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The Korean Peninsula. We have many military options and the president wanted to be briefed on each one of them. We made clear that we have the ability to defend ourselves and our allies, south korea and japan, from any attack, and our commitments among the allies are ironclad. Any threat to the United States or its territories, including guam, or our allies will be met with a massive military response, response both effective and overwhelming. Kim jongun should take heed, the United Nations Secu...

Going to be put up for adoption. [ laughter ] some of these jokes are just for the fathers. but back to the show. i -- im really honored to introduce our next hero, andy manzi. he did two tours in iraq. he patrolled the borders looking for improvised explosive devices on foot. he dodged suicide bombers, saw a lot of firefights, and watched his friends die. when he came home, he struggled with a traumatic brain injury and ptsd. but he just wasnt the type of guy who could heal or get healed in an ...

I was like, that was a couple months ago. [ laughter ] you know, its time to move on. i joke around. but it was scary. we have five children. and there were moments when i was like, oh, my gosh, if anything happens to my wife, those five kids are going to be put up for adoption. [ laughter ] some of these jokes are just for the fathers. but back to the show. im really honored to introduce our next hero, andy manzi. he did two tours in iraq. he patrolled the borders looking for improvised explosi...

>> yep. absolutely. >> one of the shocking things to me was finding out that warrior surf had a counselor. how many counselors you know that are going to be willing to sit with you on the beach and let us empty our souls? part of the things that were so devastating to me was my lack of brotherhood. i needed my tribe. and i found that again. >> its not going to end when you get out of the water. you keep on going. >> stand up. >> its that phenomenal feeling that were going to be okay. >> yeah! >>...

And there were moments when i was like, oh, my gosh, if anything happens to my wife, those five kids are going to be put up for adoption. [ laughter ] some of these jokes are just for the fathers. but back to the show. im really honored to introduce our next hero, andy manzi. he did two tours in iraq. he patrolled the borders looking for improvised explosive devices on foot. he dodged suicide bombers. so a lot of firefights. and watched his friends die. when he came home, he struggled with a tra...

Souls. part of the thing that was so devastating to me was the lack of the brotherhood. i needed my tribe and i found it again. >> you take that energy of everyone else around you. its not going to end when you get out of the water. youre going to keep on going. >> two, three, stand up. >> its such a phenomenal feeling that were going to be okay. >> yeah! >> were going to be okay because andy aint going to give up on us. so -- [ cheers and applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, please join me and s...

Sit with you on the beach and let us empty our souls? part of the things that were so devastating to me was my lack of brotherhood. i needed my tribe. and i found that again. >> its not going to end when you get out of the water. you keep on going. >> stand up. >> its that phenomenal feeling that were going to be okay. >> yeah! >> were going to be okay because andy isnt going to give up on us. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, please join me and stand for cnn hero andy manzi. [ cheers and ap...

With the justice department report, to try to take a different approach to listening to the wisdom and counsel of a former president. >> well leave it there. thanks so much. all right. still so much more ahead. first, meet this weeks cnn hero, sergeant andy manzi suffered from ptsd and now helps others rebound from war through surfing. >> when i got home, i really didnt have any urge to be around any veteran. i pushed myself so far away from it, then i started surfing and teaching how to surf....