the c130 killed six american airmen and five civilian contractors traveling with them. they were assigned to 754th expeditionary squadron. the taliban claimed they shot the plane out of the sky, but an air force spokesman says there is no evidence air fire was involved. bill: russian fighter jets bombing target as president putin has diplomatic talks in paris. it appears putin is going after opponents of bashar al-assad. can the pentagon confirm russia attacked any isis targets? reporter: the pentagon says
that replaced the shifting winds containment is up and resources are arriving including the national guard c130 that can drop and refill in minutes. and more manpower. and still evacuation continue as 6000 residents are threatened. it is all cleared away from the house and they have good access and hopefully they can defend my house. reporter: this could be the first year on record. already we are at 6 million and southern california hasn t started. washington and oregon and alaska are getting hammered as hot and dry conditions persist. because of the drought, the vegetation is driveway and
after that. you know, the testimony of greg hicks, i think is going to be really interesting on wednesday. he is the number two, as you mentioned. he became chief of mission after ambassador stevens died. jon: right. reporter: he testifies that he thought it was a terrorist attack and said so up the chain from the get go from moment one, and also testifies, you ll see in that testimony, that he will say that he tried to get special forces from tripoli onto a c130 with libyan forces right away, but was told essentially not to do that. how that developed, where it came from, i think we ll find out more on wednesday. jon: it s pretty as stoupbding thaas stoupbding that the number two person on the ground in tripoli is telling his superiors in washington this is a terrorist attack and we get the whole thing about this was a spontaneous demonstration inspired boy a video. reporter: i think that is another part of the story. and steve hayes has done great reporting on this at the weekly
places, and is live with us san diego. i heard it from you and i know they sold him and now i know because i heard it from you, that the whole story of a trade for some prisoners in such, that is the real deal, right? guest: yes. you should add that also i was the neighbors to two of the guys they want to swap. shepard: sow know these two guys? guest: absolutely. shepard: this is fascinating. guest: the background, there was a surrender of the taliban to u.s. forces in northern alliance in november of 2001. two of the men at the surrender was the governor of the north and the military commander of the north. they were evil bastards because they sent there to kill, maim and murder the minorities. what happens when the americans and agency came along they decided to renege on the peace deal and throw them on a c130
intervention mission with a dozen warships, cruise missiles and aircraft, and precision attack missiles, and surveillance drones and more. but that s not a war. that s got to be the definition of a not war. robert hunter is with us, former u.s. arch ambassador with nato. i don t care how we feel about whether this is bad or good, but it is a big fib. they say we are not at war. we are at war. are we not? guest: well, if people say this was covert, they must not have google on their interpret. the united states has been involved in this from the beginning. the very first move that was taken was the movement of nato ships, mostly american, in the area. and the united states has provided reconnaissance. it has provided ammunition. it has had tankers. even it had combat aircraft early on including the c130.