welcome back to the real story. we have a heart-warming story to tell you about out of michigan. a little boy there rescuing his dad. they were trapped in wood behind the house. a huge log from a tree hit the dad causing him to fall over, pinning him underneath it. so the 4-year-old managed to drag a chainsaw 30 feet over to his dad and running inside to get mom who happens to be a paramedic. she said she s not sure he fully understands the thing he did. are you a superhero? i am now. you are now, aren t you? uh-huh. you re dad s superhero. yeah. great job. the white house showing senators a video of bowe bergdahl in captivity to explain why immediate action was needed to win his release. but lawmakers who were there at this meeting, this private
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streets. i opened the door and saw a car that the tree is on. i knew i wouldn t get a parking place that lucky, and then a tree hit my car. the irony. despite the damage no word of injuries so far. to voting now in texas. a hearing is set later this month on the lawsuit of that state s voter id law. attorney general eric holder has sued to stop it and could target north carolina s new voter id law next. he has begun nailing states for voter suppression. this is after the supreme court decision and the landmark voting rights act. many have patented it on indiana s. the supreme court ruled that law was constitutional and as the secretary of state republican todd rikida is a member of congress and he is now dealing with these types
reach them. on morning joe, he said his top priority is ensuring there s no more loss of life. we have three urban search and rescue teams with over 50 men and women who are in atlantic city right now rescuing people. we have urban search and rescue teams, as well. so far the loss of life has been minimal, thank god, but we have lost three folks, two in my hometown, actually, two parents who a tree hit their pickup truck. hit their pickup truck, they had their 11-year-old and 14-year-old children in the car, they survived, but both parents were killed. in addition to atlantic city, several other shore communities also took direct hits from the storm. look at this video, point pleasant beach at the height of the storm. ron allen is in point pleasant beach. all right, ron. i saw you on nightly news last night. obviously a much different situation this morning. you were there and you watched the storm come in, what do you
and grants, and then i think about michelle s parents. her dad worked at the water filtration plant, blue collar worker in chicago, and mom stayed at home looking after the kids and then when the kids got older she worked at a secretary at a bank, and she worked there most of her life, and when i think about both michelle s family and my family, what i am reminded of is what made america great was this basic idea, this basic bargain that all of you experienced in your own families, your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, maybe some of them emigrated here from some place else, but the idea was here in america you can make it if you try. you know, that it doesn t mat r matter it doesn t matter what you look like, where you come from, what church you worship in. the idea is that if you are willing to put in the work and take responsibility for your family, just like dan was talking about, if you were willing to stick with it and tough it out when times got to