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Platoon sergeant was shot. we have two victims with gunshot wounds. there is one walking around conscious and breathing. i believe on his left side, upper rib cage. 33,000 block of 72nd street. we have some people on the ground. access shooter is currently inside the building number 33026. >> all right. that is obviously audio from the police dispatch yesterday, taken during the shooting at the fort hood army base in texas. four people dead, including the gunman and 16 others hurt at this hour. ...

We, an army of 450,000 would shut significantly fewer, fewer than 100,000 front line infantrymen in the field in a national emergency. eric: what would that mean? >> people matter. eric: what would that mean if there were less than 100,000? >> look how we were stressed out which were really very small conflicts. iraq and afghanistan, not to belittle the sacrifices made, those were tin pot wars, counterinsurgency operations. in a real war you need bodies. contractors, defense contractors, are so ...

About that time i saw my platoon sergeant looking down at me. i had to literally make my way up to open up the hatches, so i used what strength i had left, and then i just collapsed after that. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they dont know it yet, but theyre gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get mar...

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As i woke up, i tried to start moving my body and thats when i realized my legs were broke. i was pinned. two guys in front were knocked out. we were trapped in the vehicle. then pop shots from the ammo can started because a fire apparently had broke out from underneath the vehicle where the ied had came up through. here we are in the vehicle, i got two broken legs. i was just like, you know, i dont know what to do. you know, is this it? is this how im going to die? i just felt the rush of heat ...

About this time, i saw my platoon sergeant looking down at me. i had to literally make my way up to open up the hatches, so i used what strength i had left, and i just collapsed after that. i boug

>> now she hopes operation last chance will mean she lives to see all the men responsible for the atrocities of nazi germany finally brought to justice. dan rivers, cnn, london. >> powerful to hear her story. were going to have more on the hunt to bring the last of the nazis to justice tomorrow. rabbi marvin hire from the simon wezenthal center will join us live with the details. we hope youll join us tomorrow. a former sergeant in vietnam was the only survivor on his platoon. his life since t...

Our next guest did it and whats more, he became the first amputee to complete the armys grueling school. he joins me from nashville. good morning, sergeant. congratulations on this amazing accomplishment and thank you so much for his service. >> appreciate it. thank you for having me here. >>gretchen: i would love to know what inspired you to want to become the first amputee to go through this grueling, grueling program. >> back in january i was major platoon sergeant and i didnt feel right send...

Continue to use that to their advantage because theyre showing tolerance that will lead to our cultural suicide. >> i want to finish up on this. is it possible in a unit that you functioned in for 20 years to not know the guy next to you is a terrorist because youre so close, you share so much and train so often? >> well, i think that you have instances where you may want know anything about someone but mostly, we would know what was going on in our barracks and if we have soldiers that live off...

>> no, not in new york, in d.c. p. >> in a diner. it improves dramatically but no food. it begins this morning with a massacre in afghanistan apparently by an american soldier and this morning as well. the taliban is vowing revenge. the soldiers from the joint base in washington state heres how it went down. door to door he went yesterday morning in kandahar province opening fire, ill killing at least 16 people while they slept, many children. president karzai said the dead include 9 c...