the paper reports snowden showed his plane ticket and asked for help. he eventually flew to russia where officials granted him temporary asylum. a new stock exchange could soon replace the nasdaq as the second largest in the u.s. the deal was announced today and if regulators approve it it, it would unite the third and fourth largest equity exchange owners the bats global markets and direct edge. the new exchange would take the bats global market name. the current ceo called it an important milestone for the u.s. equities market. the deal comes almost a week after a technical glitch at the nasdaq caused a fly hour trading halt. if approved the deal is expected to close for the first half of 2014. afghan war veteran has become the newest recipient of our nation s highest military award for bravery. details of the deadly fire fight that he said was like facing a wall of spikes. meanwhile, disabled veterans are waiting longer than ever to receive their benefits and now there is
their families organized mass prayers, not just to god and jesus but someone in kansas thought of being a saint already even if it s not official yet. they prayed to a kansas farm boy who became a priest at age 24, called to serve as an army chaplain in the korean war. he never came home from the korean war, died in a north korean prison camp in 1951. but from the day that his surviving fellow prisoners of war were freed from north korea, some advocated for him to receive the highest military award that is offered by our country. today when a white house ceremony was convened more than 60 years after his death to award him that medal of honor, some of the men he served with who are now in their 80s talked with nbc news correspondent jim miklaszewski about why they fought to get him recognized. watch this. reporter: an army chaplain on the front lines, kapaun rode a bicycle straight into combat.
au autoimmune disorder and one from catastrophic pole vaulting accident. their families organized mass prayers, not just god and jesus but someone in kansas thought of being a saint already even if it s not official yet. they prayed to a kansas farm boy who became a priest at age 24, called to serve as an home from korean war, died in a north korean prison camp in 1951. but from the day that his surviving fellow prisoners of war were freed from north korea, some advocated for him to receive the highest military award that is offered by our country. today when a white house ceremony was convened more than 650 years after his death to award him that medal of honor, some of the men he served with who are now in their 80s talked with nbc news correspondent jim miklaszewski about why they fought to get him recognized. watch this. reporter: an army chaplain on the front lines, capon rode a
it s not official yet. they prayed to emil kapaun, a priest at age 24. called to serve as an army chaplain in the korean war. he never came home from the korean war, died in a north korean prison camp in 1951. but from the day that his surviving fellow prisoners of war were freed from north korea, some advocated for him to receive the highest military award that is offered by our country. today when a white house ceremony was convened more than 650 years after his death to award him that medal of honor, some of the men he served with who are now in their 80s talked with nbc news correspondent jim miklaszewski about why they fought to get him recognized. watch this. reporter: an army chaplain on the front lines, kapaun rode a bicycle straight into combat. that s he on the right carrying a wounded soldier from battle. army veteran, bob wood, says the father was fearless under fire.
i am happy that the murder is off t murderer off the street. she died one week after performing at the president s inauguration. such a sad story. president obama presented a brave army receipt van with our nation s highest military award the medal of honor. former staff sergeant was at a combat out post in afghanistan in 2009 when three taliban fighters launched an ambush. it was one of the bloodiest of the war. they called in air support that killed 30 enemy fighters and resiced h risked his life to retrieve the bodies of the fallen p. they fought valiantly and magnificently that day.