Cover three wounded americans made their escape including a grievously injured stephan mace. But more americans, their bodies were still out there. And Clint Romesha lives the soldiers creed, i will never leave a fallen comrade. So he and his team started charging as enemy fire poured down. And they kept charging, 50 meters, 80 meters, ultimately 100 meter run through a hail of bullets. They reached their fallen friends and they brought them home. Throughout history, the question has often been asked, why . Why did those in uniform take such extraordinary risks . And what compels them to such courage . You ask kleine aclint and many soldiers here today, and theyll tell you, yes, they fight for their country and they fight for our freedom. Yes, they fight to come home, to their families. Most of all they fight for each other, to keep each other safe and to have each others backs. I called clint to tell him he would receive this medal, he said he was honored, but he also said it wasnt ju
Miles away in fremont this afternoon. They escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. Right now one man has surrendered to police. Two others are still inside. Were going to continue to follow this story and bring you an update as its warranted. The nightly commute is taking longer for some cal train passengers. Riders are experiencing delays of a half hour following an accident in san bruno. Officials say the train struck a tractortrailer at 2 30 this afternoon. Passengers on the disabled train were transferred to another train. No report of injuries luckily. They are operating on a single track until that accident site is cleared. Tonight the local impact to a global story. What next for the Catholic Church after the sudden announcement from the vatican that Pope Benedict xvi will resign at the end of the month . The pope says he no longer has the strength to carry out 0 the job. Joe rosato jr. Spoke to San Franciscos controversial archbishop who knows the pope well. Reporter shortl
Come from the lawsuit. They may mean they want to change the structure of the division. Whether mr. Tang wants to work for the city or forconsultants. We tried to get ahold of mr. Tang this evening. We got ahold of city officials. But they hadnt seen the lawsuit. This is at least the third lawsuit against the city. And theyre hoping the third time is a charm. Live in san jose, terry mcsweeney. Now, to a developing story. North korea confirming it did conduct a Third Nuclear test. This is according to the news service. They detected a seismic activity at the same location where north korea conducted tests in 2006 and 2009. The seismic activity was only a kilometer underground, an indication consistent with a nuclear blast. The test was far larger than the previous two conducted by the north. Well continue to follow this developing story. It is early Tuesday Morning in rome. And the Catholic Church is waking up to a bold, new chapter. The vatican had to work quickly to publish a special
Nbc is live at the pentagon. Mick, whats the latest . Reporter good morning, savannah. Weve been here before. This one has set off some serious alarm bells. First of all, early readings indicate that this Nuclear Device exploded by the North Koreans may have been anywhere from three to six times more power than than previous tests. At the same time the North Koreans claim they were able to achieve that with a much smaller device. That would indicate that they could be making progress in miniaturizing a Nuclear Weapon and it could be put on a missile and theoretically launched at the you states. No one is confirming that, but it got everyones attention. This blast got the immediate and sharp response from the white house. President obama says it threatens. U. S. National security. He says the United States will continue to take steps necessary to defend ourselves and our allies. And as matt mentioned a moment ago, the Security Council at the u. N. Meeting at this moment to discuss tight
All three then left the house and in the front of the home, the suspect began firing. He shot one of the men and as the second man was running away from the scene, he shot that roommate as well. One of the roommates was pronounced dead at the hospital. That second roommate is expected to survive, although he was injured. As for the gunman himself, again, a university of maryland student as well. He then went to the rear of the housa cording to police and took his own life. We have two dead here in this incident. A murdersuicide involving three university of maryland students. No word on whether these are undergraduate students, graduate students. No word on identities of who was involved and the circumstances leading up to all of this. But, again, it started with a fire lit by one of the roommates in a basement. There was a confrontation as the other roommates were fleeing the house, thats when the shots rang out and two are now dead. Reporting live in college park, megan mcgrath, news