military s explanation of what happened. and north korea set to launch a satellite next month that is going to mark the 100th birthday. there have been missile tests in disguise. the state department is calling the news highly provocative. and it s game on. president obama is raising money in chicago to raise more campaign cash. vice president biden, he is in fighting mode and in a speech to auto workers yesterday blasted republicans who opposed the industry bailout. he made the tough call and president obama was right and they are dead wrong. afghan president hamid karzai says he is not buying the u.s. military s version of the shooting spree in which 16 afghan civilians were killed. president karzai met with family members and elders from the village where an american soldier was blamed for going house to house in a deadly rampage. we re going to go live to kabul. sara sidner is joining us. president karzai says he doesn t believe what he u.s. military and u.s. offi
guy. he was assigned to a special operations base that is really one of the leading plights of nato. these special operators work with village elders and train the villagers to become their own neighborhood watch. what this soldier was doing was helping provide security and logistical support for the special operations forces doing this job. now the americans are going to have to explain to the afghans really you can trust us. we are going to look after our own and make sure this doesn t happen again. hey, kimberly, good morning, this is will ie geist. i m interested to hear your take on this as someone who has covered these dangerous war zones about the question of hearts and minds. from where a lot of people are sitting, it looks to be a futile operation to win the hearts and minds.
fi. the president of the united states in the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to corporal dakota meyer united states marine corps for conspicuous gallon kwrapbt tree at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with marine embedded training team 28 regional corviss recommand 37 in k u.n. ar province, afghanistan on april 7th 2009. he maintained security at a patrol rally point while other members of his team moved on foot with afghan army and border police into a village for a predawn meeting with village elders. moving into the village the patrol was ambushed by more than 50 enemy fighters. firing rocket-propelled grenades, mortars, machine guns from four to five positions on the slopes above. hearing over the radio that four u.s. team members were cut off corporal meyers seized the
who serve and god bless the united states of america. semper fi. [ applause ] the president of the united states and the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to corporal meyer for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with marine embedded training team 2-8. command 3-7 in kunar province. corporal meyer maintained security at a patrol rally point while other members of his team moved on foot with two platoons of afghan national army and border police into the village for a predawn meeting with village elders. moving into the village, the patrol was ambushed by more than 50 enemy fires, firing rocket propelled grenades, mortars, machine guns, from fortified positions. hearing over the radio that four u.s. team members were cut off, corporal meyer seized the initiative. with a fellow marine driving, corporal meyer took exposed gunner position in a gun truck as they drove down the steeply te
because our mother who lived westport connecticut always claimed she knew at the moment of his death that it occurred. that something dramatic had occurred. she even went so far as to have to go outside and collect herself and she said the next day the new york times called with the news. that place has always had an assumed, almost mystical sense to me. we went to this remote village. i thought probably nobody would still be alive. it was over 60 years ago. and the average life expectancy is there 48. we went to the village. they received us with ceremonial dress and everything. and after a long negotiation, certain amount of money has to exchange hands in these situations apparently, they let me talk to two village elders who both remembered it, including one man who was a 6-year-old boy on his way to school. and he took me out to the beach and just pointed right to the