military post. and one of our country's most fabled universities. each year more than a thousand cadets graduate here and become officers in the united states army. night, we will not only get to explore the rich history of west point and get a rare glimpse of the living traditions of the united states military, but we'll also get to enjoy the music of the army's oldest band. the west point band is one of the military's finest musical installations. throughout the next hour we'll hear them on the field, in the halls and on stage as they perform for the public in their annual holiday concert. but before we get to the music, let's go to washington, d.c. for a special message from general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and a 1974 west point graduate. general. >> thanks for the opportunity to showcase this national treasure during the holidays, and of course to hear the music of the west point band the army's oldest and one of its very best. i also don't want to miss this opportunity to highlight the service and sacrifice of the millions of servicemen and women serving our nation at home and abroad during these holidays. i wish

we get a rare glimpse of the living tradition of the united states military and we will also get to enjoy the music of the army's oldest band. the best point band is one of america's finest military musical oringzation. through out the next hour we will hear them on the field, in the halls. and on stage as we perform in the public at the annual holiday concert. >> before we get to the music let's go to washington, d.c. for a special message from martin dempsey chairman of the joints chief of staff and 74 west point graduate. >> thank you for the opportunity to showcase this national treasure during the holidays and to hear the music of the west point band the army's oldest and one of the very best. i don't want to miss this opportunity to highlight the service and sacrifice of the millions of servicemen and women serving our nation at home and abroad during this holiday. i wish them and their family happy holidays. >> the holiday season would not be complete without the annual west point holiday concert in ienz hour hall. >> named for the class of 1915 graduates and eisenhowers is one of

he will direct your path i never would have thought 10 years ago when i retired from the united states militaryi would be standing here today if you want god's will is in your life he will be where he wants you to be the largest accepted a position as the ceo for national center for policy analysis as a conservative think tank in dallas and i think that is where god wants me to be right now. but just to think about being here with each and everyone of view if btu talks to 5410 people what incredible reach. someone said c-span is here. what happens if that gets out? soleri's plant yourself where god wants you to be not rethink. make sure we have leadership fin that is the problem with our country. >> colonel west i met a junior year and thank you so much. >> you transferred from wheaton college how many know what is going on with the rotc program? all of you should know about this. we tin college and has an incredible rotc program that is been around since 1959. it is of christian and faculty but they send out the request to the are made the incoming senior military class' professor be a christi

i never would have thought that ten years ago when i retire from the united states military that i woulde standing here today. god will make sure you are going to be wary ones you to be. a couple frauds ago accepted a position as ceo of the national center for policy analysis, s a position as ceo of the national center for policy analysis, a conservative think tank. if each of you talk to 5 or 10 people about what i said tonight. c-span is here, what happens if that gets out on c-span and more people see it, the thing is to always plant yourself where god would want you to be planted, not where you think you would want to be planted. we need to make sure we have leadership, servants first, that is the problem we have in our country. >> i am a a junior at the birdie and i want to thank you -- >> transfer from wheaton college. how many people know what is going on with wheat and college that they are a pc program? everyone of you live the universe should know about this. wheat and college is a christian, all male, christian college, a historic college that has an incredible rotc program th

really react in a way that would be to have the people of the united states to ask the question really what are we asking our united states military this country? the united states military members such as chris kyle are not the ones that choose the wars that we go to fight. they are asked to go and do the fighting. and it's the politicians that ask our men and women of our military to go. and it is certainly not the people that are in uniform that have given their lives or have put their lives on the line to defend this country. i think any comparison like, that blumenthal made here is completely absurd and unfair to the men and women of our services who are out there really drawing the line between us and the people that would like to destroy this country. >> it seems quite evil to do that particularly because there are a lot of people who came out in defense of blumenthal, some saying his crass statements were not personal, they were just political. but when you look at when he tweeted this, right on christmas. chris would be devastated to know someone is attacking him but not only that his family listens to this on christmas d

soil. >> does the fbi bulletin say men and women of the united states military when on leave at home lothes, not uniforms? >> it does. that's a step the u.s. military hasn't taken not to wear their uniform off base in the u.s. but in other countries that is the rule, because the u.s. military follows the host country rules. in canada, after these attacks, their service members were instructed not to wear uniforms off base. the uk has done something similar. the u.s. is not considering that at this time. >> thank you very much, jim sciutto, for that report. much more coming up on the ferguson fallout. plus, new details of the republican congressional staffer under fire after slamming the obama daughters online. do you have the coverage? you need? open enrollment ends december 7th. don't put it off 'til later. now's the time to get on a path that could be right for you... with unitedhealthcare medicare solutions. call today to learn about the kinds of coverage we offer, including aarp medicarecomplete plans insured through unitedhealthcare. these medicare advantage plans can combine par

i'm jon scott.s coming to you from thepeci grounds of the united states military academy at west pointamerica's oldest military post. and one ofmi our country'sw most fabled universities. each year more than 1,000 cadets universities. each year more than a thousand cadets graduate from here, and tonight we'll get a rare glimpse of the rich traditions of the united states military. and we'll also get to enjoy the music of the army's oldest band. the west point

united states marine corps. their outstanding service during and after world war ii help lead to executive order 9981, officially ending segregation within the united states military 2012, they were recognized their outstanding service in united states history. presenting the wreath for the united states navy. [indiscernible] mr. donahue was a navy pilot during world war ii. also presenting the wreath for .he united states navy presenting the wreath for the united states air force is mr. , world warite house ii veteran from pennsylvania. mr. whitehouse served in the army air force as a flight engineer on a.b. 24 -- on a be-24. in 19 74, the united states agency for international development borrowed him from the irs and sent him to vietnam to work. his late wife joined him for the time. he has two sons who are both vietnam veterans. presenting the wreath for the united states coast guard is mr. georgepolansky and mr. armstrong p daniel polansky served with the 76th infantry division during world war ii. he is a member of the 76 mechanized cavalry recon troop. mr. george arnstein also served in the 75th infantry division during world war ii. he was a member of the

i would have never thought ten years ago when i retire from the united states military that i would be standing here today. if you are obedient to god's will in your life will make sure you are where he wants you to be. a couple fridays ago accepted a position as ceo for the national center for policy analysis, a conservative think tank out of dallas and guess what? i think that is where god wants need to be right now. think about being here with each and every one of you. if each and every one of you goes out and talk to five or ten people about what i said tonight, what an incredible reach that is. someone said c-span is here taping this. what happens if that gets out and more people see it. the thing is always to plant yourself where god would want you to be planted, not where you think you want to be planted. we need to make sure we have leadership that serve as first and that is the problem in our country. >> thank you. >> colonel west, i am a junior at liberty and vice president of the axis. thank you so much. >> you transferred from wheaton college. how many people know what is

people, alaska natives, and native hawaiians had been loyal to this country, had served in the united states military, put their lives in harm's way and ought to be recognized -- their legacy to the united states has been great and that the united states should essentially put the bill -- foot the bill for the establishment of this museum. that total figure of 100% federal funding was reduced to some extent so there would be private funding also. the forward movement of the national museum of the american indian act and the national dialogue requested serve to put these two bills or initiatives on separate tracks and the one thing i would say is i think he was very taken aback by the resistance to the notion of repatriating human remains. to us today, that makes all the sense in the world. back then it was quite controversial. the way that he was, he took this on and had scores and scores of meetings with the groups that did not want to see repatriation. we had these long discussions as i have mentioned. what is sacred? that was a long discussion. who are the right people to be able to be making thes

after the news and photographs emerged from the united states military detention of iraqis at abugreb, the intelligence committee held a hearing on the matter in may 2004. without disclosing any details, cia director testified that cia interrogations were nothing like what was depicted at abu gray, the united states prison in iraq where detainees were abused by american personnel. this of course, was false. cia detainees at one facility described as a dungeon were kept in complete darkness, constantly shackled in isolated cells with loud noise or music and only a budget to use for human waist. the bureau of prisons went to that prison in 2002, and according to a cia email, told cia officers they had quote never been in a facility where individuals are so sensory deprived, end quote. again, source, cia email, sender and recipient redacted december 5th, 2002. throughout the program, multiple detainees subject to interrogation exhibited psychological and behavioral issues, including hallucinations, paranoia, insomnia, and attempts at self harm and self mutelization. the lack of human con

the american battleships were sunk, over it,400 united states military were killed -- 2,400 united statesilitary were killed. most of the united states aircraft were destroyed while still sitting on the ground. it was december 7, 1941. in the chaos and confusion and still in his pajamas, army air corps second lieutenant, phillip rasmussen, and three others, took off into the blazing sky. they met 11 japanese planes head on. rasmussen was flying an old outdated p-36 hawk and he shot down one japanese plane while enemy fighters attacked him. they shot up his plane with over 500 bullet holes, but he was still able to continue the fight and eventually safely land. rasmussen received the sill var star for his defense of america that day and remained in the air force. as we contemplate on pearl harbor and those that were killed, we should remember there were a few who gallantly took to the air to fight those invaders. from the beaches of hawaii to the beaches of normandy, those that died and those that survived were america's greatest generation. we thank the good lord that such americans ever

. >> the united states military has begun strikes. >>>i would take ten years for navy seals to find and kill bin laden. it was often overshadowed by setbacks. the deaths of pat tillman as the result of friendly fire. beau bergdahl taken as pow and held nearly five years and reports he planned to dessert. a suicide bombing and insider attacks. >> i'm not sure it's a lost cause, but i must admit it's hard to imagine good news coming out of afghanistan in coming years. >> now 13,000 troops will stay in afghanistan, most americans like the ones lester talked to. >> in due time this place will be where it needs to be. >> in the meantime president obama acknowledged today how dangerous afghanistan still is and u.s. military there remain at risk. he recently expanded the counter terrorism role as well as taliban providing air and ground support for at least two more years. lester? >> chris, thank you. >>> when nbc "nightly news" continues, a creative program teaching teens about the dangers of drunk driving. >>> later, it's 100 million miles

we will first target and dissolve mainland united states, hawaii and guam and united states military based in south korea. that same month they released this rather amazing propaganda video showing how they'd use north korean missiles to blow up the white house and the u.s. capitol and you get the point. so they already tell their own people that the united states is waging a war on them. that's how they justify to their own people why they have to be so freaking crazy and repressive because only kim jong-un can keep them safe from the invading terrible americans. whatever response they are trying to provoke from the united states government right now should not help them make that case. they really do want war or at least something that looks like war with us. they want to seem important enough that we'd have a war with them. and so the white house today went to great pains to say that what they are considering, what the president is having all these meetings about on a daily basis is what would be the appropriate proportional response to what north korea seems to be doing. >> we ne

lou: this is also the same taliban that the united states military overwhelmed the military, special operations and the cia, and the clandestine forces overwhelmed in the first year of the war against afghanistan, succeeded incredibly, and then we fritted it all away over the course of the next little over a decade. it is the same taliban that this administration negotiated its withdrawal in very hushed and quiet tones and terms, but nonetheless negotiated with, and the same taliban that has, well, presides over all of those poppy fields and respective war lords who maintain them, which we never destroyed when we were in afghanistan. this is the same taliban, as you say, accorded respect and recognition by the u.s. government. this is madness! >> these are the people that hillary clinton wants to respect. there is a split, a difference between the pakistani and afghan taliban in terms of their targets, but their techniques and goals are fundamentally the same. violence in the service of allah. these are the enemies that hillary clinton wants us to respect. lou: empathize with. >> i f

united states. i was curious among the military perspective, what the united states military understanding is of north korea's cyber capabilities and are they are cyber threat from the military perspective? >> without speaking specifically to sony pictures and you know we take cyber threats serious, i will not get into a laundry list but this is something the secretary takes seriously and devotes time to the cyber domain. it is something we are mindful of. but if is a domain where you have to be very aware of sp specificity you talk about the threat threats, chal changs and issues brought to you. we are using a broad threat approach to the threats to the cyber domain. >> has the u.s. cyber command been taxed with assisting the fbi or any part of the government into the investigation into the sony hack? >> this is an fbi investigation. i am not aware of any particular assistance rendered by dod that said we have been part of the discussions. >> just to follow-up with north korea. it is blaming them and at what point is this an act of war and at what point does cyber command go into affect? >> i know no

the united states military.e are told to expect an announcement either way in the next day or so. >>> so one of my colleagues here at msnbc has been doing some reporting on why a grand jury did not shoot a police officer who shot an 18-year-old michael brown. i think what my colleague has turned up is really a big deal in this case. and that's next. stay with us. [ aniston ] when e what i'm wearing, i tell them aveeno®. because beautiful skin goes with everything. [ female announcer ] aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion has active naturals® oat with five vital nutrients naturally found in healthy skin. where do i wear aveeno®? everywhere. aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion.. and try the body wash too. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results™. >>> on the night of october 3rd, 1974, two police officers in memphis, tennessee were sent to investigate a prowler at a house. when they got to the house, one of the officers ran around the back of the house and saw someone running away. it was a 15-year-old kid named edward gar

military post. and one of our country's most fabled universities. each year more than a thousand cadets graduate here and become officers in the united states army.

the united states military and the pakistani military conditioned to work at the relationship. it's been improving over the last severely years, and this is not unimportant. the relationship between the pakistani military and afghan military forces across the border. ashraf ghani made it a point to reach out to the pakistani leaders, and he did so in the wake of terrible murders. he's done that. general campbell in afghanistan reached out to his counterpart in pakistan. there has been a lot of discussion this week, over this event. but it culminates and caps off a growing improving relationship that we had with the pakistani military. >> we talk about north korea in the next segment. what does the successful hack of sony pictures say about our vulnerability with cyber warfare and do we know it was intoa. >> i'm not in a position to confirm the source of the cyber attacks on sony pictures. i wouldn't do that. what i can tell you broadly without getting into the specifics of this case, because it's not something the pentagon is speaking to is cyber and the cyber domain is a serio

. >> welcome to fox news i'm john scott, coming to you from the united states military academy, from

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we are downsizing the united states military. we have cut all of our major new programs to build the capabilities that we need, and as we continue forward, sequestration is still at play. we're beyond being irresponsible in terms of what we're doing. i think we're just down right reckless in what we're doing in downsizing the military. taking down the capabilities that meant so much to us and literally removing tens of thousands of people in the force that took us so long to acquire them, train them, get them to the level they're at, and we're dismissing them handily this last year and it's going to continue going guard. forward. lou: as we do that, russia sending its jets over the balkins. overpoland. provocative. to what purpose? it doesn't seem it's simply an ancillary result to a kind gentler putin. >> after crimea and after destabilizing ukraine, i think putin has the collapse of nato. he's beginning to challenge it. find its weak spots. he's characterized in his own mind. will the feckless europeans stand up for the balkins

offered resources and other agencies that do a lot of this are hopefully on scene and the united states military has sent a couple ships there. this is going to be an international effort i am sure. it looks like the indonesians are doing a great job. >> doctor thank you. >>> we are closing out the year with a look at some of the biggest legal stories like the case against this suspect in the murder of hannah gram. she was missing for weeks from her university of virginia campus before her remains were finally found. and it doesn't get much more dramatic than the jodi aries pre-trial as prosecutors try for the death penalty again. and dressing up sin city in a layer of white? no is predicted on the sprip. we will have the forecast wherever you plan to ring in the new year. >>> a quick look at what is still to come: a new transfer putting the number of detainees at guantanamo bay closer to a hundred and why it makes it easier to close the camp and the pit falls of that decision. and some of the biggest legal cases of 2014 are not over. the legal panel weighs in on what comes next in high profile

first, we must honor the more than 2 2200 men and women who died in the united states military and total3500 around the war. it made it the longest war we've known in our history here in the united states and it is time for a resolution to come. the resolution is an important thoughtful one. we're leaving behind close to 11,000 troops. 11,000 are united states advisers and others working with the new afghan military. we're leaving behind a leader of afghanistan who tried to bring people together and asked for a presence to remain. isis is a continuing franchise threat. meaning that it moves from place to place where there is -- also of course, the taliban is present. we know there are conflicting challenges to the peace of afghanistan. but a continued presence of nato troops and nato allies will not be the answer. i think speaker boehner is wrong. i do think we have to be a cautiously optimistic but we have to be vigilant and ready to be able to prop up the afghan military in many different ways other than a massive force that we had over the decade plus of had 142,000 to 180,000 troops.

united states. but, rather, they would engage in all-autowar and nuclear war. north korean state media reported this subtle little hint of a threat. l 6 h . >> and united states military-based in south korea. that same month, they then released this rather amazing propaganda video showing north korean missiles blowing up the white e white house and the u.s. capitol. and you get the point. >>> so they already tell their own people that the if united states is waging a war on them. that's how they justified to their people. whatever response they are trying to provoke from the united states government right now. should not help them make that case. they really do want war or at least something that looks like war with us. they want to see important enough that we would have a war with them. and so the white house today went to great pains to say that what they're considering, what the president is having all of these meetings about on a daily basis now is what would be the appropriate, proportional response to what north korea seems to be doing. >> we need a proportional response. >>> sophisticated actors, when they carry out abss like this, are often times seeming to p

we expected the military to do before. >> same question of you, do you think the disconnect is struggling as a society. do you think it exists? >> no, it's normal for the united states. we are coming down off a high. we are coming off an existential war, generationally speaking. all these people knew someone in the military, because brothers and fathers and cousins and nephews served in the world war ii. 10%. population in the united states, every able bodied male between 20 and 35 was in the army. everyone knew someone. we don't have existential wars. existentially we have much more norm. what we had in the 1820s, and '90s, fighting wars. this is an historical norm for the united states. it's a good norm. we are a commercial republic, we are not a country built around its army, we are a commercial republic that happens to have an army. >> i'll do push back. i don't think this is the norm. many people, veterans and soldiers say that america has adopted a hands-off uncritical approach towards the military. the level of reverence. we grew up with critical books, catch 22, mash. now they say there's almost a worship. military. there's a boiler plate language that happe

isis is threatening the united states military. and a lot of people are worried, should u.s. sonnel when they are on leave, for example, around the holidays, wear their uniforms and civilian clothes? >> wolf blitzer, in 8 1/2 minutes, we'll be watching. >>> coming up, the obama administration is asking for more money to fight ebola but is the answer to fight the disease a new kind of rapid test? that's coming up next in our that's coming up next in our tech lead. will that be all, sir? thank you. ordering chinese food is a very predictable experience. i order b14. i get b14. no surprises. buying business internet, on the other hand, can be a roller coaster white knuckle thrill ride. you're promised one speed. but do you consistently get it? you do with comcast business. and often even more. it's reliable. just like kung pao fish. thank you, ping. reliably fast internet starts at $89.95 a month. comcast business. built for business. flap . >>> welcome back to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. in the tech lead, a break through in the global fight against ebola. doctors are desperate

. >> to the united states military and armed forces, hands down, so proud of them, admire them so so much and the sacrifice they make day in and day out only to come home to a veteran's affairs administration that's a mess. i tell you this weekend, i saw the movie american sniper and i had the pleasure to meet chris kyle amazing too. very nice military film and you see what he did when he came back he actually spent time working with veterans who had post-traumatic stress syndrome and the like. >> mine would be the doctors and nurses without borders who went to west africa and worked with ebola patients. i think it takes a tremendous amount of courage and also charles. >> charles what about you? >> a guy named alfred man he was born in 1925 his father was a grocer he started 17 companies as a billionaire, he's given away $23 million. after 20 years got fda approval of inhaled insulin. and there's another one that went public this year, second sight that will bring sight to the blind. this is what american entrepreneurship is all about. this is not just stuff that's going to help peop

because by this time, about 200,000 african-americans are in the united states military forces. the army and navy. that's about 10% -- 10%, i think of -- 20% of the total force. it's a significant amount of the american men in the field. if lincoln goes back on this promise of emancipation, what is going to hold these men in the field? nothing. they're going to leave because they no longer have a promise of emancipation, either for themselves or for their families. their motivation is gone. there's nothing to fight for if he removes emancipation. so there's a really practical aspect of this as well. and remember, the army has been having an extremely difficult time raising men, even with a draft. for two years. so the presence of african-americans in the military is crucial for the war effort. so that memo goes away. what happens instead is that lincoln writes a memo to his cabinet. and in it he lays out a sketch of what he intends to do between november and march. the four months that he will be a lame duck, he anticipates. the four months between the time that the democratic c

he did not share kennedy's suspicion of the united states military or military advice.s gone, it was inevitable that u.s. military policy was going to change. we lost a president that was skeptical of military advice and gained one who usually took it. >> russian announcement said he resigned. once cheering khruschchev were left in the dark as to what went on when the central committee met to name leonid brezhnev was the new leader of the party. >> my father was shocked. his successor just went in the opposite direction, then divorce of his policies. he was very upset. >> he had begun a new age of the soviet union, a thawing of the cold war. not complete, but the beginning of something. but things change. >> the cuban missile crisis showed that neither side could gain a military victory over the other side. so therefore, the competition had to take a different form. >> it was the beginning of the very rapid changes in the relations between two countries. next period in our history would compete in the economy. >> in the end, we couldn't defeat the soviet union militaril

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based members of the united states military. the bulletin urges members of the military to scrub their social media accounts of any information that could attract the attention of violent extremists. officials are concern that i.s.i.l. supporters in the u.s. may have been emboldened by two separate attacks on military personnel in canada last month. >>> next we move to qatar, where an american couple, matthew and grace huong had been accused of starving to death their nine-year-old adopted auditor gloria , officials blocked them from leaving the country today. secretary of state john kerry released a statement saying the huongs should be allowed to leave without delay. the huongs have two adopted children who currently live in california. >>> we live in your gas tank where oil prices have flowngdz a dipped to a five year low. the russian ruble has fallen to a five year low. now serious budget cuts and the lower oil prices have raised fears of possible deflation in europe. oil prices have dropped more than 34% in the past few mont

> ian, far lesser things really stir up public sentiment around the world in terms of the united states military. how is egypt reacting at this point? >> reporter: the egyptian government is waiting to see what comes out of the report. like we said, they had a long relationship with the cia and egypt has been -- rights group say torture takes place on a regular basis. it is likely that they could be mentioned. although the foreign ministry is not commenting. they will wait and see what comes out in the report. >> ian lee in cairo. thank you. >>> breaking overnight. chuck hagel has arrived in baghdad to thank american troops for their work helping to fight isis. secretary of state john kerry will be on capitol hill today. he will brief senators on the threat on isis. the secretary is scheduled to testify before the foreign relations committee as it begins authorizing the use of military force to battle isis. the secretary is all but certain to mention the new plan to allies to send 1,500 additional troops to iraq. they will advise and train iraqi and kurdish troops. a bipartisan group is schedule

military ceremonies were held here. these are called the tattoo ceremonies and they live on to this day where we invite guest units of the modern military, united states marine corps, army and navy to come here and perform on certain evenings in summer months. we still have change of command ceremonies for the military here. politicians and statesmen come here to walk the grounds for special programs. fort mchenry continues to inspire. just to wrap up this tour, i will show you a few places i think are kind of neat, some places that visitors don't always get to. so let's take a look at some behind-the-scenes stuff. taking you to places where no one gets to go. this actually speaks to when the fort was built, one of the oldest features of the fort that also plays into the war of 1812. you come down here, this actually goes to an underground passage. not a secret passage because everyone would have known about it at the time. but this actually goes, descends to a tunnel that goes outside of the fort's walls. and outside of the fort's walls, there was a ditch, or a dry moat. think of like a castle moat without water in it. well you have your infantry sol