commando training that would have been helpful in planning and executing a hostage rescue raid like that. but german law said their military couldn t ever be used on german soil and the police just didn t have the capacity to do something like that properly. so after that, within less than a year after that disaster, germany invented for itself a new domestic elite police unit made up of civilian police officers but with lots of elite military gear and military-style training. that unit still exists today. they re called gsg-9. and that is the elite german force that to this day handles things like domestic counterterrorism operations and hostage rescue. the munich disaster was 1972. gsg-9 was created in response in 1973. 1973 is also when the fbi created its first formal s.w.a.t. team in this country. in the late 1960s, the early 1970s, the united states had faced our own spasm of domestic
wrong. the german military did have skilled snipers and the kind of commando training that would have been helpful in planning and executing a hostage rescue raid like that. but german law said their military couldn t ever be used on german soil and the police just didn t have the capacity to do something like that properly. so after that, within less than a year after that disaster, germany invented for itself a new domestic elite police unit made up of civilian police officers but with lots of elite military gear and military-style training. that unit still exists today. they re called gsg-9. and that is the elite german force that to this day handles things like domestic counterterrorism operations and hostage rescue. the munich disaster was 1972. gsg-9 was created in response in 1973. 1973 is also when the fbi created its first formal s.w.a.t. team in this country. in the late 1960s, the early
themselves, but most of the hostages deaths occurred during a rescue attempt by german police that went disastrously wrong. the german military did have skilled snipers and the kind of commando training that would have been helpful in planning and executing a hostage rescue raid like that. but german law said their military couldn t ever be used on german soil and the police just didn t have the capacity to do something like that properly. so after that, within less than a year after that disaster, germany invented for itself a new domestic elite police unit made up of civilian police officers but with lots of elite military gear and military-style training. that unit still exists today. they re called gsg-9. and that is the elite german force that to this day handles things like domestic counterterrorism operations and hostage rescue. the munich disaster was 1972. gsg-9 was created in response in 1973. 1973 is also when the fbi created its first formal s.w.a.t. team in this country.
they said it would make me cool. they don t sound cool to me. guess not. you got to stick up for yourself, like with the name your price tool. people tell us their budget, not the other way around. aren t you lactose intolerant? this isn t lactose. it s milk. in 1972 terrorists kidnapped 11 members of the israeli olympic team at the munich olympics. all 11 hostages were killed. the hostage takers tortured and killed some of the hostages themselves, but most of the hostages deaths occurred during a rescue attempt by german police that went disastrously wrong. the german military did have skilled snipers and the kind of commando training that would have been helpful in planning and executing a hostage rescue
american special forces soldier master sergeant joshua wheeler. killed in action during a hostage rescue raid in northern iraq. when that happens, we ll join it live. also, the other big story we re covering today, the strongest hurricane ever, ever recorded is bearing down on mexico right now. evacuations are under way with a potentially catastrophic storm just hours from landfall. al roker joins me to track s patricia s path. and then the doctor is in. how did you manage to stop the donald? are you excited about the support of your colleagues? very excited. congressman paul ryan speaking to nbc s luke russert about the now official bid for speaker. will he get the votes he needs? i ll also spend some time talking to a member of the house freedom caucus not voting for paul ryan. let s get to the breaking news