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The Department of Defense released the following statement on the tragic deaths of U.S. service members in Afghanistan Thursday.

These threats that we are seeing are more than folks in washington are admitting. >> the threat is real. we must continue to build and advance our military. we had many years were military was put at risk and most important he threw no budget. we have to keep a budget funded every year and congress needs to realize that when you put our defense statement factor politics it puts the world at stake. >> no doubt the combat readiness was absolutely rotten until a few years ago. i want to switch gear...

Comical. it would be comical if it wasnt so tragic. >> bill: do you want to hear from witnesses in a senate trial? >> you know, bill, i really at this point i dont think i do. i dont want to make that decision yet. i think the time to make the decision on witnesses is after we hear the house managers plead their case and we know their case quite well obviously. it isnt much of a case at all. i want to hear them first and then the defense statement. maybe get some questions through the chief just...

That way? >> not necessarily. say that you cant prove cause or manner of death, someone gives a confession. anderson -- a small piece of evidence that supports it. thats not how the statement went. it was up and down and clear she was tormented. she was holding the detectives hand and crying and asking for her mother. gave multiple versions and in cross-examination by the officers, the officer said she gave so many different stories we dont know which one to rely on. prosecutors dont want to hav...

Raising the price of a drug by 1,000% is now on trial for deceiving investors. in a dramatic opening defense statement his lawyer said, look, you may hate the guy, but you cannot brand him a criminal. back to you. >> well see how that plays out. thanks so much. still ahead, parts of the country, they are set to face the risk of more severe weather today. bill karins will have the latest on who is at risk following a series of tornadoes touching down across parts of the midwest. plus, a qui...

Understand what happened and why, to make these facts known to the president, the president-elect, congress and the american people. although your investigation and report to president obama is not yet public, we hope youll be able to convey and explain whats been accomplished so far including the steps already announced by the president. in addition im sure well have many questions about how were organized in the cyber domain and what changes you have recommended going forward, subjects that on...

The blade runners face becoming quite red. rarely did he answer knells questions directly. often he either answered i cant remember or said hed have to check with his defense lawyers. earlier pistorius ventured that he shot steenkamp schedulely. knell returned to this asking why did he shoot? the athlete said he thought intruders were about to come out of the toilet. >> i started shooting at that point. >> at the intruders? >> at the door, my lady. >> but in your mind, at the intruders. >> what ...

Had been eliminated. which sort of goes to, was it key? was it important? or was it something that was created so that david wildstein could carry out chris christies will at this authority, which is, lets not forget, a by-state authority. new york and new jersey. it runs the airports. it runs the bridges and tunnels between new york and new jersey. thats its function. >> brian murphy, the bottom line, which is literally the bottom line on the christie defense statement that went out this weeken...

In the military who wish to wear turbans while serving. it will make exception for beards a beards. defense statement -- the bottom line new dod guidelines will ease restrictions on those whose religious beliefs require them to wear beards, yamakas. >> that trial was delayed several times because he wanted to keep his beard on and the judge said no. meantime details leaking out about how many u.s. troops white house keeping in afghanistan. what do we know about that? >> we know general joe dunfo...

Prosecuting attorney. adrienne lennick. >> did anything about his statement surprise you. >> today? >> yeah. >> anna? you tell them. >> nothing is going to surprise the prosecution when it comes to a defense statement. mr. castro from the very beginning said it was about him in his interviews with the detectives, was continually blaming the victims, that it was a consensual relationship. as you saw and as the gentleman from the ap asked, tom, to mr. castro this was a harmonious living situation,...