Heroic acts on the battlefield are usually just told by one soldier to another. Theres a video record of one Army Captains bravery during an ambush in afghanistan. The videotape helped show his courage and humanity on the day that president obama awarded him the medal of honor. Heres abcs martha raddatz. Reporter the sun had not yet risen when captain will swenson and his men made their way into an afghan village. Thats when it happened we start receiving fire. [ gunfire ] reporter an ambush. Pinned down, swenson returned fire for 90 minutes. His men hit. Sergeant first class kenneth westbrook, bleedsing from the neck, losing consciousness. Bullets all around him. The enemy so close, they called out for the americans to surrender. Swenson ran to westbrook, lobbing a grenade and carrying him the length two of football fields. A helmet cam captured the moment. That is swenson, his helmet off, risking his life by being out in the open, using an orange tarp to guide the helicopter in. He h
Downgrade, lowering americas sterling financial status in the world. And all because hard line members of congress have brought the u. S. To the brink. So, what does this mean for a frustrated nation tonight . We have two reports, starting with abcs chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis. Reporter it is a warning shot to the nation. Fitch, one of the major agencies that judges americas financial health, saying tonight that americas aaa credit, among the best in the world, is now in danger of being lowered because the political brinkmanship could increase the risk of a u. S. Default. A startling warning that, because of the showdown in washington, america may not be able to pay what it owes. The deadline is looming. Rating agencies are talking about downgrading us as early as tonight. Again. Reporter two years ago, when one of the big agencies downgraded america, it triggered one of the worst days for your money in wall streets history. The dow plummeting 635 points. A 401 k worth
The u. S. Primary season takes place on thursday. And the lineup of republican contenders taking part has now been announced. Fox news used an average of five National Polls to determine the top ten candidates. And theyll face each other in a primetime broadcast. The other seven candidates will appear in a separate earlier forum. Not primetime. Dana bash reports theyll all try to stake out their own positions, grab some of the attention and the spotlight from the frontrunner, donald trump. Reporter in New Hampshire this sneak preview of sorts of what the crowded Republican Debate stage will look like. With one glaring exception. Donald trump, who is now leading the gop president ial pack in multiple polls by double digits. Ive had Great Success. And they, you know, just and people see that. And i would put all of that energy and whatever that brain power is, whatever that type of brain into making our country so donald reporter tonight the key question ahead of the first president ial
Jim acosta joins us now, youre now on the streets of albuquerque. So what is the latest with police as they try to remove these protesters from the streets . Reporter yeah jon, were in the middle of downtown albuquerque, this entire intersection was shut down, was basically controlled by these antitrump protesters, but now you can see quirk police starteding to move in. They are on horse back and they are pushing these protesters out of this intersection where they were basically in control. With just a few moments notice, just a few moments ago, they started moving these bicycle rack barricades toward the crowd, and then these Police Officers in riot gear on horse back started pushing this crowd out of of this area. Thank you, sir, thank you. As you can see, there are protesters protesting against donald trump scattered throughout this area, they are dominating the scene right now. But jon and isha, the Albuquerque Police department are starting to get control on the situation. Okay.
Years in prison. The activity of four u. S. Swimmers between 4 00 a. M. And 7 00 a. M. Sunday has become a headline for troubled olympics and the cause of a diplomatic dispute between brazil and the United States. Sixtime gold medal winner ryan lochte first told nbc news that he and three teammates were robbed at gunpoint. Guy pulled out his gun, cocked it, and put it to my forehead. I put my hands up, i was like, whatever. He took our money, he took my wallet. Reporter then the details changed. The gun was not held to lochtes head but pointed in his direction. Their taxi was not pulled over, but he now says they were robbed while stopped at a gas station. Brazil police tell a different story entirely. They say there was not a robbery, but a dispute between four drunk americans who trashed a gas station bathroom, then tried to leave without paying for the damages. Gas station Surveillance Video shows the four athletes enter the bathroom, gas station employees come to the door, then the