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Two figures in an italian household. the pope and sinatra. now they are both francis. >> what are some of your italian traditions. of course midnight mass. having the nativity scene up you put the christ child in there and then the big tradition the feast of the 7 fishes where you make a bunch of these fishes my mother and dad which i probably ate. the rest i couldnt go near. all great stuff and then the midnight mass. >> and i know your dad played a big part in your life too. you have a special...

>> there were many people, but two people in an italian house, the pope and sinatra. >> what were some of your tradition? >> midnight mass. you put the christ child in there. you wait until christmas eve for that. and theres a big tradition called the feast of the seven fishes where you make a bunch of these fishes, my grand parents and mother and dad made them, three of which i probably ate, the rest of them were weird, interesting. all great stuff. and then the midnight mass. >> and i know you...

With the force of the vehicle being lifted up off the ground, i lost consciousness. as i woke up, i tried to start moving my body and thats when i realized my legs were broke. the gunner was pinned. i was pinned. the dismount was pinned. two guys in front were knocked out. we were trapped in the vehicle. then pop shots from the ammo can started because a fire apparently had broke out from underneath the vehicle where the ied had came up through. here we are in the vehicle, i got two broken legs....

School. >> so they had already left the school. it was the librarian, was that the teacher who was allegedly being targeted by this gunman or requested by the gunman? >> he was the one who was shot at, yes. >> what did the librarian tell you? >> all he could really tell me were the same two or three statements over and over. he just kept telling me that the gunman asked where is he where is he and kept searching for him. all he could tell me was his name and about the speech and debate team. >> ...

Value lar. during his service he kills two enemy combatants. >> one thing he bragged about in saudi arabia in war he was a gunner on a bradley and told me one time about when he was shooting at a bunker and a guy came out waving his hands to surrenderer and mcveigh started shooting at him with a .25 millimeter. he said it was 1100 meters and the first round hit him in the head. >> mcveigh hopes to join the special forces but quits because hes physically unprepared. >> one of mcveighs goals from ...

General mike dewine at 7:00 a.m. hour. >> new day" starts right now. that is it for "early start." ♪ roads are really slick and i have seen a lot of accidents already. >> the huge rain and snow maker moving east and holiday travel plans for millions in jeopardy and now the macys thanksgiving day parade balloons may be grounded. we are tracking it all. the afghan government pushing back against the united states and still refusing to sign and agreement that would keep u.s. forces on the gro...

>> all right. this is a housing unit. in other words, if you get in trouble out in the streets, they will find a spot for you to live. notice, when we went down there, there was a gunner on the yard. theres also a gunner in here. they shoot real bullets. it aint easy being in this mother [ bleep ] gym. whether it be over phone calls, showers, [ bleep ], whatever it is, its a problem in here. when you spend 365 days in this mother [ bleep ], youll be stressed out. believe that! >> dont never come...

My gunner kept complaining. he was, like, its raining down on me, sergeant dawes. im getting trashed up here. >> they can feel the force of the blast inside their armored vehicle. >> the shock waves hit us -- it rings everybodys bell. you could definitely feel it, but it was more of a punch to your chest. >> the eruption is unlike anything the soldiers have ever seen. >> i didnt know what the hell happened. >> its like slow motion. >> dude, i didnt know what happened. i thought the whole road wa...

I have seen everything but this memorial. now that i am here, i cant say enough about it. i have tears mine eyes right now. i have tears in my eyes right now. >> it was a heroes welcome for the decorated veterans. >> thank you for your service, sir. >> the well wishes continued from the world war ii monument to the iwo jima memorial despite the fact the sites were technically closed due to the government shutdown. >> i was amazed. that they even had the opportunity to do that. >> the men visitin...

Happy birthday, sir. >> thats right. >> youre stealing my thunder here, gentlemen. one of americas heroes hit another milestone, talking about mel whitfield, we consider him part of the family here, his daughter happens to be our own news anchor, fredricka whitfield whose chair i am sitting in. in his hay day, he was called marvelous mel. won medals in the korean war, spent nights training on military runways in the army air force where he was a gunner on 27 combat missions. he was the first eve...