charles baldonado accepting on behalf of his brother.e president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress march 31863 has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to corporal joe baldonado united states army for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. corporal baldonado distinguished himself by act of golf intrigue and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an active machine gunner in the third squad second platoon company b-bravo 187th regiment during combat operations against an armed enemy in kangdong november 251950. on that morning the enemy launched an attack in an effort to seize the hill occupied by corporal baldonado and his company. the platoon had expended most of its ammunition and retelling of the enemy attack and the platoon leader decided to commit the third squad with the supply of ammunition and defensive action. since there was no time to dig and because of the proximity of the enemy who had advanced within 25

among those corporal joe baldonado >> his heroism and selflessness at the cost of his life above and beyond the call of duty keeping with highest traditions and reflect a great credit upon himself, his unit and the united states army. >> his brother proudly accepted the medal from the president. two dozen soldiers served during world war ii, korea and vietnam. >> in silicon valley veterans received special medals received their service. thanking veterans to help fight communists. today one of the ten companies in the world >> about 300,000 u.s. men and women fought this p n.that car >> new legislation designed to give california car owners you, the right to collect data on your vehicle. when owners make new purchases they give consent to collect information. >> our cars collect data, information systems, guidance systems and phone systems. and we should have information on that data. >> senate will consider the bill next week. >> competition is driving down prices of ride services today lift announced and earlier this year they started search pricing. and cars of sorts on the agenda,

[applause] >> accepting on behalf of his are old and upward baldonado. he served as an acting machine gunner in the hundred 83rd airborne regiment in korea on november 25, 1950. on that morning, the enemy .aunched a strong attack most ofoon had extended its ammunition and the platoon leader decided to commit his third squad in a defensive action. since there was no time to dig in because of the proximity of the enemy who advanced within .5 yards, the court -- 25 yards, the corporal provided a withering stream of fire on the enemy. the enemy than concentrated all their fire on his gun and attempted to knock it out by rushing the position in small groups and hurling hand grenades. explodedimes, grenades extremely close to the corporal but failed to interrupt his continuous firing. i hostile troops made repeated attempts to storm him and with your with casualties. a grenade landed near his gun, killing him instantly. his extraordinary heroism and selflessness at the cost of his own life above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest tradi

president obama will give corporal joe baldonado the medal of honor. he was killed in 1950. others will be honored as well. >> mountain view's plan to create a high tech solution to the problem of traffic congestion could become a reality. christie smith joins us live with more details on the city's proposed pod car transit system. >> good morning to you. this is much different than b.a.r.t., different than the light rail system. we're talking about basically a two-person pod car system that runs on an elevated rail essentially keeping it off the streets and not taking up parking spots. the idea is help alleviate congestion in places like the downtown and other hot spots around mountain view area. the company behind these pod cars is called skytran, it's in mountain view and they are developing what's called a personal rapid transit technology, these are called pod cars, according to the merc, looking at developing part after demo project at the research center for about $750,000. tonight, though, the city council is going to look at talking with the u.s. department of trans

[applause] >> accepting on behalf of his are old and upward baldonado. he served as an acting machine gunner in the hundred 83rd airborne regiment in korea on november 25, 1950. on that morning, the enemy .aunched a strong attack most ofoon had extended its ammunition and the platoon leader decided to commit his third squad in a defensive action. since there was no time to dig in because of the proximity of the enemy who advanced within .5 yards, the court -- 25 yards, the corporal provided a withering stream of fire on the enemy. the enemy than concentrated all their fire on his gun and attempted to knock it out by rushing the position in small groups and hurling hand grenades. explodedimes, grenades extremely close to the corporal but failed to interrupt his continuous firing. i hostile troops made repeated attempts to storm him and with your with casualties. a grenade landed near his gun, killing him instantly. his extraordinary heroism and selflessness at the cost of his own life above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest tradi

of honor to 24 army veterans, presenting the medal to the brother of the late army corporal joe baldonado. a congressional review determined the men were wrongly denied because of prejudice tis after serving in world war ii, korea ask vietnam only three are still alive but did attend the ceremony. >> in silicon valley bay area veterans of the korean war honored with special medals taken out of the demilitaryized zone. the ambassador says the nation is proud of what it's accomplished. and veterans should be proud that they helped make it happen. >> we have had to achieve what we have achieved over the past six years. so thank you so much. >> those who lost their lives fighting in the war were honored with this wreath today about 300,000 americans served in the korean war. >> one community is taking advantage of the weather to cut down on pollution. palo alto celebrated the opening of the second largest solar installation. the panels will save the centers around 36,000 per year >> more still to come here tonight at 6:00 what witnesses heard and saw that might help investigators determine th

---entre los condecorados esta "joe baldonado" del sur de la bahia.ia desde washington d.c. take pkg ;01 ;26 ;51 1;20 son veteranos de guerra y son latinos. patriotas dispuestos a dar su vida para defender los intereses de este pas. hoy recibieron de manos del presidente obama el reconocimiento ms alto dentro del servicio militar: la medalla de honor. cuatro dcadas despues de que el ex sargento santiago erevia sirviera en la guerra de vietnam recibi una llamada del presidente. s/ santiago erevia, recibe medalla de honor "cosa que no esperaba porque hace cuarenta y cinco años que habían pasado y nos dijeron el año pasado. se siente maravilloso". erevia puso su vida en la lnea de fuego cuando en lugar de esconderse corrio en medio de una lluvia de balas para darle de baja cuatro squadrones enemigos. otros 24 veteranos fueron reconocidos hoy, 17 de ellos hispanos. s/ randy serrano esto sucede luego de que el pentágono hiciera una revisión de militares de grupos minoritarios que calificaban para recibir la medalla de honor pero que posiblemente fueron ign

army corporal joe baldonado saved his unit many of his comrades came back home from the war.ied there. serving a country that would not be willing to honor him until 64 years after his death, on the battlefields of a foreign land. his brother accepted on his behalf i wish joe could have been there. i wish he could have been there to see what became of the country he died to protect. to have had a medal placed around his neck by a man who not would have been honored if they served today now serving as the nation's first african american president what matter sthaz we reach back into history with all that served with distinction but with discrimination. let me know what you think. >> thanks for joining us. that does it for this edition of abc7 news our verage continues now on twitter on abc7 news bay area. we're keeping track of the fire in pittsburgh. see you at 9:00 and 11:00. - hey, jack. did you dye your hair? - no. no. - so how was your new year's? - wonderful. my dear friend, the deep-sea explorer bob ballard, brought over a 2,000-year-old amphora of wine from a sunken ph

corporal baldonado distinguished himself by acts of gallantry above and beyond the call of duty whilen third squad, 187th airborne infantry regiment against an armed enemy in korea on november 25, 1950. on that morning the enemy launched a strong attack in an effort to seize the hill occupied by corporal baldonado and his company. the platoon had expended most of its ammunition, and the platoon leader decided to commit his third squad with a supply of ammunition in the defensive action. since there was no time to dig in because of the proximity of the enemy who had advanced to within 25 yards of the platoon position, the corporal 'em placed his weapon in an exposed position and delivered a withering stream of fire on the advancing enemy causing them to fall back in disorder. the enemy then concentrated all their fire on the corporal's gun and attempted to knock it out by rushing the position in small groups and hurling hand grenades. finish several times grenades exploded extremely close to the corporal but failed to interrupt his continuous firing. the hostile troops made repeated at

of honor to 24 army veterans, presenting the medal to the brother of the late army corporal joe baldonado. a congressional review determined the men were wrongly denied because of prejudice tis after serving in world war ii, korea ask vietnam only three are still alive but did attend the ceremony. >> in silicon valley bay area veterans of the korean war honored with special medals taken out of the demilitaryized zone. the ambassador says the nation is proud of what it's accomplished. and veterans should be proud that they helped make it happen. >> we have had to achieve what we have achieved over the past six years. so thank you so much. >> those who lost their lives fighting in the war were honored with this wreath today about 300,000 americans served in the korean war. >> one community is taking advantage of the weather to cut down on pollution. palo alto celebrated the opening of the second largest solar installation. the panels will save the centers around 36,000 per year >> more still to come here tonight at 6:00 what witnesses heard and saw that might help investigators determine th

army corporal joe baldonado saved his unit many of his comrades came back home from the war.ot joe. he died there. serving a country that would not be willing to honor him until 64 years after his death, on the battlefields of a foreign land. his brother accepted on his behalf i wish joe could have been there. i wish he could have been there to see what became of the country he died to protect. to have had a medal placed around his neck by a man who not would have been honored if they served today now serving as the nation's first african american president what matter sthaz we reach back into history with all that served with distinction but with discrimination. let me know what you think. >> thanks for joining us. that does it for this edition of abc7 news our coverage continues now on twitter on abc7 news bay area. we're keeping track of the fire in pittsburgh. this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's contestants --elce a book publicist from astoria, new york... a tutor and musician from san francisco, california... and our returning champion, an aerospace engineer from

among those were kor it baldonado >> his oo his heroism above ask beyond the call of duty are keeping with highest traditions and military service. his brother accepted the medal from the president. only three are alive today. >> all right. let's check on our forecast right now. >> yes. spring is coming. so are the firefighters in high 70s this week. >> skies and warming is under way. we're going to see temperatures coming up closer to spring. looking across the bay, clear skies tonight. spring arrives thursday morning. jet stream aimed well north. it's going to be dry throughout the weekend we'll see some changes coming thursday. next week there is a chance of rain here in the bay area. so just make sure you know where umbrellas are. chilly, upper 30s to low 40s you know the drill. you're going to need the extra layer. 76 santa rosa and san jose. half moon bay 67 degrees. still enough of a sea breeze from keeping you from getting too warm. santa rosa, napa, 74 degrees east bay a real mild day. inland spots 74 san ramone and livermore. antioch, 75 brentwood. sun gets filtered and temp

. >> joe baldonado of gilroy was one of the posthumous recipients.e died 64 years ago saving his platoon in the korean war. his brother charles was at the white house yesterday to accept the medal on his behalf. >>> 5:15. check of traffic on this hump day. how are we doing? >> we're doing great. heading towards the bay bridge there's no problems there at all. and now the overnight roadwork at 5:16 is out of there. so no problems at all between oakland and san francisco. i do want to update you on breaking news. we're dealing with some mass transit problems. there's police activity going on in downtown san jose disrupting vta light rail and buses. it's happening in downtown. again around 2nd and st. james. so streets are blocked as well as vta. they are offering bus service, alternate bus service between japantown and the convention center because again light rail is not operating between those two stations. here's a live look once again outside. westbound 580 begins to look okay past the dublin interchange maybe just a touch of slowing approaching 68

. >>> charles baldonado. accepting on his behalf is his brother. he distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity. company b, 187th airborne infantry regimen against armed enemy in korea in 1950. on that morning the enly launched a strong attack in an effort to seize the hill that he sund -- the platoon leader decided to commit its third squad with a supply of ammunition in the defense of action. since no time to dig in because of the proximity of the enemy who advanced 25 yards within the platoon position the corporal delivered a witherering stream of fire on the advancing enemy and causing them to fall back in disorder. the enemy then concentrated all their fire on corporal's gun in an attempt to knock it out by rushing their position in small groups and hurling hand grenades. several times grenades exploded close to him but he failed to interrupt his continuous firing. the hostile troops made repeated attempts to storl his position and driven back each time with casualties. the enemy final withdraw after making a final assault on th

corporal joe baldonado's heroism was detailed in the book "disaster in korea," fought valently on hill 171, but his remains have never been found. six other korean war recipients, sergeant victor espinoza, private first class leonard kravitz. master sergeant mike pena, private first class demensio rivera and private vera as well as sergeant jack weinstein. five of the eight vietnam recipients will receive the medal of honor posthumously today. specialist four leonard, staff sergeant felix conde-falcon. sergeant jesus duran and sergeant garcia. you can watch the entire ceremony live here on msnbc beginning at 3:40 this afternoon. medal of honor ceremonies, there is nothing like them. if you've got the time today, sit down and watch it. any of them are tremendous. makes you feel really good about being an american. we'll be right back. ncer ] how did edward jones become one of the biggest financial services companies in the country? hey. yours? not anymore. come on in. [ male announcer ] by meeting you more than halfway. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. i was 80% nervous t

one of them, corporal joe baldonado from the korean war, is still missing.eminding us that as a nation we have a sacred obligation to keep working to give the families of our missing service members from all wars a full accounting of their loved ones. through their grief, the families of our fallen summon the strength to carry on. wives whose hearts ached for their husbands. sons and daughters who grew up without their dad. nieces and nephews and grandchildren. these families join us here today. and they know more than most that because others laid down their lives for us, we've been able to live our lives in freedom. pursue our dreams. so there's a legacy here of sacrifice that includes a soldi soldier's nephew, a kid from new york who grew up to become one of the great rock stars of all-time and who honors his uncle here today. it includes soldiers who came home and took different paths. some continue to serve in uniform, some beginning new careers. some getting married and raising their kids. serving their communities. taking care of their fellow vets. th

one of them, corporal joe baldonado from the korean war is still missing, reminding us that as a nationion to keep working to give the families of our missing service members from all wars a full accounting of their loved ones. through their grief, the families of our fallen summon the strength to carry on. wives whose hearts ached for their husbands. sons and daughters who grew up without their dad. nieces and nephews and grandchildren. and these families join us here today. and they know more than most that because others laid down their lives for us, we've been able to live our lives in freedom. pursue our dreams. so there's a legacy here, born of sacrifice. that includes a soldier's nephew, a kid from new york who grew up to become one of the great rock stars of all time, and who honors his uncle here today. it includes soldiers who came home and took different paths. some continuing to serve in uniform. some beginning new careers. some getting married and raising their kids. serving their communities. taking care of their fellow vets. these veterans lived out their lives in the cou

[applause] >> the korean conflict plaque will now be unveiled inducting corporal baldonado, corporala is, sergeant gomez, private first class kravitz, or master sergeant mcgrown, master sergeant peÑa, private rivera, private vera and sergeant wipe stein into -- weinstein into the hall of heroes. [applause] >> general odierno will present the medal of honor flag to recipients from the world war for conflict -- world war ii conflict. they will then be inducted into the hall of heroes. ms. do min georgia perez accepting on behalf of her father, private pais doe cano. the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress mar 3, 1863,s has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to private pedro cano, united states army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. private pedro cano distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving with company charlie, 8th infantry regiment, fourth unfan try division during combat operations against an armed