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A united states marine who fought for our freedom now fighting desperately for his own, freedom from a mexican prison where hes been held for more than three months. the sergeant says he made a wrong turn accidentally crossin. the three guns in his truck, legal in the u.s., but not in mexico leading to his arrest. an arrest, his attorney says, is fraught with human rights violations. now a legal battle to get home to the u.s. and continue treatment for his ptsd. on july 9th after more than 100 d...

Fighting desperately for his own. freedom from a mexican prison where hes been held for more than three months. on march 31st, sergeant andrew tahmooressi says he made a wrong turn accidentally crossing the border to mexico. the three guns in his truck legal in the u.s. but not in mexico leading to his arrest. an arrest his attorney says is fraught with human rights violations. now the attorney fighting the battle of a lifetime, a legal battle to get home to the u.s. and continue treatment for h...

There had been covert actions against north vietnamese and directed by the united states and the north vietnamese were responding to that on august 2. >> this is a special report from cbs news in washington. today just past the midday point, unofficial sources started to report additional naval combat action in the same tonkin gulf. >> now i would like to review briefly in chronological order, the unprovoked attacks that took place today, august 4th. >> we know now for sure the second tonkin gul...

Guns into mexico. you know, there are no mitigating circumstances. its either you brought the gun in not knowing about the law is not a defense. so he has a real problem here. we need our government to get involved. >> really? >> someone should make a phone call. first of all, mexico gets ten of billions of dollars from the u.s. someone has to make that phone call. it may have to come -- apparently, there has been some communication, but it has to come from the very top. who authorizes that type...

Violated. he was shocked when he learned of the violations during the marines first court appearance. >> the only thing i would know is to the extent the human rights violations had come to during those 7 to 8 hours he was held at the customs point of enfree. that became ever so clear. >> he remains hopeful the judge will rule in the marines favor. his next court date is set for august 4th. >> u.s. calling for an end to all of the violence between israel and hamas. president obama speaking on th...

Tainted by several serious human rights violations. the further we go into evidence into that topic the more clear it will become. >> he said those violations occurred when his client was held at the customs point of entry. he remains hopeful the judge will rule in the marines favor. his next court date set for august 4th. >> house speaker john boehner taking the first step to sue the president for the changes he made to obamacare without congress. he waived the employer mandate in his signature...

Mexican authorities and told him he had three legally registered u.s. weapons in his car. during the evidentiary hearing, those mexican border agents were questioned by his attorney. >> it was finally and officially discovered that there are multiple irregularities with the order to search his vehicle. >> reporter: tahmooressis family hopes those discrepancies will lead to his release. though they werent allowed inside for his hearing, they did get to see him afterwards. >> i was able to talk to...

Take a listen. >> i was able to talk with him for 20 minutes. he is strong, he is confident. he is very privileged to have mr. benetiz defend his innocence. >> the judicial system in mexico different. the cases heard in segments. the juvenile could recall at any time but that will most likely not happen before august 4th. >> now to one lawmaker fighting to free the iraq war veteran and congressman scott perry. what are the odds of that happening? >> what happening? >> getting him out of there? >...

Who took part in the attack. a u.s. marine will remain jailed in mexico until at least august 4th now. thats the next hearing for the sergeant whose detention was extended at a hearing. hes facing weapons charges. he says he took a wrong turn on the california side of the border. his lawyer says more irregularities come to light including the order to search his car dated three days before the incident. violent storms tore think the east this week. people in central new york lived through de...

Unofficial sources started to report additional naval combat action in the same gulf. now i like to review briefly in chronological order the unprovoked attacks which took place today, august 4th. >> we know now for sure that the second gulf incident didnt happen. but the johnson administration dismissed evidence indicating that a tack hadnt taken place. >> there was acute political pressure from the white wing to the communist aggression. certainly i think a more prudent administration that was...