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Some did not make it out in time. the death toll continues to rise. and many of those deaths are here in so notice ma county. homeowners tell us the fire came in the middle of the night when many were sleeping. by the time some realized what was happening, they say they had only minutes to escape. take john and jan pass co. they say their only option was to jump into their neighbor's pool and that's where they stayed for six hours as fires burned around them. >> and i looked out my window and there was a wall of flame out my window. so that's how fast it happened for us. >> we ran down here an...

Things that don't. >> but that is the thing about getting ahead, it requires taking the risk that might work and might fail, and failing is a luxury that many of us simply can't afford. for john take thing a risk with the new oil an gas venture may be the thing that pushes him into the billionaire status, so we are taking to the skies to check on the site of the newest project. >> you have to understand what is an opportunity. what is the door opened for you, and you have to the understand when, okay, right here is an opportunity for me to improve. >> i have to say that from all of the way up ...

It is starting to seem like these days the american dream comes with the price tag, and the more money you have, the more likely you are to achieve it. take john who is the millionaire attorney who is throwing a fund-raiser for tc, and his money affords him the opportunity to take huge risks that might lead to greater profits and in turn, greater opportunities, but there is a reason that john seems to empathize with the 99%, because he used to be one of them. >> when i was born, my father made $1,500 for the whole year. >> so like he made $100 a month? >> yep. my mother and father tell a story...

A l a lot of people who work really hard who don't get the breaks. >> yeah. >> if we don't have safety nets, for hardworking people who can't get a break -- >> yeah. >> -- then it is ultimately going to come back to us having an uneducated american public and also comes back to us having a sick america, and comes back to people who don't have the options that i had, and turn to crime or in desperation turn to other thing, and what the rich need to understand is that what is good for me is sometimes also what is good for my neighbor. >> and your wealthy friends must think that you are crazy. >>...

To go by. >> great. i'm morgan. >> john. >> john, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> so you need to take a seat, and this is the application form. >> okay. >> john has come to tc asha to up for the supplemental assistance program also known as snap or food stamps. today, 1 in 7 americans rely on food stamps to keep from going hungry and in louisiana, a whopping 1 in 5 depend on the progr program. have you applied for assistance before? >> no, i have not. >> and what brought you in today, and what is the deciding facto factor? >> well, things are just getting tough, man. i haven't been w...