player. she played in a pro, i guess, kind of a female pro team. whatever. i m amazed it s taken this long. we had an african-american president sooner than we had a female gym coach? it is kind of amazing that there s only one. that blows my mind itch think it s a great story. but it s strange, gavin. i think this i amazing, delightful, but how due handle the locker rooms? that s a rough one. reminds me of the movie with goldie hawn. i don t know how you re going to handle the locker rooms. it s going to be very strange. it s a grown woman in a locker room with teenage boys. sounds like a dream come true. exactly. sounds bizarre. i loved wild cats. but when everybody died at the end, a sad story.
believe that the system can handle it. it s hard to separate the criminal from the political in this case and i think the best way to do this if there are charges, have the trials and let the truth see the light of day. what he hopes to do after the trial. continue to stay in the platoon i m in right now and continue on and deploy about a year from now and go from there. reporter: the court marshals are scheduled for mid april and may, two of the seals will have their cases heard in baghdad because she want the right to challenge the detainee and his accusations face-to-face. supporters of the seals say that terrorists are trained to lie once in custody and this fact must be considered in the seal s case. catherine herridge, fox news. joining me now, the attorney defending navy seal matthew mckay. has your guy, matthew mckay special officer petty second
reporter: and there is a darker side to these campaigns, some party offices have been bombed, several candidates assassinated. flyers appeared in some neighborhoods threatening people not to go vote, but the u.s. and the u.n. say they do expect a high voter turnout. jamie. malini wilkes live for us in baghdad. we ll check back with you. a big question, how do you know when we ve actually won in iraq and afghanistan? the chairman of the joint chiefs says it won t be one big knockout punch. that s not going to tell us. a little later, we re going to talk with retired marine lt. colonel bill cowan about that and what it means for your troops scheduled to come home according to the president this year. kelly. we re learning more about the suspect who opened fire on pentagon police, authorities now saying that john patrick bee bedell had a history of illness and parents warned he d gone missing and might have a gun. and in a statement, the
we need to solve iraq s problem, security, unemployment and housing. reporter: politicians have done their best to energize their base, but rallies like this have been limited in number. large gatherings still could be a target for violence, so candidates look for other ways to get their message out. definitely that the supplies and door-to-door. reporter: candidates worked hard to counter a widespread perception that politicians are corrupt and sectarian. you see it in the advertisements, you see it in the debates that are happening. there s a lot of people that are really saying, you can trust me. reporter: skepticism alienated some voters. i won t vote, elections is a fraud, a fraud. tribal leaders and powerful clerics like the shiite leader al sistani have more influence than candidates over who shows up at the ballot box. and al sistani says we must go so we will go.
chairmanship after an ethics scandal and congressman john massa amid allegations he harassed a male aide. carolyn shively joins us with more from d.c. a tough week for the democrats. reporter: a rough one. kelly. do you remember this, back in 2007 house speaker nancy pelosi said the house democrats are going to drain the swamp that s washington d.c. as you mentioned ethics probes dominated the headlines. amidst an ethics allegation that he sexually harassed a staffer. he used words that would have made a petty officer feel uncomfortable. charlie rangel steps down from the ways and means, after he traveled to the caribbean in violation of house rules and more serious investigations are underway. spoking to a roomful of supporter pelosi said her