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2014 on cnn yesterday. take a listen. >> do you think that anything will get passed next year? >> im hopeful. we have 55 democrats and i think all 55 would consider that. i know we had a few that did not, but hopefully theyd maybe reconsider. i dont know their position. im not going to force anybody and make anybody uncomfortable. they all have to live willith themselves and have to go back and explain it. its going to be difficult to get the votes that we need, ill be honest with you. >> how op...

Work. you have to say im glad to be alive. it will help your day go better. >> i agree with that. this idea of optimisoptimism. spring out of bed, how can i be a bitter person, a percent father and husband. >> so many things affect our lives. i dont have to tell you this. people dont realize, some people have grown up with negative thought, internal dialogue. these negative thoughts always play in. its just normal to them. you know what i teach on them. its one of my most responded to recordings...

Someone like billy jean king will make this a part of the conversation. others in the delegation who will want to talk about these lgbt issues. it forces it to be at the forefront while at the same time here are people with real standing to be among olympic athletes and there to support the athletic endeavor as well. so it has the benefit of being more than one point being made. to be very present by going to the games and representing the united states with these issues knowing that vladimir pu...

Point grawdz graduates who have led across the field of the west point experience. a book about presidents. generals, medal of honor recipients. ceos and people who founded universities. its a great gift for any patriotic american. includes stories about people who have served in the army, navy, air force, and marines. so it has something for. >> everybody when you go back to ulysses s. grant and realize what a humble individual this man was, leading us through the civil war to become president ...

Half of twitter is people complaining on air travel, and the airlines are like, what else are you going to do? >> one of the things the public doesnt realize is an unintended consequence of the deregulation act was to exempt airlines from all state and local consumer protection laws and most torts. so you really have no rights, other than maybe the right to complain. and if its a really gross abuse, the airline might get fined. but unless youre physically injured or killed, you really dont have ...

Are you going to do? >> one of the things the public doesnt realize is an unintended consequence of the deregulation act was to exempt airlines from all state and local consumer protection laws and most torts. so you really have no rights, other than maybe the right to complain. and if its a really gross abuse, the airline might get fined. but unless youre physically injured or killed, you really dont have much in the way of legal recourse against an airline these days. >> and i think one of the...

Maybe we should also have a black santa. santa is what he is and we are debating this because someone wrote about it. when i read the piece, the author seems to have -- you know, shes african-american. she seems the to have real pain at having grown up with the image of a white santa. she speaks honestly saying i didnt understand why that had to be. >> she wants san to be inclusive. i was thinking this is more politically correct nonsense, hyper sensitivity in the culture. its a tribute to her w...

Hes doing now and probably better. >> what did you find? >> i found one that actually would cap his deductible at $2,000. that would be a $600 and change annual premium. but realize, his daughter -- i mean, with her condition right now, theyre -- he said to me, look, were meeting our deductible as an automatic thing right now. and we probably will for the next several years. clearly, he has options. and this is just -- its just -- you know glenn beck had it on his website, fox has it -- some sit...

Families when they visit the shelters. they screen each dog for behavior and social ability but sometimes it takes convincing. >> everyone finds themselves having hard times and these dogs are fallen on hard times. >> reporter: which takes us back to harold. harolds new family saw pictures and rushed to bring him home giving his story this wonderful ending. steve osunsami, abc news. >> love that story. >> if anything is inspiring you to even take a look. maybe you will find a dog that you have b...

Studies suggesting that u.s. students are falling behind their peers overseas. >> an international assessment of teenagers around the world shows u.s. students slipping even further behind. >> it brought big headlines bringing proof that the perception that mediocrity is a realize. they showed u.s. students in the middle of the pack in reading and science. the pisa rankings were based on e tests of more than half a million 15-year-olds. the u.s. education secretary arnie duncan calling it stagna...