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Tear gas. nine people were are arrested and charged with impending traffic during those protests. still ahead, breaking the glass ceiling or the brass ceiling if you will. well talk with the first woman four star general about the two women on the cover of making history by graduating army ranger school. and danny becomes the first hurricane of the atlantic hurricane season. well get a check on where this storm is heading just ahead. unbelievable! toenail fungus? seriously? smash it with jub...

Eagle we had there playing, folks, check that out on the twitter. chriscillizza, vin weber, thank you. forget donald trump, marco rubio may have a more formidable foe to worry about. the senator from florida accidentally dinged him in the head with a football in this video that quickly went viral this week. now brady is hitting back with these fighting words for the presidential candidate. >> hey, rubio, you need to get back to iowa, ill be ready for you. >> that kid has some game. all right...

This is something that broke the ceiling, something she did becoming a general in 2008. >> this has taken me back in time like no other event. ive heard from moms and dads that see this promotion as a bea con of hope for their daughters and affirmation that anything is possible with commitment. ive heard of all veterans from wars. many that wanted to say congratulations, some that wanted to say thanks and others wanted to say they were so happy this day had finally come. >> retired four star gen...

Weve been seeking for some time. >> and ashleys war. the remarkable story of one woman breaking the brass ceiling on the front lines in afghanistan. >> she told me its all about family family, god, country. thats what its about. i was very proud. very proud of her. good day everyone. im andrea mitchell in washington. italian authorities say theyve busted an al qaeda terrorist cell network with arrest of 1 people in seven provinces. alleged to have been financing al qaeda in pakistan. two arres...

Healing process will be slow. she has been through a tremendous horrific ordeal. im very proud of her and i love her very much. she is surrounded by the love of her family, friends, and community. >> the sheriff, in the meantime, not releasing details about what happened during hannahs abduction. the first-ever woman has taken command of the u.s. air force academy. michelle johnson was welcomed yesterday during a ceremony. the changes of breakthrough what is called the brass ceiling in the mil...

Japanese americans and african-americans in world war ii or women in combat, weve benefited as a nation. this is a good thing because they have a better pool, a bigger pool of people who want to do this. its going to help women in the services. its not just combat time. its command time of a combat unit, alex. its being a battalion commander of a combat unit, brigade commander, division commander. you wont get command of a division like the first armored division, first infantry division unless ...

Support roles that put them right in the middle of conflicts where the new front line is wherever the next ied or mortar attack or suicide bomb happens to b and while the u.s. militarys old policy discriminated against the women as the casualties can attest, the attackers did not. 283,000 women have been deployed to iraq and afghanistan since 2001, and since then, more than 800 women have been wounded and more than 130 killed in those conflicts. so the pentagons announcement was not only welcome...

Could have an opportunity to talk to you about women in combat. lucky we got you early to speak about senator feinsteins asa assault weapons ban. but the pentagon is going to make this change is lift the ban on women in combat. this move will open up 238,000 jobs that were previously off limits to women, as we know from the facts, 152 women have died in the iraq and afghanistan wars. women now currently make up 15% of the military ranks. yet, theres still a large resistance to breaking the brass...