experience you had, for those iraqi forces, kurdish forces backed by the u.s., it s not going to be a cake walk. it s going to be brutal and difficult. reporter: it is. i think the veracity of the isis existence in that part of the city really took everyone by surprise. us, the soldiers, the analysts, the coalition. it was a very complex attack, wolf, because they also initially allowed the unit we were with to move through the first two neighborhoods very easily. they waited until they were in these very narrow streets and then launched the attack both on the front and on the back end of the convoy. physically paralyzing us and the soldiers in the middle. and they also targeted the backups, the relief units coming in. two of them were trying to reach us, reach their soldiers to be able to help them out before it was too late because they were running out of bullets. it took from over 20 hours from when they first put out the
and one that had seen combat in iraq and afghanistan. the air crew was made up of four members of the national guard out of hammond louisiana. a unit that had conducted domestic relief units from hurricane katrina and the gulf oil spill as well as deployments to the middle east. it is a very experienced unit and one that has received numerous accolades to its service to our nation. i will tell you both pilots were instructor pilots which is the highest rating we have for our pilots in the army. and the entire crew had several thousand hours of operation flying a black hawk. the cause of the accident is still under investigation. back to you guys. thank you for that. our hearts go out to the families who are waiting more information. 26 after the hour. america s credit card debt increased by $57 billion in