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[laughter] >> the president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to staff sergeant david g. bellavia, united states army for conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty. staff sergeant bellavia served as squad leader in support of phantom fury in fallujah, iraq. while clear ago house, his platoon trapped within a room by intense enemy fire coming from a fortified position under the stairs l...

Is that right? a pretty good quote would you say? better say yes. otherwise i have a problem. [laughter] in 1999, david followed the example of his grandfather and joined the united states army infantry. several months after the september 11th attack, david said good-bye to his wife and son, evan. he served in germany, kosovo and then iraq. in november of 2004 after nearly a year of intense enemy combat, iraq, david led his squad into battle to liberate the city of fallujah and anti-iraq forces....

Falluj fallujah. >> sergeant bellavia had to dive back into a darkened house where he knew there was five or six suicidaal jihadis waiting. this were bullets going through the walls that forced the platoon to go back outside and regroup. david went in and in the dark and hunted them down. >> since leaving the army, bellavia ran for congress as a republican from new york. he lost to chris collins. collins now faces an indictment for insider trading. >> i never thought i would see love on a battle...

Was, intense clashes, and in one area we saw, we were just on the outskirts of mosul. we saw about 600 people who had fled the areas of the city that the iraqi army managed to retake, but they saw the fighting that happened this morning, some of them were injured, and in mortar attacks. they decided they had to leave. so what were seeing is that, yes, isis has been driven out of falluj fallujah, ramadi, other iraqi cities but not giving up easily and putting up quite a fight, and as you mentione...

Other than those 275 u.s. forces we talked about. i want to bring you up to date on the latest in the violence here in country and in iraq, state television is reporting that the iraqi air force killed more than 200 militants today in its own air raids, northwest of falluj fallujah. also, they said they destroyed a convoy of vehicles carrying isis fighters, new images are also coming to light from isis reporting to show the executions of iraqi security forces. well have more on that later in thi...

Anything or not. its a nice bit of symbolic action that sets the stage for something else. >> at this moment, is symbolism what is needed? >> depends on who you are. if the president wants to keep various options open even if he doesnt decide to intervene, this makes it possible without committing to being involved on the ground. >> what do you think the chances are that the 550 will be moved into country? >> no one knows but i would doubt it. i think this presidents entire policy in iraq has be...

I want to bring in colonel jack jacobs, medal of honor recipient. and evan coleman is here, as well. a terrorism analyst. let me start with where richard just left off there where we talk about options right now on the ground in fallujah, in ramadi. colonel jack, what are we left to do? >> nothing. were not going to get involved there. richard is right, we left on purpose and were not going back. the one thing that matt big difference when we were there in addition to the large number of america...

Dont know what kind of plane or anything like that. >> i dont know. im on my way to the airport right now and we hope to have more information for everyone shortly. >> all right. alex, thank you. keep us posted, sir. >> will do. thank you. al qaeda linked militants have planted their flag in if a lieu sa. it was the site of two of the bloodiest battles during the iraq war. 146 american lives were lost in falluj fallujah, militants have controlled it since last week. the iraq government has bee...

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