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How bad would this have been if i hadnt done it? thats what barack obama has been trying to say for years and no one can understand that. i look at the teachers lost or the firemen lost or the pension plans on state levels that would have absolutely been destroyed or disappeared or been completely cut if the stimulus money was not put in. could have things been better in yes. it could have been significantly worse without the stimulus. if we spent more it could -- >> it is very hard to run for...

From his video production office directly across the street. >> i was sitting at my desk and i saw smoke. just a little smoke out of the window. then i saw more. i grabbed my camera, i started shooting. >> as pearlstein zooms in on the building, he sees a man perched on a window ledge trying to escape the thick smoke. >> im like, oh, my god, now is this a life and death situation. help him. >> firefighters from the fdny rescue one unit arrive at the building joining other crews already on scene....

>> just trying to get enough foam and water on there to go ahead and try and knock it out. >> the smoking caldron ominously flares up. >> what causes the flash we keep seeing? >> right now, it could be several things. as i was videotaping the tank fire, there were a few flare-ups and you could see the flame billow out but just 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 extinguished. >> i assume that whatever oil was in...

Stage last night. >> first of all i dont have a $5 trillion tax cut. i dont have a tax cut. >> really? is that so? >> across the board for all american. >> 20% across the board. >> by 20%. >> i dont have a$5 trillion tax cut i dont have a tax cut. >> if you want to be president you owe the american people the truth. >> i will repeal obamacare. >> the best course for health care is to do what we did in my state. >> he is saying he would not cut education. >> he says we need more firemen and more ...

Theyve underfunded the state pension plan for years. so, yes, i mean pensions are dramatically underfunded. well be hearing all about the needy teachers and policemen and firemen, and greedy wall street bankers and the 1%. they didnt cause the mess, but it was the progressive government and sweetheart deals to unions. its going to break down the economy, but society. look at greece and spain. those rioting in the streets, throwing molotov cocktails are members of public unions. i fear if we dont...

>> i ran directly to where the police and firemen were and started talking to them and pointing up to where she was. >> an hour passes as they hang out the open window, clayton is trying to keep rochelle calm, feeding her vital rescue information. >> he said, that bucket is coming right up to your room, right up to your room. i said to myself, that bucket truck isnt coming up this high. >> and shes right. the ladders arent tall enough to reach the top floors. >> we couldnt breathe. smoke inside,...

Pension for another five years. and they also were able to have more referees hired in not out of the existing pool that makes up their salary, and theyre going to have 25% raises for the duration of the contract over the next seven years. so they did very well for themselves. >> amazing that the -- steve ratner, we were just talking about the future of the league or this season hinged on a 401(k) plan. >> well, its so interesting because you compare this to the battles out in the midwest and el...

Tell us we cant criticize islam. we need to tell the radical fanatics that they will never tell americans what we can and cannot say. that doesnt mean i or we should ever approve of hate speech. but the constitution is a constitution and terrorists cant be allowed to underkit. but obama has acquiesced. to be fair, even bush caved on that. megyn: your thoughts, colonel north. some are criticizing president obama for not being more outraged and more forceful. if you see outrage from the american p...

He was 29 years old. he was a firefighter. he ran into these buildings when there was a plane sticking out of it to help people. thats just the person he was. we miss him terribly. never be any closure. we always miss him. especially tomorrow is his birthday he would have been 30. >> that makes a hero when you are running in and everyone else is running out. >> your three other sons became firefighters after? >> they became firemen after 9-11. he was their hero before 9-11, the oldest brother he...

As we got up further and further, we had the looming remains of the north tower hovering over us. >> our job as firemen is to rescue people. if we showed up unable to do the job, we felt we let ourselves down. we werent going to do that. we were going to continue until we did what we were trained to do. we agreed, we are going keep going and find somebody. we kept pushing and we found the spot. >> we had no idea whether he was fire or civilian or what he was. it really didnt matter. the fact we ...