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-- >> the risk of a disaster is certainly a very high one in a combat environment like this. >> reporter: both planes were flying october 17th at hundreds of miles an hour. the russian fighter crossed less than half a mile in front of the u.s. surveillance aircraft. the two sides spoke about the incident. the u.s. says the russian pilot didnt even know the u.s. plane was there. the u.s. and russia previously agreed they would keep a distance of three miles between aircraft and an altitude separa...

Collision in the middle of the night. but mixed messages from the u.s. military. >> i dont think that it was perceived to be a danger. >> the u.s. believes it wasnt a deliberate provocation by moscow. but even if it is just bad navigation. >> the risk of a zaster is certainly a very high one in a combat environment like this. >> both planes were flying on october 17th at hundreds of miles an hour. the russian fighter crossed less than half a mile in front of a u.s. surveillance aircraft. the two...

Ambassador to the united nations on fox said its a good sign to see the u.s. on the offensive when it comes to dismantling the terror network. >> the need to defeat isis remains is strong or stronger than its ever been. i think what weve got here is a clear example of americans doing what they do when they need to do it in combat environment. >> over the weekend his body was brought back to the u.s. arriving at dover air force base on saturday afternoon where both wheelers family and secretary c...

Of what matters is the american public who needs to understand we have 3500 soldiers in iraq now. theyre there to train, advise and assist. we have these individuals under fire. we lost another american hero in afghanistan. master sergeant mckenna under fire in a train, advise and assist role. if the american people dont understand that, you know, white house definitions and president obama definitions aside, our soldiers are in great risk, they are in a combat environment, regardless of what th...

>> no. watching the tape i think its a clear case in texas they have clarity around do you know right from wrong opposed to insanity defense so i think the guy that i watched on the tape seemed like somebody that would know right from wrong and knew what he was doing that way. >> jurors were interviewed on abcs "good morning america" and some thought that eddie ray rout routh would use ptsd as an excuse. >> understanding someone in a combat environment and knowing this guy claimed to seeing comb...

Former f.b.i. agent that worked branch robberies and bombings, sometimes in a very high adrenalin combat environment impact peoples version of events are a little different. the goal here was no piece of information could go forward if it wasnt substantiated or corroborated. that was done in the report and it was very narrow. it was not designed to be a huge end of the conclusion. there are serious questions yet to be answered. >> let me ask you about that, you have been criticized for going eas...

Though the investigation still has to go its full length. weve expressed sorrow, weve expressed regret. we didnt want to see the four boys dead, and every time this sort of thing happens for us, its an operational failure and we have to investigate what went wrong. we are in a very complex environment because hamas is shooting rockets at our people. since this operation started, about 1,500 rockets have been fired at israeli cities by hamas, and the other terrorist groups in gaza. theyre barragi...

Help. and i think only in the last, you know, maybe five, six years its become -- even in my community, in the special operations community, its become more acceptable to seek help and youre kind of not painted in a certain negative light. so i definitely think that theres a ton more that we could be doing to support these folks. not only when they come back from overseas in a combat environment, but helping them transition to civilian life. were seeing one of the largest transitions from active...

But if theres any doubt, is that the standard? if theres some doubt, then they dont award it? >> but they created the burden of doubt in this case, megyn. they actually created the doubt. there was of no doubt -- megyn: but the autopsy report. >> right. but the autopsy report cant tell you what a person does under extreme duress after being shot in a combat situation. and thats my point. thats why this panel is unprecedented in trying to look at an autopsy report after the body is already in the...

That the navy has one goal and so does the marine corps. to keep america safe, to make sure that we can confront and defeat any threat in any environment that we face and america continues to be the greatest fighting force that the world sees in any combat environment. we know how tenuous and dangerous our supply of fuel is in the middle east. weve been fighting the war there for 10 years and the navy wants to be able to fight and win and protect america no matter what the fuel supply situation ...