you see them? they are in your far left. the marines are lying low waiting to attack and take it back. today we take all those tasks they have learned and combine them into one continuous operation exercise. for the last three weeks they have been wearing gear and operating on little sleep and sometimes not a ton of foot or water and for some of the marines, this can be one of the more challenging things they face. team leader, go. for the next 30 some hours, these marines will fight like their lives depend on it. enemy. go, go, go, go. with their shirts inside out, they take turns portraying the enemy. clearly, this is not a live fire day. but the lack of bullets doesn t make the stress of combat
Inside this operation. good morning, mike. american paratroopers are here effectively rattling the saber. they were part of a massive nato operation exercise. it s to deliver a message to potential foes. russia, included, that the u.s. can rapidly deliver a fighting force anywhere in the world. parachuting into spain, these paratroopers are working with nato ally reaffirming a commitment to them. mindful of destabilization in parts of the world, this is a reminder the u.s. can send a fighting force anywhere. we are sending a message to our friend and partners in the region that the united states is there to support them and will go to war with them. also a message to potential adversaries whoever they might be.
Spring they conducted a secret exercise in the white house called the continuity of operation exercise. what would they do in the government if this happened. and in the exercise scenario, terrorists set off a nuke in indianapolis, indiana, and thousands of people were killed. and they deal with how the government handles it. the problem is in the exercise they never talk about what the media does, what the public does, what the congress does. now, if something like that happened, god forbid, the media s going to go crazy, congress is going to go crazy. the public is going to go crazy. this can t be you can t just look at this as something the federal government, the intel agencies, and the president and the white house are going to have to deal with, and people i talk to who were participants in this said sadly were woefully unprepared to deal with
Exercise in the white house called the continuity of operation exercise. what would they do in the government if this happened. and in the exercise scenario, terrorists set off a nuke in indianapolis, indiana, and thousands of people were killed and they deal with how the government handles it. the problem is in the exercise they never talk about what the media does, what the public does, what the congress does. now, if something like that happened, god forbid, the media s going to go crazy, congress is going to go crazy. the public is going to go crazy. this can t be you can t just look at this as something the federal government, the intel agencies, and the president and the white house are going to have to deal with, and people i
larry: there s no slow news day anymore. leon panetta is quoted as saying this is a crazy kind of war. larry: it s a crazy kind of world. it s a crazy kind of world. exactly. we all know and you all know this when we were at the white house recently, obama walks into the room with a stride a very self-confident guy. what does he worry about? he told me that. he just kind of volunteered. he said my number one worry, the thing i m worried about is terrorists setting off a nuclear weapon in an american city. and that would be a game changer. turns out at this time last spring they conducted a secret exercise in the white house called the continuity of operation exercise. what would they do in the government if this happened. and in the exercise scenario, terrorists set off a nuke in indianapolis, indiana, and thousands of people were killed and they deal with how the