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Stepping on a flesh plate i.e.d. tblew off both my legs and messed up my right arm pretty good. >> i saw justin, june 23, 2008, the day he lost both of his legs. the memory stuck in my head was of him laying on the ground with no legs... being able to see him again kind of starts a new chapter, you know? new memories, good memory, instead of, you know, warfare and bloodshed. >> 8 weeks after i got hurt, i was here on the rivers of recovery trip, fly-fishing was a whole new thing for me. thats th...

we are still -- were still a young nation, and weve got the greatest diversity of talent and ingenuity that comes from every corner of the globe. nobody knows that better than florida. so no matter what the naysayers tell us, no matter how dark the other side tries to paint the situation, there is not another country on earth that would not gladly trade places with the united states of america. >> president obama firing up the crowd there, winter park, florida. you heard them chanting,...

Thats the easy way. im not going to run -- take the easy way. im going to do the hard thing because anything worth it is worth working for. and ive been sober before. ive had three years. and my daddy passed away, and i ran. and i was running, gunning strong ever since. so im going to do it again and stay that way because if my mom was to pass away while i was in prison, i would never forgive myself. and shes not -- shes not healthy. shes sick. so -- and i want to regain the respect of my oldest...

Im going to do the hard thing because anything worth it is worth working for. and ive been sober before. ive had three years. and my daddy passed away, and i ran. and i was running, gunning strong ever since. so im going to do it again and stay that way because if my mom was to pass away while i was in prison, i would never forgive myself. and shes not -- shes not healthy. shes sick. so -- and i want to regain the respect of my oldest daughter. i dont want them to be all, moms just another convi...

kicking that off early this morning, as well. two critical states towards his re-election as well. lets tick there through again, shall we? ohio, 20 electoral votes. thats a lot. barack obama carried ohio back in 08, roughly 52% of the vote back then. and he did even better in pennsylvania, ticked up by two there. he carried pennsylvania with 54% of the vote and pennsylvania another swing state with 21 electoral votes. cnns dan lothian with us now from sandusky, ohio. you are off the b...

Done it here. >> but what many found was a far cry from what they had been led to expect. >> it would just seem so different than what we saw in the movies. the movies were so exciting. then especially when you got to your living quarters. the living quarters was totally different. you had a few other people in the living quarters that you thought you were going to be in by yourself. >> deep in the jungle with one dirt road in, jonestown was now jim jones solitary kingdom. a heart of darkness fa...

So im going to do it again and stay that way because if my mom was to pass away while i was in prison, i would never forgive myself. and shes not -- shes not healthy. shes sick. so -- and i want to regain the respect of my oldest daughter. i dont want them to be all, moms just another convict, addicted, jerk-off, worth nothing. so ill show i am worth it. so thats -- yay. im stuck on stuff today so yeah. >> in a few days, butcher will take her acceptance letter to court and ask the judge to appro...

In his budget debate they have to be the focus of our conversation not the tax breaks. >> bill: arent the poor the focus of all of the spending we do a trillion dollars a year here in social programs to fight poverty. a trillion dollars a year. >> and its not enough. >> bill: how much is enough? how much is enough? >> until every human, every american can live in dignity. >> bill: so that means that you want to go in to people and give them enough money so they live in what you call dignity? tha...

Thats what we are saying that in his budget debate they have to be the focus of our conversation not the tax breaks. >> bill: arent the poor the focus of all of the spending we do a trillion dollars a year here in social programs to fight poverty. a trillion dollars a year. >> and its not enough. >> bill: how much is enough? how much is enough? >> until every human, every american can live in dignity. >> bill: so that means that you want to go in to people and give them enough money so they live...

In his budget debate they have to be the focus of our conversation not the tax breaks. >> bill: arent the poor the focus of all of the spending we do a trillion dollars a year here in social programs to fight poverty. a trillion dollars a year. >> and its not enough. >> bill: how much is enough? how much is enough? >> until every human, every american can live in dignity. >> bill: so that means that you want to go in to people and give them enough money so they live in what you call dignity? tha...