that's what sergeant leroy petry could have done.ounded ranger, this 28-year-old man with his whole life ahead of him, this husband and father of four, did something extraordinary. he lunged forward toward the live grenade. he picked it up. he cocked his arm to throw it it back. what compels such courage? what leads a person to risk everything so others might live? for answers we don't need to look far. the roots of leroy's valor are all around us. we see it in the sense of duty instilled by his family, who joins us today. his father, larry, his mother, lorella, and his four brothers. growing up, the walls of their home were hung with pictures of grandfathers and uncles approximate in uniform, leading a young leroy to believe, that's my calling, too. we see it in the compassion of a high school student who overcame his own struggles to mentor younger kids to give them a chance. we see it in the loyalty of an army ranger who lives by a creed, never shall i fail my comrades, or as leroy puts it, these are my brothers, family just like

petri: mr. speaker, i ask fleak that -- unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on h.r. 2018 and include extraneous material in the congressional record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from -- >> excuse me, mr. speaker. mr. petri: it was 2553. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2553, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the airport and airway trust fund, to amend title 49, united states code, to extend the airport improvement program, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members, please remove your conversations from the floor. the gentleman from wisconsin seeks to call up h.r. 2553? mr. petri: yes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 357, the bill is considered as read. the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. petri, and th

along with sergeant first class petrie, you are all heroes in our eyes. sergeant first class petrie is highly deserving of this honor and new mexico is honored to call him a native son. thank you, madam president, and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: let me thank the gentleman from new mexico, the senator from new mexico for his heartfelt remarks. i know how much he cares about his constituents and our country, and we, too, at the opposite end of the country thank our soldiers for their sacrifice and then our families for those who make the highest sacrifice to our nation. now, madam president, i rise to speak about a subject that's foremost on my mind and the mind of my democratic colleagues here today, and that is the danger of defaulting on our debt. in the entire history of this great country, we have never once defaulted on our debt. america has always kept her promises. but an alarming number of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle seem content to reverse that proud record. time after time. th

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that's what sergeant leroy petry could have done.tead, this wounded ranger, this 28-year-old man with his whole life ahead of him, this husband and father of four, did something extraordinary. he lunged forward, toward the live grenade. he picked it up. he cocked his arm to throw it back. what compels such courage? what leads a person to risk everything so that others might live? for answers, we don't need to look far. the roots of leroy's valor are all around us. we see it in the sense of duty instilled by his family, who joins us today -- his father larry, his mother lorella, and his four brothers. growing up, the walls of their home were hung with pictures of grandfathers and uncles in uniform, leading a young leroy to believe "that's my calling, too." we see it in the compassion of a high school student who overcame his own struggles to mentor younger kids to give them a chance. we see it in the loyalty of an army ranger who lives by a creed: "never shall i fail my comrades." or as leroy puts it, "these are my brothers -- family

then, when a grenade landed nearby, petry tried to throw it away.lew off his right hand. petry's actions saved the lives of two of his comrades. a final farewell to a former first lady. that story is next. people alive. next on cbs 5 no ids tues no ids tues >> pelley: finally, tonight, most americans didn't know much about betty ford when her husband suddenly became president in that turbulent summer of 1974 after watergate. she couldn't have been more traditional, until she changed everything with her courage and her candor. many whose lives she touched said goodbye to her today in palm desert, california, and bill whitaker was there. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the broad range of people from across the political and social spectrum who paid tribute to betty ford today speaks volumes about this former first lady. in this time of political rancor and mistrust, it was betty ford's wish that her service be bipartisan. republicans shared pews with democrats. when rosalyn carter's husband jimmy carter drove the fords from the white house it ignited an unlikely fri

that's where leroy petry went in may 2008, afghanistan, his seventh tour of duty. these pictures, from before he found out what he was made of. with the true sign of that today being in all the ceremony, a certain discomfort at the attention. >> to be singled out is very humbling. >> reporter: perhaps, yes, for a kid who used to get into fights and who almost failed in high school. but who, out there, picked up a live enemy grenade to toss it away to save his comrades. it cost him his right hand, but he's alive, rare fororedal of honor winners. who usually are honored posthumously. but there's also this. leroy petry decided he's not done. and when he re-enlisted, he took the oath with his right hand. his new one. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> and we want to honor him, too. >>> and, still ahead on "world news," one thing you may want to buy to help create american jobs. our mama in america team finds it tonight. >>> jajaee dugard. what the neighbors who lived near that backyard prison are saying. >>> and the first lady, whose honesty about her own life chang

leroy petry wanted to be a soldier growing up in new mexico and he succeeded. u.s.rmy ranger, six tours of duty in afghanistan. two in iraq. we sat down in washington with him in washington a few weeks back for an exclusive interview prior to him receiving the medal of honor. it was for an action in afghanistan in a courtyard in the middle of a firefight. a grenade lands next to him and his young soldiers and he did what instinct told him to do, picked up the grenade, threw it and lost his hand and part of his arm as a result. as you'll see, he has the modesty that all of the now 85 living recipients of this medal possess. >> i remember it vividly. it was -- i sat up, i grabbed it and it was like somebody had taken a circular saw and just taken it off right there and i remember the smells. i could smell the burning of the flesh. it was unreal. but, again, another weird thought went into my mind. i looked at it and i said, where's the hollywood square? why isn't this thing spraying out a country mile? >> you've seen your share of movies? >> oh, yeah. the next thing t

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at's where leroy petrie went in may 2008. afghanistan, his seventh tour of duty.hese pictures from before he found out what he was made of. with the true sign of that today being a ceremony, a certain discomfort at the attention. >> to be singled out is very humbling. >> reporter: perhaps, yes, for a kid who used to get into fights and who almost failed in high school. but who out there picked up a live enemy grenade to toss it away to save his comrades. it cost him his right hand. but he's alive, rare for medal of honor winners who usually are honored posthumously. but there's also this. leroy petrie decided he's not done. and when he reenlisted he took the oath with his right hand. his new one. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> you know the med of a of honor was given yesterday on the award's 149th anniversary. president lincoln signed the medal of honor act in 1862. >> also he's now been assigned to a military base near tacoma, washington, where he's going to help other war veterans as well to transition back into everyday civilian life which is really diff

in 2008 sergeant first class low rye petrie and his team were caught in a fire fight.h legs and when a grenade landed next to him, he grabbed it but it exploded blowing off his right hand. his heroic acts saved the lives of two of his comrades. >> whenever you have a chance or opportunity to thank them, shake their hand, give them a pat on the back for the job they've done because they've earned it, that's the greatest reward any service member can get is a simple thank you. >> sergeant petrie is the second living active duty member from iraq or afghanistan to receive the nation's highest military award. >>> we'll have more of sergeant petrie's amazing story coming up on "the early show." i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litters now works harder to help neutralize odors in multiple-cat homes. and our improved formula also helps eliminate dust. so it's easier than ever to keep your house smelling just the way you want it. purina tidy cats. keep your home smell

sergeant first class leroy petry. we're going to >> jon: that's our show. join us next week at 11:00. here it, is your moment of zen. >> this is the last time that there's ever going to be harry potter film premier. it's like the end of an era. >> oh, my gosh, i'm so >> stephen: tonight, will a scandal bring down rupert murdoch? no. then a new threat from gitmo detainees. if they get any more dangerous, we might have to charge them with something. and my guest is jose antonio vargas, who recently admitted being an illegal immigrant. my original guest was the american whose job he stole. who has two thumbs and is incredibly bad at gesturing at himself? this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme song playing] [cheering and applause] te

sergeant first class leroy petry. this is a historic occasion.ast fall, i was privileged to present the medal of honor for his heroism and afghanistan. sal joins us this afternoon. today is only the second time during the wars in afghanistan and iraq, and the only the second time since vietnam, that the person -- participant has been able to accept this medal in person. having just spent some time someleroy, his lovely wife, ashley, they're wonderful children in the oval office, and had a chance to see the entire petry family here, i have to say this could not be happening to a nicer guy or a more inspiring family. leroy, the medal of honor reflects the deepest gratitude of our entire nation. we are joined by members of congress, by president joe biden, leaders from across my administration including deputy secretary of defense, and leaders from our armed forces including the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, army secretary john mccue,we are hone than 100 of leroy's family and friends, many from his home state of new mexico, as well is

sergeant leroy petry lives with a daily reminder of his sacrifice in afghanistan. he lost his hand picking up an insurgent's grenade to save two fellow soldiers. risking his life netted petry an invitation to the white house where he was saluted for his courage and bestowed the honor of becoming the only second living serviceman to be awarded the medal of honor since the vietnam war. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> there's a lot of buzz over a growing trend in hong kong. residents are turning to beekeeping there as a little bit of nature meets the concrete jungle. so far 11 urban beehives have sprouted up around the city that each hold about 10,000 bees. experts say hong kong is ideal for harvesting honey with nearly constant warm weather all year. >>> well, one family proves opposites really do attract. after this fawn's mother was killed, members of the community brought the baby to a nearby farm in texas. it was quickly adopted by a herd of goats and seems to have found the family that it

he is army ranger sergeant first class leroy petrie, six tours in afghanistan, two in iraq, a married father of four, awarded the nation's highest military honor by saving the lives of fellow troopers by picking up a live grenade and throwing its which cost him his hand and much of his forearm. this photo received wide circulation around the country today, it's the president, shaking his new prosthetic hand yesterday at the white house. so we wanted to show you a clip from our exclusive interview with sergeant petrie to show you how matter of fact he is about the new hand, which he loves to play with and talk about and demonstrate. that's a handsome hand. >> it's wonderful. when i lost it, i thought i was going to have a hook, which i was content with. i mean i was happy the way i lost my hand, but nevertheless, nobody wants to lose a hand. >> shake my hand with that. >> oh, yes. >> tell me how it feels for you. >> for me it feels like a normal handshake. it uses the same muscles that i would to open and close. it's no change from what i did before. it took me a couple of hours to lea

please welcome army sergeant first class leroy petry. [cheering and applause] thanks for coming. appreciate it. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> jon: we're honored to have you on the program. before we get into the story of what happened that day in afghanistan, may i just say, that hand is super cool. how did you... when i shook your hand, it curled around my hand with a stronger grip than i have. >> it's designed to conform to different objects that actually stops when each finger meets resistance to give you more dexterity. when i actually lost it, i thought i was going to have a hook, and i was fine with that because i lost it the way i wanted to, but they gave me this hand, and i got... it's amazing and it's getting better. >> jon: do you have one that can... let's say you're in traffic... [laughter] there's a problem. >> i use the good hand. >> jon: all right. fair enough. the story of what happened in afghanistan, it's an incredible one. would you mind if we just went through it briefly. >> sure. >> jon: you were on day mission. >> yes, sir. >> jon: and it was a

but to acknowledge courage i like to congratulate my fellow santa fe and sergeant first class leroy petry was awarded the medal of honor for service in afghanistan yesterday by the teleprompter in chief now the army has a new high tech way of honoring the medal of honor recipients they put together a visual recreation of the events in a kind of digital comic book form you can go to the army got mil site will have linked it out a verse of the man dot com and relive the raid in which he risked his life to save his fellow rangers and lost his right hand despite being eligible for medical discharge petry has opted to stay on active duty to work with other injured soldiers we can only hope that before he leaves the ranks he gets to me specialist anonymous that's our show for tonight thanks here in the adam versus the magic of our website devoted to guess and topics and finally on the.

later, outside the white house, petry said all of the troops serving overseas are heroes. >> whenever you have a chance or opportunity to thank them, check them, give them a pat on the back for the job they've done because they've earned it. that's the british award any service member can get is just a simple thank you. >> sreenivasan: petry is the 149th recipient of the medal of honor, and he is only the second living service member to receive one for service in iraq or afghanistan. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: next tonight, an assassination in afghanistan takes the life of the president's half-brother. >> ahmed wali karzai had survived previous attempts on his life but today a family friend finally did what others could not. the provincial governor said karzai was receiving deaths in the city when a long time associate shot him point blank. a moment later, the awe silient was killed by guards. he laid mortally wounded in the head and chest. soldiers board his body and that of his killers to the morgue. it fell to his half brother, presid

two comrades are wounded and a second grenade lands, this time only a few feet away. >> reporter: petryr and a half seconds before the grenade went off. >> every human impulse would tell someone to turn away, instead this wounded ranger, this 28-year-old man with his whole life ahead of him, this husband and father of four, did something extraordinary. he lunged forward toward the live grenade. he picked it up, he cocked his arm to throw it back. >> reporter: he had just released it when it exploded. >> leroy saved his two ranger brothers. they are with us today. his valor came with a price. the force of the blast took relloy's right hand, shrapnel riddled his body. >> reporter: you can see the artificial right hand he now wears. what you can't see is what's engraved on it. he showed the president. >> on it are the names of the fallen rangers from the 75th regiment. they are quite literally part of him. >> reporter: being a hero may make him uncomfortable but leroy petry can't get enough of being a soldier. since he was wounded he's reenlisted and gone back to afghanistan, his eighth co

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sergeant petri lost his right hand.efense secretary is now at the military's biggest battle front, afghanistan. panetta arrived in the afghan capital yesterday, his first trip overseas in his new position as he succeeds long-time defense chief, robert gates. panetta said the u.s. is within reach of putting down al qaeda and keeping up the schedule of withdrawal for troops. >> we have a strategy that we have put in place. we are going to have once we do the initial draw-down. in december, we'll still have 90,000 troops that will be there for a year through the end of next summer. and then beyond that, we will have 70,000 troops that will be continuing the strategy and operation through 2014. and my goal is to make sure that we can continue the effort to establish greater security in this country. >> and cnn pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence, has more on panetta's trip to afghanistan and a look ahead to the coming week in military matters. chris? >> well, susan, leon panetta is on his first overseas trip as the new s

petrie, who was shot in both legs, picked up a live grenade that landed near his soldiers and tosseds it detonated. >> what compels such courage? what leads a person to risk everything so that others might live? >> to be singled out is very humbling. i consider of one of our servicemembers serving here, abroad, we are heroes. >> sergeant petrie saved the lives of eight of his comrades but lost his right hand in the incident. >>> it started out as a bet but a u.s. marine will take a famous actress out on a date. >> hey, mila. sergeant moore. you can call my scott. i just want to take a moment out of my day to take you to the ball in november. >> you can call me scott. sergeant scott moore posted in afghanistan posted this video on youtube asking out mila kunis to be his date for the dance. and the friends with benefits stars said yes. her co-star justin timberlake pointed the video out to her and urged her to go. >>> coming up, it's like something out of the jetsons. a flying car cleared for take- off. it may not be long before you see one on a freeway next to you. >> wow. that is so

army sergeant first class leroy petrie, only the second living recipient of the medal for actions in iraq or afghanistan. >>> and tonight, at baseball's all-star game in phoenix, immigrant rights advocates are asking people to wear white ribbons protesting arizona's controversial immigration laws. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today show," the latest details on the case of a hollywood producer charged with murdering his wife during their cancun vacation last year. >>> and grammy-winning artist, colbie callait performs next. >>> i'm lynn berry, thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station, have

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. >>> army sergeant patrick petrie is the latest honor medal recipient.esident noted how he picked up a live the grenade and threw it away. patrick lost his right hand when the grenade exploded. even after that, he returned to afghanistan to serve his eighth tour of duty with a robotic right hand. >>> pg & e answers to anger on how it might defend the san bruno explosion. >>> if you owe more on your >>> pg & e is responding to angry reaction over it's controversial court filing in the pipeline disasters. one suggests that plaintiffs may have contributed to their losses by their own negligence. >> seems like they're turning their backs on us. and i'm not understanding why they are doing that. >> reporter: late today pg & e issues sa statement saying we want to make -- issued a statement saying we want to make it crystal clear that no one at pg & e suggested that the homeowners impacted by the accident maybe at fault. >> new at 10:00, ken wayne is in concord to tell us about how a proposed law would make it easier for people to refinance even if their home

eclectic group of people that are now my family and so i really am kind of a walking happiness study in a petri dish for happiness and so i'm so passionate about teaching young people that there may be another way than what your culture is telling you that when you look at the list you know that whether it's the magazine or business week or newsweek that says here are the wealthiest americans these are the top one hundred that that does not mean it is not a one to one ratio that means they're the happiest in fact it might mean that they are even less happy because we know that after your basic needs are met more resource resources can actually complicate your life and make you less happy so those things are what i talk about because i found them to be true in my own life i only want to talk about what's true the truth is what moves me and what animates me and my experience has been profound and it's something we see in literature because the buddha left wealth and st francis left wealth and they found a beauty and a connection and i think that's what we've lost i really think it goes back to th

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the grenade exploded taking off petri's right hand. >>> well, it is the scandal rocking one of the most powerful media empires in the world and it is getting bigger and even uglier today. two more of rupert murdoch's newspapers in great britain are being called out for allegedly breemping the privacy of everyone, from the former prime minister to the queen of england. murdoch himself along with his son and one of his top editors are being called by the british government to explain themselves. dan rivers, she in london. and, dan, tell us about this. it seems to go all the way at the top of newscorp. i understand we just lost dan. we're going it try to get back to dan as quickly as we can to bring you the very latest. i understand now we have dan. dan, can you hear me? dan? can you hear me? >> reporter: yes, i can hear you fine. >> dan, tell us about how high up this goes? we understand that now murdoch himself is expected to explain this mess to parliament? >> reporter: well, i think that the kind of million dollar question is, you know, how high up does this go? did james murdoch know

what is the connection between adding growing batteries in a pitcher dennis -- petrie dish? >> we're trying to understand how major -- how nature makes materials. one example is that by a composite material, -- bioco mposite material, it does not add waste material to the environment, in itself assembles. i thought was fascinating. what if you could give information to a solar cell for catalyst said that you could build and dance materials with the same kind of control in bio chemical processing? what is the code for a high- powered battery? how could you assemble a solar cell? that comes from doing the experiments. to be able to have 1 billion different sequences and look for one that can do something you wanted to be able to do. as a materials scientist, a lot of the advancements that have come along with the human genome process is being able to have dna sequence cheaply and inexpensively, to be able to make bad, and taking some of the difficult procedures and have libraries of dna, and then it is to my group, and allow us to take advantage of all that technology and rese

. >> it's not a belly put on the, it's a petri drish. it's hideous. oh, my gosh, man.'re going have for weeks. >> i hope nobody just woke up and there was their first story as they're pouring their cereal. >> i hear you, man. >> reynolds, good to see you, my friend. >> as always. take care. >>> all right. am i going to break now? i'm going to take a quick break. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> almost 58 minutes after the hour. despite the fact that it is july 4th there are some things you need to know today. here are three things. the declaration of independence will be read the national archives of d.c. plus, the crew of space shuttle "atlantis" arrives at kg 45. >>> and president obama will celebrate the 4th of july with service members and their families on the south lawn of the white house. there will be a barbecue, concert, and fireworks. the event will be streamed live on whitewhite house.gov/live. >>> time to talk about money with kristie lu stout from hong kong. we've got nothing to talk about on this side. we have markets closed. markets in a