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Being in the museum underneath a gift shop where you pick up trinkets and the controversy over this opinion and whether it should be referencing jihad which is a offensive to some muslims. your thoughts on what people are talking about. >> the video is spot on. it cant be changed. as far as im concerned. it tells the story. unfortunately the way the story tells itself in the video it almost sounds as if al qaeda quit when the towers came down. thats the part i didnt like. oh, all right everythin...

>> oh, thats horrible. good lord. oh, fellows. my goodness. youre watching this live, folks. if you know a prayer, say it. >> and now its the rescuers who need help. just moments before the rescue chopper came crashing to the ground, its arrival was the most welcome sight to selena maestas, one of the climbers waiting on the ice, hoping for a miracle. this is her first trip to mt. hood. and just before the climb that morning, she has an uneasy feeling, admitting to her boyfriend, jeremiah, shes ...

Raging fire at this florida apartment complex was one of those times. the cat on a hot third floor, first retreated, scared by the firemen, but when things got too hot charlie jasper jumped. landed on his feet and kept going. firemen found charlie a short distance away. this man said he had lost everything except the cat that shared his apartment. >> just had burned paws, a couple of scratches. >> reporter: as well as an injured jaw. now maybe you heard of cats surviving falls from as high up as...

Sense saying to terrorism, you wont win because were going to take this group photo and tell our stories. whereas, i wonder if i would be that strong. but it seems like the group strength is just incredible. >> it is infectious, and it is this part uniquely boston. first of all, when we see firefighters and firemen and police officers, when you hear the bagpipes play, and you see so many -- there you see vice president biden. when you see so many of the familiar faces of the long-time politician...

Of us because all of us felt that way, all of us felt this is an attack on us personally, an attack on our city, on a very special day, and for someone of that stature representing a team that is as loved in this city as boston, as the red sox are, to say this is our city and were taking it back was very important. i think it was very pivotal in the healing. >> i do believe sports is part of the healing process, and i have three brothers that are new york city firemen and they were down there du...

Boston, as the red sox are, to say this is our city and were taking it back was very important. i think it was very pivotal in the healing. >> i do believe sports is part of the healing process, and i have three brothers that are new york city firemen and they were down there during 9/11. one was running out of tower one when it was falling behind him, and it does become part of that healing process because when they came up, they came up and they honored. they were invited up for what they repr...

A week, keeping track of law enforcement and government officials, catching them on camera. >> what is your problem? >> heres a traffic agent, parking in front of a fire hydrant. she goes into the store to get some food, and while shes ordering, sirens, flashing lights, fire trucks pull up. and jimmy justice is hot under the collar. >> youre a traffic enforcement agent, and you parked your official vehicle blocking a fire pump, and theres a fire outside with firemen out there and they have no ac...

Uniform. chief shows up, be in uniform. pride. thats all i am about. having my own house where i can mold the firemen to my standards is one of the biggest advantages. im looking forward to it. >> not only will joel captain a new engine company, hell have to cover one of the safe passage routes. >> certainly we have concerns. were going to walk kids to school, and thats great, until we get a call. as you see around here, that happens quite a bit. so whats going to happen to the kids? i dont know...

Whos doing the best job so far. >> policemen or firemen, whos doing the best job? >> both. >> you have to pick one. >> the police. >> fire! >> aside from a little confusion, some attendance issues and opening day jitters, it was a pretty smooth start. >> everything looked pretty good. i saw a lot of city services out there. >> the superintendent gets the day of the day report on safe passage. >> very good coverage, no issues. >> okay. >> its a good start to this thing. we just have to keep it go...

Do you sense that democrats and republicans may come together to try and form late some sort of change? >> what weve seen in the house is the house republicans have voted time and time again up to 50 times to delay, reform, scrap this bill. weve continued to see mounting democrat support of our bill. i believe the last one we passed, there were something like 70 or 80 democrats voting with republicans. now you see united states senators coming forward with proposals. >> you mentioned all the cha...