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
tomorrow we begin with the dangerous weather, the storm that started in the south, now blast treating childhood cancer northeast. new york city covered in white, and after a few hours of light rain this jack, more snow tonight for the east coast, a day off for federal government workers some people even using skis to get around today, and in the carolinas and georgia the problem is power. downed electrical lines left hundreds and thousands without power. jennifer london is live tonight with more on that, jennifer? well john we haven t seen snow in a couple and unusual, but it is the amount and number of storms that is making this winter one for the record books. with snow totals on par with snow ma get done. hungs of where the storm is still dumping heavy snow. some areas can see as much as two feet. in new york, commuters slid through nearly a foot of snow. i specially like it, but i know a lot of people are tired of us. the steady rain has following the snow, turn
for an 11-year-old girl. thunder road - the first report from a photographer who turns america s extreme weather into works of art. from the deep south to the canadian border there was a collective grown of enough already. the latest winter storm is more than many can take. white outs, icy roads, travel nightmares and downed powerlines. it s far from over. hitting the north-east and new england, where some places will get 2 feet of snow. hundreds have no power, and there s no telling when the lights will come on again. jennifer london is here in new york with the latest on the storm. mother nature holding nothing back. it s been a steady combination of snow, sleet, freezing rain. that is what we are seeing right now. in the winter it is not unexpected to see snow. this even the amount of snow fall and the amount of storms is not expected, and it is definitely not normal. consider this - by 10:30am central park saw an accumulation of 9.5 inches of snow, making the mornin
prisoners considered a danger to america are set free. in a program in detroit that will somehow survive the struggling city - one that will give away some homes for free. hi there. welcome to al jazeera america. i m thomas drayton. good to have you with us. we begin with a winter storm. delivering one last round of snow and sleet before warmer air moves in on friday. the extreme weather is responsible for 21 deaths, and hundreds of thousands are dealing with power outages. 49 of the country s 15 states have snow on the ground. as jennifer london reports, the storm paralyzed. of the north-east. there has been snow coming down and coming down fast. sometimes at a rate of two to three inches an hour. the north-east walloped by the latest blizzard to blind the coast with snow totals on par with 2010 s snowmageddon. hundreds of schools were closed across the state of massachusetts, where the storm is dumping heavy snow still. some areas could see as much as two feet. in new y
violence against women. with valentine s especially and it s a good gift to go. reporter: in some places guns could be a popular present this valentine s day. good morning and welcome to al jazeera america, i m stephanie sy, a powerful winter storm hammered the northeast a day after bringing the south to a stand still and people are digging out of the message included another round of snow overnight and the northeast got hit with 20 of snow. the south also reeling from the storm and georgia and the carolinas still in the dark from massive power outages and responsible for deaths up and down the coast and grounded thousands of flights and biggest disruptions are charlotte, atlanta and philadelphia and we are tracking the storm s impact ap we are standing by in greensboro, north carolina but we begin in new york. on this valentine s day there is no love for mother nature and more snow fell overnight and into the morning as the region already deals with another powerful