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Mission in mali. an unidentified group launched a mortar attack early in the morning. no one has claimed responsibility at this stage. we will of course continue to bring you the latest on that as soon as we learn more. pope francis celebrated mass at a shrine dedicated to ugandan martyrs near kampala, uganda. ♪ he paid homage to christians executed more than 100 years ago for refusing to denounce their faith. its estimated that hundreds of thousands of people attended the mass. cnns delia g...

>> right. martha: for these 50 people who will be sent in. when you look what happened to major sergeant joshua wheeler in iraq where we also had no boots on the ground and nobody fighting with front line forces. then we were told, oh, absolutely theyre in combat. how do you square that? >> you dont and the other thing that this does, and as a military guy still serving in the guard, it is kind of offensive to me, it takes away to an extent the service that people are really performing. we have ...

Work and thats when the second round hit. thats when i saw bub go down about right here. i wasnt sure if he was hit or if he was just taking cover and then i turned back and again tried to engage and get my hand to come up and a third round hit in the same vicinity, and at that point, i mean, i just felt like i got hit by -- stung by a thousand beetz just up and down my side and i figured i better goat some cover now in case another one comes and the whole night went quiet after that. >> is it t...

>> and you see this mortar attack. what are you doing? >> im still, over here on tower three. still covering this area. to me, it looked like it hit right around here. we have no cover for mortar attacks. even the buildings, im surprised one didnt collapse. >> another explosion hits right here. when i heard another thump. thats when i jumped off the tower and moved back. got somewhere under here. and thats when the mortar hit and once that hit, it just, it was pitch-black and dead quiet. jack ca...

Needs to be continuing firing. >> and you see this mortar attack happen. what are you doing? >> im still -- im over here on tower three, covering this area. to me, it looked like it hit right around here. we had no cover from mortar attacks. even in the buildings -- im surprised that one didnt collapse. another explosion hits right here. when i heard another thump, thats when i jumped off the tower and moved back and got somewhere right around here. and thats when the mortar hit. and once that m...

>> and you see this mortar attack. what are you doing? >> im still, over here on tower three. still covering this area. to me, it looked like it hit right around here. we have no cover for mortar attacks. even the buildings, im surprised one didnt collapse. >> another explosion hits right here. when i heard another thump. thats when i jumped off the tower and moved back. got somewhere under here. and thats when the mortar hit and once that hit, it just, it was pitch-black and dead quiet. jack ca...

>> and you see this mortar attack. what are you doing? >> im still, over here on tower three. still covering this area. to me, it looked like it hit right around here. we have no cover for mortar attacks. even the buildings, im surprised one didnt collapse. >> another explosion hits right here. when i heard another thump. thats when i jumped off the tower and moved back. got somewhere under here. and thats when the mortar hit and once that hit, it just, it was pitch-black and dead quiet. jack ca...

To show muscle and to show that israel will not tolerate any kind of this activity. and the level of fear is escalating dramatically. >> and the level of death is also increasing. >> yeah. >> and, as most of the time it happens, the palestinians are getting the worst of the brunt of the number of dead. >> i think thats right. you see it sort of at a level of about four to one if you were doing a head count on those who have died. that said, what we have seen and havent teen fseen for a long te p...

Just off the coast. bringing us that exclusive report. she was reporting on how american citizens still stranded in yemen right now feel abandoned that the u.s. government has not been able to go in as other governments have been able to gein and try to rescue them. theyre trying to get out of that country as quickly and as desperately as they possibly can. from yemen, lets go to iraq where air strikes may be the difference today. its stopping isis from sweeping into a very sensitive area in the...

>> and you see this mortar attack happen. what are you doing? >> im still over here on tower three, covering this area. to me it looked like it hit right around here. we have no cover for mortar attacks. even the buildings, im surprised that one didnt collapse. another explosion hits right here. when i heard another thump, thats when i jumped off the tower and got somewhere right around here. thats when the mortar hit and once that mortar hit, it was pitch black and dead quiet. jack came over an...