family, but i love this job. i enjoy supporting our country. >> i'm actually honored to be here. you know, being away from family, they understand it. they work through it. i'm home. it is my time to be out here. i'm happy to be serving. >> reporter: around now semosul see the smoke. thanks to the tanker jets, u.s. led aircraft can stay airborne for as long as it takes to find targets and take them out. fred pleitgen, cnn. a tragedy of the families these children will live with every day. the latest from tennessee where a school bus driver is facing multiple charges after a deadly crash. and the search for victims in the twisted wreckage of the construction disaster in china.