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A decorated officer in the u.s. marine corps faces possible discharge after writing an e-mail that could have exposed a threat to marine, but some say major jason bresler should be given an award instead. ivan watson reports on this story. >> reporter: jason bresler is not just a new york city fireman. hes also a highly decorated officer in the u.s. marine reserve, serving four tours in iraq and in afghanistan. now facing possible discharge on less-than-honorable terms after serving 13 years. >>...

Death is fast approaching. >> i heard mr. buford make a sound as though he was attempting to breathe. >> breathe, buddy! come on! >> garrett calls out for a life buoy he can use to brace buford as he brings him to shore. >> i need a brig! >> but authorities dont seem to understand. >> i gave him a second look and i noticed that now his lips were getting blue, and i knew at that point its -- you have to make a decision. >> this is a very difficult decision for couples to make. to prevent the spre...

Missouri has been in the middle of the countrys methamphetamine epidemic. and so has sergeant jason grellner, commander of the franklin county narcotics unit. >> im way tired of doing this. my people are tired of doing this. this is manpower intensive, it eats budgets. >> he believes a new pill called zephrex-d could be the answer. >> if a product like this is the on one available, meth labs go away. >> go away, the end. >> jeff: users and dealers make meth using the sinus medicine pseudohefedri...

Trained police personnel such as those that went into action today. >> as we said, l.a.x. on a friday morning, 9:30, busy place. hard to name a time when l.a.x. isnt busy. the problem with running an airport, youve got to have the free flow of people. isnt that exactly what makes them increasingly fertile targets for random violence and organized terrorism? >> while the violence occurred at the tsa checkpoint and maybe proceeded farther into the terminal, it could have just as easily occurred on...

Could have saved lives. why is he the one face punishment? >> reporter: jason bresler is not just a new york city fireman. hes also a highly decorated officer in the u.s. marine reserve serving four tours in iraq and afghanistan. so why is major bresler facing possible discharge on less than honorable terms after serving 13 years with the marines? >> for a man like jason bresler, being asked to separate from the marine corps that you love so much would be an even worse punishment than jail. >> r...

Police stripper thing. >> you are making them sexy. >> i am glad you said political correctness gone a muck. we needed that to be said for this show to get its political correctness run a muck funding. it is true though. i am thinking about what about a fireman or a police officer or any occupation? i know what you will say because none of those are linked to an ethnicity. >> no, i am going say the opposite. i said this on the show before. i totally understand why people get upset when clothing ...

What i remember the most was those firemen running up the stairs to save people to themselves lose their lives. and we had this great picture that was created afterward of a fireman handing a flag off to the military, and i say the intelligence community and say, weve got it from here. >> were going to continue to monitor this hearing. general keith alexander now testifying. earlier you heard james clapper strongly support the nsa surveillance programs. well take a quick break. more special cove...

Would be a miracle all of a sudden we have ten times more calls in october than any other time of the year. why is that? >> that was a wake up call they answered by asking their customers a simple question. >> what do you use it for? we are a haunted house. every haunted house uses fog. it was just one of those wow, we didnt know that. >> the more they listened to the operators, the more new products they discovered they could manufacture. >> theyre begin to tell us we want a ground fog that lin...

I sincerely hope it is not realized and we end up somewhere in between. what we cannot ignore are the probabilities. >> reporter: an emergency warning has been issued to the town of bell where i am by the rural fire service. it means residents have been told to leave their homes unless theyre prepared to defend them. in saying that, new powers have been given to emergency services which means no matter what decision they have made, they could still be ordered out of their homes. >> ive been gett...

Hypothermia and water in his lungs. the team removes his cold, wet clothes as quickly as possible. todd is winded, but his airway is clear. major albers assists with one of the other firefighters who also fell into the freezing water. miraculously, there are no serious injuries that day. >> it was a group effort. if they wasnt able to hold on to him on that bridge, we would have been downstream looking for the fireman. >> georgetown first responders transform luck from this bad day into improvem...