steegel. there is a lot of press milling around. in these stories we rattle off the numbers this many people injured, this many dead there are 16 in serious, fair, or quite critical. that they reported to work today, one of the largest military installations in the world. reported to work, they were guned down. three innocent solders lost their lives. so these are people s sisters, fathers and daughters the same stories we re going to hear coming out incoming weeks and months, the same types of stories that we heard coming out of here in 2009 when major nadil
that they reported to work today, one of the largest military installations in the world. reported to work, they were guned down. three innocent solders lost their lives. so these are people s sisters, fathers and daughters the same stories we re going to hear coming out incoming weeks and months, the same types of stories that we heard coming out of here in 2009 when major nadil hassan opened fire and killed 13 people, injuring three # others. we heard from that press conference tonight some of the people taken to the hospital are still in surgery. and they re still expecting more patients to arrive. that location, that hospital is a level one trauma center well. know nine patients went there and 77 others were transported to area hospitals.
is going to pull through. veterans were saying to me it is one thing to overcome the initial hurdles, but just out of the blue one day you can have depression. what can you tell mom and daughter? those are the days you dig deep and you accept who you are. i told them all that these legs are a badge of honor for me and it should be for them. they really did lose their legs in this country, and everybody is here to support them, not only in boston, but the whole world. that is just the days you have to dig deep and accept who you are and do good things. the advances in prosthetics are so amazing. i wrote a book about afghanistan and i came to know a lot of solders. a lot of them lost legs are
the president said in his speech the israelis can be harsh critics, but in that event and tonight, praise for the president is pouring in. i was sitting around college students, including solders as well. and some of them told me they came not because they like the president, but because they wanted to hear, they were curious what he would say. i saw them repeatedly jump to his feet for strong words on iran, and repeated language insisting on israel s right to exist. this might surprise an american audience, the israeli crowd was also exceptionally enthusiastic each time the president was critical of jewish settlements, the buildings in the west bank. i saw soldiers repeatedly applaud those lines. there were boos when the president said they have a partnership in the leadership, which is the deficit of trust between the two sides. but pulling back, they picture, wolf, many israeli critics of the president have said too
sergeant layen morris who was blinded during the firefight with khadr and that killed one of his fellow solders. omar khadr is not done. he never expressed any regret and acknowledged leader, worst of the worst, 160 worst guys we ve got in guantanamo they think omar khadr is a rock star, the acknowledged leader. this is not somebody we should be releasing to the public. just the security aspect of having a known and declared and dedicated unrepentant terrorist running around in western society, omar is not done and we will all regret the day that omar khadr is loosed. jenna: joining us right now is charles simpson. a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainees. he also senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation. he also serves a a judge advocate general, better known as a jag in the navy.