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News the u.s. marine helicopter went down late this evening in southern afghanistan. it's believed there were casualties. there were no reports of enemy activity in the area at the time. the chopper was a ch-53. on the home front a lot of people are upset about the decision over who will build a new air force plane. correspondent william la jeunesse is following the story from los angeles. >> air force had the brazilian mate against the hawker at-6, manufacturered in the wichita factory. ceo, bill. >> we think the planes are 35% more extensive than our airplanes. >> the figures aren't availabl...

Making spirits bright. >> merry, merry christmas! >> reporter: but no fun and games at the post office. >> oh, mercy. >> reporter: they're busy sorting and handing out christmas cheer, and the 292,000 pounds of holiday mail that arrived at camp eggers this month alone. >> the packages we get mean so very much. >> reporter: a big smile on specialist cooper mcpherson's face. >> we make it easy on each other. >> reporter: he shares his care packages with his band of brothers, following the time-honored tradition, the gift of giving. there are some festive moments, but all over afghanistan, troops...

Special events, like this jingle bells race, making spirits bright. >> merry, merry christmas! >> reporter: but no fun and games at the post office. >> oh, mercy. >> reporter: they're busy sorting and handing out christmas cheer, and the 292,000 pounds of holiday mail that arrived at camp eggers this month alone. >> the packages that we get from our family members and everything means so very much. >> reporter: a big smile on specialist cooper mcpherson's face. >> we make it easy on each other. >> reporter: he shares his care packages with his band of brothers, following the time-honored tradi...

Put in charge and this is what all my soldiers did. it was their heroism. >> when the mateu of sadam hussein fell in the square on 9 april many thought the war was over including fritz. >> there was no enemy activity that we had come across. >> after serving four months in iraq fritz returned to the united states in august of 93. like many who served he thought his service in the far away war had ended. >> i went home thinking i wouldn't have to go back. that was quite shocking to think of. >> shocking indeed. because before fritz knew it, he would return. the insurgency heats up and warriors ...

Interrogation team, and we will extract intelligence from them about what they know about the enemy activities and not read them their miranda rights. this is absurd, capturing a terrorist who tried to blow up an air airliner and reading them their rights. they should be held by our military intelligence organizations, questioned about what they know, then you decide where to prosecute. so under my statute if we caught the guy alive tomorrow, we would give him to the military to be interrogated about what he knows about enemy activity, then we'll decide whether to prosecute him in a military c...