detachment alpha 336 special operations task force-33, in support of operation enduringedom. >> sergeant williams's actions are in keeping with the finest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, combined joint special operations task force-afghanistan, special operations command central, and united states army. (applause) ladies and gentlemen please take a part of this, but the ceremony be reminded of your faithfulness in a challenge to us all to face the needs of others first, thank you for the life of master certainly williams made life be an inspiration to reach a us and may we ever remember that our nation expects so we get criticized with honor, branches wisdom from their minds and courage from my heart and protection from hand, it is important that we do battle, for that is the kingdom in the power for a forever, man. amanda under seats until the president has departed. good evening, my fellow americans: tonight i want to talk to you on a subject of deep concern to all americans and to many people in all parts of the world: the war in

it just is so happens recently guys like you, special operators -- and we have all special operatorse tonight, the navy seals well represented over here, the army rangers and the green berets, guys like you have been a part of missions just like the one that killed al-baghdadi. and our country came together and celebrated the fact that he is dead. i'd be remiss if i didn't take the opportunity to take our audience inside the room as you're planning for an operation like this. so few people ever do that. rob, i'll start with you for obvious reasons. what are you thinking, what are you preparing for in. >> well, obviously, i wasn't there for this one, but i was on one that went into pakistan where we thought the chances of dying were pretty high, and i know these guys went in there knowing a fight is coming and the chance of coming back are pretty good. you know, not all of them, maybe some of them. so it's one of those situations where you have the plan, you know what could happen, potentially all the contingencies. but instead of a handshake, you get a hug from your brothers and read

it just is so happens recently guys like you, special operators -- and we have all special operatorsnight, the navy seals well represented over here, the army rangers and the green berets, guys like you have been a part of missions just like the one that killed al-baghdadi. and our country came together and celebrated the fact that he is dead. i'd be remiss if i didn't take the opportunity to take our audience inside the room as you're planning for an operation like this. so few people ever do that. rob, i'll start with you for obvious reasons. what are you thinking, what are you preparing for in. >> well, obviously, i wasn't there for this one, but i was on one that went into pakistan where we thought the chances of dying were pretty high, and i know these guys went in there knowing a fight is coming and the chance of coming back are pretty good. you know, not all of them, maybe some of them. so it's one of those situations where you have the plan, you know what could happen, potentially all the contingencies. but instead of a handshake, you get a hug from your brothers and ready to

special operations task force 33. in support of operation enduring freedom.ant williams' actions are in keeping with the finest traditions of military service and reflect rate credit upon himself, combined joint special operations task force in afghanistan, special of command central, and the u.s. army. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, join me as we close this ceremony. most holy god, as we go from this place, let this ceremony be a reminder of your faithfulness and a challenge to us all to place the needs of others first. thank you to master sergeant matthew williams. may his wife be an inspiration to each of us, and may we ever remember our nation expects we acquit ourselves with honor. grant us wisdom from diamind, courage from diehard, and protection from thy hand. is the kingdom, the power, and glory forever. amen. ladies and gentlemen, these remain in your seats until the president has departed. ♪ are makingn.org, we it easier for you to watch c-span coverage of the impeachment inquiry and the administration's response. if you have missed any coverag

was helicopters would fly in, come onto the mc ground, at this point there called delta forces special operators who come in and free the hostage. fama united states military has tremendous capacities. we don't necessarily have tremendous capacities in 1980, to engineer this kind of clandestine line special operated driven rescue attempt. the israelis had done something like it, not so far before in the earlier 1970s. we trained and learned from the israelis but we never really done anything like this before as a military. it was really hard operating desert conditions and enemies everywhere.no clear support system. there were a lot of reasons this wasn't going to go well. from the iranian perspective it didn't go well. >> what happens is the helicopters began flying into tehran and fly over the desert they have to fly low to escape any supervision and surveillance. and just terrible luck, a dust storm, a sandstorm blows up and does a number on the mechanical components of the helicopters. and just all hell breaks loose. helicopters are grounded, they crash into each other. the operation doesn't

the officers assigned to manage the unit, it is frequently patrolled by members of the jail's special operationsup or sog. >> i get the last laugh, i always do. don't make a difference to me. >> they are specially trained tactical officers armed with less than lethal weapons. >> every round has a specific kinetic energy. we know exactly how much force we use at all times. we also carry pov cameras which records audio and video. >> the team trains monthly to quell any major problems but finds their presence alone serves as a deterrent. >> when they see us wearing this uniform, plus the shotgun, they know we mean business. and that's when, you know, you see them back down. >> in the unit filled with high-maintenance inmates, one of the best known is dwayne stafford. >> you won't really hardly ever catch me like constantly just banging. but like on some days if i'm agitated, i'll bang on purpose, you know, because nobody's perfect. i'm personally inspired with myself. i mean, i don't know if that's the way i'm supposed to be. but i feel as if it gets me through another day. >> during the past five

what i tried to create here was a foundation that focus on special operation forces. what we've come to realize is there a severe hormonal imbalance and has come to this. there is a vitamin balance due to the selection courses in sustained common operations that we do. were talking about physical hormones that can create the psychosis in the psychology to take it to the brink. they are a direct result of three things. and then lack of disrupted seek -- as we are operating overseas in high stress environments. repeatedly day after day it becomes to wear on the hormone balance. you had been deployed numerous times. is there a way to be able to treat this now the hormone situation is recognized. that's what we do at warrior health foundation. we analyze the laboratory results. and we detected the hormone imbalance and everybody that we see and we offer them a physician monitor protocol. how does that help get someone back into balance. it is going to bring them back to a level of wellness that they have not seen in a long time. i've seen. i can sleep better now. i'm not

special operators who are here targeting isis have left, replacing them ar infantry troops, including national guard soldiers with these bradleys we go up for an aerial view with major general eric hill, who commands the special operations task force across syria and iraq. u.s. troops now working to keep oil fields out of the hands of isis. >> we will continue to secure that whole area with the capability we have >> reporter: general hill's troops are also dealing with a strained relationship with the kurds >> we're working with the sdf, and we have continued to be partnered with them. >> reporter: the commanding general for iraq and syria tells us the mission has not changed. >> really, the enduring defeat of isis mission that we have, the oil fields are contained inside of that. >> reporter: most u.s. troops have already withdrawn from northern syria what's unclear now is how many others may remain as part of this current mission. lester >> all right courtney, thank you. >>> we're less than a year away from the 2020 election, and there is another democratic debate this month. so we

he was probably the most of the ssnd effective special operations team leaders. when the allies invaded italy decided the fascist government, they put mussolini under guard, lock him up in this prison -- actually it was a zinil out of season -- scor was the guy who led the special operations to get him out of there. amazing story. i will not get into all the details. they use these airplanes -- amazing things. within 24 hours, they had mussolini in berlin shaking hands with hitler's. he was one of the people who was likely to have been in involved in this thing. war, there were a lot of denials about this whole operation. he, in his memoirs, largely denied any involvement in it. in later conversations, he admitted, he had been part of it, but did not go to tehran. that would have made a great story. maybe in the movie version. probablye guy who was best equipped to lead such a mission, but they did have some amazing people on the ground. they had at least six ss hit teams. but i don't want to spoil a certain story. >> on the cover, two of the three have military-

he deserve to go out the way he did and our special operators deserve credit.onald trump did make a mistake by pulling troops out of syria making it harder to do the operation, thank god the operation to get abu bakr al-baghdadi was successful but we have to be concerned. do we have the capacity in syria to confront isis, thank god we still have the troops in iraq and are able to confront isis in iraq. they had to fly all the way across northern syria to get to abu bakr al-baghdadi's compound. there is concern about whether we have continuing capacity given the decision to suddenly pull out all the troops and the syrian kurds were instrumental in giving us the intelligence we needed to get abu bakr al-baghdadi. shannon: how do we balance those concerns, those competing interests? >> in life and politics and national security you have to have priorities. what should america's 40 be? we spent 20 years preoccupied with the middle east, ignored the real strategic threat which is a rising and aggressive china and i do think we need to reorient our priorities to chin

then well i think there's a lot more awareness that even professional athletes even wealthy special operators can have mental health problems so it's not just a good thing definitely a part well that's full time for us i'd like to thank our guests polly moody and dave pranic be sure to tune in next max think. of it is an. education is the future. how is the situation worldwide. global $3000.00 takes a look which educational models create opportunities for the future. what does it mean to learn in an interconnected world with ever increasing expectations. google. 3000 next. night everything changed. the night every day people made history. led by the country came together ed was. there 30 minutes. to personally. with a little bit wonderful can still make the game so special i. truly feel. bad . for the football. to. welcomes a global 3000 today we take a close look at education and training the main role of schools is to give children a firm foundation for a successful future 200 years ago just 2300000 of the world's children attended school now it's more like $700000000.00 that's almost 90 pe

basically it's what the president is getting out of this because actually he's hurting the special operations community by going in and making these willy-nilly decisions just for his purpose and i'm sorry to see this thing come down this way. i wish eddie gallagher could just fade off into the sunset but i think trump being who he is will not let that happen and that's my comment. it's basically all for the president as usual. thank you. guest: one thing that i would noteworthyote, it is to those men and women who wear the cloth of our nation that you have an active duty member of the naval services who appealed directly to the president of the united states for clemency. noteworthy itself is . you are circumventing the military code of justice. professional organization, for the military it's all about discipline and that is something that the military normally can self regulate and take care of itself internally and hold itself to a very high standard. anytime you have a senior leader who selectively picks cases you start raising the issue of if you can catch a senior leader's maybe you ha

defense analyst at the center for strategic and international studies and former advisor to the special operations commander in afghanistan said the strategy behind this surge in bombing is that the taliban may be more likely to agree to a peace deal acceptable to the united states and the afghan government if the taliban believes they can win the war in afghanistan right because up until now what we've only been lightly involved in the longest war in u.s. history we've just kind of batted him around like a kitty that really jones went on to point out that despite the recent surge in bombing the taliban does not appear to be coerced and still believes it can win on the battlefield. so let's kick things off today with a look at the latest efforts by the u.s. government to keep on pouring money and missiles into the war that never read as we start watching the whole 6.

we can add special operations guys in there. but we won't put troops across the border. david: i'm talking about a specific targeted operation like the israelis did in taking out nazis. >> we are already doing that, david. we have our intelligence agencies and task forces made up of top members of our intelligence agencies he helping the mexican government hunt. i think it's tough. in the ends the mexicans are in charge. but take it from somebody who hunted members of isis boulevard. i have seen the brutality of that group and i know the mexican cartels are just as brutal and in a lot of ways they are more heavily funded. we saw what happened when the raid was botched to get el chapo's son. they got him in custody but then had to release him because they were under a hail of gunfire. if you are a mexican citizen watching this, your own government doesn't have the ability to protect you. i don't know what type of resources we are able to give them that we aren't already doing. bernie sanders has a new plan to basically open up our borders, provide full amnesty to anybody

in the past, it was more of weight, let's slow it down, wait outside until we bring in a special operations troops. here, we are training officers that the first officers on the scene are going to be responsible for the initial interdiction until it is shifted out with the heavy weapons from the special operations troops. it's a very unique dynamic and how law enforcement is moving forward coupled with the usage of the advent of technology with video cameras and things to that effect. i understand atf is on the ground and we have a couple of other federal agencies, but those first responders that come from that localized police department, those are the individuals that interdict first. >> harris: i am curious to know how much the suspects age comes into play here both on the day of something like this since the reports were that this person was a minor and now the sheriff of l.a. county has confirmed for us here on fox news that that suspected shooter ended up being one of the injured students that they first were bringing for help, took them some time and waves of information and identifi

it is called "sea stories: my life in special operations." thank you. >> great to be here. >>> still ahead, our colleague rachel maddow is up next to talk about her new book on the black gold that powers our world and many of its problems. >>> and later, making a transition from a young michael jordan fan to a brutal dictator. how kim jong-un became murderru a murderous regime. we'll speak to a journalist who has been inside north korea. >>> plus a never before aired portion of our conversation with edward snowden, where he shares his views on our founders and how they might feel about the state of surveillance in our present-day lives. "the 11th hour" just getting started on this thanksgiving weekend. if you have medicare, listen up. the medicare enrollment deadline is only days away. with so many changes, do you know if your plan is still the right fit? having the wrong plan may cost you thousands of dollars out of pocket, and that's why i love healthmarkets, your insurance marketplace. with their new fitscore, they compare thousands of pla

special operations command is one of the most effective operations in the world.to take people out of that command and inject them into the fabric of business. deirdre: what has been it been like when you reach out to businesses. i'm sure everyone admires you. that's the assumption. what's the pitch, okay, these guys are the most amazing people on the planet and how do you get from that point to here's what they can do for your business? >> there's a fascination with the u.s. special operations community. lauren: there is. >> the business loves it. we don't have to pitch. after we put these people in front of the employers in an interview, they know instantly that the mindset is there. lauren: how do you get over an honest, normal, legit question, but this person doesn't have industry experience. >> we love that question. when you hire for industry experience, you usually lose out. you want to hire from mindset. there's an old statement of you hire for character, you train for skill. that's why you hire these men and women, for the things you can't teach, which is

we have teams inside iran and these include joint special operation forces most elite commando unit it has been given executive authority by the president as many as 12 countries to go in and kill we're talking about high value targets. they're operating now and they go into countries outside of the war zone side of afghanistan and outside of iraq without telling the american cia station chief for the american ambassador they go in sterile and they kill people. we have to work sort of the dark side if you will spend time in the shadows. a lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly without any discussion methods that are available to our intelligence agencies. the doctrine that has endured from bush to obama is that the world is a battlefield and that the united states has the right to go into any country around the world to conduct what they call kinetic operations lethal operations regardless of what international law says. what is president obama's response to that how is he going to deal with he embraced the very covert shadow forces that a decade earlier had onl

reporter: general white said he is sending infantry troops in to hold areas freeing up the special operations forces to continue to pursue isis. lester. >> all right courtney cuby in baghdad thank you. there is a growing mystery in alabama where police now say there may have been foul play in the disappearance of a college student who is the stepdaughter of a ufc star. here's morgan chesky >> reporter: tonight, an urgent search for a missing college student police believe could be in grave danger. >> there is obviously high probability and likelihood that there's some foul play involved. >> 19-year-old went missing one week ago last seen on surveillance video at a convenience store in auburn, alabama. last friday, police found her car at an apartment complex more than 50 miles away the vehicle heavily damaged. officials aren't sure if she drove it there blanchard's mother said the night she went missing, she was with a man she had just met. >> it's overwhelming but i tell you anya's a very special girl and she loved everybody and so caring. >> her stepfather is ufc fighter walt harris and now

he's here tonight as the author of "sea stories, my life in special operations." we're awfully happy to have you here. talk to an audience made up mostly of civilians about chain of command and why we hear civilians so frustrated. wondering who's the first big name military person who's going to push back on this president? really push back and let him have it. and why in your view will live a long life without ever seeing that happen? >> yeah. i don't know that you're not seeing it happen. i mean -- >> in their own way. >> the fact of the matter is the military will follow the commander in chief's orders unless they are an unlawful order. and you have some magnificent military leaders out there. irmea the chairman of the joint chiefs, one of the finest offers i have ever worked with. these are terrific officers. they will provide the president the best advice and counsel they can. now, again, they are going to follow the president's orders unless they deem it to be an unlawful order. at that point in time, they always have the option to resign. but i think the pr

attachment alpha 3336, special operations task force 33 in support of operation enduring freedom. according to the medal of honor citation, on april 6, 2008, williams, his team, and roughly 100 afghan commandos were airdropped from helicopters into a mountainous area of afghanistan. the ter rhine was too rough for the helicopters to land. so the soldiers jumped from 10 to 25 feet off the back of helicopters to start the mission. some landed on jagged rocks, others lanned waist deep in the river. none were detoured from the mission. after moving their way through fast moving water, they faced an onslaught of machine-gun fire, sniper fire, and grenades. they were forced to take cover. once williams learned members of his team were trapped and taking heavy fire, he quickly joined a small assault team to assist the wounded and the troops taking heavy fire. williams led the group up the mountain across 100 meter valley of boulders and difficult terrain towards american troops in training danger. quick-l they set up a human to bring the wounded down the mountain. as they were s

right from the start the special operations brigades have been taking ever more drastic measures to get the protests under control including tear gas. meanwhile the protesters rage is boiling over and the reluctance to strike back is evaporating and on top of the police brutality the hong kong government's refusal to consider the demands of millions of citizens is especially frustrating to the demonstrators. and growing numbers of young activists are left with the impression that peaceful protest will achieve nothing more and more resorting to violence. but frustration can all too easily become blind to destructive rage. what kind of violence is justified in the struggle for democracy . that question right or do you how much violence is justified under the circumstances i think it depends. on each context of living in a fully functional tamil democratic country of course violence is in no way justified both for and hongkong the situation is a bit different like in june 2 1000000 people nearly a quarter of the population marching to st peacefully but then the government simply replied wi

she's flying that helicopter on a mission with special operations forces.ut later, she washed out because of ear problems. >> at this point, my whole world in my mind was gone. >> reporter: now she's in that same class at vanderbilt law school. >> i used to be doing these kind of missions and other things, where my life was on the line. and i could deal with that stress no problem. but here, i've got, like, a multiple-choice quiz coming up on sunday, and i'm, you know, falling to pieces. >> reporter: seven veterans have been awarded $25,000 scholarships to vanderbilt grad schools, money which both rewards veterans for their service and attracts role models to the campus. they are expected to share lessons in military service with their younger classmates. >> we really bring a worldly perspective that's been informed by sometimes three years, five years, sometimes decades of service. >> reporter: adams tells younger students he was late to class and formation so many times at west point, he was forced to take a leave of absence. >> i went to west point. i fa

a lot of the comments coming back from unities with special operators, soldiers and marines who are out there about the level of shame that they feel. and if you take away the honor of the service members, there was very little left i think. that's why this is so disturbing. it's not just that it's a terrible policy decision in the middle east for this moment. it's that it could take decades to recover the credibility that was blown up, for no really good strategic reason. it's not like the the presidens faced with this anguishing choice, where there is no way to honor one value without betraying and other. no way to live up to a promise to one ally without undercutting another or no way to save american lives here without endangering there. >> you don't think he went through that process? [laughing] i don't even know the word process doesn't seem like it could apply here. [laughing] and for so long a special with my more conservative friends, is the debate over whether his president is a good guy or a wise thinker or honest man, ended a long time ago. the debate, maybe you've had this

the officer is a 17 year veteran with the department and was assigned to the special operations bureau. >> the highway patrol maximum enforcement is on the way tonight and runs through the holiday weekend. all available officers will be out on the roads all around the state, looking for impaired or distracted driving, unsafe speed, and people who fail to buckle up. last year, highway patrol arrested more than 900 people on suspicion of dui statewide. maximum enforcement ends sunday at midnight. >>> a free pre- thanksgiving meal to anyone who wants it. we've been seeing folks all night long. >> it draws people from all over the bay area. here is the owner here to tell me why he started this. when did you start? >> 1989. you gi the community, it gives back to you. we really believe in that. last year we had 1472 people. it's about the communities and all of the people, the adventure capitalists. that's it. [ indiscernible ] we made a vegan dish. - - [ indiscernible ] we have beer, wine, champagne, everything. no matter how rich or poor they are. >> you will be doing it again next year? >

depends analyst at the center for strategic and international studies and former advisor to the special operations commander in afghanistan said the strategy behind this surge in bombing is that the taliban may be more likely to agree to a peace deal acceptable to the united states and the afghan government if the taliban believes they can win the war in afghanistan. right because up until now what we've only been lightly involved in the longest war in u.s. history we've just kind of bad of them around like a kiddie so that really jones went on to point out that despite the recent surge in bombing the taliban does not appear to be coerced and still believes it can win on the battlefield. so let's kick things off today with a look at the latest efforts by the u.s. government to keep on pouring money and missiles into the war but never read as we start watching the hawks. it looks like. it's really. hard to see. what it's like you know that i got. with. the. world we're going to watching the hawks i am tyrrel them tour and joining me today today to discuss the latest record breaking numbers in afgha

military special operations unit. well the daddy locked in public image more than made up for and brutality he bears responsibility for thousands of deaths torture and slave minute attacks by isis the world over. us president donald trump was unabashedly triumphant when he announced albert killing he died like a dog he died like a coward the world is now a much safer place. and security analysts have little doubt that isis has enough financial means and fighters to pose a continuing threat. has al baghdadi death really made the world a safer place. to me what's your answer to that question donald trump says the world is a safer place is it while in the short term it might appear to be so because isis has been already disorganized for the past few good months and. it couldn't carry out the attacks that it used to and the difference the main difference between isis and the organizations like al qaida was that controlled a swath of territory for you know a few good years so in that sense i think. is a setback for isis in

he was found guilty of a lesser charge of posing for photographs with the dead iraqi but the special operations soldier had a powerful ally of his side president donald trump who parted gallagher for any wrongdoing restore his rank and demanded the navy halt any further investigations against any and that is what led to spencer's firing when a departure letter to the president wrote he cannot in good conscience obey orders from trump he believes quote violate the sacred oath he took his navy commander trump tweeted sunday night the reason spencer was fired was because he was not pleased with the way gallagher's trial was handled and cost overruns within the navy. when trump pulled u.s. troops out of northern syria in october it was against the advice of the pentagon this entire ordeal with the navy seal is just the latest example of a president not afraid to use his title as commander in chief of the u.s. armed forces to defy military commanders when he deems it necessary he rolls on though al-jazeera washington the u.n. humanitarian chief mark local cats made his 1st visit to sudan since the t