Former Navy SEAL Says Brian Williams’ Embed Story Can’t Be True [VIDEO]

◼ Embattled NBC News anchor Brian Williams’ claim that he once flew on a mission with Navy SEAL Team Six is far-fetched and likely untrue, one former SEAL said on Sunday. - Chuck Ross/Daily Caller

“What Brian Williams is saying, none of it can be true. For a reporter to be embedded with SEAL Team Six or any Tier One unit, that just doesn’t happen,” Don Mann, the former SEAL, told CNN “Reliable Sources” host Brian Stelter....

...other tales Williams has told over the years have come under intense scrutiny.

That includes Williams’ claims that he once flew with SEAL Team Six and that he received a piece of the fuselage from the Blackhawk helicopter that the elite unit flew — and ultimately destroyed — during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in May 2011.

Iowa GOP audience embraces Sen. Ted Cruz.

◼ Conservative purist Ted Cruz addressed the concerns of any Iowa Republicans who reject him as too rigid, arguing he knows exactly how to unify the GOP and turn the country around. - Des Moines Register

The answer: “Restore historic economic growth.”

Cruz, a U.S. senator from Texas who has visited the presidential testing grounds of Iowa three times in less than three months, told an audience of about 600 at the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual Ronald Reagan fundraising dinner: “We need to come together.”

“And let me tell you, growth and principles are ideas that unify Republicans,” he said. “They are principles and ideals that unify the evangelical community, the liberty movement and the business community. Growth and freedom are principles that bring together Main Street and the tea party.”

...As Cruz took the stage, the audience greeted him with a 36-second standing ovation.