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
Against the west. The money lead, theyre coveted by advertisers and they make up an estimated 45 of the nfls fan base. But have the leagues abuse scandals alienated women fans . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. We begin with the national lead. President obama set to speak in moments from the centers for Disease Control in atlanta where he will reveal u. S. Steps to stop the spread of ebola, the deadly disease that has already killed at least 2,400 people. So how will this plan help stem the outbreak . Joining me now, our senior medical correspondent, Elizabeth Cohen, and cnn white house correspondent, Michelle Kosinski. Michelle, lets start with you. Break down what the president s strategy will be this afternoon . Reporter this is an unprecedented outbreak michelle, president obama is coming out right now. Were going to start. Tom and his team just gave me an update on the Ebola Outbreak in west africa. Our efforts to help mobilize the International Community to fight it
Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. They have been publicly identified as the enemy behind our enemies for years in the middle east where iran has been supplying and fortifying and financing the weapons and the fighters that go up against u. S. Forces. But these days iran and the u. S. May find themselves in agreement over a rare area of mutual interest, this fight against isis. You are about to hear the president of iran condemn isis while still criticizing the u. S. In a moment, the debate going on here over engaging isis. But first, nbcs ann curry traveled to tehran to speak with president rowhani exclusively. She starts us off from there tonight. Ann, good evening. Reporter thats right, brian. Good evening. Irans president rowhani condemned isis to saying to execute persons against islam, against all religions, even against humanity. Translator they want to kill humanity. And from the viewpoint of the islamic tenets and culture, killing innocent people equals the
Them as close combat advisers. What does that mean, how might that evolve over time. Lets discuss with the chief National Security correspondent and cnn military analyst. Gentlemen, welcome, and jim to you. Just, okay. It gets complex. What are exactly these advisers trained to do, and at what point might their roles change. Might they have to go up to the front lines. Well, to this point, their role has been limited to being at these joint Operation Centers that have been set up in irbil and Northern Iraq and in baghdad where they are in a big center, but inside a base and helping to coordinate intelligence targeting, et cetera, but not anywhere near the front lines. The possibility that general dempsey raised today and said that he might ask the president for is to move them closer in the front lines. Even in his opening remarks, he said, listen, if i see circumstances if they would fight alongside iraqi fighters, for instance, against isil targets, he may ask for that to happen. If
The First American air zrieks on isis near baghdad tonight, this as the United States is trying to build support for its war against isis. But consider this. More than 40 countries have signed on to the coalition against isis. Thats good news for the United States, right . Well, not so fast. So far, none are committing those allimportant troops on the ground. That is the president s chief of staff says those Ground Troops are required. Plus, isis says more americans lives are on the line tonight and the hunt is on for the man who beheaded three western hostages. We are in washington tonight. Jim, first the breaking news. What can you tell us about these new air strikes near baghdad . Well, ive spoken to a senior u. S. Official a few moments ago. The strikes took place southwest of baghdad. This was in support of iraqi forces that came under fire there. So in effect they pulled in Close Air Support from u. S. Military aircraft and they came out answered that call. Im told by this offici