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Mortar crew. reporter: but former cia deputy director, mike morell accused of misleading the senate intelligence committee over the talking points scandal told congressional investigators quote, the nature of the attack suggested that did not involve significant preplanning. when pressed on the same issue, general petraeus also downplayed the planning and necessary skill insisting the mortars could have been fired from the back of a truck like these rockets. a truck would not permit you that stable platform necessary to make the fine adjustment from point a, to point b to put rounds down. every time you fire the truck shakes. there is not adequate for any sort of indirect fire. reporter: we asked general petraeus to further clarify his assessment and there was no immediate response. mare relconsistently sid by his congressional testimony. jenna. jenna: catherine herridge from d.c., thank you. gregg: the blade runner , oscar pistorius is back in a court of ....
Tossed around inside. the vehicle can reach great highs, eight, 10, 12 feet. the crash back down-to-earth causes considerable amount of injuries as well. turn the system on. reporter: the military contractor is working with the army to develop a high-tech counter measure. in the blink of an eye, the system detects ied explosion and fires upward blasts from the four corners of the vehicle, the recall from the blasts keeps vehicle on the ground and reduces shock much ied explosion on occupants inside. synthetically increases weight of vehicle in microsecond. reporter: these side by side computer simulations calculate effects of ied explosion on ident cam vehicles. the one on the left has active blast defense system and stays on the ground while one on the right flips over. the advanced armor is working with the utz army on multiyear croptive research and development agreement to further ....
reporter: yesterday a couple of republican wannabes for 2016 sort of sparred back and forth. you had chris christie saying the republican party thesed to be the party of ideas and win first, or you had ted cruz, the texas senator, suggesting the republican party needs to be more defiant. later today we also heard from mike huckabee, the former governor of arkansas, actually won iowa caucuses. of course, he s a fox news host, and today he was talking about the irs scandals and the way the obama administration has been accused and is under investigation for having mistreated conservative groups, and he brought back his flat tax proposal, something that got him a lot of of anticipation back in 2008, perhaps attention back in 2008. we re going o hare from former senator here from rick santorum later this afternoon. he got a strong base behind him in the 2012 primaries against mitt romney and has an opportunity to make a claim. and the wrap-up speaker this afternoon will be rand paul, ....
he s suing the casino. because they plied him with drinks. the casino gave him booze? that s what they do. whose responsibility is it? we ll debate that. jenna: the paralympic winter games kicking off in russia today. not only is she the youngest member of the u.s. ski team, she s also legally blind. rick leventhal s from our new york city newsroom with more. reporter: we ve seen amazing performances, stacy is among the most impressive. just imagine rocketing down a mountain at up to 55 miles per hour with only a hazy view of what s ahead. as you dimensioned, finish mentioned, she s the youngest member of the ski team. on the slopes since she was 4. limited colors and she s also extremely light sensitive, so she wears special deep-tinted goggles. my parents always tell me that i can just do whatever i want, and that s kind of the way ....
Building up a picture of pistorius not only as trigger happy, but reckless and prone to frequent fits of anger. i ve seen him be very anxious. and [inaudible] at myself. reporter: the tears also first belonged to taylor. twice the session had to be stopped as she repeatedly cried about how pistorius used to scream at her. the defense earlier this week said the screams neighbors heard were pistorius that he screamed like a woman. taylor said not so. when led by the prosecution. according to him that if he screams and he s really anxious, he sounds like a woman. that is not true. he sounds like a man. reporter: finally, the security shift leader of the complex where pistorius lives took the stand and said he saw ....