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>> shepard: top u.s. commander in afghanistan ordering an investigation tonight. the move comes after a report in rolling stone magazine that broke overnight that a top general tried to get the military teen to use psychological operations on visiting american senators. illegal. and they wanted him to do it so they would sign off on more money for the war. just into fox news in the last few minutes, we are hearing from the accuser for the first time. jennifer griffin our pentagon correspondent live there now. you spoke to him tonight, right? >> that's right. lt. colonel michael holmes. i spoke...

When we're out there, we're with public affairs and we know their job is to spin us and put the best face on things. this is a great question, right? if you found out your team showing you around had -- just had completed a 40-hour course in psychological operations and was trained in psy-ops, you start to question is that an appropriate use of that resource? colonel holmes' team cost approximately $6 million a year there. so is that an appropriate use of taxpayer money to wage a propaganda war? i would find it rather fishy if that had happened. >> can i add something to that, anderson >> go a...

A stunning report about an alleged attempt by the u.s. military to influence senators to approve more troops and money for the war in afghanistan. it's a story that broke on rollingstone.com. within the past 24 hours. the article quotes a former active duty lieutenant colonel who claims he and his team received orders to psychologically manipulate visiting dignitaries, including senators like john mccain, al franken, even the chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mike mullen. the military team refused noting it's illegal to use psy-ops on americans. but according to that lieutenant colonel, rai...

The word awake and your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for thisç friday, february 25th. there's a lot going on today, including word that general david petraeus has ordered an investigation into allegations that the u.s. army used psy-ops on senators to boost the war in afghanistan. plus what do you do when you find out your son is a human magnet? if you're like this serbian family, you spend your days seeing if silverware, frying pans, and tv remotes will stick to the young boy. more on that story later....

Newsroom". it's the military's version of messing with your mind, folks, psychological operations or psyops, it's called but did our u.s. military use it on lawmakers why general petraeus is looking into this whole thing. we'll look into this story. bill: also the world's most famous hollywood sign could get a brand new look. martha: say it isn't so. bill: we'll tell you why.s reali >> ♪ >> ♪ say goodbye to hollywood. >> ♪ >> ♪