"ABC NEWS LIVE". HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS AND I'M TERRY MORAN. TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FACES A POSSIBLE INDICTMENT IN THE STORMY DANIELS HUSH MONEY CASE. THE SECURITY PLANS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE SECRET SERVICE. TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN SAYING THE GOVERNMENT WILL REMAIN VIGILANT AS CONCERNS GROW FOR OUR BANKING SYSTEM. HOW THOSE REMARKS ARE IMPACTING BANK STOCKS TODAY AND LOOKING BACK AT THE WAR IN IRAQ 20 YEARS AFTER THE U.S. FOR VETERANS, INCLUDING OUR OWN STEPHANIE RAMOS, CALLED THEIR TIME SERVING IN THAT CONFLICT. >> BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FACING THAT POSSIBLE INDICTMENT IN THE STORMY DANIELS HUSH MONEY CASE. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES STEPPING UP SECURITY JUST IN CASE OF PROTESTS. TODAY IS THE DAY THE FORMER PRESIDENT CLAIMED WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE THAT HE WOULD BE ARRESTED. WELL, SO FAR THAT HASN'T HAPPENED, BUT SOURCES E-BIKES AARON KATERSKY THAT THE SECRET SERVICE IS COORDINATING WITH THE NYPD ANYWAY, DEVELOPING SECURITY PLANS FOR THE EVENT. TRUMP IS INDICTED AND ARRAIGNED IN COURT IN LOWER MANHATTAN. >> SO THE GRAND JURY IS WEIGHING POTENTIAL CHARGES HERE RELATED TO THOSE HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS TO STORMY DANIELS, WHO STARRED IN MOVIES PRIOR TO THE 2016 ELECTION. TRUMP HAS ACKNOWLEDGED PAYING DANIELS 30 THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT HE SAYS HE DID NOTHING WRONG. PROSECUTORS SEE IT DIFFERENTLY. THEY'RE LOOKING INTO WHETHER TRUMP POTENTIALLY VIOLATED A MISDEMEANOR LAW IN NEW YORK FOR FALSIFYING DOCUMENTS. AND THEN THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY THAT PART OF THAT WAS CAMPAIGN FINANCE. RELATED, VIOLATING FEDERAL CHARGES. FEDERAL LAWS. JOINING US NOW, "ABC NEWS LIVE" INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY ALONG WITH LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND LAW PROFESSOR KIMBERLY WELI. SO, AARON, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? WHAT'S THE NEWS AS NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE SECRET SERVICE GOING TO RESPOND TO THE SECURITY NECESSITIES OF THE MOMENT? >> SO FAR , WE'RE TOLD, TERRY , THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS GIVEN NO INDICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS ABOUT WHEN AN INDICTMENT COULD COME, THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GRAND JURY TO VOTE, WE BELIEVE, IS SOMETIME ON WEDNESDAY. AND IF THERE IS AN INDICTMENT, A SERIES OF STEPS WOULD HAVE TO UNFOLD TO BRING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TO NEW YORK FOR SOME KIND OF COORDINATED SURRENDER BECAUSE THE CHARGES COULD NOT BE UNSEALED UNLESS AND UNTIL THE DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE TRUMP ACTUALLY APPEARS IN COURT. SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A BIT OF DOING ITS WELL POSSIBLE THAT TRUMP HAS NOTIFIED HE HAS BEEN INDICTED ON ONE DAY AND THEN APPEARS IN COURT A DAY OR TWO OR THREE DOWN THE ROAD. THE CASE ITSELF, AS YOU KNOW, TERRY , DOES INVOLVE A POTENTIAL MISDEMEANOR OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE WAY THAT TRUMP ACCOUNTED FOR THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR PAYMENT TO STORMY DANIELS. HE BOOKED IT. HIS ROUTINE LEGAL EXPENSES. AND PROSECUTORS ARE WEIGHING WHETHER THAT PAYMENT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING ELSE. BUT TO BUMP IT UP TO A FELONY OF THOSE RECORDS WOULD HAVE TO BE SHOWN TO HAVE BEEN FALSIFIED TO COMMIT OR CONCEAL ANOTHER CRIME. AND WE DID SEE SOME TRUMP SUPPORTERS DEMONSTRATING IN NEW YORK YESTERDAY. >> WHAT'S THE SCENE LIKE TODAY IF THERE'S NOT MUCH GOING ON ? THE GRAND JURY IS NOT MEETING TODAY. THERE ARE NO WITNESSES THAT ARE GOING INTO THE GRAND JURY. SO ANYONE WHO'S THERE IS PURELY THERE FOR FOR THE CURIOSITY FACTOR. BUT IT IS A CURIOUS MOMENT BECAUSE NEVER BEFORE HAS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BEEN ON THE PRECIPICE OF CRIMINAL CHARGES. AND THAT'S WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FINDS HIMSELF AND YOU CAN TELL THAT IT'S ON HIS MIND BASED ON SOME OF HIS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. OVERNIGHT, HE RELEASED A VIDEO DENOUNCING THE PROSECUTOR OFFICE AND ALVIN BRAGG, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY LASHING OUT AGAINST STORMY DANIELS AND HER ROLE IN ALL OF THIS. AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT , BILL , HE EXPECTED TO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY TODAY. >> CERTAINLY THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. AND KIM, DOES LIKE TO ASK YOU BLUNTLY, DOES TRUMP HAVE A POINT HERE? ABOUT THE PROSECUTOR THAT THIS IS A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS DOCUMENTS BECAUSE HE PAID MONEY TO A WOMAN HE HAD WITH? PROBABLY NOT THE FIRST THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. >> AND ALSO THEN FOR IT TO BECOME A FELONY, IT HAS TO BE IN PURSUIT OF THE COMMISSIONER OR THE COVERING UP OF A DIFFERENT FROM THAT CRIME. APPARENTLY, PROSECUTORS ARE LOOKING AT A FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW THAT FEDERAL PROSECUTORS DECLINED TO PURSUE . SO I JUST WONDER IF TRUMP'S GOT A POINT HERE, A PROSECUTOR'S OVERREACHING. >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE KNOW MICHAEL CULLEN WAS CONVICTED IN CONNECTION WITH THAT BY FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AT A TIME WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS A SITTING PRESIDENT AND UNDER PREVAILING DOJ POLICY, PROSECUTORS WILL NOT INDICT A SITTING PRESIDENT . SO HE WAS SORT OF OUT OF THE LOOP IN THAT REGARD. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ALVIN BRAGG AND THIS IS NEW YORK LAW. THIS IS NOT FEDERAL LAW. BUT IT IS AGAINST FEDERAL LAW TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS, EXPENDITURES RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS THAT AREN'T DISCLOSED. AND HERE AT LEAST ACCORDING TO MICHAEL COHEN, HE WAS REPAID BY DONALD TRUMP FOR THAT HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO IT IS SOMEWHAT COMPLEX. BUT REMEMBER, ALVIN BRAGG TOOK SOME HEAT FOR NOT PURSUING DONALD TRUMP IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROSECUTION. SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION FOR TAX FRAUD AND WHY TILBURG ALAN WEISER, BLOOMBERG'S GUILTY PLEA FOR TAX FRAUD. I THINK THAT SUGGESTS THE ALVIN BRAGG IS A CAREFUL PROSECUTOR. >> HE'S LIKELY PUTTING THIS TOGETHER METICULOUSLY. AND I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF THERE'S AN INDICTMENT AND WHAT THE ACTUAL CHARGES ARE. AND WHAT THE EVIDENCE IS FOR THAT AT THIS POINT, IT'S SPECULATION AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO TO REALLY KIND OF PIN DOWN WHAT'S GOING ON . BUT THIS ISN'T THE ONLY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. THERE ARE FOUR OTHERS ONGOING OF DONALD. SO WE'RE OUT OF THE WORLD, I THINK, WHERE DONALD TRUMP CAN PLAY VICTIM. THE REST OF US DO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW OR THE FACE CONSEQUENCES. AND THE FACT THAT HE WAS IN THE OVAL OFFICE, I DON'T THINK PUTS HIM OUT OF HARM'S WAY WHEN IT COMES TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. IN THIS MOMENT. >> WELL, JUST TO FOLLOW UP TO THE AND TO CONTINUE THE DEBATE, YOU KNOW, HE'S THE HE'S THE MAN AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY . THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MANHATTAN. AND BY THE NATURE OF EVERY BIG CITY, A LOT OF CRIME. IS THIS THE BEST USE OF RESOURCES? I'M REMINDED OF THE WARNING THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ROBERT JACKSON ISSUED TO PROSECUTORS. PROSECUTORS SHOULDN'T PROSECUTORS SHOULD CHOOSE THEIR CASES, HE SAID , TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER. THEY SHOULDN'T CHOOSE THEIR DEFENDANTS. >> WELL, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE IN THIS MOMENT TO , I THINK, LODGE THAT AGAINST HIM. IS CHOOSING A DEFENDANT NOT AGAIN, KNOWING THE EVIDENCE. MOST PROSECUTORS WILL LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE AND THEY'LL LOOK AT THE LAW AND THEY DON'T BRING A CHARGE UNLESS THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN PROVE IT BEYOND A REASONABLE OUT TO A JURY. AND I THINK IF WE WERE TO HAVE A LONGER TIME TO TALK ABOUT FAIRNESS AND UNFAIRNESS IN TERMS OF WHO IS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM SERVING BEHIND BARS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE ACCESSORIES TO DRUG TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR CHILDREN FOR MANY YEARS OR PEOPLE THAT VOTE ILLEGALLY BY MISTAKE AND END UP IN JAIL. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IN THE YOU IN THAT BROADER CONVERSATION OF PICKING AND CHOOSING DEFENDANTS THAT DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO IS GOING TO COME OUT AHEAD IN THAT REGARD AS FAR AS A VICTIM. >> FAIR ENOUGH. KIM, ERIN, THANK YOU. NOW, THE HEALTH OF THE BANKING SYSTEM. WALL STREET FINALLY STARTING TO STABILIZE WITH STOCKS UP AGAIN TODAY, BUILDING OFF YESTERDAY'S RALLY. REGIONAL BANKS ARE SURGING TODAY AS WELL, LED BY FIRST REPUBLIC SHARES OF THE STRUGGLING BANKS. THEY'RE UP ABOUT 30% AFTER LOSING NEARLY HALF OF ITS VALUE DURING TRADING YESTERDAY. >> REMARKS FROM TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN ARE REALLY HELPING THOSE BANK STOCKS TODAY AFTER SHE DEFENDED, QUOTE, THE DECISIVE AND FORCEFUL, UNQUOTE, ACTIONS BY REGULATORS TO PREVENT MORE BANKS FROM FAILING. >> AND SHE PLEDGED MORE HELP IF NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. HE'S COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE ONGOING HEALTH AND COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR VIBRO COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL BANKING INSTITUTIONS. SAFE AND SOUND BANKING SYSTEM IS INTEGRAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, AND WE ARE SQUARELY FOCUSED ON DOING OUR JOB. AND YOU SHOULD RISK ASSURED THAT WE WILL REMAIN VIGILANT. >> SO THAT'S JANET YELLEN. WHAT ARE LAWMAKERS DOING TO MAKE SURE OUR MONEY IS SAFE HAVENS? A.J. O'BRIEN IS ON CAPITOL HILL WITH MORE. >> SO, JAY, WHAT ELSE DID JANET YELLEN HAVE TO SAY TODAY DURING THIS SPEECH? CLEARLY, THE MARKET LIKE THOSE REMARKS TODAY, BUT IT DOES SUGGEST THAT SHE WANTS TO EXPAND FEDERAL PROTECTION OF BIG TIME DEPOSITS RIGHT HERE ALREADY PROTECTED UP TO TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE WORRIES IN THE BANKS ARE, WHAT, ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLAR DEPOSIT? THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING BACKSTOPPING THOSE. HOW IS CONGRESS REACTING TO ALL THIS? >> WELL, IT'S INTERESTING, JUST STARTING WITH WHERE JANET YELLEN MADE THESE REMARKS, IS THAT THE AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN D.C., SO NO BETTER AUDIENCE TO SPEAK TO THAN RIGHT THEN IN THERE. THESE COMMENTS OBVIOUSLY AIMED AT TRYING TO QUELL SOME OF THE NERVES THAT WERE RATTLED BY THESE PROMINENT BANK FAILURES. SHE SAID TO DEPOSITORS THAT THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR MONEY. TO YOUR POINT, THAT THEY WILL REMAIN COMMITTED TO THAT. BUT THEN SHE ALSO LEFT THE DOOR OPEN TO DO MORE FOR MORE REGIONAL BANKS OR MIDSIZE BANKS IF THESE PROBLEMS PERSIST. HER EXACT QUOTE WAS, IF IT COULD BE WARRANTED IS WHAT YELLEN SAID . SO LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN THERE, THAT WAS SOMETHING OF NOTE. ALSO, THOUGH, AS YOU SAID , SHE INDICATED THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A REVIEW OF FEDERAL REGULATION GOING FORWARD AND FEDERAL PROCEDURES GOING FORWARD. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TREASURY CAN DO. BUT SOME OF THAT DECISION MAKING RESIDES RIGHT HERE IN CONGRESS. >> WHAT ABOUT HOLDING EXECUTIVES ACCOUNTABLE? WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE SBP EXECS THAT SOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN STOCK WEEKS BEFORE THE COLLAPSE, INCLUDING CEO GREG BECKER. ANY CHANCE THAT WE COULD SEE HIM HAULED BACK IN FRONT OF CONGRESS? OR POSSIBLY OTHERS? I MEAN, SOME HAVE MOVED FORWARD SAYING, OKAY, WE'LL GIVE SOME OF OUR MONEY BACK . BUT THAT'S BEEN VERY LITTLE. WELL, THERE'S APPETITE IN CONGRESS TO LOOK INTO THIS. WE KNOW THAT THE HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE IS GOING TO HAVE A HEARING ON THE SVB COLLAPSE LATER ON THIS MONTH. BUT THE PEOPLE THEY'RE CALLING BEFORE THAT COMMITTEE ARE FEDERAL REGULATORS, PEOPLE FROM THE FED, PEOPLE FROM THE FDIC. THERE IS NO WORD YET ON CALLING ANY KIND OF SVB EXECUTIVES OR EXECUTIVES OF OTHER BANKS TO TESTIFY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN FROM LAWMAKERS IS THAT THEY ARE REALLY PUSHING ON REGULATORS TO SEE IF REGULATORS DID ENOUGH HERE. BUT THE OTHER THING WORTH UNPACKING, AS YOU SAID , IS WHAT HAPPENS TO EXECUTIVES AT LARGE . WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT HAS CALLED ON CONGRESS TO CREATE SOME KIND OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD FURTHER PUNISH BANK EXECUTIVES WHOSE BANKS END UP IN THE PLACE THAT ASV ENDED UP, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WOULD WORK ON CLAWING BACK THINGS LIKE BONUSES AND PROCEEDS FROM STOCK SALES. BUT THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH CONGRESS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THERE IS AN APPETITE, PARTICULARLY AMONG DEMOCRATS, TO ADD SOME NEW FEDERAL REGULATION HERE. BUT ANYTHING THAT GETS THROUGH THE SENATE, WHICH IS A TALL ORDER BECAUSE YOU NEED 60 VOTES TO PASS ANYTHING IN THE SENATE, SO YOU NEED REPUBLICAN SUPPORT . BUT ANYTHING THAT GETS THROUGH THAT CHAMBER HAS TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSE, WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY REPUBLICANS. AND THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT MORE REGULATION ON THE BOOKS. GUYS. >> ALL RIGHT, JOE O'BRIEN ON THE HILL FOR US . JAY, THANKS. >> THANKS. WELL, COMING UP, MARKING 20 YEARS NOW SINCE THE START OF THE WAR IN IRAQ. FOUR VETERANS, INCLUDING OUR OWN STEPHANIE RAMOS YOU SEE HERE, WE'LL SHARE THEIR STORIES . THAT'S COMING UP NEXT. . >> GOOD MORNING AMERICA IS RIGHT THERE. THE NIGHT THE WORLD'S ATTENTION IS ABSOLUTELY FIXED ON IRAQ, WE ONLY SEE A SLICE OF THE WHOLE BATTLEFIELD ON TELEVISION WHERE THERE WERE CAMERAS, SPECIFICALLY BAGHDAD TODAY. BUT THIS WAS A VIOLENT REPRESENTATION OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MANY PLACES. THE U.S. FIRED SIX HUNDRED CRUISE MISSILES AT IRAQ TODAY, 600 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF TECHNOLOGY. THAT WAS PETER JENNINGS REPORTING ON THE U.S. INVASION OF IRAQ 2003. >> TWENTY YEARS LATER NOW, ROUGHLY TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AMERICAN TROOPS ARE STILL THERE . AND WE HAVE A UNIQUE FOCUS ON THIS STORY. FROM OUR FROM FOUR SERVICE MEMBERS, INCLUDING OUR OWN STEPHANIE RAMOS. SO LET'S START WITH INTRODUCTIONS. DEIRDRE BOLTON ENGINEER, RETIRED CBS HYDROGEN'S 22 YEARS A SPECIAL WARFARE FIGHTER. I WAS THERE IN IRAQ IN THE BEGINNING. SHOSHANA JOHNSON, U.S. ARMY DEPLOYED IN 2003, SHOT TWICE, CAPTURED TWENTY TWO DAYS AS A PRISONER OF WAR. AND PRAY FOR HIM. I'M A LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE UNITED STATES BASED FORCE. I PREVIOUSLY SERVED 18 YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE, WHERE I DEPLOYED AS PART OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM IN 2004. AND THEN WENT BACK IN 2017 AND 18 AS AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OFFICER . THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALL OF YOU. YOU ALL HAVE A VERY UNIQUE BACKGROUND. YOU'LL HAD DIFFERENT PATHS IN THE MILITARY. AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE MILITARY, REALLY BRINGS TOGETHER A RANDOM GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. AND YOU'RE YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEM. YOU'RE IN TIGHT QUARTERS WITH THEN YOU'RE DEPLOYING OVERSEAS WITH THEM. IT'S A IT'S VERY, VERY UNIQUE. WE WERE ALL DEPLOYED TO BAGHDAD, IRAQ. WE ALL HAD VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES. SHOSHANA, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR TIME WHEN YOU DEPLOYED. YOU WERE A MOM WHEN YOU DEPLOYED TO IRAQ AND YOUR DAUGHTER WAS HOW OLD SHE WAS TO TWO YEARS OLD AS A MOM. >> WHAT WAS THAT MOMENT LIKE FOR YOU? IT'S WHAT WE DO. YOU AS A FAMILY KIND OF MILITARY FAMILY. >> WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS SO MANY TIMES. OUR FAMILY'S MILITARY, MY DAD IS A DESERT STORM VET, GREAT UNCLES, COUSINS. WE ALL SERVED. MY SISTER SERVED. I WAS IN JROTC, IN HIGH SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE ALSO IMMIGRANTS FROM PANAMA EMOTIONALLY. YES. YOU'RE LEAVING YOUR KID BEHIND. BUT I WAS ALSO THE KID THAT GOT LEFT BEHIND WHEN MY DAD DEPLOYED. OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO SEE ALL THOSE MILESTONES I HAD ALREADY MISSED MY FIRST BIRTHDAY. I MISSED HER FIRST WORDS. I MISSED HER FIRST STEPS. BECAUSE WE'RE TRAINING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. MY ONLY THING WAS TO GET HOME, TO SEE HER BECOME A GROWN WOMAN AND TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. WHEN YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE THERE IN IRAQ, WHAT HAPPENED MARCH? TWENTY THIRD, MY COMPANY WENT INTO THE CITY WITH A NASSER ATTA BEFORE IT WAS SECURE. WE WERE AMBUSHED. WE LOST ELEVEN EIGHT OF US WERE CAPTURED, TAKEN TO BAGHDAD. WHERE WE SPENT TWENTY TWO DAYS IN CAPTIVITY. >> WE HEARD THE CONFLICT GOING ON CONSTANTLY AROUND US . >> YOU KNOW, JUST HOPING AND PRAYING THAT WE'D BE FOUND . THERE WERE INCIDENTS THAT WHERE THEY WEREN'T SO NICE AND THERE WAS OTHER INCIDENTS WHERE I WAS SURPRISED AT THE KINDNESS I WAS SHOWN DURING MY CAPTIVITY. >> THEY ACTUALLY PERFORMED THE OPERATION TO CLEAN OUT THE WOUNDS IN MY LEGS. I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THEY TOOK THE TIME TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF I'D BE HERE OR IF I HAD LEGS WITHOUT THAT KINDNESS. >> WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND DURING THAT TIME THAT YOU'RE BEING HELD? >> LOTS OF PRAYER, LOTS OF HOPE OF SEEING MY DAUGHTER AND MY FAMILY AGAIN. I WOULD THINK. WHY WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME? I THINK NOW THAT I RETURNED HOME, MORE OF THE QUESTIONS OF WHY ME? YOU KNOW, I'M PEOPLE DIED. WHY AM I HERE? AND IT'S SOMETHING I STRUGGLE WITH . WELL, 20 YEARS LATER AND I PROBABLY STRUGGLE WITH IT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. >> PRE YOU DEPLOY TO IRAQ IN TWO THOUSAND FOUR PRE TRANSITION. IT WAS JUST A YEAR INTO THE START OF THE WAR. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE A VERY FIRST NIGHT THERE? I TRIED TO GO TO SLEEP IN A TENT WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE AND THE AIR RAID SIRENS WENT OFF AND OH MY GOD, WHAT WHAT DO I DO? DO I ROLL OUT OF BED? DO I HIDE UNDER BED? DO I PUT MY BODY ARMOR ON ? DO I GET OUT? DO I GO SOMEWHERE? AND I LOOK AROUND THE TENT AND EVERYONE WHO HAD BEEN THERE A LOT LONGER IS JUST EITHER SOUND ASLEEP OR THEY LOOKED AROUND AND THEY WENT RIGHT BACK TO SLEEP. AND WHEN I ASKED IN THE MORNING, WELL, WHAT DO WE DO? AND THEY SAID BY THE TIME THE AIR RAID SIREN GOES OFF, EITHER YOU'RE DEAD OR YOU'RE FINE. SO JUST GO BACK TO SLEEP, OKAY? THAT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO DO FOR A WHILE. BUT EVENTUALLY, YOU JUST PICK UP THAT ATTITUDE AND I'M FINE. I'M GOING TO BE OKAY AND I'M GOING TO CARRY ON WITH THE MISSION. >> RETURNED BRIEFLY TO IRAQ IN 2018. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? SEEING IRAQ EARLY ON IN THE WAR IN 2004? AND THEN RETURNING SO MANY YEARS LATER, SEEING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE BASE AND HOW RUN DOWN CERTAIN ASPECTS OF IT WERE. YET THEY WERE STILL ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION. IT WAS JUST NIGHT AND DAY OPERATION, BUT STILL TO SEE THE PRIDE THEY HAD IN THEIR PILOTS. I MEAN, THOSE GUYS WERE LIKE GODS OVER THERE WITH THE SKILLS THAT THEY DEVELOPED WAS JUST A DRAMATIC SHIFT IN TONE FOR WHAT THE BASE LOOKED LIKE, HOW IT OPERATED. >> D.T., YOU WERE DEPLOYED TO BOSNIA, TO AFGHANISTAN, TO IRAQ. TELL US ABOUT THE JOB THAT YOU HAD WHILE YOU WERE IN IRAQ. SO MY JOB WHAT WE DO IS CALL AIRSTRIKES. SO WE ARE THE GUYS THERE ON THE GROUND WITH ARMY, MARINES, NAVY, SPECIAL OPERATIONS. YOU AS THEIR FIRE ELEMENT, EVEN KNOWING AT THAT I HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT THAT ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF MY TEAMMATES JUST BY WHAT I DID WAS AWESOME BECAUSE I KNEW I WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF MY GUYS. IT WAS A DANGEROUS OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE BY MY PARENTS IT IS DANGEROUS, BUT I ENJOYED IT. I ENJOYED BEING OUT THERE WITH MY GUYS. TALK A LITTLE BIT. >> YOUR JOURNEY. AND WHEN YOU WERE IN AFGHANISTAN, THERE, I WAS OUT THERE WITH A TEAM OF SCOUTS WHEN I GOT HIT 2005, DECEMBER. AND , YOU KNOW, HERE ARE STORIES OF YOUR LIFE, FLASHES IN FRONT OF YOU. AND FOR ME AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WHEN I GOT HIT, LIKE I , YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN THE ROAD, CROSSES CREEK AND THAT AND I FEEL THIS INTENSE HEAT BLAST ON THE LEFT SIDE. AND I WAS LIKE IN MY HEAD, I WAS LIKE, I GOT IT. WE JUST GOT HIT. THAT'S WHERE THOSE FLASHES, THINGS THAT WERE GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WERE DISTINCT, THAT I REMEMBER IT WAS LIKE ME AND MY WIFE WERE HAD TO TRY TO GET MARRIED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND WE WERE FINALLY GOING TO GET MARRIED BY THE CHURCH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE TRIED, I HAD DEPLOYED. BUT THE LASLEY WAS LIKE ME TEACHING MY BOY HOW TO PLAY BALL BECAUSE I WAS A BALL PLAYER. AND THEN SOMETHING SOME WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS TRUCK AND POPPED OUT OF IT AND TRY TO RUN TO THE CREEK. THE FLAMES OVERTOOK COLLAPSE. AND I'M THINKING LIKE THAT. IT'S LIKE I'VE BROKEN MY PROMISE TO MY FAMILY. THEIR WHOLE ALWAYS WILL COME BACK 80% MY BODY HAD THIRD DEGREE BURNS THAT WAS GIVEN A 15% CHANCE TO LIVE. YOU WERE DEFINITELY TOUGHER THAN YOUR DISABILITIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES. WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO STAY IN AND REENLIST IN 2010? I KNEW I COULD TEACH, GET THE NEXT NEXT GENERATION OF OPERATORS READY AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY IS THAT REALLY THE FIRST FACE YOU WANT TO SHOW THESE YOUNG TROOPS AND MY ANSWER TO THAT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT IF THEY'D LOOK AT ME AND SEE THE REALITY OF WHAT THIS JOB COULD DO AND STILL WANT TO DO IT, THOSE ARE GUYS I WANT RIGHT THERE. >> WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT YOUR TIME THERE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> WAS IT WORTH IT? WOULD YOU DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN? WOULD YOU SIGN UP? I WOULD NEVER HURT ME. WHAT ABOUT YOU? SUSANA IS NOT ABOUT THE CONFLICT. IT'S ABOUT BEING IN SERVICE. IT'S ABOUT BEING A SOLDIER. HOW WE DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, THAT CAMARADERIE. YEAH, I THINK THE FACT THAT I HAD TWENTY YEARS A FEW MONTHS AGO AND I'M STILL SERVING ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION. ABSOLUTELY. YES, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO I FEEL THAT MY SERVICE HAS BEEN VALUABLE AND A PART OF SOMETHING GREATER THAN MYSELF THAT I TRULY BELIEVE IN, BUT IT ALSO PAVES THE WAY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY, TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE FREEDOMS THAT WE CHERISH AND THE RIGHTS THAT WE HOLD SO DEAR . STEPHANIE , HOW ABOUT MANY ABSOLUTELY THINK IT WAS WORTH IT. IT WAS A WORTHWHILE EXPERIENCE. I LEARNED A TON WHILE I WAS THERE IN BAGHDAD. SO, YES, THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES. I . >> I WOULD THANKS YOU FOR PUTTING ME ON THE SPOT. >> I THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND WE HEAR THAT A LOT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW IT IS FOR YOU GUYS, BUT I APPRECIATE IT. EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT I HEAR THAT, BECAUSE IT IS A SACRIFICE, IT'S A SACRIFICE NOT JUST FOR YOURSELF, BUT FOR YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY. AND IT IS APPRECIATED. AND OF COURSE, WE APPRECIATE OUR STEPHANIE RAMOS AND HER SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. >> WELL, COMING UP, IT'S ONLY MARCH, BUT AT THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC, ALREADY FEELS LIKE OCTOBER JIMGRIFFIN SOURCES SAY JAPAN'S STUNNING WIN AND TONIGHT'S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME VERSUS TEAM USA WILL HAVE THAT RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. >>. WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING "ABC NEWS LIVE". SO GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US. HERE ARE SOME OF THE DAY'S OTHER HEADLINES WE'RE FOLLOWING AT THIS HOUR. THE WET WINTER WEATHER REFUSES TO END IN CALIFORNIA AS THAT STATE FACES ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC RIVER TODAY. HEAVY RAIN IS DRENCHING SAN FRANCISCO, L.A. AND SAN DIEGO. AND A FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE GROUND'S ALREADY SATURATED AND UNSTABLE AND MORE MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE. WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW. AND TALK ABOUT A WALK OFF JAPAN PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC FINALS LAST NIGHT WITH A THRILLING COME FROM BEHIND WHEN I GUESS MEXICO, THE TEAM AND THE JAPANESE ANNOUNCERS CALLING THE GAME AND BOTH GOING WILD, GOING TO DIE. I GET SO EXCITED, JAPAN, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY IN TEAM USA TONIGHT, MIAMI. AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A REPEAT AS CHAMPS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JAPAN LOOKING TO CLAIM THEIR THIRD TITLE, BY THE WAY. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT FOR JAPAN. >> BUT TEAM USA EXACTLY. FACE YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US KYRA PHILLIPS. AND I'M TERRY MORAN "ABC NEWS LIVE" IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. MORE NEWS COMING UP RIGHT AFTER