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Incredible toughness and resolve, he subsequently took control of the observation posts and returned fire on the enemy. as the enemy drew near, sergeant pitts threw grenades, holding them after the pin was pulled and the safety lever was released, to allow a nearly immediate debt nation on hostile forces. unable to stand on his own, and near death because of the severity of his wounds and blood loss, sergeant pitts continued to lay suppressive fire until a two-man reinforcement team arrived. ser...

In radio situation reports and conveyed information that the command post use to provide indirect fire support. sergeant pitts courage, steadfast commitment to the defense of his unit, and ability to fight while seriously wounded prevented the enemy from overrunning the observation post and capturing american soldieso. sergeant ryan m. pitts, extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great c...

This comes, this is the one miss pg. >> this is the one missing. >> when you talk about this part of the system, this is at an air show. the russians put this picture out. there are multiple vehicles here. all part of the system? >> basically three vehicles here. this is the transporter launch are we saw. this is the important part here. this is the surveillance radar, iff system. >> just circle that so people can see it. this is the command post here, with its antennas. so it takes the whole sy...

Incredible toughness and resolve he subsequently took control of the observation post and returned fire on the enemy. as the enemy drew near, sergeant pitts through grenades, holding them after the pin was pulled and the safety lever was released to allow a nearly immediate detonation on the hostile forces. unable to stand on his own and near death because of the severity of his wounds and blood loss, sergeant pits continued to lay oppressive fire until a two-man reinforcement team arrived. spor...

From the general traffic but could be accessible to somebody that would want to get in and get out. >> it was boarded up. every window, every door was boarded up. inside the carpet was rotten. the flooring was a mess. all the utilities were not functioning. we would come over in our undercover vehicles. we would paint, do electrical work, plumbing, totally redo the house but we added things to it. video and audio. >> talking to the technical people, we determined in order to do what we wanted to...

Process and thats why the president is meeting with his team tonight. >> jim acosta, thank you so much. bob baer, national security analyst and former cia operative, let me bring up my e-mail. when you run through the options the white house will be weighing, more surveillance flights, manned or unmanned, but not armed. develop more intelligence for the u.s. go solo or proceed with the iraqis. use air strikes if sufficient and withdraw further americans in advance of any action. you look at thos...

Take hostages, and i dont think what we did in getting our prisoner of war released in any way would somehow encourage terrorists to take our american service men prisoner or hostage. in war things are always dangerous, and there are vulnerabilities as there are around the world, but our record, the united states of america in dealing with terrorists, in finding and hunting down those terrorists, is pretty good, david. >> i want to ask you one more about this. what about an investigation into wh...

The civil service rules make it almost impossible to fire anybody in the executive branch. and this is a bigger problem than the va and it is something that were going to have to deal with, i think, it is something that will require additional action and there are ways in which you can at least punish people or move them from the command post that theyre in when you learn these things. if you cant get rid of people, youre encouraging bad behavior and you got to strike a balance with political fi...

Right there, the survivor stairs. literally hundreds of people used this staircase as an escape route on 9/11 when the attacks were taking place. running down these stairs to safety was a lifeline. those stairs weigh 58 tons, the entire museum built around them. around the corner, big red, the fire truck, ladder three. so many remember that brave captain, paddy brown. >> im on the 34th floor, okay? just relay the command post, we are trying to get up. >> reporter: captain brown and ten of his me...

On that one. eric: is the region under fire watches and warnings. >> reporter: low humidity levels create the conditions for the rapid spread of those fires. warnings were in place a couple days before this happened. the extreme heat forced firefighters to fall back self times. in toms river officials closed their middle school and then moved into that school and set it up as a fire department command post. eric: luckily no injuries. martha: an obamacare debacle asking the fed for help after peo...