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The officer at a tremendous speed, showing no signs of slowing down. with the vehicle right in front of him and with almost no time to react, manning makes a split-second decision and jumps into the embankment to his right. the driver of the van slams directly into mannings cruiser. the impact caught on video by a dashboard cam in another squad car. when the van hits, manning is standing only a couple feet away. >> and there was a tremendous bang and i saw it out of the corner my eye, my car jus...

Story, the crash is not mannings last run-in with the suspect, who was later convicted of aggravated battery. >> we stopped a car for a problem with their license plates and it was at night. i walked up to the car and it was the suspect that ran into my car. and he was out of the hospital and awaiting trial. he apologized for the ordeal. >> still on the beat, sergeant manning has a new outlook and some sage advice for his colleagues out on patrol. >> exercise extreme caution when youre in a situ...

Other fellow police officers making sure everybody was all right. >> incredibly, no officers were hurt during the impact. as other units arrive on the scene, the troopers remove the spikes and scramble to reach the injured driver. the suspect is extricated from the van and rushed to the hospital. >> i have been a state trooper for 21 years and this situation was definitely one of the most intense ones ive been in, certainly one of the most amazing videos. quite spectacular. im just happy that it...

Happened on 9/11 to a funding issue. thats yet another thing theyre going to argue about on capitol hill. panel, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you, megyn. megyn: a new push to get american troops the recognition they deserve after major nidal hasan killed 13 and injured three dozen others at fort hood. sean manning was shot six times, hes got two bullets still in him, and his wife is here next on why she thinks victims are not getting what they deserve because its still classified as...

Others. all while screaming "god is great" in arabic. this is one of the lasting images from the tragedy, the victims coffins covered in flags enroute to arlington national cemetery. one of the wounded was staff sergeant sean manning who was shot six times. he barely survived this attack. he has two bullets still left inside of him. neither he, nor any of those wounded or killed have been given combat status for the event, and that means that they are not eligible for military honors like the pu...

In iraq and afghanistan and elsewhere, but in our country, fort hood three years ago. and because we dont name that enemy, were not equipped the way we need to ideologically and in many ways to take on that threat. so we kick the can down the road, and we classify it as overseas contingency operations or domestic workplace violence as as opposed to radical islamic terrorism which allows all our agencies to do another set of things to actually address the threat. so theyre kicking the can down th...

To send gitmo prisoners to how thompson. senator dick durbins office confirms the sale. you mentioned the amount, $165 million, and apparently this is a direct deal between the federal government and illinois meaning congress is not involved. durbins office also says today that gitmo prisoners are not going to be located at this facility. that is the official word. were working to conform more now -- confirm more now. alisyn: all right, shannon, thanks so much for that update. serious new ques...

Of the suspect. >> the suspect is racing toward them at more than 80 miles an hour. manning and his fellow officers are in position and after waving through another driver they lay spike strips down across the highway. >> in the ideal situation to deploy the spikes is in an area where you have guardrails or bridge abutments or some area where you can funnel the suspects car into and still provide yourself with some cover, should the car try to go a different direction. >> each steel spike is two...

So, there was no way that this van was going to go through without being spiked. >> sergeant manning, seen here on the right, waits for the fugitive to arrive, but not for long. >> i move toward the back of my police car, as i see the suspect vehicle has crossed the center line now, aiming right for my car. i didnt want to run out to the left or to the right and get run over, so i just waited till the suspect vehicle was committed in one direction. >> the van is barreling toward the officer at a...

Promptly arrested by authorities. an idaho state trooper, attempting to stop a car chase in progress, narrowly escapes death on the side of the road. >> just looked at my car and it was completely demolished and i was just relieved that i was alive and still in one piece. >> sergeant matt manning thought hed seen everything in his almost 25 years in law enforcement. but a call to the fort hall indian reservation almost becomes his last. >> i was at the state police office in pocatello and we r...