sergeant meier put his life on the license to save 36 others in afghanistan.ough has the story. >> in september 2009 sergeant mile an hour was heading to the extremely dangerous valley in northeast afghanistan. traveling with afghan soldiers trying to convince village elders to brick away from the taliban. but meier was ordered to stay back with the vehicle. rest of his unit went in. insurge than the opened fire. >> extremely frustrated. could not good in. >> i was. >> feeling helpless sergeant meier and staff sergeant rodriguez chavez defy order. drove the humvee up the narrow track to the village. >> i never thought i was going to kilometer out. >>reporter: you went in any way. >> that's what marines do. >>reporter: for 6 hours he made multiple trips in the valley under constant gun fir rescuing more than 30. but too late for his closest friends. >> i sat down between lieutenant johnson and gunner and shook my head. >>reporter: took the pulse. >> iid. i if you they were dead but you weren't to wish that something is still going and hopefully try to at least

in particular, i would like to recognize the honorable meier and when -- the honorable mayor edwin lee. we are equally on it to recognize the chinese deputy counsel. welcome, gentlemen. [applause] also with us today, we have officials from california tourism, community partners, and partners who are all part of bringing the chinese to this wonderful city. today, we are launching a new hotel service tailored to the needs of chinese travelers visiting all corners of our hilton world. from today in 51 hotels in 13 countries in cities as far apart as london, sydney, mexico city, toronto, san francisco, and new york, we will be offering unique services focusing on three touch points of the chinese traveling hotel experience -- there are rival, the guest room, and breakfast at hilton. the for your hotels in the program i am pleased to say are right here in the bay area. we are so grateful to hilton san francisco union square for hosting this event, and i would like to recognize the key members from those who tells -- those hotels are also in the room with us today. let's take a closer look a

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. >>> after sharing a beer with the president last night, dakota meier will receive the medal of honorarine saved 36 lives during an ambush in afghanistan. a wewell-earned beer for sure. wow. >> absolutely. >> hero. >>> finally if we had a cutest story of the day stamp, this one would be it. all about an elderly couple and their brand new piece of technology. >> they bought a web camera when they tried to hook it up, hilarity and some adorable moments ensued. here is abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: at the hillside retirement community near portland it's fair to say they don't spend a lot of time on youtube. >> take a photo snapshot. okay. >> reporter: at least they didn't until bruce and esther huffman accidentally recorded themselves fumbling over their laptop. >> why won't it take a picture? >> reporter: the result? three minutes of what could be their own reality show, filled not only with confused squinting and random b button-pushing -- >> i don't know how to do it. >> reporter: but singing. ♪ hello my darling ♪ >> reporter: and random monkey faces. >> look at the monkey. >> di