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Battalion. i might start one at san mateo. >> what did do you in the army? >> how was the boy scouts? >> i wasn't even in the boy scouts. i did nothing when i was growing up. is this the end of the women or the end of bans like this? >> i think it's probably closer to the latter. a lot of testosterone at the table and a lot of it coming from lori. you have different physical fitness standards for men and women. that's already a problem. then do the standards properly align with the ability to perform a combat role. it's push up, sit ups, two mile run. does being able to do a lot of

Think that's okay then it's tough to argue that you can't lower them for women. you're saying it's okay for a 35-year-old to meet lower standards than an 18-year-old it's tough to argue it's not fair for women. >> would the argument be the younger you are the more likely you're in a combat role. >> i think they just figured in for old guys like me. it's really not that significant. the standard is still much lower for women. >> up and running. it's a really good point. i think that we did the test where you run in between. >> the shuttle thing. >> i do that at 3:00 a.m. in bed. i'm getting old...

Alzheimer's disease. hear what happened when patients took the antioxidant every day and what the lead researcher is saying about the findings. plus, a setback for women trying to land a combat role in the u.s. marines' mandatory physical requirements for females now being delayed. we'll tell you why and what effect that could have on the battlefield. a powerful blast of arctic weather is about to sweep its way across the u.s. and it's headed for tens of millions of people who were already hit by this week's massive snowstorm. the national weather service says this could be an historic eve...

Columnist conservative said paul ryan and john boehner have to own up to the veteran cuts because it's their idea an it's wrong. it's absolutely wrong and you're seeing members of congress, republicans in tough swing districts like mike fitzpatrick in bucks county trying to do the cya. i voted to cut them and not right now. i didn't want to shut down the government but i voted to do it. >> i may have done it anyway, right? >> exactly, karen. >> when we have the kinds of policy conversations, i have someone dear to me in afghanistan and i think about what he would be thinking seeing this kind o...

Release. a confession usually follows some kind of pardon. in this case with this new young leader, it's uncertain where they are going to go next. >> one complicating factor, is it not, his war record apparently did involve training partisans. that has at least been one of the issues the north koreans are now pointing to, he had this role in the war that was not straight combat role. he was working mostly covertly. >> that seems like an excuse. i think we have seen areas of cooperation in the last 15 years. it's between the north korean military and american military and the recovery of remai...