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Paul la cost and representative hines we have gotten updates. team civilian 266-pounds. barbour 256-pounds and representative hines' team team house lost an incredible 595-pounds! that is a total of more than 1400-pounds all together. congratulations to everyone involved. >> shannon: well, at least 30 people dead and more than 200 injured following three separate car bomb attacks in central baghdad. the attacks all near foreign embassies come on the heels of last month's contested parliamentary elections and raise questions about whether iraq is ready for u.s. withdrawal. i'm shannon bream. ho...

Why did you decide to do this? well, i got involved because they were going to donate money to our local districts and i wanted to take the money back home fortunate children. in the midst of that i had blessed by being one of the largest losers of weight. it was a real opportunity to say that i cared about my community and in return somebody cared about me. >> what about you representative hines, why did you decide do it? >> okay. inaugura [ inaudible ] so i was overweight. lazy and eating habits were terrible. this is a good way to join my colleagues and in a friendly competition. to show th...

Something right. >> you guys -- the first question was meant for you and then you answered his question so we will move on. but listen, is this really -- you know we've been hearing so much about bipartisanship not able to work together, this is really an example of bipartisanship, don't you think, in a different way? >> well, yeah in a different way. we're not in this. we're friends. we see each other on the other side of the halls together. did a great job of being the leader. our team leader on our side was terry burton. he had -- he was a great captain for the city. it was fun. it was hard...