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[laughter] >> the president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to staff sergeant david g. bellavia, united states army for conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty. staff sergeant bellavia served as squad leader in support of phantom fury in fallujah, iraq. while clear ago house, his platoon trapped within a room by intense enemy fire coming from a fortified position under the stairs leading to the second floor.

Is that right? a pretty good quote would you say? better say yes. otherwise i have a problem. [laughter] in 1999, david followed the example of his grandfather and joined the united states army infantry. several months after the september 11th attack, david said good-bye to his wife and son, evan. he served in germany, kosovo and then iraq. in november of 2004 after nearly a year of intense enemy combat, iraq, david led his squad into battle to liberate the city of fallujah and anti-iraq forces. that was the bloodiest battle of the iraq war. for three days straight, david kicked down doors and...

Falluj fallujah. >> sergeant bellavia had to dive back into a darkened house where he knew there was five or six suicidaal jihadi's waiting. this were bullets going through the walls that forced the platoon to go back outside and regroup. david went in and in the dark and hunted them down. >> since leaving the army, bellavia ran for congress as a republican from new york. he lost to chris collins. collins now faces an indictment for insider trading. >> i never thought i would see love on a battlefield. it's horrible, ghastly and ghoulish. you see people doing things for each other that they wo...

Was, intense clashes, and in one area we saw, we were just on the outskirts of mosul. we saw about 600 people who had fled the areas of the city that the iraqi army managed to retake, but they saw the fighting that happened this morning, some of them were injured, and in mortar attacks. they decided they had to leave. so what we're seeing is that, yes, isis has been driven out of falluj fallujah, ramadi, other iraqi cities but not giving up easily and putting up quite a fight, and as you mentioned before, they've managed to retake palmyra in syria from syrian and russian forces. so, yes, they'...

Other than those 275 u.s. forces we talked about. i want to bring you up to date on the latest in the violence here in country and in iraq, state television is reporting that the iraqi air force killed more than 200 militants today in its own air raids, northwest of falluj fallujah. also, they said they destroyed a convoy of vehicles carrying isis fighters, new images are also coming to light from isis reporting to show the executions of iraqi security forces. we'll have more on that later in this hour, incredibly disturbing videos. isis gained control of another city today, two more villages ...