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Discontent, the given reasons for the war. is there a sense that those problems are being addressed? >> janah: the war was very brutal, and people, after 30 years, everybody is tired of war. we have a very affected population; there are about 30,000 war widows, close to 25,000 orphan children, about 15,000 people who were land mine victims. from the government side, they are still a bit scared, that there may be war popping up again, but slowly now they are addressing issues, like employment-wis...

Sacrifices of war widows and war widowers. well introduce you to two gold star wives that say talk is cheap. he need help. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. president trump has made it clear he wants to be president of america and not of the world. he stated this again just this week. now the world is trying to figure out what exactly does that mean? north korea piled on the pressure with a missile launch last night right before president trump is set to host chi...

Give benefits to military families. someone, probably on the political side who hasnt serve ed thought that would turn it up more. >> we confirmed today the department of defense went to the department of justice last week and said we dont think we can provide the defendants. the doj said no. so why didnt somebody go to barack obama, to congress and say, we need this fixed and now. tuesday this hit the press big time and people started to talk. here we are a week later and we have an order. >> s...

Reduction, these are important issues. leave vets, war widows and military families out of it? thats an important statement to make. >> you guys go out on the battlefield to protect us, our freedoms and values. who has your back? >> thats right. this is not equal opportunity outrage. that is commander in chief, a leader looking for our backs at every moment and didnt here and needs to be called to the carpet. >> thanks, pete. coming up, we have big twomts in this case that i was on the oreilly...

Got your back, ive got your six. but the real thought yesterday to contrast it with governor romneys, proud of america speech today, was when obama made that claim that weve never, for the first time ever our veterans are our priority. megyn, for a century 1/2, this country, under republicans and democrats has made our veterans a priority. we have pioneered the world in caring for veterans. not always perfectly but, look, the bush ad administration, however imperfect it may have been, revolution...

heroes who have dedicated their lives to helping people in need. none of them wear a spandex leotard or cape, at least not while working, not that im aware of, but they are true heroes. we are live tonight in los angeles and around the world and we have a group of famous folks joining us tonight. theyve generously given their time to share our hero stories with you. some have journeyed to see our honorees. jerry seinfeld, will.i.am. he went to meet one of our heros in wisconsin. my col...

chriss injury all over again. >> how are you doing, luis? im eddie. thats my son, chris. its all gone in an instant. someones gone from being so independent and at the prime of his life, now becoming very dependent on some of the basic things, the simplest things that we all take for granted. >> they can be mad at the world. but ill go in there to help them just to let them know that theyre not alone through this process. >> never give up that faith, man. >> this is something that we h...

>> tell me just a little bit about gridiron heroes, how it got started. >> you know, it started after chris suffered a spinal cord injury. >> it was our last home game. we had to win this game to go to the playoffs. about four or five guys missed the tackle and i made the last touchdo touchdown. along with that, i broke my neck. >> he just reached his one-year anniversary date of his injury. chris was going through some hard times. he started to shut down on me. >> depression hit, and ...

verdict came down and prosecutors hammered away at inconsistencies in wards story and that he calmly admitted five times, five times in the initial 911 call that he had shot his wife. listen to that. >> all right. and then there was this bizarre jailhouse video just days after his wife died ward apparently you see him there performing a strip tease for his daughter and sister-in-law and all three acted like him being arrested was a big joke in that video. i want to bring in legal exper...

all this playing out on the streets as well. young palestinians who want statehood threw rocks and bottles at israeli border guards. that happened today. the israelis responded with rubber bullets and stun grenades. president abbas has called for protesters to keep things peaceful. israel has put additional forces along the border in case things get out of hand. and pakistan absolutely furious over accusations by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen. for the fi...