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>> this isn't a sitcom. sensitive foreign policy documents sitting in some lady's basement in chappaqua. >> i like to do puzzles. what? >> become "survivor." >> always win that game. >> i need to skip a few meals. i feel like i picked up some of the puts sell pieces fell on the carpet putting them in the place. who is not on that list? who is at the state department? who has access probably to those emails ahead of anybody? john kerry. who is trying to get a deal right now with the president with iran and build his own legacy points? who is trying to score and maybe have people be able to poin...

Father scott died of a 9/11 injury. normally you would have legacy points as a result of that? >> that's correct. so, the way the current law stands, children of emts and siblings of firefighters and police are awarded those points. because of the oversight in the new york state civil service code, the points were taken away from us. >> alisyn: so, in other words, children of firefighters cannot get those points. >> exactly. >> alisyn: siblings of firefighters can get those points children of ents can get those point. >> that's correct. >> alisyn: sounds like there mistake or loophole. they fo...

These firefighters to actually get their legacy points. but for some reason not yet explained, governor -- next hour, we're going to speak with these young men about their loss, their struggle and their fight to become firefighters and what they plan to do next. they'll be with us live. a seemingly well intentioned government initiate ty is raising some serious questions about big brother. we're going to explain the effort to use behavior modification techniques to effect the decisions that you make. plus, new fallout from the penn state football scandal as a court decides what to do wit...

>> john, for you, how do you want people to remember your father? all of you had fathers who stepped in when other people were running the other way. that was their goal. >> i feel like the term preferential treatment has been thrown around a lot? we're not looking for preferential treatment, equal treatment. if the city no longer believes in legacy points, then take it out completely. we're competing against legacy points and where they value somebody else's life more than our father's. >> if you recognize your father's illnesses were about the results of their service directly connected to 9...

Enough and the administrators have decided that their dreams are going to be put on hold because their dads did not die on duty. now instead of being at the top of the list, they're now on the bottom of the list. the lost legacy scott brocus, his father died of cancer in a 9/11 illness. he's 1,945. you lose your legacy points, 11,000 plus down on the list. michael's brother james says, and i'm quoting here, the first thing that came to my mind was is my father's death not worthy enough to get legacy points? i now feel my father's death is being tarnished and not honored. all my brothers and i ...