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To get people past these check points, getting them way out to bagram is not easy. i can tell you i have driven the road from kabul to bagram before. i imagine there is taliban check points along it now. so maybe people that dont have the ability to get themselves out there. but beyond that it is a bigger base. it takes tens of thousands of people to secure the base. you could theoretically get more flights coming and there is more room to keep people. it may make it not as easy of a target. so ...

Police officer and marine veteran of korea, joe followed in his fathers footsteps and has distinguished himself through nearly 40 years of military service. he has commanded marines in the field from the platoon level to a marine expeditionary force during the invasion of iraq he led marines in the charge to baghdad. given his combat ex-peer enwhy, i was proud to nominate joe as the command -- as the commander of american and coalition forces in afghanistan. i have had a chance to work with him....

Andrew starr who suffers from a rare genetic disorder has been made an honorary marine. three generations of the starr family has been in the marines and his father wanted to make sure he is able to follow the tradition. >> when i was getting ready to retire, they said what would you like as part of your retirement ceremony. i said i want my son to be an honorary marine. >> andrew had the honor bestowed upon him and was given a special coin from a lieutenant general. the starrs marine tradition ...

Wide mudslide still too unstable for rescue crews to search that entire area. david schwimmer being a good friend to the nypd. this is after a stabbing outside his apartment in new york city. he offered police some footage from his security camera at his place. crops -- cops are using that video in a case after a fight in new york. those are your headlines. ill seal you back here in a little bit. good to see you guys. hope you had a great weekend. >> so far so good. over the weekend the presid...

Candy? nch>> breaking news on any numb of stories. this one, the president has taken a little memorial day trip. he is in afghanistan. he has just landed at baghram air force base for a visit with the troops there, with their commanders. we are also told that country music star brad paisley is traveling with the president, that he is there to perform a surprise concert for the troops in just a couple of minutes. on board air force one, susan rice as we new york the presidents national security a...

Flew over on air force one with the president and he eentertain the troops while mr. obama gets a briefing from senior military commanders and visits with wounded men and women in a hospital at the baghram air force base. the president will not meet with president hamid karzai who backed out of an agreement to keep a limited number of u.s. troops in afghanistan to act as trainers and to do counterterrorism missions. officials say thats important to keep afghanistan from suffering the fate iraq h...

Elections with a figure who can unite this country that is divided in many ways, divided between east and west, divided between affinity for the european union and affinity for russia? and also a country thats already had its borders violated with russia annexing crimea earlier in the spring? that is a challenge here, a challenge for ukraine, a challenge for europe and certainly a challenge for the president. >> jim, first, i just want to dell our audience that we do expect the president, landin...

Respect afghan sovereignty. >> reporter: 17 of the detainees originally captured by u.s. forces and handed over to afghan authorities, are directly linked to the production and placement of roadside bombs. 23 tested positive for explosive residue when they were captured. >> translator: previously there was a prisoner released from baghram and went back to the taliban and was later killed in an attack. these guys, i think they will return to their people, to the taliban. >> reporter: many release...

Miami comes back from 13 points down in the third quarter. many fans left thinking the game was over. fans were trying to get back in but there is no reentry policy. never quit on your team in playoffs. then lebron james makes the go ahead basks. he had a horrible three quarters but a great fourth quarter. game 7 is tomorrow. the spurs had them down. heat come all the way back. >>steve: four minutes after the hour. fox news alert. the taliban is claiming they killed four americans at the baghram...

Most wanted man in the world was able to stay for so long within the border of a u.s. ally, supposedly. heres john brennan, countertrorism adviser, saying an investigation on that issue is well underway: >> people have been referring to this as hiding in plain sight, clearly, this was something that was considered as a possibility. pakistan is a large country, we are looking right now at how he was able to hold out there so long and whether or not there was any type of support system within paki...