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So i really havent been around those people in the last year while ive been working on the project. ill be very interested to see how they react to it. i know the people that ive worked with for many years who know me and knew that i was going to go do this project eventually, i think theyll react very positively to it. >> theyre really, really unique and just very -- just i think theyre beautiful pictures. so would you go back -- would you take a fashion job if someone offered it to you? >> yea...

Arlington virginias firehouse number 4. theyre all trained in traditional firefighting as well as what is called technical rescue. >> water rescue, ice rescue, building collapse, extensive vehicle extrications. >> in this case theyre called to an elevator stuck on the third floor. >> get ready to go! >> another call takes them to a ringing fire alarm, but no obvious fire. they try to figure out what tripped it. as many others did, house number four responded to the pentagon on 9/11. >> it was fi...

A campaign pledge, doesnt fix the significant problem for working families. the lack of daycare. japans government says 40,000 families are on waiting lists waiting to get into centers just like this one. mothers like this one have to quit their jobs to take care of their children. going back to work would be tough, she says, since there are so few daycare centers. some money would be nice, she says it doesnt make that problem disappear. cnn, tokyo. there you have it. getting paid like what, $...

[ laughter ] >> im afraid that was the answer. >> thats a technical, political term. and -- barack obamas not an [ bleep ]. >> reporter: in 2005, he was quoted saying, by august, i was a communist. jones says, if i have offended anyone with statements i made in the past, i apologize. the green jobs guru came under scrutiny by some conservatives. notably fox tv host, glenn beck. defenders of jones say beck targeted him because jones was formerly with a group now working to get advertisers to boyc...

Beck targeted him because jones was formerly with a group now working to get advertisers to boycott becks show. the boycott came after the fox host called president obama a racist. before this jones was primarily known for his environmental work, including the best-seller book the green-collar comedy. back in may, jones won the praise of meg whitman, now a republican candidate for governor in california. >> i am a big fan of him. hes done a marvelous job. >> reporter: on friday she distanced her...

Fascinated by the people who do it. people who are actually flown in to put these fires out on a moments notice. they are trained professionals who have a work ethic unlike anything ive ever seen before. they work from air tankers. they work with shovels. they work with axes and chainsaws and oftentimes their work kills them. remember, two people have already died in these fires out there in california. some of them the most specialized of these people are called hotshots. all right. parts of th...

>> down. down. >> 8:00 a.m., time to sweat, lunges, sprints, situps for hotshots all over the country, some outdoorsmen, some scientists. more fires mean more hotshot crews. this are more than 100 across the country. 13 years ago there were only 65. they make life-and-death decisions, so before they can catch their breath they are hustled to a sand table where they are given a fire scenario to learn leadership. >> immediate structures are beginning to take heat and the fire intensity is picking ...

>> i am a bilateral amputee. i lost both my legs from the mid-calf down. i was a normal kid that turn under to an abnormal situation. just a freak accident. i was 16 years old. my parents and i were going to go scuba diving and there was a ton of waves that day and i got pushbed hind the boat and i just looked down and i saw blood. i had such great support. thats what helped me get through it. when i saw the other kid in the hospital that didnt have great support, you recognize that something ha...

David gurgen, ted sorenson and john king. they were all with us last night and theyre back. well hear from them shortly. first, time for this weeks hero. jordan thomas. lost both legs in an accident when he was 16. he learned to walk again and then helped many others do the same thing. >> well, i was diving with my parents in the florida keys. and i slipped behind the boat. my legs were hit by the propeller. i lost both legs below the knee. >> larry: how were you able to bounce back so much that...

Union." theyre back. well hear from them. first, time for this weeks hero. jordan thomas. lost both legs in an accident when he was 16. he learned to walk again and then helped many others do the same thing. >> well, i was diving with my participants four miles off the coast in the florida keys. and i slipped behind the boat. my legs were hit by the propeller. i lost both legs below the knee. >> larry: how were you able to bounce back so much that you could then help others less fortunate? >> i ...