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The invitation. i'm honored to be with you. >> you served six terms in congress, ousted by a democrat, and at that point people who knew nothing about arizona politics knew you as being one of the top recipients of money from jack abramoff, how do you ever recover from that politically? what argument do you make to voters that make you want to put you back into office? >> first of all, the information is incorrect. >> oh. >> i only received $2,250, the first contribution coming in 1996 of $2,000, the last contribution to my leadership pac in the year 1999. it's a very clever idea, the so-calle...

That? i am just not that -- hold on a second. oh, wait. let's go to the full screens. all right. so senator -- these are the contributions the senator has received from teachers unions through the years in '06, $50. '06, $1,000, '08 $500. '09, $1,500. a total of $10,750. and from the united federation of teachers, $599 on the city council. $750 in '01, $1,000 in '01 for a total of $2,250. for a total of about $13,000. and "the new york times" reported when he spoke before a group of parents -- these are not right-wing republicans that want this to happen. these are not wealthy, mean bankers fr...

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>> reporter: the fire has also burned a local economy to its core where building after building of one of the nation's fruit cooperatives is in ruins. across the west over 100 large fires are burning out of control, triggering a level five alert for firefighters across the country. the highest alert possible, meaning all federal and some state firefighters are on call freeing up more resources like this state-of-the-art 747 supertanker now standing by in colorado. in oregon dozens of homes are completely gone and families are reeling from their loss. idaho is experiencing massive firestorms bu...

Hint the search may need to wind down, the families are sending a clear message. keep looking. >> 33 men have been trapped underground since august 5th. their families prayed they were alive. those prayers have been answered. >> reporter: august 22nd, a stunning breakthrough. an exploratory drill hits a chamber deep in the earth and comes up with a note attached. all 33 of us are fine in the shelter. >> scenes of joy, tears of happiness in the outside of this mine, located at the northern part of chile, 450 miles north of santiago, our country's capital. we said after 17 days we didn't know an...