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They have been saying they have been told to do everything possible to avoid a casualty. but the president did not individually sign off on it. abby: does this change the presidents position of no combat in iraq? reporter: the president says no. they are playing word games trying to explain how an hair can special operations soldier died in a rescue mission. they are saying it was not combat, it was a support role. he died helping an ally. >> in a support role they are after he loved to protect ...

That mission was the success and obviously in battle oftentimes bad things happen and that is what they say about the death of joshua wheeler, master sergeant in the u.s. army for rowland, okla. 39 years old, u.s. special forces command at fort bragg, n.c. home to the famed delta force. the pentagon says he died from any small arms fire. here is where the story gets interesting. the pentagon now is playing olympic level word games. they tried to explain how a u.s. special operator killed on a ho...

Tonight for the first time since 9/11, our combat mission in afghanistan is over. by the end of this year, the transition will be complete, and afghans will take full responsibility for their security, and our combat mission will be over. americas war in afghanistan will come to a responsible end. with afghan forces now in the lead for their own security, our troops have moved to a support role. together with our allies, we will complete our mission there by the end of this year, and americas lo...

Investigatory process, and should any other instance os cur at site, certainly the philadelphia fire department, police department, ems personnel, and office of emergency management stand ready to provide assistance to these two agencies who in essence now have the major responsibility at this location. ntsb will conduct their investigation, i believe the federal railway administration conducts a simultaneous investigation for their purposes, amtrak is in the process of removing all of the train...

I think the general made it very clear last night during the press conference that we want to reiterate that the military is not taking over. we are in a support role. what were doing is making sure that the police are able to do their jobs and were hoping to facilitate you know from a logistic standpoint and provide additional personnel to make sure they can do their job, which is enforcing the laws of this city and state. >> have you or any of the national guards men and women under your comma...

If they saw fit to use a taser, i think they would have used it unless no one was armed with a taser and then you could ask for support people to come in. he took a real big risk going in there. if hes supposed to act in a support role, he took a big risk getting in the midst of this thing unfold. >> it speaks to the issue of how much training was there and was there enough. thats a whole separate conversation because there is a complicated paper trail in dispute and a lot to discuss on that. to...

Heat of the moment? you know, he would lean on -- it was heat of the moment. i was trying to do what i could. we were trying to take this guy out. we didnt know he was unarmed is what he says. in the heat of the moment, as a reserve deputy is it their job to wait to get the instruction from other officers? >> again, you had had on duty active full-fledged police officers there that were in the midst of this struggle. they had him on the ground. the guy is struggling as a lot of perpetrators do w...

Deputies use to clear a scene. whatever. ive been involved in several hundred of these. i do cleanup when theyre done. i take notes. i take photographs. and thats my job. >> he says he was the last car. he was way back. he was waiting to go snap photos and this whole mess came to him, which is why he had to use the taser. wasnt expecting to be there. he was. is that plausible to you? >> well, it seems as if his role as a deputy was a cleanup role. he would come in and be the cleanup guy and take...

Manslaughter. and all you have to prove for second-degree manslaughter is that someone else similarly situated would have acted differently, would have used different care ordinary care. and i think it goes to sort of the larger question here. if youre gonna have someone pretending to be a police officer under the color of law, allowed to have a gun, they have to have the appropriate training. these deputies dont have the same training that dan bongino has. you just heard him talk about his type...

Part in the sting operation in the first place. a lot of accusations going back and forth. ed lavandera is live in tulsa where this happened. harris attorney is saying that bates bought himself the chance to play cop through campaign donations and through other financial support for the sheriffs office. we just saw him turning himself in. what are you hearing on the ground? >> reporter: as we saw just a few minutes ago, robert bates did arrive here at the sheriffs office in tulsa to turn himself...