house. but, first, we begin with steve harrigan in kiev. ukraine. steve? european crash expert officials from the osce are already on site in eastern ukraine they say they are not allowed to do their. anger remains white hot with fingers pointed straight at russia. this was an act of terrorism by the russians. people on the street also pushing their government to respond with force to what they consider an outrageous action. it is difficult to form any analysis on the ground. that s because where the plane went down about 2 a miles from the russian border. it s still an active fighting zone. can you hear the sound of russian-built grad rockets as well as gunfire in the area. and getting to that territory is no easy feat with many of the roads with checkpoints or roads destroyed as well. all sides still pointing the finger at each other, but the real question is what is going to happen next? will this be a motive for a possible cease-fire now that the global implications of
steve: even after his passing navy seal chris kyl s legacy lives on. before being shot at a gun range in texas in february, the slain sniper and our next guest were organizing a concealed weapons course. kyle s dream came to fruition this past weekend in texas packing kennandale s high school awed tourpl. joining us is kyle partner in this endeavor and dear friend, chief of public safety for darworthington gardens. good morning to you. good morning. it is an honor to be here. it is an honor. you were good friends with chris kyle, america s deadliest military sniper. when did you two decide getting together a bunch of teachers in an auditorium
0 umbrella. that is what these claim to be, the best umbrellas in the world. i ll be stepping into a wind tunnel and putting them to the test at 60 miles an hour. if i look wind-blown it is because i tried it once. brian: if you were in the area on saturday, you needed it. it was windy. hard to believe it is going to be 70 degrees today. brian: it has revolutionized golf. steve: they have got a crazy way to make an umbrella that won t break. gretchen: headlines, he spent two years behind bars for taking people hostages at one of hillary clinton s campaign offices. this morning he s on the run again after escaping a halfway house in new hampshire. in 2010 he allegedly cut off his ankle monitoring device and alluded police for nearly 24 hours. the body of a diplomat killed in afghanistan returning to the u.s. today arriving at dover air force. 25-year-old ann smedinghoff was a press officer in kabul. she was on her way to donate books to her school when her convoy was attacked wi
i m bill o reilly, thanks for watching this special edition of the factor. we begin tonight with three genuine american war heros. chris kyl and former seal marcus la tremendously. all have remarkable stories to tell us. we begin with sergeant meijer. before we get to the book, and what you did and what you were honored for, recently, the u.s. command in afghanistan forbade american and nato troops from patrolling with our afghan allies. that is just stunning to me after 11 years in the theater. what do you think about that? i couldn t imagine. i was living withvi these guys, these afghans and i trusted them with my life. you know, i was so close to them that i was as close to them as i wasth the marines. bill: so and you were out in the forward bases so you had the elite afghan troops with you, right? i mean, they are just like a regular platoon. they weren t elite or special reports forces they were regular guys. regular guys out with you
no. it s the factor s most compelling right now. bill: i gave you the opportunity to define for millions of people what you want the law to be and you can t. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. i m bill o reilly, thanks for watching this special edition of the factor. we begin tonight with three genuine american war heros. chris kyl and former seal marcus la tremendously. all have remarkable stories to tell us. we begin with sergeant meijer. before we get to the book, and what you did and what you were honored for, recently, the u.s. command in afghanistan forbade american and nato troops from patrolling with our afghan allies.