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Injured fighting fires. they hope to reduce that along with the number of residents who die. >> we test it and implement it in our tactical strategies and we know its going to make a difference. >> reporter: lessons that may well affect how firefighters everywhere do their jobs. ron allen, nbc news, new york. up next a tiebreaker called off for two u.s. olympic women. what happens now after that photo finish? this country was built by working people.

Hope that things turned out for the best. because they were not going to turn out well. >> reporter: san jose cut salaries 10% across-the-board. slashed 2,000 jobs and left libraries and a police station empty and unstaffed. reid say-- reed says it wasnt enough. pensions cost the city more than half its entire payroll and 21% of its again fund budget. other cities with big pension obligations like philadelphia with 28% of its budget and los angeles with 32% are also worried. >> when mayor reed w...

>> reporter: the city council just voted to support the measure. >> when i first heard about the bill i thought it was idiotic. why look like nascar? why do we want to look like a bus going down the street. after the shock wore off this shows how far we have to go to think outside the box. >> reporter: apparently baltimore isnt the only town thinking outside that box. city leaders throughout the country are getting creative to make ends meet. chicago has sold ad space on some iconic bridges to b...

Good evening. the president today called it heart breaking. he was able to see it up close. the rest of us can only imagine how bad it is in colorado where relentless wildfires keep on marching across the country side consuming thousands of acres and hundreds of homes along the way. while firefighters have tried to make a valiant stand against them. while the big fires still arent close to being under control, this was demoralizing. 32 new fires started up just today. its where we begin again to...

Stop the violence, but wont say exactly how. most mexicans dont think they can. she said cartels have the money and power to intimidate police, judges, and politicians, a frankenstein monster no one can control. these days, this woman in hiding lives in a kind of prison-- no job, no money, no freedom. what she has in abundance is fear and anger. she doesnt want to raise her children on that. bill whitaker, cbs news, mexico city. >> pelley: the u.s. anti-doping agency has now filed formal charges...

He has done that more than once. >> no, that was a fireman and a police officer, and those are prapgs. >> he -- dash pranks. >> well he is doubly in trouble. >> when you are trying to gain something financially or romantically out of a lie, how is that freedom of speech? >> like i said, but when i looked at the law it was not specific. it was very broad. i felt like it could cover too many instances of lying that i wasnt comfortable with it as i stood. >> i would hate for you to be uncomfortable...

>> very nice. today, youre stopping here later on today, austin, youll be in washington, d.c. this has got to be pretty daunting for a 22-year-old artist to have -- i lived in washington for a long time. i cant think of any 22-year-old artist who has got a monument in washington, d.c. >> yeah. >> where is this going to be? >> it will be at fire station 3 which is a few blocks away from the capitol building, actually. when it sits outside in a few months, it will -- over the helmet will be the ca...

Make them in fact start to pay into their own pensions instead of we, the taxpayers, paying into it fully. something needs to happen. this was created by jerry brown when he was governor the first time, and now the chickens have come home to roast on jerrys watch. megyn: you get the situation where, you know, if you look at the union negotiations with the city, and they get, you know, some good pension deals. they do. they get a negotiated pension that is pretty darn good, it sounds great on pap...

All for us tonight. >> reporter: this fire is making history on its way to becoming colorados second largest ever. >> were not going to put it out. mother nature will put it out this fall. >> reporter: dozens of homes have been destroyed, another 200 are threatened. overnight people had just minutes to escape 100 foot flames after the fire jumped a river. >> the reality is you lost your home. im going to cry at some point here and there i know. >> reporter: but firefighters can only do so much. ...

Anti-jobs series of policies in mod earn american history. >> both cam papes and national parties escalated the air war today. the rnc newsed news coverage of the repeated speeches in an attempt to refocus on the economy. >> it ends noting the presidents speech tomorrow will not have new proposals. the obama camp accused romney of jobs plan that boil down to cutting them for teacher, firefighters and cops. the dnc made it one-two punch with a teacher, cop and fireman. >> wants to cut taxes by cu...