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Of. and i said i'm mike do you liw, your name? >> he said capon. >> his nephew is accepting the medal in part for the men who were there. >> even though this medal of honor is for him, it is for these guys, too. they didn't want to die. >> reporter: stories of a priest rescuing the wounded. >> didn't matter there were mortar shells falling around him. >> reporter: mike dow survived being a pow because of farther capon. >> he was able to ingender a spirit of loyalty and meaningfulness to being a captive by resisting your captors and maintaining your faith with your country that enabled you to k...

Shep. >> shepard: jonathan hunt at the united nations where, incidentally that body overwhelmingly approved a controversial arms treaty could incorporate fringe on america's second amendment rights. treaty called for regulating the international arms trade. everything from guns to mortar shells and tanks. the reason? it's aimed at keeping illegal weapons out of the hands of terrorists and insurgents. the only no votes came from rogue nations, iran, syria and north korea. here in the united states, president obama and the senate would still need to sign off on the treaty. the national rifle ass...

Deployed from a base in missouri, they practiced dropping bombs on a south korean range, nearly 6,500 miles away. defense secretary chuck hagel says the pentagon has not taken the regime's threats lightly. >> is north korea more dangerous today? i think they're very provocative actions and belligerent tone has ratcheted up the danger. and we have to understand that reality. >> on tuesday, kim jong-un threatened to fire on guam, hawaii, and the u.s. mainland. and has recently put ground troops and artillery on standby. and pyongyang even released a propaganda video earlier this month showing th...

Other part of the world i think you'll have a chance of moving the ball like in the middle east. >> syria, mortar shells fell in a calf tier eier -- conversatio tier -- cafeteria yesterday from damascus university. it's so bleak and it's been going on. not for a long time historically speaking. is there any hope? do you see a glimmer of hope for anything happening in syria the next few months? >> the answer is no. if you're fortunate to get rid of assad bashar, you will have more than a thousand militias and gangs of one sort or the other on the anti-government side and this is going to contin...

Mean for the rest of the region. >> all right, thank you so much for that report live from jerusalem. our coverage of the president's mideast visit does not end here. more live reports from jerusalem later on "america this morning" as well as "good morning america," and you can find additional background on abcnews.com. the pentagon has called a halt to the use of 60 millimeter mortar shells. seven marines killed. several others injured during exercises deep in the nevada desert. investigators trying to figure out white a mortar round fired in the firing tube during the exercise. dramati...