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She kept that closely held as she made several trips to the white house in recent weeks. >> first of all, she's smart as the devil, number one. >> reporter: then last night at cnn's town hall, the president revealed what sinema was after. >> she says she will not raise the single penny in taxes on the corporate side and/or on wealthy people. period. >> reporter: which is a hallmark of the democratic agenda. sinema's also bucked her party by voteling against raising the minimum wage, a maverick streak that sinema seemed proud to inherit from her fellow arizonan, the late republican senator john...

Opposing abolishing the filibuster, and voting against raising the minimum wage. bucking her party in the model of mccain. sinema came from humble beginnings. she grew up in arizona, poor. her family at one point living in an abandoned gas station. >> thanks to friends and family, my parents' church, and sometimes the government, i made it through. >> reporter: she was raised mormon but after graduating from brigham young university, she left the church. >> do you believe in god? >> you know, i am not a member of any faith community and i think that faith is a deeply personal issue that indivi...

Personal life got spiced up. >> i became engaged. i'm excited. she's really beautiful, a tri athlete, an aspiring life coach. she's smart and beautiful. >> her name is claudia? >> claudia lavera. >> where did you meet her? >> in the gym. >> of course you did. >> she's great. i'm excited. >> thank you very much. >> how did you propose? we have to hear the story. >> she's from venezuela. i proposed to her in spanish. i did it in my house. i was a complete wreck. i was terrified. i have never been married. i don't have any kids. i'm 43 so i have been waiting a long time for the right person. here...

And clauda cowan is live in ocean side to tell us more, sounds great. >> oh, well, jamie, it really is a great charity ride and 12 of the fittest men you'll ever meet are about to show everyone what colonit's all abo as they're on the warrior ride across america. >> after training hard for six months, these ex-marines are biking across the country and raising money for charities and the families of fallen heroes. >> it will be somewhat vaguely similar to being on deployment again and being out with our buddies, focusing on a mission, doing something we all believe in for a great cause. >> amon...

death of junior seau. new questions about whether his suicide was the result of a concussion back in his playing days. we're in danger. the words of chen guangcheng now begging the united states to allow his family to board hillary clinton's plane to america. would you pay $1,500 for a piece of stale cake? "cnn newsroom" starts right now. we do begin this hour with breaking news. with a rare and startling look inside the mind of osama bin laden. right now the public is getting its first look at documents seized in the raid that killed the al qaeda mastermind. they are in his own ...