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>> in is from medford, oregon. >> you guys tried to jump me. you want me to call the ambulance? >> the guy behind the camera is brandon shawnego, and the guys try tried to rob him when he was on the way to church on father's day. this is what is left with these two guys. he hit them with one punch each. you can see that brandon is missing a shoe, and these guys approached brandon and asked for a cigarette, and brandon said he did not wahave one, d then the poic said at b efending himself, he stopped fighting, and in all, he didn't press charges against the guys, and they have been identified as 22-year-old cameron manning and 20-year-old joseph meozaki, and they were recently released from jail. we have brandon joining us to tell us how he defended himself. >> i told them that i just wanted to go the church. they came up on me, and i asked them if they were going to try to fight me two-on-one, and they said, we are going to beat you up and rob you, and i said take your best shot. >> you messed with the wrong [ bleep ] -- >> have you had any martial arts training? >> i figured if

scattered showers in seattle, but portland should start to warm back close to 80 degrees and even medford, oregon, temperatures should get into the lower 90s. it's funny with oregon, especially. northwest oregon is chilly, where southwest oregon really gets the heat. >> thank you. >>> for the first time in its 45-year existence, black sabbath topped the billboard 200 chart beating justin timberlake. miley cyrus has broken the record clocking in at 10.7 million views. >>> liam neeson will be in "taken 3" and he's supposedly being paid $20 million, dylan, to reprise his role. we are in the wrong business, apparently. >>> mumford and sons back on stage after the bassist underwent surgery. >>> chris brown charged with a misdemeanor hit and run and if convicted he could face up to five years in prison. >>> finally, the rock has been eating, get this, seven meals a day in preparation for his hercules film. 13 egg whites and over three pounds of meat. i wish i could have a diet like that. little more tone. >> that would be weird if you looked like that. >> i don't want to look exactly like that. i had c

he lives in medford oregon and works very closely with me on the story. he has an incredible memory which helped a lot and very willing to share all of his experiences. he was one of 13 medics onboard the plane. all 12 of them were from the 807th but one from this 802nd was catching a ride to try to pick up his paycheck and bari italy. [laughter] and he ended up getting more than he bargained for. harold is actually the only living member of the group of 30 stranded in american still with us. this is a photograph of harold showing me the route they took throughout dania. he tracked a lot of -- i used reports from the air force historical research agency as well as harold's memory and other reports i was able to find through various archives to re-create most of the villages. i think we got all but three of them that they had traveled and they went through dozens of villages during their time. these are some of the nurses who were involved in the crash landing. there were 13 nurses on board the plane including all the ones in the photo and what was interes

>> he lives in medford, oregon. it was in medford. he lives in a retirement community. >> [inaudible] spent okay. it's a beautiful area. >> were you able to get anything from the german side of it, like archives after the war of what the german army, how they were doing this? >> that's a great question that i was hoping i would find this incredible, you know, story of one officer going after the group and could really flush that out. i did i a researcher in germany. i don't speak german, to go to the archives, and he spent many days doing it. we found a few things. the germans did find the burned plane from which is interesting that you're not able to use anything from it which is great. it was exactly what the americans hoped would happen if they found it. we also know from the archives that in berat, there was a german soldier who was a prisoner of the partisans who was in berat and he actually reported back to his officer when he escaped from the partisans that he had seen americans in berat and saw them fleeing the attack. so that

. >> this is from medford, oregon. >> you guys try to jump me? you want me to call an ambulance? >> the guy behind the camera is brandon. the two guys you see down on the ground tried to rob and jump brandon as he was on his way to church on father's day. this is what was left of these two guys. >> what's up? >> brandon apparently hit these guys with one punch each. you see how bloody the one guy is. you can see brandon's missing a shoe. obviously a struggle. these guys approached brandon. asked for a cigarette. brandon said he didn't have one. these guys got aggressive. >> that guy is messed up. he can barely even stand. >> plea this department says that brandon's actions were justified because he was defending himself. he stopped fighting when these guys stopped. after all this, he didn't even press charges against these guys. they got a misdemeanor disorderly conduct. they are no strangers to the law. 22-year-old cameron manning and 43-year-old joseph miyazaki. recently just released from jail. one way to take care of business. we got brandon joining us right this minute to ta

but at south medford high school in southern oregon, there isn't just one valedictorian. there are 21. part of a trend that's been spreading nationwide. 34 in one alabama high school. nine in a small ohio school with only 84 seniors. the principal says his 21 medford south stars all deserve the distinction. >> our system is if everybody is a 4.0, everybody is a valedictorian. >> reporter: it is controversial though. one expert in college admissions saying those big numbers dilute the valedictorian brand, raise questions, if not suspicions. >> it does make us wonder at a certain point is there a lot of rigor to the way that school gives out aids? >> reporter: medford's distinguished 21 are being attacked saying all they've done is all they've been asked to numerical perfection. like brea who inhaled college prep courses. >> we all have the value of our own personal education and we know the challenges that we've taken on. >> luis with no english when he arrived here. >> to make this a accomplishment of being a 4.0 student now is a great accomplishment for myself and my fam

not one but 21 valedictorians will graduate at the top of their class at south medford high school in oregonthe grading system allows all seniors who earned a 4.0 gpa to claim that title. >> other schools are doing the same as well at enterprise high school there are 34 valedictorians there. smart kids. we want to know should there be more than one valedictorian? send those xhoefrnts to us. you can tweet them to us at foxfriendsfirst or shoot us an e-mail to foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. next on the rundown, do you get headaches when you don't have the morning cup of coffee? is there something really wrong with you or is it all in your head. dr. seigel explains next. >> congress wants to bend the law to keep more flights at washington, d.c.'s airport. it may not be what the taxpayers want. >> welcome back. it's 21 minutes after the top of the hour. don't mess with our convenient flight tone from reagan national airport. they are urging regulators to keep all of their airports blocked if the american airlines and u.s. airways planned merger is done. >> it is a spelling bee controversy. many yi

spokane, 81. 92 in medford, oregon. phoenix, arizona, 105 degrees.ms from arizona to ark. rain making its way into the ohio and mississippi river valleys. beautiful weather out west. sunshine in seattle and 78 degrees. here's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. there is a view of our sky over washington now. sunshine, low humidity, chilly temperatures, still only in the 50s, low 60s. later today, though, should make it up to 80 by mid afternoon, few clouds coming and going. then tomorrow, increasing humidity highs in the 70s. lot of cloudiness. maybe showers on thursday night. off and on showers likely on friday. maybe afternoon thundershowers. highs around 80. perhaps lingering showers friday might lou midday saturday. might get afternoon thundershowers on sunday and monday. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thank you. >>> we have a rossen report's crime alert, a new wave of auto thefts that police frankly can't figure ou

actually shoot at the intruder, did you think somehow you would become the perp, the criminal in medford, oregonin fear of your life? >> i didn't think i would have charges in this way. this is a multiple felon charged with breaking in and burglary before and a slew of other crimes. he's on the street -- or he will be on the streets eventually and they will put me in jail, i imagine. >> mr. thompson, we wish justice for you. please keep us apprised what's going on here. this seems absolutely crazy. thank you for your service. >> thank you, sir, for having me. >> governor, thanks for being part of this and for being here this morning. will we watch you tonight? >> i hope so. ron fornier will be there to talk about criminalizing journalists and the secretary of israel will be there. >> i love your show. every saturday we watch and don't miss it in our house. >> thank you. happy to hear it. >>> we showed you the video at the top of the hour. >> no! no! no, no, turn now! go south! >> now, you will hear from the storm chaser who got way too close to the tornado for comfort. brandon sullivan joins us

oregon. the officer drove anymore to medford and dropped him off at hotel to wait for family. >> i wrote down all the information for him because in his situation, he may not remember everything. >> the officer says the men was mentally sharp despite his confusion. family drove to oregon to pick him up today. >> in alameda county two bodies were found in a home. they why discovered after reported not having seen them in several days. deaths are not considered suspicious at this time. >>> napa police say a transient on probation murdered a man in this house, stole his car and then tried to get away in it. 24-year-old was stopped by chp friday afternoon for driving without license plates. a check of the owner of the car lived in napa. police entered the home and found the body. he is facing charges of suspicion of murder and burglary. >> a group fighting to keep a san francisco bookstore being forced to move say it's for po are to black history. the market bookstore has led the african-american community through decades of what they call urban renewal. this bookstore is just the latest african-

oregon. the officer drove anymore to medford and dropped him off at hotel to wait for family. >> i wrote down all the information for him because in his situation he may not remember everything. >> the officer says the men was mentally sharp despite his confusion. family drove to oregon to pick him up today. >> in alameda county two bodies were found in a home. they why discovered after reported not having seen them in several days. deaths are not considered suspicious at this time. >>> napa police say a transient on probation murdered a man in this house stole his car and then tried to get away in it. 24-year-old was stopped by chp friday afternoon for driving without license plates. a check of the owner of the car lived in napa. police entered the home and found the body. he is facing charges of suspicion of murder and burglary. >> a group fighting to keep a san francisco bookstore being forced to move say it's for po are to black history. the market bookstore has led the african-american community through decades of what they call urban renewal. this bookstore is just the latest african-am

it was hot all the way through boise and medford and much of interior sections of nevada and sbeer washington and oregon state. how do we look this morning? we've cooled off a little bit. a weak low went through. there's a warm front trying to push onshore with showers in northern washington state. besides that, more of the same. we're talking about 112 today in phoenix. 110 in vegas. notice how much cooler you are spots. doesn't take long this time of year. we have so much -- the sunrises so early. by 10:00 it's hot. >> it's already boiling and sizzling there. tale of two coasts. >> just ahead, what would it take for you to trade in your old apple iphone for an upgrade? a deal in the making. >>> and a tight one in south beach goes down to the wire. details just ahead. >>> in the news this morning, new jersey will have a republican senator for the first time in over three decades. governor chris christie picked state attorney general jeff chiesa to hold the vacant seat until a special election later this year. chiesa accepted the nomination saying quote, i'm in. >>> britain's prince phillip will undergo

medford. even a little warmer now, northern california and southern portions of oregon. that's a look at your n 87. you're getting warmer but still not bad. >>> and unfortunately, richard, the dry season's arrived. we didn't have a lot of moisture over the winter. i think we'll have a lot more fires to talk about in the days ahead. >> i hope not. and after that we have to worry about flooding. that's how the cycle works. >>> new numbers on crime in those infamous southern california car chases. >>> a major recall involving ford and lincoln to tell you about. you're watching "early today." >>> stories in the news this morning for you. new jersey governor chris christie is facing tough choices on replacing late senator frank lautenberg. the republican could appoint an interim replacement or call a special election to fill that seat. funeral services for the 89-year-old will be held tomorrow. >>> opening statements took place monday in one of the biggest cases of government leaks in u.s. history. prosecutors say 25-year-old private bradley manning put military secrets into

that's how many valedictorians will graduate at the top of their class at south medford high school in oregonh a 4.0 gpa to claim the title, so all 21 will. all right. brian, out to you. >> brian: welcome back to the beautiful veranda. you call this home. >> yes. >> brian: this is your area. now it's time to bring in kerri walsh generalling, a new mom again. congratulations. >> thank you. born the day before her birthday, april 6, a month old. >> you will be returning back to the olympics coming up in 016? >> absolutely. there is a lot of improving to do ask winning to do between now and then, but real gold is what i want. i want to show my daughter and my boys how to do it. >> you will have a new partner? >> i will have a new partner. i'm so excited. it won't be with misty may-treanor, but i'll figure it out. >> brian: misty has been on before and is fantastic. i know you're here not only to meet maria in person and say hello to me, but also she does have a height advantage. you're pro temperpedic beds? >> yes. may is better sleep month. i want to be the best me i can be. if i don't sleep, i

south medford high school in oregon has 21 -- count them, 21 valedictori valedictorians. when they're applying to colleges i think the fact there are more and more schools to be allowing valedictorians i think admissions officers have said, well, in looking at the title a little differently now. >> sure. >> back when we went to school, there was one valedictorian, that's it. >> you and i didn't have to worry about it. >> i was close. but i had moved to different schools. but it is interesting. 4.0 mean you're the valedictorian altogether? a lot of people had 4.0 when i went to school, but only one valedictorian. >> if you're stacking them up for the college applications -- >> i guess in the case of oregon, there's somebody who's first in class who will give the graduation speech. that's i guess where -- you know, you get all the glory of being the valedictorian. >> takes nothing away from the kids who had incredible academic careers. >> thrat's what the school saying. >>> finally, our take three. a 41-year-old mother has beaten the odds of 500,000 to 1 by giving birth to