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Arizona. what can you tell us about this elite crew, 19 firefighters, caught, trapped and killed. what can you tell us about what happened? >> caller: this was something that simply overtook this squad. this is an elite squad. they are called the hot shots. this is a squad that is based here in prescott. prescott is their home. what they are doing is trying to get close to the fire that's what hot shot crews do. they get up and next to the fire to try to create a barrier to save lives. here is what the fire chief told reporters a short time ago. >> the families are in terrible shock. fire depa...

>> syria's violence spilled across the border today, into lebanon where seven people were killed in clashes between assad supporters and opponents. jamie? >> jamie: peter doocy reporting from washington. thanks. >> rick: four aid workers rescued in a daring special ops mission in afghanistan. one of the hostages, british national helen johnston, nato forces storming a cave in the lawless northeastern mountains choppers flying under the cover of darkness, bringing in an elite crew of commandos to the suspected location. >> forces, it was very early hours of the morning, launched a mission that ...

Say. >> but then again, at some point, aren't we all going to be at that point? won't we all get off twitter? you will say something when you are drunk and something will happen. >> i get angry tweets all the time. i love them. bring it on. i send them back angry. >> i think you are confusing twitter with actual beer bottles. >> isn't it the same thing? >> know, i just think inevitably you are on twitter for three years and then it is done. >> he will love this. now you have to be special to see his tweets. you have to be a select member of the -- >> it is like an elite crew. >> do you have a ...

>> but then again, at some point, aren't we all going to be at that point? won't we all get off twitter? you will say something when you are drunk and something will happen. >> i get angry tweets all the time. i love them. bring it on. i send them back angry. >> i think you are confusing twitter with actual beer bottles. >> isn't it the same thing? >> know, i just think inevitably you are on twitter for three years and then it is done. >> he will love this. now you have to be special to see his tweets. you have to be a select member of the -- >> it is like an elite crew. >> do you have a comme...

And rumsfeld kept an elite crew separate from everybody else and looked down on the rest of the department. gates made it feel like it's more of a family they have more of a mission, and he also has a better relationship with the president. >> and, joe, of course, you know, nothing more important -- few things more important than this story right now. bob gates on the cover of "time" magazine, given the fact that the ever-expanding war in afghanistan has spilled out to the war in pakistan. >> it's remarkable. the arc of bob gates' career at the pentagon. pulled in right after democrats take co...