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Election year, after we've had bills like healthcare shoved down our throats and a process twisted, tortured, pressured, bribed, you cannot do a serious piece of legislation of this size with this difficulty in this environment. >> reporter: president obama acknowledged last night on air force one it would be a heavy lift for congress to pass immigration legislation in 2010. but he is still urging lawmakers to start the proce process. >> it's a matter of political will. we have gone through a tough year. i've been working congress pretty hard. i know there may not be an appetite to dive in ano...

County. 970 square miles large. four people killed in this county. at this hour, officials are still looking for potential victims. listen here. >> you have to go through this very slowly with hand tools, dogs. moving one brick, one board, one two by four at a time and bodies could be out there. and you're always having a fear of a victim, someone somewhere that you can't get to that needs help. >> a lot of people need help with power. you can see at this hour, officials are working around the clock to restore power to the areas to bring some normalcy to the folks who have seen anything but no...

Like, it gets you out of your own head. >> larry: that's a reward, too? >> yes, absolutely. >> larry: we're going to find out what you should do if you or someone you know needs help. we'll ask dr. drew if there's a magic bullet. first, our cnn hero of the week is a retired luxury home builder moved by the sacrifice of our troops overseas. with more than 30,000 injured there, returning from iraq and afghanistan, dan decided to help them rebuild their lives, literally. watch. >> baghdad ended up being a hell of a ride. i sustained a very severe blast injury. my life just came to a complete halt...

Service, to do something positive to make life better for somebody else or some other creature on this planet. that really is the spiritual sort of psychic shift that occurs when you get sober. this is a spiritual disease and it requires a spiritual solution. >> larry: is it easy? >> the great thing about it is, one time you don't think about yourself. if i think about tom arnold it gets pretty bad. if i'm of service to some kid, i'll get a call, don't know who they are. show up in compton, if you do this, it will help this kid, whatever. i feel great because i'm not thinking about me. that's ...

Teacher. in the classroom, if one child needs help, they all help out. there a he a real sense of this in thailand. we learned from an interview from one of my colleagues, anna, she heard from this diver that one of the children heard the noise of roosters crowing outside. now if that is the case, it is possible that there might be a way to get them out through the cave chamber up on to the mountain ridge above. that could be a far less risky way of extracting them. >> absolutely. but, you're kind of where everything is staged and where all the supplies are coming in and a lot of preparation w...