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Substandard security, eric. >> a lot of questions still remain. thanks very much. >> reporter: you are youre welcome. jenna: big story and fox news alert, five american soldiers killed in afghanistan what officials suspect was a friendly fire accident. if confirmed this would be the one of the deadliest friendly fire incidents since the start of the war. the victims all reported to be special operations forces carrying out what is described as security operation when they came in contact with th...

Coalitions and alignments and decisions. and the proof will be in the pudding as of july 1st and thereafter as to whether or not they get the job done and get it done quickly. >> opposition leaders here today said they dont want american intervention even as special forces end in small groups with the iraqi command. >> well, thats not intervention. what were trying to do is help the -- and i understand what they dont want and president obama and the american people dont want that either. >> does...

There on a combat role. this is a very, very important agreement that we need to have in play. >> isnt it true that these legal protection are aimed to ensure that the u.s. troops will be subject to the u.s. military system of justice if needed and not to the iraqi judicial system? >> well, again, the key is if someone engages in conduct that is improper, they are going to be brought to justice. but we want to do so under our system of justice, which as i said earlier, is the fairest in the worl...

Deal with those matters. eric: secretary of state john kerry is defending the controversial prisoner swap for army sergeant bowe berg deal, dismissing claims that freeing those five top level terrorists will put lives of u.s. soldiers overseas in danger. house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers and others dont buy that. >> this was the wrong message at the wrong time and well pay for this decision for years. this should not be about did congress get invited to the party this is about ho...

Congressman james lankford easily beat back a crowded field including t.w. shannon who got big backing. turning overseas, iraqs government is far more focused on protecting baghdad right now than trying to take background from the militants. american advisers are now in place to help that countrys military come up with a plan. its a complicated position for the pentagon, something nbcs andrea mitchell discussed with secretary of state john kerry. >> reporter: doesnt it put our troops at risk t...

To special lopez and what we know about his background, that he did serve in a combat role in iraq, he was a truck driver at the tilme. what else have we learned, mik, in those last four months? >> reporter: the last four months of the war, actually. he was one of the truck drivers who drove the last of the u.s. military forces and equipment out of iraq, during the withdraw. according to army secretary john mchugh, theres no indication he served in any combat operation, combat role, no injuries....

Women have been serving in a combat role in the american revolution. >> how? >> her husband was mortally wounded and she took over and was shot in the breast. it is what was northern manhattan. she was the first woman to get a pension from congress and to be buried at west point. anybody who thinks a woman cant fight as well as man, there you go. >> you neutralized all of my arguments. andy, do the viewers know you served in the military? >> probably. >> what do you think? you should know. >> i ...

Will fight. i dont know they can. but i know they can instigate one. it is not leak it is a revolutionary war where they are running down and it is hand to hand combat. >> did they do that in the revolutionary war? >> long sticks. >> the bay -- bayonettes. it is shooting a gun or pushing a button and women know how to push buttons. >> i do? >> i know you have an opinion on this. what do you think this proves about women? >> well, i think this could be further proof that women are smarter than me...