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Signatures away the ground level support group, theyre actively engaged in recalling the mayor, and its very important to them to raise the consciousness of people in the area who want a change. this would be the first win for ferguson if they are able to recall the mayor. so im glad that we do have an interim police chief thats very good, but again, he comes from maricopa county and they only have 25% hispanics and less than 5% african-americans. >> also maricopa county in arizona is where sher...

His sense of adventure and lack of sense of danger. its like having a 2-year-old. >> one of his favorite fixations? >> hes always liked to climb. right over the backyard fence, there was 120-foot power tower. there was a green belt behind the house with a series of electrical towers and john had started to climb them. >> so far, john has only managed to get at the scaffolds and ground level because his family coaxed him down but that day with both parents away at work he ventures higher. >> john...

Heroines, the gold medal soccer winners. >> reporter: meanwhile preparations were already under way friday with crews prepping and packaging away tons of confetti. in addition to barricades along the parade route as well as city hall being set up where the procession will end with all 23 members of the team receiving keys to the city. >> i used to work downtown and i remember throwing things out the window. i dont work down here anymore but it was fun throwing things out the window. but ill watc...

>> were merchants and were going to stay focused on that. we will run great stores. we will sell product online. well find ways to do it together. we do want a culture though that is forward looking. we have some core values as a business but our behaviors and our culture needs to change in ways that create more speed. a company our size can sometimes become bureaucratic. one of the things were focused on is reviving that entrepreneurial spirit that walmart was built on. we want to reignite that...

We expect a public defender. at this point, we dont know so we will know more when he has his arraignment. >> and this area if many people are not familiar has had a long history, no doubt, of racial strife, but even recent racial back-and-forth including the debate over the confederate flag which continues to fly at the south carolina state capitol. it continues to fly after somewhat of a compromise. but now this whole debate has been reignited to some degree, kenneth. >> reporter: t.j. full di...

Hiring and recruitment -- and we havent talked enough about that going going back to ferguson to now. we screen officers for their drug use, for their past for their activities. no one ever asks what kind of biases you have or if youve ever had bias toward a certain group. then lets talk about training. go back to the rendering and the court decision on saturday. many of us know as tom knows and i know, none of us in federal law enforcement or state and local law enforcement have ever been train...

Americans want everybody home and out of there if you look at whats going on in iraq its hard to be scared about what could happen in afghanistan. bill: i thought his powerful line was this. few know what its like to take a bullet for a buddy or live with the fact that he or she took one for you. thats powerful. >> absolutely. that gets at a real ground level, thats what its about. but in an important way bill, to honor the sacrifice of our troops in iraq and afghanistan, its not to throw away a...

Several have been hit three times over the last couple of years. they built their homes higher and others are basically at ground level but weve lived in the same home for five years and have never had a problem and interestingly we just had a major drainage project in the neighborhood and we thought that that would probably solve the problems, but it didnt. and some of the neighbors had had a more horrific experience than we did. the people right across the street were fearful that if they open...

Over 1,000 american lives lost. at the -- >> i think its political rhetoric right now. its unfortunate but it happened and it happens in war. and no one wants to see it. i think its something the politicians will try to continue to keep abreast of. >> i want your take on this because you have been there and you know all of the players involved in this so well. theres a lot of talk and concern about sectarianism. what is a true assessment of whats going on there? >> at the ground level me and you...

That are refugees essentially trying to free. thats going to give isis some sort of cover, is it not? >> it does. i mean ive got employees right now that have families that were living out in anbar that are now refugees piling into iraq. ive got one of my employees has 16 people living in his two-bedroom house. thats a concern. >> thats a huge concern. >> and throughout the whole area the jordanians 25% of their population right now are refugees. so this whole war between syria and isis has caus...