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>> you were cleaned up already? because the officer said you were pretty much battered. >> yes, sir. >> you mounted you basically and started to get up on you? >> yes, sir. >> at what point -- >> after he hit my head against the concrete several times, i yelled out for help and he tried to smother my help. >> who yelled for help? >> i did. and he smothered my mouth and my nose. and when he did that, i tried to slide out and squirm. and i realized my shirt came up and i felt him slide his happene...

The concrete several times. >> yelled for help and tried to smother -- >> who yelled for help? >> i did. >> and then what? >> he smothered my mouth and nose. when he did that, i tried to slide out and squirm. and i realiesizzed, my shirt ca up, i felt his hand slide up my right side and he said, youre going it die. thats when i grabbed it. i dont know if it was away from him, i just -- >> he was going for your gun? >> yes, sir. >> what kind of gun was it? >> pf 9. >> okay. automatic? >> yes, sir...

Because i couldnt understand how a civilian would have a rifle like that. and he had magazine after magazine after ammunition, so i thought he was official. >> we know now officially that he had a handgun, but he also had a pawn the 223 bushmaster ar 15 semiautomatic rifle, which is exactly the same type of weapon that was used by adam lanza at sandy hook and by james holmes, the shooter in aurora. when you come face to face with that, had you ever had much thought about guns before this? >> i k...

Sandy hook and by james holmes, the shooter in aurora. when you come face to face with that, had you ever had much thought about guns before this? >> i know a bit about guns, and i have shotguns at a range, so i know what they look like, but ive never seen somebody out on the street with an automatic rifle the way it was -- it was aimed at first the girl that he hijacked and then myself. i have never seen that, of course. >> i think -- >> unless it was somebody on the s.w.a.t. team. >> i think t...

>> i dont know what kind of gun it was. >> you had a gun in your waistband and you dont know what kind of gun it was? >> no. >> you dont have a clue what kind of gun? revolver? automatic? >> automatic, it was automatic. >> was it .9 millimeter? >> i dont know. >> where did you get the gun? how is that? >> where did i get it? >> where did you get it? >> in the backyard. >> let me ask you a question. do you feel youre a risk to the community? >> a risk? >> yeah. a risk to the community. do you kno...

Automatic file that would cover up 80% of taxpayers. and republicans and conservatives kill it every time because they want more than anything complexity and they want people to feel frustrated and angry. >> the finance committee, we used to have hearings every april about how complex filing was. we had experts come in who filled out their own tax returns tell us how long it would take them, 28 hours. and we would say, okay, heres our solution to that. we can do it this way. no movement from -- ...

Have proposed all sorts of ways to make paying taxes easier and simpler. the automatic, you know -- the automatic file that would cover up 80% of taxpayers. and republicans and conservatives kill it every time because they want more than anything complexity and they want people to feel frustrated and angry. >> the finance committee, we used to have hearings every april about how complex filing was. we had experts come in who filled out their own tax returns tell us how long it would take them, 2...

Nearly one in five americans, will receive social security benefits. >> reporter: but by 2033, there will be millions more and benefits will be cut for everyone by 23%. the first part of social security to hit the wall, however, is the disability trust fund in 2016. >> at that point everyone in the program, everyone thats disabled will get an a automatic across the board 20% cut. >> reporter: the next crisis, the hospital trust fund which is projected to run short of money in 2026, a slight impr...

This, thats who i am angry at. the people that hurt my mom and put her in prison. without having evidence. >> maldonado was arrested last week after mexican authorities said they found 12 pounds of marijuana under the seat of a commercial bus she was riding home in from a funeral with her husband, gary. gary maldonado said he was asked to pay a $5,000 bribe for his wifes freedom but as he tried to raise the money, she was shipped off to jail. the family says it is encouraged by the evidence pres...

Husband, gary. gary maldonado says he was asked to pay a $5,000 bribe for his wifes freedom. as he tried to raise the money, she was shipped off to jail. the family says it is encouraged by the evidence presented in court so far. this case is not unusual in mexico where there has been a struggle to modernize its notoriously corrupt judicial system, says mexico expert george grayson. >> the judicial system there is even more corrupt than the police. and when youre brought into a judicial proceedi...