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Apparently what they thought was a good shield was not a good shield. didn't work at all. this is andrea mitchell's report on just how wrong they were were. >> out of all the outrage in washington over the government shutdown, this one really hits home. the families of five u.s. troops killed over the weekend in afghanistan got a second call from the government. that the government cannot pay their death benefits, the immediate benefits to help with funerals and flights to meet their loved ones' coffins because of the government shutdown. far from the furloughs on the front lines, lance corpor...

Inside? >> whether you're on the pedestal or you have tickets to see the crown, what you'll see the new york, new jersey, the whole new york harbor and most importantly, ellis island. and it just puts in perspective what people saw for the first time when they came to this country, and i think that's very important. >> >> reporter: madam secretary, thank you very much for being with us. happy july fourth. arthel: happy july fourth. thank you very much. rick: well, the secretary just mentioned that arizona wildfire and the firefighters who died. the fire still rages. meantime, a memorial servic...

Anthony weiner has returned to the same social networking site that ruined his career two years ago. wiener starting a new twitter page as he considers a return to politics possibly a run as new york city mayor. >> special honor one of our nation's heros michael nicholson got to throw out the first ceremonial pitch at the tampa bay ray's game last night. it was a perfect strike which brought the fans in the stand to their feet. the marine says it was an amazing night. >> words can't describe it. felt awesome. felt great. >> it is a transition to the next chapter in my life. i am real licks sit...

It will be more than a decade. but what we need to do is take best practices that have been developed, for instance by dod with an organization they have the joint ied defeat organization started in iraq in 2003 looked initially to disarm ied's and have got even more sophisticated to prevent ied's before they are actually made. heather: let's show our viewers. we have a screen that shows the different security by the numbers that was out at the boston marathon. it's impressive. you see a big presence of law enforcement at these. taking a look at that list, how do we truly prevent an ied attack...

Unexploded ones. they're hoping to find the bomb maker's signature for what remains of these explosives. there is a navy bomb detonation team here helping with the investigation. no surprise. a lot of people on the team telling me it felt like an ied attack seen overseas. barbara star is at the investigation covering this. >> good morning, john. you said bomb signature. what does that really mean? what are investigators focusing on? what we know is, in fact, just as you said, john, after years of war, the military and the fbi civilian law enforcement have a tremendous amount of expertise in lo...