light of the door. then a quick closeup likely of an american commander. don t be afraid, he cries as they search the prisoners. remember, they were expecting kurds. perhaps these men are isis, have guns or bombs. it s the americans who seem in charge here. the captors relief palpable. u.s. officials saying they faced imminent execution. the it s unclear when before or after this footage the americans hear one of their own was gunned down. but their mission went onto rescue 70. that first combat death since 2011 in iraq forcing public acknowledgment that we are now boots on the ground. when the last hours, the
it s unclear when before or after this footage the americans here learned one of their own was gunned down. but their mission went on to rescue 70. that first combat death since 2011 in iraq, forcing public acknowledgement american commandos were now boots on the ground. poppy, in the last few hours american command have released a video which they say is a cockpit view of an air strike, once, of course, the american and kurdish commandos had withdrawn from the compound. substantial destruction. and it brings an end to an episode which caused the loss of one american life, master sergeant joshua wheeler. 39 years old at the time of his death from oklahoma. a veteran of 14 tours of afghanistan and iraq. a remarkable figure, reminds you really of the depth of involvement the united states have had in afghanistan and iraq in what used to be the war on
guns or bombs. it s the americans who seem in charge here. the captors relief palpable, u.s. officials saying they faced imminent execution. it s unclear when before or after this footage the americans here learned one of their own was gunned down. but their mission went on to rescue 70. that first combat death since 2011 in iraq forcing public acknowledgement american commandos were now boots on the ground. in just the last few hours pentagon has released these startling pictures of what happened shortly after we believe all those commandos evacuated with the prisoners from that compound. a substantial air strike. there were air strikes before the attack, but these air strikes afterwards that laid waste to the whole area, presumably hoping to both deny isis with that prison facility
was killed yesterday in a daring raid to rescue dozens of hostages who were literally hours away from being slaughtered by isis. his heroics are indisputable, but the administration is refusing to call this a combat death. in moments, we ll be joined by colonel schaefer. it would take a better part of an hour to read the accommodations and awards bestowed on joshua wheeler. he lived as he died. a lidgeened among legends. 39 years old, from oklahoma. wheeler enlisted while still a teenager. one look at his rack of medals shows the career of a man who spent 20-plus years at the tip of the american spear. as part of the army special operations command, he deployed 11 times to iraq and afghanistan. his awards include 11 bronze stars, 4 with a valor device. wheeler deployed to iraq the
he was an army ranger and he s 39 years old. you run into guys with this resume in the special forces, particularly elite delta force. they have been everywhere and done everything. he has four children. and this happened today. again, they were meant to be behind the kurdish forces but you listen to secretary carter. he took, he made a decision here to go into the danger. he did, he lost his life for it. anderson, he will be welcomed back tomorrow by his family and defense secretary carter and his wife. you remember those images in four years since we ve seen a combat death from iraq. we ll see it again tomorrow. sad day, jim sciutto, thank you. anderson, disgraced former subway spokesman jared fogle paid $1 million. charges of child pornography and