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Actually join a ranger unit. joining us to discuss this is amber smith a retired u.s. army helicopter pilot who has commanded combat missionins in eric and afghanistan. let's talk first about this accomplishment because this is history. it's never happened before. >> absolutely. i am so incredibly proud of these two women who made history when they passed ranger school, one of the hardest and most demanding courses that is in the army today, and they did so on their own accord, on their own merits. they went through every single step that the men went through, the exact same physical tests, an...

watermelon haul, which you can picture. >> oh, boy, yes, i can. hey, go big or go home. that's what i say. thanks, jeff. >> okay. >> all right. at 10:00 a.m. on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. out west, i'm kyra phillips. thanks for joining us. wall street just minutes after opening, only hours removed from the gut-wrenching plunge, u.s. investors seem to be shrugging off some of the concerns, at least for now. riots erupt across great britain. dozens of police officers hurt. hundreds of people arrested, and a government desperately trying to tamp down public rage. 61-year-old diana ...

Talked about, you know -- really channeled the nation's grief at the time. >> you really have to pause when you hear that for a moment. >> yeah. what? how can you think that? >> another poignant moment occurred on the 40th anniversary of the normandy invasion. >> these are the boys of pointe du hoc. these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. and these are the heroes who helped end a war. >> boys, men, champions, heroes. what does all this mean to you? >> you know, you've got to -- to really appreciate it, really understand the context of that, w...

Doing was his duty and we were very proud of him. >> reporter: eight other u.s. service members died in the crash. among them 30-year-old patrick ham pittsburgher who was a sergeant in the air national guard survived by his fiancee. air force tech sergeant john brown, the mother of the special forces medic never knew anyone more patriotic, she said. >> if there is a comfort in it, i am so proud of my son. >> reporter: in afghanistan they had just completed a rescue mission that helped a ranger unit that came under fire. u.s. troops are working to remove the debris from the crash site. even as ...