0 few leads at this point for that high school math teacher who vanished in the mountains of california. matthew green was there to hike the seern sierra, a region with extremely steep terrain and many peaks soaring to 13,000 feet. but he reportedly stayed behind at a campground when he had some car trouble. he was last heard from on july 1 16th and friends are baffled because they consider this pennsylvania man an experienced outdoors man. talk about rewarding poor performance. documents show two-thirds of professors at veterans affairs scored $5.5 million in bonuses in 2011 even though the claims backlog surged by 55% in that time. and the baltimore office which has the longest wait times in the country by the way gave average bonuses of $1100 to 40% of the staff. the investigation found that the bonuses essentially encourage honor for running into the line of fire to provide ammunition and to provide aid to troops during a 2009 battle in afghanistan. kelly wright has the latest for us. >> good morning. is th this is a dramatic story about a young man who deserves the medal of honor. it is the highest award given to members of the u.s. military. they are ordinary people who do extraordinary things beyond the call of duty. such is the case of army staff sergeant ty carter. he will be receiving the medal of honor for his heroic actions in afghanistan. he was a calvary scout there in the 4th infantry division. and a report of his action states that on october 3, 2009, at combat outpost keating, carter risked his life to deliver ammunition and medical aid to members of his troop involved in a fierce firefight with more than 300 taliban insurgents. the taliban opened fire with rocket propelled grenades and gunfire killing eight soldiers and wounding 25. it was described as one of the bloodiest battles of the afghan war. and carter received wounds as he helped save lives. in fact he also risked his life to pull specialist steven mace to safety who was wounded by gun fire and he says all the heroic acts are immeasurable, simply stepping out of the door was an act of courage in itself. you can see the impacts of the bullets, you could smell the smoke of the rocket propelled grena grenades. the white house ceremony will take place this afternoon. a proud nation thanks ty carter for his valor and service to defend this nation. >> absolutely. thank you so much. kelly wright, live for us in washington. if just a few hours, the sentencing phase of the ft. hood shooter trial begins. major hasan faces the death penalty for killing 13 and injuring more than 30 others when he opened fire nearly four years ago. his fate in the hands of 13 senior army officers, they must vote unanimously to give him the death penalty or he will receive life in prison. under military law, a death sentence would trigger an automatic appeal. the panel is expected to hear two or three days of testimony. officials say the prosecutors might bring up to 16 witnesses. hasan remained silent for much of the trial. it is unclear if he will bring any witnesses. and while you were sleeping, high winds fueling wildfires already burning out of control in california. firefighters say inaccessible terrain, strong winds and dry conditions there making it very difficult to fight these fires. raging wildfire, where we need the rain, but we're getting it in nevada. and the forecast is for more heavy rain in the four corners region and even southern parts of california. so just several hundred miles away from the wildfire in northern california. so you can see that we already picked up several inches of rain. the ground is already saturated. the forecast is for more rain. so we have a number of flash flood watches in effect from southern california up into parts of western colorado and a number of warnings are also in effect because flooding is ongoing. several more inches in the forecast. locally 2, 3, every higher amounts are possible. the other big story is the extreme heat. summer not close to over. 100 degrees will be your high temperature in the city of minneapolis. you factor in humidity, and we're talking heat index values up to 105. possibly even 110. so excessive heat warnings in effect out here. >> thank you so much, maria. well, august has been rough enough on markets. but september is historically the worst month for stocks. did you know that? and this week we have five big economic reports that are due out. and here with that and all your other top business stories, let's go to the fox business network. >> it's the last week of summer, but still a lot of economic data for the market to digest. today we expect to see durable goods orders released and then tomorrow on tuesday, the case-shiller home price index. economists are expecting to find home prices rose 12.2% year over year. and tuesday also brings the gauge of consumer confidence. and the second quarter gdp second revision will be released on thursday. and personal spending growth will be released on friday which we expect to see grow 0.3%. and donald trump is being sueded by the new york attorney general for $40 million. the real estate mogul helped run a phony trump university that promised to make students rich but instead misled customers into paying for expensive courses it did not deliver. the agency said many of the 5,000 students who paid up to $35,000 thought they would at least get to meet trump, but instead what they got was a picture in front of a life sized model of the tv host. trump responded saying that the lawsuit is false and politically motivated. he'll appear on fox and friends to respond at 7:00 eastern time. and walmart is trying to polish up its image by pushing for more made in america products. the retailing giant hosted its first u.s. manufacturing summit last week just after walmart pledged to buy $50 million more in u.s. goods over the next decade. it's its latest attempt to boost its image which has been criticized by labor groups that it eliminates jobs with its low prices. production costs in asia have risen and shipping costs continue to go up. >> thank you very much, jo. appreciate it. well, today is national dog day. and we're celebrating our little four legged friends. we'll start with a picture, these are my little guys. sax is 12 pounds and sassy on the right. and it says playing dress up, but this is what they look like when you pick them up from the groomers. >> and this is our make up artist's lisa's dog who looks excited to be awake. >> oreo looks like smehe's smilg with her eyes closed. >> send us your pups and we'll show them throughout the show. coming up, police asking for help finding this teenager wanted for the brutal murder of a world war ii veteran. the latest on the search for a suspected killeder. plus a frightening moment at a sonoma raceway as an indy car crashes into the pit crew. but first, more from last night's vmas. here is justin timberlake. ♪ a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% less. it's called hp moonshot. and it's giving the internet the room it needs to grow. this&is gonna be big. hp moonshot. it's time to build a better enterprise. together. ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good around ♪ ♪ turn around barry ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪