discussion about mental health, especially a crisis among the nation s youth. we have seth molten coming on later, who wants to propose a solution to it. a need for sweeping changes as it pertains to mental health in this country. i ve heard you even describing this situation, most of what you just talked about was how the system let him down. i guess i d ask that critics are arguing here that this man is being charged with maybe something that the system had a role in, as well, which was jordan neely s mental health and the lack of help he had out there. what do you say to his comments that he made, that he s not a white supremacist and he was acting in self-defense? i think, first of all, the comments, if you look at my eulogy, is that what we said
changed things. richard engel, thank you so much. and you can see more of richard s exclusive reporting from iraq 20 years later tonight on nbc nightly news with lester holt. and joining us is decorated marine corp. officer, seth molten of massachusetts, part of the first wave of marines to enter baghdad and served four tours in iraq. congressman, take us back two decades. what are you thinking now about the u.s. invasion? well, look, as richard was just explaining, it s a complicated legacy. the whole history of iraq is complicated. the invasion went very well and we were greeted with flowers in baghdad because so many iraqis were thrilled we had gotten rid of this vicious dictator. then the country descended into civil war and we came back with a surge that was a successful insurgency strategy, but then i think most people think we pulled out quickly and we had to
a stronger place when it comes to the competition with china. i don t see the same fight in the senate. in fact, i see the opposite. so we need senators who are going to hold china accountable. that s the kind of senator that i m going to be. laura: in 2024, everyone has to have been put on the record on these issues, period, and we ll see what the voters want. i want to play you some more sound from this davos event where all the global elites were gathering. this is from a supposedly moderate congressman, one of your colleagues, seth molten. watch. i have a constituency that i m trying to keep healthy and i can t get them to take a covid vaccine because of misinformation that s propagated on the internet. and that s where this becomes a much tougher, more difficult, but also just bigger concern. laura: now, your reaction to what s obviously this maniacal push from democrats to curb speech in the united states while they are over there with their, you know, fancy, you
government. strong words, seth molten, thanks so much for your service and attention to this story. we appreciate it. as i said, if you re interested at home in this story, got a piece on cnn right now about one family s challenge getting out of the country. it is worth reading, you ll get a sense of the difficulty and the threats they re facing. yeah. it absolutely is. still to come here, the overwhelming challenge that hospitals have been facing, we have been talking about this for weeks ss since thanksgiving. bed capacity at their highest point this year. so how are hospitals managing the emergency? we ll take you inside next. oh man. always look for the grown in idaho seal. good news! a new clinical study showed that centrum silver supports cognitive health in older adults.
organ donation as part of a final act of charity. the university president had this to say, quote, mike s keen intellect and unvarnered candor made him one of the coaching legends. i ll miss his curiosity, honesty and wide open approach to pursuing excellence in all things. leech was a head coach in college football including time at texas tech, washington state university, he was 61 years old. coming up next, ukraine warns the aid coming in will not touch the cost of an energy blackout. our next guest just returned from seeing the desperate need there in person. i ll speak to democratic congressman seth molten. what he is emphasizing to presidents and colleagues following his visit to ukraine. that s coming up.