another reason was he had been to panama several times and he knew the leader of panama at the time. so john wayne let me know quite early that he would be in favor of the panama canal treaty and then wrote me a letter reportedly which are used with maximum advantage against the opposition of ronald reagan. >> host: spoke to tallmadge in georgia who thought that it burned him out, the canal treaty, just what you're saying. do you feel you pushed the canal is she too quickly? >> guest: no. >> host: you feel you had to do it? >> guest: it had dragged. it was during the early stages of delight eisenhower's term pivoted had become increasingly dissatisfied about only in panama, but throughout the latin american hemisphere against the unfair treaty that we had formulated back in the early 1900's. then when johnson was in office they had a big altercation. a group of people were killed. panama broke diplomatic relations with the united states. venezuela and other leaders organized the third world powers and so all over the world there was opposition to the united states because we were vio

and another thing was he had been to panama several times, and he knew the leader of panama had the time. so john wayne what we know quite early that he would be in favor of the panama canal treaties and wrote me a letter accordingly which i used with maximum advantage against the opposition of ronald reagan. >> host: i once spoke to talmadge in georgia who felt it burned him out, the canal treaty, just what you're saying. do you feel you pushed the canal issue to quickly? >> guest: no. >> host: if you feel you had -- >> guest: if it had dragged -- even during the late stages of dwight eisenhower's term there had become an increasing amount of dissatisfaction, not only in panama but throughout the latin american hemisphere against the unfair treaty that we had formulated back in the early 1900's. and then when johnson was in office, lyndon johnson, they had a big altercation, and a group of people were killed, and panama broke relations with the united states and venezuela and other leaders in the southern hemisphere organized a third world powers, and so all of the world there was oppos

there were 20 senators for the panama canal treaties in 1978. we were up for reelection that year, and out of the 20, only seven of them came back to the senate the following january. and sam nunn and herman talmadge were two of the senators who voted with me. herman talmadge, although he was very popular at the time, was later defeated in his next election. i would say one of the main reasons is he voted for the panama canal treaties which was a very bright gold and proper but also very unpopular at the time. >> host: and walter mondale had to be the deciding vote? >> guest: it requires a two-thirds vote, so we actually got 68 votes. we had to get 67. so that is what took so much. i had to get a large number of republicans to vote for aid in spite of the fact at that time ronald reagan was making a nationwide crusade against the panama canal treaties. so, it was not easy for the republicans to vote for but enough of them did. >> host: why do you feel ronald reagan and john wayne and some of the conservative leaders were so vehemently opposed --

the security guard who saved the day in panama city, florida. >> i tried to keep him pinned down. >> couric: i'm katie couric. also tonight, a new review of u.s. strategy in afghanistan. as president obama declares "we're on track. we'll hear from a u.s. marine there who has what may be the most dangerous job in the world. >> i'll do it again and again and again. >> couric: and remembering new york's nightmare before christmas and the little boy who had an entire city praying for a miracle. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. he says he is not a hero, but watching mike jones and the terrifying video from that tuesday afternoon school board meeting in panama city, florida, you're likely to disagree. jones is the security guard who,

here is the reporting i have, just crossing, now, from associated press from panama city.nformation coming in now. here we go, i will read it as they reported "a gunman opened fire during the school board meeting, not immediately known if there are fatalities, and the abc television station in panama city, a reporter there at the meeting, said the man came to the podium at the bay district school board meeting and said he had a motion and he pulled out a can of red spray paint and painted a "v," with a virk kill and then pulled out a handgun and started talking. now, this reporter says that a school board member hit the gunman with her purse and he pushed her, school board member to the ground and started firing, the reporter and others ran outside, and police confirm the shooting but what no further information. i can tell you from the herald newspaper, someone was shot and someone was photographed according to the reporting of that newspaper, coming out of that meeting on a stretcher, and going off to medical personnel. there are varying reports on the condition of that

>> guest: john wayne was for the panama canal treaties. one reason is he disliked ronald reagan very much, john wayne, and another he had been to panel -- panel several times, so john wayne let me know quite early he would be in favor of the panel can now treaties and wrote me a letter accordingly which are used with national advantage against the opposition of ronald reagan. >> host: i once spoke to talmadge who felt it burned him out, the canal treaty, just what you are saying. do you feel you post the issue to quickly if you feel you had to do it over -- >> guest: even during the late stages of dwight eisenhower's term that had become an increasing amount of dissatisfaction not only in the panel with the latin america hemisphere against the unfair treaty that we had formulated back in the early 1900's and then when johnson was in office, the the big altercation, and a group of people were killed, and the panel vote for the united states and other leaders in the sphere organized a third world power, and so all over the world there was an

i know most government entities locally, panama city, dade county, panama city beach, all have armed officers at those meetings to handle any situations that might arise. >> are you guys investigating -- [inaudible question] >> yeah, i know that he had posted things on his facebook about a even deata, and -- vendetta and obviously, what was spray-painted at the scene. i think it's safe to say at this point that obviously mr. duke had mental health issues he was addressing and suffering from, and that may have been in some way, shape or form played into how that came about. >> [inaudible question question] >> that's correct. >> [inaudible question] >> we spoke with her yesterday, we've not spoken with her today. >> [inaudioo [inaudible question] >> i think it's safe to say the family was in shock that this occurred, it was unforeseen on their part, from the investigator's point. >> this was really unforeseen, though? we know he had a criminal prior past. have you talked to family members that may have concluded that -- >> [inaudible] >> the detective will continue their investigation.

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well, it was supposed to be a routine school board meeting in panama city, florida, when a gunman with a grudge opened fire. >> despite an exchange of bullets, the terrifying ordeal ended with only the shooter dead. bill weir describes how all this drama unfolded. we have to warn you. some of the images may be disturbing. >> reporter: business as usual stopped when 56-year-old clay duke stepped to the front of the room, and began spray painting the wall with an ominous symbol, seen in the movie "v for vendetta." >> hinted that something odd was happening. >> reporter: nadine yanis, a reporter, hit the floor. moments later, a board member sneaks behind duke and tries to knock the gun from his hand with her purse. >> if he wanted to kill her at that moment, he could have. and he didn't. >> reporter: duke lets her go. and tension builds as he rants at the male board members over a sales tax increase. while superintendent bill husfelt tries to calm him. >> i don't want anybody to get hurt. and i got a feeling is what you want the cops to come in and kill you because you're mad. >> i am goi

. >>> school board members in panama city, florida are recovering after a flightenning night. a machine with a gun opened fire during a meeting and it was caught on videotape. we want to warn you, the video is disturbing. >> i don't want anyone to get hurt! >> the superintendent of schools in panama city, florida pleaded with the man who pulled out the gun. the man refused the back down. what happens next is disturbing to watch. >> please don't, please don't. please don't. despite shooting at point blank range, he missed completely. >> god blocked the bullet. i believe that. >> reporter: the 56-year-old kept shooting until the guard wounded him and then he turned the gun on himself. he let most people leave. a board member snuck back in and used her purse to knock the gun from his hand. i knew i could leave or go back and dry to delay or divert until we could get help. >> reporter: he pointed the gun at her and didn't fire. >> by the time the s.w.a.t. team officers were in the room, it was over. >> you tell me how someone wasn't shot, by the grace of god. >> he had a cap gun,

out of panama city, florida.situation, frightening situation for people at this bay county school board meeting. here is what we know right now. according to our affiliate wjhg who by the way had a crew inside the school board meeting, so they have a firsthand account. this man walks into the school board meeting, has a pistol, takes people hostages right around 2:00 this afternoon. apparently pulled out a can of spray paint after addressing the crowd, pulls out a can of spray paint with a v with a circle around it. allows the women and children to leave, takes the men hostage. a question as to whether the gun was loaded or not. there are reports that this gunman was shot. did he shoot himself? we don't know. we do know he has been removed from this building frrks the bay county school board meeting. we're working on getting someone on the phone to talk to me to then educate you as to what exactly is happening right now in panama city. certainly very frightening, especially for this u news crew, wjhg. next to thi

mark potter has the latest on this developing story from panama city, florida. >> reporter: just as the school board opened the floor for a public comment, a man later identified as a 6-year-old clay duke began spraypainting the wall with a circal and a big v after drawing a handgun, he ordered most people out of the room. >> you may leave, you may leave. the six men stay. everyone else leaves. >> reporter: one board member who left the room tried to intervene hitting the gunman with her purse. ji >> ginger, no. >> reporter: she left again and why he explained that his wife had been fired. board members repeatedly pressed him for details. >> please, just talk to us. if i can help you get your wife a job somewhere else, i'll be glad to do that. yes, sir. i'll be very honest with you, i swear, i don't know who your wife is or what she did. i don't. i don't want to die like anybody else doesn't. >> hey, i will go with you, i will stand up with you to get your wife a job. whatever it takes. >> reporter: off camera, the superintendent tried to get duke to let the others go. >> i'm the one th

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there's been a situation in a panama city school, a florida panhandle school.at we're understanding at the moment is during a school board meting there was an individual, the man coming into the podium at the bay district school board meeting and then saying that he had a motion. he then pulled out a can of red spray paint, is what we're hearing. he painted a "v" with a circle around it and then a reporter is telling her station that he then pulled a handgun and started talking. again, this is all happening during a school board meeting. now one school board member struck tunma gwith her purse. and he pushed her to the ground, and then he started firing randomly. this is the location that we're hearing at the moment. getting this out of panama city. as wet get more details on a very strange situation. yesterday north korea threatened the south with nuclear war. this raises the question, does the war have nuclear weapons? he was shocked at what he found by north korea last month. we get his personal views and pictures that few have seen. >> his first trip to nor

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nbc mark potter has more now from panama city, florida. mark, a little bit of a scene behind you. are people setting up for the news conference? >> yeah, news conference is coming up in a half hour with mike jones, the security chief here who ended the shooting that occurred on tuesday. he's been hailed as a hero and in the days since then, we've been looking into the life of the shooter, clay duke. and the more we do that, the more we see a man who had a troubled past. he had a criminal record and he had spent time in prison, he was mentally troubled and he believed in conspiracy and when he came here, he was well armed. >> you may leave, you may leave. >> reporter: as 56-year-old clay duke armed with a 9 millimeter handgun threatened the bay city school guard and then opened fire, a terrified witness called 911. >> oh, my gosh, he's firing. he's firing. he's firing! i don't know. >> are you secure where you -- >> we need an ambulance. >> in confronting the school superintendent four board members and their attorney, duke said he was angry his wife had been fired from her teacher

gallow, i have a lab in panama. he looked at me like i was... i said i want you to come. so i managed to get three or four people from woods hole, they came down they took a boat, they went around, took water samples and it turns out what's in the water there is really more interesting than the galapagos. so now we have a very interesting research center. it's been eight or nine years. and woods hole does a lot of research on tropical fish, on man groves, fish migration. >> rose: you know what's amazing is these new species they're discovering in the sea. things they've never seen before. >> the sea, they know nothing about this. if you walk up and down madison avenue you say what is nasa? 99% of people don't know. you say what is woods hole? 3% of the people know. and the ocean is... on fifth avenue there's the ocean. there's everything to discover in the ocean. the interesting something the first 30 feet everybody knows, but from 30 feet down it's difficult and now with little robots with high definition cameras we can send them down there for weeks and they can go up a

. >> y diez muertos y 4.000 evacuados el saldo de lluvias que han azotado a panamá. damnificados, puns más afectados de aquel país son el noreste y el caribe. >> y mire esta historia eres vaya susto que se llevó el príncipe carlos de inglaterra y su esposa que fueron atacados por grupos de mano fnecesario tantos viajaban en un auto cuando de pronto un grupo de jóvenes empezaron a patear la unidad. se reporta que los ocupantes pese al susto salieron ilesos, fue parte de manifestaciones que han sitiado la capitalino logré en últimoss días a kraz la cámara de los comunes decidiera triplicar universitarias, durante las protes tatos choques entre inconforms y la policía. >> y ahora vamos al estado de michoacán mñxico, en últimos dos días se ha librado batalla entre narcos y las fuerzas federales. ayer unos 20 vehículoss inceno dadz fueron colocadas como barricadas bloqueando accesos a la capital. y choques comenzaron en la zona de cobrando la vida de tres personas, un policía federal y una joven y un bebñ de ocho meses de nacido, todos perecieron en lugares distintos. >>

it happened in panama city, florida and will picks up the story from here. >> i don't want anybody to get hurt. >> reporter: the superintendent of schools in panama city pleas with the man that pulls out a gun at the meeting but the man identified by police as clay duke refuses to back down. >> please don't, please don't, please don't. >> reporter: he doesn't hit anyone but he keeps shooting exchanging fire with the district security chief before turning the gun on himself. >> on the ground. on the ground. freeze. >> reporter: by the time swat team officers entered the room the gunman was lying on the floor and no one else was hurt. a television reporting inside the room covering the meeting ran to safety but kept the camera rolling. she described. >> he came out spray paint add big circle with a line or a v. it wasn't nice and said i have a motion for you and pulled out his gun. when he pulled out the gun i hit the floor and ducked. >> reporter: shortly after the reporter left the room school board member ginger littleton attacked him with her purse. duke had a clear shot but left he

this happened in panama city in the panhandle. an armed man began complaining to the board that his wife had lost her teaching job. manuel gallegus on what happened next and a warnings, you might find the video disturbing. >> i don't want anybody to get hurt... >> reporter: bill, the superintendent of schools in panama city, florida, pleaded with the man who pulled out a gun during a school board meeting. but the man clay duke refused to back down. what happens next is disturbing to watch. >> please don't. please don't. please. [ gunshot [ . >> reporter: despite shooting at point-blank rage, duke missed his targets completely >> he was going to do this. there was nothing we could have done to stop him. >> reporter: the 56-year-old kept shooting until a security guard wounded him. the suspect then turned the gun on himself. before he opened fire, duke let most people leave. ginger littleton a board member snuck back in and used her purse to try to knock the gun from duke's hand. it didn't work. >> these guys were sitting ducks. the

now the latest on the school board shooting in panama city, florida. we are learning about the troubled gunman clay duke and the hero security guard that shot him firing point blank at six officials. cbs news correspondent mark strassmann is in panama city with the latest. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. mike jones, the hero you mentioned, will tell his story of how he wounded a gunman and stopped a potential blood bath. >> i'm going to die today. >> can we talk for a minute? >> reporter: the attack startled everyone else but he planned this. police found the date circled on the home calendar and once he held members of the school board hostage, he ignored the pleas. >> i've got a lot with my wife and family. why need to die. >> reporter: ginger littleton, the only woman on the board, snuck back inside. and tried to disarm duke with her purse. >> ah! >> reporter: duke let her live and no one could talk him down. >> please don't. please don't. please. >> i'm going to kill you. >> i'm not a pansy but i was very afraid. i was scared to deat

>> mark strassmann in panama city this morning, thank you very much. also in panama city to give us an update on the investigation is deputy police chief robert colbert. deputy chief, good morning, sir. >> good morning, harry. >> was this fellow, this duke guy, was he a known character, known as a troubled character around town? >> yeah, he actually was a virtual unknown to us. we were unaware of his -- any problems he had at the school board. he didn't show up on any of our computer databases. he is actually from a neighbors jurisdiction which probably led a lot to that. >> we're hearing a story that, as he entered the building there, he encountered a group of rotc kids who had just been in there for the presentation of the colors and the rotc cadets had rifles with them. was there an encounter, did he ask them some questions? >> right. what they were carrying was more of a ceremonial type weapon. they're not a live weapon. obviously, these are teen-aged rotc students. what he did was begin questioning them as far as whether their weapons were real, w

. >>> the head of security at panama city schools in florida is being called a hero this morning thanks to his bravery saving lives in tuesday's school board shooting. we should warn you some of the footage you're going to see may be disturbing. chris clackham has the story. >> reporter: a humble mike jones went public thursday with thoughts on his role in tuesday's shooting rampage at the school board meeting in panama city. after a deranged and suicidal 56-year-old ex-con named clay duke opened fire on board members, jones burst into the room and opened fire on him. >> i saw that first shot and i knew the superintendent and fell backwards and all the board members fell backwards and he and i engaged in the gun battle and thought i lost the superintendent and let him down. >> reporter: jones' bullets hit duke but it was a self-inflected shot to the head that killed him. >> my heart goes out to that family. >> reporter: jones credits his police training for the successful strategy, but a deep, abiding faith for a successful outcome. >> if nobody believes in god after you watch that vide

gunfire broke out at a school board meeting in panama city florida yesterday. and a local tv station was there rolling on it a gunman started to shoot at board members from a few feet away. we want to warn you this video is pretty disturbing. you can see and you can hear the most disturbing parts. we wanted to give you a heads up on that. here's andy rose with more. >> this is a problem. >> please don't. please don't. please. >> i am going to -- >> reporter: heart stopping moments for bay district school board members in panama city, florida, amazingly no one was hurt except the gunman 56-year-old clay duke. police say he died after shooting himself. in the moments leading up to the shooting, news cameras were rolling as they normally do during school board meetings. duke stood up and spray painted a red circle and a v then told everyone except six board members to get out. >> you may leave. you may leave. you can leave. >> reporter: moment later's board member tried unsuccessfully to knock the gun out of duke's hand with her purse and board members yelled at h

when clay duke leveled his handgun directly at the panama city florida, school board yesterday, he allowed ginger littleton to leave the room. but she decided to come back creeping up behind the armed man with her purse held high poised to strike. well, tonight, she tells us what was going through her head. here's ryan owens with our report. >> reporter: this was supposed to be the exciting part of the school board meeting. awards being handed out to talented students. those kids left the meeting and next on the agenda, updating classroom technology and preventing head lice. the monotony of the meeting was shattered when this man, 56-year-old clay duke, stead up with a simple declaration. >> i have a motion. >> reporter: with that, he walked to the wall and spray painted a red "v." the symbol for venndettavendetta. his wife was fired from her job as a special education teacher. and police believe the ex-con came to the school board to get revenge. >> everybody in this room, except the [ bleep ] behind the counter, hit the road. >> reporter: most people took his advice and left including th

mark strassmann is in panama city tonight. mark, the idea of pulling a weapon on the school board didn't just come to duke yesterday. >> reporter: no, it didn't, katie. in fact police know clay duke had planned the attack at the school board building for some time. in his trailer they found yesterday's date circle circleda calendar. now a word of caution-- some of the following video may be disturbing. >> the school board policy 7.... >> reporter: from the moment clay duke spray painted a "v" on the wall, people in the room sensed something ugly was about to happen. then the ex-con startled a routine meeting of the bay district school board again with a pistol. >> nerve this room hit the road. >> it was a . .9 millimeter but it became a mazooka. that's the way we looke it. >> reporter: duke cleared the room of everyone except the male members of the board. but watch ginger littleton, the only female member of the school board, snuck back in and swat at him with her purse. >> i don't think anybody was going through my mind exce

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ryan owens has more details, now, from panama city. >> reporter: police say the man who shattered thatwas a 56-year-old ex-con with a grudge. clay duke was angry the board has fired his wife, a special ed teacher, earlier this year. >> he loved me. he loved his family. and he was just trying to have keep stop, as he would say, dump on me. >> reporter: on clay duke's body, they found something even more disturbing. >> he had another box of ammo. and i believe that box of ammo was full and would contain 50 rounds. >> reporter: while others went to safety, board member ginger littleton snuck back in. and tried to knock the gun out of duke's hand with her purse. >> i have three, wonderful daughters. and they said, mom, are you just stupid? what were you thinking? >> reporter: her act of bravery was the only one. the superintendent, bill husfelt, calmly negotiated with duke. trying to get the other board members to leave. >> i don't want anybody to get hurt. and i have a feeling that what you want is the cops to come in and kill you because you're mad. >> i'm going to die today. >> but why?

panama city. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> morning. >> mike, let me ask you this, just to begin with, as you watched all of this unfold, what was your greatest fear? >> that the superintendent was dead. >> that he was actually dead? >> yes. >> because you -- >> when you pulled that trigger and -- >> right. because you saw mr. duke open fire and you then saw mr. husband felt fall behind the -- behind the desk there, right? >> right. he had his back to me. mr. duke did. when i seen him square up with both hands with the weapon in front of him, i knew it was over. and when he fired that round at that close range, i just, i knew he was dead. >> whew. and at that point, do you know you have to, you have to act? >> right. i mean, that's when i opened the door and engaged him in the gunfight. >> right. did you have what you would call a clear shot? i mean, were you in a position where you could really encounter him? >> no. i that was the whole problem. i'd entered the room once, tried to

. >> police in panama city, florida, are trying to determine a motive for a shooting spree at a schooloard meeting. they say the gunman who ended up taking his own life could be heard talking about the apparent firing of his life and sales taxes. he opened fire at board members but didn't hit anyone. the terrifying scene was caught on video yesterday. a warning here, some viewers may find these pictures disturbing. reporter andy rose has more. >> but why? this isn't worth it. this is a problem. >> please don't, please don't. please! (gunfire) >> heart-stopping moments for bay district cool bort members in panama city, florida, tuesday. amazingly no one was hurt except the gunman, clay duke. he died after shooting himself. news cameras were rolling as they normally do during school board meetings. dukes stood up and spray painted a red circle and v and told everyone except six board members to get out. >> you may leave, you may leave. the women can leave. >> moments later a board member trying to knock the gun out of the mang's hand with a purse. >> ger, no. >> the superintendent recoun

. >>> school board meetings can oftentimes be-eventful but the one in panama city, florida, yesterday, turned deadly when man pulled a gun and opened fire. before we start this, we want to show you and warn you that the video you are going to see and what you are about to hear can be very disturbing to you and your family especially on a wednesday morning. here's andy rose with what happened. >> this is a problem. >> please don't. please don't. please. >> reporter: heart stopping moments for bay district school board members in panama city florida tuesday. amazingly, no one was hurt except the gunman. 56-year-old clay duke. police say he died after shooting himself. in the moments leading up to the shooting, news cameras are rolling as they normally do duke stood up and spray painted a red circle and a v and told everyone except six board members to get out. >> you may leave. you may leave. you can leave. >> reporter: moments later's board member tried unsuccessfully to knock the gun out of duke's hand with her purse while board members yelled for her to stop. >> ginger. no. >> report

watching mike jones and the terrifying video from that tuesday afternoon school board meeting in panama city, florida, you're likely to disagree. jones is the security guard who, as bullets flew, risked his life to stop the gunman. today, jones, a 57-year-old former police officer said he was just doing his job. here's mark strassmann. >> wasn't in the building five minutes and i was in a gun fight. >> reporter: when clay duke held an entire school board hostage, mike jones suddenly pace faced a security chief's nightmare. he showed me how he hurried to the aboard roomia backdoor. >> i see the shooter with the gun and i see the bored members and they were all sitting upright. i didn't have a shot. >> reporter: the gunman noticed the security officer standing in the doorway, offcamera in this video. >> come on in. >> you you got a real gun there? >> come on in. >>. >> reporter: jones tried but failed to get duke out of the room. so he went to plan b.. >> plan b. of i ran outside to my car, parked right outside the door here, grabbed some clips, 40 caliber ui had my 38 on, grabbed my bull

we first showed you the pictures, the videotape of what happened at that school board meeting in panama city, florida, is hard to watch and it's not for everyone. a disturbed man firing shots wildlyt his fellow citizens. and again, thankfully none of them hurt, thanks in large part to a retired police officer who was on the job that afternoon, working security armed with a weapon of his own, and also years of expernce on the job as a patrolman and detective. he took down the gunman who later took his own life, but the extraordinary actions of a seemingly ornary man that day named mike jones, were matched today by his astounding modesty and humanity and we begin with his account of what happened in his own words. >> one of our finest people called me and said mike, there's a man in the brd room with a gun. i was on the fourth floor. i took the stairs down and i done a peek-a-boo into the room the first time to see what was going on. drew the guy's attention to me. i was hoping to get him to come to me to come out of the building, and he didn't fall for that. i went to my vehicle, got my

our report tonight from nbc's park potter in panama city, florida. >> reporter: when an ordinary school board meeting suddenly became terrifying with a gunman threatening to kill -- ordinary public officials suddenly became heroes. most dramatic was ginger littleton who attacked the intruder with her purse. >> no, ginger. >> i knew at some point things were going to turn out very badly for whom i value and who were of great value oh this community. >> reporter: now littleton and her purse are the talk of the town. >> i don't know about that ginger woman, but i want her in my foxhole. >> reporter: another hailed as a hero is bill husfeld. when clay duke said he was angry his wife had been fired from teaching, he urged him to keep him as the lone hostage. >> he had that in his eyes. he was going to kill and i just did not want him to kill all of us. >> please don't. >> reporter: soon, though, it all unraveled and duke opened fire. >> please. [ gunfire ] and that brought the biggest hero of all. >> i'm telling you, mike saved our lives. >> reporter: mike jones, the school security chief an

our report tonight from nbc's park potter in panama city, florida. >> reporter: when an ordinary schooloard meeting sdenly became terrifying with a gunman threatening to kill -- >> you may not leave. six men stay. >> reporter: ordinary public officials suddenly became heroes. most dramatic was ginger littleton who attacked the intruder with her purse. >> no, ginger. >> i knew at some point things were going to turn out very badly, and they were going to turn out very badly for whom i value and who are of great value to this community. so i wasn' willing to let nature take its course. >> reporter: now littleton and her purse are the talk of the town. >> i don't know about that ginger woman, but i want her in my foxhole. >> reporter: another hailed as a hero is superintendent bill husfeld. when clay duke said he was angry his wife had been fired from teaching, he urged him to keep him as the lone hostag >> let them go. i'm the one that did it. they don't sign the papers. m the only one that signs it. will you get them go? >> he had that in his eyes. he was going to kill and i just did not wan

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