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>> 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 dem...

Bankruptcy, thats simple. its being a retiree or city employee caught on the wrong side of those negotiations, watching your benefits disappear. hi there. hey, im morgan. >> van revere. nice to meet you. >> thank you. >> i have a uniform t-shirt id like you to put on, if thats okay. >> right on! >> the city of stockton made $19 million in cuts to the fire department. staffing was reduced by 30%. 36 firefighters were laid off in 2011 alone. retirement and insurance benefits were slashed, and now ...

>> 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 dem...

>> 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 dem...

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 blame for the citys trouble squarely at the feet of the 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, well, yo...

As for the ugly part of bankruptcy, thats simple. its being a retiree or city employee caught on the wrong side of those negotiations, watching your benefits disappear. hi there. hey, im morgan. >> van revere. nice to meet you. >> thank you. >> i have a uniform t-shirt id like you to put on, if thats okay. >> right on! >> the city of stockton made $19 million in cuts to the fire department. staffing was reduced by 30%. 36 firefighters were laid off in 2011 alone. retirement and insurance benefit...

Hires. in to a 401(k). they do need it in places like san diego and alaska. utah is doing reform. so is washington, d.c., we can also unfortunately, you can cut unfunded healthcare benefits. so they can be cut without going to court. that is already happening in stockton and vallejo. the irony here is that already health reform may be taking care of this problem. health reform is starring to weigh whether to hire new workers or cut back on the city services. that is bottom line. do you cut back ...

Are set to reach the space station on friday. at least six people are dead now. dozens more hurt as a bomb explodes in rain shower traffic and tops our news around the world in 80 seconds. fill peeps, police say the blast went off inside a vehicle that had had been parked inside a busy road on a southern island it happened just as a city official rode past in a bullet proof suv. she is reportedly okay but the bomb killed one of her body guards in a security van it also set fire to nearby. at las...

>> we were just trying to get enough foam and water on there to knock it out. >> the smoking caldron ominously flares up. >> whats causing the flash we keep seeing every once in a while? >> right now, it could be several things. >> as i was videotaping the tank fire there were a few flare-ups. as soon as it flared up. they put water on it, and it would go back down. >> officials believe the fire is close to being extension wished. >> i assume that whatever oil was in there was just burning itsel...

Most firemen in america are volunteers. >> by a one dash day are about 69 percent across the nation. john: but they like to help people? >> they love helping people and are in it for that reason alone. john: chief, thank you. now the myth about miskitos and the full moon and