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Give our trigger pullers on the ground the kind of latitude they would need to crush isis? thats a scary thing to think about. >> are you speaking as a military member? whats the heart of our military right now and what our men and women are willing to do? >> well, they -- you saw the g-20, also. the basically used the troops as an excuse for inaction. i go to walter reed, of course thats in the heart of any commander in chief. but he basically said i dont want to do this when i come back wounde...

I heard a banging noise inside the 81st floor and said to the fellow beside me we should help this person, not knowing who it was, a stranger. as the two of us went in on the 81st floor, the rest of the group was convinced by the lady to go up and they all died that day. tragic. >> we went in on the floor, my coworker ron was overcome with the smoke. he went back to the stairs. i carried onto find this stranger. dug him out of the rubble. and he and i returned to the stairway. i guess that was t...

But the world is also different in a positive way where we are more fully informed. >> its good you say that. because your story has positive aspects to it. you met who came to be your very close friend. bring us through what happened that day. youre on the 84th floor. what happens? >> i knew in that split second it was terrorism because we had been looking up nine floors to the building next door wondering what was going on. but knew something was amiss more than a small plane, thats for sure. ...

shes 77 years old and she said time has come. she was okay with it. >> reporter: shes had quite a long time of being the most decorated olympian ever, hasnt she? upsteps michael phelps and it was widely expected to happen. it had been disappointing to this point but he is now the most successful olympian ever after picking up the silver and gold in the relay. the big question here, does that mean hes the greatest olympian ever because he has the most medals, is he the greatest or shoul...

kelly ayotte the new freshman senator from the state of new hampshire will be appearing with mitt romney in portsmith in a few minutes from now. this is part of the veep stakes. shes one of the potential running mates that the romney campaign will be taking a good long hard look at. that vet progress sees, that selection process is just getting under way. theres a throat be said for kelly ayotte and why shes being considered. she has a lot of tea party support up in new hampshire. she ...

called were in this order george walker bush and then bill clinton because he knew at some level both men had tried to actually kill bin laden and had been unable to do it. >> reporter: public reaction a year ago may not have been as solemn as the phone calls sound. it is nonetheless true that bin ladens death was greeted then across party lines as a matter of justice, not politics. candy crowley, cnn, washington. top of the hour. im suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed. a w...

decent timing and kimmel pretty good as well. s john fugelsang with us, political comedian, with the professional opinion and will cain, columnist of theblaze.com. >> good morning. >> our starting point this morning, pretty shocking and daring escape that could have an impact on the u.s. relationship with china, a blind chinese discy dent evaded layers of guards after 18 months under house arrest, he made his trek 370 miles north to beijing. secretary secretary tim gigter in are expect...