dakota jumped into the turret and man the gun. there were defined orders, but they were doing what they thought was right. they drove straight into a killing zone. dakota was exposed to a blizzard of fire from ak-47 and rocket-propelled grenades. coming across wooded afghan soldiers, he jumped out and loaded each into the humvee, each time exposing himself to enemy fire. the turn around and drove the wooded back to safety. those who were there call it the most intense combat they had ever seen. they would have been forgiven for not going back in, but as the coda says, you don't need anybody behind. for a second time they went back, into the inferno. juan at the wheel, swerving to avoid explosions, dakota on the gun. when one gun jammed, going after the other. again, they came across wooded afghans, and he jumped out, loaded them up, and brought them back to safety. a third time they went back, insurgents running right up to the humvee, fighting the moth. up ahead, a group of americans, some wounded, were desperately trying to esca

dakota was now wounded in the arm. dakota later confessed, i didn't think i was going to die, i knew i was. still they pushed on finding the wounded and delivering them to safety. then a fifth time they went back into the fury of that village that seemed to come from every window, every doorway, every alley. when they finally got those trapped americans, dakota jumped out and ran toward them, throwing all those enemy guns on himself, bullets kicking up the dirt all around them. he kept going until he came upon those americans laying where they fell together as one team. da cota -- dakota and the others picked up their comrades and through all the bullets and chaos carried them out one by one because as dakota said that's what he will do -- that's what you do for a brother. he said he will accept this in their name. he remembers the husband and father they called gunny james, gunnary sergeant edwin johns. staff sergeant aaron kenefick. the medic, hospital man athird class james leighton, and a soldier wounded in that ba

the president with dakota. let's bring in the retired army colonel. 1969 for his service in vietnam. he was wounded by the mortar fragment that led to the safe rescue of one adviser and 13 allied soldier. your story reads like dakota's story. going in and saving others despite the hardship that you were facing. i love the quote from his grandfather. he is 81 years old. he told them the hell i'm not going in. it's a one in a million thing that he survived and the grandfather was referring to the fact that he defied orders which is not usual for a man in uniform. >> you are supposed to do what you are told unless they are immoral or illegal. something else in difficult situations and not just confined to people who get recognized for the highest award. i think it's inherent in all soldiers. you fight for each other. nobody is going to tell you you can't take care of your comrades. anyone who was will defy orders as well. >> we should mention a 34-year-old with him was awarded the navy cross. he was from mexico. w

i was part of something bigger, dakota

here's a look at dakota meyer. >> i'm dakota meyer. i'm from columbia, kentucky.and we're still here to talk about it, that's a great honor to receive it. but there is a huge price that was paid for it. i'm accepting the award on behalf of the guys who died that day. the men and women serving, the men and women who will serve. the marine corps. it is a huge pride to be a marine. a great honor. more than just a uniform. more than just a job. it is a way of life. and it is a brotherhood that sticks with you, even after you're out of the marine corps. it is a bad day. to describe it, it is probably the worst day of my life. not probably. it is the worst day of my life. yeah. a bad day. i didn't just lose four marines. i lost afghan buddies, too. i lost six from my platoon. and i think that's something we all need to keep in perspective. that it is not just four guys. we were so close to the afghans, working alongside them. they were just like your brothers, too. i was applying aid to as many of them as i cox we were under heavy fire the entire time. i know i applied

dakota is the kind of guy who gets the job done. and i do appreciate dakota you taking my call.r reflects the gratitude of the entire nation, so we're joined here by members of congress, including somebody from your home state, the republican leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell. we are joined mere by leaders from across my administration including secretary of veterans affairs, and navy secretary ray mavis and leaders from across our armed forces including the commandant of the marine corps general james amos. we are honored to welcome dako dakota's father mike, who is here, his extraordinary grandparents and more than 120 of dakota's family and friends, many from his home state of kentucky. i want to welcome dakota's comrades from the marine embedded team 28 and we are humbled by the presence of the members of the medal of honor society. i understand the last two years have not been easy for you, retelling the story and standing here today. you're a very modest man. you say you do it for a reason, to retell the story and honor those who didn't come home and remind of the peop

and with no regard for his own life, dakota ran repeatedly into the kill zone in a frantic search. his fifth attempt, a grim discovery. >> they were all killed and i found them all laying in the ditch. their weapons had been stripped, radios had been stripped. >> reporter: dakota still wears the names of all four, but he's convinced they didn't have to die. despite repeated calls for help, army commanders nearby refused to provide artillery fire or re-enforcements. an investigation later found those commanders were negligent, leading directly to the loss of life. >> i'm still angry about it but what do you do about it? >> reporter: he vents that anger with a gun, firing his pistol into the pasture. his father big mike says dakota is finally sleeping better, but worries he's still got a long way to go. >> i don't think he'll ever get over it completely. >> reporter: for his courage, dakota will receive the medal of honor, but denies he's a hero. >> i don't even like that word, hero. i'm the farthest thing from a hero. i will accept it on behalf of the marine corps and for the guys t

over minot, north dakota. i have been to the schools that have been flooded, and two of them absolutely des tried, absolutely destroyed. they have got to be rebuilt. you can't possibly rehab them in any kind of cost-effective way. you can see in many cases all you can see is the roof because a majority of the 4,000 homes that were destroyed have 10 feet of water on them, and for weeks and weeks and weeks, many of these homes had 6-10 feet of water on them. and anybody knows what water can do when it sits and is there for weeks and you come back, you've got mold everywhere. and the only possible way to get it out is to take the house down to its studs. mr. president, let me just close on this photo from june 24 of this year. again, "the minot daily news" headline, "swamped" and indeed we were. absolutely swamped. water starts to inundate the valley. the corps says souris flows to double by saturday. these are the kinds of headlines that people were coping with in minot, north dakota. this devastation will not b

juan jumped in, dakota manned the gun.were defying orders, but they were doing what they thought was right. they drove straight into a killing zone, his upper body and had exposed to a blizzard of fire. mortars, rocket-propelled grenades. coming up on wounded afghans soldiers, he loaded each of them into the humvee, each time exposing himself to enemy fire. they drove those wounded back to safety. those that were there called it the most intense combat they had ever seen. they would have been forgiven for not going back, but as dakota says, you don't leave anybody behind. they went back into the inferno, swerving to explode -- avoid explosions all around them. when one gun got jammed, grabbing another. they came across afghans, dakota loaded them up and brought them back to safety. a third time, they went back with insurgents running up to the humvee in dakota fighting them off. some were desperately trying to escape the bullets. juan put the hon be right in the line of fire putting the deal -- using the vehicle as a shiel

the marine was dakota meyer, a kentucky farm boy who, just this past thursday, received the nation'sighest military award, the medal of honor, from president obama at the white house. meyer was on a mission in the ganjgal valley of afghanistan, where he repeatedly ran a gauntlet of enemy fire in a desperate effort to save his fellow marines. dakota meyer will tell that story tonight, but there is much more to it than his almost insane bravery. this was an operation which went terribly wrong-- so wrong that two army officers were issued career-ending letters of reprimand. it's a story as old as combat. when a warrior's leaders let him down, he has nothing to fall back on but his own courage. dakota meyer will tell you he was just doing his job, but when you see and hear what he did, you, too, may say, "i have never seen the like." dakota meyer grew up shooting game on this farm in greensburg, kentucky, and can hit a squirrel at 750 yards. but it wasn't his marksmanship that earned him the medal of honor; it was his astonishing courage. did you think you were going to die? >> dakota me

he was in extreme west north dakota. he didn't just go west as horace greeley might have urged as a young man. he was compelled to go west. events forced him in that direction. and we will get to that. but before we head off into the badlands i want to give you a little brief background on theodore roosevelt. the roosevelt aficionados are probably going to be familiar with this, but i think there's some high points in his life that we need to touch on. he started life as a city kid in new york city. and he was a member of a social elite. the knickerbocker who were people who could trace their ancestry in america back to the dutch who arrived here in the mid-1660s. he was a fairly old new york family. his grandfather was one of the five richest men in manhattan. the family made their money on glass. they produced a lot of the window glass that new york city needed as it grew. they were also into banking and a lot of wise investments in new york real estate. young roosevelt was an avid outdoors person almost from childhood

and as dakota said of his teammates, those were his brothers.uldn't just sit back and watch." the story of what dakota did next will be told for generations. >> brown: as the president alluded, there was another element in this story that is unusual-- meyer and chavez were acting on their own. all in all, as chronicled in a piece in today's "wall street journal": this "battle has entered military folklore, and resulted not only in today's medal of honor but in two navy crosses, two investigations for dereliction of duty, three letters of severe reprimand, and a recommendation for a second medal of honor." the writer of that line was bing west, himself a former marine captain, and now author of several books on the military. he was at today's ceremony and joins us now. welcome. >> thank you. >> brown: september, 2009, a remote village in afghanistan. set the stage for us. what were u.s. forces doing? >> i had been out there for about a year off and on with this unit, and they were right on the pakistan border, right next to the infamous corngal v

president obama will honor dakota myer.l present myer with the congressional medal of honor, the highest military award. he is the first living marine to receive the honor for iraq or afghanistan. it was in september of 2009 he charged through heavy gunfire, saving 13 marines pinned down by insurgent ambush. he went into heavy gunfire five times to save the wound and those trapped. he was wounded during the battle, but kept fighting. mike viquiera is fighting and his story reads like a super hero. it is unbelievable and he defied orders not to go back in. his grandfather who is also a marine said he has the guts to go in and fight for his country and comrades. >> five times they went into the kill zone. two years ago this month a big battle there in eastern afghanistan. he was trying to find fallen comrade who is had gone missing and suspected dead. on the fifth journey in and there were others going in, he found four. three marines and one navy corps men. they were stripped of communications devices and he dragged them bac

state, i want to conclude by asking now gunnery sgt rodriguez chavez and all those who served with dakota to stand and accept the thanks of a grateful nation. [applause] i remember our team is as important as the other. that is the lesson we have to remember, as citizens and as a nation as we meet the tests of our time at home and around the world. to our marines, to all of our men and women in uniform, to our fellow americans, we must always be faithful. as we prepare for the reading of the citation, let me say god bless you, dakota, god bless the marines and all those who serve, and god bless the united states of america. semper fi. [applause] >> the president of the united states in the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to corporal dakota meyer, united states marine corps, for conspicuous gallantry and interest to be at the risk of his life beyond the call of duty, what serving with the marine and that it training team 28 in afghanistan on 8 september, two dozen 9. he made a security at a patrol rally point of other members of this team moved on foot

dakota and the president had a beer at the request of dakota meyer.had a beer at the white house. dakota meyer is from kentucky. so senator mitch mcconnell will also be in attendance. >>> house speaker john boehner will outline his plan to get more americans working again during a speech to the economic club of washington later today. and then the opening bell has rung on wall street. dow futures were up again today as investors hope a week of market gains continues. but you heard about those horrible unemployment numbers. we'll see what that does. >>> as the republican front-runner for president, the attacks on rick perry are starting to add up. so are a different set of numbers as reporters dig into this claim from monday night's debate. >> the company was merck. and it was a $5,000 contribution that i had received from them. i raise about $30 million. and if you are saying that i can be bought for $5,000, i'm offended. >> michael isakof. it wasn't $5,000. that's the number one aspect of this. lay through this the relationship between rick perry and

times in north dakota. >> it's a zoo.t's crazy, what's going on out here. >> reporter: something that's happening almost nowhere else. so many jobs, there aren't enough people to fill them. help wanted signs are everywhere. >> whether it's walmart, there it's halli burton, any local trucking company, everybody is looking for help. >> reporter: employers are often paying double, even triple to get that help. how much are you going to make? >> $80,000 to $90,000 a year. >> reporter: what did you make last year? >> 30. >> reporter: it's all because there are billions of barrels of oil inside a rock formation here. 14,000 square miles in north dakota, montana and parts of canada. discovered decades ago, only recently has technology made it possible and profitable to drill here. >> it's the largest oil field we've found in north america in the last 40 years. and if it's more than 15 billion barrels, it may be the largest oil field found in north america ever. >> reporter: getting it out of the ground has created something rare

and i appreciate, dakota, you taking my call.hter] the medal of honor reflects the gratitude of the entire nation. so we have members of congress and somebody from your home state, the republican leader of the senate mitch mcconnell. we are joined here by leaders andss my administration leaders from across our armed forces, including the commandant of the marine corps general james amos. we are proud to welcome dakota's father who is here. we have his extraordinary grandparents and more than 120 of his family and friends, many from his home state of kentucky. the one-two will come his comrades -- i want to welcome his comrades from his marine team. and of the past two years have not been easy for you retelling the story of that day and standing here today. you are a very modest demand. but as you said, we do it for a very simple reason, by telling the story. it helps you to honor those who fell and it reminds our fellow americans that our men and women in uniform are over there fighting every single day. so that is how we will do

on the other hand you look at the dakotas. the dakotas are right at the bottom.have the lowest unemployment rates in the country. will obama get credit for that? not a chance, they going to vote republican. so party i.d. triumphs unemployment. that's why i'm saying look to the swing states, that's where the unemployment rate in the state will really matter in 2012. bill: a great point. there is another poll, not yours necessarily but in florida given the debate later tonight, it shows that perry leads romney in a head-to-head match up, but in new hampshire romney is walking away with it, he has like a 21-point lead. anything significant in either state for either man? >> well that is pretty much what is expected. look, perry is lining up the south. i've watched these polls state-by-state, in the deep south and also the upper south and even the border states. this is romney's big problem. if perry lines up the south and the border states it is very difficult to stop him for the nomination. on the other hand romney is getting support in most, not all, but most of t

that all the time but you don't build a great don't build tsunami shelter wall in bismarck north dakota. it doesn't it doesn't make sense you might build it someplace else. even though there's great shelters in california but not northern minnesota so it's that kind of analysis that needs to be done it's not complicated it's very routine it's been codified for decades and is used throughout the government and through a business and through out regular regulatory agencies i never some reason as he said that's something i refuse to do and in fact we've seen quite the opposite which is i think our politicians be able to play upon these emotions to continue funding these projects and even if we look right now secretary of defense leon panetta is starting to use this fear of defense cuts that are coming from the super committee as a way to say that it's actually going to lead to higher unemployment because so many people are now dependent on the overall defense spending and that includes defense here at home homeland security as well as in private john i want to thank you very much for joini

today 23-year-old marine dakota meyer received the medal of honor. >> dakota on the others who joined him knelt down picked up their comrades and through all those bullets, smoke and chaos, carried them out one by one. because as dakota says that's what you do for a brother. >> meyer was just 21 years old when he survived a six-hour firefight in afghanistan. he wears a bracelet every day engraved with the names of those who died that day. >> it's all about the brotherhood. you know, family. that's what it's about. you know, fighting for your country doing the right thing. >> meyer is only the third living recipient of the medal of honor. his only request to have a beer with the president. the two had that drink last night on a patio outside the oval office. >>> well, we first showed you this video on tuesday. the strangers lifting the burning car and pulling out a trapped motorcycle rider. today that man explained what it was like to watch his life being saved. here's kendis gibson. >> reporter: it's incredible video it watch especially for motorcyclist brandon wright. >> i see my bod

company's location in west fargo, north dakota. they remanufacture a lot of their equipment in west fargo, north dakota. this equipment goes all over the world. it's part of this huge equipment made used for excavating and mining, all these things all over the world and they are the technology leader in the world in this huge equipment. they bought basyrus. now they're getting into the mining business. getting into places like colombia and panama incredibly important. think of the impact throughout the heartland, in indiana or illinois. senator roberts talked about agriculture. in north dakota we've got more cattle than people. i think we've got three million cattle. right now to send them into south korea, we pay more than 40% tariff. how do we compete with argentina or australia in that situation? this is an opportunity. this is absolutely an opportunity. we need to reach out and grab it with both hands. we've got the president right now saying hey, pass those trade agreements. absolutely. please get them down here to us. we've w

today, president obama presented it to 23-year-old marine sergeant dakota meyer.native saved 36 lives in afghanistan. but david martin tells us that's not the whole story. >> reporter: dakota meyer should, by all rights, be dead. did you think you were going to die? >> i didn't think i was going to die, i knew i was. >> reporter: so why are you going in there? >> because you know what? there's u.s. troops getting shot at and those are your brothers. >> reporter: four marines were trapped in the village of ganjgal by as many as 150 fighters. meyer was 125 yards away at the other end of this valley. >> we had to do something, so we requested to go in. we were told no. everybody was getting lit up and we wanted to go in there helping them so we requested again two minutes later and we were told no again, so i looked at staff sergeant chavez and said "we're going in." >> reporter: staff sergeant juan rodriguez chavez, who received the navy cross, drove the truck while meyer manned the turret. >> we were it. here comes the big target. the enemy was just... they were ju

places like wyoming, south dakota, down in the south of oklahoma, and then out towards the southwest. heating up to 39 degrees in oklahoma city today. 37 in houston. and very warm in chicago as well as 34 degrees. now let's take a look at europe. lingering showers over towards the north as the system continues to move very, very slow. nothing too severe is expected, though. we will find substantial rain falling down in the southwest. heavy, persistent rain for places like portugal, western spain, and lots of thunderstorms across the pyrenees into central and southern france. isolated thunderstorms will erupt across the alpine region. today we've got 22 degrees in kiev. 23 in moscow. 26 degrees in vienna with showers. all right. here is your extended forecast now. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thank you for joining us.

dakota meyer is the latest recipient of this highest honor. meyer disobeyed orders and repeatedly went into a kill zone and saved 36 people and recovered four. myer now wears the name of the four who did not come home on a bracelet. he joins four living recipients of the medal of honor. while myer was being honor, four memorials were held in the nation for those who died that day, it was his request. >> reporter: here at this cemetery in the small central town of escalon, family and friends gather to honor a young hero and to thank the medal recipient who tried to save him. u.s. navy hospital coreman james layton was 22 years old when he died this month. he was with a group of marines when he was ambushed. marine sergeant dakota myer who received the medal of honor today found layton's body draped over the marine the body of water he tried to save. >> he looked me in the eye and said, i let him down. i didn't bring him back alive. i said no you didn't. it's what happened, i said you brought james back so we could honor him and bury him with th

dakota meyer is the latest recipient of this highest honor. meyer disobeyed orders and repeatedly went into a kill zone and saved 36 people and recovered four. myer now wears the name of the four who did not come home on a bracelet. he joins four living recipients of the medal of honor. while myer was being honor, four memorials were held in the nation for those who died that day, it was his request. >> reporter: here at this cemetery in the small central town of escalon, family and friends gather to honor a young hero and to thank the medal recipient who tried to save him. u.s. navy hospital coreman james layton was 22 years old when he died this month. he was with a group of marines when he was ambushed. marine sergeant dakota myer who received the medal of honor today found layton's body draped over the marine the body of water he tried to save. >> he looked me in the eye and said, i let him down. i didn't bring him back alive. i said no you didn't. it's what happened, i said you brought james back so we could honor him and bury him with th

the senator from north dakota. mr.onrad: madam president, i come to thank my colleagues as well for this strong vote to move forward on disaster relief. in almost every corner of america, we have had unprecedented natural disasters this year, and my state has not been exempt. i represent north dakota, and we have had flooding unprecedented since records have been kept on the sirrus river that goes through minot, north dakota, the missouri river between bismarck and mandan, north dakota, the place where i come from. madam president, we have seen absolute devastation. water levels that changed virtually overnight. i can remember the forecast being raised 10 meet from minot, north dakota in a period of 48 hours. a higher water level than we have seen in over 100 years of recorded history. the same is true in the missouri valley basin, with run-off the highest it has ever been. madam president, this has led to incredible flooding. this is a picture from minot, north dakota, where 11,000 people had to evacuate, 4,000 homes

kent conrad from north dakota. we were discussing what the problem was and i think that the rules should be changed on that. the problem is us because we put up with this. we don't try to find a way to get something done. i took advantage of the rules. i used to do what harry reid does now and mitch mcconnell does now. when the leader fills the tree you block amendments from all senators. that doesn't sound very democratic. but i didn't discover that but it is being used more than it was in the past. i think there is a problem when you get into a filibuster on the motion to proceed. that you would take a bill. may be some of those should be evaluated. it depends on your perspective. i used to think seniority was a bad idea until i woke up and i would get close to the majority and was number 2 and i thought this isn't bad at all. when i'm with a freshman rookie i would get so mad george mitchell i couldn't restrain myself and said what i thought about him. that i was standing in the leader's chair and i saw it diffe

dakota meyer he was just 21 years old on a routine patrol in afghanistan two years ago when his team ambushed by taliban insurgents. against orders, he rushed to help his fellow troops. five times meyer and another marine drove a humvee into the line of fire rescuing 36 marines, soldiers, and afghan forces. the military says meyer killed at least eight insurgents everyone though he was himself wounded. today meyer received the medal of honor from president obama. meyer says he is dedicating it to all those who served and those who died that day. >> i didn't just lose fellow troops, we lost afghan troops. it's not just four guys. we were so close to the afghans working alongside them. that i mean they were just like your brothers too. >> meyer went back into the danger zone to retrieve the bodies of the fallen. he now wears the names of the four marines who died that day on his wrist. at meyer's request the four men who died that day were remembered at their hometown at the same time the medal of honor ceremony was taking place. one of those men was from northern california. rob roth

minnesota and south dakota.t will be sunny and mild along the west coast. >>> in sports this morning, an embarrassing play. first inning, ryan braun hit a shot deep left center. it hit the wall ask bounced away. it looked like an inside-the-park home run, but braun tripped surrounding third base and fell once, not twice. the throw finally came in and braun was tagged out. in the fourth inning, the cardinals pitcher hit a grand slam home run. st. louis beat milwaukee, 8-3. in the bottom of the 16th, we go to cleveland. jack hanahan slid into home plate. the umpire called him safe. the replay, though, shows him tagged out before he was safe. cleveland tops oakland, 4-3. >>> barry bonds will not face another trial. federal prosecutors dropped all the remaining charges against bonds. bonds plans to appeal the conviction of obstruction of justice. >>> two-time tennis champion venus williams dropped out of a tournament. her future career is in doubt. venus cited medical reasons. she's been diagnosed with a auto immune

dakota mier was serving in afghanistan in 2009 when he charged through heavy gunfire five times to save comrades a ambushed by the taliban. he saved 36 lives. late yesterday, myer and the president met pistly over a beer on the patio outside the oval outside. >>> just ahead on the "morning news," a possible break in the cold case of missing utah mom susan powell. >>> plus the backlash of extreme couponing as stores make it harder for shopper . you're watching the "cbs morning news." and they come in these really cool cans. you want one? i'll wait a bit. all right. mm. refreshing. is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. i'm a film star. well, i'm a film, left behind by a floor cleaner i thought was going to take me places. wait! now life is dull... darling! ♪ i believe in miracles [ male announcer ] swiffer attracts dirt. swiffer wetjet's new upgraded solution loosens and lifts off dirt to help prevent streaks a

david martin spoke with meyer for "60 minutes." >> reporter: dakota meyer by all chutes should be deadyou think you would die? >> i didn't think i was going to die. i knew i was. >> reporter: why did you go in there? >> there were u.s. troops getting shot at and those were your brothers. >> reporter: four marines were trapped by more than 150 fighters. meyer was 2,500 yards away at the other end of this valley. >> we had to do something, you know? so we requested to go in and we were told no. all of your guys are in there getting lit up and you want to be in there helping them. so question requested again about two minutes later and we were told no again. i looked at the staff sergeant ruiz chavez and i said, "we're going in." >> staff sergeant juan ruiz chavez who received the navy cross, drove the armored truck while meyer manned it. >> it felt like the whole valley turned on this truck. >> reporter: you were it? >> it's like here it comes. we are the big target. the enemy they were running right at you, at the truck. >> reporter: this is not just raining fire down, now they are tryi

he says he is exceptionally proud of dakota and the actions he took on that battlefield.s now retired from the marines, he's working in concrete and dabbling in the family business of farming. jon? jon: such an awe-inspiring story, mike, thanks very much. megyn kelly will carry the entire medal of honor awards ceremony on"america live" today about three hours from now right here on fox news channel. jenna: now turning to some medical news. neospoken, bacitracin can be found in most medical kits, and now there's concern that it could help heal your wounds but maybe make it more prone that you're hurt by something else. dr. lee benakur is joining us now. some japanese researchers were looking at mersa, a drug-resistant bacteria. and one of the things they want today explore was whether or not people that use neospoirn, for example, are more prone to mersa because they've been using that antibiotic more. what do you think about this study? >> well, the study did look at a bunch of staph and different informations, and mersa is resistant to penicillin, but we know what they f

dakota meyer says don't call me a hero. >> definitely not a hero. that's the furthest thing from the truth. >> we're either going to go in there or die trying, you know? and that's how it is, you know, that's your brothers in there. martha: all right, let's get you a look at some of the headlines out there now "america's newsroom", general motors and chrysler, agreeing to another week of talks with the united auto workers union. last night, both missed a deadline to reach a deal covering 70,000 u.s. factory workers. they're going to have an extension on that. >>> a massive brawl on the campus of southern illinois university, up to 1000 students, streaming out of their dorms off a power outage. that's when police say the fights started breaking out. >> it got violent. there were many people just punching people. it wasn't even like anything. martha: that's not good. >>> all right, so police say they're investigating that incident before they take any action. >>> and san diego state, opening a new institute, dedicated to hanging -- looking at the glob

we are extraordinarily proud of sergeant dakota meyer. >> his actions were truly remarkable.ies of command failures which we now know helped put him in that life and death situation. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr's investigating this part of the story. barbara what are you finding out? >> reporter: well, wolf, courage and valor on the part of this young marine, shocking lack of awareness on the part of his superiors. >> sergeant dakota meyer, we see the best of a generation. >> i didn't do anything that any other marine wouldn't do or i would hope any other marine wouldn't do. i didn't -- i didn't -- i don't see myself as a hero. >> reporter: the president disagrees. >> because of your honor, 36 men are alive today. >> reporter: dakota meyer was just 21 in september 2009 when his unit, along with an army team and afghan troops, moved into a village in eastern afghanistan to meet with elders. the village lights go out, it was an ambush. what happened next is a six-hour firefight that made meyer a hero. but as this highly critical army investigation found, senior off

sergeant dakota meyer, the first living marine to receive the medal of honor, for action in afghanistan. two years ago, caught in a fierce fire fight, sergeant meyer put his life on the line to save 36 others. abc's bob woodruff has the story. >> reporter: in september 2009, sergeant dakota meyer was heading through the extremely dangerous ganjgal valley in northeast afghanistan, traveling with afghan soldiers who were trying to convince villages elders to break away from the taliban. but meyer was ordered to stay back with the vehicles. the rest of his unit went in. insurgents opened fire. you were extremely frustrated. you could not go in. >> oh, i was. >> reporter: feeling helpless, sergeant meyer and staff sergeant juan rodriguez-chavez defied orders and drove their humvee up the narrow track toward the village. >> i never thought i was going to come out. >> reporter: but you went in anyway. >> that's what marines do. >> reporter: for six hours, he made multiple trips into the valley under constant gunfire, rescuing more than 30, but it was too late for his closet friends. >> i just

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