reporter: army sergeant lee langley, 26, was hit by an improvised explosive device in afghanistan and marvels at dole s determination. he got hurt a long time ago, and now he is fighting another battle, you know, and he is at an older age, and a lot of people would have gave up, but he didn t. reporter: army specialist levi crawford was badly wounded in afghanistan and has now bonded with dole, whose own right arm was paralyzed so long ago. same thing with mine then. i m trying to keep moving them. you re doing the right thing. it s hard. reporter: dole co-chaired a 2007 presidential commission that investigated shoddy conditions at walter reed, but he has nothing but praise for the medical staff. it took me mine hours to get on the battlefield and weeks to get home. these modern medical miracles,
it s all behind me, but, you know, it does give you pace. think about, jiminy, was i ever as bad a shape as chris? reporter: army sergeant lee langley, 26, was hit by an improvised explosive device in afghanistan and mar vems at dole s determination. he got hurt a long time ago and now, he s fighting another battle, you know, and he s at an older age and a lot of people would have gave up, but he didn t. reporter: army specialist levy crawford, 23, was badly wounded in afghanistan and has now bounded with dole, whose own right arm was paralyzed so long ago. same thing with mine. i m trying to keep moving them. you re doing the right thing. it s hard, though. reporter: dole co-chaired a 2007 presidential commission that investigated shoddy conditions at walter reed, but he has no but praise for the medical care.
happy independence day. a fourth of july attack on the green zone in baghdad. iraqi officials say mortar rounds hit the area today and all this on the day that the vice president of the united states is in iraq visiting with u.s. troops. let s go to baghdad. do we know where the vice president may have been at the time of these attacks? reporter: at this stage, they are not confirming the whereabouts of the vice president or the attack. nor are they saying where they are right now. all of this is for security reasons. they are saying that a small explosion happened. they are looking into the incident. when we asked them specifically about mr. biden s whereabouts, they said this attack caused no casualties or damage. iraqi police we are talking to are saying that they believe the cause of the explosions were three mortar rounds. if you remember in september when the vice president was here, there was an attack where mortaar rounds fell as well. the vice president there was t
happy fourth to you all. on america s independence day, this country is still fighting, particularly in iraq and afghanistan. in particular, general david petraeus has now formally assumed command there. he is now officially in charge after a ceremony that took place just a few hours ago. we ll be telling you more about that and his mission there and, as what, what they re doing in iraq and afghanistan today. also, during this time here every sickle year a lot of people enjoying those pir works displays. this some people having fireworks displays of their own at home. there are dangers involved, and we are being reminded of that as a man has severed his own arm in a fireworks accident. we ll tell you more details about that and including as well the dangers and just how many of these type of accidents we see every single year. first, let me give you a look at some of the stories that are making headlines. authorities working with usda agents seize whatted they say is a full