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Looks like barbie is holding a beach ball and this is my personal favorite. all i need is that beer that was in the other pothole and heres popcorn. it can be many things. if you are up in scranton and you want to participate, go to twitter or facebook and attach the hashtag pothole to this. you can be part of the competition. whoever gets the most likes wins. >> i enjoy those potholes. this is an eerie thing. laughing parrots. they dont sound like parrots. they sort of sound like -- you liste...

Former congresswoman gabby giffords more than three years after she almost died at the hands of a crazed gunman. giffords received a standing ovation at a political event in washington last night. she said her spirit is stronger than ever and she said work to elect women to be passionate, courageous and get things done. one of the -- one of the weapons is a new website notalone.gov promising help for victims. abcs karen travers has the details. >> reporter: vice president biden loves to talk...

The time was george w. bush. >> im sorry, bill, but that was not caused by -- >> -- jimmy carter. >> were going adrift. lets get back to ashton. thats the most important thing. this country would be much stronger if the country was like me and painted houses and drove a cab and did whatever i had it do to get through boston university and started in scranton, pennsylvania. scranton, pennsylvania. all right. and worked my way up. all right. if everybody would do that, we wouldnt need all of these...

Trail as a blue-collar ambassador. i imagine hell be fairly scripted, not a lot of room for freelancing in this. theyve planned this for a long time. how helpful and important is it to have biden with him there today? is it a big effing deal? >> if theyre smart, he will have pretaped his remarks and hell just be lip-syncing to avoid going off course. sure, joe biden fires up the blue-collar democratic base in a way that president obama never has. thats why he was on the ticket to start with. and...

Bringing on mr. feinberg is the first step. i would now be happy to answer your questions. thank you. >> thank you, ms. barra. i also want to acknowledge all the families are here today. kelly of scranton, pennsylvania, is one of those that we offer sympathies to their families. we have all of you in our hearts. >> all right, lets run this out in conversation. you just heard mary barra, the ceo of general motors. her mea culpa there in front of this house subcommittee. but really to the american...

The other day. a woman that lives in my neighborhood, vera. she has got a college education, spent 18 years in the banking -- working for banking institutions. and has spent day after day after day trying to find work. if they talk to people like that, theyll get it. if they ignore people like that, maybe theyll just play the washington game. >> yeah. i was reading about vera and joe, those scranton residents that you spoke with. all right, well thank you very much, senator bob casey, its always...

Which isnt rocket science. its just common sense. from td ameritrade. hes going to destroy the world. >> my father said one day if man continues in his way, the creator would annihilate this world. he speaks to you. you must trust that he speaks in a way that you can understand.

With whats happened the past ten weeks. >> they love him. he cant help it. thats not all. christie is gearing up for the first big primary of the 2016 race. heres what he said on abc "world news" about that. not in the snowy plains of iowa or a famous town hall in new hampshire. no. this year the first big primary is in the mecca of family values and fiscal responsibility, las vegas. specifically this is true, its at the venetian, a mega casino that cost over $1 billion to build with 4,000 rooms...

Race. heres what he said on abc "world news" about that. not in the snowy plains of iowa or a famous town hall in new hampshire. no. this year the first big primary is in the mecca of family values and fiscal responsibility, las vegas. specifically this is true, its at the venetian, a mega casino that cost over $1 billion to build with 4,000 rooms, its own bridge and waterway system, gondola rides and, of course, its own wedding chapel. why? because its one of the crown jewels of sheldon adelson...

Public for the first time whats been sort of on the grapevine in scranton, new jersey, political world, excuse me, for a while now. nobody has aired this because this is something nobody can put a date on, hey, yes, this is the nature of the relationship, it started here, ended here, and all of that. and its particularly strange to me because they acknowledge they didnt interview bridget kelly or bill stepien but theyre going to air they have some kind of relationship, going to characterize it a...