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>> hes in territory. >> whether they ever should have landed on the mountain breaking protocol by landing on the objective or x and whether they inadvertently they left a comrade behind. >> we landed on top of the mountain. my helicopter took right away. >> why did you have to land on the x, didnt you break protocol by landing on the x? >> i was told i needed to be if position by sun up and thats what i did. >> the officer roberts filled the back of the helicopter into the snow, crashed 4 milesw...

About whether they ever should have landed on that mountain and whether they inadvertently left a fallen comrade behind. some question the decision to land so close to the objective, breaking a cardinal rule for commandos. >> why did you have to land there? to did break protocol by landing on the next? >> i was going to land at another location, and make my move on foot to the top of the mountain. there were other changes that forced me to adapt my plan. >> but were those changes? >> i was told ...

Protocol landing on the objective or x and whether they left a fallen comrade behind. >> we landed on top of the mountain. my helicopter took rocket propelled grenade fire right away. >> why did you have to land on the x? didnt you break protocol landing on the x. >> i was told i had to be in position by sun up. thats what i did. >> neil roberts fell out of the back of the helicopter into the snow. the army chinook crash landed four miles away. they were ordered up the mountain to rescue roberts...

In the early hours of day three of the trip the red cross president and his delegation set out for sun up the rebel stronghold and their final stop i. after crossing several checkpoints and in order to avoid the active front line the delegation has to skirt around the south of to ease then continue up into the mountains on narrow winding roads. its good. to see if youve got to go because if you talk about a guide leads the way. i. told them that the delegation leaves the government controlled zo...

Up 25%. >> bill: dow 25,000? why not. >> sandra: 200 points away, wow. watch it. >> bill: in the meantime we have the sun coming up on the west coast and check this out. theyre still fighting this deadly blaze burning northwest of la. flames scorching 270,000 acres since the fire started two weeks ago. the third largest wildfire in the states modern history. adam housley is live in ventura, california. how goes it right before sun-up? >> its hard to believe that two weeks ago tonight is when tha...

This point on some of the biggest ones? >> well, where we are is the thomas fire, poppy, it has 10% containment. 132,000 acres and you can see now that the sun up what is left in its wake. one of the houses that was lost. you can see that firefighters were battling. that house up there with the bushes on top of it, it still managed to make it through the blaze. but if you turn and take a look at this devastation, we know more than 140,000 acres in california have burned in these wildfires, look ...

Told more than 2,000 structures have been destroyed by these fires. they are continuing to burn in wine country. right now the winds die down right before sun-up. the fire has lane down here. things are expecting to get going again. giving firefighters a little bit of a break right now. as for the missing person numbers. sonoma county alone which is just to our west we are told about there are about 254 missing person reports that have been filed that doesnt mean they are all people in hospitals...

The hill. neighbors homes there burned there are still embers. while they are out of the serious threat. im going down between live shots and actually throwing dirt on embers to make sure it stays down, guys. brian: do you know what caused this? >> they dont know. but whether you have 15 major fires a lot of speculation. but at this hour still no cause and still no containment numbers. we hope to have some of that after sun up. steve: it would help if the rain was on the way but it is not. ainsl...

Period, i certainly can help. but mainly, i wanted to make sure my kids were out of town and we could get back, assess the damage and fix any problems. i think aaron was doing the same thing. once youre out youre out. its going to take a long time for people to get back here. weve got looters that are around. we had someone knocking on our door last night as a matter of fact. so, its a situation where id rather be here than away wondering what happened to the house. we have a curfew right now fr...

Question. all right, jillian, thank you very much. jeff flock is live in madeira beach which is not far from where she has been standing. jeff, we have had problems with your microphone. we are hoping this goes okay. >> yeah. out old fashioned way we have cable here. the cable always works. that will cure the problem. none of this wireless stuff. i was listening to what jillian had to say about, you know, the water out and now back. im going to give you a perspective of that, thats why im walkin...