in my life. we ll be dissecting that tornado you see there in ha hattiesbu hattiesburg, mississippi, at 10:00 p.m. eastern ahead of us. we want to get you to our next program. i ll see you back here in an hour. jake tapper reports an american hero: the uncommon valor of clint romesha begins right now. october 3rd, 2009. a storm of bullets, rockets, grenades and mortars rain down among a remote outpost in eastern afghanistan. deep in a valley. the taliban had found a perfect target. combat outpost keating. one of the most vulnerable american military outposts in afghanistan. studied by the enemy since it was set up three years before. as seen in the taliban s own video. time and again since the post was created in 2006, its defenses were tested by the taliban. but on that october morning in 2009, the enemy staged its fiercest attack yet. the high ground and their vastly superior numbers gave the taliban a huge advantage. eight americans would be killed in a battle that l
trust us. it s just better to be in front. the sonata turbo. from hyundai. . if you didn t catch the grammys last night, carrie underwood s electric dress was awesome. here is what was terrific. british folk rock band mumford & sons winning album of the year. and then song of the year going to we are young by fun, who are also named best new artist, who are adorably saying we are young, the lyrics, look at us in hd, we are not young. thanks for watching everybody. newsroom international starts now. welcome to newsroom international i m suzanne malveaux, here s what is going on right now from the vatican. it s the resignation heard around the world. pope benedict xvi stepping down at the end of the month. he says because of his advanced age. he s no longer able to handle the demands of being pope. the last pope to resign was way back in 1415, i will have much more of what happens next. and what is ahead for the catholic church. and former navy s.e.a.l. who reportedly fired
cover three wounded americans made their escape including a grievously injured stephan mace. but more americans, their bodies were still out there. and clint romesha lives the soldier s creed, i will never leave a fallen comrade. so he and his team started charging as enemy fire poured down. and they kept charging, 50 meters, 80 meters, ultimately 100 meter run through a hail of bullets. they reached their fallen friends and they brought them home. throughout history, the question has often been asked, why? why did those in uniform take such extraordinary risks? and what compels them to such courage? you ask kleine aclint and many soldiers here today, and they ll tell you, yes, they fight for their country and they fight for our freedom. yes, they fight to come home, to their families. most of all they fight for each other, to keep each other safe and to have each other s backs. i called clint to tell him he would receive this medal, he said he was honored, but he also said i
be a net subtraction from economic activity in 2009, 2010, 2011. finally in 2012, housing began to contribute. it contributes to through the pickup of home sales, housing starts and floated through residential fixed investment. fourth quarter, residential residential fixed investment contributed about 0.4% of overall and gdp growth or helped it be less negative. what we were expecting to see is we would see a bigger role for housing in supporting economic growth in 2013. we are expecting 2013 housing for residential fixed investment will contribute close to half a percentage point in overall gdp growth. i am in the same vote. i am not overly concerned about the reading. i was concerned about inventory levels throughout the supply chain. something we will we were hearing from the members, other customers and of course a showing up in sales ratios. a big chunk of the negative was a destocking, if you will, in the supply chain. while the purchase trucking and many of o
of the union address, vice president biden is meeting with law enforcement officials in philadelphia about reducing gun violence. while victims of gun violence, like former congresswoman gabby giffords, takes a stand. we have a problem where we shop, where we pray, where our children go to school. take it from me. congress must act. and this hour president obama will be awarding the medal of army to staff sergeant clinton for courage under fire in afghanistan. he is only the fourth living recipient of the military s highest honor for service in iraq or afghanistan. good day. i m andrea mitchell live in washington. a stunning announcement this morning from rome. pope benedict xvi is abdicating his office. joining me now is ann thompson, lee at st. patrick s cathedral in new york city, of course, and nbc vatican analyst george weigel is here with me, and we begin with claudio. you were shocked by this. people in st. peter s square didn t even know that it was happening. t