through every generation that has followed. romney going on to say, with so many around the world still consigned to tierney, the fourth of july is a time to appreciate the liberty and be thankful we are americans. enquote. there in new hampshire, garrett haake, our nbc imbed is following it. garrett, i know it s loud there. you re watching the parade. have you seen mitt romney yet? hey, richard. yes, we absolutery have. we are right in the middle of downtown right now. and romney along with all five of his sons, with his wife and with new hampshire senator kelly ayotte making their way down main street as we speak. and how big are the crowds at the moment? mitt romney, of course, with his family there for vacation. you know, it s a pretty a pretty good size parade we ve got going here. as we get closer to downtown, as i said, four or five people deep
their lives. this kind of thing has happened before. there was an incident at a high school in oregon a few years ago. it s a very common problem with military recruits. if people s muscles are pushed particularly hard and especially if they re not hydrated they can have this breakdown syndrome. we ve never seen this in college football. how threatening is this to one s health? for a young person in good shape and they get treated right away, not very. okay. they re going to get electrolytes and saline solution in their bodies in the hospital, and they ll probably be okay. we ve had no indication of anything other than that. is this overstepping perhaps the bound of training? well the university of iowa, yesterday, said that was no harder than a lot of their workouts though the players dispute that. and he they say it s no harder than other division i workouts normally. we don t see this usually. i guess they got carried away with the workout pressure. you have seen group
to 400,000 customers. records in hartford, snowiest month, snowiest month ever. biggest snowfall in a day. also records in new york city. ron alan is in central park today. ron, i know you ve got some numbers to throw at us. reporter: mike, yeah. we have the snowiest january on record now, and you can see the piles of snow all over the place here. the good news is that it s 35 degrees now. and the ground is clear, black. the snowplow coming in this direction, you see blades up. the plowing is done. some of the storms that have hit in the new york area happened overnight. the plows have been able to get out and do work when there s not a lot of cars around. that s a big problem in new york and urban areas, of course, you have cars blocking the way of snowplows and that impedes their ability to remove the snow. new york city closed public schools. for only a handful of times they ve done that since late
york has too many special parking permits and too many people abuse the system with fake placards and scams as well. others say special treatment will fuel the notion that pregnant women are incapable and disabled. what does your gut tell you about that one? should pregnant women get special parking pregnants? and now, let s take a look at what the news nation is saying about yesterday s gut check. should california lift ban on facial hair to accommodate religious beliefs? 61% said yes. 39% no. no, it is a safety hazard. if you are not willing to do the job with all its requirements, maybe the job is not for you, enquote. and there s lou who says, of course you should not violate a person s religious freedom. thank you all for piping in on that. na does it for this edition of news nation. i m richard lui.
finger and gave it to holmes as killing his first afghan, enquote. joining me, jim miklaszewski. you just got us this statement that was just released from the army. i want to share it with viewers here. the photos publics by rolling stone and disturbing and instriking contrast to the standards and values of the united states army. the army apologize for the distress these latest photos caused. what do you think it now means for the command structure, for the pentagon going forward? reporter: well, u.s. military officials tell us that the investigation, while it s complete, has not run its full course and that part of the investigation into not only these photos, but more degree eveni egregiously important, the murder of afghan civilians, one last week on a plea bargain had been convicted of three counts of murder of innocence afghan civilians, and sentenced to 24