Try to keep any kind of evaluation out of this. So the marine corps has done a bunch of different studies and research. They began with a actually, they began with the infantry officer course which they opened to women in 2012 and asked for volunteers. Women, if you want to come to try out the infantry officer course, youre invited to attend. At the same time that they were doing that, they also began developing a set of combat proxy tests. The combat proxy test, they were six largely upper body based i should say Upper Body Strength based proxy tests that they evaluated the performance of 409 women and 379 female marines against and what they found from this combat proxy test was that about well not about, but 66 of the very good performers were men and 34 were women, and then the highest performing categories, it was 92 were men and 8 were women. So this initial Screening Test that they developed showed that there was certainly a percentage of women that fell into the good and the ve
Online is nothing new, but were these children it is providing a connection to a father who is behind bars. Welcome to bbc world news america. A british doctor imprisoned in syria for more than a year has in effect been murdered by the assad regime. That is the charge by the u. K. Government tonight. He went to syria on a humanitarian mission to help victims of the war. Now he has died in prison there. A british official says that his death was at best extremely suspicious. The Syrian Government claims that he committed suicide. Yes, three days ago here in damascus, a senior Government Official told us that the doctor would be freed within days. This was a gesture that has been described as a goodwill gesture top, the to the very president assad himself had taken the decision to release him. A presentcribed as from the people of syria to the people of britain just before christmas. Thatow it is clear yesterday in damascus, in the prison cell, something went terribly wrong. The doctor p
Wednesday, and closing arguments again this afternoon, but what charges the jury will consider, well, that remains up in the air. Susan mcginnis has more. Reporter George Zimmerman spoke up in court wednesday, but only to tell a judge he would not be saying anything from the witness stand. And what is your decision, sir . After consulting with counsel, not to testify, your honor. Reporter the decision ended a verbal battle between judge Deborah Nelson and zimmermans attorney don west. And have you made a decision, sir, as to whether or not you want to testify in this case . Your honor, i object to that question. Okay. Overruled. Have you made a decision whether or not you want to testify in the case . I object to that question. Overruled. The court is inquiring as to mr. Zimmermans determination whether or not he wants to testify. Reporter the defense wrapped up its case by using a mannequin to demonstrate its version of zimmermans struggle with Trayvon Martin. Prosecutors then offered
Solutions for Small Businesses and major corporations. What can we do for you . And now, bbc world news. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, im katty kay. The u. K. Governments accuses syria of murdering this british doctor who was on a mission of delivering humanitarian aid. His family asked to the bbc. Distraught. We were in shock. We were expecting him home on friday. Vladimir putin offers a lifeline to cash strapped ukraine. And reaching out to relatives online is nothing new, but were these children it is providing a connection to a father who is behind bars. Welcome to bbc world news america. A british doctor imprisoned in syria for more than a year has in effect been murdered by the assad regime. That is the charge by the u. K. Government tonight. He went to syria on a humanitarian mission to help victims of the war. Now he has died in prison there. A british official says that his death was at best extremely suspicious. The Syrian Government claims that h
Retroactive. The sequester hits but its not like they immediately cut Government Spending by x percent. Its a process the military says whatever submarines were building well keep building but cancel the one for a few months. You dont think its an eightday cliff. The bigger problem is the uncertainty, we dont know whats going to happen. Thank you guys for helping us out. Coming up tomorrow on starting point, Academy Award winning actress acdavia spencer will join with us a preview of the oscars, im a huge fan of hers. Well share an unlikely love story tomorrow on starting point. Cnn newsroom with carol cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com happening now, south africa stunner, breaking details overnight in the Oscar Pistorius trial. Nonstop shouting the night of the attack, unlicensed ammunition and now new questions about a drug found at the scene. Plus searching for victims. We just live two blocks down and we just felt our building shake