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failure, high. >> would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29th, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long nights sleep, he basically came in and immediately told his staff you have the green light. lets go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. militarys best-kept secret is underway. >> the troops were ready and in p...

>> s.e.a.l.s would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long nights sleep, basically came in and immediately told the staff, "youve got the green light." lets go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. militarys best-kept secret is under way. >> the troops were ready and in place....

>> s.e.a.l.s would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. vi . >> reporter: friday, april 29, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long nights sleep, basically came in and immediately told the staff, "youve got the green light." lets go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. militarys best-kept secret is under way. >> the troops were ready and in p...

>> s.e.a.l.s would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long nights sleep, basically came in and immediately told the staff, "youve got the green light." lets go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. militarys best-kept secret is under way. >> the troops were ready and in place....

[ chanting ] >> reporter: every day begins with physical training, miles of swimming, running, hundreds of sit-ups, push-ups, all before the days real work begins. even more important they are preparing the body is preparing the mind. case in point, an exercise called drown proofing. >> candidates hands are tied behind their back, feet tied together and you are thrown in the pool. you better not panic. control your breathing, your heart rate. they tell you day one at b.u.d.s., mental toughness, ...

biggest cities in louisiana. but it means tiny communities could soon be under many feet of water. this is what it looked like in 1973. the one and only time the morganza spillway had to be opened. theres no guarantee it will even work. the mississippi river is already dangerously high in new orleans. the army corps of engineers is hoping that by diverting water through two spillways will lower the river level and spare the city. so far, the corps says opening the morganza spillway app...

Right there in the navy seals buds, based underwater demolition seals school was the greatest, one of the greatest achievements you can physically go through. not only with your body but developing character and integrity. strength. its an all around shaping of yourself. it takes amazing focus and dedication to do it. you go in there with a bravado, the strength, this youth. its not brainwashing or anything crazy like that. its basically theyre just shaping you to where you can split atoms with ...

>> well, s.e.a.l.s are sea, air and land commandos. the whole idea is that s.e.a.l.s are able to come from the sea, come over land or in this case as we saw on sunday night, come from the air. in order to develop that kind of capability, they go through the hardest military training in the world. its called b.u.d.s., its called buds. basic underwater demolition s.e.a.l.s training. its a training thats designed to push people to their mental, physical and emotional limits, to really push people a...

Drop, what cant you do, drop you in deep water from an airplane, swim for hours, fight crocodiles. what cant you guys do? >> well, s.e.a.l.s are sea, air and land commandos. the whole idea is that s.e.a.l.s are able to come from the sea, come over land or in this case as we saw on sunday night, come from the air. in order to develop that kind of capability, they go through the hardest military training in the world. its called buds. basic underwater demolition s.e.a.l.s training. its a training ...

And it is continued, progressing, adapting to the type of enemy and warfare we face. ways going on now? how do they create these teams now? >> well, they still do it basically the same way. to go to the development group, which is a new name of the current s.e.a.l. team six, they still draw their men from the other s.e.a.l. teams. and what really helps out there is -- its an all volunteer force. they have to go to -- volunteer for s.e.a.l. training or buds. only 23% make it through buds. then th...