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Fox news reporting. Rising threats, shrinking military. Here is bret baier. Bret the iwo jimma memorial reminds us of many things, the uncommon va valor our troops. But its a dangerous world out there. And the military never knows when it will be called upon and there is no replacement for a military that is strong and ready. Let us pray. Eter Eternal Father as we bid fair winds and following seas to the fighting 56. S bret we are witnessing a military funeral, not of a person, but the navy frig...

Hes not done so so far. What else are you seeing in court today . Reporter well, aside from the argument you were talking about, it will go to an appeals court, it was very dramatic testimony as soldiers and former soldiers took to the stand to describe what happened on november 5th, 2009, when 13 people were killed here, 31 were injured in this rampage shooting at a processing center. Soldiers, former soldiers told of seeing others being shot, hearing them scream, watching them die, being shot ...

Schieffer good evening. Scotts off tonight. Im bob schieffer. We are beginning tonight with the fires running wild in the west, because there are so many of them now and they are threatening hundreds of homes. Right now, 19,000 firefighters are fighting 50 major fires in ten western states. In idaho alone, they burned more than 450 square miles, and with lightning in the forecast tonight, it could get worse. In california, a wildfire outside Yosemite National park tripled in size overnight. It n...

0 following on "new day." a fisherman tossed from his boat, forced to tread water for nearly 24 hours to survive. the story remarkable. what he told himself to keep pushing to stay alive. and people chatting away on their cell phones wishing we could do something about it. this guy took matters into his own hands. we probably dont suggest this. thats coming up. >> id have been proud of that guy coming up. >> people are checking a suspected chemical site in damascus. the white house and secreta...

Hes not done so so far. what else are you seeing in court today? >> reporter: well, aside from the argument you were talking about, it will go to an appeals court, it was very dramatic testimony as soldiers and former soldiers took to the stand to describe what happened on november 5th, 2009, when 13 people were killed here, 31 were injured in this rampage shooting at a processing center. soldiers, former soldiers told of seeing others being shot, hearing them scream, watching them die, being sh...

Apologized to alla for the fact that he was serving along the side of the armed force who are wrong in this case. >> i want to point out numbers. 11 of the 16 death sentences handed down by military jurors in the last 30 years have been overturned. >> thats correct. >> no active duty soldier has been executed since 1961. there are some concerns out there that we could see a mistrial for a number of reasons, including according to some reports there was a concern that key evidence, material that ...

0 hes not done so so far. what else are you seeing in court today? >> reporter: well, aside from the argument you were talking about, it will go to an appeals court, it was very dramatic testimony as soldiers and former soldiers took to the stand to describe what happened on november 5th, 2009, when 13 people were killed here, 31 were injured in this rampage shooting at a processing center. soldiers, former soldiers told of seeing others being shot, hearing them scream, watching them die, being ...

chances of passing the house and the senate, could this gang of sex save america from default? that is the question at this hour. the plan, the basics of it it would reduce the deficit by 500 bill kwrorz. the top income tax rates would be lowered to no more than 25%, much lower than the top rate right now of 79.6% well have once the bush tax cuts expire. strict true spending cats and conform social security to t secure sol advance see if theyve worked this out. >> reporter: there is a ...

the top income tax rates would be lowered to no more than 25%, much lower than the top rate right now of 79.6% well have once the bush tax cuts expire. strict true spending cats and conform social security to t secure sol advance see if theyve worked this out. >> reporter: there is a very strong sense in the senate that this gang of six proposal may be the way out of this debt impasse that weve been looking at for the past several weeks. this all came together yesterday morning when a ...

he has been criticized in the british media over a condolence letter written to a family whose son was killed in afghanistan. that is at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. later in the week from the canadian supreme court, a case involving a canadian citizen held at guantanamo bay by the u.s. military since 2002. he was charged with killing a u.s. soldier when he was 15. his lawyers are arguing his constitutional rights as a canadian citizen were violated. watch live coverage friday at 9:...