heather: have a great day. ♪ . >> honoring those who served in our nation's forces and we pause this memorial day. i'm jon scott. >> i'm uma pemmaraju in for jenna lee jon: across the country wreath laying ceremonies will pay tribute to the fallen servicemen and women. one led by the commander-in-chief in arlington, virginia, collectively represents the sacrifice veterans have made on behalf of this country.

wendell goler is live at the white house for us. or the report jon, for some people this is the i believe if start of somber but it is a somber day for the president and many americans who lost loved ones in this nation's wars. the president and the first lady began the day with breakfast with some of them. they are known as gold star families so named since world war ii, so named by a family who lost two sons in the war. the president will speak from the memorial amphitheater from arlington, adjacent to the tomb of the unknowns where the president will place a wreath moments from now. in his saturday address, president obama spoke of the people we're honor today. >> they are heroes each and everyone. they gave america the most precious thing they have, the last full measure of devotion and because they did we are who we are today, a free and prosperous nation, the greatest in the orlando. >> reporter: meanwhile as the u.s. wind down the war in afghanistan mr. obama is also signaled a turn from what he characterized as a

perpetual war on terror, with tighter restrictions on drone attacks and finally closing the detention facility at guantanamo bay but south carolina republican senator lindsey graham says it is much too soon for any of that. >> al qaeda in coming back with vengeance. in libya he saw al qaeda groups in yemen and libya working together. our friend are uncertain. syria is falling apart. we're talking about helping the rebels but doing nothing about it. iran is marching toward a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: illinois democratic senator dick durbin disagreed saying constantly thinking we're on a war footing leads to doing things that compromise our freedoms much the first lady is walking into the memorial amphitheater right now. president is about to place the wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. jon? jon: wendell goler at the white house, thank you. president obama at the across the river at arlington national cemetery for the annual wreath laying at the tomb of the unknown soldier.

if you have never been there it is an awe-inspiring place. it is absolutely somber day. let's paws now for just a moment as the wreath-laying commences. [background noises]

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jon: as the official party heads towards the am if i theeter which the -- amphitheater the president will make rorks which we'll carry in a few moments. the national cemetery remains an active cemetery enshrined to our military heroes. the cemetery conducts an average 27 seven to 30 funerals each weekday according its official website. 624 acres that serve as the final resting place for more than 400,000 active duty servicemembers, veterans and their families, including one of my nephews. more than 3,000 ceremonies take place annually on the grounds including wreath-laying ceremonies for national and international dignitaries and memorial and remembrance services. thrown 3 and 4 million people visit arlington national cemetery each year. uma: turning now to a truly somber memorial day in moore,

oklahoma, as that community marks one week since the tornado killed 24 people and destroyed hundreds of homes there. more than 2,000 survivors filling a church for a memorial service. oklahoma governor mary fallin urging people there to use faith to fight past the pain. >> the bible tells us in the faith of catastrophe any natural disaster that we have one constant source of strength. we have one constant place of refuge and that strength and that refuge is found in our god. that is our strength, that we appeal to, and the strength and the refuge that we seek tonight. uma: we've heard so many stories of courage. we also heard from a teacher who was inside briarwood elementary school which was completely destroyed by the tornado. first grade teacher, wynell mace describes how she tried

her best to keep kids safe and calm. listen in. >> i started hearing the roar of the tornado and i just didn't want them to hear it, so i told them to keep singing louder and when they could no longer hear my voice they could scream. and when we could bear it no longer, they started screaming, i don't remember for a while, i just kept singing. and then it stopped. and the children were crying and then i started telling them that they were heroes. uma: heroes indeed. casey stiegel is joining us from moore with the very latest. casey. >> reporter: uma, that teacher talks about singing. they were singing, "jesus loves me" and singing it louder and louder as the tornado approached and it got louder and louder, the walls crumbling around them.

sure doesn't feel like a holiday weekend on the ground here in moore, oklahoma. they're not spending it by a a barbecue or by a pool as most americans. they're not take stopping to think about the sacrifices our veterans made and certainly, not because they do not care. it is just because they are too busy working, working to clean up, working to volunteer, to help out, hand out a hot meal, a cold bottle of water, sign people up for disaster aid. hundreds of people from all across this country have converged on the oklahoma city suburb the last week to help, whether it is to lend a truck to move away debris or just be a shoulder to cry on. >> that's one of the main things is just kind of get some of it off their chest and get them back into a normal situation. they want to tell their story. so if we're out there and we're giving them supplies they can tell their story to

us and it kind of eases their mind too. >> reporter: and of course it is not just the american red cross hard at work on the front lines out here. we have met dozens and dozens of groups and also just average citizens, average americans, who were so compelled by the pictures they saw on television and the stories they heard coming out of here they jumped in their personal cars to come here and help. uma? uma: so wonderful that so many people are going down there to make a give -- difference and help so many people in need. thank you, casey. >> reporter: yeah. jon: an amazing story of survival and rescue to share. americans, an american aid worker held captive by pirates in somalia for more than three months until people she called magical heroes rescued her. a compelling story of survival and courage coming up. we will also have more from arlington national cemetery

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jon: a fox news weather alert for you now. memorial day off to a messy and dangerous start for parts of iowa. down pours there triggering major flooding in cedar rapids and other areas. many roadways remain closed as flood warnings are in effect for several counties. unfortunately more severe weather is on the way. meteorologist maria molina is live from the fox weather center. >> jon, good to see you. it has been a wild week of other i have a cross the country but not just in iowa but areas like san antonio, texas. we picked up nine inches of rain in just one day. that trigger ad lot of flash flooding in that area. we saw 30 inches of snow in parts of upstate new york. very wild stuff ongoing across the country and over

the past two days, just in iowa, some of you have seen over eight inches and some over a foot of rain out here that is what triggered flash flooding across parts of iowa and more rain is expected. we're seeing back to the rain throughout the morning hours out across the state of iowa. you can see why. we have a brand new storm system exiting the rockies. ahead of the storm we have warm temperatures. it is pulling moisture out of the gulf of mexico northward and firing up rain across parts of the midwest. temperatures are warm ahead of it. well into the 80s, even 90s for some of you. here is the storm system that rolled into parts of iowa this morning. there was concern for severe weather because of the storm. damaging winds, large hail. that threat with the particular storm has subsided. look at this. this is issued by the storm prediction center. we think there is possibility of more severe weather. iowa you are included. anywhere from texas, as far as east as illinois and as far west as eastern sections of montana. you have the concern and the possibility for severe

storms. greatest threat area, jon, across parts of kansas and into nebraska. we're talking tornadoes even possible out here. so please, if you're headed outdoors and you barbecues and it is a holiday. i know a lot of you are off work. have a way to get the warnings if you live out here. jon? jon: and snow in upstate new york? >> snow in upstate new york. it was a very chilly start to the weekend. but, jon, get this, some people in the northeast could be at 9 degrees by thursday. a lot of fluctuations across the country. jon: big, big swings in temperature. maria molina, thank you. >> thank you. uma: we have dangerous new developments in syria's bloody civil war. why the conflict that left more than 70,000 people dead could spread beyond the country's borders. plus new research revealing a possible link how long children sleep and their genes. we'll look what is it could mean for youngsters and their development as they grow up. @í0x;ñt

jon: this is general martin dempsey, our nation's top uniformed military officer speaking now at the amphitheater at arlington national cemetery. the president is due up next. when he addresses the crowd gathered there we will take you back there live. >> our sons and daughters are on patrol in afghanistanners right now there is a growing concern that syria's bloody civil war might be spreading beyond its borders. this after a pair of rockets crashed into neighborhoods controlled by the terror group hezbollah in neighboring lebanon. so far no group has claimed responsibility for that attack. hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah openly declaring over the weekend that the terror group is in an all-out effort to keep the assad regime in power.

this mark as dangerous new turn of events that could throw the entire region into chaos. joining us retired army major general bob scales, a fox news military analyst. so by firing rockets into israel, general scales, what are they hoping to accomplish? >> well, a couple of points, jon. first of all the hezbollah rockets were in response to a few rockets that israel fired into a suburb of beirut. these are long-range, precision mlrs rockets, what we call the 40 kilometer sniper and were very successful killing some syrian, presumably soldiers who were in beirut moving weapons back and forth across the border and the hezbollah response was a single rocket suggests two things. number one it suggests that the israelis are being very circumspect and very cautious and very precise and very directed how they respond to syrian incursion into lebanon and hezbollah,

their response suggests that they and their allies in syria specifically the syrian army, are in somewhat disarray at the moment, jon. jon: they would like, presumably, to get israel, i mean, drag israel into some kind of a conflict in lebanon? >> oh gosh, are you kidding? absolutely. assad would like nothing better than to blame this whole mess on israel. that is probably the last card that he can play. if he could get states in the region to react to the israeli reaction, states like jordan, and turkey and egypt and even iraq, then all of a sudden maybe he stand a chance of survival. so the israelis are only interdicting high-value targets. they're only bombing weapons that are clearly marked for transmission into lebanon. and they're backing off as much as they can because they know an overreaction in this war could only turn out badly for them, jon. jon: obviously some countrys,

you know, know war on their shores, on their homelands a lot more than we do here in this country. >> yeah. >> as we await the president's remarks at arlington national cemetery i want to get your thoughts as one of our nation's premier military leaders now retired and about the hundreds of thousands that have given their lives for our country. >> jon, that gets hard. i think of the 30 west point classmates of mine killed in vietnam before their 25th birthday. 19 soldiers under my own command killed in vietnam and what perhaps i could have done better to keep them alive or being wounded or maimed. more importantly as i think about young men and women serving today. you saw colonel mark commander of the old far, with six hash marks. he spent three tours in iraq and afghanistan. purple heart.

combat valor and it speaks not just to my generation but speaks to the sacrifices of this generation that take up the standard. guys like your son who graduated from west point and march off into the ranks and march off to war in these very uncertain times. it is a period of both great respect for me and great sadness as well, jon. jon: in his case he is deploying in july, for afghanistan. >> yeah. jon: general scales, if you would be good you have in to stay with us. we're awaiting the president's remarks at arlington national cemetery. we will have those after a short break. uma: as we wait for that ceremony, a special reunion 40 years in the making. hundreds of vietnam p.o.w.'s come together to sell operate their homecoming decades ago inside a dinner. navy seals rescue american woman held in

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jon: on this memorial day, a fox news alert and remarks from the president at arlington national cemetery. >> but always a man who carries with you the memory of friends and fallen heroes from vietnam. we're frightful to you -- grateful to you. i want to thank general dempsey, major general

littington, catherine comden who served arlington with extraordinary dedication and grace and who will be leaving us. we're so grateful for the work she's done. for chaplain brainard, secretary shin secondsy -- shinseki all of our guests and our members of our armed services and our veterans and to the family and friends of the fallen who we honor today, to americans from all across the country, who have come to pay your respects, i have to say it is always a great honor to spend this memorial day with you at this sacred place where we honor our fallen heroes, those who we remember fondly in our memories and those known only to god. beyond the quiet hills, across special bridge is a

city of monuments dedicated to visionary leaders and singular moments in the life of our republic but it is here on this hallowed ground where we choose to build a monument to a constant threat in the american character. the truth that our nation endures because it has always been home to men and women who are willing to give their all and lay down their lives to preserve and protect this land that we love. that character, that selflessness beats in the hearts of the very first patriots who died for a democracy they had never known and would never see. it lived on in the men and women who fought to hold our union together and in those who fought to defend it

abroad, from the beaches of europe, to the mountains and jungles of asia. this year as we mark the 60th anniversary of the end of fighting in correia we offer a special salute to all those who served and grave their lives in the korean war and after the last decade we've seen the character of our country again in the nearly 7,000 americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice on battlefields and city streets half a world away. last memorial day i stood here and spoke about how for the first time in nine years americans were no longer fighting and dying in iraq. today a transition is underway in afghanistan and our troops are coming home. fewer americans are making the ultimate sacrifice in afghanistan and that's progress for which we are profoundly grateful.

this time next year we will mark the final memorial day of our war in afghanistan. and so as i said last week america stands at a crossroads but even as we turn a page on a decade of conflict, even as we look forward let us never forget as we gather here today that our nation is still at war. it should be self-evident and in generations past it was, during world war ii millions of americans contributed to the war effort. soldiers like my own grandfather, women like my grandmother who worked the assembly lines. during the vietnam war just about everybody knew somebody, a brother, a son, a friend, who served in harm's way. today it's different.

perhaps it's a tribute it our remarkable all-volunteer force made up of men and women who stepped forward to serve and do so with extraordinary skill and valor. perhaps it is a testament to our advanced technologies which allow smaller numbers of troops to wield greater and greater power. regardless the reason this truth can not be ignored that today most americans are not directly touched by war. as a consequence, not all americans may always see or fully grasp the depths of sacrifice, the profound costs that are made in our name, right now, as we speak, every day. our troops and our military families understand this and they mentioned to me their

concern about whether the country fully appreciate what's happening. i think about a letter i received from a naval officer, a reservist who just returned from a deployment to afghanistan and he wrote me, i'm concerned that our work in afghanistan is fading from memory and he went on to ask that we do more to keep this conflict alive and focused in the hearts and minds of our own people. he's right. as we gather here today at this very moment more than 60000 of our fellow americans still serve far from home in afghanistan. they're still going out on patrol, still living in spartan forward operating bases, still risking their lives to carry out their mission and when they give their lives they are still being laid to rest in cemeteries in the quiet corners across our country

including here in arlington. captain sara cohen had a smile that could light up a room and a love country that led her to west point and after graduation there became a black hawk pilot and marry ad recall follower black hawk pilot. she was just 27 years old when she and four other soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash during a training mission near kandahar. this past april sarah was laid to rest here in section 60. today sarah is remembered by her mother, lynn, who says she is proud of her daughter's life, proud of her faith and proud of her se our country. [applause] staff sergeant franksy phillips came from a

military family and was as tough as they come. a combat medic, frankie was on patrol in afghanistan three weeks ago when his vehicle was hid by a roadside bomb. he was so humble, that his parents never knew how many lives he had saved until soldiers started showing up at his funeral from thousands of miles away. last week, frankie was laid to rest just a few rows over from sarah. staff sergeant eric christian was a born leader, a member of the marine corps special operating command. eric had served five tours of duty but kept going back because he felt responsible for his teammates and was determined to finish the mission. on may 4th, eric gave his life after escorting a high-ranking u.s. official to meet with afghan leaders. later his family got a letter from a marine who had served two tours with eric. in it the marine wrote,

there were people who measured their success based on how many enemies they killed or how many missions they led to conquer a foe. eric based his success on how many of his friend he brought home and he brought home many including me. eric was laid to rest here at arlington just six days ago. [applause] so today we remember their service. today just steps from where these brave americans lie in eternal peace we declare as a proud and grateful nation that their sacrifice will never be foregotten. and just as we honor them, we hold their families close because for the parents who lose a child, for the husbands and wives who lose

a partner, for the children who lose a parent, every loss is devastating. and for those of us who bear the solemn responsibility of sending these men and women into harm's way, we know the consequences all too well. i feel it every time i meet a wounded warrior, every time i visit walter reed, and every time i grief with a gold star family. that's why on this day we remember our sacred obligation to those who laid down their lives so we could live ours, to finish the job these men and women started by keeping our promise to those who wear america's unform, to give our troops the resources they need, to keep faith with our veterans and their families now and always, to never stop searching for those who have gone missing or who are held as prisoners of war. but on a more basic level, every american can do

something even simpler, as we go about our daily lives, we must remember that our countrymen are still serving, still fighting, still putting their lives on the line, for all of us. last fall i received a letter from candy everett, of charlotte, north carolina. both of her sons are marines. her oldest served two tours in iraq. her youngest was in afghanistan at the time. he was in her words, 100% devoted to his deployment and wouldn't have had it any other way. reading candy's letter it was clear she was extraordinarily proud of the life her boys had chosen but she also had a request on behalf of all the mothers just like her. she said, please don't forget about my child and every other marine and soldier over there who proudly chooses to defend

their country. a mother's plea. please don't forget. on this memorial day and every day, let us be true, and meet that promise. let it be our task every single one of us to honor the strength and resolve and the love these brave americans felt for each other and for our country. let us never forget to always remember and to be worthy of the sacrifice they make in our name. may god bless the fallen and all those who serve and may god continue to bless the united states of america. [applause]

jon: let it be our task. these are the the americans. the words of president obama as thaps is prepared -- "taps" is prepared. [playing of "taps"]

[playing of "taps"] >> present arms. jon: the bugle notes echoing across the hallowed hills of arlington national cemetery as the ceremonies wind down there on this memorial day. the president mentioned the fact that 60,000 american troops are still on active duty in afghanistan at a time in our country when only about 1% or so of, 1% of american families actively are involved in our military forces. let's go once again to retired army major general bob scales. he is a fox news military analyst. and general scales, yes, it is america's longest war and

soldiers, say lores, marines, airmen are still fighting and dying there in afghanistan. what do you say to their families today? >> well, you know the president said we're going to turn a page, i remember that. i just hope we don't. i came back from a war when the nation turned a page. we've got, in the last 10 years of war, tens of thousands of young men and women who have scars that will never heal. pptsd. brain injuries, serious wounds and maimings. dysfunctional relationships with their families, alcohol and drug abuse. 800,000 veterans are still waiting to be processed through the va. when the last soldier gets on a plane and flies out of bagram air force base, this isn't over, jon. jon: and americans need to stand ready to help those

people deal with some of the after effects of this very long war. >> absolutely. our generation, our view was, we'll suck it up and drive on and get back to civilian life. i served one tour in vietnam. listen to the president. some were on their fifth tour. can you imagine that? five years out of your life out of the last 10 in a combat zone in one of the regions of the world that is clearly the most inhospitable place you can imagine. i've been to afghanistan and iraq. yet continuously they go back. they live the families behind. their relationships crumble. they come home and get ready to do it again. we can't ignore that. we just can't simply walk away and as the president suggests, turn a page. i will never turn a page and i know you won't either. let's be, let's honor the dead by making sure we as a nation take care of the living. it is a small minority of our population and they deserve a lot better than they're getting now in many ways, jon. jon: general bob scales, fox

news military analyst. profound thoughts from you, general, on this memorial day. thank you for sharing those. >> thank you, jon. jon: we'll return with memorial day coverage in just a moment. money, and i avoid frustration. you'll find reviews on home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. you want to be sure the money you're about to spend is money well spent. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle.

uma: welcome back, everybody. well, it has been 40 years since the historic vietnam pow dinner was held at the white house. times have changed but the spirit of those soldiers who survived capture is still strong. now that spirit on full display in california as 200 of those people reunited friday to trade stories and commemorate the 40th anniversary of an event they say they will never forget. william la jeunesse has more from the nixon presidential library. >> reporter: their waist may

be a bit thicker and hairlines are thinner, but 40 years can't take away from the love p.o.w.'s have for each other and country. renewal at the nixon presidential library for an historic dinner in review of that special event 40 years ago. >> this is cool. >> reporter: the aviators were shot down over vietnam and held captive in hanoi until freed early 1973. their return home along with other american p.o.w.'s symbolized the end of the war. >> we represented the only tangible victory coming out of vietnam in the eyes of the american people. i was in table d. >> i was over here somewhere. >> it was entertainer sammy davis, jr.'s idea to have a big celebration. >> said to the president, you ought to have a big party for them. wouldn't it be nice if you have all the p.o.w.'s at the white house dinner. >> reporter: with nearly 1300 guests it was the

largest ever white house dinner a huge tent covered the south you lawn. bob hope was master of ceremonies. john wayne spoke. the heroes were given unusual access inside the house. >> what do you suppose is in this door? >> i don't know. >> it was president nixon's study. and he was sitting behind the desk. and we walked in, oh, my god. he said, you know, it is okay, boys. that's all right. i'll be down there in a minute. you just go right ahead. we're just, oh, my god. we walked in on the president, you know report or the for many the highlight of the evenings with the singing of god bless america led by the man who wrote the tune, irving berlin. >> my wife talks about that to this day. she was standing there, tears flowing down her face. she talks about that to this day. >> that song always gets me playing at ballgames. >> yeah. >> that song is more emotional than the star spank he will abouted banner. ♪ .

>> reporter: emotions were full friday night too. everyone appreciated hearing from president nixon's daughter, tricia. keynote note speaker ross perot, who long before running for president led the way fighting for p.o.w.'s. ♪ . the men in the pow chorus who originally sang in the prisons of hanoi and then the white house gave a special performance. ♪ . [applause] yorba linda, california, william la jeunesse. fox news. uma: such an amazing and touching story. many of those soldiers spent years in captivity in honor of their service and sacrifice. an exhibit featuring the original vietnam pow dimmer will be on display at the nixon presidential library and museum until labor day. jon: a motorcycle club in tennessee remembering fallen soldiers on this memorial

day weekend. thousands of members participating in the annual thunder ride yesterday. kicking off with a multigenerational ceremony to honor those who died serving our country. >> i love it. >> i cried. i'm not going to lie. i'm a grown man but i get a tear. he is understanding what this is all about and he knows at he have he is years old, that he is taught, it's the gentlemen and the ladies and everyone that fights for our count to keep him free, and keep me free. >> the 60-mile thunder ride wrapped up with a wreath laying ceremony at veterans overlook on clinch mountain. i was at arlington cemetery a couple memorial days ago and the big thunder ride descends on washington, d.c. was going on. i'll tell you what, you have never seen that many motorcycles in one place. uma: i actually had the pleasure of seeing it. it is amazing. jon: it is an absolutely incredible site. many good ol' american made harleys.

boy those are patriots who love this country and show their patriotism on two wheels, sometimes three. uma: they take it very seriously. some other stories we'll be following today. a surprising revelation. one of the suspects in the london terror attack that was arrested was arrested years before the alleged crime. how did he end up free? a live report from the u.k. straight ahead. and new reaction to the irs scandal. after the tax agency targeted conservative groups. will the american people get the answers they deserve? [ larry ] younow throughout history,

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jon: a powerful republican now calling for a special prosecutor in the irs political profiling scandal while another member of his party says not so fast. go in depth. plus, how the defense bolstered its theory that the victim actually pulled the trigger. and new concerns this memorial day about our soldiers returning from battle. a fox news investigation into the increased use of powerful psychiatric drugs on our veterans and the impact those drugs are having. ♪ ♪ jon: some new fallout to tell you about in the justice department's snooping scandal. i'm jon scott. >> welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i'm uma.

concerns now about a conflict of interest after president obama says he wants attorney general eric holder to investigate his own department's policy on leaks and the news made ya. -- media. this especially troubling after revelations that holder actually signed off on the search warrant for fox news reporter james rosen even though just days before holder told the house judiciary committee that he wasn't involved. doug mckelway is joining us now live in washington with more on this, doug? >> reporter: tavern, uma. not -- afternoon, uma. he was actively involved in discussions about it. that after holder told a congressional panel on may 15th that the potential prosecution of the press is not something, quote: i've ever been involved in. an apparent contradiction. and james rosen's being named a co-conspirator is leading some republicans to call for an independent counsel to investigate the department of justice. >> following the very person

that authorized the two things that we are very aware of today to investigate whether or not he did that appropriately is inappropriate. >> well, this would be a good time to have a special counsel come forward or some independent group to look at it. james rosen is a lot of things, but a criminal co-conspirator he is not. >> reporter: democrats are less enthusiastic for special counsel, sensing that these conflicts that pit national security on the one hand and protecting freedom of the other are not uncommon. >> what is the government to do if, in fact, that disclosure could endanger our military forces or those who are cooperating with us to fight terrorism? it is a constant tension between the government and our freedoms under the civil rights -- under the bill of rights that we see playing out in both the associated press case and this fox case. >> reporter: democratic senator chuck schumer of new york says he'll be announcing a new bipartisan piece of legislation that sets up a

shield to protect journalists when national security and the first amendment issues collide. >> and if we can set up these rules, i think we'll avoid the morass. you always need set rules and an independent arbiter. we have neither now. >> reporter: schumer says that senate majority leader harry reid has promised to bring that legislation to the floor as quickly as possible. uma, back to you. uma: doug mckelway in washington, thank you very much. jon: breaking developments now in last week's bloody terror attacks on the streets of london. authorities just arrested another suspect. the tenth person taken into custody since the gruesome murder of a young british soldier in broad daylight. greg talcott is keeping tabs on all of the developments live from london. greg? >> reporter: hey, jon. police have been calling this a fast-moving investigation. it continues very much on fast forward. today's arrest comes after several days of continuous house searches and investigations trout the area of -- throughout

the area of london and beyond where the incident occurred. the person arrested today arrested on suspicious of conspiracy to murder many that brutal hacking death last week of the young british soldier. four people are now being held, including the two suspected attackers. others are out on bail. this as we are getting more information about the main suspect. it turns out that michael -- the one you remember with the knife and the machete in his bloody hands -- was picked up, according to a variety of reports, in africa three years ago under suspicion of trying to join the al-qaeda-linked al-shabaab terror group in somalia and then, apparently, he was deported, sent back to the u.k. and allowed to just operate freely in the u.k. after that time, raising a lot of questions as you can imagine about authorities here and how they have handled these suspects, whether something could have been prevented. in this amid more violent fallout from the incident. two people are now under arrest

after fire bombs and bricks were thrown at a mosque in a northeastern england city last night. several mosques can be attacked. there have been a lot of anti-islam attacks including a noisy one today in the center of london. this as a more positive outpouring of grief and emotion is being seen at the scene of the killing. yesterday the family of the slain soldier, lee rigby, traveled down from where they live in central england. they wanted to see where it all happened. nearby the barracks where he was posted, wanted to see the bouquets, mountains of flowers as well as messages as well. it is a holiday weekend here as well, but there is no break in the emotion, the passion and the questions. jon, 500 police officers are attached now to this probe. back to you. jon: wow. greg talcott in london, thank you. uma: there's new information on mounting tensions across the middle east from the civil war in syria. an investigation underway right now after at least four people

were injured in the suburbs of beirut, lebanon, controlled by hezbollah. conor powell is joining us live from jerusalem with more. >> reporter: the syrian civil war appears to be rapidly spilling across the border into lebanon n. the past few days we've seen pro and anti-assad supporters battling it out, and today rockets fired in a suburb of beirut. the most recent rockets struck just hours after the militant leader vowed that hezbollah would continue to support the syrian president bashar assad no matter, quote, the cost. supporters have been fighting alongside government forces there. several reports say that hezbollah has taken heavy casualties there, though it's impossible to confirm that. hezbollah's support for as a sad and -- assad appears to be sparking violence across lebanon. lebanese politicians are calling for calm. the fear of all-out sectarian

violence seems to be increasing. the spread of violence has israel, the united states and other countries in the region extremely nervous. israel has moved tanks and antimissile systems to its northern border to watch what's going on in syria and lebanon. today there was a nationwide emergency drill, uma, across the country here in israel. it happens a lot here, but it has certainly taken on a more level of importance here with the growing tensions in lebanon and the continued violence in syria. uma? uma: all right, conor, thank you very much for that update. jon: a high-profile manslaughter trial enters its final phase leaving the jury to decide whose hand was on the trigger when the gun went off, the defendant seen here, karen kelly, or the victim, her boyfriend. plus, bombshell developments concerning one controversy plaguing the white house as a top republican calls for a special prosecutor to investigate the irs scandal.

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how vast was it, who was involved, this really does call for a special counsel. jon: let's talk about it with jamie weinstein. the calls are not universal on capitol hill, there are a couple of democrats who have suggested special counsel might be necessary, but there are many democrats and some republicans who don't necessarily like the idea. what's going to tip the balance? >> well, you know, there are some republicans, as you said, who don't like the idea at least right now. for instance, darrell issa, the head of the oversight committee, and some of the other members on the committee and other committees that are investigating this still believe that they can do some good work in looking into what went on there, and they think their committee is proper channel. some republicans are also worried that it's eric holder who gets to choose who the prosecutor is in a special counsel. so they don't know if he would make the best judgment on who is the person to investigate this. so there are concerns on the republican side. but i think there's going to be

limits to what these committees can do. you see all the panelists so far coming forward not answering questions saying they don't remember, pleading the fifth. while these hearings can be rather entertaining, i'm not so sure how much they're going to get us, and eventually i think you're going to need a special prosecutor. jon: but, you know, darrell issa, for instance, the republican chairman of the oversight committee who wants to hold more hearings with his own committee, one of the dangers there republicans seem to fear is that, you know, they may get blamed with conduct ago political what might be -- conducting what might be seen as a political witch hunt whether there are valid points. if it becomes seen as partisan, it could backfire for the republican party. >> it certainly could and, you know, i think even darrell issa -- although i have no idea -- i imagine as time goes on he, too, would be open to a special prosecutor if he realized the limits of his committee. and especially if, you know, he

started hearing from leadership that it looks like these things are just looking political to the public, and you're not really getting anything from them. so i think at the end of the day that's what the congress is going to need to call for. they can't appoint it themselves. they're going to have to get the justice department to appoint it. so you're going to have to get the administration to agree or the attorney general to agree that a special prosecutor's necessary. jon: well, and then senator graham has suggested that he thinks the white house itself is sort of intertwined in this irs scandal pretty hard, potentially, for the white house to investigate itself if eric holder is choosing the special prosecutor. >> but at the end of the day i don't think there's a way at least i know around it. there used to be a statute that appointed ken starr up until 1999 and it expired in which you would have an independent committee or panel do it. but there is no statute for that right now. so the person to appoint it would be eric holder at this point. jon: right. >> so you would have to hope the public pressure is so much that

he would feel the need to appoint someone beyond blemish. jon: and then there's senator max baucus, he doesn't like the idea of a potential counsel atil counsel, but isn't he one of those who wrote to the irs and urged them to start investigating some of these conservative groups? >> with he certainly was. he asked the irs to look into conservative groups. he didn't ask them to look into conservative groups at the expense of looking at anything else or only target them specifically, but maybe that was the sense the irs got from people like max baucus and other democrats who hammered them to look into tea party groups. i think that, ultimately, as i said, a special prosecutor is needed not only to look at that, but also to look at some of these individuals like frank vannedder salute, romney supporters, who were targeted by the president's campaign and ultimately subjected to two irs audits and another audit from the labor d.. so i think the special president is needed to look at the vast

panoply of things the irs is being accused of doing and politicizing in the last couple of years. jon: yeah. and everyone in washington needs to remember that the pendulum always swings. while democrats may hold much of the power on capitol hill right now, there could come a time when everything reverses, and, you know, they may want to think about that as they decide whether or not the irs has been abusing its power here. >> right. and we're talking about an agency with so much immense power, and, you know, many americans fear the idea of an audit, so i think we have to know. and i think it's in the administration's interests to know especially if there's no untoward behavior there that what went on and how to correct it. so i think that it should be an interest of the administration if they have nothing to hide. jon: good point. jamie weinstein from the daily caller, thank you. uma: we're going to shift gears and take you to court. karen kelly on trial for fatally shooting her boyfriend, but the defense claims he pulled the trigger. how they bolstered their theory

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uma: welcome back, everybody. a high-profile trial winding down right now in florida with the prosecution set to call its final witnesses in the manslaughter case against karen cel kelley. at issue, whose hand was on the trigger when that gun went off, although kelley did not take the stand. her defense team scored some points before it rested from testimony that the boyfriend had threatened to kill himself before. joining us now with some thoughts on all this, john, criminal defense attorney along with aaron shore who is former prosecutor. excuse me. now i've got it right. gentlemen, great to have you here. let's talk for a moment about

the fact that the defense managed to sore some point -- score some points with the fact that, it was introduced that her boyfriend had tried to kill himself before. what do you think about that? >> you know, it's certainly a relevant fact, and it should have been admitted, but it was a long time ago, and i don't think it will undermine the problem the defense has which is that this defendant has given multiple versions of events from saying it was an accident to saying she shot him in self-defense to now implying that the defendant shot himself. and this evidence from several years ago that he threatened to kill himself, that's really not going to solve her problem, but it is something the defense can use to argue their point to the jury. uma: they're arguing that there was, you know, a struggle and that the gun accidentally -- did not -- she did not, you know, pull the trigger, that the gun accidentally went off and he killed himself. dan, what do you think about that argument? >> when she called t 913 originally, she concern 911

originally, they were thugging over it saying it was self-defense, they were also implying that he shot himself. they could go with their herely of the -- theory of the case, but they still have all these other theories, and that's going to be a problem for her credibility. uma: john, what are your thoughts on this, the fact that the defense is seeing this as something that is a positive given a very tough situation? >> well, look, uma, allegations and suspicions are not enough to convict anybody. in america you need beyond a reasonable doubt which is the highest level of certainty required under the law. and that's what the defense should be doing, it should be putting pressure on the prosecution to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. there are several problems in this case. the first problem is you have one medical examiner that's saying that the gun was one inch from the boyfriend's face which would be more corroborating evidence that this may have been something that the boyfriend did, that he picked up the gun, that he put it against his cheek, and it corroborates that

think the 2006 commitment, the voluntary commitment in which he also tried to kill himself. so, again, that alone may be reasonable doubt for the jurors to hang their hat on. uma: i want you to listen to a tape i want to call up right now of caryn when she was arrested that night as she talks about what happened. let's listen. >> you're stupid if you leave, and he came back, and i said go back in the house. i mean, i asked, you know, i have a weapon, and you know i'm going to use it, and you're coming in my house -- [inaudible] wake up in the middle of the night, and someone's in my house. uma: well, there you have it, john. how do you rate that video in and of itself, and what does it tell you about the defendant here. >> it's problematic, uma, because you have the telephone call to 911 saying that the

boyfriend clearly died, in her opinion, and when in in the pole officers come, she asks them in that video, is he okay, is he going to make it, so it's inconsistent. there's anish sure as to whether or not -- an issue as to whether or not she's embellishing her intoxication levels. it's not allegations or suspicions. i hate to go back to that, but it clearly is about reasonable doubt. can the prosecution prove that she killed him either through the heat of passion or through some other sort of theory, and the problem is i would say, no, because there isn't enough evidence specifically circumstantial or forensic evidence that points to her guilt at this point. uma: dan, i want to get your reaction to that video and also that she told the court she was simply too emotional to testify on her behalf. >> right. that video and other prior statements from the defendant undermine the defense argument now that he shot himself and that the prior suicide threat is relevant to him trying to kill himself now in their theory.

because they've said other things in the past. as far as her not testifying, she doesn't have the -- she doesn't have to testify. she has the right to be silent, but to say she didn't testify because she was too emotional seems very strange because she's on trial for manslaughter. she's going to go away to prison for a long time, and of course she's going to be emotional, but you would think that she would testify if she thought it was in her legal interest to do so. but she doesn't have to, and she has the right to remain silent. uma: all right, gentleman, we shall see what lies ahead, and we will get more reaction as more events unfold in this case. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. jon: well, there's a growing medical concern for our troops on this memorial day. the military might be relying too much on powerful psychiatric drugs. the consequences can be deadly in some cases. part one of a fox series next on this day as we honor our fallen heroes. >> my name is sergeant --

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jon: on this memorial day, fox news investigates how the u.s. military is increasingly turning to powerful psychiatric drugs to treat both soldiers and veterans, sometimes mixing multiple medications, drug combinations that can lead to devastating consequences. doug las kennedy with our series on drugging the american soldier. >> reporter: marine corporal andrew white survived the war in iraq in 2005. >> temper tantrums, tremors. >> reporter: unfortunately, says his father stanley, he could not survive the drug cocktail prescribe today him by his caregivers at the department of veterans' affairs. >> once they treat you for ptsd, the first line of treatment seems to be a series of medications, we call them lethal cocktails. and if it doesn't work, they increase the dosage, give you more and more and more. >> reporter: andrew was

prescribed 19 different medications from the va and was on five drugs for insomnia when he accidentally died in his sleep in 2011. a cocktail that included the antidepressant paxil, the antianxiety klonopin and seroquel. >> it's inexcusable to be giving our vets multiple cocktails. they do no good, they do huge harm. >> reporter: peter is a psychiatrist who says the va and military's use of cocktails is verging on criminal. >> we now know that exposure to multiple drugs over a period of months or years leads to disability. >> reporter: and, he says, at least a suicide and accidental death. still, between 2005 and 2011 the military and va went on a spending spree with psychoactive medication, increasing prescriptions by a whopping

682%, an increase which this military spokesman defens. >> what might be appropriate in addition to giving a drug in addition to giving a medicine that helps with the anxiety for a little while. and then when the anxiety goes away but the depression hasn't still quite may want to think about using another medication. >> reporter: the military says the use of drug cocktails is safe if used as prescribed. what do you say? >> i do not agree. there's no research available that we know of that says multiple drugs are safe. >> reporter: unfortunately, he says his son was a guinea pig for what he called psych drug experiments. in charleston, west virginia, douglas kennedy, fox news. uma: turning now to some politics, right now a special election just weeks ago pitting a seasoned lawmaker against a political newcomer, and some

wonder if an upset could be in the works. voters in massachusetts will be picking a new senator to fill the seat of john kerry. the faceoff is between ed markey who has been in congress since 1976 and gabriel gomez, a successful businessman and former navy seal. gomez hopes he can pull off a scott brown-style surprise in the bay state. chief political correspondent carl cameron is joining us now live from washington with more about this faceoff. carl? >> reporter: well, uma, it's an awfully short race, and particularly in massachusetts on this memorial day where there is sort of a special appreciation for those who sacrifice in the war on terror given the recent boston marathon bombing, this race is getting very, very nasty, and there's now exactly four weeks from tomorrow for it to play out, and then comes the vote. in the last few weeks, it's gotten personal and nasty. ed markey, the 20-term congressman from massachusetts, about 7 miles due north of boston, has a small lead in the

polls and should have a big advantage in the bay state where registered democrats outnumber republicans, get this, nearly 10 to 1. the gop candidate is gabriel gomez, a latino businessman, went to harvard business school, former military pilot and a navy seal, and he's been trashing markey for this add which links gomez's opposition to the president's failed gun bill to the mass shooting that recently took place in connecticut. watch. >> i don't believe we need to do an assault weapon ban. >> and gomez is against banning high capacity magazines like the ones used in the newtown school shooting. >> reporter: markey also released a web video with a photo of gomez adjacent to usama bin laden, and gomez, who takes his service and national security very seriously, has slammed back hard. watch. >> dirty ed markey. smearing gabriel gomez comparing him to bin laden? now markey actually blames gomez for the newtown shooting. >> reporter: well, markey doesn't literally blame gomez

for the attacks, and now gomez is under fire for calling markey, quote, pond scum last week. lots of name calling. the election is four weeks from tomorrow. markey's up about seven points. for a republican to be competitive at this point is an achievement in massachusetts, arguably the most liberal state in the country, and it's a sign that it's going to go right down to the wire with lots of slugging along the way. uma: i know massachusetts well, i know politics can get down and dirty there, but this race looks like a particularly tough fight and dirty one. >> reporter: you've got it. uma: thank you, carl, appreciate it. jon: well, with no end in sight to the scandals plaguing the white house right now and a top republican calling for a special prosecutor in the irs case, one columnist says liberal media bias is taking on a dangerous new form. our "news watch" panel weighs in with reaction, next. ♪ ♪ [ indistinct conversations ]

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jon: well, "happening now" with sevel scandals dogging the white house, a column caught our eye. here's an excerpt. he writes:

jon: let's get some reaction from tho our -- to that from our "news watch" panel. jim pinkerton is a writer for the american conservative magazine and a fox news contributor, alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show and author of "tank the liberals for saving america and why you should." a new and dangerous level, jim? >> well, it -- what was said in that piece is, of course, what kirsten powers has been saying as well. she's a democrat who worked in the clinton administration, and she said, listen, you know, there might have been media bias back then, but bill clinton certainly got clobbered a lot of the time by the liberal media. chris matthews would routinely attack clinton. and, of course, now her point is, and i agree, that it's changed substantially, and the media are much more in lockstep with president obama than any other democratic president i could think of.

jon: somehow, i think alan sees it differently. >> you must be psychic. i think it's, to me, just patently absurd. you had a media that pushed the iraq war when bush was in power, you have a left-wing that's very upset about guantanamo still being open, about drone attacks, about civil liberties, and i don't see the marriage between the media and what the administration's doing on the left as much as jim does. and the writer, of course, who is a conservative writer. jon: well, there are a bunch of left-leaning organizations that have been pushing the idea that the irs deserved to go after the tea party and that the tea party deserved the kind of scrutiny -- >> they have to go after any of these 501c4 organizations. and by the way, 298 organizations they went after, only a handful, about 72 or so, were tea party groups. a number were progressive groups. not as many, and there were other groups that had no ideological affiliation, but they should go after all of these groups and granted them

that 501c4 status when they didn't deserve it. >> alan, 72 is more than a handful. >> out of 298? >> well, that's a quarter. that's a big number. look, i don't think anybody except perhaps you and maybe the people funded by the george soros -- [laughter] media consortium think that the irs was anything -- >> oh, i don't think it was even handed. let me be clear, i don't think that. >> news busters did a terrific piece in which the members of this media consortium were counted up which have gotten $14 million from george soros, and not surprisingly, you know, they're doing and saying everything that the obama administration and the irs and soros himself would want them to do which is to say that there's no -- the only scandal here, they're saying, is that the irs wasn't tough enough. >> the right wing has been -- >> tea party groups and so on. >> the right wing has been frothing at the mouth for a

so-called scandal ever since obama's been in office, and now you want to tie george soros to it. "the washington post" called the targeting of conservative groups appalling. i agree with that. "the new york times" said there was a serious mistake made with focus on groups with tea party in their name. i think the times and post were exactly right to say this is appalling, and seriously wrong. jon: but then you've -- >> i i've read, and so does elijiah cummings, the leading democrat on the investigation committee. there's plenty of democrats and liberals who are horrified by what the irs does. people who are on the soros payroll, oddly enough, are kind of happy with it. jon: yeah. when you read down the list, the center for american progress, propublica, mother jones, all of these organizations got huge donations from george soros, you know, totaling up to the millions of dollars -- >> do you think george soros dictated to them what they should say about this? i don't work for george soros, by the way, i want to make full and open disclosure.

again, now we're trying to drag george soros into this scandal? jon: well, it is pretty interesting that all of those organizations suggested that the irs has done nothing wrong -- >> all right. well, then show me, show me that somehow they're taking direction from soros in terms of editorializing on the irs scandal. >> they're getting paid by him. >> show me the link between what they're saying here and getting paid. we have no evidence of that. >> soros is a far-left democrat who likes obama and, oddly enough, people on his payroll are saying -- but, listen, the more interesting issue here is as is pointed out in this piece is that among the groups getting funded are "the washington post" which is not part of the soros consortium said, oh, they're a good government group. democracy 21, they're a left-wing advocacy group, but that's where the bias comes in. it bleeds over from soros hirelings to the mainstream media in general when they say they're just nice people. >> jim, do you think these tea

party groups that are clearly political in nature and are not, quote-unquote, public service organizations deserve this special tax-exempt status from the u.s.? jon: alan, what about the president's half brother opened that 501c4 organization, the barack h. obama foundation. does that deserve tax-free status? >> i don't think any of them do. i'm not defending targeting conservative groups. i think it is appalling, but let's be fair and balanced and point out that a small percentage of those groups were tea party groups, some of them were liberal groups and many nonpartisan groups targeted as well. jon: well -- >> alan -- jon: go ahead. >> alan, your math is way off here. the statistics on the bias including their own statements, alan, we're talking about something the irs has already admitted to. >> i agree. >> they admitted that they targeted tea party groups. >> i agree. >> you can't deny -- >> i'm not denying it. how many times do i have to say it was appalling?

do you want me to write it out for you in blood? >> but you then say in the next -- >> i'm pointing out that of 298 groups, 13 were patriot groups, according to the inspector general. that's all i'm pointing out, and it wasn't a majority of tea party groups. jon: but if groups that have tea party in the name or good government or, you know, constitutional instruction, if that is the keyword that they were looking for, that's pretty telling. >> i agree with you, it's wrong. how many times -- i agree with you. jon: all right. >> you won't take yes for an answer. jon: i will. >> the point is the issue is not what alan thinks, the it's how the mainstream media portray this, and they continue to portray this oftentimes as something legitimate. msnbc, every show is -- except for morning joe -- is saying that the irs did the right thing. that's where the bias comes in. jon: all right. >> you mentioned a bunch of not mainstream media web sites, i

mentioned "the washington post" and the times who say this is wrong. >> except they then calls democracy 21 a good government group. jon: we're going to have to leave it there. >> jim and i are going to lunch, we'll keep arguing. jon: all right. thank you both. uma: coming up, a very special google to do can l calls "coming home." it's the winner of the search engine's annual context. the teen artist behind it plus her soldier father. they're going to be joining us live next. the story so wonderful, you'll want to hear it. ♪ ♪ hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief!

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uma: the artwork that appears on the search engine's home page. the one last thursday was actually the winner of google's annual doodle contest. the theme of the contest was to draw my best day ever, and teen artist sabrina brady won the contest for her drawing of her reunion with her father after his deployment in iraq. father and daughter are joining us now, welcome to the post of you. >> hi. >> thank you. uma: sabrina, congratulations to you. i know this was a very emotional moment for you when you were 10 years old. that was the best day ever, so you decided to doodle that as part of the contest winner. >> yes, most definitely. i knew right away what i wanted to do, so -- uma: why was that so important to you? >> um, well, i lost my dad during a critical point in my life, i guess you could say. every little girl has their daddy period, and he left in the middle of mine. so i definitely missed him.

uma: dad, what was it like to know that this particular doodle captured so many people's hearts? i mean, it was a national contest, thousands of people entered this contest, and your daughter's drawing was selected. it must be very emotional for you too. >> it was. when they announced that she was the wisconsin state winner and google came to our little hometown, when i saw the doodle blown up in a big 8x4 foot billboard, yeah, that was a flashback to the memories and emotions. uma: because you were there for 18 months, and it was back in 2004, 2005, did i understand it? >> yes, ma'am. uma: when you came back. i know you get a big scholarship prize, sabrina. tell us more about how you're going to use that money. >> well, i'm going to the minneapolis college of art and design. it's a private school, so it definitely helps for college. uma: you get $30,000. not a bad deal. >> nope. [laughter] uma: all right. congratulations again. it's a very simple and wonderful

drawing. we wish you all the best and especially lovely to know that all this has come together on this memorial day. >> thank you so much. uma: all the best. >> thank you. uma: we're going to take a break and come back after this. stay with us. [ jackie ] its just so frustrating... ♪ the middle of this special moment and i need to run off to the bathroom. ♪ i'm fed up with always having to put my bladder's needs ahead of my daughter. ♪ so today, i'm finally talking to my doctor about overactive bladder symptoms. [ female announcer ] know that gotta go feeling? ask your doctor about prescription toviaz. one toviaz pill a day significantly reduces sudden urges and accidents, for 24 hours. if you have certain stomach problems or glaoma, or can not empty your bladd, you should not take toviaz. get emergency medical help right away if your face, lips, throat or tongue swells.

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just remembering all the things that happened and all the sacrifices we have made and all the great situations that happened to this country. i think it's great to, a moment to sit back and understand where we come from. our humble beginning and what people have sacrificed to our country. their sacrifices and families and thank the families as well

they did what they did. >> jon: travis mills is one amazing soldier. we're going to have more on his recovery a little later on. >> uma: very courageous soul. >> jon: we have that story about the american woman who was rescued by a navy seal team in africa. we weren't able to bring that to you today because of the events at arlington. >> uma: we thank you so much for joining us. >> jon: america live starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> a day for somber reflection, events being held all over the country to honor our brave

veterans this memorial day. welcome to america live everybody. i'm gregg jarrett. >> clearly we say thanks, i'm jamie colby. good to be with you. take a look at these, these are live pictures from the national vietnam veterans memorial. an event is about to get underway that will honor the men and women of the vietnam war. and pearl today president obama was at tomb of the unknowns at arlington. a senior white house foreign affairs wendall goler joining us live from the white house. >> reporter: at a time when the old volunteer army and fewer deaths in afghanistan mean fewer americans being touched by the war he called on all americans to remember the sacrifices still being made in their name. he are placed a wreath at tomb of the unknown and told the stories of men