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He was an army ranger and hes 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 h...

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, well 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...

Remember, its sectarianism -- >> this is brian williams in new york. we have all been listening to and watching the secretary of defense ash carter. well return you to craig melvin and the regular coverage in just a moment. but there is been some news here. all of it, of course, surrounding the tragic news we got yesterday that was also somehow a dual headline with yesterdays 11-hour appearance on capitol hill by hillary clinton. and that is that for the first time since 2011 our country suffere...

To be executed that day. after morning prayers. their graves had already been prepared. >> man. he also said that the raid collected a significant amount of intelligence. the u.s. coalition identified the american soldier who died in the operation, master sergeant joshua wheeler. the only u.s. soldier to have been killed on the ground in the antiisis fight. an army spokesman says master sergeant wheeler was among the dozens dozens of u.s. troops who helped kurdish forces storm the compound, free...

a track worker found dead in a barn at the world famous track. new clues and new questions as we are expecting to hear from police this morning. and middle class talkback. today we kick off a series built around you. your concerns. your issues. your questions to the candidates. today, we connect you to them and get answers. newsroom starts right now. this morning, we begin with a mans desperate plea for president obama to save his life on a videotaped just replease by al qaeda we h...

Outside kabul, his family in colorado says he defined the word bravery. >> feel very proud of who he is. the kind of son that any mother would be proud to have. >> joined the army in 2015 marking the second us combat death in afghanistan this year. >> the trump administration handling major foreign-policy moment on two fronts. jillian: john carey defense the obama deal as plans for the historic face-to-face meeting with kim jong un could be revealed at any time. rob: all the details for us from ...

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