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Wake of the disaster has given greater voice to the victims and families left behind by attacks like the oklahoma city bombing. >> timothy mcveigh believed that he was going to cause people to rise up and rebel against their government. this was going to be the start of the revolution. and what happened was the total opposite. you saw a community in total support of its law enforcement, of its firemen, of its government. it shows that when we put our hearts and our minds together, we can make so...

Timothy mcveigh believed that he was going to cause people to rise up and rebel against their government. this was going to be the start of the revolution. and what happened was the total opposite. you saw a community in total support of its law enforcement, of its firemen, of its government. it shows that when we put our hearts and our minds together, we can make something good happen out of something terrible. >> but resilience, alone, cant protect against every threat. events continue to demo...

I think shes on methadone. shes had three marriages, kids all over the place. the father isnt there. thats a part of the equation. its a huge part of the equation here. money just doesnt address that. >> you can even argue we had the money back then. we dont have the money right now. you really got to look at, all right, you want to address something bad going on, throwing good money after bad isnt the answer, when you question how much is going, you will come off mean spirited. >> you come off ...

And use promo code notme for 60 days of lifelock identity theft protection and get a document shredder free. call the number on your screen or go to lifelock.com/notme. . glad youre up. its friday. lets learn about the news new. the jet skiing nypd police officer charged in the 9/11 scam turned himself into authorities. hes accused of stealing thousands of dollars in disability payments. lieberman and 81 others and firemen busted. rapper flavor flav busted for speeding on his way to his moth...

Apartment building. we spoke with nadja atwal about their harrowing ordeal. >> the smoke is so intense. we put right away wet towels inside our door. that was really the moment where i was seriously scared to death. >> reporter: the atwals and other residents rescued by firefighters. >> the true heroes, new york firemen. to risk their lives for people they dont know. >> reporter: its not clear when residents will be allowed back in their home or how the fire started. many are just grateful to be...

>> whoa! >> the shockwave from the gas tanker pushed me backwards about ten feet. >> whoa! >> there was a large probably five-foot tall by eight-foot wide circular disk that blew out of that tanker. >> we need some help out here. it just blew. we got parts -- in the road. we need a lot of help. >> the trooper and the trucker are a safe distance from the explosion. the firefighters are dangerously close. >> i ran up to the firemen because i knew they were only just feet away. i expected to see in...

Fund all sort of union pensions precisely because investors know that if their debt they wont get burned. if we let investors and city and state get burned, they will be less likely to fund and market forces will rain in a positive way. >> steve, that would create a huge hole in the economy. im wondering how do we reign in the public sector unions right now in. >> i think the very fact that cities are on the brink of a crisis. that ruling in detroit, by a federal judge, that said public pensions...

Wake of the disaster has gimp greater voice to the victims and families left behind by attacks like the oklahoma city bombing. timothy mcveigh believed that he was going to cause people to rise up and re-bell against their government. this was going to be the start of the revolution. and what happened was the total opposite. you saw a community in total support of its law enforcement, of its firemen, of its government. it shows that when we put our hearts and our minds together, we can make some...

With twisted metal. >> whoa! >> the shockwave from the gas tanker pushed me backwards about ten feet. >> whoa! >> there was a large probably five-foot tall by eight-foot wide circular disk that blew out of that tanker. >> we need some help out here. it just blew. we got parts -- in the road. we need a lot of help. >> the trooper and the trucker are a safe disstabs from the explosion. the firefighters are dangerously close. >> i ran up to the firemen because i knew they were only just feet away. ...

>> the bottom line is when you cut 25% of the department and 25% of the city workforce, and your crime starts going through the roof, there is a direct correlation. >> that may be true, but in spite of stocktons obvious need for more police, many residents have followed the mayors lead and laid the feet squarely at the feet of firemen, police officers, and their unions. >> when you hear people -- people who talk about kind of the situation the city is in right now, when they say things like, wel...