it's very hard for me to see the kind of cowboy hero straight on.im sort of uneroded by irony. the western kept on repeating its myths and legends. "billy the kid," "wyatt earp," "shootout at the o.k. corral." what they sought was a variation on it. (narrator) a new, more self-conscious cycle of westerns took a fresh look at the form. directors such as arthur penn and sam peckinpah revised classic legends to include modern concerns. (arthur penn) this was an expanding nation at that point there was the constant problem of whether the deeds that were really accomplished or undertaken, really matched the images that they were creating. and that was the theme inside of "left-handed gun." (speaking spanish) mr. bonnet, you gave me a start. i suppose you know your name is prominent in the paper. i cut out the articles. here, i think this one might interest you. (narrator) the film portrays another side of william bonnet, better known as billy the kid. your death notice. let me see, william bonnet, outlaw, you're dead. well now, how you like that? "billy

and those are the true heroes. ones that gave up their tomorrows for our today's. >> jeff is the architect of the project we've been showing you. what made you say i want this? >> there was no hesitation. i was contacted really from mike to -- it's a long story how we had known each other and introduced me to the foundation. and he explained what they were trying to do, and i was more than happy to jump in. it was a great opportunity to kind of -- my mark or my contribution to serving the country and putting this great monument out there for the public and the fleemgz. >> we all know the emotions of folks that go to the wall in washington, d.c. what do you want folks to go home with at the end of their visit to your memorial? ? i thi . >> i think the ability to have a nice place to pause and reflect on the names and really think about the sacrifice those families gave with their children. there hasn't been a place in san jose for those families to do that. i think at the end of the day that's really what we'd like

>> the real heroes, the ones on the wall are the heroes. the ones that gave their life in the name of freedom, the ones who stepped forward. they enlisted, got drafted, all ethnic groups. they went forward and fought the war. they didn't survive that war and never came home. those are the true heroes, the ones that gave up their tomorrows for our todays. >> the arct tewhat made them sa this? >> there was no hesitation. i was contacted from mike. it is a long story how we know each other and introduced me to the foundation and explained what they were trying to do. i was more than happy to jump in. it was a great opportunity to put my marker or my contribution to serving the country and putting this great monument out there for the public. >> we all know the emotions of the folks who go to the wall in washington, d.c. what do you want folks to go home with? >> the ability to have a nice place to pause and reflect on the names and really think about the sacrifice that those families gave with their children and that. there hasn't been a place

a surge of imposters pretending to be decorated war heroes when they're not.n pretending to be navy s.e.a.l.s. as of tonight, it is a criminal act to do that. it is called the stolen valor law. and today, no less than the supreme court began to debate whether this should be a crime. or whether it's just an outrage. here's abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. >> reporter: most of the phonies have been spotted by people who really earned their medals. identifying dozens who posed as american war heroes to get girls, fame or money. in san diego, the defense department awarded a $66 million contract to this bogus hero, after he falsely claimed he had a silver star and a bronze star. >> all he was nothing but a dirty liar and a phony. >> reporter: it was real veterans who pushed for the stolen valor law, to punish men like angel ocasio of tampa. he was there with a chest full of medals he never won. >> we checked with the marine corps. they never heard of you. >> reporter: the case today dealt with an official in california, xavier alvarez, who was

george washington, hero -- andrew jackson, hero -- ulysses s. grant, hero. that was some-- that seems to be something inherent in human nature, not in the movies, per se. >> i mean, there's a distinction between real heroes and celebrities who are people on whom we impute a kind of heroism who haven't really earned it. john wayne is a perfect example. john wayne never whenever to war, and yet almost everybody in america regards in as heroic because he played a hero. so the lust for heroism i don't think is anything new. that's a product of human nature possibly, and it's certainly a tradition in america. but the difference is the nature of heroism, what we define as heroism and the way in which heroism gets framed. we have expectations now of our political leaders. and the expectations are that our political leaders are going to operate the same way that movie heroes operate, not the traditional war heroes or whatever operate, but that movie heroes operate, and that they'll essentially slash their way through problems and vanquish them at the end of the pres

welcome to the heroes and hearts awards ceremony luncheon.l of you here at the at&t park the giants. of course, you are all here. you know about our wonderful hospital. i just want to add how appreciative i am to the organizers that came together today with all of us to increase our capacity. not just by the number of people here. by the way,ç you are twice as g as last year. did you know that? that is wonderful. that just goes to say the hearts in san francisco had the capacity to grow every year. i want to thank you for that, and thank you for the contribution that make our general hospital so special. i begin by saying they did to the organizers for the event today, and most importantly, thank you to the doctors, nurse practitioners, administrators, janitors, a security guard people, everybody at that hospital. sue kern you are doing a fantastic job. thank you for giving us the world class hospital we need in our city. i know that you saw some of the earlier videos as more examples of how our hospital had reflected the bellies of our city

it is my privilege to present the 2011 unsung hero award. as a board member, we start sweating the weather about september. what is it going to be like? we are so blessed. it is such a beautiful day. i hope you will enjoy the grove when this is over if you have time. we have a good insurance policy with the bishop and the reverend. we are so glad they are here with us. i am so overwhelmed with how many people are here. it just couldn't be better. for those of you who don't know, the grove has been hosting world aids day since 1994. in 1998 the first award was given for a local hero in the epidemic, and that was given to someone a lot of us worked with at san francisco general. that was irene smith. she worked with a lot of our patients. now the award is called the unsung hero award, and it is the first time it is presented to a group of people. because of the magical constellation in sfrabs, and i don't believe any of this could have happened in any other city. the people who came to work at san francisco general created what would become a

but the notion that they were not heros at the time is just utterly monday sense. just in-supportable people waxed frantically about those and other successful confederates at the time. an example is james cooper nisbitt. some of will you recognize his name. he wrote a pretty good book. wasn't published until 1914 which is more than a little late. it is full of the usual enthusiastic being a low kads for jackson and others. but there's not much question but that someone writing in 1914 would say that. but nisbitt also wrote home at the time, wrote home while still on the battlefield and here is his letter which probably is more enthusiastic, he said like old frederick the great, jackson fights to win. he makes his fights at the right time and the right place. we are ready for what we all feel that whatever he does is all right. we love the old fighting cock. he obviously was feeling in 1862 just like he was 52 years later as an old man in chattanooga. at least as significant, perhaps more significant, than jackson's a both's owe sis was his impact on the mind set o

that is finally setting a new standard for are how we care for our fallen heroes. mr. brian lepore and dellva martin, thank you for coming bep appreciate your efforts, the gao and know as always the gao does an excellent job and we appreciate your service. we're here today for two very important reasons. first, figure out what progress has been made with respect to accountability issues at arlington and to determine what challenges remain that need to be addressed moving forward. i've said many times how important it is to me personally that we work to achieve 100% accountability and the army has done a great job with helping us get there with the grave site accountability tasks for, validating almost 200,000 grave sites was difficult and challenging, but you, your staff and the old guard got it done. however, i do remain concerned about a number of issues. first, the lack of accountability with respect to former officials for their misconduct. it's my understanding that no criminal action has been taken and that investigations are ongoing and open. i find this very, v

portions of the film was reported in the pentagon in the hall of heroes. the hall of heroes was dedicated in 1968 by president lyndon johnson and canskand contains t of the recipients of the medal of honor. the series focuses on historic battles, figures and traditions in u.s. military history. >>> the long years stretched behind us into the past, forming corridors of time which echoed to the bugle's sound of valor. those years and that valor have been given tangible focus here in this quiet shrine of tribute, the hall of heroes. here in a ring of the pentagon, this space is dedicated to a nation's remembrance. not of events, but of deeds. deeds of americans in uniform who gave more than was asked, more than could be asked of them. not always their lives but always themselves without pause and without reservation. each man whose name appears on these walls and those whose names will appear here are members of a unique fraternity of courage. they are all recipients of our nation's highest award, the medal of honor. it is given to those whose actions meet th

to this day john glenn insists he was no hero. just a patriot serving his country which in those days was gripped by the notion that america and democracy itself had fallen behind. these were daring missions but they were vital missions as well. neil armstrong asked why did you, this one man, choose to speak for all when you set your foot on the lunar surface? as it turns out, there was no script. there were no notes. when the moment came, neil turned to the people that worked on the project, the designers and engineers and navigators, all who devised that one small step. he said and i quote, "he knew it would be a big something for all those folks and a lot of others who weren't even involved in the project." and so it was. buzz aldrin, far from being caught up in the adrenaline paused to reflect. he took out a waifer and then wine and observed communion on the moon just as columbus had done when he reached the new world. buzz invited everyone to give thanks in his or her own way and when neil and buzz planted the stars and strip

gym class heroes and adam levine coming up.>> good morning. i am mindy basara. here is sarah caldwell. >> still tracking the problem in bel air. just passed through 24, we have an accident clearing. 27 miles per hour on the north side. still very heavy on at the j.f.x. southbound from the beltway down to 28 street. if you want to travel at monument street and washington street, there is an accident in the city. 14 miles per hour on the west side outer loop all the way down to edmondson. yellow on the spot i-7 from marriottsville towards 29. here's a quick live look at traffic towards 795. those delays continue all the way down. very light as you make your way towards fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> radar-wise, all clear here. thunderstorms approaching kansas city. a lot of the snow in colorado. blizzard conditions a couple of feet. the storm will work in our direction the next couple of days. today we are starting out great. lots of sunshine, humidity down, barometer is up. big area of high pressure ove

it's not being a hero. it's doing my job and this was -- this is what i was trained to do and i love it so much, so i don't feel like i'm a hero. i feel like i was just performing my job duties. >> i have to tell you you are a blessing for parents everywhere. we wish we had you as our bus driver. condpratslations to you, you are a troo you hero. those kids are so lucky to have you. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you so much. >> i can't believe she's just going off to work. >> yeah. >> same route. >> you know what she said, i can only talk to you guys from within this time to that time because i have to report to work. an amazing woman. >> go, lindora. more people need to be like you. >> 11 minutes past the hour. minding your business, u.s. markets closed higher yesterday. the dow, nasdaq, s&p 500 which is the best indicator for stocks in your 401(k), making gains on news of a debt deal in greece. but, that optimism quickly fading overnight as yirn union finance ministers have yet to agree o

washington craved the wealth and deference showered on military heroes by a stratified society. as his priorities changed, so did his penchant for self-promotion. in time, the youthful surveyor would redraw single-handedly the parameters of success. and in the process he would do much to shape the character of the nation he made possible. a life long learner whose legendary self-possession was more hard won than any of the more conventional battles he fought. washington didn't merely grow up with america, as his evolving views on race and slavery illustrate, to cite but one obvious example, he outgrew it, in ways that only add to his stature and his relevance. we go on writing books about him. even as we continue debating aspects of his character. at least in part to compensate for the early myth makers who confuse biography for hero worship. in fashioning a paragon from the forbidding face on the dollar bill, parson said the imitators did the hero no service for denying the flaws they robbed washington of his humanity. by presenting him as a finished product, they obscured the

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er endsebruary th >> >> a teacher issing called a hero -- is being called a hero after a gun went offr classroom. this is video of the elementary school outside of seattle where police say an 8-year-old girl was shot by a third grade classmate. catherine explains. >> this is never supposed to happen. >> reporter: it all started wednesday with a loud bang. >> i knew there was nothing in the room, so it was a loud pop. i knew that -- i didn't know what happened. but i couldn't see it. it was puz lipping. >> reporter: she told the students to leave the kras and get help -- class and get help. >> i could tell she had been shot. i couldn't see where the bullet had come from. there were no intruders in the room. >> reporter: she held 8-year-old amina bowman until crews arrived. with her principle, she frantically began looking for the weapon. >> i lifted up the glad and said oh! this is a gun. >> reporter: in the backback of a classmate. she rushed to amina's side. >> i left with the ambulance with her. i needed to stay with her. >> reporter: she says amina is strong and is pulling through.

in india, here we have super heroes like, tell me a hero. >> super man. we have super heroes in india. krishna. lifts mountains and throws them to the ocean to create bridges. i will tell you the story about a super hero. krishna as a little boy in the village where the trees blow and the water flows and the birds fly and the grass grows, in this village there are cows. and people and they go to the river and they go to get their water. and they go to the river and what do they see? an evil demon is polluting the river. callia. and they can't get water because it's killing the cows and the people. so, they go to krishna and say, please, do something about this this is not good. he says, he thinks about it and says, okay. he takes his friends to the river to play. they play ball. they play with the ball and then by accident or may be not, the ball goes in the -- river. and callia is in the river. krishna is swimming through the dark waters and sees the ball is in the tail of the serpant demon. he sees the ball and the demon is sleeping. so guess what he do

gentlemen, heroes or not, your acts were heroic. and today we add you to the many honors, two of your many honors with respect and gratitude, the congressional gold medal. >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated for the unveiling and presentation of the gold medals by the united states congress. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the first person to land a spacecraft upon the moon and set foot upon the surface, mr. neil armstrong. >> thank you. thank you so much. mr. speaker, mr. reid, mr. mcconnell, ms. pelosi, members, distinguished guests, we gather in this remarkable monument to american history. this room, connecting the houses of congress. this room where ideological differences fade in the presence of the overpowering force of pride in what we do and what americans have achieved. it's a privilege to be in this rotunda. high above us, just below the windows, stretches a phrase with 19 panels depicting important events in american history. the most recent of them, number 19, just above me here. it depicts

heroes that we celebrate today. thank you very much. [applause] president chiu: our next commendation will be provided by our colleague from district 1, supervisor mar. supervisor mar: thank you and happy black history month and happy valentine's day. there has been a tremendous variety of people from everyday heroes that do extraordinary things to media personalities and strong community leaders. i am so honored to call-up noah griffin. we lost him to marin county. one of the most talented san franciscans both in media and journalism but also as a longtime political activist. especially as an artist as well. i think tony bennett was hurt -- year earlier. noah griffin is creating a hard for san francisco. he started with the san francisco boys course that performed today. he performed with duke ellington, the shirelles, he performed in "turandot" and "la boheme". he was chosen to solo with deucalion -- duke ellington. after graduating from arbour moskal, he returned to the san francisco bay area where he lived ever

in new york, a hero.new england -- >> grinders. >> reporter: except for parts of boston where they call ate spucky. you can wash it down with a pretty girl's station. or grab some water at the bubbler, a water fountain for the rest of us. it's a celebration and reminder of our rich, real diversity. a country where you can eat a plate of foodles of in a river to go noodling. that's bear-handed cat fishing. i tried it. we all might speak differently, but we all speak american. if don't agree, you should shut yourself in the rumple camper. >> that's what's making news america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." enjoy your hoagie, your soda, and your dust bunnies.

we have one more song coming from gym class heroes.>> all right, al. if you can't make it to the game you can party at home. we have great ideas coming up. operative words, chic by cheap. from home decor to what to serve. already setting it up. >> cheap chic. we like it. lester and amy are here to preview what's coming up tomorrow on "today." >> we'll keep the super bowl party going. jenna will be in indianapolis for us to -- >> give a preview. >> thank you. give a -- >> it's cold. >> anyway, give us a preview of the game. we have that and the nevada caucuses. can mitt romney keep up the momentum? we'll get the latest from the campaign trail. >> and all hail the queen. next week marks the 60th anniversary of queen elizabeth on the throne. we'll look at her challenging reign and how she helped keep the monarchy intact. all of that when we see you this weekend on "today." >> thank you so much. on sunday savannah and i will be joining al and ann in indianapolis for a special edition of "today" sunday morning here on "today" as well. al, l

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