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>>gretchen: unmanned aerial vehicles better known as drones, they are probably the coolest and the most controversial weapons of modern-day warfare and they're making headlines now. >>brian: how do they work? an exhibit at the air and space museum in washington, d.c. takes a closer look. >>steve: that's where anna is joining us live. good morning to you, anna. >> good morning to you guys. good morning to everybody at home. we are at the national air and space museum here in washington, d.c. i'm joined by one of the curators. good morning to you. we're going to be taking a look at a few of thes...

>> roger, it's used for what? surveillance? it's also capable of attack. >> its primary original purpose was surveillance. it was armed in 2001. the aircraft we're seeing here is the very first one to be armed. it is the first one to fire a hell fire in combat. the first combat kill with a predator was this aircraft behind you. >> it was used in what year? >> 2001 in afghanistan. >> the next one we want to talk about is the shadow up here. >> the shadow is another current u.a.v. in service, unmanned aerial vehicle. the shadow is designed for field forces. this is tactical reconnaissance and a ...

Embarrassed, but i think our military at the top... either they are timid and i think maybe they are timid, or somehow, they have become so politicized that they can't stand up for them. but the idea that we didn't help an ambassador when he was dying and we didn't help a navy seal who kept calling for fire and we didn't give it to them, in my gym, that is inexcusable. kitell you if that happened at the company or the platoon level, people would be relieved of command. i don't see why generals and the president have a different standard for themselves than they insist the rest of us have with ...