are eligible. president obama presenting an army veteran with our nation s highest military award. the medal of honor. he was at a combat outpost in afghanistan in 2009 when 300 taliban fighters launched an ambush. he managed to call air support that caught 30 insurgents and risked his life. there have been eight soldiers that didn t make it. for the rest of the team that fought valiantly and magnificently that day. i will forever be humbled by the bravery, the commitment to service and their loyalty to one another. gretchen: before the ceremony, romesha s son actually stole the show. the president s podium, he tried to climb on top of it and then dashed to the
saying we were working on this, this was a political side show and checking boxes ahead of an election. this sunday on meet the press, david gregory will have an exclusive interview with house minority leader nancy pelosi. also on the show, former dnc chair and vermont governor howard dean and louisiana governor bobby jindal. that s sunday on nbc s meet the press. while the supreme cortal rucortal court s rule was making headlines, an emotional issue. pitting military honor against freedom of speech.รง the justices struck down a federal law making it a crime to lie about receiving the medal of honor and other military awards saying the so-called stolen valor act violated free speech rights. now, the case involved xavier alvarez, a former local elected official in california. he publicly claimed he was a 25-year marine vet and was awarded the medal of honor. the nation s highest military award for heroic actions during
immigration. another closely watched case, tamron, about whether it is a crime to lie about receiving a military award or whether that having that law on the books violates a person s right of free expression. pete williams thank you very much for the run down. we ll talk with you on monday. still ahead a new report that claims that romney campaign asked florida governor rick scott to down play the economic progress in the state of florida. is this romney s mix that is running at odd s with governors in republican states. grabbed my gun and aimed it at him and fired one shot. that is george zimmerman talking to police one day after shooting and killing trayvon martin. still ahead, zimmerman explains in his own words what he says happened. this video actually released on the website of his attorneys. plus uncertainty and unrest in
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but it s been a very violent day. much more violent, much more furious than the protests yesterday. we have a final death toll we believe of six dead and 30 wounded. perhaps six different protests across the country. so it seems to have escalated significantly today. and president karzai actually put out a statement, right? what did he say? reporter: yeah, he put out a statement this afternoon. a lot of people are waiting to see what he ll say. he said he condemned the burning and he ordered an investigation into what had happened and he appointed committee of senior clerics to find out what was going on. i think the key thing was that he condemned the burning. that s actually our ben farmer in kabul there. we apologize. it s not always easy to link up technically, but we will stay with ben on this story. ben, i apologize. we lost your audio. an american woman who reported on the violence in syria has now become a victim of it. marie colvin worked for the sunday times o