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Across the country. what we have seen in kandahar is u.s. and of a can troops pushing into taliban strong holds. in kandahar we witnessed afghan troops and u.s. push into areas where we've seen intense fire fights. battles have been waged between insurgents and afghan troops a few meters, about 20 or 30 meters. the violence is the highest levels here in afghanistan. commanders believe it will continue to increase before it is brought back down. >> julie: thank you very much. >> a show of force by russia's military like you've never seen before complete with costumes and even ballet. we have th...

For a month at a time. base like they were on mars. they had a rudimentary outpost. attacked 13 times the first day. everything south of there was in me territory. they were hit all the time. very, very isolated. the guys because of that, the guys did not have access to the wider world. all they had was each other. interestingly, after they got back, after 500 fire fights in their deployment, they got become to italy where they were based. after a to weeks of sort of, you know, whooping it up, they wanted to go back to restrepo. that's what i was trying to explain in my movie and book. what is...

Happened? >> their emotions were strong and conflicted about it. second platoon battle company, they were the guys who built restrepo in the middle of the night, by hand, between fire fights. as one pointed out in the dialogue, he said, look, it's a military base. we all phew we weren't going to be there forever. we all knew that. but what we did there on that hill top, we did for each other. that you can't withdraw from. you can't destroy it. that endures for us, endures forever. that's the piece -- that's the piece they made of -- in their mind about that. >> john ridley in los angeles. john...

The spillover crime is a problem for the state and locals. for whatever reason, the federal government is not sending resources that are need. governor perry in texas requested a thousand national guard troops and the reason is to be able to have a quick reaction force so when you have these fire fights break out on the other side of the border, you can slam the door, so the gangs and narcos don't travel into the united states. we simply need more border patrol assets on the border as well as more federal assistance. >> neil: fred, what about what san diego did where they built this wall. it's...

Facing danger in the face every day, the air force has honored 11 airmen from the 22nd special tactics squadron, including air force staff sergeant shawn harvell he was aawarded not one but two silver stars. it's the military's third highest award for valor, by the way. evan jones received a silver star and a bronze medal for his control in fire fights. a lot of hugs and kisses and tears. it's tough when loved ones get overseas. the unit is sending pilots and support crews to southwest asia to support the unit in iraq. >> it's going to be really tough. i've always been there for all of my ki...