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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 nervous. >> jeremiah and i promised each other no one would die on this trip. >> it was ...

>> judge, excuse me. regarding the impact monitor. the court took notice hes indigent. were asking the court to reduce or waive the cost of that device. >> ill waive the cost. >> thank you, judge. >> thank you, your honor. >> the exclusionary zone, to be clear, was how many feet? >> 1500 feet to those two areas. >> thank you, your honor. >> thank you, your honor. >> youre very welcome. see you back january 7th, 2014, mr. zimmerman, best of luck to you. were going to take a five-minute recess eve...

At least reasonably well. in that if theyre not able to do that, they should be shunned and demonized and marginalized. >> agreed. most of the firemen are known for their cooking. we cook some outstanding meals. weve learned to shop, weve learned to shop with less to feed more. you dont want to be a belly-robber. you better bring some food back for the boys. >> firefighters, in my experience, are a lot like the marines ive met over the years. no matter how badly led, ridiculously underequipped, ...

Doctors, nurses, emts, firemen, policemen. the surrounding community didnt even wait for a phone call of help. they just started showing up. >> reporter: you know, there luckily has been a relatively small amount of loss of life, injuries, we leave several dozen. numbers are still coming in. so many have lost their homes. yet this community,s as mayor was saying, really has profound perspective on what matters. probably didnt need this type of lesson of what matters but through their faith and b...

Able to feed themselves and their friends or their family, at least reasonably well. in that if theyre not able to do that, they should be shunned and demonized and marginalized. >> agreed. most of the firemen are known for their cooking. we cook some outstanding meals. weve learned to shop, weve learned to shop with less to feed more. you dont want to be a belly-robber. you better bring some food back for the boys. >> firefighters in my experience are a lot like the marines ive met over the yea...

True. lieutenant mike devins and the boys of squad 3 are cooking up a family meal. is every firefighter expected to cook reasonably well? >> if they dont, they catch hell. >> really? >> yeah. >> its almost a perfect society in that sense. because in a perfect society, i believe, everybody should be able to feed themselves and their friends or their family, at least reasonably well. in that if theyre not able to do that, they should be shunned and demonized and marginalized. >> agreed. most of th...

Thats just arson. that doesnt include the thousands of other types of fires and medical emergencies the detroit fire department responds to every day. with an ever-lower valued housing market where you can buy a home for as little as $500, many houses are burned down for the insurance. many because angry neighbors, desperate to hang on, see abandoned structures taken over by crackheads or drug gangs. with law enforcement stretched ridiculously thin, they resort to burning them out. they wont say...

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 access to the pump? you ought to...

A city on fire their safety equipment, their boots, their clothes are often mouldering and shambolic but they fight on. this is the second time theyve been to this house. if it happens to be arson, chances are no one will ever know for sure. given the ever shrinking resources available to the department, most fires cant even be investigated. this fire is out within an hour. and after the fire, dinner. the cliche is that firemen are great cooks. in this case, the cliche is true. lieutenant mike d...

Friends or their family at least reasonably well, that if theyre not able to do that they should be shunned and demonized and marginalized. >> agreed. most of the firemen are known for our cooking. weve cooked some outstanding meals. weve learned to shop to get more for less. >> firefighters in my experience are a lot like the marines ive met over the years. no matter how badly led, ridiculously underequipped, underappreciated, how doomed their mission, they take a bizarre and quite beautiful pr...