A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Interesting part of the president s answer to ainslie earharts question, that hasnt played in that portion that you aired there, shep, where the president said this was not a Campaign Contribution, because it wasnt the campaign that paid it, it was me. And i have tweeted about that in the past. Now, you remember, the president put an awful lot of his own money into the campaign. So i asked sarajevo hah Huckabee Sanders how did the president dlinity what was going to the campaign and what might have gone to other people for campaign purposeles. Listen in here. How do you draw the line between what was a Campaign Contribution and what might have been a payment to somebody for other purps. Secretary sanders im not going to get into the back and forth of the legal part of. This i would refer to you the president s outside counsel 678 as i told cecilia, what i can tell you is what the president has stated a number of
without regard for his own safety, sergeant chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions. he fearlessly charged an enemy bunker up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire directly even gaujing the enemy. upon reaching the bunker, sergeant chapman assaulted and cleared the position killing all enemy occupants. with complete disregard for his own life, sergeant chapman deliberately moved from cover only 12 meeters from the enemy and exposed himself once again to attack a second bunker from which an implaced machine gun was firing on his team. during this assault from an assault position directory in the line of intense fire, sergeant chapman was struck and injured by enemy fire. despite severe mortal wounds he continued to fight relentless any, sustaining a violent engagement with multiple enemy personnel before making the ultimate sacrifice. by his heroic aks and extraordinary
the greatestblingsings of our country are patriots like john and all of you that just stood and frankly many of the people in this room. i exclude myself and a few of the politicians. [laughing] who, like john, carry our freedom on their shoulders, march into the face of evil, and fight to their very last breath so that we can live in freedom and safety and peace. it is my privilege to ask valerie to join me on stage to accept the congressional medal of honor on behalf of the hero she loved and the hero our nation will forever remember, technical sergeant john chapman. thank you. please, please valerie, thank you. [applause] would the military aid meese come forward and read the citation. thank you.
liberties that rest upon the bravery and blood of selfless patriots like technical sergeant john chapman. to this end we pray, amen. amen. president trump: thank you very much. please be seated, thank you. thank you, chaplain, very well done, beautiful. we re honored to be joined by members of congress, military leaders, distinguished guests from across our nation. i want to recognize secretary of the air force heather wilson, thank you heather. air force chief of staff david goldhein, thank you, it s been 19 years, i think, right? with the air force, to deal with the congressional medal of honor. congratulations. a long time. very dwee serving. deserving. air force undersecretary matthew done on sdran, air force vice
the president of the united states of america has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor posthumously to technical sergeant john a. chapman, united states air force conspicuous gallantry at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. technical sergeant john a. chapman twished himself by extraordinary heroism as an air force special tactic combat controller attached to a navy sea, air and land seal team conducting reconnaissance operations in afghanistan on march 4, 2002. during insertion the team s helicopter was ambushed, causing a teammate to fall into an entrenched group of combatants below. sergeant chapman and the team voluntarily reinserted on to the snow capped mountain into the heart of a known enemy stronghold to rescue con of their own.