as the cost of storage are high the u.s. army decided to use some of it to manufacture munitions and armor plating. dug roxy's depleted uranium quite simply as a nuclear weapon and yes it is it's solid radioactive waste as chemically toxic it's radioactive radioactive for eternity it's a dirty bomb and yeah it is i always call it nuclear for what it is it's nuclear waste used to kill and destroy those contaminated air war soil and food that remains there to cause harm for eternity this weapon was used for the first time in iraq in one thousand nine hundred one at the time the u.s. army asked to inspect the tons of burnt down iraqi tanks destroyed by depleted uranium missiles this is measuring the contamination undestroyed know as a result of his team were seriously contaminated by inhaling uranium dust today doug is one of the only survivors of that group i mean you can look at me i mean what i look like there was a lot different story early healthy and our bodies are stored nearly sick little me right there. and we were the best

marshall who during his lifetime served as u.s. army chief of staff, secretary of state, and defense secretary. after world war ii, general marshall designed the european recovery program which became known as the marshall plan. in 1953 he received the nobel peace prize for his work to stabilize and rebuild europe. this film aired as part of the "big picture" series on abc television from 1951 through 1975. focused on historic battles, figures and traditions in u.s. military history. >> the united states army presents "the big picture," an official report produced for the armed forces and the american people. >> it is rare in history when a man who has distinguished his name in war goes on to greatness and peace. but for george marshall, it was a short step from a brilliant military caree his statesman, diplomat, peacemaker. winner of the nobel prize for peace. throughout his long career, general marshall served the most enduring ideals of a free people. his record has represented the best in the democratic tradition. >> walter cronkite

a u.s. army sergeant is being held for the massacre of civilians in afghanistan. 16 are dead including children. tonight, what we're learning about the soldier and the fear of retaliation. >>> southern exposure. two big contests as the gop swings to the south now. could the field narrow after this? >>> the phenomenon called "kony 2012." talk about the worldwide web, one short film has now been seen by 75 million people and counting. tonight, in search of the real story on the ground, we'll have a report from uganda. >>> and love letters, a side of richard nixon we've never seen before, the romantic side, madly in love with the woman who later became the first lady. in love with the woman who later became the first lady. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good evening tonight from our london bureau. the world woke up to terrible news from afghanistan where a u.s. army sergeant apparently went on a solo rampage and killed over a dozen afghan civilians i

again, one u.s. armytaff sergeant in custody and being held responsible for that shooting taking place. >>> meantime, the white house has just released a statement about this shooting. this from president barack obama saying, "i offer my condolences to the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives and to the people of afghanistan." the president goes on to say, "this incident does not represent the exceptional character of our military and the respect that the united states has for the people of afghanistan." >>> so tensions are already high between civilians and nato forces in afghanistan. and this incident just might make it worse. this year, six american troops died in rioting, linked to the burning of korans by u.s. troops. in one incident last month, a gunman wearing an afghan uniform killed two americans a remeet eastern province. and then just ten days ago, an attacker in an army uniform shot dead two nato troops in kanda r kandahar. >>> a member of the house armed services committee sa

the iraqi capital alternates between days of violence and days of peace the u.s. army is committed to point out of the country by the summer the police and the iraqi army will step in it will choose. these traffic jams are an indicator of peace in iraq. the city seems revived with businesses springing up once again and residents doing their shopping in the city center. a city center that is returning to its pre-war opulence. but is the war really over though the situation in baghdad has improved other cities have been tossed into the garbage fallujah for instance my parents' home town after the war the city was totally cut off only the inhabitants had the right to come and go freely. so when i come but i have family and friends there and i speak iraqi arabic i make contact with a friend in flu shot. chemistry quite list actually i'll take you up and we'll go wherever you want. this is eunice he's thirty two years old a former football player for lucia now want to point out that i first met him arguing a news report four years ago it was he who called my attention to be

nurse. [ applause ] first lieutenant eleanor porter, u.s. army, women's specialist corps. [ applause ] sergeant daze city lozak, u.s. marine corps, supply specialist. lieutenant pa trisha johnson, u.s. navy recruiter. and captain kathy taylor, u.s. air force, head nurse, station hospital medical ward in korea. [ applause ] >> we're so happy that you all are here today with us. now, i'm only going to ask one question each for the sake of time and that way we can have questions from the audience. so i will start with lieutenant drake. lieutenant drake, did you feel that medical training for combat was adequate for the numbers and sent of injuries that you encountered in the m.a.s.h.? how well did the movie and tv series portray what your teams endured? >> myself, i had no training at all going in on combat zone. i was stationed at walter reed hospital and i had good training at walter reed in the operating room and also i trained in nurse's training i thought was very well done for me to work if will korea. but we had no combat ahead of time about

a u.s. army staff sergeant left his base in kandahar afghanistan walked into people's homes and opened fire. 16 silions were killed including nine children and others. >> outrage and grief have overwhelmed afghan villagers in what was once the cradle of the taliban. a u.s. army staff sergeant left his base, entered three near by homes and shot and killed 16 silions in their bed. it is believed that some of the bodies were also burned. the attack sparked immediate outrage from karzai who called the incident unforgiveable. >> we deplore any attack by a member of the u.s. armed forces against innocent civilians. >> it's going to complicate missions but also it just i think we're all affected by senseless death regardless of how it happens. >> last month korans were inadvertently burned leading to violence that killed doze ns of people including americans. there are now grave concerns that these significant missteps could put american troops in additional peril. >> one incident like this in the minds

army. okay. but, as far as the u.s. government is concerned, we don't recognize the existence of the confederacy. you stay right where you are. okay? anderson's problem, okay, he's literally sitting in the hot bed of succession movement in charleston. he's on an island. he's going to run out of food and supplies at some point. okay? now, in january, in january, the federal government, the u.s. federal government tried to send a relief expedition down. the confederate forces fired on that ship and it turned around. so ever since january, anderson has been trying to hold out. and what he's saying is, guys, i don't know how much longer i can do this. we've got a serious problem. finally, in early april, lincoln decides he's got to resupply anderson. but here's lincoln's problem. he doesn't want to start this thing. he is hoping that everybody is going to kind of -- if you get wrapped up in the middle of a speech, right, you're at some sort of gathering and there's, like, the electricity of the crowd and there's this amazin

he resigns his commission in the u.s. army and he will later rise to the leadership of the army of northern virginia and eventually to the leadership of all confederate forces. that's the situation by the time we're in late -- once you have the secession of all the upper south, by the time we're in late may, june 1865. when y'all get back on monday is when we'll pick up with the start of the war. now do you want to go ahead? we can open up the mic if you want to be able to record any of the questions. y'all are going to freeze at this point. don't make me talk on television. all right? do you have any questions? go for it. >> fort sumter was held by the north? >> it's a u.s. military installation. it would be like fort hood in texas. if texas is he seeds and you have a u.s. fort in this country. >> they were guarded by the north? >> it's all the united states. the question is fort sumter is in south carolina but it's the north. what's going on here. wait until all the questions are done. all right. you're passing the attendanc

he resigns his commission in the u.s. army. and he will later rise to the leadership of the army northern virginia and eventually the leadership of all confederate forces. okay. that's the situation by the time we're in late. really once you have the secession of all the upper south, by the time we're in late may, june, 1865. when ya'll get back on monday is when we'll pick up with the start of the war. now, do you want to go ahead, we can open up the mic if ya'll want to be able to record any of the questions. you're like, don't make me talk on television. all right. but do you have any questions? about lee? go for it. >> fort sumter was held by the north. >> it's a u.s. military installation. it would be like i don't know ft. hood and texas. if texas suddenly secedes and you have a u.s. fort in the middle of the country. yeah. >> so they were on the -- >> well, it's all the united states, right. i mean, the question is, all right, fort sumter is in south carolina but it's the north. what's going on here? just wait till all th

there are u.s. army veterans who live here who say they want to support the afghan-american community and are calling for the u.s. government to provide u.s. soldiers with proper medical attention and time off between tours of duty. now some of the people out here we saw them signing a banner, a lot of them writing personal messages, calling for peace and justice. they plan on sending that banner to president obama. live in fremont, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you very much. >>> we have a bizarre story coming out of iraq right now. a man claim to be a former u.s. soldier spoke out today about his alleged release from a nine-month imprisonment by an iraqi shiite militia. the man made the announcement during a news conference in baghdad. he wore a u.s. army uniform and iraqi lawmakers held up his identification krd for the cameras, the man says after serving as a soldier in iraq in 2003-2004, he moved to a civilian role. he claims to have taken hostage last june and only released recently.

a u.s. army apache helicopter flies low over some buildings and doubles back and slams into the snow. amazingly, the two crew moments survived. this happened last month but the video was just released. u.s. army investigators are investigating the cause of the crash. there is speculation that the pilot may have been showing off for his fellow troops. >>> free medical and dental care in oakland. we'll tell you what services are available. >>> part of the bay area saw some sprinkles this morning. mark tamayo is ahead with the forecast >>> and a man who has a very interesting but dirty job. >>> b.a.r.t. pilots on san francisco bay are involving in a tricky in mover. 12900-foot long msc fabiola sailed under the golden gate bridge this afternoon. pilots plan to turn around the fabiola in the bay shipping channel so it can leave the port of oakland but there is only 100 feet of clearance on both ends. they have been training for 18 months on how to maneuver the massive ship. >>> a deputy cleared of rap

in march 2003, my branch chief at the u.s. army center of military history called me into his office, invited me to sit down and told me that my next project would be to write an operational history of the u.s. colored troops, that is a purely military history. i responded, why? it seemed to me at the time that there were already two perfectly good histories available. dudley cornish's "the sable arm" and joseph grothar's "forged in battle." true, cornish's book appeared in 1956 and grothar's in 1990. but i pointed out that the history of the colored troops was a growth industry. new books were appearing every year. in fact, during the years that i worked on "freedom by the sword" i reviewed six of them. the bottom in effect told me, never mind. just do it [ laughter ] >> he explained the procedure to me. i would have to write a proposal as if the whole thing had been my idea. a committee would approve it or ask for revisions. the entire process would take a year, that is before i ever got properly started on producing a manuscript

our brilliant u.s. armyngineers came up with a creative way to bring the supplies to the researchers in antarctica. >> isn't that amazing? >> okay. they made like a giant lego bridge from the ship to the shore. >> it took them about three days to put that together. eventually they unload 6.8 million pounds of food and supplies, and loaded waste and research findings. it wasn't that easy. they had to consider the exa ceh got there, they only had 7,600 square feet to work with. normally on the ice pier they have 100,000 square feet. >> so it was probably a slow protest. >> that's going to do it for us at "right this minute." we have one more video for you. this is some guys doing some tricks on some yamaha zoomer scooters. enjoy it we'll see you tomorrow, everybody. ♪ >>> we feel this is the wrong school at the wrong place. >> parents sound off on plans to replace a park with a new chapel. >>> a local father and soldier killed in afghanistan. how his family celebrated his memory stood and what they're taking a

some say he's a staff sergeant in the u.s. army based in ft. lewis in washington state. some say he was a 38-year-old on his fourth tour. three in iraq, the first in afghanistan. we are getting very little as to who this man is. nato is being tight-lipped about who he is while they investigate his motives, why he went out there and went after afghans while they were sleeping. >> a terrible day. atia, thank you very much. we'll come back to you for much more on this. >>> as the violence against u.s. forces in afghanistan rises, support for the war diminishes here at home. this poll taken before the events of the weekend. the latest "washington post"/abc poll shows 60% of americans no longer support the war there, nearly doubling the 35% who say the war has been worth the cost. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich on the air yesterday saying america now, in light of this incident, with the shooting of civilians, needs to completely rethink its strategy. >> i don't think we have the willpower or the capacity to do the things you have to do to fundamentally change

a senior official says a u.s. army staff sergeant has been detained in the incident. so far, they think he was acting alone. u.s. officials reacted swiftly to the incident. >> we deplore any attack by a member of the u.s. armed forces against innocent civilians and denounce all violence against civilians. we assure the people of afghanistan that the individual or individuals responsible for this terrible act will be identified and brought to justice. >> reporter: but villagers and triable leaders on the ground told us there was more than one soldier on the ground when the incident occurred. president karzai said "those operations conducted against terrorism during which our innocent countrymen are killed, such as what the american soldier did, are acts of terror and unforgivable." kand har is the birthplace of the taliban. they put out a statement saying it happened during a raid. but a full investigation is underway. whatever the case, the killings come just weeks after deadly protests erupted when u.s. troops mistakenly burned eed k and other religious materials. we

. >> reporter: the still shooter is reported to be a 38-year-old u.s. army staff sergeant from fort lewis, washington and he's been in afghanistan for six weeks after three tours in iraq. >> the soldiers are not allowed to kill anyone they want to but allowed to kill the enemy. >> reporter: the retired major spent 28 years as a u.s. army lawyer and that if convicted, the suspect could face the ultimate penalty. >> and this is in thorough, the death penalty and assuming he's charged with premeditated murder. >> reporter: the taliban appears to have rendered the verdicts on the shooting and on the website tonight and they're vowing revenge against u.s. troops stationed in afghanistan. >> reporter: george little called the killings deplorable and in isolateed incident and there is every indication that the killings were perpetrated by a single individual, brian, acting on his own. >> and do we know if the suspect will stay in afghanistan or come here to d.c. for a court-martial? >> we put that question to major-general al10 bug. the suspect is held in custody w

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pentagon officials saying 38-year-old u.s. armyopened fire, killing women and children in two villages killing 16, at least 16 afghans. nine of them are children. burning the bodies. reaction around the world, over the weekend. "washington post" and abc news had a poll about afghanistan. is the war in afghanistan worth fighting in 60% of the respondents said not worth fighting. should the u.s. withdraw forces from afghanistan? withdrawal forces was 54%. both sides of the aisle are weighing in with a different sense about this war. >> i think it's likely that we have tragically lost the lives and suffered injuries to consider number of young americans on a mission we will discover is not doable. >> bret: what about this? the way forward? bring in our panel. liz marlanez. mara liasson. syndicated columnist krauthammer. there are obviously lawmakers out there saying we need to hold the line. this is important. lindsay graham, senator cane kahn and others but it seems like there are more voices like you heard from gingrich. >> one is p

military brass say bales a u.s. army sergeant walked house to house opening fire on afghan villagers. when the rampage ended 16 people were dead. tonight, susan candiotti has gotten exclusive access to some of the people that know robert bales best and the image they paint of the man is not that of a mass killer. susan is standing by in ohio, the soldier's home state. you have been talking to a man who had a sperp relationship with robert bales. who's the man and how did he know bales? >> this man's name is bob durham. he goes way back to know this family. in fact, he knew sergeant bales ever since he was a little baby. he has a special relationship because he says that sergeant bales, when he was a teenager, always took care of mr. durham's very special son. he's a special son because he's severely disabled, and even though he said that bales was a very popular football player, for example, he wouldn't think twice of taking this young man out. was never embarrassed to be with him and really took care of him. was a given

purser u.s. army deputy g 2, u.s. army operations plans and policy. [ applause ] finally representing the united states marine corps, i'd like to introduce brigadier general marcella j. monahan, currently serving as the assistant deputy commandant, combat development and integration. ma'am, thank you. [ applause ] >> it is a distinct honor to have all of you here to honor you and our korean war veterans. after reviewing your biographies, i'm humbled and impressed by your many accomplishments over lopth, faithful and distinguished careers. given your critical positions and demanding schedules, i'm very grateful for your presence and support today. i'm sure much will be said today about barriers broken, milestones achieved and trails blazed. all part of the amazing assent of american women over the past half century. in my estimation, the greatest tribute to these officers is that their successes transcend gender. they are no longer viewed as successful female officers, but simply as successful officers who happen to be

the food is just head and shoulders above any other u.s. army food, and he says what's going on here? why is the food so good. and they said this unit has a french chef. they do not have u.s. army chefs. bumby says how do i join? he doesn't ask who are you? he says how do i join? they say do you speak french and know your way around? he says yes. they say you're in. it turns out he has joined the oss. at this point in the war, so this is the spring/summer of 1944. the oss is dropping people into europe and bumby is given a pretty stark choice. you can either go on the next mission, which is a really exciting mission. it was going to drop into the south of france. there's only one problem, we don't have time to train you to send you to jump school to be a parachutist before you go. do you mind going on the first jump of your life into combat? and the other choice is, well, you can wait, take the training, and something will show up later on. he says, no, no, i'll go now. so he hops into -- he gets on this mission and he has one condition, a very

not first time ever but in the u.s. army, first time combu bug engines are used. pershing was a widower. his wife had died in a fire. patton's sister took a liking to pershing and vicer is va. there was a great scene leaving the docks for europe of patton's sister and wife waving good-bye to the two of them. patton is on pershing's staff. he's in charge of the motor pool and other things. patton's sister says, let me join you, be with you, i'll be a candy striper and pershing writes back, no, no, it's fair. all the other men are without their wives. i shouldn't do it either. a where they weren't elg telling her is pershing got three girlfriends in paris. i guess four would have been a crowd by the time the war is over, he returns and she tries to rekijd the relationship and patton's sister dies single. i was with patton's granddaughter last year giving her atour of d.c. we walked by @a statue of pershing and she says, you know, he was almost my great grandfather. the things you hear. patton's on pershing's staff, working motor pool and waiting for a slot to open u

we're talking about u.s. army staff sergeant robert bales who allegedly murdered 16 afghan civilians one week ago today. we'll bring you revelation from his wife, carolyn's blog. a live report from his hometown in ohio. ♪ >>> and it's primary day in puerto rico. 20 delegates up for grabs, but most eyes are already focused on tuesday's contest in illinois. we'll tell you why. starting monday flying gets a whole lot easier. especially if you are over 75. we'll explain. >>> we now go to joint base louis mcchord in washington state where u.s. army sergeant robert bales served most of his military career when he was not deployed. that's why we find our casey, and he has more on bales' defense team. casey, good morning. the attorneys say they will meet with bales this week. what, if anything, do you think we can expect from that meeting? >> reporter: well,, randy, that's right. we got a word late yesterday from staff sergeant bales' defense team. it's two civilian attorneys and his military attorney saying they will, in

. >>> our big story this morning, a u.s. army staff sergeant now being questioned by authorities after going on a shooting spree in southern afghanistan. at least 16 people were killed, some of them children. putty ann brown has the latest reaction to the shooting. >> reporter: -- patty ann brown has the latest reaction to the shooting. >> we deplore any attack by a member of the u.s. armed forces against innocent civilians and denounce all violence against civilians. >> a large number of afghan families are grieving today so on behalf of all australians, i offer my condolences. >> reporter: the killing spree pose as a threat to u.s.-afghan relations. it could delay signing of a strategic deal. >> there was a significant step forward in agreement concerning detawnees between president karzai and the united states which i think would move us very much closer to a long-term strategic partnership agreement. >> reporter: the staff sergeant in question is believed to have been stationed at joint base lewis-mcchord in washington state,

sometime today the u.s. army staff sergeant accused of killing afghan civilians in cold blood is due to meet face to face with this lawyer army sergeant robert bales now awaiting trial at a u.s. military prison in fort leavenworth kansas formal charges against army staff sergeant robert bales are expected this week a deadly shooting and stabbing rampage at family and friends of u.s. army staff sergeant robert bales say they are stunned but are standing by the man they call a devoted father and husband what caused this otherwise well respected member of the military to barely go berserk the staff sergeant bales was have been sent overseas for time since two thousand and three years to you most likely would play a role in a sentence soon if he was convicted new revelations of murder about the life in the family of u.s. staff sergeant robert bales staff sergeant robert bales was arrested a decade ago on the misdemeanor charge of assault on a woman bales' attorney telling us it's a tough case because of the political

u.s. army private bradley manning will be back tomorrow following an afternoon of hearings on the wikileaks scandal. he arrived at the military court room this afternoon already charged with aiding the enemy. today, prosecutors identified the enemy as al qaeda. defense lawyers say it manning was a troubled soldier who should have that back -- and should not have had access to classified material to begin with. >> baltimore police say they are enforcing some strict changes in their program following the shooting death of an officer. the changes follow an independent review. the officer was killed, along with a civilian but the biggest change for the public, at any time you are dealing with and on duty officer, they will be wearing clearly marked a tire. >> at no time as a member of this agency, to or in a plane close idec -- capacity, take enforcement action. >> in another change, you may be seeing more of the city police. they are working on increasing communication with the public. the report

the man is claimed to be randy michael but the u.s. army says it does not know of any unaccounted for troops in iraq. washington withdrew its forces from iraq in december. >> while there are no firm details on his given name, he claims to be a former u.s. soldier who left iraq and went back as a civilian and was captured. the shi'ite militia claiming they held the man captive for nine months. >> we apologize for the technical problems in that story. we'll try to get back to it time permitting. >>> a former platoon leader says that the seweddier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians was a model soldier who saved others' lives. staff sergeant bales turned himself in after the shooting in an afghan village. after three in iraq, bales' lawyer said he didn't want to go back to war. he have didn't think he had to. >> he was told he was not going to be redeployed. the family was counting on him not being redeployed. and so he and the family were told that his tours in the middle east were over and then literally overnight, that changed. >> a seni

but as always thank you so much for your time that was that generated a combat veteran and retired u.s. army colonel douglas macgregor. i'll from occupying iraq straight to shutting down the corporations that is the focus of these protests almost ninety cities all across the u.s. now more than a thousand people have been reportedly arrested so far in what has been the largest coordinated our wall street action since the floor and today's protests are aimed at ending corporate influence in u.s. politics the target being a shadowy conservative group best known by its acronym our take a look at. the american legislative exchange council or alec is an extreme right wing membership organization comprised of state legislators and powerful multinational corporations including the corrections corporation of america. sounds ominous but what exactly is it and what is the do and more importantly why is it the focus of all these protests over the answer that we turned to journalist leave thong take a look. the american legislative exchange council has existed for thirty years it's a nonprofit and for a

the accused gunman is u.s. armyff sergeant robert bales. >>> it appears former vice president dick cheney probably didn't get special treatment when he received a heart transplant yesterday. he was scheduled to speak at an event tomorrow. a former bush administration official said mr. cheney would not have made that commitment if he had known he was going to get a new heart. he had the surgery yesterday after spending more than 20 months on the waiting list for a donor heart. >> the thing we have to worry about now is the next 24 to 24 hours, infection, kidney failure, stroke and finally rejection. but you know, with today's modern medical care, hopefully he's going to live for many, many more years. >> he may be facing a long recovery. here to explain is the director of the heart failure clinic at med star washington hospital. thanks for being with us tonight. >> thank you very much for having me. >> what is the survival rate after a transplant like the former vice president went through? >> it's about 12 years. an