and one of those making that special entrance, kyle carpenter, a medal of honor recipient. he was one of the parachuters. that repep went saved a fellow marine during a grenade attack in afghanistan. here's what he had to say. >> to fly over the capital and look at the reflecting pool and the lincoln memorial and just the white house and just everything our country stands for, democracy and freedom, to see the sun coming up over those historic places, it's what we fought for, happy to do. >> reporter: kyle carpenter is also running the full marathon right now. he's shooting for 12:30 to cross this finish line. the people you're seeing come across here, we've seen about four or five hand cyclists. the first one crossed about ten minutes ago, actually. most of these people ran the 10-k. they are coming over here and going over to the festival. everybody gets a sample of michelob ultraand dunkin' donuts, munch kins. they got coupons on their bibs. adam, as you mentioned we got the full marathon finishers, the elite runners should be coming. perhaps 10:30. when we go off the ai

kyle carpenter was among them. he'll be running his first marathon right after this. minutes way, about eight minutes away from the howitzer being fired. here we have another flag coming down as well. take a look at this moment right here. everybody has their cell phones pointle up, taking a picture of this, capturing it in air. and this is just truly a magical moment right now as people take it in, sun coming up right above the arches. those iconic marine corps arches where in just minutes some almost 30,000 people will be taking part and going through the chutes, coming down route 110 here at arlington national cemetery as the flag makes it way down the ground and on the racecourse. moments ago we saw all of the hands cyclists coming by here, flying through on to the bridge where we are here at arlington national cemetery. 7:55 is the magic moment when it all begins. back to you. >> jim handly, really showing us some spectacular images there at the starting line of the marine corps marathon. a marathon they say is a marathon of the people and for the people and i ca

. >> reporter: medal of honor recipient kyle carpenter, who fell on a grenade to save his partner isy touching for me to say the fact that i can kind of run for the service members who have lost their limbs to where they might not be able to run a marathon. >> reporter: the marine corps marathon is special. >> even if you're not in shape, you can easily push to the end just because so many people. the support and the love that line the streets is just phenomenal. >> reporter: mark seagraves, news 4. >>> all right. we will have a lot of closures in our area. go to nbcwashington.com. our digital team has put it all up there for you. >> okay. that will do it for news 4 today right now. we'll be back in 25 minutes with an at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, to move, to keep warm, to make clay piggies. that's why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. let's broaden the world's energy mix, let's go. limb. >>> good morning. why did he do it? >> there is a possible shooting in the cafeteria

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that's how big the american flag is at the middle of honor recipient kyle carpenter will carry when he gigantic. finally, $10,000. that's how much money a moving crew found stashed in a piece of furniture. the money belonged to the late husband of the woman who was moving. and that's the news. >> thank you, steve. >>> a public radio station worker in new york disrespecting republican congressman chris gibson, was a career army colonel who completed four combat tours in iraq. he wrote in an e-mail and said this, quote, some day maybe he will find a real job like the rest of us and not live off the taxpayers' money as he has done his whole life. that from a staffer in new york. did we mention the radio station also happen to be supporting his democratic opponent in the next election. the retired u.s. army colonel joins me now. good morning to you, congressman. thank you for being with us this morning. what was your initial reaction when you heard about this e-mail saying under just get a job and stop living off our money as taxpayers? >> well, good morning, elisabeth. certainly very disa

at the detroit lions game sunday used a laser against the buffalo bills quarterback kyle orton and kicker don carpenterhe bills went on to beat the lions. >>> britain's telegraph says there's a charity campaign in the works that could be the next ice bucket challenge. people dumping bungts of ice water over their heads. well, the new campaign is called wakeup call. people post unflattering photos of themselves within moments of rising and shining. the craze benefits unicef. i don't know. >> i'm going to pass. >> yeah. >> i don't want to scare people. >>> vanity fair says the cult tv classic twin peaks is coming back to the small screen. partners at showtime posted this cryptic video yesterday. the original series ran for two seasons in 1990. david lynch will direct the new episodes debuting in 2016. >> that'll be popular. >>> and the hollywood reporting says j.k. rowling may be working on a harry potter spinoff. she dropped this hint on twitter. busy working on a novel, tweaking a screen play and being involved in campaigns. back when i've finished something. >>> at the movies james earl jones has play