WEBVTT INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IT WASACCIDENTAL.ADAM: THIS VETERANS DAY WEEKEND,A CLOSER LOOK AT AN IRAQ WAR VETWHO IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS INNEW HAMPSHIRE'S FIRST DISTRICT.TERENCE O'ROURKE SAYS IT WASOUTGOING CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLSHEA-PORTER WHO INSPIRED HIM TOGET INVOLVED.>> YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON THEMISSION.ADAM: LESSONS LEARNED AS ACOMBAT VETERAN ARE ALWAYS CLOSEAT HAND FOR TERENCE O'ROURKE,WHOSE FAMILY SERVICE RECORDDATES BACK ALMOST A CENTURY.>> I AM A FOURTH GENERATION U.S.ARMY.MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WHOEMIGRATED HERE FROM IRELAND WASALSO IN THE ARMY.ADAM: O'ROURKE SERVED IN IRAQ IN2006 AND 2007.HE WAS WATCHING THE ARMED FORCESNETWORK IN A CAMP OUTSIDEBAGHDAD WHEN HE FIRST HEARD THENAME CAROL SHEA-PORTER.>> SHE IS A HUGE SUPPORTER OFVETERANS.SHE WAS IN FAVOR OF ENDING THEWAR IN IRAQ IN A PEACEFUL WAY,IN A WAY THAT GOT US HOME SHE.SHE WAS JUST A PERSON WHO CAREDWHO RAN FOR CONGRESS.ADAM: NOW O'ROURKE WANTS TO DO, THE SAME THING.HE'S CAMPAIGNING AS AN ADVOCATEFOR WORKING FAMILIES ANDREBUILDING AMERICA'SINFRASTRUCTURE.>> OUR ROADS, OUR BRIDGES, OAIRPORTS, OUR SEAPORTS WE KNOW, THOSE ARE OLD, WE KNOW THOSEARE CRUMBLING.ANY OF THE ENGINEERS WILL TELLYOU WE'RE ALREADY IN THE RED,WE'RE ON A GRADE F RIGHT NOW.I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID WENEED AN INJECTION OF NO, IT'S$1 TRILLION.GOT TO BE A LOT MORE THAN THAT.ADAM: IN ADDITION TO HISMILITARY SERVICE O'ROURKE HAS, BEEN A PROSECUTOR AT THEFEDERAL AND COUNTY LEVEL AND ISCURRENTLY THE ROCHESTER CITYATTORNEY.THE 39-YEAR-OLD BELIEVES IT'STIME FOR YOUNG DEMOCRATS TO STEPUP.>> I THINK COMING BACK IN 2018YOU HAVE A NEW GENERATION, MANYOF THEM VETERANS WHO LIVE AROUNDTHE COUNTRY, WHO ARE SAYING WEBELIEVE IN CORE DEMOCRATICPRINCIPLES GOING BACK TO F.D.R.BUT WE'RE WITH YOU ON ENDING THEWARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ ANDWE'RE WITH YOU ON HAVING SANEDRUG POLICY IN THIS COUNTRY.ADAM: WHEN IT COMES TO PRESIDENTTRUMP, O'ROURKE SAYS THERE AREPLENTY OF REASONS FOR AMERICANSTO BE UPSET WITH THE WHITE HOUSE.BUT HE TAKES A PRAGMATICAPPROACH, SAYING HE'S WILLING TO