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Tells personnel below to turn on his water. firefighter robert bates is standing directly behind the truck. >> mark was on the very tip of the ladder, and i remember hearing the sound of metal. and a twisting. it made a very eerie sound. >> bates looks on in horror as marks ladder buckles. >> it turned over and started to descend toward the building. >> sector chief tommy walker is in shock, fearing the worst. >> i honestly think ill be going to marks funeral. i honestly think our flags will be ...

Firefighter robert bates is standing directly behind the truck. >> mark was on the very tip of the ladder, and i remember hearing the sound of metal. and a twisting. it made a very eerie sound. >> bates looks on in horror as marks ladder buckles. >> it turned over and started to descend toward the building. >> sector chief tommy walker is in shock, fearing the worst. >> i honestly think ill be going to marks funeral. i honestly think our flags will be at half mast. i honestly think ill be inform...

Give me emergency tone. >> time is running out. >> we didnt know if mark was being burned to death. we didnt know if he was incapacitated or unconscious, if he was injured. we had a matter of seconds. >> robert bates and other firefighters quickly raise a rescue ladder and climb to the top. firefighter rick carpo reaches the weakened roof first. now, he, too, is in danger. >> as i was going across, i noticed every place i touched the roof, it was breaking down. my elbows and knees, everything wa...

Give me emergency tone. >> time is running out. >> we didnt know if mark was being burned to death. we didnt know if he was incapacitated or unconscious, if he was injured. we had a matter of seconds. >> robert bates and other firefighters quickly raise a rescue ladder and climb to the top. firefighter rick carpo reaches the weakened roof first. now, he, too, is in danger. >> as i was going across, i noticed every place i touched the roof, it was breaking down. my elbows and knees, everything wa...

first as we head here into the labor day weekend with a brutal report on the job market. basically, it has come to a grinding halt. the unemployment rate for august didnt budge an inch. here you have the number. it is still sitting at 9.1%. the net number here, thats the important part. the net number of jobs created in august. zero, none, goose egg. private employers did add 17,000 jobs last month. but do the math. government eliminated 17,000. so the net change is zero. this really i...

summers controversy over the so-called ground zero mosque. forget everything you thought you knew and listen to an exclusive, the man behind the mosque tells the whole story. finally, a novel solution to parking problems. first here is my take. weve downgraded ourselves. weve demonstrated to ourselves the world to global markets that our political system is broken and we are incapable of implementing sensible public policy. the actual cut to the 2012 budget which is the only budget o...

ever let american hostages be held for 444 days in a foreign country without extracting them. and i think another lesson i learned is i should have paid more attention to the organization of the democratic party. i was not only the leader of our nation, but i was also the leader of the democratic party and i think i failed in that respect to keep the party united. it was divided in my re-election campaign between me and people who were loyal to ted kennedy. that cost me a lot of votes....

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americans for prosperity believe that to respect and milan and your individual freedom are the most successful and just policies. critics from the left including the news media disagree. they did not think limited government, a conservative policy, or that you can govern yourself. conservatives can win elections now and again but they cannot govern. history has shown them wrong. the presidency of ronald reagan has shown them wrong. [applause] now, current history in the making by gov. ...

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