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Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. The war in The Middle East at this hour appears to be expanding as it steps up the gaza offensive. Israel has now formed an Emergency Wartime government in response to the hamas terror attacks that have killed at least 1200 people. 22 or more americans. The Israeli Government is accusing the Iranian Regime of giving the green light to hamas which is funded to carry out the attacks over the weekend. A statement that differs...

Launching a mission to bring all hostages home. In the brutal war that has followed, at least 33,000 palestinians have been killed, according to the hamas run health ministry, and large parts of gaza have been destroyed. The un has called the situation in gaza a humanitarian catastrophe. Protests have been taking place in tel aviv to mark the six month anniversary. Families of the hostages rallied together as well as thousands of Anti Government demonstrators, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Fights. the sergeant moved under heavy fire, rescuing his comrades and directing air support. officials say he took out an enemy machine gun teen. then a grenade hit the generate he was using for cover. he kept fighting. hes with us now. >> i happened to be watching that day as the president was talking about you, as you stood stone faced and seemed like you really werent into it. tell me how that mentality comes about when you are without question an american hero and you dont want to hear abou...

Incident. >> as the family prepares for a presidential ceremony and the medal of honor, carter is humble when others talk about his valor. >> to him it just brings back those memories and that day and everything they had to go through. to me, its like, i knew you were a hero all along. >> carter doesnt feel like a hero, just a survivor. >> the constant ring in my ears is a reminder. >> when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his humvee, carter lost part of his hearing. >> ever since that day, ive ha...

Thee for this nice day and the ability to travel two to and from work and other places without incident. >> as the family prepares for a presidential ceremony and the medal of honor, carter is humble when others talk about his valor. >> to him it just brings back those memories and that day and everything they had to go through. to me, its like, i knew you were a hero all along. you know, i knew. >> carter doesnt feel like a hero, just a survivor. >> the constant ring in my ears is a reminder. >...

Times and wrote "get over it were not all created equal", i broke down and muscle at trophy and weight loss at a faster and more noticeable rate than fellow marines, falling during fire fights. >> no positions are actually opened to women today. the service chiefs have until may 15th to explain to defense secretary, the next defense secretary if they have any concerns and if there are any positions that should not be open to women, shepard. >> shepard: jen griffin at the pentagon. thank you. and...

She made national headlines when she talked about being wounded in iraq during a speech at the 2008 democratic convention and told the story again in 2012. >> a rocket-propelled grenade hit our helicopter, exploding in my lap, ripping off one leg, crushing the other, and tearing my right arm apart. but i kept trying to fly until i passed out. and in that moment, my survival and the survival of my entire crew depended on all of us pulling together. their heroism is why im alive today. >> she lost...

Copilotting my blackhawk north of baghdad when we started taking enemy fire. a rocket propelled grenade hit our helicopter, exploding in my lap, ripping off one leg, crushing the other, and tearing my right arm apart. but i kept trying to fly until i passed out. and that moment, my survival and the survival of my entire crew depended on all of us pulling together. even though they were wounded themselves and insurgents were nearby, they simply refused to leave a fallen comrade behind. their hero...

Iraq. on november 12th, 2004, i was co-piloting north of baghdad when we started taking enemy fire. a rocket propelled grenade hit our helicopter, exploding in my lau lap, ripping off one leg, crushing the other and tearing my right arm apart, but i kept trying to fly until i passed out. and that moment, my survival and the survival of my entire crew depended on all of us pulling together and even though they were wounded themselves and insurgents were nearby, they simply refused to leave a fall...

What happened with that group of photojournalists. that was who tim was a part of. it was four of them, and all this happened on the western fringes of misurata in a place called tripoli street, one of the most dangerous places in misurata at this point in time. i can tell you from having been there myself. it appears they were in the front line area with some of the rebel fighters when that rocket-propelled grenade hit and they were all rushed to one of the few hospitals there as fast as possib...