there. good to see you, juan, mollie. happy holiday. john: same to you. sandra: a story across continents and back to the fight in afghanistan. an afghan soldier worked alongside u.s. troops as a special forces officer in afghanistan, now detained in a jail at the u.s.-mexico border after he tried to enter the u.s. he was arrested and charged with a federal crime. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with that. illustrates how tragically broken the u.s. immigration and asylum system is. he was trained by the u.s. military to be an elite special forces commando in afghanistan. on august 30, 2021, when the last u.s. plane left kabul, he went into hiding, moving from safe house to safe house, arranged by u.s. veterans. now he s in a texas prison facing deportation back to kabul. i wasn t special force
morality police realizing if it give it further they are in denial. criticism and protest are allowed in the islamic republic of iran. all citizens can make their views criticism and even protests heard by officials within laws and regulations tough time for the mull also as trying to keep a lid on iran tougher for those battling on the street. bret? bret pretty greg, thank you. up next a different look at the border crisis as a afghan special forces officer is denied entry and charged with a federal crime for attempting to illegally enter the u.s. first, beyond our borders tonight, russia warns of possible consequences if the u.s. sends foe sis at this indicated air missiles to ukraine biden administration officials have confirmed the agreement to deploy the patriot missile batteries who help the ukrainians fend off russian airstrikes. and this is a live look at jerusalem, one of the big stories there tonight. bethlehem welcomes to year
to ukrainian soldiers and kherson residents to try to gauge the mood there. you can t drive into kherson from here because there is a front line in the way, and even if you could, the russians don t allow independentjournalists to operate there. so we have to try to piece together what is happening in a city that is, to all intents and purposes, cut off from the outside world. in mykolaiv, i met a ukrainian special forces officer who runs what he calls partisan warfare in kherson. he did not want to show his identity. he said harassing the occupiers does not just mean killing them. translation: the more effective it is, the - worse it is for them. it makes them live in constant tension, constant fear.
is a front line in the way, and even if you could, the russians don t allow independentjournalists to operate there. so we have to try to piece together what is happening in a city that is, to all intents and purposes, cut off from the outside world. in mykolaiv, i met a ukrainian special forces officer who runs what he calls partisan warfare in kherson. he did not want to show his identity. he said harassing the occupiers does not just mean killing them. translation: the more effective it is, the - worse it is for them. it makes them live in constant tension, constant fear. that is our goal, our task. it makes them think, we don t want to conquer,
from here because there is a front line in the way, and even if you could, the russians don t allow independentjournalists to operate there. so we have to try to piece together what is happening in a city that is, to all intents and purposes, cut off from the outside world. in mykolaiv, i met a ukrainian special forces officer who runs what he calls partisan warfare in kherson. he did not want to show his identity. he said harassing the occupiers does not just mean killing them. translation: the more effective it is, the - worse it is for them. it makes them live in constant tension, constant fear. that is our goal, our task. it makes them think, we don t want to conquer, we want to go back to russia.