. >> julie: from the nation's capital to the front lines in afghanistan, it is a busy night of news, folks and we've got it covered. i'm julie banderas and we're live as fox reports tonight. he disappeared at the dawn of the first gulf war. an american airman lost behind enemy lines, but now, the mystery surrounding the fate of captain scott speicher is finally over. >> they were overjoyed and yes, sad at the same time, but the children won't have to wonder the rest of their lives if their father is alive. >> julie: plus, into the flames. it's one of the world's most beautiful places and tonight, it is burning. tonight in intensifying

diplomatic efforts to learn the fate of three americans iran say it arrested. using the contact in the foreign ministry on behalf of the u.s. america cutting all diplomatic ties with iran since the 1979 government revolution and overthrow. that leaving the state department dependent on switzerland to obtain any information possible about the american's status. 24 hours have passed since we first told you about their disappearance and no one has heard from them during that time. the three exploring norp iraq's scenic and relatively secure kurdish region. two men and one women wandering across the border in iran's c d kurdistan province. not realizing they crossed the invisible line until the guards surrounded them. we'll update you as they come into the news room. a military family getting some

closure today. the u.s. military found and identified the remains after pilot who disappeared 18 years ago. navy captain michael scott speicor was the first american loss in the 1991 persian gulf war. his plane was shot down the first night of the conflict. there was speculation he may have survived the landing and taken into captivity. thanks to tips from iraqi citizens and forensic tests the navy identified his remains and we're told he did not survive that crash ap was buried by locals. president george h.w. bush spoke about the then lieutenant commander during his 1992 state of the union. >> a few days after the war began, i received a telegram in joanne s pchpeicher, the wife oe first lieutenant killed in the gulf. even in her grief she wanted me to know that some day, when her children were old enough. she would tell them that their

father went away to war because it was the right thing to do. and she said it all. it was the right thing to do. >> julie: the pilot was promoted to captain during his disappearance and even awarded the purple heart. laura ingle with the news here in the studio with us, hi, laura. >> hi, when the captain's fighter jet was shot down his two children back at home in the u.s. were toddlers. now they're college age, they alon with his wife and family members finally have an answer to the nearly two decade old question about his fate. they recovered bones and schedu skeletal fragments that positively identified the missing navy captain by matching a jaw bone and navy records. and he was shot down january 18th 1991, his aircraft was hit by an iraqi surface to air missile and crashed during operation desert storm. today, his family released a statement that reads in part, we thank the active duty men and women whose diligence made this happen and hope this is process

prevented another one of our servicemen and women from being left behind. we will miss him and we'll never forget. his family in florida kept the pressure on military investigators for years after the department of defense continued to change its status after his plane went down. first he was listed as killed and then changed to missing in action and then missing captured. disappointing letdowns followed false leads offer the years included the discovery of what some believe were his initials scratched into a wall inside an iraqi prison. florida senator bill nelson helped lead the charge to find anticipates and even went to the prison to investigate the finding. the democratic senator spoke with fox news today and says there were mistakes made when the captain vanished. >> we walked away from a downed pilot. he was declared dead mistakenly in a press conference the next morning after the first night of the gulf war and so, a search and rescue mission was not launched at early light the next

morning. >> the top u.s. commander in iraq extended condolences to the family and hopes today they can find sol lays in his dig nighed a nighed-- dignified return home. the navy used the dental records to identify his remains. one of the four general methods investigators use and the others visual recognition, fingerprints and of course, dna analysis. and as we celebrate the return of the captain, we're reminded of tens of thousands of servicemen and women missening action. 1,737 military paeersonnel stil unaccounted for from southeast asia from the vietnam war and 39 military aircraft and one civilian shot down during the cold war and 125 crew members are still missing. 8,055 still missing from the korean war and today, more than 78,000 americans remain

unaccounted for from world war ii. well, an extremely violent month for our brave men and women in uniform fighting in another theater. afghanistan. july marking the deadliest month for u.s. troops in the country since the war started eight years ago. 43 americans killed last month and august off to a bad start. today, three u.s. troops killed in an ambush in the eastern part of the country and just yesterday, three other americans killed by roadside bombs while on patrol in the southern province of kandahar and a history shows violence always intensifies in the summer. that's because militants are back and forth after limiting their activities during the long winter months. this summer the violence is much worse, first, because president obama increasing america's presence by 21,000 troops while green lighting a major offensive in the violent south, but improvised explosive devices or ied's are being used more orin and more effectively by the

enemy. all of this as there is increasingly public pressure in the united kingdom and scale back the role in the fight. for now i'm joined by the phone from london by chris walker, a correspondent global radio news. >> chris, we learned today of a critical report from the brits how the war is being waged. what can you tell us about that? >> yeah, it was a on old party committee. and the most critical report that has been yet. they attacked ministers for sending troops on an ill defined mission that's been undermined, they said, by poor planning and mission creep over the years, that means it was specific and in this case, as a former minister warned, the public here just won't tolerate a long deployment of british toops. he, mr. kim howell said i don't think anybody is going to waiver

wear the notion of us being in afghanistan 20 years and seeing this terrible drip, drip of casualties, deaths and funerals. i don't think, he added the public are up for it anymore, and his words reflect opinion polls that you hear and see in the papers and on the streets and it's suddenly become a major issue. we've lost, like i'm afraid july has the been a terrible month the worst for the brits since they went there in 2001, they've lost 22 soldiers, that has to be put in the context of we have ourselves a total of 9,000 men there. plus, the fact that there hasn't been driven home quite so heavily, but coming to light, the number of terrible injuries there have been. it was over 150 in the month, many people losing limbs and

worse. >> julie: all right, chris walker thank you for joining us on the phone from global radio news, thank you very much. well, the obama administration is moving full speed ahead on plans to shut down the guantanamo bay detention camp in cuba. there's actually talk of creating, get this, a courtroom inside a prison complex in the u.s. to deal with the suspected terrorists and the question comes back to thisment where do you put it and where do you put more than 200 inmates. well, one option on the list, the 134 year fort levin worth prison in kansas, and the plan is to close gitmo this january, but politicians from kansas on both side of the aisle say they don't want the prisoners anywhere near kansas. a bank teller stops an attempted heist and gets canned for it. >> i hoped maybe they'd give me a reprimand or a write-up, something like that, but not ended up in termination. >> julie: why his bank fired him for stopping the would-be robber. plus, four women, one man and a

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perform next. one person died and a woman described the experience of getting trapped in the rubble. >> next thing i know there's like concrete and like something on top of my back. i can't see a thing, all i'm doing is yelling for my sister. there's children on the deck with us. it was awful. i thought my life was literally ending because it was completely dark and black and a teenie hole i controlled through and it was probably, i don't know, 50 feet down i had to jump. it was a serious part of my life. >> julie: what a care scary phone call. the annual festival was scheduled to wrap up today. the judge ordered a psych example for the homeless man for the -- who brought a fake bomb into laguardia airport. thousands were evacuated from the main terminal. this happened at 5:30 in the morning. can you imagine. flights were delayed and traffic shut down. the terminal opened up a few hours later, but the flight

delays had a ripple effect across the country. and police say this is the man responsible. 32-year-old scott mcgan and say they he was acting crazy and they checked the bag. six people recovering from gunshot wounds after a shooting at a chicago church this weekend. mourners gathered outside the church for the funeral service when witnesses say a person walked up to a man on the sidewalk and placed a gun to his stomach and shot several times before firing into the crowd. >> they said they had no respect for the dead or for the living and it's also said they did it in front of a church. >> did it at a time when the church was-- people don't have respect for the house of god anymore, very tragic. >> julie: all of this during a funeral service. investigators say the funeral was for a gang member who died of a heart attack in a shooting is believed to be gang related. one victim in serious condition,

other five said to be in good condition and the gunman is still on the run this evening. a seattle bank teller foils a holdup and chases down and catches a would-be robber. sound heroic, right? get this, the bank decided to fire him. apparently, his actions violated security policies requiring tellers to obey robbers during a holdup and avoid confrontation. well, the bank teller who lunged at the robber after he demanded money, said instinct took over. >> if i allowed him to get away he would continue doing it, he could come back to our branch and go to another bank. >> julie: well, seattle police and fbi advise tellers not to confront robbers. still, some folks say the guy shouldn't have lost his job over it. >> maybe he shouldn't be the guy out front when the bank robbers come in, but he should still be able to work at the bank and helping. >> you actually endanger the rest of the people in the bank. i did security in the bank for a few years, it's not worth it.

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rule out a tax on the middle class to pay for your health care reform, what happens? js well, he's also arguing that controlling health care costs will be crucial to reducing the deficit. listen. >> a lot that can happen over time, but the priority right now, so it's never a good idea to absolutely rule things, rule things out no matter what. when a president has been completely clear on is that he is not going to pursue any of his priorities, not health care, not energy, nothing in ways that are primarily burdening middle class families. >> julie: meanwhile, treasury secretary tim geithner today with some positive economic predictions for the nation. he says there are scenes the recession is easing, even though it could be a while before the effects are felt on the jobs front. >> i think you're going to see first is growth turn positive. and then you're going to see the pace of job losses slow for--

they've slowed significantly as you've said. they're going to slow further and most private forecasters, let's use their judgment, suggest you're going to see unemployment start to come down in the second half of next year. >> julie: well, the second half of next year is a fairly long way off of course and geithner says in the meantime, the obama administration will work with congress on ways to extend unemployment benefits while jobs rema remain-- that news from geithner after a strong month for the markets. the dow had its best july in 20 years, up 8.6% on the month. now, investors placing big bets on the drawing out of the resomethings ap are they getting ahead of themselves. an editor at real clear markets.com. john, thanks so much for coming on the fox report tonight. do we expect the rally to ten? >> it's hard to say. i don't think there's a lot of good economic fundamentals that would drive the rally into the

future. i think what this really is is more relief rally. president obama had put through a health care plan not to mention cap and trade that we're both can be ownnerous on businesses and it's going to be apparent it's going to be difficult to pass them in the the way he wants them ap i think that markets are rallying based on the fact that there's going to be gridlock in washington and president obama will not get his way. >> stocks have been on a roll and many are thinking of jumping back into the stock market. the question, is it too late. >> there's good news and bad news and the good news is the big vaefrinvestor buying stocks usually through mutual funds buying for small investors. i don't see a big reason for it to continue for the simple reason that we still have not fixed the fundamental problem that caused the markets to be weak for quite some time and that's the dollar is incredibly

week. if you look at the 70's, we're somewhat repeating the 70's, unlike the 80's and 90's, we're doing the reverse right now and it's hard to be optimistic for the long-term. >> julie: how worried are you about inflation and could that end this rally in the market? >> i'm-- i've been worried about inflation for years. the government measures inflation are notorious ly laggi lagging and inaccurate. it's been historically the gold price, if you look since 2001. it's up over 250%. the dollar has weakened quite a bit and during periods like this when this happens, it's never good for stocks in the long-term because the inflation retards investors returns. >> julie: we want some advice. what's the best for timid investors. >> timid investors probably to say because the dollar is weakness probably want to be in hard assets, commodities like gold and oil, things like that and you're not going to hear this a lot one of the safest places to be is housing.

housing is one of the assets that's least harmed by inflation, housing does best in period when the dollar was weak which explains this decade and also explains why it boomed during the 70's. >> the housing market is improving, which is partially reason why the dow, perhaps, is feeling the effects. housing market. we've got to get that back up and hopefully, you know, it will soon. we certainly would like to see it here in new york city. you can't sell an apartment here in new york city, that never happens. thank you very much for talking to us. they certainly weren't laughing about it at the time. there's word that the two men around a center of a controversial arrest joking about it since then. henry lewis gates, jr. seen on this picture, if we can throw it up on the left-hand side, there is he is, saying that he and cambridge police sergeant james crowley on the right, found some humor over the incident during the meeting over their beer at the white house with the president. but, gates certainly not finding anything funny about the death and bomb threats he says he's received. we understand harvard even

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>> bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. a gulf war mystery comes to an end. missing navy pilot michael spiker's body has been found in iraq. his plane was shot down the first night of the gulf war and almost two decades his family waited for answer and now the family says there is finally closure. the cash for clunkers program is

running out of gas and fast and now the senate is in the driver's seat. the transportation secretary says the obama administration will suspend the popular program unless the senate agrees to another 2 billion dollars in funding. what are the odds of that happening? we've got a live report coming up later in the show. it's not the typical vacation you and i get. instead of a break from their bosses, and they're returning home, to get them. yeah, members of congress expecting to get an earful from their constituents this august recess, especially on health care and we've got some of the first footage that shows just how bad it could get for some lawmakers. caroline shively in live in washington with more. hi, caroline. >> hi to you, julie. a top senator and cabinet member got an earful from voters at a town hall. one of the first of many town halls across the country. listen to one woman talk to go health and human services security kathleen sebelius and

arlen specter today in philadelphia. >> i look at this health care plan, i see nothing that's about health and about care, what i see-- what i see is a bureaucratic nightmare, senator. medicaid is broke, medicare is broke, social security is broke and you want us to believe that a government that can't even run a cash for clunkers program is going to run 1/7 of our u.s. economy? no, sir, no. >> julie: feedback from constituents over the august recess could mean the key factor that shapes the trillion dollar health care reform bill out of congress. the house voted on the bill late friday and the senate finance won't get to it until after the recess next month. one of the issues that's fired up voters many lawmakers haven't actually read the health care bill and here is specter and sebelius on that. >> when you have a bill and we

have a lot of them arethat are thousand pages is to take my top staff and we divide up the bill, we have to make judgments very fast, we give about-- >> and the senate bill isn't written, so don't boo the senator for not reading a bill that isn't written. . >> julie: specter and sebelius faced plenty of cheers and boos at the event and there were also people who liked their anticipates. and sebelius say another town ha hall. >> julie: thank you very much. with the swine flu sale, the sale of skin sanitizers has jumped dramatically, but the f.d.a. says one brand can hurt you more than help you. we're talking about product, the f.d.a. say they contain harmful bacteria that can cause infections and u.s. marshals seized the clar conundrum

products after the utah company refused to destroy them. they made a million of these products, if you've got any, throw them away the f.d.a. says. when it comes to protecting your skin, you hear about how you need to stay out of the sun to prevent skin cancer, how do you get all of that vitamin d we need. our skin makes the vitamin naturally spending five minutes a day in the sun. not everyone spends that much time out and others are wearing sunscreen to prevent skin cancer, so what can we do? dr. jennifer walton of here in new york city is to try to help us out and my mom yelling at me don't spend too much time in the sun. parents are takeling that literally. very young people are deficient of vitamin d because of it. >> correct there's a growing body of scientific literature showing that many people are deficient in vitamin d because the primary source of vitamin d is when sunlight hits your skin, your skin makes it so we get a relatively small amount in our

diet and through suppleme supplementtation, with the urbanization of society and people staying indoors and being terrified of skin cancer, and wearing spf over 45 we're not getting enough vitamin d. >> julie: the elderly as well? >> the elderly as well. the skin doesn't make it as well as younger people do. >> julie: we know that vitamin d is very important for optimum bone and muscle health and can reduce the risk of cancer. >> well, actually more recent studies show that vitamin d can help prevent breast, prostate and help with pancreatic kacanc. we're thinking of increasing the daily vitamin d. helps with diabetes, weight control, even memory. >> julie: if sun is the chief source for vitamin d. how much time is recommended to spend time in the sun without it being too much or too little? >> well, always consult with your determine tolls first, but five to ten minutes at least two days a week can help with that.

if you need to talk to your doctor they may recommend supplementtation if you're at risk for skanz sthoo lead me to the next question. a lot of experts are reluctant to sprieb this especially for people who are in a category more at risk for cancer, cancer runs if the family. are there any foods perhaps we can ingest that will in a way sort of take the sun's place. >> absolutely, milk is fortified with vitamin d sips the 60's. cheeses, yogurts, cereals, healthy balanced diet and helping with weight control are going to up your levels of vitamin d. >> julie: we drink vitamin d. everybody is on refused 1%, 2%, skim milk. vd is good. >> it's an important point. people who take ally and other things can have less intestinal digestion. >> julie: thank you for joining ui'm going to get a tan. thank you. researchers in france discovered a new strain of the virus that causes aids.

this was found in a 62-year-old woman from an african nation of cameroon. she tested positive for hiv five years ago, usually associated with gorillas, just like the swine flu is usually found in pigs. now there's growing concerns this new strain could be circulating unnoticed in cameroon and elsewhere. dramatic new video of fires raging out of control in spain. take a look, this is amateur video shot. you can see the strong wind fanning the flames and forcing firefighters to retreat. the official on the canary eeled says that it started almost simultaneously, which is a sign they could have been started by people. more than 4,000 people forced to evacuate theyear and 50 homes destroyed so far and some 5,000 acres burned. well, he made the ultimate sacrifice jumping on a grenade to save fellow marines. a warship has been named in his memory. a world record attempt, probably safe to say you've probably

never tried. just two stops and we go across america. texas, smoke rising from a crowded flea market seen for miles. hundreds of shoppers evacuated after a fire breaks out in austin, the flames spreading quickly, more than 200 booths destroyed. the fire closing parts of a nearby highway as emergency crews responded to the scene and one firefighter treated for smoke inhalation, the cause is under investigation. nevada, this really stinks. a sewage line break wiping out a section after mountain highway near lake tahoe, crews patching up the 40-year-old pipe, but damage to the roads take longer to fix. the hazmat monitoring the local water supply. maine, a mother christening a warship named after her fallen son and a through american hero.

in 2004 marine corporal jason dunham jumping on a live grenade in iraq, saved two fellow marines, died eight days later from his injuries. the naval secretary saying that act of bravery worthy of the momentum honor. >> we're congratulagratified to this shape takes the name of one of the most courageous inspiring heroic marines to serve our nation in modern times. >> julie: dunham posthumusly given the medal of hoorp for his valor. washington, attempting to ride into the guinness book of world record backwards. danny rogers training hours a day for the last six months, riding on his bike on his handle bars backward. more than a borderline obsession. >> it's taken over my life. i want to be in the guinness book of world records. >> this weekend, rogers tried to break the record held by an australian since 1985. we're still awaiting the

official results and that's a fox watch across america. i had no idea somebody else shared my fafvorite hobby, whata coincidence. a man in wisconsin building a ten-seat hog. take a look at this. it's 24 feet long and has seven engines, some of which date back 100 years. . >> it's like a rolling history of harley davidson's engine 1909 to president they came out with the first v-twin and this reflects the first v-twin up through the new twin calm cam. >> julie: steve and nine passengers started the 900 mile ride to sturgis in south dakota this weekend for the annual rally. cash for clunkers ran out of cash in a meter of days, how much is this hurting or helping car dealers and manufacturers. you haven't seen anything until

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>> the cash for clunkers program was supposed to run through october, but burned through the budget after about a week. the house rushed to send a cash infusion to keep it dry and now it's up to the senate to approve the funding. cash for clunkers provides buyers up to $4500 toward a new fuel efficient vehicle in exchange for trading in a gas guzzler. so popular in fact that not only did the money run outment some car dealerships have been selling out, too. mary anne silber outside one such dealership in rozwell, georgia, how big a boost has this been to the auto industry?

>> well, judging by what happened at this dealership here today and talking to the general manager, it's been incrediblement he says that they have done six times what they would normally do on any given day since this program started, and today, they sold about 20 cars and said it's still more than double what they usually do. a lot of people bringing into the clunkers in the lot where they're keeping the cars until they can get them destroyed. they have to completely destroy the engine and sent off, i talked to a customer earlier who said he would not have come in here had it not been for this program. and also, the obama administration coming out with some figures, saying about 62% of the clunker trades so far are trucks and suv's, and judging by the parking lot you can definitely see that that's true. they've gotten a lot of suv's and some said gosh, they're in shape and part of the program is they have to be destroyed to get at that rebate and so far the obama administration says any money owed to any of the dealerships will be paid regardless whether the program is out of money. >> julie: and if the program is out of money, which it is, and they need 2 billion dollars in

order to keep it going and it's up to the senate. the question, do we expect the senate to approve the extra funding so that this program can g keep going? >> right now we've heard from a couple of senators, you know, john mccain said he has no intention of supporting it, but he didn't think the money should have been poured into this program in the first place so he's not going to support budget more money into it. we've heard from senator jim demint who said, everything else is going on. health care and the issues that they've got to deal with and about to go on break that they should wait and not add more money onto the deficit. so, it will probably be an a fight this week in the senate. >> i'm sure it is. mary anne, thank you very much. who knew that caffeinated soft drink you're addicted to can do a lot more than kick start your day, it can fuel a car? seriously. check this out. have you ever done the dew? new mexico inventing shows how a few drops of mountain dew can rev up an engine without creating any pollution.

>> you will i've invented was the fuel delivery system and this system will put a gas engine, a furnace, a boiler, it will fuel anything including a j jet. >> julie: his system vaporizes the soda before it reaches the engine, we're not pouring it into the gas tank. you have to add gas with the soda and people are using his invention to power up tractors and lawn mowers. strong wind and rough seas hammering efforts for an oil spill and violent clashes as we go around the world in 80 seconds. philadelphia, a clash of neighbors in the border city, traders up in arms blocking a key border crossing with venezuela, after venezuelan troops began confiscating food and gas from merchants. part of a press by hugo chavez

to punish them for accusing him of supplying rebels with weapons, part after long running feud. traders fighting back and setting fire and demanding an end to the trade slowdown. australia, a factory fire sending six plumes of smoke into the skies above sydney. flammable materials were stored in the building. as least 30 people evacuated from their homes and we're told folks more than 12 miles away could see the smoke. norway, rough seas oil spill from a chinese freighter and making cleanup efforts extremely difficult. the area for the nature reserve for birds and is a popular holiday spot for many nor we goens -- norwegians. the old carting championship, the name says it all. we're told some folks take the race pretty seriously and even train for it. they use traditional finish milk

carts for the race and of course, other people. that's a trip around the world in 80 second. in germany a house cat apparently the only survivor of a landslide two weeks ago. the slide sent the home and another building into a nearby lake and three people still missing, but yesterday, the cat wandered up to a family in a neighboring village. they say they recognized it and brought it inside. we're told the cat scar offed down two whole cans of cat food and now he has a new home with the neighbors. the whole idea of going to college is going to, now, obviously get an education and ultimately a job, right? what if no one hires you after you graduate? your fault? or your school's fault? can you seriously blame your college? well, one recent grad says absolutely. wait until you hear and see what she's doing to get her money back. the story next. ♪ .

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circumstances brought susan out of retirement and now she's a nursements we certainly could use the income and use the health insurance. >> the recession is helping to end a decade long shortage of hospital nurses. according to a study by vanderbilt nursing professor pete are beerhouse. >> this is an all-time record increase in hospital employment of registered nurses. >> although large numbers of nurses are rejoining the work force or putting off retirement, researchers say the shortage isn't over and could be worse the next decade. >> are you having any pain here. >> they say fewer young people are in the work force and aging baby boomers and health care reforms will add more patients. >> we will be adding on top of this growing demand and that shortage then in the future could become even worse. >> beerhouse says the hospital

short of nurses pose a greater risk of complication and even death and encouraging young people to join the profession is crucial. in the meantime, experienced nurses such as swift and axle rod are providing a temporary bandage. jonathan serrie, fox news. >> julie: all right. so there might be some nursing jobs out there, but other jobs are pretty scarce, so bad one recent college grad is actually suing her college because she can't find work. the new york post reporting 27-year-old trina thompson is suing monroe college in the bronx for $70,000. that's how much thompson spent on tuition. thompson says the college isn't living up to its promise to help her find work. the college says the lawsuit doesn't have any merit and the college prides itself on finding students in career development. well, ohio police chased after an alleged thief, but police say this woman allegedly scar offed down the evident before they could catch up with her ap when

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i-3 thief before she gobbled down the evidence. she ordered lunch meet and cheese at a deli and walked out without paying for it and police said they found a bits and pieces of the meat clinging to her mouth and shirt and she was chewing as fast as she could. now, she admitted to just eating some meat. she was charged with theft and i'm going to say, this mug shot belongs in the mug shot hall of fame. i wonder if she stole any beer? the weekend box offices numbers are in. funny people taking the top spot. the story about a dying comedy star raking in an estimated 24 million dollars showcasing adam sandler's serious sood and using box office magic to knock hair i -- hair i potter out of the top spot and disney's family flick g-force in third and ugly truth

and aliens in the other. on this day in 1943, a small boat sinks and a hero rises. a japanese destroyer spots a u.s. navy patrol boat in the ocean and rams it that boat was designated pt 109 and went down with all hand and two sailors lost their lives, but the survivors rallied around the commanding officer. the young lieutenant who you see standing on the right side of your screen, that lieutenant's name john f. kennedy. kennedy and his men swam four hours before reaching an island and kennedy actually told one of his injured comrades, clun muching the strap of his life jacket in his teeth. he kept his men alive gathering water and coconuts for six days before they were all rescued. a profile in courage 66 years old ago today. now you know the news as fox reports this sunday, august 2nd, 2009. i'm julie banderas, thanks for watching, hey, i'll