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A soldier gets creative with a surprise for his family disguising himself as the high school polar bear mascot. the army specialist never saw it coming. >> he had no idea what was going on for a few seconds. it was amazing. they had no idea i was out here in that uniform or anything. >> specialist justin may was gone for 11 months including 9 months that he spent in afghanistan. his father knew he was back in america but had no idea hed arrive in their hometown. >> theyre getting creative. getti...

Which was black music, and we embraced it and we regurgitated it and sent it back in the form of the beatles. ♪ we got that get out of this place ♪ >> so as we sit here, were in this place. youre very familiar with this place. were in the apollo. you would play here and the cops would show up. >> yeah. we got through from monday to i think thursday. and the police showed up and says were going to shut you down, or the unions are going to shut us down because of police pressure. because we we...

start." nice to have you with us. im ashleigh banfield >> and im zoraida sambolin. its 5:00 a.m. here in the east. lets get started. attorney eric holder to be held in contempt in congress. yesterday the members of the government oversight and reform committee voted along party lines to recommend citing him for contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents from the botched fast and furious gun operation, documents that are now off limits to republicans, and everyone else, be...

Death prompted the spontaneous decision. they were right outside of the white house and in times square. like along seattles freedom bridge. outside of former president bushs home in dallas. the most pointed celebrations were at ground zero in down manhattan and we go there live. i imagine youve been talking to a lot of people coming down there? >> reporter: people gathered here spontaneously. ground zero is a solemn place. for the first time since those attacks almost ten years ago this has bec...