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You can see barefoot men running through a dark room, gunfire crackling in the background. >> the video was filmed by a kurdish soldier using a helmet camera. one u.s. soldier died during this operation to save these hostages from what they believed at the time was imminent mass execution. fare fareed, its interesting, the tragedy is a u.s. soldier was killed. this is an example, the u.s. has troops inside iraq right now, thousands of troops inside iraq right now. and some, as we see here, are e...

New strid video, dozens of hostages were freed. this was obtained exclusive by nbc news arab 24. this was apparently taken on helmet cams at a prison in northern iraq on thursday. u.s. and kurdish commandos pulled off that raid. raid in which delta force commando master sergeant joshua wheeler was killed. he was the first american to die in combat operations against isis. still ahead, the breakthroughs michael j. fox said he sees in the future on "back the future" day. and next, why jeb bush...

Causing widespread flooding as it moves through texas. the remnants of hurricane patricia wreaking havoc across the lone star state at this hour. where is this storm heading next? plus, the homecoming of a fallen hero at dover air force base. master sergeant joshua wheeler, the first american soldier to die in combat operations against isis. in just a few minutes, his body returns to the u.s. >> reminds us of the danger of the coalition forces in iraq, but of the important assistance they provid...

Do training with other commandos. they dont operate openly on bases and run seminars teaching iraqi troops how to do first aid. they go in, do kill and capture missions and return back to their base. they are a very effective, very lethal and often very secretive weapon in the u.s. arsenal. >> right now we are waiting on the secretary of defense, ash carter, to come out here at the pentagon and hopefully provide a little bit more detail about precisely what happened. sergeant joshua wheeler, 39 ...

Allowed and regulated and transparent and fair. thats all i seem saying here. i dont think thats the case right now. >> new jersey congressman pallone, well continue to watch the story, sir. thank you, congressman. >> thank you, craig. again, right now, we continue to watch the pentagon briefing room. any moment, we expect secretary of defense ash carter to give us a briefing. we expect to learn a little bit more about master sergeant josh wheeler, the 30-year-old delta force commander killed ...

Operations in iraq, and weve been told no, that this was the first time they really engaged enemy forces on the ground. but quite frankly, thats not really clear. >> all right, jim miklaszewski and richard erbil, thank you both. this afternoon, a new view of hurricane patricia, the strongest storm ever on record. this tweeted out by astronaut scott kelly as the category 5 storm churns to mexico. and steve kornacki will join us to break down new polls showing carson leading trump in iowa. a...

How do you know? >> well, thats the whole thing is we dont really know. the commanders on the ground have what they call a troop to task and what we heard today is a president who said that the combat operations are still ended and only way end come pats out two ways winning or losing. you dont just withdraw. the troops be there not just in a combat role, combat mission. why are we leaving 98 there now and 1500 later. earlier this week one of the largest joint special operations raids with the t...

Forces, pushes them back. its interesting here. the president calls this a counterterror operation against al qaeda particularly. remember, when kunduz fell, you had u.s. troops there helping to call in air strikes. in fact, as you remember, you had an american air strike that hit the msf hospital there. it is not just a counterterror operation. you still have u.s. troops doing combat support for afghan forces because afghan forces on their own havent been able to fight back taliban. theres fudg...

Indicated. without collapse as was predicted. >> faced with al qaedas stubborn resurgence in afghanistan, the president has been forced to slow the pace of his troop draw-down. still holding to plans that only a skeletal u.s. force of 1,000 would remain to guard the embassy when his presidency was over. but today even that hope faded. "the new york times" reporting the president is considering a force of up to 5,000 even after 2016. >> the presidents concession to facts on the ground in afghanis...

Al qaeda, americas combat mission in afghanistan came to a responsible end. especially when were flying into air strikes in kunduz in the last two weeks. why is there the mincing of words and is that significant given what we heard today? >> they define combat very narrowly. you heard the president say combat mission ended. later, he said, they ended major combat operations. the fact is, you do have u.s. troops doing more than counterterror there. you have forward deployed advisers. during the a...