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Retired marine corps ral kyle carpenter, extensively injured in helmund province in afghanistan 2010 when he threw himself on to a grenade to save a fellow marine. colonel jack jacobs, you uniquely have had this experience. a pretty cool thing. tell us a little bit about what this young man must be feel right now. this is actually a rare and wonderful experience. >> yeah, hes going to feel -- he does feel, because i spoke to him last week, overwhelmed. he does realize the responsibility that he ...

We wear it for all those people would cant. im going to show you, ive got my medal. i dont typically carry it around, but i brought mine with me. and this is the army version. youre going to get the marine corps version, which is actually the first version that was created in -- during the civil war. if you cant touch it, it has less meaning. so i think youre supposed to. thats mine, but youll have yours. and remember, that has nothing to do with me. it has to do with all those soldiers who neve...

But colonel jack, unpack a little bit of what you heard from the president today. you still did get questions from the gallery about whether or not we are creeping and whether there could be missions people, military missions. but what i thought i heard was absolutely we are not doing a combat mission. what did you hear? >> there are going to be combat missions, but theyre not going to be done by combat forces. when people think about boots on the ground, theyre thinking about the first armor di...

Isis. they prefer to do something youre already starting to see. that is a terror campaign in an isolated baghdad. ultimately you can see how close the airport is to downtown baghdad and where the american embassy is located. ultimately may come down the following, the requirement to get americans who are in the green zone and in baghdad over to the airport to get out. and then all the talk about not having any air strikes all bets are off. we dont want to have any collateral damage. if it comes...

They c its because of on star elsha ree ya. before i get to colonel jack. try them in the civilian court versus sending him to guantanamo bay. the thinking. >> the thinking is obvious. if we can try him. the son-in-law of bin laden here in federal government why cant we try somebody like this? i think there has been some arguments suggesting that guantanamo is more appropriate because hes a dangerous individual or the fact the involve in the attack other seas. we have consistently seen how u.s. ...

Get him to agree to a constitutional amendment, if anything, to patient of a approach. we have got to see the iraqis come together as a central government because politics in baghdad are driving this, every bits muches the terrorist movement. >> colonel jack, i wanted to play a little bit of lindsay graham. some of it democrats saying is justified. you have john mccain and lindsey graham after classified briefings, really sounding off and calling for a wholesale firing of the national security t...

Is as a country and that its not a remote-control war fought by others. >> gayle, colonel, thanks to you both. coming up, hillary clintons new remarks on the bowe bergdahl controversy. shes defending her old boss decision. well hear from her. plus, honoring an icon. that emotional memorial for dr. maya angelou. first lady michelle obama calling her, quote, one of the greatest spirits the world has ever known. >> dr. angelous words sustained me on every step of my journey. words so powerful tha...

Move on beyond the crisis. does putin believe he can do business with poroshenko, while poroshenko has a good around solid relationship with the both united states and the rest of europe. how that relationship goes is going to tell us whether things can move forward in a more normal, and never say it is a friendly lly relationship betw putin and obama, but a less adversarial one. >> and that is pretty apt. and colonel jack, those e meetings aside here sh, and a momentous day. i am glad that you ...

>> well, he points out in ukraine with russia in the remarks, the president said that our ability to shape world opinion helped to isolate russia right away and because of the leadership of america, the world immediately condemned their actions and going back to the multilateral action and not doing it alone and not being the new world order. >> right. but one would have liked a little bit more directions as to how important, you know, what are the strategic priorities here? how important is it ...

Priorities to his planners in private. that concerns everyone. >> colonel jack, thank you for joining us, and i know it is an emotional day for you to be there with the young cadets who all look up to you and admire you and i have seen them come into the studio to interact with you, and they are walking essentially with a great man and they know it when they are in these door and so, david, it is also great to have your insight today watching those incredible young men and women. and also, com...