Heroic acts on the battlefield are usually just told by one soldier to another. Theres a video record of one Army Captains bravery during an ambush in afghanistan. The videotape helped show his courage and humanity on the day that president obama awarded him the medal of honor. Heres abcs martha raddatz. Reporter the sun had not yet risen when captain will swenson and his men made their way into an afghan village. Thats when it happened we start receiving fire. [ gunfire ] reporter an ambush. Pinned down, swenson returned fire for 90 minutes. His men hit. Sergeant first class kenneth westbrook, bleedsing from the neck, losing consciousness. Bullets all around him. The enemy so close, they called out for the americans to surrender. Swenson ran to westbrook, lobbing a grenade and carrying him the length two of football fields. A helmet cam captured the moment. That is swenson, his helmet off, risking his life by being out in the open, using an orange tarp to guide the helicopter in. He helps westbrook on to the helicopter, making sure he is secured, and then this watch. So quickly, so instinctively, swenson gives westbrook a tender kiss on his brow before racing back to the battle, where he would help rescue others. I wanted to convey to him that i was proud of him, and that his fight was over. That was an act that shows that bond that every soldier, every sailor, every airman, and every marine has with their fellow service member. Reporter the story of captain swensons heroism was lost for years in a tangle of army bureaucracy. What he did that day in one of the deadliest regions in afghanistan, a place we have visited many times before, had to be recognized. The man swenson helped to that helicopter would eventually die, but at the white house his family and the families of the others captain swenson tried to help were there to honor him. [ applause ] reporter a soldier who risked everything for his brothers. Martha raddatz, abc news, washington. Amazing. And you realize there are so many we dont know about. Theyre out there. Theyre doing this. And were sitting here safe. And we dont know what theyre doing for us. Amazing. Absolutely. By the way, undeterred by the entire situation, he says he wants to reenlist. Now the army is considering it. Thats what call a hero. By the way, this happened in 2009. It took so long to get the medal because he was openly critical of the superiors saying they took too language to sends in backup. There was an investigation, and they reprimanded three officers for what they call command paralysis. There should have been something faster. What a story. Wow. Coming up next, inside the american family. What nearly every parent does to keep their kids in line that could be doing more harm than good. And ahead in our next halfhour, the leading contenders to star in fifty shades of grey. Hollywood insiders weigh in coming up. Youre watching world news now. A im awake now. Yeah. Absolutely. A little parenting advice that is good for mom and dad, too. Most families today generally agree that hitting isnt the way to discipline kids. Almost every parent admits that yelling is something that they do, and it can be just as bad. Nightline anchor Cynthia Mcfadden is here with the research and remedy. Reporter what can say theyve never yelled at their kids . Especially their teenagers . A problem the supernanny was often brought in to deal with. You dont tell me anything. You do what i tell you to do, and you shut your damn mouth about it. Reporter its not just reality tv. Ive been having problems with my daughter. Reporter the dads in this Fathers Group in new jersey, part of parents anonymous, were honest enough to admit it. How many of you have ever yelled at your child . [ laughter ] reporter a new study contends even in otherwise loving homes, yelling, especially when mixed with namecalling and insults, can cause the same problem for young teenager as hitting them, depression, anxiety, and low selfesteem. We are newage brady bunch. Reporter the clan in washington say they dont use curses or putdowns, but they are worried about how much yelling goes on. Im a yeller. I yell out of frustration. Like, hey grab their attention, there is not cool. Reporter experts say yelling often doesnt work. Listen to their kids. Sometimes when i get yelled at, i get angry, go downstairs, start hitting my punching bag or i get i feel sad. I wish i could get talked to, not necessarily yelled at. Reporter we brought in parenting expert dr. Carolyn iverslandis, one strategy she suggests is for parents to give themselves a timeout. Having the other parent whos not pushed to the limit maybe step in a little bit. I dont think any parent would object to having a break. Reporter another tip use more carrots, less stick. You want them to get ready for School Faster . Promise a movie. I think theres some things that they could earn like that camera that he wants so bad. Right. Reporter negotiate and keep your cool to keep the teen years so much less stressful for everyone. Or as my mother would say in a quiet voice, when youve lost your temper, youve lost your argument. Cynthia mcfadden, abc news, new york. So we want to know what you think. It is our question of the day do you think yelling at children is as bad as hitting them . What do you think . Yeah. I think hitting them is definitely horrendous. I think theres balance. Sometimes you blow your top and you know, sometimes kids need to be it gets their attention to raise their voice. Im saying once in a while i dont think its a bad thing. If you do it all the time, it turns into white noise. They dont hear. How about you . I think theres a distinct difference between yelling and namecalling and insulting kids. Namecalling never. Ruins selfesteem. And name calling and insulting your kids. It ruins their self esteem. That is different than yelling. Mix time. I think most people are familiar with the video by rebecca black, friday. Its friday its friday maybe the most obnoxious video of all time. Theres something about it that you want to pull your hair out and scream and take a newspaper and crack her over the head. Well, im looking at that link. Its billed as more obnoxious than that. I said theres no way i think it might be. Its a tie, or it might be more obnoxious. And its done by arc music facto factory, producers, who put on the last production of friday, friday. Its the same people. About chinese food. Theres a new girl singing. Ill tell you her song in a moment. Just watch. I love chinese food you know that its true i like chow mein chow mein there you go. I love chinese rice, you know its true, i love chow mein. The guy in the panda is the man responsible for friday, rebecca blacks song, and this song. Might be good that hes in disguise. That last one there he is. There he is. Hes laughing all the way to the bank, i bet. The womans name, allison gold. Chinese food, get ready to be assaulted. Im sure youll be hearing a lot of this one. She sounds exactly like rebecca called auto tune. Yeah yikes. Check this out. Weve all had problems either getting in or out of a parking spot. We can admit it. Weve all had a problem. Heres video of a lady forcing it took her an extraordinary four minutes. We sped up the video here for you. There she is trying to get out. She she she get herself almost hard to believe out and well shes could have done a threepoint turn. Now its like a 247 eight, nine out. Yeah. All she needed was to cut around that and make a turn. Yeah. The other person in theyre in a worse bind than she is, stuck waiting for her to get out that goes beyond bad driving. Thats like i dont know. By the way i dont know what that is. By the way, the only reason we know that this is a woman i tried hard to make sure it wasnt a woman but i will say nothing. Yes [ honking ] we saw her get into her car with her cute trousers and shirt. That was on youtube. This is crazy. Theres a new restaurant in los angeles called the magic restroom cafe. Take a look. It is a toiletthemed eatery. There are dishes called golden poop, brown this morning on world news now, cautious optimism on capitol hill, but time is running out. A plan to avoid default is up for a vote, but it is up to the senate to break the stalemate. An arrest has been made in explosions at l. A. X. Police have someone in custody. Details coming up. Plus a soldiers pride. A wounded ranger receives the ultimate award for his bravery and shows the world what patriotism really means. And hit shows, skyhigh paydays. Forbes new list is out of the highest paid actors. We will show you who makes the most in the skinny. It is wednesday, october 16th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Happy hump day, everyone. Action to avoid the fiscal crisis shifts back to the senate today after a stunning setback in the house. Speaker john boehner was forced to pull a bill after Tea Party Members refused to go along. Karen travers is joining us from washington with the latest. Karen . Reporter good morning, john. Good morning, diana. Last evening, when the house leadership said they would not vote on their alternative plan it made it clear, yesterday, two days out from the very big deadline, was basically a complete waste of time. It was a day of wheel spinning on capitol hill. And after it was all said and done, it was back to square one. Senate majority leader harry reid was optimistic. We have been engaged in productive, bipartisan negotiations in the senate. Reporter the best chance for avoiding a default and reopening the government rests in the senate. Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell announced a bipartisan deal that would reopen the government but only until january 15th, avoid default by extending the credit limit but only until february 7th. And the key no changes to the health care law. House republicans tried an alternative plan included tweaks to obama care, but it died before it even came up for a vote. Tea Party Republicans opposed it because it didnt go far enough. In an interview with abc station wabc, president obama said there have been times when he and Speaker Boehner agree. He goes back and turns out he cant control his caucus. Reporter the president was optimistic that the senate would avert a crisis. What we have seen amongst Senate Democrats and republicans is a recognition that there are ways for us to do this that doesnt damage the economy. Reporter wall street is worried. The markets were down at closing yesterday, and last evening, a Credit Rating agency said the United States triplea Credit Rating is now under review for a possible downgrade. John and diana . Karen, thank you. Breaking news from los angeles. Police arrested an airport employee in connection with those dry ice bombs at l. A. X. They say they are part of a labor dispute and not an act of terror. Brandi hitt has more on the investigation. Concerned about traveling. Not making it easier. Reporter a device exploded monday night in a restricted area near a gate and close to airplanes. No one was hurt, but it comes just a day after another dry ice bomb exploded in an airport bathroom. Once again, a restricted area where only employees are allowed. This demonstration on a Discovery Channel special shows how dangerous these explosions can be. When the dry ice melts in a closed bottle, the gas inside explodes. You cant place them a long time in advance. Reporter authorities also located another dry ice bomb in a restricted area of the airport before it detonated. Extra officers are patrolling the airfield ramps and public areas, insisting the countrys third Busiest Airport is safe. Detectives say they dont believe these incidents are linked to terrorism and they may be able to pull evidence from the two ice bombs that didnt explode, john and diana . Thank you. Crazy in this day and age, a labor dispute. Who would think to do Something Like that anyway . But in an age of terrorism, at an airport . Come on. What were they thinking . Suspect in custody. Thats good news. Absolutely. For sure. Moving on to this now. A major sigh of relief for hundreds of thousands of commuters in the San Francisco area. Unions for Bay Area Rapid transit workers are holding off on a strike while contract negotiations continue. Both sides credit the arrival of a federal mediator for moving the talks in a positive direction. They are trying to reach an agreement on salaries and health care costs. The former mayor of san diego has reached a plea deal on the segs sex charges which will likely keep him out of jail. Bob filner repeatedly denied that he had harassed women but he pled guilty to putting a woman in a head lock and less serious charges. The Attorneys Office is recommending he serve three months of house arrest and three years probation. Two young girls in florida have been arrested for bullying another girl. Authorities say 12yearold Rebecca Sedwick took her life after bullied physically and online. Two girls who are facing charges are 14 and 12 years old. They are accused of aggravated stalking and have been released to their parents. If the young girls are convicted, its not clear how much time, if any, they would spend in juvenile detention. You see on facebook, the 14yearold wrote on her facebook page, the 14yearold who was allegedly part of the bullying, that she doesnt care. Yes, i bullied her and, yes, she died. And basically she said in some expletives, i dont care. You wonder children this young. I understand they grow up quickly these days but 12 and 14 is still young. Where do they get that from . I dont know. But look yes, i bullied rebecca, and she killed herself. But that that is an acronym. I dont give a blank. How outrageous. Thats the poor girl no longer with us. They held a press conference and said we have to take some kind of action. Id have to agree. That is crazy. She was bullied not only on the internet but physically, as well. It mean these kids were touching her and pushing her around. It wasnt just happening in cyberspace but school, as well. Apparently she either didnt speak up and got no help or she did speak up and still didnt get any help. Either way a sad story all the way around. Disturbing indeed. Now the disturbing video of a school bus attack near philadelphia. Grainy cell phone images show two students bullied before one is hit by a sucker punch and for reasons that are unclear the driver refuses to stop the bus. The incident was not reported to police. Now the tape has gone viral, investigators are looking in to it. You almost have to wonder does it take a videotape for somebody to do something. He is right behind the bus driver. I hate to say it but, i remember seeing scenes not that different from time to time when i was a kid. Oh, my gosh. Thats so terrible. Anyway. Lets move on to the midweek weather now. Expect stormy conditions from new england to the Mexican Border with rain especially heavy in texas and alabama. Snow in the mountains from montana to colorado. Sunny and dry for the rest of the west. Lots of temperatures in the 70s along the east and west coasts. High 80s across much of the south, and the rest of the country will see typical october readings of 50s an 60s. We throw the word hero around all the time, and oftentimes, it is not deserved. Heres one where it is totally deserved. It is our favorite story of the day. It involves a u. S. Army ranger named josh hargis that was wounded serving in afghanistan ten days ago. That is him hooked up to medical equipment after awarded the purple heart. This picture was taken in afghanistan, with hes now since been moved to san antonio where he will continue to receive treatment. By the way, if you look at that picture, you can see that purple heart is pinned to the blanket that is laying on top of him. He was insistent on saluting. His doctors are trying to hold his arm down to no avail because he was insistent on making the salute. Amazing. It is. Yes. You compare the two stories that we have just seen the bullying and somebody like this. The best and the worst. Absolutely. These kids can really learn something from this gentleman. Its amazing. No doubt. 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It blows the mind to be in this place where everybodys selling drugs. No police. Nobodys batting an eye. Just business as usual. And this just keeps going and going is what is known as a crack land. Amazing theres no fear of the police. Smoking right out in public. Reporter in another crack land, this one the length of an entire city block. Got kids here. We found this 16yearold crack addict. We wanted to go to the source of this misery, the drug kingpin. In a tiny room, down a back alley, we scored a very rare interview with a drug lord, draped in gold a