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Children, we kill yours, that sort of thing. so the decision came down from higher command to give this team, this bri team, the green light. they quickly planned. the only thing they had to go off were the fire escape diagrams you see sometimes printed in stairwells. thats all they really knew about the inside. but they knew they had to protect the hostages and they went in. as far as the officer that was shot, he took a pretty bad bullet wound to the hand. the use of his hand is questionable. ...

That -- the fire team, the assault team. i understand you also met with the chief, the boss. did he shed any light on the status of the investigation? >> reporter: he also, because hes a police officer, the way it works here, the prosecutors the only one to really talk about the investigation. hes obviously familiar with what we all know and realizing that that other team was capable and prepared to strike. he did say that the officers involved in the saint-denis operation did not know the kind ...

>> reporter: we seen a number of units leaving. we do still however see soldier, military officers with weapons there. also a fire team inside as well. and that may be because of concerns that some of the suspects may have left explosives behind. we do know that all of the suspects that were either killed or arrested. one of them was a him wwoman. she blew herself up with a suicide vest. its probably why the operation isnt quite over yet. they want to make sure, absolutely sure that theyve got e...

There are a lot of different types of machine guns. this is one machine gun that gets used now in active duty in the u.s. military. its called a s.a.w., stands for squad automatic weapon. one thing to know about the squaw automatic weapon is that its really freaking heavy. the reason i know its heavy is because i have fired one. i know that seems very unlikely, but its true. i was terrible at it. >> what is this larger weapon? >> this is the m-249 s.a.w.. >> m-249. >> s.a.w. stands for squad aut...

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Without the burn of alcohol. so you move to a healthier mouth from day one. there are a lot of different types of machine guns. this is one machine gun that gets used now in active duty in the u.s. military. its called a s.a.w., stands for squad automatic weapon. one thing to know about the squaw automatic weapon is that its really freaking heavy. the reason i know its heavy is because i have fired one. i know that seems very unlikely, but its true. i was terrible at it. >> what is this larger...

Thats the joke. only a hero because you are captured but you dont say it because he is a hero. colonel schafer, you are, obviously, a veteran. what do you make of this? what is your initial response? >> john mccain actually was on a fire team fighting a fire in the forest and shooting off aircraft carriers and in zones full of migs and shot down. in afghanistan, we were still? an area of afghanistan drawing fire. so by all measures im aware of, he is a hero. >> amber, you were a pilot. in afghan...

Thats the joke. only a hero because you are captured but you dont say it because he is a hero. colonel schafer, you are, obviously, a veteran. what do you make of this? what is your initial response? >> john mccain actually was on a fire team fighting a fire in the forest and shooting off aircraft carriers and in zones full of migs and shot down. in afghanistan, we were still? an area of afghanistan drawing fire. so by all measures im aware of, he is a hero. >> amber, you were a pilot. in afghan...

Thats the joke. only a hero because you are captured but you dont say it because he is a hero. colonel schafer, you are, obviously, a veteran. what do you make of this? what is your initial response? >> john mccain actually was on a fire team fighting a fire in the forest and shooting off aircraft carriers and in zones full of migs and shot down. in afghanistan, we were still? an area of afghanistan drawing fire. so by all measures im aware of, he is a hero. >> amber, you were a pilot. in afghan...

>> i was in marjah, afghanistan. it was november 21st of 2010. it was my first combat deployment over there. myself and a good buddy of mine, a fellow marine, fellow fire team and squad member, we were on top of a roof together and an attack was started and grenades were thrown inside the compound and one landed on top of the roof with us. i dont remember anything in the moments leading up to him. >> they got in pretty close to get grenades in there. >> they did. they came in very quickly right ...