honorable speaker of the house mr.s and guest i would like to thank everyone who undertook this very important and noble assignment to honor and recognize a most versatile and effective world war ii fighting unit from the usa and canada. the first special service force was activated july 1942 under the able command of lieutenant robert t. frederick who became a brigadier general at age 36 and the youngest major general at 37. under his command and profound leadership the first special service force composed of 900 men from the usa, 900 men from canada plus a service battalion of 800 members who provided support to the combat troops. the fssf men captured between 30 to 35,000 enemy prisoners of war in a remarkable kill ratio of 25 enemies to one forceman. since the first shot was fired on april 19, 1775, the beginning of our quest for independence and freedom 1.3 million men and women have given their lives to save america's freedom and to keep old glory waving high and proudly. one of the most important command compone

it is a true honor.te that these men before you laid the ground work for both our countries' modern day special forces. it was at anzio where they earned the nickname of the black devils because of the brigade's members who speared their faces with black boot polish. where they fought for 99 straight days without relief displaying their spirit of what it means to serve. that spirit has carried on to the very descendents of the devil's brigade -- the u.s. army green berets and the canadian special operations regiment. both organizations continue to carry the honors won by these -- by this highly successful multinational unit formed during the second world war. and like the brave men of the first special service force, our special forces today have many distinct similarities. their members come from all walks of life, many were rangers, lumber jacks, north woodsmen, hunters, prospectors and explorers. they were intelligent, athletic, disciplined and well trained. they received rigorous instruction in the u

it's been my privilege and honor to know many of the recipients of the medal of honor personally andto hear their stories. to be among america's bravest and listen to them and interact with them has been a blessing and true education. they have shown me quiet strength and modesty and they all say that they wear the medal of honor not for themselves but for all those who fought so bravely alongside them and did not make it home. that we would remember them in their sacrifice. more than 18%, 646 of the medals awarded since 1863, have been presented posthumously. but from the civil war until world war ii, of the 2,418 medals awarded, just 3%, 83, were presented posthumously. from world war ii to the president, however, more than 60% of metals have been awarded posthumously. 58% in world war ii, 37.8% in the korean war, 62.9% in the vietnam war and 43.7% in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the department has reviewed records of a number of potential medal of honor recipients who have been passed over because of their race, religion or ethnicity. as a result of these review, a number of

worked four years to honor these heros, an honor they should have received a long time ag.n henry johnson joined many other african-americans in the great migration from the south to the industrial north in search of a bo better life. he landed in albany, worked in a coal yard, and at a strain station. when the united states entered world war i, henry enlisted. he joined one of the few units that he could, the all black 369th regimen, the harlem hell fighters. at the time our military was segregate segregated but they were sent to fight with the french army, which accepted them as their own. quickly the hell fighters lived up to their name in the early hours of may 18th. his battalion was in northern france. in a trench. some slept, but he could not. it was predawn, pitch black, silent, and then click, the sound of wire cutters. a german raiding party, at least a dozen soldiers or more, fired a hail of bullets. henry fired back until his rifle was empty. and then he threw grenades. they were both him. two enemy soldiers started carrying him away, but he refused to let them

on behalf of our 78 fallen raiders, who proudly served with honor in this famous raid, we are honoredsplay our congressional gold medal in the doolittle exhibit as part of our history along with 80 silver goblets for all visitors to enjoy. [ applause ] >>> ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, the united states army band and chorus. ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies ♪ for amber waves of grain for purple mountains ♪ majesties above the fruited plain ♪ america, america, god shed his grace on thee ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining ♪ sea ♪ oh, beautiful for ♪ ♪ ♪ america, america, god shed his grace on thee ♪ crown thy good in brotherhood from sea to ♪ shining sea ♪ america, america [ applause ] >>> ladies and gentlemen, the chaplain of the united states house of representatives, the reverend patrick conroy. >> let us pray. god of power, god of justice, it is because of the weakness and failures of our human nature that the terror of war so often plagues the human family and yet it is during wartime that the greatness of human spirit is so o

honorable and mrs. buck mckeon, united states senate, retired. honorable and mrs.ntatives, retired. the honorable patrick j. murphy, united states of house of representatives, retired. the honorable robert o. werk, deputy secretary of defense. the honorable paul wolfowitz, former deputy secretary of defense. miss christine fox, former acting united states deputy secretary of defense. the honorable and mrs. louie kuldera, former secretary of the army. honorable francis j. harvey, former secretary of the army. admiral and mrs. jonathan green, chief of naval operations. lt. general yorgbulmer. chief of staff, german army. general carl are guano, former states army chief of staff retired. general gordon sullivan, former united states army chief of staff, retired. general and mrs. frank j. grass, chief national guard bureau. honorable eric fan, acting undersecretary of army. miss lisa debrow, acting undersecretary of the air force. honorable and mrs. joe reeder, former undersecretary of the army. honorable les brownlee and miss susan, former undersecretary of the army.

today we honor john conyers because his life honored us. we pray that a monocum of what he has done will serve as an example and a call as he has so eloquently demonstrated by his walk and talk. that an injustice to anyone anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. we thank as we unveil this portrait for it reflects not just a portrait of him, but a portrait of us by which we might go out and do justice to love mercy and walk humbly with our god. we thank you for this day. we thank you for john conyers, we thank you for his work, and may we go out and do our own. let us all say amen. >> many of you have been to occasions here at the capital. and as you know, members of congress come and go. and i have been instructed that i won't have the responsibility of introducing each of the members of congress. if you have your program, you know what order you will speak in and i hope you will do just that. i have been asked to just simply discussion the occasion. what i would like to do is something that just happened to fall in my lap this morning.

some of you have worked four years to honor these heroes, to give them the honor they should have received ago. we are grateful that you never gave up. we're appreciative of your efforts. as a young man henry johnson joined millions of other african-americans on the great migration from the rural south to the industrial north. people in search of a better life. he landed in albany where he mixed sodas at a pharmacy, worked in a coal yard and as a porter at a train station. and when the united states entered world war i, henry enlisted. he joined one of only a few units that he could, the all black 369th infantry regimen, the harlem hell fighters. and soon he was headed overseas. at the time our military was segregated, most black soldiers served in labor battalions, not combat units. but general pers hing sent the 369th to fight with the french army which accepted them as their own. quickly the hell fighters lived up to their name. in the early hours of may 15th, 1915, henry johnson became a legend. his battalion was in northern france tucked into a trench. some slept, but he couldn't. hen

it is an honor to be here with all of you.or your leadership. just looking at the program and all of these names listed here, what a heavy -- what a heavy list of honor and valor and courage. how wonderful that we are honoring them today. it is fitting that we come together today in emancipation hall. because today marks the 150th anniversary of the death of president abraham lincoln, 7:22 a.m. this morning. as we gather to pay tribute to the impossible, incredible bravery of the doolittle raiders, president lincoln's words on the battle of gettysburg ring true as ever. the world will not remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did. what they did. [ applause ] as a representative of san francisco, i take special pride because it was less than four months after pearl harbor on april 2nd, 1942, the uss hornet steamed out of san francisco bay. on her deck, 16 b-25 medium bombers, planes never intended to take off from an aircraft carrier, planes that could never land back on the hornet once launched. their cre

today we honor john conyers because his life has honored us. we pray that simply a monicum of what he has done over his career, over his vocation, over his mission as a congressman in these united states, will serve as an example and clarient call as he so eloquently demonstrated by his walk and his talk, that an injustice to anyone anywhere is a threat to justice to everyone everywhere. we thank, as we unveil this portrait, for it reflects not just a portrait of him but a portrait of us, by which we might go out and do justice to love mercy and to walk humbly with our god. we thank you for this day. we thank you for john conyers. we thank you for his work, and may we go out and do our own. in the name of the most high god do we pray, let us all say, amen. >> many of you have been to kashs here at the capitol at the rayburn building. and as you know, members of congress come and go. and i've been instructed by lillian and others that i won't have the responsibility of introducing each of the members of congress. if you have your program, you kn

a jersey honoring sergeant lunger hung in the dugout. >> reporter: what a great day. this was law enforcement day at the a's game, and scott lunger's family was truly honored and humbled by at the outpouring of love and support for their fallen hero. >> the biggest honor of father could have, paul lunger, throwing out the first pitch of sunday's a's game to his son scott's favorite player, rickey henderson. [applause] >> a wonderful experience. i was nervous, and i'm sure my son, scott, is jealous of me being up on the mound. i felt scott was in between us when i was hugging him. >>> fallingen employing sergeant scott lunger was honored at the game. an on-field police motorcade, tribute to man who was a long-time a's mega fan. before the game the team members presented the family with jerseys with the lunger name. >> the a's got us here where we want to be, make us feel really good, and scott us with us. >> sergeant lunger's daughters were there, too. lunger was killed in a loon of duty in a routine traffic stop. lunger's girlfriend, antioch police dispatcher, jennife

the men and women that served in korean in a way they deserve to be honored i can't tell how honored i am to be here where we share ♪ milestone towards chief of police that goal thank you, gentlemen for your service and based for this place >> thank you, michael (clapping.) warren is a retired colonel in the marina corp. and president of the military historic tourist company virginia organizers of the revisit korea towers many of us in the audience participated if you haven't contact warren they're quite quite popper popular forgive me warren is virus vice president of the korean war veterans association and here today in that capacity on behalf of the korean war veterans association please welcome cornell warren warren (clapping.) ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor for me to be back here my wife and i got here on tuesday it rained the whole week but today it is beautiful thank you to the developers and families and friends and as virus vice president of the korean war veterans association it is an honor to represent our members and wanting larry and it is don't to be back in san f

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the legion of honor is the highest honor anybody could get here in france. very few french nationals get it, let alone foreigners who need to do something extraordinary to receive that special medal. and what an extraordinary act that was. these are guys who were just out here on holiday and they ended up stopping a terrorist and preventing from president holland during that ceremony called a blood bath or carnage, betty. >> quite incredible. congratulations to them. thank you so much, claude yoe. over the weekend, the men who were honored this morning, they described what it was like overpowering the gunman on that train. take a listen. >> i turned around and i saw what looked to be an ak-47 and it looked like it was jammed or it wasn't working and he was trying to charge the weapon. alex just sit me on the shoulder and said let's go. we tackled him, hit the ground. alex grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a choke hold. he pulled a handgun out, took out a box cutter, started jabbing at me with that. we let go, all three of us started punching

, the leej on of honor. alek skarlatos, spencer stone, and anthony sadler and a british businessman were thanked for their courage. they made a split-second decision to stop a gunman. >> it was do something or die. >> reporter: stone showing a lack of regard for his own life sprang into action. >> we hit the ground. alek came up and grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a chokehold. it seemed like he kept pulling more weapons left and right. >> reporter: the gunman neverly severed stoep's happened with a box cutter. that didn't stop him from giving first aid to the british businessman who had been shot. the gunman was identified ayoub el khazzani. a lawyer for el khazzani says he's not a terrorist, but a home lest man. ree reena? phillip? >> thank you, stephanie. >>> more breaking news. a devastating day for global stock markets. in china, today is being called black monday. shares in shanghai plunging more than 8%. major averages in hong kong, tokyo, and taiwan all losing more than 5% of its va

what a way to honor sergeant lunger.aste of oakland victory pie right there and of course, washes that down with gatorade. a's win 5-4 taking three out of four from the first place astros. >> it's been nice. we've been winning, and it always feels better when you win. everybody gets loose and you have more fun and it's been a good time. the team has been great to me and i've been fortunate enough to come through hits and won games. it's been fun so far. >> we'll battle. the season isn't over and we'll try to win games and play for ourselves and that's what can happen. >> the cubs, drop to 2-5 this year and allowed two runs on four hits and struck out six and gave up the single. jake with lights out because scary moment in the third. he beams him in the heat. luckily it hit the helmet. left the game and said to be okay but he will be evaluated of course for a concussion. giants down 2-0 in the ninth. hector loves the bases with no outs and bounces back. struck out sanchez to end the game with a full count. 2-0 the final.

. >> carlos was an honorable man working in an honorable profession as a deputy sheriff, and he died honorably doing exactly what he swore an oath to do, to care for the safety of others. >> and francies worked for the sheriff's department for four years. most recently, at the martinez detention facility. >>> 4:41. overtaxed for years, that's the realization for more than 200 low-income families. now santa clara county will have to repay each and every one of them. kpix 5's christian hartnett tells us just how much the county will have to fork over. >> reporter: for families in the los arroyos community, it seems like a bad dream. >> it couldn't be possible.

. >> david mcconell is the author of "american honor killings." he sat down with the c-span cities tour in key west to talk about his book. is provocative, i guess. i wanted to describe killing, accounts of several murders and cases where game and have been killed by straight men or people who think they are straight or ostensibly straight or identifying as straight at the time. the reason i called it honor killings is because i want to focus on the criminals in this and i wanted to examine the psychology that goes behind all of this. after looking at it very carefully, i decided that was what was at play, the sense of honor young men feel and that was -- it was more the cause of this violence coming from within these guys much more than it was about the victim. number ofly large these cases, much larger than i realized at first. i chose cases from different environments all over the country, different geographical baltimore,fornia, there was one in michigan. south,explored down alabama, oklahoma, obviously. let's take a look at this problem withi

this is something that honors the honor and fatherland.t people are led. what he means is that people who get this award are leaders and that's how people here are thinking of these three young americans that they did what other people wouldn't have done and didn't do. they stood up and saw danger and didn't think of themselves and threw themselves at this man sustaining injury as it happened. spencer stone was cut on his thumb and had a serious injury to his thumb. and i'm looking at my shoulder here. a diplomatic car is arriving. and we're seeing if i just look over my shoulder and check here. the president is getting ready to arrive and to ready to greet the arrivals as they get out of the car here. i just stepped back so we can see who is coming out of this vehicle and we can talk about it a little more. yes, a lot of diplomats and french ministers are expected here as well, today. we know that the french prime minister is going to be here. we saw him earlier, the interior minister, the transport minister are going to be here. the peop

he will receive an honor later. the french president said he will receive honor. the train staff who helped in the aftermath of the attack and subduing. he paid tribute to them as well. a french-american man spencer stone saved this man's life by putting his fingers on a bleeding artery and saved his life on that train. not just an honor, but example for everyone. it's a very high tribute that this french president has paid here. i have to say we're talking to people across the country this weekend. they all say these young french men deserve all of the honor and respect they are given. >> three young americans. thank you, nic. what a story. >>> so well it ended the way it did. now the tensions on the korean peninsula. over the weekend, north and south korea have been holding high level talks at the village inside the demilitarized zone. the talks are taking place against the back drop of mutual distru distrust. let's go to seoul and kyung lah with the latest on the talks. >> reporter: no specific take away yet. we don't know if anything has been accomplished. we

it and those gathered here are committed to preserving and honoring that right to vote this is also the 50 anniversary on the march on selma that was - (clapping.) that was the bridge to the valley the bridge to the ballot martin luther king said the ballot the ballot the ballot legislation legislation legislation your life the connection between the ballot and the people were bean and killed everybody on if bridge to the valley including my great colleague john louis they made big sacrifices so people had the right to vote and yet pernicious efforts to block participation to the ballot and again, we don't agonies we organs they agonies we organize in his and the supreme court diminished that but the congress refuses to put forth the boy partner proposal to restore the act we can't rest until we pass john louis legislation to do just that (clapping.) so it is a pretty exciting time so many things are happening the 50 and hundred and fifth anniversary but in the last election 1/3rd of the electricity voted 1/3rd and john louis contends after the election of 2000 measures were taken t

french president pinning the highest honor, the legion of honor on spencer stone, alex scar skarlatos -- catherine field is live in paris as we learn more about that gunman. catherine, who is he? >> what we know about him, greta, in his mid 20's. he was born in that rocco in and around 2007, his family moved to spain. he was in the capital madrid. he moved around the country, elizabeth, in 2014 moved to the south of spain. we know at some time during that period he went to prison for drug-related offenses and it's believed, authorities are telling journalists that that's when he may have become radicalized. he left spain in 2014 and apparently, even came here to paris which was a bit of a surprise to everyone here because we hadn't heard of that before. he then went off the radar despite the fact, greta, he was on a european database of possible radicalized islamic suspect. that's how alert they were in 2012. he turned up again in may of this year in berlin, getting on to a flight to istanbul which is the regular route for people wanting to go to syria. after that nothing more was hea

and it's an honor to work with them every day, and fun, and a real honor to be before you tonight to receive this award. it's impossible not to think of the journalists who every day are risking far more than those of us that do the news in new york. journalists all over the world, many trained by the national press foundation, putting their lives on the line to hold people accountable. that's amazing work. and i'm also grateful for the chance to be doing this work. i started on the other side. spent the first half of my career in politics. and i think back to my beginnings at abc news in 1997, moving close to 20 years ago. a lot of people weren't sure i could do this. including me. i got hazed a bit, charlie gibson, some pointed questions on my first day. and they used to criticize my tie 30 seconds before going live. and i remember ted koppel, saying are you sure you can do this, are you sure you can be fair? it rocked me back on my heels. but he gave me something, a card given to him by fred friendly. and this was a card given to fred friendly by a broadcasting pioneer, ed klauber

the honorable and mrs.rs. chet edwards, united states house of representatives, retired. the honorable patrick j. murphy, united states house of representatives, retired. the honorable robert work, deputy secretary of defense. the honorable paul wolfowitz, former deputy secretary of defense. ms. christine fox, former acting united states deputy secretary of defense. the honorable and mrs. -- former secretary of the army. the honorable francis j. harvey, former secretary of the army. admiral and mrs. jonathan greenert, chief of naval operations. lieutenant general -- captain, lieutenant colonel, chief of staff, german army. >> general, former united states army chief of staff, retired. general gordon sullivan, former united states army chief of staff, retired. general and mrs. frank grass, chief national guard bureau. the honorable eric k. fannie, acting undersecretary of the army. ms. lisa disbrow, acting under secretary of the air force. the honorable and mrs. joe wieder, former under secretary of the army

so i'm very honored by the presence. we have the history on the walls and the history sitting here and reverend cecil williams. one thing i want to say about reverend williams, i have been in the tenderloin, i know him. i didn't know in 1963 there were only 35 families as members. he had a remarkable organizing strategy. i don't think anyone would have thought of it. he said we are going to hire a minister for youth who has no money. that's what he did. he led the power grass roots and organized this. how many knew that? how many read my books? [ laughter ] the legacy is so much more powerful in the tenderloin. we are so glad you are here. do you want to say a few words? >> greetings, everybody. thank you men and ladies. thank you the people who put the time and effort and money. this is the most important thing that's happened in the city and county of san francisco. no matter what you are looking at and how you see it. this place certainly is something that is vital and will continue for years and years to come. and ha

a jersey honoring sergeant lunger hung in the dugout. >> reporter: what a great day. this was law enforcement day at the a's game, and scott lunger's family was truly honored and humbled by at the outpouring of love and support for their fallen hero. >> the biggest honor of father could have, paul lunger, throwing out the first pitch of sunday's a's game to his son scott's favorite player, rickey henderson. [applause] >> a wonderful experience. i was nervous, and i'm sure my son, scott, is jealous of me being up on the mound. i felt scott was in between us when i was hugging him. >>> fallingen employing sergeant scott lunger was honored at the game. an on-field police motorcade, tribute to man who was a long-time a's mega fan. before the game the team members presented the family with jerseys with the lunger name. >> the a's got us here where we want to be, make us feel really good, and scott us with us. >> sergeant lunger's daughters were there, too. lunger was killed in a loon of duty in a routine traffic stop. lunger's girlfriend, antioch police dispatcher, jennife

that was a year ago this may. >> honor dorm material. >> honor dorm material. >> that's me. >> hopefullyy soon i'll be going back. i'm on the top of the list now. >> without the possibility of parole, lawrence stall has nothing but time to reflect on the events that landed him in prison 26 years ago. >> it was a homicide/robbery that got me here. i had never done any pcp. i'm high, not even thinking about what happened. we go rob a place and then two people got killed. we picked them up, took them out to a wooded area, and they were killed. it's not really something i like to talk about a lot. and i've come to accept prison, you know, as my lot in life. we got one coming in on that bed. >> with a bed freeing up, chaplain summers informs the man at the top of the list that it's his time to move back to honor dorm. >> the lost lamb. we're coming to get you, man. >> i feel good. >> glad to get out of here. glad to get back out in the honor dorm. >> you're coming back? >> i hope not. >> that looks like it. >> looks like i'm ready. >> you got my name. >> i didn't realize i had that much tensi

the heroic actions, the prestigious legion of honor during this ceremony. so many sometitimes we hear the stories of plots to kill and not thwarted, but for once, another situation where three men, american men, sprung into action, simply on vacation through europe, vacationers that turned into heros because of quick action, not only awarded here today, but president obama spoke with them over the weekend as well to thank them for their courage, and i think a lot of people owe a lot of debt to these men for what they did on that train. i want to bring in nbc news's claudia who is nearby. claudia, this is really a wonderful moment for all involve because this story could have ended very differently. >> reporter: well, this is be y betty, a wonderful and rare moment, i mean, the legion of honor here in france is being given to not too many people, not many french, let alone foreign nationals. it is given to french in any trade, of course, and less to foreign nationals, unless, they are, of course, a protagonist in a exceptional circumstance, and what kind of

folks released balloons and lit candles in david's honor, david's mother struck during the accident faults. >> my baby was -- he was always, playing basketball, dancing, here, outside, and always, you know, playing with other kids. he was supposed to start school this year at the lighthouse. now look, he's not here with us. >> reporter: officers can't to search for the driver who struck him. if you have any information, please contact police right away. >>> a local college student has died in a car crash in society hill. this happened at around 4:00 this morning at the intersection of 4th and lombard streets. police say the 21-year-old hit a curb and crashed into a tree. he was ejected and the vehicle landed on top. three other passengers in the car reportedly not seriously injured. first responders leap into action to save two people and a dog stranded on board a birth boat off the coast of ocean city. this eyewitness cam video show smoke billowing from the burning sailboat around 10:45 this morning, the body radio sos and everyone on board hopped into a dingy to wait for help. rescuers

so touched by today's honor.'s just beat houston 5-4, but before the game came time to salute a fallen hero. ♪ >> it began with the national anthem, then an on-field police motorcade, fitting tribute to sergeant scott lunger, long-time a'sing me fa fan. before the game team members presented his fathom live with jerseys bearing the lunger name. >> the a's have got us where we want to be. make us feel really good. >> then the biggest honor. paul lunger threw out the first pitch to his son's favorite player, ricky henderson. >> i did the best i could and ricky covered for me. >> it was a wonderful experience. i was nervous, and i'm sure my son, scott, is jealous of me. >> suggester lunger's daughters were there, too. he was shot and killed july 22nd in the line of duty during a routine traffic stop. a suspect was arrested. lunger's girlfriend, police dispatcher jennifer lee, was proud to see scott honored by so many. >> was amazing, so many people, friends, family, from all over the bay area, come to support us and

three americans honored in france this morning. awarding them the highest honor for preventing a possible massacre on a train from amsterdam to paris. alek skarlatos and spencer stone and anthony sadler now speaking out about the incident for the first time. >> i feel our training mostly kicked in after this assailant was subdued, frankly. when it came to medical care and things like that and providing security making sure there was not another shooter. in the beginning, it was gut instinct and survival. >> to jump in and stop the guy with the gun on the train. cnn's correspondent nic robertson is live in paris. nic, this story is unbelievable. to see them standing with the french president being honored for their bravery. >> reporter: it is incredible. it is raining in paris. they turned up at the palace earlier today. spencer stone with his arm in a sling where the attacker hit him with a box cutter. the french president saying he wanted to pay tribute to the men. what we heard from spencer stone is incredible when you listen to

pinnedion of honor medal on spencer stone, alex, and anthony sattler. saying theylande gave the world a lesson in hope when they stopped a violent attack on a train friday. they were on vacation, traveling between amsterdam and paris when they spotted a gunman come out of the bathroom with an ak-47. said -- let's go. the ak-47 andbbed was shot in the back with a pistol. stuck to of my fingers in the hole, found what i thought to be the artery, pushed down, and the bleeding stopped. the attacker, now in custody. his attorney says he a did not -- he denied any ties to terror groups and claimed his plan was only to rob passengers. the man earned that will long was punctured also be awarded the medal of honor. autria: still ahead, a little girl we have watched grow up plans a spot on dancing with the stars. pandemonium at the national zoo. how people are reacting to the news of twin panda cubs. two days after a jet crashes into a busy highway in england. here at home, humidity is back. when things will dry out. autria: flags flying at half staff after a cra

i'll break down the details coming out. >>> the eagles honor the military at training camp.>>> welcome back a bus driver in madison wisconsin being hailed a hero for saving the life of a toddler wandered out into the street. driving his regular route thursday when he saw the little girl in the street. he immediately stopped the bus. got out, picked up the one-year-old after he found her father, driver who prides himself on punctual at his got back on the bus and did something unexpected. >> i apologize for the delay. i don't know why i did that, but i did, and nobody said anything. >> well, the question is, how did the child get into the street? the father told the driver he fell asleep and she wandered out of the house. >>> as pope francis's philadelphia visit draws closer and closer, septa is giving papal pass lottery winners more time to claim tickets. those who won the lottery for the special one-day passes will have until tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. to claim those ticket to say or they will lose them. a second round of e-mails will begin being send out tomorrow to lottery end

on behalf of the american veteran center i'm honored to be here to introduce tonight honore. i would like to offer warm welcome. tonight's lecture is one of many projects throughout the year which the legacy and honors the sacrifice of our military men and women of every generation. over the last two decades the abc has collected thousands of oral histories from american veterans from the first world war to present day. we have produced dozens of radio and television documentary programs including the recently concluded -- a final toast airing nationwide on public television this fall. and every detachment say we can we bring together hundreds of students from each of our nations military academies and several dozen rotc programs where they meet many of our nation's most distinguished veterans. if the abc annual conference there are virtues of leadership for gaining a better bridge nation for our military heroes past and present area in that same weekend the abc produced the first televised awards show honoring our military veterans and active duty. this veterans day televisi

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>>> honoring a >>> live breaking news. >> breaking news in lake county. a massive plume of smoke and fast-moving flames, mandatory evacuations are in place tonight after another wildfire breaks out in lake county and it's growing rapidly. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm matt keller. evacuations have been ordered along jerusalem grade road east of the soda creek bridge. the fire began just before 4:00 today and it has burned more than 3,000 acres. we have team coverage on the fire tonight. first abc 7 news reporter sergio quintana is live in lake county tonight. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago i talked with a resident who was evacuated this afternoon. she tells me that sheriff's deputies went door to door through this rural area to try to tell as many residents as possible. and that right there is where the california highway patrol has closed off jerusalem grade road heading into what's now called the jerusalem fire. this afternoon, fueled by dry vegetation and shifting winds, this fire went there zero to 3,000 acres. it's triggered evacua

he awarded them today with france's highest honor, the legion of honor.t is something that fewer than 1000 have received since napoleon bonaparte created it in 1882, specifically for services rendered to france. francois hollande saluting those services today, saluting what he said was their courage in the face of potential deadly disaster and crisis. and also appealing to other french to take an example from these men when if faced with a similar situation to act as they did and not just survive. there were some other heroes not present today who wanted to perhaps be a little more asked --you are also who are also expected to receive the honor in the coming days, one who was badly wounded in the attack and the other was the first to try to prevent the assailant when he was emerging from the restroom in the train. francois hollande saluting these three americans and one briton and also encouraging heightened security across the country. details aboutile, the suspects profile are starting to emerge. he denies an act of terrorism. the young moroccan said he

biden, you honor the force with your presence today. as you do so often. secretary mavis, admiral greener, general dunford. congresssh numbers of guests, ladies and gentlemen. together today, we cannot erase the pain of our loss, it still with fellowther citizens to honor these five fallen patriots to mourn with , to provideve them comfort and healing as best we can. to remember the lives of the -- these brave men lead, to reflect on the meaning their lives have for us, the duty their deaths in pose upon us. their lives were truly exemplary. many of them served abroad and fought on the front lines in places like iraq and afghanistan. here at home, they were serving among the many men and women in uniform who represent our military communities in communities across the country. on the front lines of the force of the future. the meaning of their lives is therefore clear. crystal-clear, and we will be forever proud of them. the meaning of their killing is yet unclear. what combination of disturbed mind, violent extremism, and hateful ideology was at work, we

i have known a lot of medal of honor recipients. most of them will say, i did not deserve this metal. it should have been given to someone else.

president francois hollande awarded the honors. brian webb reports. >> reporter: three americans who tackled an armed gunman on a high-speed train in belgium last week were reunited last week. alek skarlatos, spencer stone and anthony sadler were awarded the honors. they along with two passengers risked their lives to disarm ayoub el khazzani. >> it looked like it was jammed or weren't working and he was trying to charge the weapon and alek hit me on the shoulder and said let's go. >> reporter: skarlatos said they acted mostly out of instinct. >> reporter: cell phone shows the 26-year-old man hog tied on the ground. sadler believes there's a lesson to be learned from the ordeal. >> the gunman would have been successful if my friend spencer had not gotten up in times of like terror like that to please do something, don't just stand by and watch. >> reporter: brian webb for cbs news, new york. >> by tomorrow french authorities must either charge of free the train attack suspect. he's being questioned outside paris. french and paris a

he got the medal of honor. i give a speech one time at the admiral nimitz pacific war museum, and it was headed a by general mike hagey, former commandant of the marine corps who came up to me and said the marines know all about monroe. this brilliant woman ran the coast guard reserve. she had the responsibility of training the commissioned and enlisted women to learn all of the specialties that the men had so they could run the coast guard in domestic america so the men could go overseas. her skills were magnificent. the women's reserve was called the spars. commandant joseph farley, gets us to 1950. he started demobilizing the coast guard because the war was over but then the cold war started with the soviet bloc, so they had to get missions and personnel to cover or security and personnel. to cover port security and safety. in richmond from 1950's to 1962 -- my pardon, farley and o'neill, a better say more about mr. o'neill. he served in world war ii on attack transports. when he was commandant he led the co

a jersey honoring sergeant lunger hung in the dugout. >> reporter: what a great day.t day at the a's game, and scott lunger's family was truly honored and humbled by at the outpouring of love and support for their fallen hero. >> the biggest honor of father could have, paul lunger, throwing out the first pitch of sunday's a's game to his son scott's favorite player, rickey henderson. [applause] >> a wonderful experience. i was nervous, and i'm sure my son, scott, is jealous of me being up on the mound. i felt scott was in between us when i was hugging him.

welcome to the 7th annual awards we recognize city garden (clapping) it really is my privilege and honor to be here for each of the 6 prior tents that the connection to our rec and park department some of the nonprofit partner you'll hear about but the city gardeners to recognize the work that's being done in the fields but also in the offices to make that one of the best parks systems in the whole country thank you for being here today (clapping) my name is inconvenience i'm with laborers 411 used to be the local representative i got a shout out from aaron anderson and others (clapping) teresa (clapping) and tom harrison for sitting with us h and organizing this event (clapping) so it's really kind of cool to be able to do this you have a chance to look at the slide shows i see the past retirees terry thank you for being here and steve elderly it is an opportunity to bring people tobacco because those are the people they know you know where the bodies are buried; right? terry claufr but from didn't great to be a city gardeners with the recreation and parks department but i've come like

in their honor. and their family and friends are beaming with pride. >> reporter: the team that took down a terrorist, originally came together at this small christian school in fair oaks. anthony sadler's sister said that's why and when they acted as one. >> i don't know how they would have acted if they were by themselves. >> reporter: after christian school, two of the boys enrolled in del campo high school. and here's the guy who posted video from the train. >> nobody thinks they'll have to save some people on train from a terrorist. >> reporter: spencer stone stayed all four years and played varsity basketball. >> the amazement is how these guys acted curagesly and pulled this off. >> reporter: three young men, friends for life in every sense of the word. in sacramento, george warren. >>> san jose's national airport is getting 3.5 million from the faa to make it harder for people to sneak onto airplane property. >>> insurance giant geico says it will pay $6,000,000 to set alc alcomplaint accusin

so it's an honor to be up here. it's an honor to represent my hometown. and like i said, i think it's a great example of how texas has evolved and putting people in office because of who they are and what they're going to do. >> as a graduate of texas a&m, certainly one of the premier schools and a lot of school pride being an aggie. what does that mean for you? >> look, you know, we have this code of honor at texas a&m. aggies not lie, cheat or steal and don't tolerate those who do. i think it will be a lot better place. i'm proud to be an aggie. i learned a lot about leadership and representing people. i was student body president at a & m on the year of the bonfire collapse. it was -- we basically built a really big fire about 100 or so feet tall and it collapsed during the building and killed 12 kids. and in 1999, it was the worst accident to have ever happened on the college campus. and to help lead the aggie family through what the darkest time in our history was an honor. i give that experience up if those 12 kids were still alive. but that's what

democrat say their names say their names say their names honor them in your hearts pour out a littlef love for mr. graham say right direction j. >> (repeated.) live satisfaction is the pouring out of love for the people that have passed away the next time you have a drink of soda or water say the name of your ann cherries i pour out a little bit of love for others say right direction j right direction j right direction j. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you honor me by allowing me to pour this my name is brother clint give yourselves a hand (clapping.) every voice that sings to the hearts and heaven rings bring with the harmony of liability liberty let our reenjoying rise as high as the listening skies let it resound loud as the rolling sea sing a song for love the faith that the dictate past has taught us sing of a song for love the hope that present has brought us say sing the rising sun of our new day begun let us mark march on till victory is won god of our wearyness god of our silent tears though who has brought us up for oh, lord the way 34 who how fast by 34 mitigates let us into the light k