Secretary bob mcdonald corrected a misstatement that he made last month on this broadcast about his own military record after the statement was questioned by several retired officers. This comes, of course, at a time of controversy around prominent journalists who have been accused of inflating their war records. Heres wyatt andrews. That was wrong and i have no excuse. Reporter the secretary apologized for what was said during this encounter when he falsely told a homeless veteran in los angeles that he had served in the special forces. The comment was captured by cbs news last month for a segment on this broadcast. What unit . Special forces. Special forces. What years . I was in special forces. Reporter the fact that mcdonald was not in the special forces was first reported in the Huffington Post last night. The secretary explained that when he saw the veteran, he was attempting to find Common Ground but got it wrong. And so what i was trying to do is find a way to connect with that
Corrected a misstatement that he made last month on this broadcast about his own military record after the statement was questioned by several retired officers. This comes, of course, at a time of controversy around prominent journalists who have been accused of inflating their war records. Heres wyatt andrews. That was wrong and i have no excuse. Reporter the secretary apologized for what was said during this encounter when he falsely told a homeless veteran in los angeles that he had served in the special forces. The comment was captured by cbs news last month for a segment on this broadcast. What unit . Special forces. Special forces. What years . I was in special forces. Reporter the fact that mcdonald was not in the special forces was first reported in the Huffington Post last night. The secretary explained that when he saw the veteran, he was attempting to find Common Ground but got it wrong. And so what i was trying to do is find a way to connect with that veteran, and as i said
This morning, a commuter train hit a truck that was abandoned. No one was killed but 21 of the 58 people on the train were taken to the hospital. Tonight, four of them, including the engineer are in critical condition. Omar villafranca is at the scene. Reporter the explosion and flames lit up the sky after the metrolink train struck the truck just before dawn. Ould see three of by daylight, you could see three of the five of the 7. 5ton rail cars toppled over like toys. The truck driver, a 54yearold man from arizona, got stuck on the tracks and jumped out when he saw the train coming. He was found walking about two miles away from the crash. Was the driver under the influence of anything, according to your officers . He appeared to be very unsettled, and so the extent or the cause of that is actually yet to be determined. Reporter officials here say todays crash would have been much worse if not for new rail cars designed and purchased after a 2008 metrolink commuter crash which killed
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