for "on the record" each night. see you again tomorrow night right here go to gretawire.com. good night from washington. the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> i come out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey. i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. >> a scandal in the christie administration has national implications, as the "new york times" is labeling the governor of new jersey a bully. laura ingraham and i will break it down. >> maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of a transitional living fund. >> as the democratic party ramps up nanny state strategy, we will analyze the real story about why some americans are poor. >> i understand.

and i don't care. >> with afghanistan tottering, the movie lone survivor opens wide tomorrow. we will talk with the man who wrote the book, navy seal marcus latrel. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. happy 50thday war on poverty. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. 50 years ago president linden johnson announced that america would wage intense war to lift americans out of poverty. johnson's visitation fair chance to develop their talents in order to make a good living. it was a noble idea. extensive analysis by the foundation says the war on poverty has actually harmed the nation because nearly $21 trillion taxpayer dollars has been spent and the state of poverty in america has not really

improved very much. if the country had handed the 21 trillion directly to the poor, given them the money, poverty would have dropped drastically. all the social engineering has failed. write not guilty "wall street journal" yesterday, robert rector lays it out. in 2012 the fed spent close to $1 trillion, that year alone, on 80 welfare programs that give cash assistance to about 100 million americans. those stats do not, do not include medicare and social security. of course, welfare beneficiaries is comprised a solid core of the democratic party. we see the dems ramping up for this year's election by promising even more benefits in their quest for income equality. but true poverty is being driven by personal behavior. not an unfair economic system. in 1963, just 6% of american babies are born out of wedlock. now 41% are. and that includes 72% of

african-american babies. according to heritage, single parent homes are four times more likely to be living in poverty. and children raised by single parents are three times more likely to end up in prison. 50% more likely to be poor as adults. so, maybe we should have a war against chaotic, irresponsible parents. but america will never launch that kind of war because it's too judgmental and deeply effects the minority precincts. therefore, cowardly politicians and race hursters continue to bear false witness that our economic system is at fault rather than bad personal decision making. talking points has exposed that ruiz before and will again. no matter how much money the government takes from the haves and gives to the have notes, poverty will not change until personal behavior does. addictive behavior, laziness, apathy will all override social justice programs. every child on this planet

can learn. but parents must drive the process by forcing the kids to perform in school. every american can can work hard, and if you do, you will make money. every american can practice self-respect, and if you do, people will hire you. but if you are dishonest, embrace intoxicate can'ts, conceive children you can't support. act in a crude, disrespectful way and generally believe that you are owed prosperity, poverty may welcome knocking. and all the president's men can't prevent that. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction, joining us from washington, robert borough sage from the institute for america's future a progressive group. and dr. jeanne zano who teaches political science at iona college. i think i made a pretty persuasive and conclusive case and you say. >> i think you did. linden b. johnson talked about personal responsibility and he also talked about structure and

environment. we can all agree that personal responsibility is important. if you don't address the structural and economic issues, all the personal responsibility won't change anything. just as an example, i teach at a college. the cost of a college education which is necessary to get skilled workers out in the workforce has skyrocketed as you know. what are we going to do? you can be as responsible if you want, if you can't get that college education you don't have the skills you need. >> in new york you can go from preschool to college paying no money. you are aware of that right in the city does give poor people here a free ride throughout all the educational precincts. you teach at eye -- iona. that's a private college. they might not go there but i went to marist college and we played ionna in football. i went to a private college. >> i am a mother. when women in johnson's time there was about a quarter of women running households. now two thirds of women are making the money to run households yet, we are the

only industrialized country without a family leaf policy, a maternity leave policy, i should say or paid sick leave. these things are structural issues. personal responsibility is important but the policies have to keep up with the economic times and they have to keep up. >> poles i don't think anybody would have any -- shouldn't say anybody. targeted policies can help and so can safety nets. kids have got to be taken care of. but this massive nanny state that the progressives are touting in this country has led to record debt, no are than 17 trillion and all the stats that i just gave you the poverty rate is not really improved very much. despite all the spending. and you say? >> well, the debt, we have to go back to wall street blowing up the economy and doubling the debt. let's not blame that on poor people. on the. >> i'm not blaming it on poor people. why would i blame it on poor people? it's the government's fault. the government spends more money than it takes in. that's what it does and has done that for about three decades now.

okay? >> but when we hit the free in free fall, and the deficit went up to a trillion dollars under bush and then kinked under obama, to try to keep that economy from going back into a great depression, that was because wall street blew up the economy not because we had economy programs. >> does economy in a free fall lead to 41% out-of-wedlock birth rate? can you link that? are you linking that. >> i think personal responsibility point is an important one. it's important to look in the full scope. since the war on poverty was announced, people have gotten much more education. you know, head start, aid to poor schools, all that worked to some extent, so we went from 63% of people graduating from high school to about 88% of kids graduating from high school. so people are getting better education. when families are working longer hours, and putting more hours into the workforce, people are in many ways making good responsible decisions. they are having fewer children because they can't

afford them. and what happened to people, however, was something very different, which was it used to be that arising tide as john kennedy put it would lift all boats. but about the mid 70s, the tide kept rising but workers didn't share in it. the boats in the middle. >> because the competition from abroad and the high tech revolution -- >> -- it's a set of policies that we chose. >> the progressive -- the government has got to right all these wrongs in the private sector and go in and control and tax al-and all of that and make sure that everybody gets a certain amount. >> it's not a certain amount. but you have got to be able to create jobs that people can -- >> the government should guarantee a job. and that can't happen in a private economy. it just can't. >> bill, we don't have a problem of workers who are too lazy to work for the jobs. >> yes, we do. >> we have enormous underclass of too many jobs that don't offer good pay

for hard work. >> we have a problem of people who can't do the jobs that pay high. but we also have underclass that's in chaos go to detroit if you don't believe me. give you the last word, doctor. you see where i'm coming from here that mr. boroughsage is correct when he says it's tougher to make a good buck now, it is. because worldwide competition changing technology, you have got to get tech savvy, if you do acquire those skills you will live well. you must wise up. last word. >> i would just say that we need to have the jobs available for those skilled workers. >> guaranteed job? is that what you want. >> what about the earned income tax credit? >> we already have it? >> what about the free zones. there is a lot of good ideas that are out there to help create good jobs. i think it starts with education and i think it starts with giving people the skills they need and making sure the jobs are available. >> they have to accept them and some are not. >> if they go to marist or

ionna they. >> you better work your butt off. >> which why is the public education is more affordable. >> and the parents have to drive the kid in and the irresponsible parents don't. >> i agree with you. that's the problem. and the government is not going to override that by putting more money into a system that over 50 years has shown it doesn't work. very very good guys. >> education people better. >> good debate. you have to september education. you have to be able to work hard to be educated and a number of americans will not do that. next on the rundown, big scandal for the christie administration in new jersey, that has national implications. laura ingraham and i will hash it out for you. later our mad as hell segment. >> come on, sucker, let's get it on. >> oh, you want to fight? >> those reports after these message. [ male announcer ] if you suffer from a dry mouth

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big trouble for new jersey governor chris christie who may be run for president in 2013 knew about traffic sabotage coon that districted the governor's assertion. the story is about shutting down traffic lanes into the george washington bridge to punish a new jersey mayor who didn't support reelection. today the governor was conciliatory to apologize by the people of new jersey. i am responsible for what happened. i am sad to report people of new jersey that we fell short. ultimately, i i am responsible for what happens under my watch. the god and the bad.

>> the governor says he did not know there was sabotage going on and that his staff lied to him. now, the stories of national interest because christie is widely seen as a prominent public con ternd. the "new york times" as you see it there has been hammering him as a bully. that was the headline of editorial today. the bully has been duped. joining us now you from washington with analysis, laura ingraham. so, at his press conference today as you just heard, governor wanted to appear like a standup guy, he took responsibility. he did say listen, i didn't know. they lied to me. he fired the people who mislead him. and you see it how? bill i think two hours is a long press conference. he two d. probably the best he can do under these circumstances. what you look at now, right? is chris christie has to decide how is he going to handle it moving forward. there is going to be a national investigation. the commerce committee might be looking into this. clearly as you pointed out the media has the daggers

out for christie. it's obviously something good news for probably hillary clinton or whoever the democrats are going to nominate. there is also a story here though about what the republican establishment is doing in reacting to this. chris christie has made a lot of enemies. the romney people were lived after what happened with obama in the last days of the campaign. arms around obama. there are a lot of people very loyal to the bush legacy who would really like jeb bush to be the nominee. you see some interesting comments. some off-the-record comments in media accounts well, you know, he has really got to do something fast. you know, this can't confirm the stereotype of a bully governor. well, you know, look. christie has got to decide whether he is going to be a punching bag after this settles down over the next couple of days or if he he is going to right to the people with a positive message for growth and prosperity and all the rest are. he has to go around this media like reagan did if he is going to be successful. >> the bullying thing is interesting because i get

that, too. whenever you are passionate and you are a man. >> oh, yeah like i bull idea laura ingraham like anybody could bully laura ingraham. any man who is passionate and who treats men and women equally as i do on this program you are going to be a bully. that was the first thing the "new york times" which has now become an extension of the democratic party. i hope everybody understands that. >> glsks that paper is running the democratic paper the "new york times." they put the bully label there because they see a possible christie vs. hillary run. >> they don't want to see that bill. >> christie in a debate but, believe me, any negative about hillary clinton from governor christie's mouth is going to be portrayed. >> oh, yeah. >> as a bully attacking a woman that's the way it's going to be. >> but there are republicans who are going to let that go

though let that germinate. marinate a little bit. there are a lot of republicans that don't like christie i'm not being a flack for christie here when ari fleischer is out there giving interviews about. this he has to get out there. i have to remind everybody, benghazi, irs scandal, obamacare rollout, did we have within 24 hours the president of the united states come out and say okay, we have got xy and z have been fired. i take full responsibility. this is outrage and the people don't deserve this. >> president obama already has power. governor christie may be seeking power. >> i'm just saying the media, the "new york times" wasn't asking for immediate resignations or immediate firings. it's an outrage. >> it's ridiculous. >> so christie and i don't believe he knew that this was happening in fort lee. it is so stupid. i used to live in fort lee. >> it's beautiful. >> they took two lanes away from the merging traffic from the little towned into the bridge to go to new york city. and, when you do that, you

create armageddon in fort lee. nobody can move. it's gridlock why would a governor do that. every staff except mine. mine are all plus teen you have loons. and they did it. christie is taking the heat for it as he should. he is in charge. i thought he did pretty well. i will leave you the last word. >> there is going to be a drip, drip, drip. drip by the establishment. i'm telling you in both parties. the clintons, the obamas, maybe even some old bush supporter who's aren't all that comfortable with this gruff guy coming in and. drippedant to be president? on, no doubt about it? >> take the establishment on to win the nomination if that's what he wants and he has the chance to do that now. he has to show everyone he can go around the media and establishment right to the people. >> all right, laura, thank you very much. outrage over who has been appointed to run the irs investigation concerning the

tea party. wait until you hear this. later, marcus latrel the navy seal who wrote the book the lone survivor will be here and the latest situation in afghanistan. the factor will be right back.

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obama's campaign with us from new york ellis hen caen and linda chavez. so, linda, some believe. some cynical people believe the fix may be in. >> you think? >> what say you? >> you know, this is -- you couldn't write this. if this were a "saturday night live" skit, you couldn't write it any better. you know, first of all, you try to down play the scandal. you don't do anything. you don't really appoint anybody to do an investigation. people mysteriously disappear into the night and take their retirement and live high off the hog on their government pensions. and then you say well, okay u we have to launch an investigation so let's find somebody in the department oh it's just an accident that we found somebody who is a big time donor. we are talking about a federal employee who donated $6,000 to the obama campaign? i mean, this is

unbelievable. >> it is ridiculous. even ellis -- i shouldn't say that. >> don't say that. >> isn't that ridiculous? >> this is a silly, honest to god. first of all, there is nothing remotely wrong with the lady. >> what lady. >> this attorney. >> with all the justice department attorneys shouldn't they just for appearance sake? >> it would be improper to investigate her political background. >> i'm not talking about her. >> improper. >> the attorney general of the united states has a wide variety of people who investigate this. shouldn't they just for appearance sake choose a neutral independent person. >> you are going to do that by doing political investigation? >> call them up and ask them. >> we live in a nation where every single federal judge is appointed by a president. you want political -- >> -- obama donor investigating the irs. >> tea parties going it get people on one side or the other. >> why hasn't the investigation really taken off. >> well, the facts aren't there. >> the facts aren't there?

>> congressman issa has been banging his head against the wall for a year on this thing, right? >> why hasn't the justice department been worried? it's almost a year. are we just getting around to appointing some democratic donor to investigate? >> the truth of the matter is that this thing was announced with huge outrage and fanfare and, in fact, so far, now this could change, but so far the facts have not. >> the justice department has not investigated it? >> investigating it. >> no you aren't. subpoena power. investigate it took them a year appoint someone. >> do not slur this lady. >> i'm not slurring any lady. i'm saying it's ridiculous choice. i don't know the woman. i will make a prediction. remember the mark rich pardon? remember that where the biggest tax cheat in american history last day they have bill clinton's administration given a pardon and eric holder, he was the guy who made that all happen. remember that? remember that ellis? >> yes. >> absolutely. >> what happened about the mark rich pardon?

nothing, zero. okay it was supposed to be investigated. never was. nobody did anything and rich is sitting over there in switzerland living large or is he dead? he is one of the two. either dead or living large. i forget. but, he never got held accountable. that's what's going to happen here. the president has three years left, linda. three years. not going to get anything and we're investigating. we are looking into it and nothing is ever going to happen. partially that's congress' fault. they could push it along. last word, linda. >> i think they are trying to push it bill, one of the reasons it isn't getting pushside that except for fox news and a few other outlets this is not a big story. the "new york times" is not interested. the "the washington post" is not interested. and as long as they are not holding the feet to the fire, i mean -- if the shoe were on the other foot. >> associated press. i wish they would. they could pull a lot of people in and they certainly have not and i don't know why. all right, ellis henican, linda chavez.

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mad as hell segment tonight, we have a lively batch of correspondence for you. here to help us out heather nauert, you see her on "fox

& friends." first letter betty vance who lives in roam knowville illinois. travel situation. the president flies back to washington, stays in hawaii, sticking it to the taxpayer. what's the situation with that. >> the overall cost of the trip is $4 million and most of that is attributed to the air travel which taxpayers. >> of course. >> that's just standard among first families whether someones it or not. hillary clinton and laura bush did. this is going to cost 430,000ness travel time just to fly her back on the military equivalent of a 737 or 7 a 7. >> in addition to the 4 million, another 737 since she wanted to stay more days. >> for the flight. that's the bulk of the cost here. flying the first family. >> so people who are annoyed have a right to be annoyed. we are living in a tough time here with a big budget deficit. i think they have a right. >> as all families, we are all tightening our belts at

home. >> for me if i were president and my wife wanted to start there for a few weeks i would have said fine. i wouldn't have picked up 400. she would have flown united back or something. >> southwest, get some peanuts. >> letter number two comes from jeffrey day who lives in fairfax, virginia, i'm mad as hell that the public schools here have closed because it's too cold. are you kidding me? i have to take off work to mind my kid. jeff has a good point. how cold was it in fairfax, virginia. >> about 7 degrees. >> 7? >> coldest temperatures they have had in 20 years or so. kids can get frost bite in 30 minutes. >> we live on long island zero. the urchins went to school out there and i made them stand out and wait for the bus, no, i didn't. >> you know, virginia not as hardy as the midwest where i am from and the governor. all the schools in that state. >> minus 50. >> 30 below. >> 30 below. we can understand. here is the issue. young children can get frost bite in a relatively short

period of time. >> that's wife you have mittens and boots. >> but the schools can't control and can't assure that those children are going to be safe. >> should have left the school open because jeff has to work and that was crazy. heather, i have got to letter number three. rob jane, who lives in brownsville, indiana. i'm angry because o'reilly would not allow mary katharine ham to express her opinions. juan williams gets more time. viewers got mad at me on monday because i cut mary katharine off when she wouldn't answer a question. you saw the piece was i wrong. >> i did. i like mary katharine. the answer was mamsy pam'sy. kum ba yah. >> you would have cut off her off. >> yes. you are passionate about the issue of drug abuse and i am as well. in particular when it comes to children and have you been a fierce advocate for that mary katharine comes out with we should legalize. >> she wouldn't answer the question. and the no spin zone, as heather noses because i just cut her off you have got to answer the question and keep it pithy because we have the next letter. >> let me say one more

thing. >> go. >> those who support legalization, i think, are the ones who did those drugs were they were in college and high school and lucky enough and not to have gotten addicted. a lot of people aren't so lucky. >> people are philosophical about it i'm mad over income insecurity. what's next cell phone insecurity. flat screen insecurity. people who don't have any money are immature, not insecure. a study on 00 poor and even poor people in america live well. >> a lot of questions people got in questionnaires, 80% of those who live below the poverty level $23,500 for a family of four have cell phones. a 8% have computers. 96% have televisions. these numbers are up drastically from where they were in the last census. >> if you go to africa or asia and you see how the poor live there, i i mean, it's just not even a comparison. >> i should mention this was not as comprehensive as this one. >> last letter, david

stillmock reinsides los angeles. i have to wait for the manager to approve my purchase of cough syrup meanwhile we are legalizing codeine cough syrup. >> it requires prescription because it's a controlled substance under federal law. but then there is also dmx and that's in about 100 different drugs that you can buy over the counter. some states california one of them where the viewer is from, you have to show i.d. to buy it you cannot buy it if you are under the age of 18. >> kids are getting it and getting high. >> they are abusing it some drug counselors say that is the next crystal meth. new york as well. >> those farms is is pharmacies who are doing that david, i know it's annoying you should be happy about it because they are trying to cut down on it. >> if you are mad as hell i want to know about it write us at mad as hell as foxnews.com. we come right back, megyn kelly on adults abusing a child on camera. viewer warning. very disturbing intense story. kelly is next. [ male announcer ] this is the story of the little room

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police union posted a video showing a small african-american boy wearing a diaper being abused by a man and a woman off camera. >> you are [bleep] he is throwing a fit right now [bleep] [bleep]. put that. >> ain't talking [bleep] suck my [bleep] >> that's a little child saying those terrible words. police say there was no crime committed in the video but here to analyze fox news anchor megyn kelly who is here after the factor. looks like child abuse to me. >> yes there is a crime. didn't see any crime on that. refer it to their child protective services now we learned late last night that that child along with three others has been taken into protective services custody and i'm telling you, bill, this is child abuse. it's child abuse. child abuse can be physical. and under nebraska law as in

most states laws can can also be emobile. under the law there emotional abuse is described as in endangering the mental health of a child or cruel punishment. yelling, screaming, name calling, shaming, mocking, or intimidating. now you are only showing a brief clip, this goes on and on o. had this little boy say the most viable things possible. fu, fu. having him hold up the middle finger in adults. screaming down with obscenities. the child doesn't know any better. it's clear he has been through this before with this adult who is reportedly his uncle. >> speak toddler. >> you understand is he 3 years old that's our information. >> the police union put this video out. shot by me morons. i think they are criminals. i agree with you. criminals in the house. why did the police union release this? >> they have come under

fire. the uncle posted continue facebook page so thrilled with this. reportedly connected with a gang according to the facebook page that he has posted but we haven't independently confirmed that any event he put it on facebook page. they put it on their page, the union did, not the police department, saying this is an example of the thuggery, the thug culture that we are dealing with well, now the aclu and some minority rice community advocates have come out and said look, that doesn't help, right? because we are already in a situation where the police department and union in omaha has been accused of being insensitive to minorities in the community and you coming out and posting video of an african-american family behaving like and this describing them as thugs and describing thug culture only exacerbates the situation. >> they want to keep it down. >> they don't think they should have put that video out. >> of course, most sane people disagree with that.

>> they also didn't blur the child's face which i do think was a mistake by them. >> the baby's face. >> you can agree to that at least. >> i would agree that that baby's face should be blocked out just as we did it the social services of nebraska have removed three children, including. >> that four total. >> four. okay. four children, including that little boy from the home. have they charged -- they are not married, right? >> i don't know the story of the mother and father although they say that they believe there was a man and a woman in the room. >> have they charged them. >> not yet. they say they investigated the situation and found safety concerns. >> so they haven't been charged yet. when did this happen? >> they got wind of the tape on january 4th. >> okay so it's recent. >> doing their investigation. although i have to tell you when the union first posted this video, they said there is nothing criminal on that tape. that's just not true. i don't agree with that. >> what do you feel like these people. >> omaha police department. i read the abuse statute. >> couldn't the adults being

charged with endangering the welfare of a minor? >> yes. >> with child abuse. if do you it intentionally, if you intentionally abuse a child, including emotionally abuse a child in the state of nebraska, it is a class a felony, you could face five years in prison for. i don't see how this is really that much in dispute. >> why do you think they haven't charged him yet? i don't know if they think this is a question of free speech. do you know what i mean. >> free speech? is this a question of where does bad parenting cross over the line into criminal parenting? >> on that tape. that's where it crosses. >> it's in the eye of the beholder. we had a guy on the show last night 9:00 p.m. talking about how this is free speech. it's not free speech it's abuse of a child. >> the statutes are there to protect children from harm. >> right. >> there isn't any sane person, sane is the key world, who would think a tape like that wouldn't harm a child. nobody. so you have got to charge. so we expect the omaha authorities, the nebraska authorities to charge. >> let me tell you that the

paternal order of police union that's now under fire for posting that video. >> they did the right thing. except they should have -- >> -- they are going to be on our show tonight so i will ask them about it. >> so we are expecting again, that the authorities in nebraska will charge. and, if not, well, we will continue our reporting. >> that's absolutely right. >> megyn kelly. in a moment, navy seal marcus latrel whose book "lone survivor" has been made into a movie. what does he think about the chaos in afghanistan right now? that report moments away.

back of the book segment tonight, the movie lone survivor opens all over the u.s.a. tomorrow. >> the way i see it, we have got three options. one, we let him go, hike up,

probably be found in less than an hour. two, we tie him up, hike out, roll the dice. probably be eaten by wolves or freeze to death. >> three?death. >> three? >> we terminate the compromise. >> we cannot do that. >> and if you haven't read the book, that is a key scene in marcus luttrell, who is now in houston, and joins us. they didn't kill the shepherds, and the shepherds did tell the taliban. and therefore, the four americans had to engage a huge force. and that is what the book is about. before we get to that, marcus, four of your friends died there, and you almost did, as well. do you have any feelings about afghanistan now that it is tottering? >> sure, the villagers who saved my life, they're still over

there. i worry about them constantly, they're still in threat. i have family members in the military. when we first went over there the game plan was solid. we knew why we were over there, the game plan is different, you know that. i am not in, and frank ly this question is a little above my pay grade. but not knowing what the in-state is and just being over there. because the enemy doesn't care what we're doing over here. they're constantly trying to fight us. >> it is so emotional for you, because as you just pointed out. afghans did save your life. the taliban comes in and starts to persecute the people again. we tried our best. you know, same thing happens in iraq, al-qaeda is back. the movie is going to be a big hit as your book was. how involved were you? does it accurately portray what

you went through or did they hollywood it up a little bit? >> first of all, i was a consultant on the film. i was out there for probably 75 to 80% of it. as far as the representation of the real life story, we took it from real life and put it into a book. and from the book, the literal translation into a movie, and there will be stuff that gets dropped. but it is hollywood. the cast and crew did everything they possibly could to make sure they would stay to form. i didn't fall in love with the villager's daughter, anything like that. it is a war movie, sir, and pretty gruesome. >> so you were happy with the way hollywood treated the movie and the screen play and the way they conducted the film that it doesn't diminish the heroism that they showed in the theater. it is an intense movie, i mean, why should people put themselves

through it? >> that is a good question. it is a firsthand look at basically, the inside of a s.e.a.l. team and the reconnaissance, the daily things we go into, the bump and grind, and the daily areas that we deploy. we have soldiers, families, parents and kids. that not all afghan people are bad. first of all, most people think they're at war with afghanistan and that just kind of blows me away. the fact that every muslim is bad, just look at the villagers who saved my life. they're muslims, and there is a lot of good people over there. >> it is an education on the screen which will be exciting. there is one thing you didn't mention probably because you're too modest. it is an example of american heroism. now, you guys are all heroes.

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