Garlin Conner News Today

Garlin conner and well have more on his story later in the show. But lets begin with the politics lead. What the president is calling a tremendous victory in a, quote, moment of profound vindication and what his critics are calling bigotry and unamerican and cruel. The Supreme Court in a 54 decision upholding President Trumps third version of his travel ban. That ban started during the campaign as a blanket ban on all muslims entering the u. S. Just a proposal. The first actual ban after he took...

Barred from entering the u. S. This version of the travel ban, this third attempt, is much narrower but one of the key issues for the justices to decide, whether or not trumps initial calls for a quote unquote muslim ban was really at the heart of this led legislation. Back to december 2015. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. You have no choice. We have no ...

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Of a sick passenger. the hepatitis scare in charlotte, north carolina. health officials warning up to 4,000 customers at a hardees restaurant near charlotte-douglas airport may be at risk for hepatitis-a. they say anyone who ate there between june 13th and the 23rd should be vaccinated right away. the vacation nightmare in mexico. katie malone of san diego badly injured during a parasail ride. the boat capsized. the parachute line snapped. she suffered serious injuries falling to the ground....

Death in order to save his battalion and achieve victory for freedom and those people that were with him, many of them now gone, said it was the single bravest act theyve ever seen. he had shellsropped right on him. aim at me, he said. aim at me. well, they missed him by feet. but he kept calling in more rounds, more rounds until the blanket of fire broke the german advance and the enemy retreated, saving so many american lives. lieutenant conners courageous actions killed roughly 50 german sold...

They say it is irrationally discriminatory. >> nick valencia, thank you. and now to the national lead. a salute to an american hero. president trump presented the medal of honor posthumously to a world war ii soldier, garlin conner and his widow aaccepted the award. her husbands actions were critical during a battle on january 24th, 1945. the lieutenant was supposed to be recovering from a hip injury. but he somehow managed to sneak out of the hospital. and he volunteered for a mission back ou...

Never really talked about how he had risked his life to save others. >> he had a place about that big in his hip that was about like a -- a softball i would say that -- a hole in his hip like that. and i ask him many times, you know, what happened and tried to get him to explain and he would try to tell me some things, but he just didnt want to talk about it. >> lieutenant conner returned from war and started a tobacco farm in kentucky. he never bragged about his acts of bravery. and barely spok...

Days of the battle of the bulge, well-known fight, general, that was a tough one, right, was that a tough one? they -- i know you werent there, but that was -- that was a -- i hope you werent there. otherwise -- he says kelly was there. but that was a rough one. they study that one. the u.s. third infantry division was engaged in a fierce battle with the nazis in northern france. at the time lieutenant conner was in a field hospital being treated for a painful hip wound. one of many. and was sch...