figure in the taliban. and they were inserted to go start that mission, to go find their target inserted by air, by helicopter. once they were on the ground, they ended up in some sort of significant fight on the ground. and a decision was made that a second bolstering force would be sent in. basically, to help them to bolster what they were doing and also to get them. that force was a considerable force. bringing with them a considerable amount of weaponry, skill, combat experience. almost unparalleled among the u.s. military. and that second force was sent in on one of these. a huge u.s. army chinook helicopter. there were 38 u.s. personnel excuse me, there were 38 personnel onboard that chinook that went in as that bolstering force that night. it was ten years ago this month, it was august 6th, 2011, and that night somehow it may have just been a lucky shot with a low-tech rocket-propelled grenade. but somehow, that gigantic chinook helicopter with all those men onboard
the decision was made that a second bolstering force would be sent in, basically to help them, bolster what they were doing and get them. the force was a considerable force, bringing with them a considerable amount of weaponry, skill, combat experience, almost unparalleled among the u.s. military. and that second force was sent in on one of these, a huge u.s. army helicopter. there were 38 u.s. pretty cynical on board that helicopter. it was ten years ago this month, august six 2011 and that night somehow it may have just been a lucky shot, with a low tech rocket propelled grenade, but somehow that gigantic helicopter with all those men on board was shot down. and the toll was absolutely devastating, everybody on board was killed. it was 22 u.s. navy seals. three u.s. air force airman, five u.s. army and national guard soldiers. seven commandoes from the afghan national art me, seven afghan commandoes and afghan translators, also u.s. military working dog that was assigned to
skill, combat experience. almost unparalleled among the u.s. military. and that second force was sent in on one of these. a huge u.s. army chinook helicopter. there were 38 u.s. personnel excuse me, there were 38 personnel onboard that chinook that went in as that bolsteringr force that night. it was ten years ago this month, it was august 6th, 2011, and that night somehow it may have just been a lucky shot with a om low-tech rocket-propelled a grenade. but somehow, that gigantic chinook helicopter with all l those men onboard was shot down. and the toll was absolutely devastating. everybody onboard was killed. it was 22 u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, three u.s. air force airmen, five u.s. army and army national guard soldiers, seven commandos from the afghan national army. seven afghan commandos, an afghan translator. also, a u.s. military working dog that was assigned to members of one of the s.e.a.l. teams onboard. 38 personnel onboard. all 38 of them killed. that was the single d
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that does it for us tonight. we ll see you again tomorrow. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening. what is your name, sir good evening, rachel. jen once again goes above and beyond the call of duty. seriously. first of all, she is, like, the crisis manager of the staff in every circumstance, but at this point she s 15 months pregnant as far as i can tell. it s going to happen, we re there, and she s running everything, calm as a cucumber while you blew through two commercial breaks. you know how much work i put in if i had to go through one day of pregnancy. me too. guys wouldn t be showing up for work, i can promise you that. nor me. nor me, my friend. you re a good soldier. thank you, rachel. thank you. we are covering two breaking news stories tonight, and we have the perfect expert guests who cover both of those subjects in our opening discussion tonight. joe biden offered his first military strike today. american officials