today maureen murphy smashed a champagne bottle against the warship on her son's 35th birthday. bathe maine, 1.1 billion vessel will be based in hawaii. >>> national law enforcement memorial people gathered to remember the fallen. the 20th annual ceremony paid tribute to officers around the country who made the ultimate sacrifice. maryland, virginia and district of columbia were there. >>> new warning system heading into orbit tonight. part of the pay load for the atlas 5 rocket. it took off from the kennedy space center just this morning. the rocket will release the first satellite of the new department of defense system into orbit. >>> at the national air and space museum. space day returned today. the annual family event featured hands on activities about space and the history of aviation. participants can attend space training, check out some moon rocks, build a mini international space station. there were also presentations on space and astronomy. >>> graduating students at american university here in washington are walking away from a commencement speech about optimism tod

his mother maureen murphy christened the vessel. >>> a unique cheer before starting every single game. why they choose to chant one, two, three, body parts. >> reporter: players on this team take to their field of dreams. >> one, two, three. body parts. >> reporter: t thousan ds of miles from the battle field. with wounds that seem to heal right in front of the fans. >> this is a great group of guys. very resilient to come out here suffering losses like we have and to get back out on the ball field it is amazing. >> reporter: this is the wounded warrior amputee softball team. >> when i was in the hospital i just basically wanted to get out of there as fast as i could. >> reporter: some arms and legs may be artificial but the guts and spirit is genuine. >> we were injured but we are coming back after it. we are still active guys. >> reporter: especia lly their pride in the work of their navy seal commrads. >> a lot of these guys joined the surface pose 9/11 and they are over there searching for this guy and now that he has been found assassinated and put to rest, there is a little more

. >> reporter: cracking a bottle of champagne on its bow, this mother's day weekend maureen murphy christenedoyer bearing her son's name. >> it is an honor and a privilege that i am to be the sponsor of the u.s.s. michael murphy. >> reporter: it was a tribute to navy lieutenant michael murphy who was killed in afghanistan. >> i would like a moment of silence for all those men. >> reporter: 18 other u.s. troops died along with murphy back in june of 2005. his navy seal team was on a secret mission until a passing group of goat herders gave away their locate. this taliban video reportedly shows the fire fight that followed as murphy's small team came under attack. already wounded, murphy dashed into the open to get a satellite signal. and placed a phone call for help. the chinook helicopter sent in to rescue them was hit by enemy fire and blew up. killing all 16 on board. >> it was the worst day of my life and it was the worst day in navy seal history. >> reporter: nathanael roberti was part of the recovery team sent high into the mountain pass near the afghanistan pakistan border. >> the next

it was christened by maureen murphy, mother of the fallen navy seal for whom the new destroyer is namedeutenant murphy was killed six years ago in a gun battle in eastern afghanistan. after a whirlwind few weeks last night was date night for the president and first lady. they dined at a well known washington restaurant. a 20-to-1 long shot is not supposed to win the kentucky derby but that's what happened yesterday at the churchill downs as animal kingdom guided down the stretch by jockey came from the outside, took the lead and finished first in the run for the roses. here's today's forecast. across the south and the northeast, the weather will be perfect for a mother's day picnic: warm and sunny. everyone else can treat mom to breakfast in bed. the week ahead shows rain falling steadily and the temperatures steadily rising. summer begins in just 44 days.,, [ male announcer ] edmunds.com says that lexus holds its value better than any other luxury brand. ♪ intellichoice proclaims that lexus has the best overall value of any brand. ♪ and j.d. power and associates ranks lexus the highest

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