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Inside. >> everyone around us that w friendly was wounded or dead. he was exposed to the enemy. >> he says help me please. sgr jay tapper is joining us from washington. very, very powerful story. tell us how this ends. >> reporter: the story for ty carter is he runs out of the humvee into danger, grabs the specialist and does first aid on him and brings him back to the humvee. they get out of humvee and the men of combat getting pushed back and beat the taliban with the help of a lot of air support. that's the short version but o obviously it's a very harrowing account. a battle that lasted fr...

Let's be clear, manning faces years in prison for convictions of violating the espionage act. our chief washington correspondent, host of "the lead" jay tapper. from maryland, pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence. i would like to begin with you. you were in the room. tell me about the moment the verdict was read and private first class bradley manning's reaction. >> reporter: well, brooke, you know, we were sitting literally just a few feet away from bradley manning when the judge you theer uttered the two words, not guilty. the charge of aiding the enemy that could have sent him to prison f...

Correspondent and host of the cnn program "the lead" joins me now. so there has to be a lot of reaction to this. how is it starting to shake out, jamie? >> well, a lot of republicans are upset by the pick. as you point out, there is nothing they can do about i. it is not a position that requires senate confirmation. dr. rice, of course, went on the sunday shows after the september 11th, 2012 attack at the u.s. compound in benghazi. she dill gently recited talking points that turned out in retrosuspect were inaccurate and misleading in some ways to whether or not there was a terrorist element t...

Coming up in just a few moments, why we don't seem to be able to force companies to take dangerous cars off the road and a question, are they actually dangerous? what do the reports say? how much power does the government have? all that coming up in just a moment. but a big personnel shakeup to report at the white house this morning. some republicans calling it an act of defiance on the part of president obama. but guess what, there is nothing anyone can do about it. later today, mr. obama will name this woman, susan rice, u.n. ambassador to the u.n. as his brand-new national security adviser....

Defiance, president obama saying to lindsey graham and john mccain and others, i don't care whew think. he thinks these charges are trumped up and political. i'm in the saying i safer that view t.is the, he is the president, this is a position that doesn't require confirmation. it is a controversial pick, will is no question about i. but probably within the scheme of things, what may be more important is the the role and the job that susan rice brings to this, which is she is man she is replacing.nelan the she is much more activist, much more of an advocate than tom donelan who was more of a m...