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Them to enter syria. and rescue crews are working on searching for workers trapped in a construction site. 30 people were injured. now back to dateline. >> reporter: the case against david camm, the defense argued, was as preposterous this time around as it was before. who could possibly buy the prosecutions overly complicated theory that david left the basketball game to kill his family? >> there is absolutely no way he could have left that gym. you have to believe that he knew when he was goin...

Only later would putin proudly acknowledge the invasion was carried out by russian commandos. i watched as pro-russian supporters tightened their grip on power and gave the people a vote, but no real choice. these men and their russian backers now run things here, and many crimeans believe the upcoming referendum is just a rubber stamp for a takeover by force thats already happened. and sure enough, when the results of the hastily organized referendum were announced, crimea voted to become part ...

>> the israeli hostages and the arab commandos who have held them hostage for this entire day have now left to a makeshift helicopter pad at the back of the olympic village. >> the israelis wanted to come in and try and rescue them, and the germans said no. you know, when a bad number comes up, it comes up very bad. >> we find that this drama has not ended. >> the german police were sent up at the nearby air base to neutralize the terrorists and thereby rescue the hostages. >> the latest word we...

The perfect special operations of the modern era defined by surprise, speed, success. but mostly surprise. >> the israelis are familiar with the airport at entebbe because they built sections of it and had an active advisory force in uganda until 1973 when iddi amin kicked the israelis out. >> no one thought anyone would fly from israeli to uganda to rescue the hostages. that was surprise number one. when they landed at the airport, all the israeli commandos were wearing ugandan military uniform...

Very powerful stuff. >> the egyptian commandos come up with their game plan. they send a small force to assault the front door. and they send a small force to the back of the aircraft, where they place some explosives on the cargo hold. theyre trying to create a diversion at the back of the aircraft. unfortunately, they seem to have miscalculated the amount of explosives necessary. they used too much. >> it was detonated. and sent a fire ball blowing through the interior of the aircraft, burning...

>> when all the passengers were trying to get out, as they were exiting the aircraft, a lot of them were actually being shot by the egyptian commando teams. it was a chaotic situation. >> rezaq starts to run off into the darkness. he is shot through the chest by commandos. >> once this scene has been secured, the extent of the damage and death becomes apparent. >> at least eight passengers were killed by gunfire. the other 51 were killed by the fire and the smoke. >> the families, the children w...

They were keeping their weapons. this is where they retreated to. >> we found them because they got up and moved. they went over to another location to pull some weapons out. when they went back into their beddown location, we were able to go ahead and conduct a strike on them. >> this strike, just days before on an isis tunnel in mosul. that city controlled by isis not so long ago. and this strike on another isis hideout north of baghdad, where they were sleeping at night. >> the best way to de...

They storm this small space, not unlike the caves, the corners theyll soon be sent into, to flush out isis. these iraqi commandos will be at the front line against isis here. >> the fact that theyre able to do this on their own speaks a lot to their capabilities. >> in the middle of the desert, we are shown the unmanned drones. they are guarded, fueled and ready for flight. in the skies over iraq eight hours at a time. this is where theyre actually operating the drones that are doing surveillanc...

Hes trying to reinstill discipline. it is one thing for navy s.e.a.l.s to be the commandos who operate fairly secretly around the world, the toughest of the tough doing the jobs that are so difficult that no one else can do, but what admiral green is saying to the navy, and saying to the navy s.e.a.l.s, you are not that special, you have to adhere to discipline, you are part of the military community. and your duty, this is really his message, your duty is not to your teammates, not to protect t...

>> neil: this is new audio coming in of the seizure of the british pinker about ten days ago. obviously you could say despite the warnings and stern rebuke from the british warship nearby, they did it anyway. still held that ship and the men on that ship. retired colonel david hunt. what do you think? >> im very impressed with the stern warning from a british warship. this is piracy, plain and simpl simple. the helicopter landed those commandos and probably the worst execution of ever seen, shou...