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>> thank you for having me. >> tucker: sergeant morris was the other soldier we alluded to who was wounded in that firefight or christopher speer was killed. he will be joining us tomorrow night for his take on the settlement we were just talking about. we hope you had a relaxing weekend because our political class in washington did not. instead of barbecuing with their children, taking some time to solve the many problems this country faces, they were back on television writing about the russia...

The convicted terrorist who killed this u.s. army medic, u.s. army sergeant first class christopher speer. trace gallagher takes us inside the shocking turn of events in our west coast newsroom tonight. >> omar khadr is a canadian citizen who was a child when with his father to afghanistan to train with al qaeda. then in 2002 just try it for 16th he tossed a hand grenade at u.s. soldiers in afghanistan killing sergeant first class christopher speer and blinding sergeant first class wayne morris....

>> in 2010 the canadian supreme court ruled the interrogation violated canadian standards. the court left the remedy up to then prime minister stephen harper, a conservative. he decided to bring omar khadr back to canada to serve the remainder of the sentence. khadr then sue the canadian government for $16 million, but sergeant morris, who was blinded by khadr, and the family of sergeant christopher speer had already sued and won a judgment against omar khadr for $134 million. then last week lib...

>> the first police officers arrived on the scene while the gunman was still shooting. sergeant morris and his team entered through the open patio on to the dance floor. >> we were saying things like if anyone can hear us raise your hand. some of the folks that were, of course they were obviously deceased but still trying to hold on to each other to protect each other. >> reporter: on the opposite side, near the main door, officer highland was preparing to make entry with the sec teon team. >> a...

Reen reengage with their old networks and the expectation is that once the one year term runs out, there may be a possibility of extending the terms of their house arrest if you will, but that is not a foregone conclusion. and when you speak toin tell against officials privately, they fully expect these men will return to afghanistan and they are heading back to their old networks when which are terrorist networks determined to attack united states soldiers on the ground in afghanistan. >> kathe...

Throwing grenades over the wall and killed a couple our off began interpreters. we returned fire and eventually -- >> and this is the picture of the american medic that was killed. sorry weve lost sergeant morris, but if he were here, id thank him for his service. hes done a lot for the nation. anyway in the midst of war and terrorism away theround the world, listen to this news. defense department audit finding hundreds of pentagon workers are using government issued credit cards to pay for g...

Ariel castro in front of his house castro would seem to try to draw him away from the house. castro would walk away from the house as if to kind of just take him in another direction so he wouldnt spend too much time observing things at the house. and of course now that neighbor says, well, he can put it together, that maybe he was trying to hide something. again, dots to be connected. but probably just not consistent enough to form a pattern. >> brian todd, thank you very much. reporting from t...

Investigation, but there are things that link the women to the house, yes. >> now, let me ask you this question, sergeant morris. these three women have allegedly been helped captive for ten years. there are reports police went to this house on one other occasion at least in 2004 for an unrelated reason, leaving a child on a school bus by ariel castro, of course, who was at the time a school bus driver. at the time police knocked on the door, according to reports, no one answered so, they didnt ...

Crime. >> and there would be no reason to look back and say my gosh, had we connected these dots -- i mean, i know hindsights always 20-20, but is there that feeling now that had we connected this with this, the sighting of the naked woman, that we could have gotten this earlier? >> okay. you didnt mention the naked woman. we have no calls for a naked woman at that address. we have no calls for someone being in the back yard naked. i know theres a few rumors that are floating around out there. b...

Because khadr is now in the canadian prison system, its, possible that he is out on parole in a year. why would we have made this type of plea agreement if he is, as sergeant morris just described him to be? >> well youve got to feel for sergeant morris. i think a lot of people sort of empathize with his thoughts here. but people who had the privilege like me to serve in the military and wear our countrys uniform and be a defense attorney and prosecutor ive been like a lot of other people, no pl...