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River separating u.s. backed fighters and russian back fighters. they attacked with tanks, artillery and mortars. when the rounds landed too close for comfort special forces called in the massive counter attack from the sky. included a c-130 gun fits, apache gun ships and jets in the area responded and killed 100 enemy fighters im told. no u.s. troops were hurt. one allied syrian fighter was hurt. u.s. officials say they had seen the build-up of the russian-backed forces near the base for a week...

For the mission. at that moment, the president scrubbed the mission. >> in the rush to pull out, one of the helicopters taxied into a c-130 fuel tanker. both burst into flames. >> eight of our men were killed. four others suffered burns. the bodies of the dead have not yet been returned. >> seemed to enjoy stage managing in this grizzly theater as the bodies were shown. the soldiers, obviously, took no joy here. >> it was my decision to attend the rescue operation. it was my decision to cancel i...

Force every single day. additionally as many of you know as we take care of response and we are the governors in state response force to work with the first responders and the emergency responders when hurricanes happen. steve: what about the fires out in california. >> last friday i was in california. we have almost 2,000 national guardrail out there working with emergency responders and cal fires. responders helping save peoples lives i flew in a c-130 that dropped fire retardant. you need ski...

Lets listen in. >> okay, everybody. mr. president, sir, i will tell you look great in that suit. but theres something missing. can i please ask the wing commander of the biggest baddest c-130 wing in the air force to come out here? >> should i put it on? [ cheers and applause ]

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We are learning new details about a family released from the military. the taliban released this video of the couple and their three children that were born under the terror groups watch. colemans husband is refusing to get on the c 130 in fear of being arrested in his home country of canada. he was married to a woman whose brother was at guantanamo bay. where do we go from here? the state department attempted to answer that question.

Today, though, is that the family declined to get on a u.s. plane back to the united states. the husband particularly, who is a canadian, joshua boyle, refused to get on a u.s. c-130. its not clear why that happened and thats raising some questions. overall, and youve covered this story over the years, this is a couple that have been held. their children were born in captivity, three children. the woman was pregnant when she was captured, so they appear to be out of danger at this point and they...

But the scale of the assistance theyre receiving doesnt match the scale of this disaster, shep. >> shepard: i keep wondering about the poorer communities that we havent seen reports. as far as we can tell, we dont know whether theyre getting the food and the water and things that they need. do you know? >> they are not. they are not. you know, what comes in on a c-130, these cases of water or these mres, the meals ready to eat doesnt begin to match what this population needs. the systems have be...

Coast guard is doing. we are on the way there now with the c-130 aircraft and a number of relief personnel. we are trying to get back to full operating capability. they returned to service and assist the people of puerto rico. it >> leland: right now, admiral, what are the biggest challenges that they face right now? what is their main focus? >> our first priority is always saving lives. rescue operations, like what we saw yesterday, that is priority and it continues to be. at the same time, we ...

Special forces guys, former law officers who have reached out to be a part of this and we are excited to get down there and try and make a difference. >> tucker: thats amazing. we have a picture up right next to you of a c-130 i think, is that the aircraft youre taking >> thats one of the jets thats going down. t the issue now is cost. its about $10,000, $10,500 an hour to fly one of these planes so we are working to get donations as well to cover the cost for the pilots and the mechanics. >> tu...