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Were talking to iraqis, that the right things were being said. how did you learn how to understand and speak english? >> what is cool and cowboy movies. >> big john wayne. >> you learned to talk like john wayne. no wonder they liked you. did you ever say saddle up, pilgrim? just cu know, in all seriousnes you were out there putting your life on the line. did it ever occur to you you might die if some american soldiers that you had to wonder, do they like me? do they trust me? it had to cross your mind. >> you know, maybe at the beginning, like first five, four months, but after that time, we b...

New york to d.c. >> here are our brave travelers, who did a fine job, going from new york down here to d.c., a distance of about 227 miles if you drive it. that is precisely what brian todd did, coming in with the slowest time of all, 5:15. >> thank you, tom. >> tell you about your trip. >> even when it goes smoothly, the drive from new york or d.c. or vice versa cuss tedious, frustrating, so we decided to break it up, by putting video to vine. that's where you can take short videos, just short lighthearted moments we can say, from our tip. take a listen. >> one power back, lemonade, two rihan...

>> what's the situation now? >> it's fluid. it can swing any direction. >> well, look, what happened in benghazi a few months ago, i mean, what does this mean to the country? >> i think there is a dark mysterious hand that doesn't like this country to prosper. they see system and organization as a big enemy to them. these concerns are slowly getting diminished. a matter of time before we can get rid of them. >> how hard is that going to be? >> not at all. we got rid of gadhafi. nothing else is hard. >> i like your attitude. the fluid situation in libya has been intensifying since our arrival. ...

Cool journalist safari jackets at this point? so it seemed a good time or maybe not, saddle up, to go to misrata. >> okay, guys. we can go. >> roger that. >> since the revolution, misrata has been the most secure city in libya, but over the last two weeks in a hail of bullets and hand-thrown grenade attacks, an imam, security forces and a police officer have all been killed. >> i want you to move forward. come past me. >> all along the narrow congested highway, there are checkpoints manned mostly by local militias, and i want to stress most of them are friendly enough. we are, however, in a hu...

So it seemed a good time or maybe not, saddle up, to go to misrata. >> okay, guys. we can go. >> roger that. >> since the revolution, misrata has been the most secure city in libya, but over the last two weeks in a hail of bullets and hand-thrown grenade attacks, an imam, security forces and a police officer have all been killed. >> i want you to move forward. come past me. >> all along the narrow congested highway, there are checkpoints manned mostly by local militias, and i want to stress most of them are friendly enough. we are, however, in a hurry to get to misrata before dark. traveling a...