mike tobin sat down with this young american from the state of kentucky. mike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, bill. although dakota meyer understands the magnitude of receiving the congressional medal of honor he does not care for all of this attention. in fact he says he can only celebrate this recognition if every member of his team survived that ambush. >> from the battlefields of afghanistan, one marine's courage under fire earned him the nation's highest military honor, recognition dakota meyer does not feel he deserves. >> definitely not a hero. that's the furthest thing from the truth. >> gangeau valley, september 8, 2009, an army batallion supported by soldiers and marines was ambushed, corporal meyer requested by radio to go help them, he was ordered to stay back and disobeyed orders. >> we're either going to go in there or die trying, you snow and that's how it is, that's your brothers in there. >> reporter: meyer and staff sergeant rodriquez chavez rescued u.s. and afghan troops and provided cover, allowing dozens to escape. they return

mike tobin is in chicago with a look at that on remote 265. mike?rter: well, jon, dakota meyer is not comfortable with all of the attention he is now receiving. in fact, he says he's trying to move past what he calls the worst day of his life. but he goes along with the television interviews and all of the ceremony so people will recognize all of our fighting men and women, particularly the members of his team who didn't survive. from the battlefields of afghanistan, one marine's courage under fire earned him the nation's highest military honor, recognition dakota meyer does not feel he deserves. >> definitely not a hero. that's the furthest from the truth. >> september 8, 2009, an afghan army battalion supported by u.s. soldiers was ambushed. corporal meyer requested by radio to go help them. he was 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 allowi

mike tobin is live on that for us in chicago. hi mike. >> reporter: hi martha.entioned the zero job growth and national unemployment figure, but they only get worse among african-americans. if you look at the number of black americans unemployed, that figure is about 17 percent, the unemployment figures are a little higher with black men than they are black women. then, if you go to the troubled inner cities, you would find that unemployment among african-americans is around 40 percent. >> it's no surprise in this economy that one in ten are out of work. but the department of labor shows that number doubles for black males. the reason isn't clear, but some say it's a combination of racism and lack of education. >> people fear african-american males in particular. for some reason. second is we as black males need to make sure that we go to school and get educated and trained in a particular field. >> those statistics are a big concern in detroit, mich, a city with a high level of poverty, unemployment and long term economic decline for the automakers. >> we need

mike tobin is live with this young man's story in chicago. use to see him live. mike. >> reporter: you know, megyn, dakota meyer understands the magnitude of receiving the congressional medal of honor. he does not care for all this attention. he says he can only celebrate this recognition if every member of this team had survived that ambush. from the battle fields of afghanistan one marine's courage under fire earned him the nation's highest military honor, recognition dakota meyer does not feel he deserves. >> i'm definitely not a hero that is the furthest thing from the troop. >> reporter: he was ambushed. corporal meyer requested by radio to go help them. he was ordered to stay back and 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 i