Beak. Reporter and a little money from the smaller donors goes a long way and they are providing kids of all ages a handson science lesson. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy, military officials are revealing more about the man who gunned down three soldiers at fort hood and identified specialist ivan lopez as the shooter. Investigators say the iraq war veteran was taking medication for anxiety and depression but a psychiatric evaluation last month suggested he was not prone to violence. They are still trying to figure out why lopez went on a rampage and brandon has been tracking developments from texas and brandon good morning, we are learning a lot more about the shooter now. So true. Investigators say there is a strong possibility that lopez argued with one or more soldiers shortly before the shooting and rrts suggest she was updebt he was granted 24 hour leave to attend his mothers funeral and they are looking into it why they piece together why this ha
The country. Millions in its path. The system stretches from louisiana to the great lakes. Tornadoes, damaging wind, hail, flooding. I dont know what to do ive never been in a storm investigators still trying to determine why Army Specialist ivan lopez went on a shooting rampage at ft. Hood. There may have been a verbal altercation, and theres a strong possibility that that, in fact, immediately preceded the shooting. The underwater search for flight 370 has begun using the navys pinger locator to try to find the black boxes. Paul and i will be wrapping things up and taking a hike. Thank you thanks, everybody. It is the end of a latenight era. David letterman says he will retire next year. The longest running host in latenight tv history. What this means now is that paul and i can be married. Michael schumacher, his agents have said there are, quote, now moments of consciousness after three months in a coma. Video has been released of whats believed to be part of a meteorite narrowly m
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History. I have written history, but i did not expect to be so influenced by Something Like this book. I really had no sense of the crucial role chaplains played in world war ii. Indeed, i sort of had in my mind there were these chaplains floating around during the war, a lot of them on the home front in america in those 600 plus chapels that were built on the s and fortshe base all over the country. And then, when they went off on ships with the troops, they were sort of in the background. Maybe in tent hospitals. Maybe they were holding Worship Services when they could. And all of those things are true. But what i had no idea of was the heroism of these men. And in world war ii, it was only men that were chaplains. I have no idea of the crucial role they played in the war. Let me read to you a quotation from the commander of the 75th Infantry Division in world war ii. And his words are for the men and women under his command. This was general pricketts comment. He said, religion is b
From our studios in new york, this is charlie rose. Good evening. Im al hunt filling in for charlie rose. We begin with retired general carter ham. U. S. Defense interest in libya, and nigeria. He was a Top Commander in iraq. He was one of the few Army Privates who rose to four star. I am pleased to have him. Like thank you. Happy to be here. Is al qaeda on the rise . It is very episodic. It depends on what locale you look at. That is one of the challenges of africa. We as americans have a tendency to look at africa as a whole. It is quite diverse. Hasast africa, alshabaab largely controlled somali for a long time, is on the back foot. , in they very violent heavily mall attacks, populated resort areas previous tracking capability. They dont control nearly as much of somalia as they used to. In general there was a sense after we kill bin laden they were in decline. We had beaten them. Did we miscalculate . What should we do with these new challenges . Challenges of al qaeda is it is no