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they pulled out all the stops for him today. >> so how did it happen? what did he get to do? >> well, it started around the beginning of the work day. there was a damsel in distress that was stuck on the cable car tracks in our knob hill neighborhood. he saved her. he gets in the bat mobile and it turns out that the riddler was robbing a bank vault of all gotham' citizens. the riddler got put in jail. then he went to have what he thought was going to be a relaxing lunch but overlook -- at a restaurant overlooking union square and there were thousands of gotham residents down there alerting him to the fact that the pep begin had stolen the mascot of the san francisco chronicle or the san francisco giants lucille. so he he went to at&t park, our baseball park here. and he stopped that, he rescued lucille and duly awarded later by getting the
so on friday, the make-a-wish foundation made that dream come true. >> it just makes me so happy that he gets to go and be the hero that he is. >> i'm batman! >> reporter: riding shotgun in a lamborghini-turned-bat mobile, police escorts guide miles through a downtown now transformed into gotham city. first bat kid is rushed to help a damsel in distress tied to cable car tracks. with an assist from his mentor, batman, miles saves the day to everyone's delight. >> he's so cute. >> reporter: but there's no time to rest. the riddler is robbing a bank and bat kid is called to foil those dastardly plans. >> i closed the door on him! >> reporter: every step of the way, huge crowds greet bat kid. some 13,000 complete strangers all packed into downtown san francisco, thanks to social media. >> when i was a kid, i wanted to do this. he's actually getting to do.
twitter caught fire. more than 10,000 people signed up. even more showed up to change san francisco into gotham city. over several hours, this adorable little guy lived out his enormous dream. he rescued this damsel in distress. he was summoned by the police chief. >> bring the bat kid. >> there was even a bat signal. with the citizens of gotham cheering him on, little miles set off to save the san francisco giants mascot, lucilly the evil clutches of the peng n penguin. >> nicely done, dynamic duo, you saved the city. >> the san francisco chronicle credited the special edition "bat can i saving city." he even got a key to the city at a special ceremony, but the people here got something more. today they will leave their hearts in san francisco, they
work is never done himself agenda includes rescuing a damsel in distress and a whole lot more. even president obama is excited. the president retweeted this picture from the make-a-wish foundation. the caption, here he comes, hash tag sf bat kid. trace gallagher is live. tell me about bat kid today. >> the damsel in distress was actually tied to the trolley tracks witch explosives on her back and allegedly put there by the riddler. so they freed her and the had to go confront the riddler, and he was finally hauled off by the cops, and then after that our superhero was familiarished so went to have lurch -- lunch with the mayor, but a flash mob broke out, letting bat kid know that the penguin had kidnapped the.
way he sees it, nothing in his view so far has changed. he just doesn't seem to get what so many other people seem to get here, jim. >> it makes washington seem practically civil. thanks very much. when we come back, we are learning more about the man who fell from a small engine plane as police expand the effort to try to find him. plus, a 5-year-old batman rescues a damsel in discretion and just got a special shout-out from president obama. this was the hardest decision i've ever had to make. jim, i adore the pool at your hotel. anna, your hotels have wondrous waffle bars. ryan, your hotels' robes are fabulous. i have twelve of them. twelve? shhhh, i'm worth it& what i'm trying to say is, it's so hard to pick just one of you, so i'm choosing all of you with hotels.com. a loyalty program that requires no loyalty.
damsel on the tracks? instead of acting like the leader of the free world we hope our president to be he's urging the train to go faster. >> he likes to spend. >> spend it when you don't have to be accountable to who is paying for it. >> it would be a disaster for america but everyone knows that. >> philosophically opposed to borrowing more money. however distasteful it is everybody realizes as long as we are borrowing money not raising the debt ceiling would be a irresponsible thing to do. am it would be a disaster. >> everybody realizes that? >> defaulting on our debt would be a disaster but that's not what would happen if we increase the debt ceiling. it is expected to deflect as much interest on the debt. >> the debt is 300 billion.
iowa. >> if we are so rich, why are we so broke? is it a spending problem? no. >> it is almost a false argument to say we have spending problem. we have a budget deficit problem we have to address. >> last year president obama spent 45 mers more than tax revenues we got in. that is an entire mismanagement of federal resources. we have a spend be problem. it would be great if we could figure out capping spending. it is part of the debt limit deal you can work on it. >> i get angry at the congressman speak. it sounds as if the world revolves around them and government. leggs en listen to before the agreement. >> people in america have seen this movie several times. the american damsel is tied to
the american damsel is tied to the tax. the engine is bearing down. the question is whether or not congress at the last minute will come to the rescue and say this country. john: government is going to say the country. >> i like his analogy, but what he did not tell us is that he is driving the train. all the cars attached to the train our medicaid, medicare, food stamps, the military budget , the department of transportation. that is what our problem is right now. we have gone so far afield from what our founding fathers wanted in terms of a limited, central government bound by the chains of the constitution. if you are one of the pressures upon capitol hill which is what durbin and harkin and the rest are, they think it is great because they get to buy votes with our money. >> i will build on the analogy. where is president obama with this train bearing toward the dams along the tracks.
the american damsel is tied to the tracks and the engine is bearing down and the question is whether or not congress at the last minute will come to the rescue and save this country. >> government's going to save the country. i like senator durbin's analogy but what he didn't tell us is he's driving the train and all the cars attached to the train are medicaid, medicare, food stamps, the military budget, the department of transportation. that's what our problem is right now. we have gone so far afield from what our founding fathers wanted in terms of a limited, central government bound by the chains of the constitution. yet, if you're one of the pushers up on capitol hill which is what senator durbin and senator harkin and the rest are, they think it's great because they get to buy votes with our money. >> i'll build on dan's analogy a little bit. where is president obama with this train bearing towards the damsel on the tracks? instead of rising above the
the american damsel is tied to the tax. the engine is bearing down. the question is whether or not congress at the last minute will come to the rescue and say this country. john: government is going to say the country. >> i like his analogy, but what he did not tell us is that he is driving the train. all the cars attached to the train our medicaid, medicare, food stamps, the military budget , the department of transportation. that is what our problem is right now. we have gone so far afield from what our founding fathers wanted in terms of a limited, central government bound by the chains of the constitution. if you are one of the pressures upon capitol hill which is what durbin and harkin and the rest are, they think it is great because they get to buy votes with our money. >> i will build on the analogy. where is president obama with this train bearing toward the dams along the tracks.