u.s. special forces to save an american captive in iraq. >> i didn't know if there was somebody there to rescuee. they were trying to kill me. >> an eight-hour standoff explodes in a burst of gunfire. >> i was starting across the parking lot, and i just heard pop, pop, pop. >> a bus load of students forced on a chase through the streets of miami by a desperate man. >> translator: he said if she didn't continue driving, he'd blow up the bus. >> and 52 americans held against their will for more than a year. >> they come into your cell at night and say, we could kill you. >>> "caught on camera: hostage." >> 911 emergency. >> we got a guy shooting a gun off. we got a gun. we got a gun, and he's shooting it. >> local tv cameras are rolling as an eight-hour standoff comes to a horrifying end. with a gunman going down the line executing hostages. april 4th, 1991, sacramento, california. 22-year-old lisa joseph is inside a good guys electronic store with her uncle and cousin. >> i'm five months pregnant so i had to use the restroom, and my uncle, when i came out he was closing up a conversation. then w

u.s. special forces team rescues an american doctor abducted in afghanistan but loses one of its own in the process. he was freed 11 hours after his captored released two other staffers. the defense secretary now confirms a u.s. service member was killed in that operation. the colorado doctor will return home in a couple of days. >>> a small is plane carrying a popular singer has crashed in northern mexico. the aircraft was found in pieces over a mountainside. all six people on board are dead. nobody survivors. 43 year old jeannie rivera sold (1) 500-0000 records and won two bill lard mexican music awards. her brother and father are on the way to claim her remains. >>> fed-ex is gearing up for its busiest day of the calendar year. 19 million packages are expected to be moved today. fed-ex says most of the increase in shipments is because of a big jump in online holiday orders this year. >> people do a lot of shopping online. i would say i did most of my shopping online this year. >> i did some. >> it's nice to avoid the rush. >>> still a head taking a live look outside not a whole lot to se

u.s. special forces team.hat same elite unit carried out the raid that killed osama bin laden. >>> a las vegas-bound flight from seattle had to make an emergency landing in sacramento because of the smell of smoke. an airport spokeswoman says the alaska airlines flight landed around 5 p.m. last night. once on the ground, fire trucks and ambulances quickly surrounded the plane. >> the crew was calm. i was watching them and i thought, they don't seem too stressed so i'm going to just stay calm until i see them looking stressed. >> none of the 152 passengers on board was injured but a flight attendant was treated for burning eyes and an irritated throat. the cause of the smell is being investigated. >>> another port of oakland executive is on his way out because of an expensive account problem. maritime director james kwon is quitting effective this month but will stay on as an advisor until hills replacement is hired. an audit also found questionable expenses by other employees and commissioners. >>> search crew

u.s. special forces will remove it into a private base operated by blackwater not gonna stand the name of the base camp integrity. laughable because what does the government do for a corporation that breaks the law and warns them with work like trucks of course the controversial move by the pentagon is only the latest trade deal negotiated with blackwater which has a history of agree just violations of international law including murder in afghan civilians and destruction of private property all with absolute impunity not only is blackwater playing a huge role in up keeping the troops in afghanistan i also learned last month that the shady douche bags are part of the pentagon's plan to expand its global spy network in the coming years so let's keep our eyes on this criminal enterprise but for now let's break the set. sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures in an era where corporations can rape and pillage the planet in which we live with zero accountability sometimes it takes people like you and me to step up to the plate while hard core environmental activist tim de christo

u.s. established a task force in neighboring jordan of about 150 u.s. specialorces at a base north of the capital amanual to work with the jordanians to secure 4 dozen chemical weapon sites and hundreds of tons of saran nerve gas. they have been planning for logistics for months. that planning we are told has now moved into a higher gear, shepard? >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon tonight. thank you. you might soon be allowed to use your ipad after takeoff but you still have to power down your cell phone. the chairman of the federal communications commission has consider allowing passengers to use tablets and ereaders and other portable electronic devices before you hit the 10,000 mark where you have to now. in part the letter to the federal aviation administration the chairman wrote and wrote empower to stay informed and connect with friends and families and small businesses to be more productive and efficient helping to drive economic growth in and boost american businesses. they will not allow people to use phones and other communications. >> what

u.s. and nato troops will soon be heading to the turkish border with syria to operate patriot missile defense batteries. this summer there was a task force in jordan after 150 u.s. specialces base north of the capital to work with the jordanians to secure an estimated 4 dozen chemical weapon sites. >> there will be consequences. if the assad regime make asterrable mistake by using the chemical weapons on their own people. >> syrian government says the leaked intelligence reports that seren gas has been mixed and loaded in canisters are a pretext for outside military intervention. some experts agree. >> this is a very imprecise weapon and it's likely that the winds might blow the gas in the city center. that is where assad's power is, is in damascus. >> the publicbe talk of a possible chemical weapons attack may be a means of pressuring assad. >> the united states wants to gain the high ground but jeff hyping. the -- overhyping. the more they make the threat real the more leverage administration will have. >> at next week syria conference the pentagon realizes it may be asked to fill the vacuum after assad goes and is worried that the newly chosen opposition military com

u.s. special forces are working with jordanain force on plans to secure assad chemical weapons. >> the whiteouse has made it very clear there will be consequences, there will be consequences if the azad regime makes a terrible mistake by using chemical weapons on their open people. >> gunbattles between opponents and supporters of the president bashar assad left 40 dead. >>> a plane has been found believed to be carrying mexican- american sing star jenni rivera. rivera was born in long beach and known for her music as well as the tv reality show called "i love jenni." she was among sich people on board the plane flying from monterrey, mexico, when traffic controllers lost contact. authorities say there were no survivors in the wreck, but haven't positively id'd those victims. >>> in other news of the world in venezuela, president hugo chavez named a designated successor as he heads back to cuba for more cancer treatment. chavez said his vice president nicolas maduro would assume control if he is forced to resign. the socialist leader has served as venezuela's president for 14 years. >>> in s

u.s. special forces working with local afghan warriors in the culture clash there. so that was the idea. and then things changed. >> rose: things changed meaning what happened. but take back before the fact. you were working on the movie before the may operation. >> yes. we were, i was actually casting, i was auditioning actors. we had a scout in kazakhstan and we had a trip in order to see the area in which i would be replicating in kazakhstan and history intervened. >> rose: what intrigued you about this story. why is it so intriguing of all the options you had coming off the great success of hurt locker? >> well i think both of us thought this was potentially certainly a fascinating story. maybe the world's greatest man hunt. and no question perhaps the world's most dangerous man. >> rose: pretty good element. >> pretty good element. >> rose: and intense interest in this from around the world. >> exactly. >> but i think we were both curious just as americans or as citizens, what have you, what was going on there, why did it take so long, we were they doing. you have america the most p

u.s. special forces unit known for taking out osama bin laden.life-long goal that many can only dream of. we are learning more about the navy s.e.a.l. who died in a mission to rescue an american doctor held captive in afghanistan. . >> reporter: he died doing what he dreamed about since middle school and his last operation was a success. 28-year-old nicholas check from the elite s.e.a.l. team six, the lone u.s. casualty in the mission that rescued dr. joseph from his cappers in afghanistan. tony said he dreaded this day. still -- >> i never thought that anything like that could happen to him. he was always smarter, faster, always, you know, he was always so dedicated. and you know, just blew my mind when it happened. >> the played football and wrestled with nick in middle school at norwin high school outside of pittsburgh. he and another teammate, now the assistant principal at norwin remember him as a no-nonsense kid that never wanted to be anything but a navy s.e.a.l. >> what when you went up against him in practice what was it like. >> when yo

u.s. special forces team that killed osama bin laden. >>> a smoke smell forcing a las vegas-bound flight to make an emergency landing in sacramento. an airport spokesman said the alaskan airlines flight out of seattle landed just before 5:00 last night. on the ground, fire trucks and ambulances surrounded the plane. >> crew was being very calm and i was watching their eyes and their movements and i thought, they don't seem too stressed so i'm going to just stay calm until i see them looking stressed. >> none of the 152 vegas-bound passengers on board was hurt but a flight attendant was treated for burning eyes and irritated throat. cause of the smell being investigated. >>> a mysterious invasion along some beaches in california. thousands of squid washed up all of a sudden along a 12-mile stretch of shore on monterey bay. the humboldt squid have stranded themself from aptos to watsonville yesterday during high tide. some people tried to put them back in the water but then the department water creatures swam back to shore. a graduate student observing the bizarre phenomenon says the squid pr

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u.s. special forces team. the team rescued an american doctor seen here who had been kidnapped either by taliban or by smugglers. that part still unclear. but during the mission, a member of the team, a navy s.e.a.l., sadly was killed. he was a member of s.e.a.l. team six, the same elite unit that took part in the raid that killed osama bin laden. president obama paid tribute to the fallen s.e.a.l. saying quote, he gave his life for his fellow americans, end quote. chris lawrence is at the pentagon right now with home run on this mission. first of all, i think, chris, a lot of people didn't even know there was a doctor who had been kidnapped and needed rescuing. what's the story behind this? >> and that's not all that unusual. a lot of times, they will not publicize a kidnapping while they are still sorting out the particulars or trying to ascertain whether they might launch a rescue mission. it often does more harm than good to put it out there and put the details out there. so that's not all that unusual. in

u.s. special forces, a unit known for taking out osama bin laden.known for achieving a near lifelong goal many can only dream of. now we're learning more about the navy s.e.a.l. who died in that successful mission to rescue an american doctor who was being held captive in afghanistan. brian todd is in his hometown and talking to the people who knew him best. >> reporter: he died doing what he dreamed about since middle school. his last operation was a success. the 28-year-old from the elite s.e.a.l. team six, the lone american casualty in the mission that rescued an american dock for from captors in afghanistan. tony says he dreaded this day. still -- >> i never thought that anything like that could happen to him. he was always smarter. he was always faster. he was always, you know, always so dedicated. you know, just blew my mind when it happened. >> reporter: he played football and wrestled with nick in middle school, wrestled with him in high school. he and another teammate, now the assistant principal, remember nick as a no nonsense kid who neve

u.s. special operations forces have found a new landlord and afghanistan under a rather unusual one they've made home in a facility all praises by the economy messner a group formerly known as the notorious block will a no big deal such deals and usually vice versa as for one bush administration official michael o'brien put it said now it's the tail wagging the dog. this is taking mercenary to another level it's a role reversal we have mercenaries operating on foreign soil out of american bases or out of their own compounds and safe houses but now it's a role reversal we have u.s. forces occupying. you know being be housed on a facilities on a mercenary only base so the more you know the tales of waking the dog now you know we have to the news source where massacre how come they still maintain a government contract how come they were not de barge is the term is from future government contracts there is no far wall there's not even a pretense of a separation a contract or you know supplier of services to you it to the u.s. government it's you know they're there or. they're almost as close to

u.s. special operations forces in a remote area. no u.s. forces died in the raid but several taliban were killed. joseph was beaten severely but will be joining his family and loved ones. >>> tonight, oakland police are trying to find the killer who shot a map to death in broad daylight near jack london square. it happened this afternoon. john alston says the shooting hag raised concerns about growing crime in oakland. >> nearly four hours after the killing, the victim's body was removed in oakland police opened up third street between broadway and franklin. the mid-afternoon shooting took place just a few blocks from the entrance to jack london scare where a lick -- lake merritt resident. >> i feel unsafe in oakland. i'm afraid for my chirp to walk by themselves. i feel like there's -- it's not older, younger, no one is safe. >> the crime scene is four blocks from police headquarters. officers happened to be in the the middle of role school -- roll call and got her quickly. >> police do not believe this was random attack ex-some residents

u.s. special operations forces have moved into a new home in afghanistan but instead of being housed in a military facility as they have in the past this group was put up in a compound owned and operated by the security company formerly known as block blackwater which then change its name to z. and is now called academy the base is called that camp integrity and is a more than four hundred thirty five thousand square foot forward operating base located not far from the kabul international airport now they say the reason for this new home is simply overcrowding that there wasn't space at existing facilities for the additional special special ops forces that would be coming in but economy got more than two hundred twenty two million dollars a no bid contract by the way which apparently covers things like food services pest control information technology and armed security services this contract by the way it runs through may twenty fifteen even though most u.s. forces are supposed to be home by twenty fourteen i want to talk more about the various implications of this with michael o'brian h

special u.s. operations forces.e discussion, i'll play a little clip. >> you tend to think that the fbi's lane isvery clear and that the cia's lane is very clear and that defense intelligence is very clear. but in reality, they're all talking to each other all day long, making sure the information and the intelligence they've gotten is right. they are checking and double-checking. >> how do you make sure that cia officers aren't tripping over d.i.a. officers, if you will, that spies from the cia aren't tripping over spies from the d.i.a.? >> reporter: as you can imagine, for a long time, that was the case. they did trip over each other. sometimes it was cia and fbi. sometimes it was cia and the defense intelligence agency. post the intelligence reform and prevention act of 9/11, what happened was there were mission managers. so, for example, the director of the national security agency is the coordinator for all signals intelligence, no matter which agency is doing that collection. on the human intelligence side, th

u.s. set up a task force at a base north of ammon, jordan with 150 u.s. specialorces working on a plan to secure assad's chemical weapons. >> the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching very closely and the president of the united states has made very clear there will be consequences, there will be consequences if the assad regime makes a terrible mistake by using these chemical weapons on their own people. >> reporter: earlier this year the pentagon estimated it would take 75,000 ground troops to secure the tons of chemical weapons in assad's possession. that is it more than the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan right now. in the meantime, the administration's public statements appear designed to at least deter the assad regime from using them. next week in an international conference of the friends syria meets in morocco to decide what to do. heather? heather: the question, what will those consequences be. thanks very much, jennifer griffin live from the pentagon. jon? jon: right now there is lots of speculation, heather, over who will fill sena

u.s. massive special forces exercise in jordan a few months ago named eager lion, and lion is the name for "assad" and we left a number of special forces troops forward position in jordan doing contingency planning in case assad falls. there are 40 separate sites and dill take 1,500 to 2,000 soldiers to defend and secure each of the installations which is 60,000 to 80,000 united states personnel. >>shepard: thank you, director of the program on arab politics at the washington institute. nice of you to come, sir. >> four weeks and counting until we hit the fiscal cliff that everyone is talking about and in public the democrats and the republicans still say they are nowhere close to getting anything done. almost? the latest offer and rejections in washington and protests broke through the barbed wire at presidential palace in the country that is supposed to keep israel and the palestinians from going to war? an update ahead. we have just gotten remainly word of a possible short list of cabinet members for the president. who do you think for defense secretary? someone from the left or the rig

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u.s. leaves, a lot of the u.s. forces don't have the same technical capability. they don't have drones and night vision, don't have a lot of speciale, how do they feel about leaving? do they feel they have accomplished what they want to do. do they feel good about leaving things in the afghan hands? >> they feel good that they have a mission that they feel they are accomplishing, and certainly when you look at numbers, this are accomplishing that. recently an attack thwarted and they credited the afghan forces. things are happening in that level. this is fear that it could evolve into a civil war, if there isn't a large u.s. and nato pressure. >> this picture depicts some very cool guys. >> this is a flight with u.s. air force, special operations, pararescuemen. they go off in helicopters and go into the battlefield to pick up wounded and bring them back for medical attention. the week we were with them was a really tough week. just come off major battles which there were a lot of u.s. casualties, and i remember the sergea sergeant, he said, look, it's fine to profile our guys, but, please, mr. holmes, be gentle. he said what do y

u.s. special forces unit known for taking out osama bin laden and achieving a near lifelong goal many couldm of training for. now we're learning more about the u.s. navy s.e.a.l. who died in that successful mission to rescue an american held captive in afghanistan. brian todd is in that navy s.e.a.l.'s home town. what are you learning about him? >> reporter: people in this town of north huntington and adjoining town of irvin are reeling from this loss. they say the focus and determination that nicolas checque demonstrated was very apparent when he went to this high school and even earlier. he died doing what he dreamed about since middle school. and his last operation was a success. 28-year-old nicolas checque from the elite s.e.a.l. team 6, the lone u.s. casualty tony says he dreaded this day. still -- >> i never thought anything like that could happen to him. because he was always smarter, always faster. he was always so dedicated and, you know, it just blew my mind when it happened. >> reporter: he played football and wrestled with him at the high school outside pittsburgh. he and anothe

u.s. special forces but his freedom came with a price. we're learning the name of an elite navy s.e.a.l.side this secret operation. >> if you think the war in afghanistan is wrapping up, 305 american troops lost their lives so far this year. three navy s.e.a.l.s in the last three weeks in various combat missions. the latest, this young man who gave his life for another american he did not know. it was a daring high-stake to free a man who went to afghanistan to provide medical care in one of the most dangerous regions in the war-attorney country. >> we are hoping that we can instill hope into a country that has been dealing with conflict over the last 30 years. >> joseph was one of three staffers from the relief organization morning star development. kidnapped last wednesday while returning from a visit to a rural medical clinic. they were stopped by armed men and taken to an area about 50 miles from the pakistan border. then, this weekend, joseph was freed from captivity by the same unit of navy s.e.a.l.s that killed osama bin laden. it's not clear if any of the s.e.a.l.s on this raid w

u.s. navy's deployed special forces commanders is dead. he was in afghanistan and military investigators are working on the belief that he took his own life. here's our pentagon correspondent barbara starr with what few details we have so far. >> reporter: very sad news this holiday weekend for u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. the navy is investigating the death in afghanistan of one of its most senior deployed s.e.a.l. officers as an apparent suicide. a u.s. military official tells cnn. navy commander joe w price 42 years old, died december 22nd, while serving as the commanding officer of s.e.a.l. team 4. a group of more than 2 dozen commandos conducting combat operations in the southern command of the country. that u.s. military official who's directly familiar with the event said the family has been notified of the death, and has been notified and is being investigated as an apparent suicide. there is no indication at this time that commander price was involved in any military related investigations or any controversies the officials said. all indi

u.s. of special forces and cobble where he was staying with family members. >> president obama will acceptted sums of corporate money to pay for his inauguration. a spokeswoman for the presidential inaugural committees committee says a lawyer said cash from companies and individuals to underwrite the cost of a weekend of festivities surrounding the second inauguration next month. money from lobbyists political action committees or foreign donors will not be accepted. obama had bad corporate donors for his 2009 inauguration and for the 2012 democratic national convention in charlotte north carolina last september. the average price of gas has dropped nearly 10¢ over the past three weeks. here's a look at bay area gas prices. according to aaa the state average right now is $3.60 for the average gallon of gas. in san francisco $3.70. an oakland using the gas for $3.58 a gallon and san jose $3.57 a gallon. >> a program reminder of bay area's their way rain in the new year's is always with kron4. the biggest party is a spectacular fireworks with all on kron4 with gary radnich and catherine he a

special ops with general david petraeus. thanks for being with us. the cover story on newsweek magazine -- how big of a role do they play in u.s. military operations? guest: special operations forcesave played an increasing role over the last decade, since they are designed to confront a regular presence of a wide variety, not only terrorism but insurgency, countering weapons of mass destruction and so forth, so they have a very wide mission. they have also grown greatly in the last decade. they are partly a number of about 33,000 uniformed badged special operations forces and they come from the navy, marines, army, air force. host: in terms of the budget, over the last decade, it was to $0.5 billion in 2001 during now it is in excess of $10.5 billion today. guest: that's right. the budget has almost quintupled. a great deal of that has also gone to the high end -- both the expansion and personnel, because people do cost money, the training and salaries for them, but also to a lot of this has gone to the high end special mission units and equipping them with state-of- the-art communications, stealth helicopters, a number of state of the art commands interest, also, the special ope

u.s. special forces operations, killing seven taliban insurgents during the rescue a kidnapped american, nearhe afghanistan-pakistan border, the doctor a freeman after being captured by the taliban at a medical clinic. the top commander in afghanistan, john allen, praised the forces who successfully carried out this operation. one week after the jovan belcher tragedy, an another player is dead and blame his friend. they say he was driving drunk and allegedly speeding, car hit the curb and flipped, skidded. and linebacker jerry brown was taken to a hospital and he was pronounced dead. who says no such thing as a free lunch? is the federal government giving new york schools to 30 million dollars to help school lunches and it's supposed to help hurricane sandy and it's spent on kids. the program leaves out long island and new jersey children. clayton? >> let's talk football. >> alisyn: let's do it. >> clayton: i am. it was billed as america's game yesterday. the army-navy showdown a classic. vice-president biden gets things underway with a coin toss and navy would open up the scoring, not to be

u.s. commander in afghanistan, general john allen. special forces landed by helicopter setting off a firefight leaving several taliban fighters dead. joseph was airlifted to bagram air base but it came as a price. a service member died of his wounds. the ultimate sacrifice to save the life of an american doctor who otherwise may have been killed. >> ama: military officials say doctor joseph appears to be in good condition. >>> sandhya patel is in for leigh glaser. >> it didn't feel like december, did it? 5-12 degrees warmer than this time of the year. we had two record temperatures to tell you about. live picture from high definition sutro camera. we have clear skies outside and visibility is looking great. check out the temperatures for today. it was warm enough to tie a record in kentfield, oakland airport 66 degree downtown oakland got up to 70 degrees. 71 in napa. 71 in santa rosa. san francisco, 66 degrees. it was 67 on the coast at half month moon bay. antioch, 62 degrees. lots of sunshine, some high clouds from time to time but a beautiful da

u.s. and afghan special forces including members of the navy's elite sooel team six, raiding a taliban camp saturday night to rescue this man, dilip joseph, an american doctor taken hostage while working for a relief agency. >> difficult terrain, big mountai mountains, very, very dark. lots of training on hostage rescues. until you get in there and do it, you don't know what you're going to find. >> reporter: they moved in by helicopter in darkness. when it bake clear dr. joseph was in imminent danger or may be moved to pakistan. they had been tracking the american, following his captors to the mountains of eastern afghanistan, where they had hidden him among some small huts. a firefight broke out. several of captors were killed. dr. joseph was one of three aid workers from morning star development captured by militants on wednesday, as they returned from a rural medical clin clinic. two of the workers, believed to be locals, were released saturday. the team felt they could not wait any longer to get dr. joseph. the longer captives were held in the past, the more difficult it became to find

on april 1st, 2003 a special operation raid of u.s. army forcesy rangers and navy seals landed in iraq, the mission to take home private jessica lynch . at 1:00 they entered the iraq hospital and after securing the location they found lynch. >> are you in pain. it is okay, lynch was suffering from mental distress and severe physical energies and within minutes. lynch was on a helicopter headed for much needed medical attention and after nine days in captivity her nightmare was over. >> you are doing wonderful. >> welcome back. >> her rescue. [ applause ] >> her rescue received a lot of news coverage and she was portrayed as a hero. she will not take credit and described herself simply as a survivor. please welcome a hero to me, jessica lynch. so good to have you here. [ applause ] every time i see the video, i get choked up. how old were you when that happened? >> 19. >> you were 19 years old. >> yeah. >> that is not something to happen to a 19 year old in west virginia and you are supposed to be out dates and having fun and not put in the hospita

special task force. in a statement, the u.s. attorney noted that pot remains illegal, though, under federal law. >>> well, family and friends are remembering that navy s.e.a.l. who gave his life to rescue an american doctor in afghanistan. abc's senior foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz has more on the life of this fallen warrior. >> reporter: nicolas checque was just 28 years old. but for much of the last decade he had been a navy s.e.a.l. the last five years, part of the elite s.e.a.l. team six. in iraq, afghanistan, wherever he was needed, checque carried out dangerous missions. just like the one that took his life on sunday. it was just before 3:00 a.m. when checque and his team, along with afghan commandos, loaded into helicopters and headed in the darkness to a remote mountaintop location in eastern afghanistan. down below, taliban fighters were holding dilip joseph, a relief worker and father of four from colorado, kidnapped leaving a rural medical clinic just days before. the hard-charging, highly trained s.e.a