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Security threat, one that turned out to be true. major jason brezler saying he was trying to do the right thing but the brass didn't like how he did it. listen to this. catherine harris has explanation. >> on the eve of his hearing fox news with with with a letter from six members of congress who served in the marines questioning why he could be discharged for trying to help fellow marines in afghanistan. it reads his battalion commanders during the event in question and today support him completely. who requested that he be criminally investigated and why. the marine corps reservist and new y...

In afghanistan since august 2012. the senate foreign relations committee has started a hearing on the american response to the sectarian violence that started nine months when muslim rebels overthrew the majority government. it is now a humanitarian crisis in which children are often the victims of brutal attacks. unicef says children are being killed because they are christian and muslim and the numbers are staggering. as much as 6,000 children recruited into arms groups, 2.3 million children, half of the country's population are being affected by the conflict there. the humanitarian group ...

Where it was when harry truman was in office. >> this is all against the backdrop where even good news about the country's economic recovery is always tempered. take friday's job report. 203,000 jobs created in november and an unemployment rate that fell to 7%, the lowest level in five years. that's good news. but the percentage of working age americans participating in the labor force has remained practically static and has dropped in the past year. that means too many of the people who have given up on finding a job are still not seeing any reason to get back in the game. many of the jobs th...

Context where we're supposed to be nice and pretty and try to sell the project. now we don't sell project. we speak out loud and sell an idea. >> i am half naked but not an object. i'm not here for your pleasure. i'm here to deliver my own message. >> in august, 2012, a solo act of defiance in the ukrainian capital of kiev gets ina in very hot water. a protest dense the trial of the band pussy riot, arrested earlier that year. >> they did an action in the church. they were dancing and singing songs against the ideas of the dictator. >> destroying the cross which has stood on its site since 200...

School football players were convicted of that rape in march. cnn's jean cass ar ez has moez n these charges. >> reporter: three others connected to the school district face misdemeanor charges. one of them for providing alcohol to minors. this is a case that shocked the nation, disturbing videos, tweets and photographs brought to light in august 2012 night of drinking and rape in this football-loving town. >> i'm sorry to put you guys through this. >> two star players were convicted and are incarcerated. >> welcome to steubenville. >> reporter: but questions remain for some in this town. chie...