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The holidays can bring out the worst in people. from a christmas tree thief stealing from the boy scouts to people taking decorations from someone's yard. december 2011, sweetwater, florida, two weeks before christmas. this home has the holiday spirit but these thieves don't. at first, this homeowner is amused when she checks her home surveillance video. >> translator: it's incredible how something like this could happen. >> her son, omar sanchez, also finds it funny when he sees the video. >> in my head i was laughing because i was in disbelief. >> but the humor fades when reality sets in. >>...

A truck crashes through a gas station convenience store injuring the store owner. it turns out this is no accident. december 2011, columbia, tennessee. in a desperate attempt to escape an angry man in a pickup truck, a woman runs into a convenience store but the store is no refuge. the man drives right through the glass doors destroying everything in his path. he misses the woman but store owner cannot get out of the way in time. >> translator: when i saw the truck coming towards me, i tried to run but it happened too fast. it hit me by the coin machine and i fell backwards. i was so scared. i...

Would be left behind after an american withdraw. >> must be careful getting out of iraq as we were careless getting in. >> obama failed to make a deal with iraq. in december 2011 left all of the troops home. >> we are thieving mind a stable iraq. >> what i could handle is this is a fragile situation but it isn't a stable government. it is hard fought where they have a chance. >> 24-hours after the last soldier left iraqi prime minister maliki issued an arrest warrant for sunni vice president suggesting the situation in iraq is not as stable as some hoped and the threat of sectarian violence re...

Would be left behind after an american withdraw. >> must be careful getting out of iraq as we were careless getting in. >> obama failed to make a deal with iraq. in december 2011 left all of the troops home. >> we are thieving mind a stable iraq. >> what i could handle is this is a fragile situation but it isn't a stable government. it is hard fought where they have a chance. >> 24-hours after the last soldier left iraqi prime minister maliki issued an arrest warrant for sunni vice president suggesting the situation in iraq is not as stable as some hoped and the threat of sectarian violence re...

>> well, i agree that the maliki regime's days are numbered, but i believe that he squandered the opportunity to have a political solution, because the united states precipitously exited in 2011 and there is a american hubris that wars end because we decide to withdraw, but the united states has to be deeply engaged in iraq and afghanistan for the political transition to democracy, because we have been a force both militarily and politically in those countries. to walk away the way that we did in december 2011, i think that it actually allowed the al maliki regime to skwauquander t opportunity...