of homeland security the director of the center for faith-based and neighborhood partnerships, david meyers, and the region nine fema administrator, nancy ward. we're going to begin the wram with a memorial service for all of those who perished in the crises and disasters over the last two years. interestingly, when we sent the invitation we extended it not just to the clergy, but the facilities managers as well as the key volunteers in communities, and we seat those who attend by neighborhood, so that they can get to know one another. this year we are really pleased to be working with the city in a neighborhood empowerment network. they are rolling out something called resilient bill. a tabletop exercise that's going to be making its debut both at our workshop as well as in new wellington, new zealand. so we will be celebrating that. following that there's going to be a panel of stakeholders who have had firsthand experience in the december, 2011, western edition fires as well as those who are doing ongoing disaster preparedness up in diamond heights. i'm pleased to tell you that our suppo

. >> david meyer. william edward. peter milano. lucas thomas. corey miller. craig miller.refighter henry millard, jr.. latter 105. joe miller. michael miller. nicole miller. robert allen miller robert cromwell miller, jr. >> ronald milstein william minority. >> and my brother firefighter brian engine 226. and my brother-in-law that i never met to unfortunately. ladder 15. we tried so hard to find you. you still remain here along with so many others. this is our site as much it battlefield and cemetery as much as a memorial. god bless you both, ameritech, our military end first responders. [applause] >> and my beautiful nephew. jon ascend the palo. every second of everyday was a gift. we love you, we miss you. >> paul mitchell. dennis mohica. brawny and monegan. franklin moynahan. jon moynahan. craig montano. antonio valdez. thomas moody. >> and my father philip. with a very heavy heart i stand here today to pay homage to the man i had the privilege of calling my father. time does not heal the hurt to and said this week continue to feel after that day 11 years ago. wonderfu

to talk with me about it david meyers on the board of directors of the marine corps law enforcement foundation benefiting today. but i want to start with how are you feeling. you traveled rather far? >> we are feeling pretty good. thank you for coming out here with us today. we appreciate the support. we have traveled over 3200 miles in the past 8 days. morale is up and emotions high and ready for our finish at the 9/11 memorial. >> tell me about the people making the journey. >> a bunch of guys that i served with in the marine corps. i served from '01 to '05 as a platoon commander. also a marine corps corpsman who was with us for the trip and he will be doing a hand rank bike on the way down to ground zero from here. we are excited for that. >> tell me about how the money will be spent? >> the money goes directly towards providing college scholarships for the children of marines killed in action. we try and help the family offset the burden of the cost of college. >> thank you so much. i appreciate it. for more information on this go to 9/11 heros run .com/warrior ride. >> shannon: and we wil

adviser for the republican campaign and host of morning joe, joe scarborough, david brooks and democratic strategist dee dee meyer. chuck todd on what the polls tell us about the race. >>> announcer: from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> good sunday morning. election day is 44 days away. early voting starts in iowa, ohio and florida. polls showing a very small pool of undecided voters left. it's important for mitt romney as he tries to steady his campaign. joining us for a debate of their own, democratic governor of massachusetts, devalue patrick and kelly welcome to both of you. >> thanks, david. >> a lot to get to. let's start with the issue of taxes. mitt romney's tax returns showing in 2011 he paid 14%. he didn't have a job. this was interest income. governor, should this end the debate or should there be more? >> i understand people's interest and curiosity about the tax returns. his dad said tax returns for presidential candidate should be produced way back many years and i think it produced 20 years worth of tax returns when he was considered vice president. the more importa

adviser for the republican campaign and host of morning joe, joe scarborough, david brooks and democratic strategist dee dee meyerpolls tell us about the race. >>> announcer: from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> good sunday morning. election day is 44 days

david martin. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome dakota meyer. ( applause ) >> thank you. reporter: for dakota meyer, the medal of honor is a full-time job which keeps him on the road 20 or more days each month. >> we could go out and make a difference >> reporter: here he is at a job fair for veterans in quantico, virginia. >> they told me i would be receiving the medal of honor i told them i didn't want it because i don't feel like a hero. then the president said something to me. he said it's bigger than you. i never really thought about that until afterwards. it is bigger than me. >> thank you all so much reporter: behind that jaunty air lies some of the toughest lessons any young man ever had to learn. first, there was the battle in a remote afghan valley for which he received the medal. >> the worst day of my life reporter: a bloody five-hour fire fight which left four marines and one soldier dead. this pentagon animation recreated what happened. meyer and his fellow marines drove into a gauntlet of fire from up to 100 insurgents. he went back again and again trying t

david martin. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome dakota meyer. ( applause ) >> thank you. reporter: for dakota meyer, the medal of honor is a full-time job which keeps him on the road 20 or more days each month. >> we could go out and make a difference >> reporter: here he is at a job fair for veterans in quantico, virginia. >> they told me i would be receiving the medal of honor i told them i didn't want it because i don't feel like a hero. then the president said something to me. he said it's bigger than you. i never really thought about that until afterwards. it is bigger than me. >> thank you all so much reporter: behind that jaunty air lies some of the toughest lessons any young man ever had to learn. first, there was the battle in a remote afghan valley for which he received the medal. >> the worst day of my life reporter: a bloody five-hour fire fight which left four marines and one soldier dead. this pentagon animation recreated what happened. meyer and his fellow marines drove into a gauntlet of fire from up to 100 insurgents. he went back again and again trying t

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meyers thank you very much. >>> now hour two. top of the hour. thanks for being with me. we're keeping an eye on the urgent situation inside of syria. david petraeus is just next door in turkey. thousands of syrians looking for safe haven there as the regime is targeting their own people. our senior international correspondent robertson is on the border. we'll take you to him in a moment, but first this. >> it labor day. hopefully not too many you have are having to labor here. it's also the unofficial start of the campaign season. that's how it's been in the past. i want you tyke a look here. this is mitt romney. he's spending the day like most of you just hanging out. romney took his boat for a spin on new hampshire's lake. no public event scheduled for mitt romney this week. he has debate preparations happening in private. >>> president obama labor day in toledo. he spoke within the past hour. he talked about his party's convention this week. he critiqued the tampa republicans. he said mitt romney whiffed last week at his convention on the subject of creating new jobs. take a listen. >> when governor romney had his chance to let you in

. >> david, we don't have a lot of information yet of what marissa meyer is going to tell her employeesan speculate. >> we can start right now but i don't know where to start in terms of speculation, what she'll choose to focus on. there's been plenty written about it. there was so much activist money in there, i wouldn't call it "fast money" but also "fast money" to a certain extent. this is the result of alibaba. this was a taxable deal. they are returning much of the proceeds to shareholders but the stock has done absolutely nothing and now many of the shareholders including dan low who got in there for the big return of capital and the pop that goes along with it are now onboard with meyer and whatever turnaround plan she's going to present having followed carol barts at the company, the permanent ceo. we'll see. >> this could be a house-like situation. >> oh, like the tv show "house." love that show. >> right in the end, house solves it, a quarter of. is there a house? maybe she's house? >> that would be a reason to continue in the stock. olivia wild? i think she's your type, actua