about bowe bergdahl. you know about him. he had deserted his trip and escaped to uzbekistan and ultimately to russia. six heroes died looking for him. last week he received a honorable discharge. he will not serve any additional prison time because of the time the taliban kept him. last week his lawyer said he deserves the pow medal because he was held by the taliban and now there is word that bowe bergdahl could get $300,000 in back pay. ainsley: wow. so they have to decide. here are the choices. first of all, his punishment was he was demoted from sergeant to private. he did get dishonorable discharge but no prison time. now they are trying to decide if he should get the p.o.w. money. if you are a p.o.w. you get $150,000 plus you get hostile fire pay, plus you get your basic pay that you accumulated while you were in captivity. so the army has to decide should he get it all or just
survives of the fort hood shooting will now receive all benefits aassociated with the purple heart award including staff sergeant sean manning who received hostile fire pay. the army spent years refusing purple hearts. the pentagon argued the shooting was an act of workplace violence and not terrorism. martha: a storm chaser capturing this footage. this was yesterday. thankfully no reports of injuries. the atmosphere is out there for more. maria molina is reporting live. reporter: things are picking up in the central plains. we are looking at an upper-level low pressure system anchors
they risk their lives every day and for that, our government provides extra combat pay for troops on the front line. but there are two types of combat pay. there s hostile fire pay that provides $225 per month to troops in combat and then there s imminent danger pay that gives the same amount $225 to soldiers who are in places that are considered dangerous even if they re not in the line of fire. i did not know that. but now, as part of the department of defense cuts, the pentagon is recommending combat zone deductions. here to weigh in on this, the recommendations is the founder of the afghanistan and iraq veterans for congress, good to have you here. wow, $225 to get shot at? that s the current amount and the reported that koim ut from the pentagon this week doesn t recommend any changes in the dollar amount. what it says is there are some people getting combat pay and they re not in a combat zone and to some degree, i agree with