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the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh now indicating she will testify without an fbi investigation. but there's conditions. hurricane maria a year an. and puerto ricans still reeling. chef andres helped feed the island in their time of need. now, he is doing it for florence victims. why the response to the storms is so different. and free beer is flowing in cleveland, after its football team wins for the first time in -- >> almost two years. 635 days. >> they have a reason to drink free beer and they did. hello and welcome to our shviews here in the u.s. and around the world. >> you're watching "cnn newsroom." a few days ago, the

confirmation of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court, seemed like a slam-dunk. >> if donald trump is worried about his nominee, you would not know it. at a rally in las vegas, he basically told the crowd, don't worry about it. >> a great gentleman, an impeccable reputation. went to yale. top student. yale law school, top student. we have to let it play out. but i want to tell you, he is a fine, fine person. >> the situation may look different a week from now. that's because an attorney for christine blasey ford says she is willing to tell her story of sexual assault to u.s. senators under certain conditions. >> remember, kavanaugh denies this allegation. let's get more from cnn's jeff zeleny.

>> reporter: the woman accusing him of sexual assault, now saying she is willing to tell her story to the judiciary committee. she wishes to testify, provided we can agree on terms that are fair and assure her safety, lawyers for christine blasey ford said to senators today. as protests erupted on capitol hill -- senators will meet to determine the next steps. senator charles grassley, chairman of the judiciary committee, hoped to schedule a hearing on monday. but ford's lawyers said today that was too soon. a hearing on monday is not possible. and the committee's insistence that it occur there is arbitrary in any event. the supreme court fight is now awash in uncertainty, as demonstrators made their voices heard and were arrested today outside of the offices of key republican senators. kavanaugh has denied ford's claims that he pinned her to a

bed and groped her at a high school party. as he prepared for a possible monday hearing, a friend of his says he is frustrated but wants to testify. >> she is being threatened, death threats, et cetera. that's called intimidation of a witness. and i would call upon the fbi on their own to investigate this occurrence, that all of the threats she's undergoing. >> reporter: they accused republicans of not taking her complaint seriously. >> they already decided. >> reporter: republicans said democrats were posturing and pushed back at the notion of calling additional witnesses beyond ford and kavanaugh. senator john cornyn accused democrats of hijacking the process. president trump is standing behind kavanaugh. >> he is osuch an outstanding

man. >> the white house expressing confidence that judge kavanaugh will be confirmed. the question is, when. and whether he will have to sit at a public hearing on monday, either alone or potentially back-to-back with ford. as for judge kavanaugh, he spent the fourth-straight day preparing here at the white house, going through every chapter of his life, i'm told, in a question and answer session. there's no doubt, his confirmation, still in jeopardy. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white house. dan stewart is "time" magazine's international editor. he joins us from london. it looks like kavanaugh's accuser, dr. ford, is willing to testify before the senate. it's not a done deal yet. but it looks like it's going to happen. walk us through the scenarios. >> she has agreed to testify. it's been, what we've seen over the past few days, has been a tug-of-war, if you like, between senate republicans and senate democrats.

senate republicans have said they're willing to have her testify but on their terms. and i think democrats want her to testify on the terms that she wants. so, really, what happens from here is whether or not republicans stick to their initial insistence that this happen on monday. i think we're arguing over procedure. it hinges on what she says and how she comes across and how she is received. >> that's what i mean by the scenarios. what do you think republicans are thinking right now? >> republicans are thinking they want this out of the way, if you like. you can see the messaging that i think senator dean had recorded on a phone call, saying this was a speed bump. they want to get this over and

done with, if you like. imagining if she testifies and they can have a he said/she said situation, a vote can go through on party lines. it really will change things up. the truth is hard to determine in this. if you have a credible accuser putting the allegations across, that is going to make it very difficult for some of the senate republicans to dismiss the allegations in a way that they have, to this point. >> as you say it will be hard to determine if it happened. that's going to be hard, especially for the moment, there's no fbi investigation. we don't know what material elements are in the investigation.

the senators don't seem open to this now. this is a matter of public perception, isn't it? >> i think that's right. this is a political fight. you know, playing out, i think on sort of optical scale. it's about the optics of how this will be seen. and i think especially, coming at a moment when we have the midterm elections, which are going to be dominated by the question of gender equality, of the steps that women have made. this comes a year after the #metoo allegations began. it's taking place in an atmosphere where we're trying to arbitrate these questions. yeah. it will be a question of political optics. >> and there's no objective standard to decide what is the

threshold for suspicion that needs to be met for judge kavanaugh to make it or not make it to the supreme court. >> it's the same situation we had 27 years ago, when clarence thomas had a similar situation, a woman, an academic coming forward and making the allegations. it was seen then that the senate republicans didn't address hill's allegations in a way that seemed fairly. you saw it in the following year, a huge wave election for female democrats. 27 years on we get a chance to see whether things have changed. whether we do have a more mature or more up-to-date way of engaging with the allegations, ensuring that people who are credible accusers are heard. and giving the accused a fair

shake, if you like. >> and you mentioned the #metoo moment. the cultural moment we find ourselves post#metoo. i wonder if republicans are really going to be thinking that hard. what they need first and foremost is a republican supreme court justice. >> right. it would be interest iing to se. >> they have a short-term loss to have this impact them in the midterm elections, for inarguably would be the longer win of having the person on the supreme court that would change the makeup of the court for a generation, if you like. so, the damage, if you like, the optical damage that will be done over the course of the next week, if they get their guy, that doesn't matter so much. there's a trade-off politically, i think. >> they need to get their guy before the midterms come around.

that's in december. dan stewart, thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. well, former trump attorney, michael cohen, keeps talking to investigators in the russia investigation. he's been interviewed by robert mueller's team. cohen confirmed the report. good for michael cohen providing critical information to the mueller investigation without a cooperation agreement. no one should question his honesty, and loyalty to his family and country over president trump. >> and cohen is not the only form former trump campaign member with a plea deal. some of it came from him. jessica schneider has more of that.

>> reporter: it's the clip that's played over and over, that proves that trump fired james comey over the russia investigation. >> i said to myself, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> reporter: and without proof, the president's personal attorney, jay sekulow, now claims that clip does not depict the entire interview. >> you know there's edited. and there's a longer transcript. i'll tell you without disclosing detail, when you review the transcript, it's clear as to what happened. >> reporter: sekulow saying, if you listen to more of the interview -- >> i said to myself, i might lengthen out the investigation. but i have to do the right thing for the american people. he's the wrong man for that position. >> reporter: the president seems to acknowledge comey's firing can impact the russia investigation. but says that since combny was not right to stay on as fbi

director, he was fired. it's a point that john dowd made to mueller in this memo, made public by "the new york times." reading, the fair reading of the president's remarks demonstrates that the president fired mr. comey for incompetence. >> in our professional discussion, with the office of special counsel, we addressed that proecappropriately. >> reporter: nbc news has not released the transcript of the interview. new information is being revealed about the intelligence that played a role in the russia probe. greg miller describes in his new book, the office inside the cia, unofficially called russia house. in the months leading up to the 2016 election, they held a series of meetings, attempting to make sense of extraordinary intelligence uncovered that russian president vladimir putin had personally directed an operation to disrupt the race and elect donald trump.

miller's book goes inside president trump's first visit to the cia, less than 24 hours into his presidency, where he got a glimpse of covert missions. the drone operations head showed how it scattered before the bomb hit. the president ponders, can they hear the bombs coming? and back in may 2017, it is true that nbc news only published a 13-minute version on its website and did not release the entire interview. but there is no proof that it was edited to say russia was on his mind when he fired the fbi director. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. it's been a year since hurricane maria. and puerto ricans are still struggling. >> and we'll talk to the chef who served meals to victims in

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one year without reliable power, without running water, without proper medical care. one year after maria ravaged their homes, many puerto ricans are still recovering. >> there was an event for the one-year anniversary. it was a somber affair as they remembered the 3,000 people who died in the storm. the sad fact remains, the recovery is nowhere near complete. but he holds hope the island will become stronger than before. >> it's been a long recovery process. this is the wake of the biggest devastation of the modern history of the united states. our people are strong and resilient. they've been battling back. although we've had plenty of obstacles and we're trying to channel those and finish those,

our hope is we can pivot to a stronger, finish recovery of a stronger rebuild of puerto rico. joining us now is chef jose andres. it's great to have you on the show. you have restaurants across the united states. you're a renowned chef. that's not why we're talking to you today. you wrote a book "we fed an island: the true story of rebuilding puerto rico one meal at a time." your story relative to puerto rico is this, you landed on the island days after the hurricane hit. your goal was to get food to people who needed it. in fact, you have a word that you used to describe yourself, i love. you call yourself first food responders. in the end, the operations ended up lasting months and you served 3 million meals. it was you and many other people, of course. when you're on, what is the biggest lesson that you learned from doing this in puerto rico?

>> the biggest lesson i learned and i think on the book "we fed an island" is very clear is that everything is possible. that what you have to do is sometimes stop planning, stop organizing, and start cooking. that's what we did. we went from 20 volunteers the first day to more than 25,000. from 1,000 meals the first day to almost 150,000 a day. we reached 3.7 million meals. we went from one kitchen to 26 kitchens. that only shows you that the organization that was not supposed to be there wasn't a kitchen. what was impossible, we made it possible. that's what i learned, that everything is possible. you only have to start cooking.

>> i want people to really get a good sense of what it was like and what kind of food you were searching. at the time you showed my colleague anderson cooper. this is what it was like. >> this is corn and yucca and sausage, very, very big corn. very big on calories. and we gave them a sandwich, a piece of bread and a big bottle. and people come here every day. >> you also showed anderson cooper the biggest paella dish he had ever seen. what was your challenge on day one to get the first meal out? >> it's very unbelievable you can showing it because the 20th of september has been world paella day in spain. but we were able to feed so many people. from day one the main challenge was only to understand what was the situation on the island. and that's what i did. i landed and i tried to find what kitchens were available.

what was the situation with refrigeration and the food companies, what was the situation with the bread companies. and very quickly i got a very good assessment, very good intelligence. i knew that we had food, that we had bread. the only thing we had to do was making sure that those kitchens were ready, they had gas, the electricity with generators. we gathered the cooks, we gathered the foods, we began feeding. we didn't plan to feed the entire island. we were only taking care of one hospital at a time, one shelter at a time. as people learned we were doing it, we began getting phone calls. we never said no to anybody. we kept feeding and feeding day after day. >> you're very, very critical of the trump administration's response to the aftermath of the hurricane and also more established, established

charities like the red cross you criticized them quite openly in your book. where do you feel they fell short? >> i criticized not the men and woman. the volunteers are unbelievable. the organizations, i do believe all together we need to have a very good critical conversation about what we fell short. so fema, the men and women of fema overall they did their best, they tried their best. but sometimes the red tape doesn't allow them to be successful. so i do believe we show because we were a small organization outside the grid. so here i'm critical of the trump administration -- between you and me the trump administration, president trump failed the american people of puerto rico. that's what we need to make sure that never happens again.

this was the biggest hurricane in the history of america, and we didn't have the game. i don't blame them for not having a game. we didn't adapt, we didn't have a response, we didn't have any, any game to try to improve on the shortfalls of the preparations for the major hurricane. that's what they -- i am blaming them for. and those 3,000 deaths between you and me, they are on the shoulders of president trump. we need to make sure that something like this will never happen again in the most powerful country in the world, which is the united states of america. >> so compare for me what you saw in puerto rico and what you saw in the carolinas? because your group was also involved more recently serving food in the aftermath of hurricane florence. >> in the carolinas already we

served around 150,000 meals. we have three, four kitchens from raleigh to wilmington to new bern. we have feeding shelters, the neighborhoods, national guard, first responders -- the difference is many weeks, not months later is still we had trees in the middle of the roads. in the carolinas the trees are gone. a month later still we had electrical poles, the power lines down. there's thousands of power trucks all across the carolinas fixing those poles hours after the hurricane passed by. even the white house has done tweets and press releases about the feeding game in the carolinas. actually i'm very proud that happened. between maria and puerto rico, we forgot about the people in

puerto rico. in the carolinas we learned the lesson. and actually i'm very impressed especially with governor cooper of north carolina because he's been a leader. you see him there, you see him every day. and he's using the force of the federal government, of the ngos, of the private sector to make sure everyone in north carolina is going to be taken care of. >> that is good news, indeed. jose andres, thank you very much. may you feed many people who need it. thanks for coming on the show. at least 41 people in north and south carolina have died from hurricane florence. and the long, hard recovery is under way. right now, the trump administration is dealing with a huge distraction. apparently, the president's two top officials in charge of managing the disaster response cannot seem to get along, that's according to "the washington

post." homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen and brock long put on a public face. but behind the scenes, the feud is so bitter, brock long wanted to quit this week. >> reporter: as the nation braced for hurricane florence, it seems the two officials in charge of the response, weren't pleased with their partnership. according to "the washington post," the fema chief and his boss, are so at odds with each other, that long considered leaving, just as the storm peaked. >> fema officials who are close to long say, he thinks secretary nielsen is out to get him. she's trying to push him out of his job. >> reporter: fueling the feud, an investigation of long's use of vehicles opened by the dhs

inspector-general. >> the vehicles are to supply me with secure coms. i would never violate rules i was aware of. >> reporter: "the post" reports that nielsen childed long for taking long trips. >> he's been blind sided by the charges. the idea she would keep this from him or allow this to go forward, was upsetting. >> reporter: nielsen and long have put up a united front. >> i show support for all leadership. >> reporter: but this came as a surprise to fema, despite regular calls between her and long. this is after reports that nielsen wanted him out. >> i was never asked to resign. secretary nielsen i talk every day. we have a functional relationship. >> reporter: long has been the face of the storm response since the summer of 2017.

a well-recorded leader through hurricane maria and beyond. >> the man who has become famous, mr. long, we appreciate it very much. >> reporter: as hurricane season reaches its peak, the number two at fema is vacant. >> he is a close friend of nielsen. if long is to go down, essentially, a close friend of kirstjen nielsen would take over at fema. >> reporter: joe johns, cnn, washington. u.s. supreme court justice nominee brett kavanaugh's accuser says she will take her story to washington but only under certain conditions. among them she wants protection from death threats. stay with us. to find a place that could bring his son's creation to life. there were 14 emails to determine the size of the lightning bolts. and 18 texts wishing luke a very happy birthday. and when all was said and done,

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it's great to have you back with us. i'm cyril vanier. >> i'm natalie allen. let's update you on our top stories this hour. u.s. president donald trump is defending his embattled nominee to the supreme court. brett kavanaugh emphasis confirmation could be in jeopardy due an allegation of sexual assault when he was in high school. mr. trump told a rally in las vegas he stands behind kavanaugh because he's quote, a fine, fine person. >> the drama is far from over, however. the woman who made the accusation professor christine blasey ford, now appears to tell her story to the u.s. senate judiciary committee. but ford's attorney says she first wants assurance of safety due to death threats since she went public. michael cohen has now met to the special counsel's team several times.

it says prosecutors were mostly interested with mr. trump's dealings with russia and whether they ever discussed a pardon with cohen. joining me now is larry sabatou. he's director of the center for politics at the university of virginia and author of "the kennedy half-century." larry, we appreciate you coming on. >> great to be with you, natalie, thank you. >> let's talk about the hearing on capitol hill. can it be fair to both sides the accuser and the accused giving a he said, she said, can this be fair? >> i doubt it. in the end i bet both sides don't think it's fair before it's over. it would be better to have a thorough investigation in advance so that the committee would have more information and

would be able to point their questions toward the unknown, whatever those unknown are after they hear from dr. ford and also talk to judge kavanaugh. but this has become so political, it is so intensely political, it is so divisive it fits right in we've seen in our country for almost anything that matters in the trump administration. >> evangel leaders are putting the pressure on leaders to push kavanaugh through and in the meantime women came in support in droves of professor ford. it's something seen as political and you also have the me too movement involved. but some have questioned whether this hearing is just an appeasement to the me too movement. what do you think? >> well, this comes in a middle of a hotly contested election season. and really i don't think the

republicans had a choice about hearing dr. ford, assuming they can actually work out all these details. if they were to simply shut her out, it would even be worse than the way anita hill was treated back in 1991 when she accused now justice clarence thomas of major sexual harassment at work, and you remember what happened to many of those senators as a result. they had a very difficult year or two after that. so it's pretty obvious that the senate has to do something. the me too movement makes it difficult for the senate to do anything but a major examination of this. if they simply paper over this, and they're only interested in getting at the surface details, i don't think people will accept that today. unfortunately, they did accept

it back in 1991. our standards weren't quite as high and as exacting as they are today. whether these new standards will be enough, though, is a question that remains unanswered. we'll have to see how it develops. >> we will indeed. let's look at another development, larry, involving president trump. his former lawyer, fixer michael cohen has been talking with mueller prosecutors for weeks apparently about any business and campaign connections between mr. trump and the russians. do you see this as a significant step forward for investigators? >> i don't see how you can not judge this as being significant. because michael cohen for all of his faults knows a great deal about the private donald trump and the donald trump of the business world, not just the political world. and he was with trump for so long, he and the president's accountant who also is being questioned probably can provide the prosecutors with some very interesting information. so the counsel in this case, mr. mueller and his team, have a lot to work with.

now, you never know what they're really producing. you never know if they're finding evidence of a crime. you don't even know what questions they're asking. but it's significant to me that they have spent this much time with michael cohen and cohen is being as cooperative as he is because he doesn't have a deal with a prosecutor, at least not one we know about it. >> can mr. trump still claim tis is ridiculous witch hunt as we head towards the mid-terms? >> maybe legitimately he can't claim that, natalie, but i think we've both watched president trump for long enough to know he will continue to claim that. doesn't matter what the facts are. and we've seen over and over and over again that his very large base in the country will support him. almost 100% of them. so, yes, it will continue. it doesn't matter how ridiculous it is, and it will give him a buffer between the independent

counsel, special counsel and the results of whatever this investigation actually turn out to be. >> larry sabato, always appreciate your insights. thanks so much. >> thank you, natalie. a man who has a commercial pilots license manages to sneak on to an airline park for maintenance. what was he planning? also ahead, officials fear hundreds have drown in tanzania. why does this kind of disaster keep happening there? we'll look into it. stop fearing your alarm clock... with new*! zzzquil pure zzzs. a drug-free blend of botanicals with melatonin ...that supports your natural sleep cycle... ...so you can seize the morning. new! zzzquil pure zzzs.

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welcome back. we continue to follow a bizarre security breach at an airport in florida. a student pilot is under arrest after he jumped a fence in melbourne and snuck on to a jet undergoing maintenance. our brian todd reports. >> reporter: in the middle of the night, a flight school

student jumps a fence, runs across a tarmac and boards an airbus 321 that was parked for maintenance in florida. maintenance workers said they saw a shadow. >> a maintenance employee spotted the intruder and noti notified the melbourne police department, and was able to arrest the subject in two minutes. >> reporter: he twice attempted to enter the flight deck. after he was caught, he turned and ran toward the plane. the suspect is 22 years old the caribbean nation of trinidad & tobagtobago, who was studying at a nearby flight school. he faces charges of trespassing, burglary, and attempted theft of an aircraft. officials say he has no control record and they found no weapons in his car or home.

systems in place and heroic action prevented something that could have been much worse. >> rest assured, you believe our security worked just fine. >> reporter: just last month, nb unauthorized airport worker took off in a turboprop for an hour while talking to controllers. >> got a few screws loose, i guess. never really knew it until now. >> reporter: fighter jets were scrambled in case he was a security threat. after an hour, he crashed. the incident raised concerns whether parked airliners were secure if one can be so braisingly stolen. in the florida case, there's no known link to terrorism yet. but ever since extremists crashed four planes on 9/11, any attempt to take a plane is conce concerning. >> we saw what can happen, the

damage that can be done. this incident will be of great concern to u.s. counterterrorism agencies. >> reporter: one area they could investigate, the ties to trinidad & tobago. >> a significant number of extremists have traveled to syria and iraq to join isis fro. >> reporter: it's not clear if added security measures will be put in place at the melbourne international airport. they are proud of how this security worked at this place. but it's not unusual to have eight jets on the tarmac outside of the repairer in on any given hour. rescue workers are searching for survivors of a boat accident in tanzania. 44 people died after a passenger ferry capsized thursday in lake victoria. the boat was overcrowded.

emergency teams rescued 37 people from the water before night fall. but they do not know how many people may still be missing. we have the latest on the tragedy. hello to you. ferries in tanzania are off often overloaded. why does this deep happkeep hap? >> i don't know. in 1996, 20 people in lake victoria. 145 dead. now, this ferry was carrying people that were coming from an island. it was auction day. it was obviously packed with traders. we're getting reports with a lory filled with cement in there. it was overloaded past its capacity. and rescuers tried to get to

people. they shut down the search and rescue mission at 10:00 last night. and this morning, everyone is fearing the numbers are bound to rise. >> right. such an unnecessary tragedy, as well. thanks so much. you're watching cnn newsroom. we'll continue after this. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done. it's so much easier so now, we're ready, bring on t. shipstation. the number one ch of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get two months free.

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u.s. president donald trump has a star on the hollywood walk of fame. but it's not getting a lot of love. >> now, a street artist has put donald trump's star behind bars. if that star could talk, our jeanne moos knows what it would say. >> reporter: stars are supposed to twinkle. but me, i spark, when he's mad at my namesake. this star was born in 2007. i've been pulverized twice. comedian george lopez relieved

himself on me. and now, a street artist put bars over me. twinkle, twinkle, little star, how i wonder who would do this to me? and why would you put bars on me? >> well, because you're going to jail. >> reporter: says the street artist, plastic jesus, who wanted to be incognito. when he placed the bars in broad daylight, using double-sided sticky tape. >> that's my president, bro. >> reporter: two years ago, the same street artist, mad about trump's border wall. >> leave it. >> reporter: at least plastic jesus doesn't believe in torture. >> i try to do my pieces that doesn't vandalize the walk of fame too much. >> reporter: someone came along

and put a pizza box over me. and then, he deployed spray paint with a stencil. what self-suspecting star wants to have a mute symbol. this is not the walk of fame. it's the walk of pain. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. an 11-year-old girl who just got a heart transplant has talked for the first time about how she pulled through the whole thing, waiting for a new heart, and then getting one. sofia sanchez was especially encouraged by a visit from r rapper superstar, drake. >> he said to stay strong and keep fighting and it helped a lot. i had some tough times because all of my friends were having fun. and my mom says, everybody goes

through something in life and they get through it. >> how adorable is she? drake surprised his biggest fan just a week before she found out a donor had been found. she got his personal phone number, that she promised not to reveal. she says she feels more alive now. people of ohio rejoice because you can, at last. the cleveland browns curse is lifted. witness the last few seconds of the browns/jets game on thursday. let's see. read the box score. you'll notice something strange. he is eating his glasses he's so hap happy. the story is, they won. it's just a game. just a regular season game. it's not a super bowl. it's not the playoffs. but the browns won. >> this was a major feat for them because the cleveland browns have been objectively bad for the last few years.

they have not won one single game since 2016. that's 635 days. and for this extra special win, bud light unlocked fridges filled with beer in ten bars across the city. free beer. we can only assume all of cleveland was singing this song -- ♪ cleveland rocks cleveland rocks ♪ ♪ cleveland rocks cleveland rocks ♪ ♪ cleveland rocks cleveland rocks ♪ ♪ cleveland rocks cleveland rocks ♪ ♪ cleveland rocks cleveland rocks ♪ >> cleveland rocks. because you can. one factual correction to that story. the cleveland browns hadn't been bad, they had been dreadful. but they're back. thanks for watching "cnn newsroom." >> "early start" is next for viewers in the u.s.

for everyone else, stay tuned for more news with max foster in london. see you tomorrow. geico! thank you todd. it's not just easy. it's-being-a-master-of-hypnotism easy. hey, i got your text- sleep! doug, when i snap my fingers you're going to clean my gutters. ooh i should clean your gutters! great idea. it's not just easy. it's geico easy. todd, you will go make me a frittata. in april, luke's dad made 25 calls to find a place that could bring his son's creation to life. there were 14 emails to determine the size of the lightning bolts. and 18 texts wishing luke a very happy birthday. and when all was said and done, luke got to be a real-life superhero. and so did his dad.

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