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He was an army ranger and he's 39 years old. you run into guys with this resume in the special forces, particularly elite delta force. they have been everywhere and done everything. he has four children. and this happened today. again, they were meant to be behind the kurdish forces but you listen to secretary carter. he took, he made a decision here to go into the danger. he did, he lost his life for it. anderson, he will be welcomed back tomorrow by his family and defense secretary carter and his wife. you remember those images in four years since we've seen a combat death from iraq. we'll s...

Was killed yesterday in a daring raid to rescue dozens of hostages who were literally hours away from being slaughtered by isis. his heroics are indisputable, but the administration is refusing to call this a combat death. in moments, we'll be joined by colonel schaefer. >> it would take a better part of an hour to read the accommodations and awards bestowed on joshua wheeler. he lived as he died. a lidgeened among legends. 39 years old, from oklahoma. wheeler enlisted while still a teenager. one look at his rack of medals shows the career of a man who spent 20-plus years at the tip of the ame...

Remember, it's sectarianism -- >> this is brian williams in new york. we have all been listening to and watching the secretary of defense ash carter. we'll return you to craig melvin and the regular coverage in just a moment. but there is been some news here. all of it, of course, surrounding the tragic news we got yesterday that was also somehow a dual headline with yesterday's 11-hour appearance on capitol hill by hillary clinton. and that is that for the first time since 2011 our country suffered a combat death, a combat death in iraq. it was this young, just a month shy of his 40th birthda...

To be executed that day. after morning prayers. their graves had already been prepared. >> man. he also said that the raid collected a significant amount of intelligence. the u.s. coalition identified the american soldier who died in the operation, master sergeant joshua wheeler. the only u.s. soldier to have been killed on the ground in the antiisis fight. an army spokesman says master sergeant wheeler was among the dozens dozens of u.s. troops who helped kurdish forces storm the compound, freeing 70 iraqi prisoners. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. the white house and pentagon are not calli...

a track worker found dead in a barn at the world famous track. new clues and new questions as we are expecting to hear from police this morning. and middle class talkback. today we kick off a series built around you. your concerns. your issues. your questions to the candidates. today, we connect you to them and get answers. newsroom starts right now. this morning, we begin with a man's desperate plea for president obama to save his life on a videotaped just replease by al qaeda we hear from 70-year-old warren weinstein, the american who was snatched from his home in pakistan back...