Behind him inside the kill zone. So, don held onto that grenade. And he pulled it close to his body. And he bentso over it. And then as one of the men said, all of a sudden, there was a boom. The blast threw the lead soldier up against a boulder, men were riddled with shrapnel, four were medevaced out. But everyone else survived. Don had absorbed the brunt of the explosion with his body. He saved the lives of those next to him and today, we are joined by two men who were with him on that patrol, Sergeant William hacker and specialist michael moline. For decades, dons family only knew that he was killed in action. They had heard that he had stepped on a landmine. All those years, his gold star family honored the memory of their son and brother, whose name is etched forever on that granite wall not far from here. Late in her life, dons mother, evelyn, finally learned the full story of her sons sacrifice. And she made it her mission to have dons actions properly recognized. Sadly, nearly
Reporting that rice will appeal that suspend handed down by the league and calls are growing for the commissioner Roger Goodell to resign. The leagues response so far is powerfully criticized by sports broadcasters. Its the biggest mistake of Roger Goodells career. He should never have been in the court process. Then you have to be the investigator. Then you have to look into the details. He has other things. He should be concerned with it. He should be the Supreme Court justice. There should not only be a trial water and appellate process, but this is a big mistake and it has to change. Goodell appears to have some support. Jerry jones said he has 100 backing from team owners. In political news, Hillary Clinton returned to iowa for the First Time Since the 2008 president ial campaign. Bill and hillary stopping by retiring senator tom harkins steak fry fundraiser. She was coy about 2016. Of course there is that other thing. It is true, i am thinking about it. But for today that is not
And he pulled it close to his body and bent over and that is when one of the men said all of a sudden there is a boom. The blast threw the lead soldier up against a boulder. Men were riddled with shrapnel. Four were medevacked out but everyone else survived. Don absorbed the brunt of the explosion with his body. He saved the lives of those next to him and today were joined by two men who were with him on that patrol, Sergeant William hacker and specialist michael mullheim. For decades dons family only knew that he was killed in action. They heard he had stepped on land mine. All those year his goldstar family honored the memory of his son and brother whose name is etched forever on that granite wall not from here. Dons mother finally learned the full story of her sons sacrifice and she made it her mission to have dons actions properly recognized. Sadly nearly three years ago evelyn passed away but she always believed she knew this day would come. She even bought a special dress to wear
Two wildfires forcing people from their homes. What firefighters are up against and how far they have come. Move over t rex. Well introduce you to spinesarks a ures that is bigger and tougher than the t rex. It is all happening now. Welcome to our second hour. The white house able to pull together a group of 40 countries willing to take on isis as that terrorist group executes a third innocent hostage. I am jon scott. World leaders meeting and appear to be united in the face of isis brutality. Secretary of state kerry talking about what the move would be. A british aide worker david haines. He was killed in syria. And jennifer joins us with a look at the meeting. Reporter in the meeting in paris, u. S. Officials will not coordinate military with iran. U. S. Officials are the not ruling out working with iran and they will reach out again this week despite being rebuffed. And french war planes are helping to provide recognizance and secretary of state john kerry corrected the record. In
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