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Stop. fortunately, the conductor pulls the emergency brake near the station entrance as the man staggers to his feet. >> my concern was not the train anymore. my concern was him falling backwards. those train tracks are only about four feet apart. and a six-foot man could easily hit the third rail and electrocute himself. and thats when i just said, oh, the hell with it. >> pinzon jumps down and heads to the other side, carefully avoiding the third rail. the high-voltage line and the possibility...

You will was very humbling to me. >> joining me from south carolina is joy reed msnbc national correspondent. i thought that interview was fascinating because amidst the pop and circumstance you could feel in their responses still the kind of electric third rail power of that flag. >> absolutely chris. there is such a formality to the process. i was in the color guard in the fifth grade in denver colorado. always this importance on the way you treat emblems and flags. a way you fold them and bri...

Do you think the story from greece and the conversation about debt is giving them an opening? >> i think it is a tough topic but you have to deal with it long term. chris christie is grabbing on to the third rail and running with it because he thinks the straight talk and the people telling them what they are facing is the way to do it. that could be attractive but inside the party there are people that push back like huckabee and trump who have said this is not what the party should be focused ...

To allow it time. a florida state trooper is hailed a hero for stopping a run away car with a 2-year-old in the back seat. the driver was pulled over for drunk driving. he apparently left the car in gear. another tense moment on video. a man stumbles across the philadelphia train flat form. he falls onto the tracks. power to the third rail was cut off while bystanders and police pulled him to safety. theres no word on what caused him to fall. the worst oil spill in u.s. history. five years...

And stripes to those that want to trade in their stars and bars. nbc news, chicago. a florida state trooper is hailed a hero for stopping a run away car with a 2-year-old in the back seat. the driver was pulled over for alleged drunken driving apparently left the car in gear. he was charged with dui, child neglect and drug possession. another tense moment on video. a man stumbles across the philadelphia train flat form. -- train platform. power to the third rail was cut off while bystanders ...

Ron wyden is the person to trust. >> i dont know if rand paul has burnished his credentials by going out and saying there are a lot of -- there are some people out there who maybe want a terrorist attack to happen so they can blame it on me. i mean, to suggest that anybody on capitol hill or in america wants another terrorist attack for any reason. >> thats the third rail of something that you say is to suggest that somebody actually wants that to happen. but rand paul does this consistently. he...

In some ways he is squeezed by walker and by jeb. walker because hes the other mid westerner two term governor and then jeb because they share a lot of the problem solving conservatives. they are not afraid to touch third rail issues like common core immigration or even in casicks case expanding maryland kad. >> a lot of people when he started making noise, kind of dismissed it. they didnt think he was all that serious. his home state is this very important consequential early primary. the first...

Stop. fortunately, the conductor pulls the emergency brake near the station entrance as the man staggers to his feet. >> my concern was not the train anymore. my concern was him falling backwards. those train tracks are only about four feet apart. and a six-foot man could easily hit the third rail and electrocute himself. and thats when i just said oh, the hell with it. >> pinzon jumps down and heads to the other side, carefully avoiding the third rail. the high voltage line and the possibility ...

Not to walk. he would say dont ever touch that third rail, thats very dangerous, dont ever touch it. >> down on the tracks in the metro station the childhood lessons come rushing back. >> it was just okay, jump, you know where you are going. had i made the wrong step, i would not be here today. you could be electrocuted instantly. >> being careful to step on the productive cover over the third rail, pinzon safely make it to the man and grabs him. >> once i committed myself to helping that gentle...

The emergency brake near the station entrance as the man staggers to his feet. >> my concern was not the train anymore. my concern was him falling backwards. those train tracks are only about four feet apart. and a six-foot man could easily hit the third rail and electrocute him. and thats when i just said oh, the hell with it. >> pinzon jumps down and heads to the other side, carefully avoiding the third rail. the high voltage line and the possibility of a train coming from the other direction ...