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Finally tonight here, america strong. a group effort to save a life. it is the image that has so many people simply taking a moment to think about it. detroit, michigan, interstate 696. a row of truckers lined up on the highway. but what you're really looking at is the power of people coming together to try to save a life. to help someone in their moment of need. there was a man on top of the bridge, authorities believed he was about to take his own life. officers had been called, they were calmly talking to him. and below, officers on the highway were flagging down truck drivers. state police...

Saturday but he looked like a winner last night sitting courtside in this custom-made jersey over a button-down shirt. former massachusetts governor, once a celtics fan. now looks to have picked a winner. the jazz hold a lead in the best-of-seven series. >> greg: there you go. time for this. greg's great idea. all right, tuesday morning some guy was going to try to kill himself by jumping over and over overpass on 696 in detroit. here is the great idea. take a look at this. the cops called a bunch of truck drivers, told them to park underneath the bridge so when the guy couldn't jump, he could...

$696 compared with $887 for whites and $1,010 for asian americans. clearly there is a lot of work left. >> absolutely there is a lot of work. but implied in what he said is that we ought to be happy. you remember during the campaign, he said, what do you have to lose? your communities are a wreck. it's the same line of thinking, it's the same tone, it's the same way he addresses the african-american community. and what i have to say is that it's been consistent for decades. this is not new behavior, these are not new comments. what i think is far more important, though, forget his words. it's ...

Behavior, and sad to say, it's not a surprise that senators in the cabinet or the house would think it's okay to outright lie. that's exactly what we're seeing. >> these are the facts, and people have been dismissing them lately. unemployment for blacks is still far higher, as you said, than other groups. white unemployment is at 3.7%, asian unemployment 2.5%, hispanic joblessness, 4.9%. you can see african-american 6.8% there. it still trails whites. and median weekly earnings for african-americans last fall were $696 compared with $887 for whites and $1,010 for asian americans. clearly there...

Surgeries. well judy's law is something that her family passionately supports here and they were with us just a little while ago to talk about it. >> it was, it's really indescribable, but i was blessed that god chose to let her live 696 days and she fought. you know, i was blessed to see her fight that hard. for 696 days. they were long days, they were joyful days and tearful days that she fought so hard to live and fought for justice. and fought for those two little girls. >> what did you talk about during that time? >> we talked about a lot. she said mainly, mom, you know, she originally wa...