this 70-year-old man was kidnapped in august. in december al qaeda claimed responsibility and laid out a series of demands. now we re seeing in this video today that he s asking, as you said, president obama to make good on those demands. so has there been any official reaction from the united states at this point? well, not yet. i mean, some of those demands, as we ve been talking about, he s asking for the u.s. to release all prisoners from the taliban and al qaeda. also asking for all drone strikes to stop in afghanistan, pakistan, somalia, and yemen. and going as far as to ease the border between gaza and egypt. so it s not just about al qaeda and taliban, but improving the life of all muslims. but the u.s. says we don t negotiate with terrorists. we are aware of the video. very concerned about his well being and safety. fbi working with the pakistanis but no negotiations with terrorism. if you think back to when the journalist from the wall street journal was kidna
to hear the army is taking action. the people responsible for his death must not only be charged but they must be found guilty. nbc news chief correspondent jim miklaszewski joins us. take us through the allegations. a lot of people are wondering what exactly happened or what is alleged to have happened here. according to u.s. military officials and the charge sheet, it appears that 19-year-old private danny chen shot and killed himself while he was alone in a guard tower there in a remote outpost of southern afghanistan last october. now, according to u.s. military officials and the reason eight soldiers are charged in connection with this death, five of them are charged with involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide is because it is alleged that those eight soldiers drove danny chicken to kill himself. because according to the
protected vehicle, the m-wrap, unlike the humvee an m-wrap has a v-shaped hole. there are a number of different types of m-raps now. i got to tour a whole yard of them in southern afghanistan last year. they are tough, heavy, thick-skinned vehicles designed to reflect the force of any of any blast away from its occupants. the m-wrap is a great, great advance over the humvee for u.s. troops fighting the kinds of wars they have been fighting for almost a decade now in iraq and afghanistan. the standard for them has been raised. it was a great improvement. ask them. this week boeing announced the maiden voyage of its brand new giant stealth drone called the phantom ray. this is what it looks like it. can fly at 40,000 feet, they say. they say it can fly at nearly the speed of sound, and since it s an unmanned vehicle it has no need for a pesk fragile human to be inside of it. 9/11 and post- 9/11 wars have given birth to a huge unmanned
the m wrap has a v-shaped hull. there are a number of different types of m raps now. i got a tour a whole yard of them in southern afghanistan last year. they are tough, heavy, thick-skinned vehicles designed to deflect the force of any blast underneath the vehicle away from its occupants. it is frankly a great, great advance over the humvee for u.s. troops finding the kinds of wars they have been fighting for almost a decade in iraq and afghanistan. the standard for them has been raised. it was a great improvement, ask them. this week boeing announced the maiden voyage of its stealth drone. it s called the phantom ray. can fly at 40,000 feet. they say it can fly at nearly the speed of sound. it s an unmanned vehicle. it has no need for a a fragile human inside of it. 9/11 and the wars have given birth to a huge unmanned vehicle industry. more companies have competed
the m wrap has a v-shaped hull. there are a number of different types of m raps now. i got a tour a whole yard of them in southern afghanistan last year. they are tough, heavy, thick-skinned vehicles designed to deflect the force of any blast underneath the vehicle away from its occupants. it is frankly a great, great advance over the humvee for u.s. troops finding the kinds of wars they have been fighting for almost a decade in iraq and afghanistan. the standard for them has been raised. it was a great improvement, ask them. this week boeing announced the maiden voyage of its stealth drone. it s called the phantom ray. can fly at 40,000 feet. they say it can fly at nearly the speed of sound. it s an unmanned vehicle. it has no need for a pesky, fragile human inside of it. 9/11 and the wars have given birth to a huge unmanned vehicle industry. more companies have competed