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Smart thing to do. you need to raise a lot of money to compete against the money that the republicans are going to raise. >> they have announced 21 fund-raisers that are so far set for this year, thats right now. lets take a look at numbers. you want cocktails with the president? $5 thousand. dinner with the president, $32,300 i. its a really good dinner. >> eric: odd number. but they have to pick up 17 seats to win a majority. matt, do you think they can do that? >> i think it does not so much ...

About the veggie wrap, wrap, wrap. theyre excited about eating healthy. hey, theres money up for grabs. heres the winner. [rapping to music] ♪ ♪ >>steve: do you like that? because that cost you, the taxpayer, part of $9,000, a $9,000 prize. >>brian: the props alone. >>steve: also if you look on-line, you can win $55 thousand from nasa. they need a new app.

Shot from half court and sink it -- the unbelievable shot in the miami heat game against the detroit pistons. the fan won $75 thousand. lebron was so amazed he tackled the winner after the shot. now, if you want to see that incredible video of the fan sinking the half-court shot and getting tackled by lebron james. go to gretawire. back in two minutes.

Airport sits on top of an aquifer that supplies the town and the rest of long island with its drinking water. presumably what is above-ground affects what is below ground. the water comes below ground. if vehicles are sitting above it they could be leaking things like oil or gas and they are concerned it will taint what comes out of the taps. >> road runnoff is the third largest contributor to ground pollution on long island. these people have gone to the center of the islands most pristine drin...

The home of a long time new york city police officer. he has been suspended without pay while investigators figure out what is going on. they traced a cell phone used by someone demanding a 75,000 dollar ransom. no charges against the officer. four other men face charges including kidnapping. california, burke lee, the 27th annual kite festival one of the largest in the nation from traditional designs to other kites made to look like sea creatures. more than 35 thousand people expect to do tur...

Sexually assaulted by a dozen male drill instructors since 2009. casey stiegel is looking into this for us in dallas. casey, this scandal really started to explode, hasnt it? >> reporter: yeah, martha, it really has. it was first made public a year ago when a female airman down there accused of one of her spears yors of rape. that is really when this started to unravel. once the u.s. military began looking into the matter they discovered it actually had been going on for about three years since ...

As you mentioned, walker may have dollars. weve got people on the streets. and last weekend we got 35 thousand volunteers doing doors and phones. money cant buy that kind of activity. the energy that we saw 16 months ago here in wisconsin we see again here. were on track to do a million five doors by election day and in six days, wisconsin citizens will take the government back, reverend al. >> now, adam, the progressive change campaign committee announced today donating another $100,000 to go t...

Major problems. >> greta: thank you. governor chris christie says goodbye and good riddens and dick cheney has a message for governor mitt romney. ♪ [ kareem ] i was fascinated by balsa wood airplanes since i was a kid. [ mike ] i always wondered how did an airplane get in the air. at ge aviation, we build jet engines. we lift people up off the ground to 35 thousand feet. these engines are built by hand with very precise assembly techniques. [ mike ] its gonna fly people around the world. sa...

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