Ladies and gentlemen, please join me as we mark this occasion in word of prayer. Almighty god, champion of liberty and the oppressed, hear our prayers. You protect the righteous and bring justice to the flow. We gather today to honor the spirit of a warrior, who remained focused on the lives of his team and what needed to be done. He put the safety of others above his own, ran toward danger, and met it facetoface. Thank you for Master Sergeant Matthew Williams, an exemplary of heroism, whose heart and soul were tested in battle, producing the stronger man we honor today. His character were revealed in a moment, and his example inspires us all. God bless matthew, is loving and devoted wife, their son, his extended family and comrades in arms here today. Let matthews life and legacy and this very metal be a reminder for us all to face our fears and find our own moments to shine. May the lamp of liberty continue to burn bright on the u. S. And army and may we be a beacon of hope and peace
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States , accompanied by medal of honor recipient Master Sergeant Matthew Williams, United States army. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me as we mark this occasion in word of prayer. Almighty god, champion of liberty and the oppressed, hear our prayers. You protect the righteous and bring justice to the flow. We gather today to honor the spirit of a warrior, who remained focused on the lives of his team and what needed to be done. He put the safety of others above his own, ran toward danger, and met it facetoface. Thank you for Master Sergeant Matthew Williams, an exemplary of heroism, whose heart and soul were tested in battle, producing the stronger man we honor today. His character were revealed in a moment, and his example inspires us all. God bless matthew, is loving and devoted wife, their son, his extended family and comrades in arms here today. Let matthews life and legacy and this very metal be a reminder for us all to face ou
Columbine high school in 1999. Host dave cullen, who are eric and dylan . Guest eric and dylan were the two killers at columbine. And eric was a psychopath, and dylan was not. They were completely different can people. And, you know, as i spent ten years on this book, and the question i get asked the most often is why did they do it. And it took me about a year to figure out thats really the wrong question, at least in the wrong direction, because theres eric and why he did it, and theres dylan, and theyre completely different people. So you want to talk about each one of them . So eric was a psychocopath, classic. Host eric harris. Guest yes. And he was the mastermind of the plot. And he spent a couple years trying to figure out how he could destroy the entire world. That was his real fantasy, as a 16yearold boy. Wipe out humanity, always to leave three or four or five people because to a psychopath, the power of life as well as death makes him all the more powerful. A god can give li
mass shooting. additionally there s new word how his father apparently helped him obtain a gun license he likely should not have had given the red flags in his recent past. this young man who apparently had attempted suicide and yet his father helped him get a gun license. more on all of it shortly. first, though, because we now have the names of all seven people killed. we want to begin with who they were. he d just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary. his wife and four daughters were everything to him. his daughter telling cnn he would have turned 70 on friday. despite being the oldest victim at 88, steven strausss was still active, still enjoying life according to one grandson. nicholas toledo had eight children, countless grandchildren. one of them describes him as a loving man who was creative, adventurous and funny. in highland park from mexico visiting family he was 78. taught preschool, served on the staff of a local citadel, just couldn t find a lovelier person.
contemplated an additional mass shooting. there s new word about how his father helped him obtain a gun license he likely should not have had given the red flags in his past. a young man who had attempted suicide and yet his father helped him get a gun license. more on all of it shortly. first, though, because we have the names of all seven peoplekilled, we want to begin with who they were. eduardo uvaldo had just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary. his wife and four daughters were everything to him. his daughter telling cnn that he would have turned 70 on friday. despite being the oldest victim at 88, stephen straus was still active, still enjoying life, according to one grandson. another agreed, and i m quoting here, america s cultural worship of guns is deadly, it kills grandfathers. and it certainly did in this case. nicolas toledo had eight children, countless groundchildren, one of whom describes him as a loving man who was creative, adventurous and funny. in hig