regiment, fourth infantry division during combat operations against an armed enemy in afghanistan on october 3rd, 2009. on that morning, specialist carter and his comrades awakened to an attack of an estimated 300 enemy fighters occupying the high ground on all four sides of combat outpost keating, employing concentrated fire from recoilist rifles, rocket propelled grenades, anti-aircraft machine guns, mortars and small arms fire. specialist carter re-enforced a forward battle position, ran twice through a 100-meter gauntlet of enemy fire to resupply ammunition and voluntarily remain there to defend the isolated position. armed with only an m-4 rifle, specialist carter placed accurate, deadly fire on the enemy, beating back the assault force and preventing the position from being overrun over the course of several hours. with complete disregard for his
hoboken, new jersey. their mother found dead at her house in connecticut. the f.b.i. confirms two pistols and m-4 rifle found at the scene. police have been updating through the day. and much of the information has been changing frankly. three people rushed to the hospital, teacher and two children are all expected to be okay. the teacher was shot in the leg and the foot and the other children suffered nonlife threatening injury. get to scene with rick leventhal who is there and has been throughout the day. rick, describe what is going on there now. well, john, we had another briefing from the state police regarding what they can tell us, what they are comfortable sharing with us at this hour. remember the shooting was less than eight hours ago. the information has been changing throughout the day. but what we know now is they got a 911 call from the school, just after 9:30 this morning. newtown, connecticut police officers went to the school. immediately called for state police back
was raining down on them. he pulled two wounded soldiers to safety. he grabbed and threw three hand grenades. he ran up the trail toward the wounded lead man on his patrol, found two enemy fighters dragging the wounded men off into the brush. he emptied the clip in his m-4 rifle, killing one enemy fighter and forcing the other one to drop the wounded american. he then dragged the wounded soldier to cover and provided medical help until his squad caught up to their position. when it was all over, that wounded american who had led point, sergeant josh brennan, died from his wounds. as did the medic, army specialist hugo mendoza. five more men were severely wounded. you can only say it s a miracle that more americans were not killed in that ambush, if you consider heroism to be miraculous. today, the president informed now 25-year-old staff sergeant salvatore genta that he is being awarded the country s highest military award, the medal of honor. it is an award we are used to hearing as b
the january 6th insurrection. according to prosecutors, robertson and another off-duty officer entered the capitol building posed for this photo in front of a statue making an obscene gesture. they then boasted about their exploits on social media. robertson wrote we actually attacked the government. the right in one day took the f ing u.s. capitol. they released robertson pending trial on the condition he could not own any firearms or weapons. days later authorities found eight firearms at his home but the judge decided to give him a second chance. now prosecutors are asking the judge to revoke robertson s release saying he has once again violated those same conditions by possessing a loaded m-4 rifle and partially assembled pipe bomb and purchasing an arsenal of 34 firearms online. they say robertson also tried to hide the transactions indicating
thomas robertson. he is facing multiple charges after allegedly participating in the january 6th insurrection. according to prosecutors, robertson and another off-duty officer entered the capitol building posed for this photo in front of a statue making an obscene gesture. they then boasted about their exploits on social media. robertson wrote we actually attacked the government. the right in one day took the f ing u.s. capitol. after his release in january, a judge released him on the condition he could not own any firearms or weapons. days later authorities found eight firearms at his home but the judge decided to give him a second chance. now prosecutors are asking the judge to revoke robertson s release saying he has once again violated those same conditions by possessing a loaded m-4 rifle and partially assembled pipe bomb and purchasing an arsenal of 34 firearms online.