soldier s lives. we re giving this special coverage called a soldier s story. it documents following the troop from home front for too battle front. you can catch it tonight and tomorrow 8:00 eastern time. jason carroll reports. here he is with a preview. reporter: in the fading light of a cold december evening, barely one full year ago, the president of the united states boards marine one, then air force one for a trip to west point, new york. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. reporter: the 33-minute speech he s about to deliver will affect the lives of every cadet in eisenhower hall. as commander in chief, i have determined to send an additional 30,000 u.s. troops to afghanistan.
just please be honest with me. you tell me i m the only other woman in your life besides your wife, don t break my trust and don t hurt my feelings. reporter: when tiger woods came forward and admitted cheating on his wife, daniels learned she wasn t the only one. i was like i knew it. i knew it. i bold-faced lied to me. he not only lied through text messages, he lied to my face. we did reach out to tiger woods management company. there s been no response at all to veronica daniels claims. downfall, the tiger woods scandal airs tonight saturday night 10:00 p.m. eastern and sunday at 10:30 right here on cnn. reynolds wolf checking the weather. reynolds, i always look at the glass half full. i checked out ski resorts in the sierra and they are getting dumped. that s a full glass. that s a lot of snow. it s gorgeous. i ll tell you what, some places by the time we get into
in harm s way. come on, you got it. come on, you got it. la trisha rose joins the army, leaving behind a 2 years old daughter with a hugs wondering how he can do it alone. here we go, almost done. reporter: sergeant randy shorter is a husband and father of two, just 32 years old, he s already a veteran of two combat tours. now he s about to return to afghanistan, to an area the military calls hell on earth. and what? safe. reporter: and then there s will mcclain, who weeks from tonight may find hemselves. jason joins us now, what is it that you re hoping to see through the eyes of these three soldiers? i ll tell you, don, and i
reporter: for more than a year, cnn has followed three of these soldiers. together, they tell a story of how the president s decision to expand the war in afghanistan affects the people most directly in harm s way. one, two, three come on, you got it. you got it. latrisha rose joins the army, leaving behind a 2-year-old daughter with a husband wondering how he can do it alone. here we go. almost done. reporter: sergeant randy shorter is a husband and father of two, just 32 years old, he s already a veteran of two combat tours. now he s about to return to afghanistan to an area the military calls hell on earth. and then there s 18-year-old will mclean who may find himself carrying out the president s mission into the very heart of afghanistan.
randy shorter, latrisha rose and mclean, continuing to make sacrifices every day. their stories are outlined in this one-hour documentary. will mclean, i remember his family and the weight he lost, the struggles he went through. i can t wait for you to see how things turned out for will. and i know you had to feel for her. first of all, the emotion of trying to say good-bye to her 2-year-old who didn t understand. and she sort of had the husband who was supposed to, you know, pull his own weight. and he had some struggles. and we got the most mail, actually, about latrisha rose about the three of them. but again, all of their stories we want to know how it all ends. and cnn s going to be airing this one-hour documentary airs saturday, december 18th, tomorrow night, 8:00, and sunday, december 19th, 8:00 p.m.