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Department changed his name on all the records. and that is just, what? like seriously. that's, that's just beyond what this country is all about. it makes no sense. it sends off a lot of flashing red lights. it is totally contrary what the president has said, totally contrary. martha: a lot of noise behind you. a lot of enthusiasm at cpac. congressman chaffetz, thank you very much. it's an important story. you've stayed on it and we will continue to as well. thank you, sir. bill: kelly ayotte and then paul ryan at cpac moments away. a world famous festival getting underway and our alicia acun...

Philadelphia on new year's, a festival of fire. amy? >> good morning, friends. i will show you about las fallas these figures are 50' or 60' and 70' guy and cost up to $350,000 to build and it take as year to construct. they are wood and paper and assembled at last minute, the day before yesterday and then they are burned. this is the festival of the patron saint of carpenters and it is the celebration of spring moving from winter to spring when carpenters here no longer

Celebration. >> reporter: nice thing about welcoming springtime here you get the feeling it's really here to stay and there won't be back to the winter. the fiesta are centered around the figures called ninos and they are called las fallas and there are hundreds of them all over the town displayed over the four-day festival which is about lights and sound best demonstrated, it's a 500-pound force of gun powder extravaganza that goes off in eardrum bursts and little children cheering wildly. its lunchtime ritual that goes on from the start of march through the 19th of march. st. joseph's day. t...

Piece of paper between people it was so crowded. it costs $350,000 to make surreal and satirical scenes. they tip up with valencian garb to create the las fallas along with street light displays and fallas and they get rid of the bad they say, looking forward to the good bus but these are not considered bad here by the people of valencia. they are quite beloved and they have gotten bigger and bigger with time. it used to be they would mysteriously appear at the start of the fiesta. they are made in so many pieces and have to be assembled with help the cranes, it's rite quite