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Correspondent, barbara starr. barbara? >> wolf, its a major air hub for the u.s. military, and they are coping like everybody else. several airfields shut down. now, as for the wounded, you know, wolf, routinely what has happened over the years, the wounded are flown by medevac flights. they come out of iraq and afghanistan. and when you look at the map, you see that routinely, they go back to ramstein air force base in germany, where they get treatment at nearby landstuhl. then are flown on her...

That. jane: these are the injuries, the photographs of the victim. how is he dismog. >> the victim is doing better but as you can see, he did suffer injuries, including stitches, and he was beaten about the head, as well as his arms. jane: -- jane: anita alvarez is the cook county attorney, the prosecutor on this case. thank you for your time, and well continue to watch this. >> thank you. jon: this just in, the icelandic volcano is causing problems for our wounded troops, medevac troops out of ...

Both the wars in iraq and afghanistan have been routed through ramstein. i can tell you that the casualties, the wounded and dead, will be flown from iraq and afghanistan directly to andrews air force base just outside washington. what i can say is that u.s. military and pentagon officials say there has been no major impact on u.s. military operations anywhere as a result of this. instead of taking the shorter, northern routes, they will reroute the aircraft along southern routes. takes a little...

Ramstein where they are being transferred to the army hospital at ramstein for medical care. r ramstein is shut down so the wounded cannot go there. those flights down to spain, down south, the medevac crews are now basing out of spain, flying over to afghanistan and iraq to pick up the wounded. and instead of taking them to germany, they are bringing them right back here to washington to andrews air force base. thats a long haul flight. it involves refueling in many cases, but theyre going ahea...

Europe not yet able to get up in the skies. again, grounded for a second day. no one in the united kingdom will take off until tomorrow, saturday, at the earliest. id peter alexander, in on this friday. we want to head to the pentagon where jim miklaszewski is joining us. how is this volcanic plume affecting u.s. military operations and the troops this that need to be taken care of? >> yes, even the u.s. military has been impacted by this ash cloud from that iceland volcano. four u.s. air base...

[ siren ] thats a powerful sound and a powerful moment. cars stop in traffic. people pause on sidewalks. the wail of air ride sirens marking holocaust remembrance day in israel. people remembering six million jews who died in world war iis darkest chapter. sending the golden hour into overtime when some of the wounded in afghanistan cant be taken quickly to the e.r. it may come to them. chris lawrence in kabul with the story. >> reporter: an armoured emergency room doesnt have to wait for th...

Coming back from iraq and afghanistan. the unemployment, 15% this year compared to 5% in 2007. what about women? >> women are 12 to 16%. that number doubles after two or three deployments. also, on top of that, these women that are coming back, are two to four times more likely to be unemployed than a person not employed in the military. >> what are you doing about it? >> were getting disabled veterans, the wounded, ill and injured into the markets. were bringing them to philadelphia for a train...

Of men that had been fighting, forces that had been fighting our troops all day long, megyn. megyn: and the controversy in part is because this wikileaks which editorrizes about the tapes says that the video clearly shows the unprovoked slag of a wounded reuters employee and his rescuers and theres no question the two reuters photographers were killed in connection with this attack. there is a question whether whether or not it was an unprovoked slag that was indiscriminate as this website talks...

New enrichment plants would be built inside mountains. that is similar to a plant revealed just months ago. the new report has come at a critical moment for the white house, which is trying to gain international support for tough new sanctions against iran. with the surge of 30,000 american troops into afghanistan, new data figures show that the number of americans killed there has roughly doubled from the same time last year. recent figures show that 57 american troops were killed in that cou...

Things to help them. we team with doctors and dentists to do reconstructive surgery, pro bono, we build ramps into homes so wheelchairs can get in. weve built a few homes. weve partnered with the segue people to do special segues so they can move around. we buy a lot of devices, medical devices that arent covered by insurance. we do a lot of other things. >> you know what? thats so interesting and im so glad youre bringing that to light because a lot of times, we think about the kids who lose a ...