how do i know somebody is a green beret ray. it seems like someone might claim foolishly. how do i know you're a green ber beret? >> it is not something saying i'm a green beret ray in a bar. >> i guarantee i would be saying did i mention -- >> yeah. at the end of the day green beret raies are consultants. warrior diplomats are the name given. if you ask them what was your mission or what did you do it will be something of aworked with this nation indigenous forces. there is also unconventional warfare of it. we are teachers. there is a sustainability to it. it is not just all guns and explosions. >> are there any routines you have kept up that you do daily now? >> it provides a good business f