five years ago in iraq, army sergeant jason lisi was dropping iraqi prisoners off at a base south of baji, driving in his humvee. his unit was heading back to home base. then it happened. my humvee was struck by a suicide car bomber. we have seen the blast by car bombers in iraq before. the fireball from this one envelopes his humvee. burns over 20% of my body. which resulted in the amputation of all the fingers on my left hand and left ear. he was flown back to states and spent 13 months at brook army medical center in san antonio. after multiple surgeries, physical therapy, and prosthetic hand, leisi was ready for something. but he didn t know what. i really didn t have direction. i knew i wanted to go back to college and finish my degree. i knew i wanted to get a degree in finance. but then, you know, an opportunity like the wall street war fighters became
five years ago in iraq, army sergeant jason lisi was dropping iraqi prisoners off at a base south of baji, driving in his humvee. his unit was heading back to home base. then it happened. my humvee was struck by a suicide car bomber. we have seen the blast by car bombers in iraq before. the fireball from this one envelopes his humvee. burns over 20% of my body. which resulted in the amputation of all the fingers on my left hand and left ear. he was flown back to states and spent 13 months at brook army medical center in san antonio. after multiple surgeries, physical therapy, and prosthetic hand, leisi was ready for something. but he didn t know what. i really didn t have direction. i knew i wanted to go back to college and finish my degree. i knew i wanted to get a degree in finance. but then, you know, an opportunity like the wall street war fighters became
after a night of binging. you know what movie i loved? the hangover. that s the cleanest line from the hangover. not remembering what you do. mike tyson should have been up for best actor and anti-boxing problem they have in hollywood. why him or not the tiger or naked guy in the truck? the tiger won t accept the award. 28 minutes before the top of the hour. let me tell you your headlines and coming up this half-hour, we have a general who scrambled for us and christopher hill in iraq. busy half-hour straight ahead. vice president joe biden is heading to israel today where he s expected to announce the resumption of peace talks between israel and the palestinians ending 14 months of diplomatic deadlock. he will be the highest ranking obama administration ever to visit israel. he will also meet with leaders in the palestinian territories and in the country of georgia. new video from pakistan as a homicide car bomber destroys a
baghdad this morning with how the u.s. military is preparing iraq s security forces to contend with potential election violence. good morning to you, arwa. reporter: good morning, fredricka. let s just start by recapping this morning s violence. because it does tie in to the specific training that iraqi security forces are receiving from the u.s. military. now the first explosion, the suicide car bomber detonated, he appeared to have been targeting a government institution and an iraqi police station. then just two minutes later, the second suicide car bomb detonates. that happening in the center of the city, the city of baqubah. the target there appears to have been either a political office belonging to one of the parties here, or the local government headquarters. and then, as you just mentioned, an hour later, when all of the victims were being rushed to the hospital, a third suicide bomber walked inside and detonated. now the u.s. military has been trying to train the iraqi secu
physical evidence that pointed them to john albert gardner. gardner was arrested in nearby escondido, california, but he has not been charged. police say gardner could also be linked to an assault on a female jogger in late december. chelsea king s parents will talk to tamron hall coming up here on msnbc at 11:45 eastern time. chelsea king s parents. you re not going to want to miss that interview. nato servicemen and four sillvillians are the latest, a suicide car bomber struck a convoy crossing a bridge in kandahar earlier today. that attempt was followed by a powerful blast outside kandah kandahar s main police station. nato forces continue their lengthy offensive in marjah. the funeral for a seaworld trainer killed last week by a whale will be held today at noon. over the weekend there were several emotional tributes to