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The officer opened fire. this morning his mother says she forgives that officer. more on that later. >> a nice story to bring you this morning. an emotional reunion caught on camera. [crying] [music] >> my gosh. that is army staff sergeant brandon ticket surprising his nine-year-old son in illinois. he is seeing him for the first time in nine months. picket returned from his third deployment to afghanistan. as many times as we see those videos, it always just gets you. >>steve: you can hear that little cry there. breaks your heart. >> welcome home. >>brian: you're in afghanistan, you are absol...

Their kids? >> you can never legislate bullying out of our society. teach your kids not to be a victim. sticks and stones will break my bones. words will never hurt me. we've heard that growing up. you've got to teach your kids you are not going to play the victim. i can show you kids in wheelchairs with severe disabilities. they are not victims because of the way they have been trained and taught by their parents to not feel like a victim. growing a pair is about an attitude and we can help people develop that attitude. >>steve: you can download his book, go out and buy it. it is called "grow...

Clearances are not created equal. i know just from my own personal experience with the f.b.i., you have polygraphs, extensive background investigations, financial history and all these things because you're given some of the most sensitive secrets that the united states has as opposed to maybe somebody with limited access to those type of secrets might have a background investigation that's lesser in scope. >> brian: how do you feel about arming those on a military base? >> well, in theory, these are all people that are trained to carry weapons. the military people go through -- >> brian: they...

To be able to show that card to gain further access. i think that's the point he initially encountered the navy police officer. >>steve: he had a government access -- government contractor access card that was updated in july. so it was good. he could swipe it that way, be able to bypass security. but the question is how did he wind up with this government access card? i mean, he was in the navy reserve but he was kicked out for a couple of arrests. he was given a general discharge and a general discharge generally makes it harder to get a job in the civilian world. not so in this case. >> you...

Colder. temperatures early this morning, only in the 30s for parts of upstate new york and also sections of new england. we want to talk about more serious weather and that's parts of colorado where right now fortunately, they are finally drawing things out. they are seeing drier conditions for tuesday and through friday. there is a slight chance for a shower or storm coming up on wednesday. but it's very minimal. about 10% of a chance. that fog and mist that was hampering helicopter rescue efforts has finally cleared. that's good news. so we're looking at better visibility. parts of mexico de...