>> meyer: there was u.s.roops getting shot at and those are your brothers. >> martin: four marines were trapped in the village of ganjgal after a patrol of nine americans-- both marines and army soldiers-- and 45 afghan military was ambushed. afterwards, the army's center for lessons learned produced this animated recreation of what happened. the patrol set out for what was supposed to be a friendly meeting with village elders. rocky terrain forced them to get out of their armored vehicles and move in on foot. they're walking up toward the village. what happens next? >> meyer: right at daylight, they open fire on them. the... the enemy starts... starts raining down. they had mortars, rockets, rocket propelled grenades, and small arms fire. >> martin: they were waiting for you. >> meyer: they were. >> martin: this was an ambush. >> meyer: oh, it was. we were set up. >> martin: with an estimated 100 to 150 enemy fighters dug in on the high ground above them, the marines called for artillery fire from a nearby b

here's a look at dakota meyer. >> i'm dakota meyer. i'm from columbia, kentucky.and we're still here to talk about it, that's a great honor to receive it. but there is a huge price that was paid for it. i'm accepting the award on behalf of the guys who died that day. the men and women serving, the men and women who will serve. the marine corps. it is a huge pride to be a marine. a great honor. more than just a uniform. more than just a job. it is a way of life. and it is a brotherhood that sticks with you, even after you're out of the marine corps. it is a bad day. to describe it, it is probably the worst day of my life. not probably. it is the worst day of my life. yeah. a bad day. i didn't just lose four marines. i lost afghan buddies, too. i lost six from my platoon. and i think that's something we all need to keep in perspective. that it is not just four guys. we were so close to the afghans, working alongside them. they were just like your brothers, too. i was applying aid to as many of them as i cox we were under heavy fire the entire time. i know i applied

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but meyer was ordered to stay back with the vehicles. the rest of his unit went in. insurgents opened fire. you were extremely frustrated. you could not go in. >> oh, i was. >> reporter: feeling helpless, sergeant meyer and staff sergeant juan rodriguez-chavez defied orders and drove their humvee up the narrow track toward the village. >> i never thought i was going to come out. >> reporter: but you went in anyway. >> that's what marines do. >> reporter: for six hours, he made multiple trips into the valley under constant gunfire, rescuing more than 30, but it was too late for his closet friends. >> i just sat down between gunny kenefick and lieutenant johnson and just sat there and shook my head. >> reporter: you took their pulse? >> i did, i did. i knew they were dead, but you just want to wish there is something -- something still going that you can hopefully try at least save one of them. >> reporter: you're wearing bracelets here. >> i am. >> reporter: named for both of them. >> for all four of them. >> reporter: and you're going to be wearing those bracelets fo

and we are extraordinarily proud of sergeant dakota meyer. today is only the third time during the wars in afghanistan and iraq that a recipient of the medal of honor has been able to accept it in person. we are honored to be joined by sergeant first class leroy pet rifment e. i would point out something else, of all the medal of honor recipients, dakota is also one of the youngest. he's 23 years old. he performed the extraordinary actions which he's being recognized today when he was just 21 years old. despite all this, i would have to say dakota is one of the most down-to-earth guys you would ever meet. when the staff tried to arrange phone call so i could approve this medal, he felt he couldn't take the call right then, because he said, if i don't work, i don't get paid. so we arranged to make sure he got the call during his lunch break. [laughter] i told him the news, and he went right back to work. that's the kind of guy he is. he also has to -- wanted to have a -- dakota, i do appreciate you taking my call. the medal of honor reflects t

david martin spoke with meyer for "60 minutes." >> reporter: dakota meyer by all chutes should be deadyou think you would die? >> i didn't think i was going to die. i knew i was. >> reporter: why did you go in there? >> there were u.s. troops getting shot at and those were your brothers. >> reporter: four marines were trapped by more than 150 fighters. meyer was 2,500 yards away at the other end of this valley. >> we had to do something, you know? so we requested to go in and we were told no. all of your guys are in there getting lit up and you want to be in there helping them. so question requested again about two minutes later and we were told no again. i looked at the staff sergeant ruiz chavez and i said, "we're going in." >> staff sergeant juan ruiz chavez who received the navy cross, drove the armored truck while meyer manned it. >> it felt like the whole valley turned on this truck. >> reporter: you were it? >> it's like here it comes. we are the big target. the enemy they were running right at you, at the truck. >> reporter: this is not just raining fire down, now they are tryi

meyer didn't stop there. retrieve the bodies of several fallen comrades holding true to the motto, no man left behind. >> president obama spoke about them today at the ceremony. >> today we remember the husband who loved the skrout doors, lieutenant michael johnson. the husband and father they called gunny jay, gunnery sergeant edwin johnson. staff sergeant aaron kenifik. the medic who gave his life tending to teammates. hospital man third class james layton and a soldier wounded who never recovered. sergeant first class kenneth westbrook. dakota, i know that you grappled with the grief of that day. that you've said that your efforts were somehow a failure because your teammates didn't come home. but as your commander in chief and on behalf of everyone here today and all americans, i want you to know it's quite the opposite. you did your duty. above and beyond. you kept the faith with the highest traditions of the marine corps that you love. because of your honor, 36 men are alive today. because of your coura

today meyer received the medal of honor from president obama.er says he is dedicating it to all those who served and those who died that day. >> i didn't just lose fellow troops, we lost afghan troops. it's not just four guys. we were so close to the afghans working alongside them. that i mean they were just like your brothers too. >> meyer went back into the danger zone to retrieve the bodies of the fallen. he now wears the names of the four marines who died that day on his wrist. at meyer's request the four men who died that day were remembered at their hometown at the same time the medal of honor ceremony was taking place. one of those men was from northern california. rob roth on the emotional memorial. >> reporter: here at the cemetery in the small central valley town of escalon, family and friends gather to honor a young hero and to thank the medal of honor recipient who tried to save him. u.s. navy hospital core man james layton was 22 years old when he died in a remote village in afghanistan. marine sergeant dakota meyer who received the

we are extraordinarily proud of sergeant dakota meyer. today is only the third time during the wars in afghanistan and iraq that a recipient of the medal of honor has been able to accept it in person, and we are honored to be joined by one of the other to recipients, sergeant first class petrie. of all the medal of honor recipients in recent decades, not to cut it is also one of the youngest. he is 23 years old, and he performed the extraordinary actions for which he is being recognized today when he was just 21 years old. despite all of this, i have to say that the code it is one of the most down to earth guys you will ever be. in fact, when my staff tried to wrench the phone call that i could tell him that he was approved for the medal of honor, he was at work at his job on the civilian construction site. he felt that he could not take the call that day because he said, "if i don't work, i don't get paid." so we arranged for him to get the call during his lunch break. [laughter] i told him the news, then he went right back to work. that

this 21-year-old corporal meyer said, "they're in trouble. we're going in."t in the huret of a humvee and he and chavez rodriguez, a sergeant, drove into the middle of a huge ambush, all by themselves. they picked up 12 wounded afghans, brought them out. the truck was shot to pieces. they got into a second truck went back in again, and this time, meyer is shooting al qaeda and taliban to the right and the left as he goes in, picks up some more wounded, comes out, changes to another truck, goes back in a third time, brings out some more americans, goes back in a fourth time-- >> brown: because he realizes the-- before the fourth time there are still some missing. >> and he wasn't going to leave anybody out there. he went in five times to try to bring everybody back out. five times. and the other side at first was saying, "if you americans will surrender--" they were saying this over the road-- "we will allow to you surrender." and at the end they were saying, "kilonem, kill them, kill them." and they couldn't. he was killing them. >> suarez: 21 years old. we r

corporal meyer requested by radio to go help them.nd disobeyed orders. >> we were going to go in there or die trying. that's how it is. it's your brothers in there. >> reporter: meyer and rodriguez chavez rescued u.s. and afghan troops and provided cover allowing dozens to escape. they returned to the valley five times searching for members of meyer's own team. when he found them they were all dead. >> that is the worst feeling ever. i went in there to bring the guys out alive that was my mission. i didn't bring them out alive, so i failed. >> reporter: now the bravery of staff sergeant juan rodriguez kh chavez has not been forgotten. he has been awarded the navy cross. onto the business of coat ta having a beer with the president yesterday. he's 23 years old, unintimidated and unimpressed by everyone, all the handlers approached him and said while you are in d.c. is there anything you'd like. he said with great frankness, i'd like to have a beer with the president. request granted. they tipped back suds in the rose garden last night.

today, president obama presented it to 23-year-old marine sergeant dakota meyer.native saved 36 lives in afghanistan. but david martin tells us that's not the whole story. >> reporter: dakota meyer should, by all rights, be dead. did you think you were going to die? >> i didn't think i was going to die, i knew i was. >> reporter: so why are you going in there? >> because you know what? there's u.s. troops getting shot at and those are your brothers. >> reporter: four marines were trapped in the village of ganjgal by as many as 150 fighters. meyer was 125 yards away at the other end of this valley. >> we had to do something, so we requested to go in. we were told no. everybody was getting lit up and we wanted to go in there helping them so we requested again two minutes later and we were told no again, so i looked at staff sergeant chavez and said "we're going in." >> reporter: staff sergeant juan rodriguez chavez, who received the navy cross, drove the truck while meyer manned the turret. >> we were it. here comes the big target. the enemy was just... they were ju

disregarding intense enemy fire, now concentrated on their loan vehicle, corporal meyer kill the enemy fighters with mounted machine guns, some near point blank range, as he and his driver made three trips into the ambushed area. during the first two trips, he and his driver evacuate two dozen afghan soldiers, many of them wounded. when one machine gun became inoperable, he directed to return to the rally point and switched to another gun truck for a third trip into the ambushed area, or is accurate fired directly supported the remaining u.s. personnel and afghan soldiers fighting their way out of the ambush. despite the trap door into his arm, he made two more trips in a third country, accompanied by four afghan vehicles to recover more wooded afghan soldiers and for the wooded americans. he located the bodies of this team members. his daring initiative and old fighting spirit through the six hour battle significant a disrupted the enemies of the tax and inspired the members of the command forced to fight on. his unwavering courage and steadfast devotion to his u.s. and afghan comrade

dakota meyer says don't call me a hero. >> definitely not a hero. that's the furthest thing from the truth. >> we're either going to go in there or die trying, you know? and that's how it is, you know, that's your brothers in there. martha: all right, let's get you a look at some of the headlines out there now "america's newsroom", general motors and chrysler, agreeing to another week of talks with the united auto workers union. last night, both missed a deadline to reach a deal covering 70,000 u.s. factory workers. they're going to have an extension on that. >>> a massive brawl on the campus of southern illinois university, up to 1000 students, streaming out of their dorms off a power outage. that's when police say the fights started breaking out. >> it got violent. there were many people just punching people. it wasn't even like anything. martha: that's not good. >>> all right, so police say they're investigating that incident before they take any action. >>> and san diego state, opening a new institute, dedicated to hanging -- looking at the glob

marine dakota meyer will be the third living recipient of the medal of honor, awarded for heroism ine war in afghanistan. jim miklaszewski reports. >> reporter: on his grandfather's farm in southern kentucky, dakota meyer is a long way from afghanistan, but he's never far from the war. >> a lot of people ask, did you think you were going to die, i didn't think i was going to die, i knew i was. >> reporter: two years ago, meyer was a 21-year-old marine corporal in afghanistan when his unit walked into a deadly ambush. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: in a ferocious firefight that raged on for six hours, dakota charged head on into enemy fire and saved the lives of 13 fellow marines. >> i was going to keep fighting until they got me. i wasn't going to sit there and lay down and let them win. >> reporter: though wounded, dakota fought on, three marines and a navy corpsman were still missing. by all accounts, dakota was so committed to try to save his battle buddies who were under heavy fire that he had to disobey orders to do it. and with no regard for his own life, dakota ran repeatedly into t

today 23-year-old marine dakota meyer received the medal of honor. >> dakota on the others who joined him knelt down picked up their comrades and through all those bullets, smoke and chaos, carried them out one by one. because as dakota says that's what you do for a brother. >> meyer was just 21 years old when he survived a six-hour firefight in afghanistan. he wears a bracelet every day engraved with the names of those who died that day. >> it's all about the brotherhood. you know, family. that's what it's about. you know, fighting for your country doing the right thing. >> meyer is only the third living recipient of the medal of honor. his only request to have a beer with the president. the two had that drink last night on a patio outside the oval office. >>> well, we first showed you this video on tuesday. the strangers lifting the burning car and pulling out a trapped motorcycle rider. today that man explained what it was like to watch his life being saved. here's kendis gibson. >> reporter: it's incredible video it watch especially for motorcyclist brandon wright. >> i see my bod

dakota meyer is from kentucky.nator mitch mcconnell will also be in attendance. >>> house speaker john boehner will outline his plan to get more americans working again during a speech to the economic club of washington later today. and then the opening bell has rung on wall street. dow futures were up again today as investors hope a week of market gains continues. but you heard about those horrible unemployment numbers. we'll see what that does. >>> as the republican front-runner for president, the attacks on rick perry are starting to add up. so are a different set of numbers as reporters dig into this claim from monday night's debate. >> the company was merck. and it was a $5,000 contribution that i had received from them. i raise about $30 million. and if you are saying that i can be bought for $5,000, i'm offended. >> michael isakof. it wasn't $5,000. that's the number one aspect of this. lay through this the relationship between rick perry and merck. >> right. >> it's complicated. >> complicated and a lot mor

we are honored to have marine sergeant dakota meyer here in "america's newsroom". thank you for your service is an understatement in this situation. so we are so happy to have you here today. >> thank you. martha: welcome and congratulations. we just watched that moment of you with president obama. what was that like for you? >> well, you know, it was like surreal, you know? you hear about it, and finally, you're there and you're in the white house, and all this is going on, it's going so fast. it's really just amazing. martha: you know, you think back to your actions on that day, what went through your mind as you were making the decision to go in there? and you had ignored the orders to pull back? >> you know, it was really a simple decision to make. your guys are in there, getting shot at, they need help, so we made the decision to go in there and try and get them out. martha: you knew you might not come out of there alive. >> i don't -- i didn't know i was going to come out of there alive. i didn't think i was going to come out of there alive. i knew i was goin

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meyer faced a barrage of gunfire to face his team members. those he couldn't save he accepted his award in their name. >>> this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> in china, apparently it takes a village and a dog to raise white tigers. after their mother rejected them at birth, three white bengal tigers are being nursed by a dog. staff at the wildlife park where they live also help raise them. the park is asking the public to suggest names for the bunch. the first known cubs successful raised by humans in the region. too cute. >>> a technology company in japan has unveiled a series of little athletic robots. they were designed to compete in a 143-mile triathlon powered using aa batteries. one of the inventions was designed to swim with a special paddle. one rides a miniature bicycle. the last runs the belt of a wheel. pretty cool. >>> one exhibit in germany makes people feel like they are floating through space. an artist created cloud cities where visitors climb through 20 gigantic balloon models

and i'm particularly proud that sergeant meyer is a kentuckian. i'm honored that heroes like him come from the bluegrass state. sergeant meyer hales from columbia, kentucky and is a 2006 graduate of green county high school where he played on the football team. on september 8, 2009, his unit asienlt was with marine embedded training team 2-a, regional corps advisory command 37 operating in kunar province, afghanistan. that day he was sent to aid a group of marines and afghans trapped under heavy enemy fire from three sides. you we're surrounded one of them broadcast over the radio. they're moving in on us. air support to assist the marines was unavailable. as the fighting was too fierce for helicopters to land. then corpal meyer requested permission to enter the zone of fire and come to their aid four times, and four times his request was denied. after four denials, he decided to go anyway, in an armored vehicle mounted with a 50-caliber machine gun with one other marine as a driver. twice, they attempted to reach their comrades and twice were for

meyer personally killed at least eight insurgents despite taking shrapnel to his arm. he's the first marine to be awarded the medal of honor for actions in afghanistan. >>> federal officials are disputing the tv host's claims that many apple juice products contain levels of arsenic that concern him. his show did not conduct adequate testing and claim that federal tests show lower levels of arsenic than findings on the tv show. on the "today" show this morning, he speak to matt lauer. >> it's only the long term ramifications that i am worried about. >> federal regulators want to point out that low levels of organic arsenic are also present in water, air, food and soil. dr. oz show is part of the lineup here on nbc bay area. >>> let's turn things over to rob may ada. it's thursday, we're one day closer to the weekend and one day closer to the warmup you've been telling us about. >> this is the last full weekend of summer. next week we'll be talking about the official start of fall. if you were outside today, you probably thought fall was under way. we had the temperature

. >> 14 -year-old jamie roto meyer had been bullied were mostly sent it great. experience demonstrates he found his body on sunday. >> that started with all the boys because the girls loved him and always defended him. but the boys would say, by bringing hanging out with all those girls plus you must be gay. >> the police are still walking around , they get to go to school and see their friends. but my son, there is nothing i can do. i would give my own life to turn back the minute we saw him. >> he was harassed by online insults and saw counselors to try to deal with the pain. >> this is jamie from buffalo new york and i just here to tell you that it does get better. >> in may cheney posted this message is part of an online support group for gay teens. >> figurehead of them will go for because that's all you have to do. >>> but just weeks ago he posted this online plea for help. i always say how bullied i am but no one listens. what do i have to do so people will listen to the? >> we have to somehow get the power away from the bully and i don't know how you do

what happened next is a six-hour firefight that made meyer a hero.vestigation found, senior officials were complacent, lacked awareness of the battle, and failed at all almost every level. >> it's a bad day, you know? to describe it, probably the worst day of my life. not probably, it is the worst day of my life. >> reporter: one marine radios, we are going to die out here. commanders denied request for extra firepower, helicopters and backup troops. artillery was scrambled at within point about according to the investigation, the decision was overruled by higher echelons. four times headquarters denies myers' request to run and help. finally, he disobeys orders and gets in a humvee with another marine, meyer enters the kill zone five times. >> i was applying aid to as many of them as i could. we were under heavy fire the entire time. i know i applied quite a few tourniquets to stop the bleeding on a few guys. >> reporter: meyer saves 13 u.s. marines and soldiers and kills eight taliban. >> it took well beyond the specified amount of time for a quick

corporal meyer requested by radio to go help them.ordered to stay back and disobeyed orders. >> we're going to either go in there or die trying, you know? that's how it is. that's your brothers in there. >> reporter: meyer and rodriguez chavez rescued u.s. and of afghan troops and provided cover allowing dozens to escape. they returned to the valley five times searching for members of meyer's own team. when he found them, they were all dead. >> that's the worst feeling ever to, you know, i went in there to bring those guys out alive. that was my mission. and i didn't bring them out alive, so i failed. >> reporter: now, dakota may say he failed, but his grandfather, dwight, is also a retired marine. he says he is exceptionally proud of dakota and the actions he took on that battlefield. dakota's now retired from the marines, he's working in concrete and dabbling in the family business of farming. jon? jon: such an awe-inspiring story, mike, thanks very much. megyn kelly will carry the entire medal of honor awards ceremony on"america li

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jamie rode meyer last may. last sunday, he took his own life. he was 14 years old. now, we do know jamie's school, he did have some type of bullying prevention program, unclear how extensive it was. a lot of schools across the country have program like that and more and more states are enacting new anti-bullying lawyers for school bus some organizations and lawmakers who say all of this isn't needed, organization like focus on the family who say some anti-bullying efforts are ways to promote a so-called gay agenda. candy curbman, an education analyst for the group posted this on true tolerance.org -- then robert newman, head of the california christian coalition. his group plans to fight legislation signed by governor jerry brown that adds schools have to teach lesbian, gay and transjepdered history along other ethnic and minority groups. here is mr. newman, what he stayed this past weekend about bullying at the california republican party convention in los angeles. we found this on thinkprogress.org. >> part of growing up, part of maturing, not something in which i

meyer met privately with president obama yesterday and he wanted to have a beer with the president. they did. shared a beer together on the patio outside the oval office. here's his story. >> reporter: on his grandfather's farm in southern kentucky, dakota meyer is a long way from afghanistan but never far from the war. >> a lot of people ask, what did you think you were going to die? kn no, i knew i was. >> reporter: he was a corporal in afghanistan when his unit walked into a deadly ambush. in a ferocious fire fight that raged on for six hours, dakota charged head on into enemy fire and saved the lives of 13 fellow marines. >> i was going to keep fighting. i wasn't going to lay down and let them win. >> reporter: though wounded dakota drove on. by all accounts he was so committed to save his battle buddies under heavy fire that he had to disobey orders to do it. with no regard for his own life, he repeatedly ran straight into the kill zone in a frantic search. on his fifth attempt, a grim discovery. >> they were all killed and i found them all laying in a ditch. weapons had been s

can be considered one of man's ugliest creations which is war so let's talk about sergeant dakota meyer a twenty three year old american who was yesterday awarded the medal. of honor by president obama a very young man who at the age of twenty one knew his friends his brothers were trapped in the middle of a deadly firefight so he defied orders and he went on to get that not once or twice or even three times but five times he another soldier who was behind the wheel of a humvee went back in picking up those they could save and those if they could it but it's bodies they wanted to return and all in all dakota meyer saved thirty six people americans and afghans risking his life to save others that was actions to justify war as a whole the president awarding him a medal of honor doesn't justify the president's policies but it's something worth honor and to kota for as an individual as somebody who performed those who were good deeds and was stories one that should remind all americans too that we are at war that no matter how far it might be from our borders people are dying and the law se

meyers will be the first living marine since vietnam to get honor.2009, he saved 13 fellow marines and 23 afghan soldiers during an ambush. apparently he ran through gunfire to save them. amazing story there. >>> and the golden state warriors have announced plans to retire the jersey number of one of its most popular players from the past. chris mullins the former number 17 will be retired on january 20 during a home game against the pacers. mullins played 13 seasons for the warriors three for the pacers ending his career in 2000. mullin is already in the basketball hall of fame. >>> athletes eat healthy food, right? >> you would hope. not the case for a marathon runner in arizona. 36-year-old emily helm runs on fast food. she is going to mcdonald's for every meal for the 31 days leading up to the long beach marathon. she is running the race to raise money though for the ronald mcdonald house. not sure i'd want to run behind her. [ laughter ] >> i don't know. >> at least she is running for a good cause. >> she is. but i don't know. mile 21, mile 22?

meyers says that it's hard getting recognized for the worst day of his life. now, a very strange sight in the skies. but parts of southern california, nevada and arizona -- above parts of southern california, nevada and arizona yesterday. >> a lot of witnesses said it was a streak of light in the sky but others say it was a fireball. whatever, it caused a stir around 8:00 last night. experts don't know what it was. but a national weather service spokesman says it may have been a meteor that they saw. there's another remote possibility though. it could be a defunct research satellite which nasa experts expected to fall back to earth in the coming weeks. so not sure what it was but it caused a lot of talk. >> defunct research satellite? >> right. like it's going to end up in area 51 somewhere. >> nevada, there you go. >> never know. >>> the new england patriots are backing away from comments made by their star quarterback. san mateo native tom brady, joking around with some of the reporters yesterday when he said he wants to see the crowd pumped up for sunday's

dakota meyer saved 36 lives from an ambush in afghanistan. today at the white house, the marine veteran received the nation's highest honor. president obama awarded the medal of honor to meyer who lost some of his best friends that morning of september 8, 2009. meyer charged through heavy gunfire to save 13 marine and army soldiers and another 23 afghan troops pinned down by enemy fire despite taking a shrapnel wound to one arm. we salute him and we'll be right back [ female announcer ] we always try to save you even more money when you switch your car insurance to esurance. i could save 'em 522 smackers. you talkin' dough? bread. benjamins? scratch. greenbacks. moolah. cheddar... simoleons! don't try to out-save me. [ female announcer ] any way you say it, $522 is the average amount saved by people who switched to esurance. 522 bucks! [ female announcer ] to find out how much you'll save, call 1-800-esurance or visit esurance.com right now. that's 1-800-esurance or go to esurance.com. [ male announcer ] you never know when a moment might tur

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because meyer was there three dozen are alive today.thest thing from a hero, accepted the award on behalf of the marines and said it is not for me. rob, yunji? >> so amazing. and so humble -- after that heroic act. what is so striking in john's piece, he is only the third person from iraq and afghanistan to receive the honor and be alive to receive it. you know this comes at such a great risk. >> such uncommon bravery. all those guys over there fighting are brave. there is just another level. that guy showed it. also the folks in greensburg, kentucky, should be proud where the man is from, they raise them well in greensburg, kentucky. >>> in other news, a powerful storm caused a stir along the maryland coast. vacationers videotaped a huge water spout yesterday off ocean city. still not clear if the funnel cloud reached land and turned into a tornado. but the powerful wind did damage some condos in that area. thousands lost power. but thankfully no reported injuries. >>> amazing video. here is your friday forecast. it is feeling look fal

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dakota meyer is the latest recipient of this highest honor. meyer disobeyed orders and repeatedly went into a kill zone and saved 36 people and recovered four. myer now wears the name of the four who did not come home on a bracelet. he joins four living recipients of the medal of honor. while myer was being honor, four memorials were held in the nation for those who died that day, it was his request. >> reporter: here at this cemetery in the small central town of escalon, family and friends gather to honor a young hero and to thank the medal recipient who tried to save him. u.s. navy hospital coreman james layton was 22 years old when he died this month. he was with a group of marines when he was ambushed. marine sergeant dakota myer who received the medal of honor today found layton's body draped over the marine the body of water he tried to save. >> he looked me in the eye and said, i let him down. i didn't bring him back alive. i said no you didn't. it's what happened, i said you brought james back so we could honor him and bury him with th

dakota meyer is the latest recipient of this highest honor. meyer disobeyed orders and repeatedly went into a kill zone and saved 36 people and recovered four. myer now wears the name of the four who did not come home on a bracelet. he joins four living recipients of the medal of honor. while myer was being honor, four memorials were held in the nation for those who died that day, it was his request. >> reporter: here at this cemetery in the small central town of escalon, family and friends gather to honor a young hero and to thank the medal recipient who tried to save him. u.s. navy hospital coreman james layton was 22 years old when he died this month. he was with a group of marines when he was ambushed. marine sergeant dakota myer who received the medal of honor today found layton's body draped over the marine the body of water he tried to save. >> he looked me in the eye and said, i let him down. i didn't bring him back alive. i said no you didn't. it's what happened, i said you brought james back so we could honor him and bury him with th

dakota meyer is credited with saving other soldiers. >>> taking a live look outside baltimore, maryland, it's cloudy and it looks like it could rain. your forecast is right now. marian marty bass is in the outback. over the state line into pa for the majority of the morning it has been moving ahead of a front that's poised to get here. take a lack at our temperatures. it blocked it in place. we're not going to get much sunshine. the temperatures where the rain is coming down will cool things down. talk about a cooldown. we're having a bit of a change in the season in our immediate forecast. for more, we send it out to marty bass. >>> a quick little graphic to reinforce what we've been discussing. there is going to be some cool and crisp air move into the region. as a matter of fact, tonight might be the coolest night since may the 10th. take a look at our national temperature map. it's the colors you want to pay attention to. look at that plunge of cooler, drier air coming into the eastern half of the united states. going to go this far south and north of new orleans, west of atlanta an

he is one of the founding members of a frank meyer society.mend one of his books and surge as secretary. please welcome the president of the fund for american studies, roger rain. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is great to see all of you here for the america foundation conference this summer. it really is a source of encouragement to people like me who came up 35 years ago through young americans for freedom and the american foundation. fund for american studies and other organizations working on campus in those dark old days. is just as dark for you guys. great that you are spending a week. i have the highest admiration for young america foundation. i have known ron robinson for 35 years since we worked in campus politics to get there. have the greatest admiration for what they're doing with the ronald reagan ranch and programs like this they are sponsoring throughout the year around the country. i hope you will stay very active with young america's foundation during the coming academic year. it is a real pleasure to be here. i thought