citizens or britain where the shoe bomber attempted he s the reason we have to take our shoes off at airports. it s clumsy, and actually more importantly, that there were two voices in america that i know that are challenging extremism from within muslim communities. one is somali, and the other ira iraqi. both would have been banned by the measure. it is interesting, because really one of the few people who directly came from overseas who was involved recently in an attack was the wife in the san bernardino attack, and she came from pakistan which is not on this list as you said. exactly. and one of the attackers came from egypt. the 9/11 attackers. the other two from the uae. people are wondering why these seven countries were compiled. the answer we re getting is these countries happen to be unstable. we can t vet refugees coming from the countries. i asked the question if refugees and asylum seekers and people
the iraq war ended in december of 2011. it was expected that u.s. troops would all leave iraq by new year s eve. by december 31st, 2011. but they made the transfer early on december 15th. nbc s richard engel was at the ira iraqi/kuwaiti border when the last troops left, watching the troops cross over the border and cheer and celebrate that the 8 1/2-year-long war in iraq was done. but the official end of the war was december 15th, 2011. that same morning, december 15th, 2011, a gunman opened fire at a small courthouse in a northern minnesota town right up against the canadian border. he shot the local prosecutor multiple times and he wounded two other people. that was december 15th. less than two weeks later on christmas morning, it was a mass shooting in downtown chattanooga, tennessee. a crowd of young people leaving a christmas eve party after
hard work and sacrifice. that is in the words of an ira iraqi. hard work and sacrifice. those words only begin to describe the costs of this war, and the courage of the men and women who fought it. we know too well the heavy costs of this war. more than 1.5 million americans have served in iraq, 1.5 million. over 30,000 americans have been wounded, and those are only the wounds that show. nearly 4500 americans made the ultimate sacrifice, including
i m don lemon here to look at some of your top stories. in brazil, torrential rain and mud slides are believed to have killed 591 people. more people could be in danger since many residents live on mountain slopes. three u.s. military were kill in iraq, two died. another u.s. soldier was wounded before the iraqi soldier was killed. a third military was killed in ira iraqi demonstrations in iraq. christopher matlow was shot as