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Bridgel bloomenthal on saturday. he was close to the edge of a train station when an amtrak swept by and nearly clipped him. he was making a statement on rail safety. and his brush with death is a reminder to all of us to stand safely away from the platform edge. next up, we've seen how republicans nationwide are scrambling to outdo one another in their opposition to the affordable care act. some have literally shot holes through a copy of the health care law. but if republicans think that tough guy stunts like that are the best way to get noticed in 2014, then nebraska gubernatorial candidate...

>> shepard: 24 minutes past the hour. a 63-year-old man tumbled off a subway plalt form into the tracks minutes before a train was set to get there. transit police are calling the recovering heroin addict who saved his life a big-time hero. it happened yesterday afternoon in north philly. surveillance video here shows one man walking right up to the platform edge. see here? oops. one step too many. the man in the hoodie hops down into the tracks. watch here. he helps the stranger. he said he could tell that man was in pain. >> i just wanted to save him. he -- i wanted to stabilize his back and...

>> he was killed. whether he had official protection is something i can't tell. >> what do you think? >> really difficult to say one way or other but where he was, how could he have been without some knowledge. >> that's what a lot of people suspect. all right. let's talk about u.s.-afghan relations. right now you've had some successful, i think, meetings with the president of the united states. but a lot of americans as you know, and you look at american public opinion polls, they're concerned that they want the u.s. out of afghanistan, about 70% say it's time for the u.s. to come h...

why some cuban-americans are furious. we're going in-depth. first the secret service and now dea agents are under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in colombia. i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> the high-powered campaign surrogate is on the hot seat for going off message after newark's democratic mayor cory booker spoke about the attacks on mitt romney's old firm bane capital. he had to struggle to do damage control and the dust still hasn't settled. let's discuss what's going on with the key ad...