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May 2004, two months into the invasion of iraq. george w. bush selects former u.s. ambassador l. paul bremer to be the top civilian in charge in iraq. >> ambassador goes with the full blessings of this administration and the full confidence of all of us in this administration that he can get the job done. >> at the top of the list for bremer is oil. >> i had been told we had to get the oil going because it was an oil-dominated economy. this was fairly straightforward. unless you can get the oil ...

Molester and his chilling admission can frighten any child and any parent. >> i just told myself, im going to kill her. >> richard guest murdered his stepmother. >> now that my dad is dead, i am going to kill her. and that is what i did. i went over to her house, and i shot her. >> even though some patients may never leave atascadero, patrick who admits to raping ten women was released in may 2004. >> i would identify my victims by finding women alone in their home when they were sleeping, when ...

It was about 2:30 p.m. eastern today when nbcs pete williams reported that officials had identified the man who allegedly opened fire at the navy yard, killed 12 people before he himself was killed. the man is aaron alexis, 34 years old. according to his aunts, he grew up in brooklyn, new york, with his mother and his father and his brother. he had been in the navy reserve for about four years. we continue to learn more about him as each hour passes. but heres the basics of what we know so far. ...

Identified the man who allegedly opened fire at the navy yard, killed 12 people before he himself was killed. the man is aaron alexis, 34 years old. according to his aunts, he grew up in brooklyn, new york, with his mother and his father and his brother. he had been in the navy reserve for about four years. we continue to learn more about him as each hour passes. but heres the basics of what we know so far. he did serve in the naval reserves, but he was never on active duty. he never deployed to...

Is with us in our new york city newsroom. jonathan, this actually, and im reading from the seattle ph.d. and other places. this was not his only arrest. >> yeah, the first arrest that we have been able to find was in seattle, washington, back in may 2004. when, as you look at the police report from that incident, he is alleged to have shot out the tires of a car belonging to construction workers working on a property next to where aaron alexis was staying at the time. he later told cops he didnt...

Somebody had been in the house. >> mayfield and his wife, mona, were leading a quiet suburban life with their children outside of portland, oregon. but in may 2004, after weeks of what was clumsily intended to be secret government search and surveillance, federal authorities come knocking on mayfields door. >> i said, if you have any questions to ask me, put them to me in writing. and i could tell right away that wasnt going to make them go away. >> in march 2004, a terrorist attack on trains in...

His parents marriage was coming apart. his mother, who is an i. t. clerk in baltimore, filed for divorce in 2001, the year snowden was scheduled to graduate from high school. his father is a retired coast guard official who has now remarried and lives in pennsylvania, according to "the guardian," the only time snowden became emotional during the many hours of interviews when he thought about the impact his choices would have on his family, many of whom work for the u.s. government. the only thin...

Pennsylvania, according to "the guardian," the only time snowden became emotional during the many hours of interviews when he thought about the impact his choices would have on his family, many of whom work for the u.s. government. the only thing i fear is the harmful effects on my family who i will not be able to help anymore. that is what keeps me up at night, he said, his eyes welling up with tears. in may, 2004, snowden enlisted in the army reserves, he tells "the guardian," i wanted to figh...

Fan favorite. a news chopper makes headlines when it falls from the sky. may 2004. shots are fired in flat bush, brooklyn. a local helicopter is there to cover the story when the video feed suddenly cuts out. the chopper has lost hydraulic power. >> it starts sputtering out of control and spinning in circles. >> another helicopters covering the same story rolls on the drama. inside the nbc chopper are a reporter, the pilot, and copilot. >> what must have been going on in the peoples heads as the...

You voted on our facebook page and the results are in. so let the countdown begin to "caught on cameras" ultimate fan favorite. a news chopper makes headlines when it falls from the sky. may 2004. shots are fired in flat bush, brooklyn. a local helicopter is there to cover the story when the video feed suddenly cuts out. the chopper has lost hydraulic power. >> it starts sputtering out of control and spinning in circles. >> another helicopters covering the same story rolls on the drama. inside t...