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Accord according to the plan and what the pentagon says once a considerable fire fight started on that site, the american forces moved out of their support role to instead participate in direct combat. it appears that on the ground that was a hell of a fight. well have more on that in a moment. since those initial reports though about that dramatic raid and rescue, there have been a couple of fairly stunning further developments in the story. first of all, the pentagon released this tape of cock...

Mission. these american commandos were there in support of iraqi kurdish forces but it was the iraqi kurdish forces supposed to be the ones carrying out that raid. that said things dont always go accord according to the plan and what the pentagon says once a considerable fire fight start odden that site, the american forces smoofed out of their support role to instead participate in direct combat. it appears that on the ground that was a hell of a fight. well have more on that in a moment. since...

Accord according to the plan and what the pentagon says once a considerable fire fight started on that site, the american forces moved out of their support role to instead participate in direct combat. it appears that on the ground that was a hell of a fight. well have more on that in a moment. since those initial reports though about that dramatic raid and rescue, there have been a couple of fairly stunning further developments in the story. first of all, the pentagon released this tape of cock...

Latest time as part of the delta force teams training and advising the peshmerga fighting isis. sources tell me delta operators were under strict orders to keep themselves out of the fight. that was the plan wednesday night when the delta force loaded into five helicopters on hostage rescue mission. american intelligence concluded isis planned to execute 70 or so hostages. the peshmerga were supposed to dethe fighting. when things went south, wheeler ran toward the gunfire and paid the ultimate ...

Latest time as part of the delta force teams training and advising the peshmerga fighting isis. sources tell me delta operators were under strict orders to keep themselves out of the fight. that was the plan wednesday night when the delta force loaded into five helicopters on hostage rescue mission. american intelligence concluded isis planned to execute 70 or so hostages. the peshmerga were supposed to dethe fighting. when things went south, wheeler ran toward the gunfire and paid the ultimate ...

And thats what played out in this particular operation. they were there in that support role, and again, acted under those circumstances. >> fast forward 24 hours. the secretary oif of defense today faced a barrage of questions and finally seemed to admit the obvious. >> this is combat. things are complicated. this is someone who saw the team that he was advising and assisting coming under attack. and he rushed to help them. >> the pentagon says ash carter himself approved the raid and megyn, he...

Iraq. ambassador wilson, good to see y you. >> so defense secretary ash carter says it is likely that we are going to see more raids like this one in iraq. what are the dynamics in your view that have changed. >> i am not sure that the dynamics have changed except to the extent to which the iraqis are now prepared to counter attack in a meaningful way. the iraqis and their allies, the kurds, in this battle. i think the u.s. is providing a support role. it strikes me as i look at this that what h...

Combat? >> in that support role, they are allowed to defend themselves and also defend partner forces and to protect against the loss of innocent life, and thats what played out in this particular operation. >> reporter: and what exactly the mission is, and is that mission changing is a question that many are asking. u.s. troops have been operating in iraq for months now, advising and assisting iraqi kurds, advising and assisting the iraqi army, but their mission is not supposed to be in direct ...

The table as john kerry, so it seems that sergei lavrov is, a, going to have a really hard sell and, b, its going to be a real really, really hard sell. it seems unlikely that were going to see a lot of progress out of this meeting, but they are meeting, and these are four big, big players involved in syria. that itself has got to be a good thing. john. >> thats a good point. nic robertson in london, thanks. this morning pentagon officials are trying to explain u.s. involvement in a raid on an...

Particular operation. they were there in that support role and acted under those circumstances. >> reporter: the pentagon says sgt wheeler died during a named mission, the name being inherent resolve, to fight against islip season title to combat death benefit and eligible for combat work, the bronze star and maybe the purple heart. u.s. special forces base in iraq complained to was they were ordered to do everything possible to prevent u.s. casualties. in this case approval for the hostage resc...