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It's the army's version of man overboard. >> dustwun is a radio signal put out overt radio when a soldier goes missing in the combat field. >> okay. >> or a soldier is taken captive. >> slow simmering and methodical. bowe formulated a plan. he would create a crisis, a dustwun, in order to call attention to another crisis. bowe says he had serious concerns, concerns that began back in basic training and which persisted throughout his deployment in afghanistan regarding bad leadership within his unit. >> and what i was seeing from my first unit all the way up into afghanistan, alls i was seeing ...

>> dustwun stands for duty status whereabouts unknown. it's the army's version of man overboard. >> dustwun is a radio signal put out overt radio when a soldier goes missing in the combat field. >> okay. >> or a soldier is taken captive. >> slow simmering and methodical. bowe formulated a plan. he would create a crisis, a dustwun, in order to call attention to another crisis. bowe says he had serious concerns, concerns that began back in basic training and which persisted throughout his deployment in afghanistan regarding bad leadership within his unit. >> and what i was seeing from my first u...

President after all of that blood-soaked ground they gave up now in the hands of isis. what would you say to the president? >> well first of all, he needs to show the honor and respect to our men and women who served and sacrificed and have given so much to the memories of our fallen heroes and their families not just with lip service but with actions from our government. we have seen in his administration that lacking sorely where there is the scandal with the va. other issues naf i they've had, not getting the support they need when they come back home. he and his wife stand out there and sa...

Usually see. >> shepard: much has been made about this being classified work place violence, and much of that is political in nature. no secret. but the effect of that is what? >> well, i believe that from the victims' standpoint, they feel that they are not allowed to receive benefits they would have, had this been termed a combat -- these injuries combat-related. >> shepard: could you have made the argument this was combat? they weren't on the combat field at the time but certainly ready to be there. >> not the way the law is written at this time. the ucmj has no offense of terrorism. the go...

Tonight's question, will we see any major gun safety laws passed in this congress? text a for yes, b to o no. to 27622 or go to our blog. i'll bring you the results later in the show. i'm joined by congresswoman barbara lee of california, and congresswoman jackie speer of california. >> congresswoman lee, let me start with you. how des appointed are you that this assault weapons ban was dropped today? >> i'm extremely disappointed because these weapons of war belong on the combat field, not on the streets of america. and i'm very pleased that senator fine stine is such a fighter. and we're goi...