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>> >>pam: it's the annual hot dog eating contest. how did last year's champion do? 68 hot dogs, that ties his all-time best. he downed 16 more hot dogs and the runner up, this was ties him for the olwen total. it was not just people in the contest to work will sit down nathan's hot dogs, this year, shares for nathan's brother of more than 40%. shares are outperforming almost all the s&p 500 companies including wholefoods and ebay. nathan's is nearly on par with apple's top performance
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>>pam: ahead at 5:30 p.m., our fourth of july coverage continues. critics also, a high-speed police chase and crashed in what police are saying about the incident that damaged a fire hydrant. plus, was yes hear arafat poisoned? some people are rethinking the plo leader's cause of death. that is ahead.
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should be clear except possibly the one in san francisco. more on your tenders for the rest of the weekend coming up. >>pam: patriotism on parade in san jose. rob fladeboe from the the highlights from an independent tradition that dates back more than 100 years. >> san jose rowe's white and blue parade is a throwback to days gone by. vintage cars and a lot of flowers, is modeled on san jose's independence day parade from the turn of the century. >> we want to keep it going and have families and children involved. safe saw there were some
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>>pam: our kron4 crudes are prepared to bring you tonight's july for the excitement. we will be guerrilla are worked extravaganza in milpitas. >> as you can see, there are a lot of people moving around at the milpitas sports center. there and getting last- minute preparations out of the way. just above the skyline, the world of fireworks will be displayed. that will start at 9:15 p.m.. it has been an all day of a hurry warhol they pool party with music and food. now, people are coming back in and getting ready. as the day goes on, preparations are being made.
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>>pam: the fourth of july is a holiday where millions of americans, the president of immigration and naturalization service. the president formally welcomed 25 active-duty members of the armed forces into our nation as citizens. he told the crowd before the july is not just about where americans are but also about how we got you. >>president obama: americans success would not be possible without the generation of immigrants flood have come to us from every corner of the globe. we say is so often, we sometimes forget what it means, we are a nation of immigrants. unless you are one of the first americans, a native american, how all all
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descendants from those who came from someplace else. " immigrants signed an answer to our declaration and helped to win our independence. if >>pam: mitt romney spent the day in new hampshire focusing on health care. his campaign team says that the individual mandate requiring americans have insurance is a tax. he has called the issue a penalty, a fee, a fine into settling on the word tax.
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>>pam: a man fleeing from oakland police is in critical condition after he crashed his car. this was the scene from early this month as oakland police tried to stop the stolen car on 69th ave. instead of pulling over, the driver sped away. he eventually crashed into the fire hydrant about 2 mi. from where it all started. another passenger in the car was also offered in this crash.
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all have >>pam: the driver of the car is still in critical condition. >> here is the new-line earth map of where the jays have mess. police forces of the car on international boulevard in this area. they tried to pull him over still ninth and san leandro harass suspect to offer fallacy's the seating 65 mi. per hour north on stanley and retreat. he eventually, the suspect lost control in this area near 41st in san leandro home locker >> that is when the suspect had a heightened. the card and clean office building great year. if the
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>>catherine: parts of japan are getting really have the ring. past why you are looking this area of use. at least one that has been weaned on the weather. many rivers are running very high. more rain is in the forecast. added his widow may now ask that his body be exhumed. scientists say the testing does show there was an unusual amount of blame on his clothing and possession of. scientists at the world biggest atom smasher are cited hailing the discovery of what is being called the missing cornerstone of physics. they said that the decades-
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long search for what is known as the call particle is almost over. at the announcement in switzerland, the british scientist who first predicted the discovery was on the a. fog a particle cannot help explain why all matter has mass. read this theft >>pam: on the bay bridge toll plaza traffic's that. here's
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both said to belong to san joaquin steel closed at 2 mi. north of months harass. the first would have the death of a 6:00 p.m.. felt was a 2.8 magnitude. canasta that, one minute later it to play zero, another minute after that, a 2.6 on a two-point lead and 845 magnitude earthquake. fast-forward three hours, more action. the san andreas fault does run through this area is seismically active but geologists said yesterday there was no more shaking than normal. >>pam: many people are traveling by car, traveling expects to million people are hitting the open road. >> more americans in more cars are traveling for the
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july 4th holiday. from are coca-cola, calling gas prices is one of the big reasons life. tivoli estimates more than 42 million if this is our on the aloof during that time off, the lowest since 2004 and 11. >>rob: here we have seen the highest volume of vehicle travel in over a decade. >> nationally prices for regular fell early this week to $3 a gallon in alabama and $3.74 in california and oregon get it while you can.
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pan better look at current gas prices. by the way, the national average right now is much cheaper, $3.33 a gallon. have a half before the july decline at a flea, that is what experts say. independence day is the deadliest day of the year on the road. july 4th is rented no. 1 overall for all traffic fatalities with an average of 140 road deaths, it is also the deadliest day for teenage drivers in their
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some of the grief of the flyleaf. 85 in walnut creek. back into the 66 ec shores and 60s along the coastline. a mix of 70's and 80's in the north they fear if they look a your extended forecast, fog tomorrow morning and friday morning steve temperatures school of of what we will see over the weekend. off saturday and sunday, more sunshine and warmer temperatures to fall of deify might and ease for the base roof.
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>>pam: the governor wants to keep talking with democratic leaders about overhauling the state's pension system. the governor says he could not reach a deal with lawmakers on his proposal which included raising the retirement age and moving workers to a hybrid 41 k pension type system. his announcement yesterday suggests whether it'll work to do to contain rising tension costs. critics say the costs are unsustainable in compete with public education and other programs for limited state and local funds. the governor's approval rating is sinking. in a poll released today, 42 percent of voters say the groove of the governor's performance which is up from
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31% back in 2011. his popularity may be affected by the new budget he signed. 75 percent oppose the automatic spending has which are planned for schools if voters failed to approve this tax initiatives does coming november. day wildfire just north of los angeles has been contained. look at this video. 200 a. were burned, very intense flames. firefighters managed to get it under control late on tuesday as it approached on dale, a city of about 150,000. the charred area was mostly rule. there are no buildings damaged or people hurt. firefighters did not know what sparked the mass of delays. we will be back. the with everyday hot she
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the kron4 news at 6:00 p.m. starts now. >>pam: you are watching a firefighter for the july nightmare. how safe and sane fireworks sold legally at stands like this one combined with dried out grass in the bay area hill. >> fireworks arf obviously concern over the next few days. >> no fireworks are illegal in the city of oakland. >>pam: happy fourth of july 3rd celebrations have been going on around the bay area. big question is what happens with tonight acquire works. >>jaqueline: it is a little deceiving. hazy but we see some cloud
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cover coming along the coast liked. here is another live picture at the golden gate. there is a low cloud cover but it is not that they carried we can still see bridge towers lent to. skies the reflex is not penetrating debates each leaf if you can see a sliver of fog along the coastline. as we zoom in close to the san francisco is edging a lot to the city, it has not quite made it to the embarcadero. i do not think it will be that big of a deal to the fireworks show. we will certainly seek their skies away from the coastline. we will have some patches of fog rolling in.
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and look at your extended forecast in temperatures this weekend coming up. >>pam: dry conditions have authorities in the east bay on alert and ready to go out. fan from is live in oakland with details of how it plans a full the area for illegal fireworks. and >>dan: it is a bad combination, temperatures still near 70 degrees. the winds are picking up into the brush is right. if the sign behind me says high fire danger. as a result firefighters have been patrolling not just of the hills all oakland since this afternoon. >> since 2:00 p.m., the fire crews have been out patrolling the oakland hills in search of those using illegal fireworks. good reason. fire danger is high on this fourth of july. >> it is dry. low humidity. that gives us concern. some >> , early evening fired christmas every station will also take to the streets to
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patrol their neighborhood. >> it does a number of things. we like the idea of having a deterrent and having companies out and about. in a lot of people will not ignite fireworks when they see fire engines and fire personnel or at the very least, say may slow down or do it in a more safe manner. also, with people out and about in the area's fish are more than likely the cease- fires that have been ignited and respond quickly to. >> we are back live in the oakland hills. in just the last hour we have heard more bombs feeding people have already started lighting in legal fireworks throughout oakland. firefighters have told us that this year there are less organized fireworks shows which has them were concerned because without more organized fireworks shows to go to, feeble might decide to set off their own fireworks and a force that is the fifth discerned in the city of with if if
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>>grant: stay at all in one tired looks on their television. kron4 is here to make it happen. you have the best seat in the house to watch fireworks from around the area. we're the only station beginning live local fireworks covered starting tonight at 9:00 p.m.. kron4 will have cameras all over the bay area to capture the live coverage. we will be in milpitas, pleasant hill and at the marin county fairs. we have a camera on treasure island, that should give you a nice vantage point of the berkeley fire works and of course, the big show in san francisco. we will have several live cameras at pier 39 with a cruise will be said in a mall. that is where we can find reggie kumar live. we are now less than 3 1/2 hours away from blastoff. >> that is right. the big show is what everyone is waiting on. take a look at the thousands of people better showing up. this is a different vantage
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point. this is from above the crowd. you can see how many people have gathered here. he can see all of them in here all the screaming behind thick. i did talk to several residents who are excited about the fireworks show, but one man does not care about the fireworks serious >> i am not here to see the fireworks. i just want to be in san francisco and see the boats into the people and is joined the date. flickr, " >> there will be bands performing throughout the night, and abc and is about ready to take the stage right now at pier 39. the fireworks show starts at 9:03 p.m.. fireworks will be set off from a barge in the bay. >>pam: our team coverage of tonight's fireworks most to bring county. people are already out having fun.
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>>charles: from right now i'm at the marin county fairgrounds. there are some people over there writing the shares will. it is a really nice they carried a lot of people have come to check out it is a wednesday, they only have one day off, everyone is coming to the fair. the line to get to the gates at security is about an hour long. they have a lot of rides, a carousel, a ferris wheel in the there are a lot of exhibits. a lot of live music and if you are not familiar with the fair grounds, it is built around a lagoon.
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dodgers fan who went missing after a baseball game. this is the photograph of the victim. investigators say body found in the san francisco bay near the embarcadero is that of merlot. a passer-by spotted the body in the water near the foot of howard street just before 8:00 a.m.. investigators say that the victim and a friend had just come from at&t card and ran at the pier when his friend looked away momentarily. when he looked back, the victim was no longer on the pier. he lives in woodland in worked as a corrections officer in vacaville. >>pam: the search is over for three of four at risk children from north oakland who went missing after their three year-old brother was admitted into children's hospital. little boy had injuries consistent with being abused. tonight, haaziq madyun has learned that investigators are still searching for one more child. >>haaziq: this 16 year-old hothouse remains missing
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from her home in the 900 block of 63rd street in north oakland. if the child learn where it are to younger sisters and brother after oakland police said the jewels and smother, stepfather and babysitter into custody. investigators found the three-year-old with severe injuries from being abused. investigators say after seeing news reports of a family member court contacted authorities and it turned three of the four missing children over to police. their neighbors on 63rd are happy to hear the good news. >> that makes me feel good. >> i'm very proud that based on the kids. >>haaziq: as mentioned, their 16 year-old sister is still missing. cahow >>pam: coming out, the fourth of july is the big day for a big cut out.
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closer to the coastline. 56 of richmond, 64 in oakland. away from the coastal and we're in the '80s. 70's in the south bay and in the north bay. a pretty nice fourth of july after did. the fog is going to be rolling back an overnight. tomorrow afternoon we could see some brief clearing. afternoon highs some are getting cooler. morse of the degree readings in the south bay.
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in the '80s and our inland valleys. 86 in pleasanton. more 60 degree readings for the eastern shores. along the coastline temperatures in the '60s. a look at your extended forecast. fog out there tomorrow will keep temperatures a little bit cooler. as the father roads into the weekend, sunny skies and warmer temperatures in the inland valleys. >>pam: when it comes to bar- b-que, it arguably does not get bigger the the fourth of july. feet this year, it is a mixed basket when it comes to the cost of cookout items. cox >> summertime and the grilling is easy. >> i love vegetables on the
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grill like zucchinis and peppers, things like that. >> i love crabs. >> every fourth of july we did a brisket of a smoker. >> the overall cost of the to live for a cookout will be easier on the wallet. according to a big inside survey americans will pay $59.14 for a grocery cart full of burgers, beer and fixings. that is down about $2 from last year. there has been an uptick in a crisis food item in most baskets. the burgers and steaks. beef prices are up more than 5 percent over last year. it's the american farm bureau federation says the drought conditions last summer are still impacting supplied. >> a lot of ranchers had to reduce north. some cattles want to slaughter earlier in the
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nation had. those systems often take months or years. >> keeping most grocery costs in check is the reason did in fuel cost cutting the price of packaging, transportation and food inflation. >>pam: checking the july 4th holiday traffic on the bay bridge toll plaza, things are backing up even more in all of the liens except the fastrak lands which are zooming by. let's take a look over at the golden gate where traffic is beginning to slow coming in san francisco. that is to the left of the screen. the right side, north of traffic is moving well. note problems there. stay with us. more news to come.
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one of our big national stories, a hard-hitting storm uprooted trees and knocked down power lines. homes and cars damaged. another area was flooded neighborhoods and thousands without power this fourth of july. in the northeast illinois, a train derailed in northbrook about 25 mi. north of chicago. you can see the cars piled up in a heap on the tracks. the wreckage includes what is left of the bridge overpass. it is not really clear if the train crossed the bridge to collapse or is the bridge collapse caused this crash. the trade was hauling 138 cars full of cold from wisconsin to wyoming. no one was hurt. >> if you are looking for a new place to lick it could be cheaper to buy instead of land. read in the u.s. rose an average of 5.4 percent over the last fall months. in some areas it is much higher.
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one of the biggest jumps was in large cities. fort worth tx saw the highest despite a 15.5%. analysts said the large number of former homeowners displaced by foreclosure have relieved of about the demand for rentals. >> it will help bring closer to the entire a millionaire hard story. if in fact it is the final chapter in her life, a
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>>pam: fireworks on the fourth of july, we're taking by tim milpitas, one of the many areas where kron4 is treating you tonight's big show of the sky. the chow doubt champ's show of the sky. the chow doubt champ's d[ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your favorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh.
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we are seeing low clouds but it is a small sliver of low cut the average rate there along the coastline. the bridge towers are visible in the blue skies in the background are also visible. fear is a live of the outside fairfield if sunny skies and of course the embarcadero is the area we're interested in. the satellite pictures showing a sliver of a fog clinging to the coastline. as we examine closely you will see it is over the golden gate but not over the embarcadero at this hour. that will mean the fog will make it into our base shores until after 10:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.. here is aleph at the fireworks forecast. for the only fireworks show in question is the one in six visits go, the others will have clear skies.
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temperatures out there right now are in the '50s closer to the clothesline, '80s and the inland valleys. the south bay sitting in the 70's, 70's also in the north bay. as we head into the overnight valleys, low 50s. the moroccan and centocor. over the weekend, warmer conditions. fan inland valleys in the '80s and '90s. in the north bay, '70s and '80s. temperatures and the '90s
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for our unbalanced. >> thousands have gathered up there in time for the fireworks celebration. right now, and '80s band will be performing. >> will be performing throughout the night until 11:00 p.m.. the fireworks show starts at 9:30 p.m.. >>pam: and looks at nothing will get in a way of tonight's fireworks shows. in milpitas kron4 will be renewed tonight's sky high spectacular. >> how many people are they expecting? >> they are expected numbers in the thousands. mr. mcdougal coming in has been steady for over an hour. the gates opened for over a half an hour. there has been a steady
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stream of people coming in. there are limited to 10,000. if you get here before did you are in, after that if you will be out of luck. no fireworks or alcohol. >>pam: what are some of the things people have to do it all day? >> i do have a video to show, it has been an all-day event. a swimming pool party, eating hot dogs, that is just a they're doing. >> and vance plan all day and then come the fireworks. back out here you can see people streaming in. >>pam: what time are the fireworks set to go off? fifth >> that will be at 9:00 p.m..
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the athletic field is really starting to fill up. >>pam: is their music? >> people are coming in with coolers and food and what not. >> continuing our for the july coverage from san jose, memories of days gone by. some 20,000 patriotic three lovers lined the streets of the rose garden celebrates america's this is as thin as a tradition dating back to the turn-of-the-century. >>pam: make sure the plans
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include watching kron4. he will have the best seat in the house. what are the only station bring your local fireworks live. >> and union city and thousands of farmers are being sold for as they like the robber dropped this stand as at logan high school. faugh >>pam: war before traveling by car. half driblet expects to a million more people this year compared to last year.
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>> more americans in more cars are traveling more miles. lower gas prices is one of the big reasons why. he out of tim tebow are hitting the highway. >> this year we have seen the highest volume of a vehicle travel and over a decade. >> nationally, prices for regular gas fell earlier to $3 a gallon in alabama and a $3.74 in california. there is a feeling of get what you can. calls prices averaged about 245 a gallon less than last year but 605 more the 2010's. already there are signs that its consumer roller-coaster is on the climate and a 10-
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155 more on average. just yesterday, the price of oil jumped more than 4 percent, the highest since may. >>pam: here is a look at gas prices that drivers are pain around the bay area. in san francisco gas on average is $3.89 a gallon. in oakland, $3.75 in in san jose, $3.74. all the prices are down compared to this time last year. it different for each is less than a nickel. the look at traffic of the bay bridge toll plaza, we have been checking in all evening series traffic is really started to pack up and getting have the at the fastrak lanes. on the golden gate, a quick look here, traffic is slow in coming it's an francisco moving well into iran. we will be right back.
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>>pam: swiss scientists say they have found evidence that yasser arafat may have been foisted. they found traces of the radioactive element quality and on some of its personal belongings. his widow could now have his body exhumed for more testing. >> montreal police confirmed a human head belongs to a chinese student dismembered by a canadian foreign active. ec the actor here being escorted by police after he was extradited from germany. he is accused of killing a student and mailing out body parts to schools and political groups. until now, the man's head was the only missing body parts. he pleaded not guilty last
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month. a final report has been wrapped up in the air france crash off the coast of brazil in 2009. you are looking at photos of the stain. the report is putting the blame on both technical and human error. the crash killed all 228 people aboard. more details will be made public tomorrow. stay with us, more news after a brief. our
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>>pam: the rating nathan's hot dog eating champs defended their title. the annual for the july showdown on coli island in new york. no challengers could cast a -- no challengers could catch up to joey chestnut and son of the black widow. chesnutt downed a record 68 francs and bonds in 10 minutes for his sixth victory in a row. the black widow set a new women's record after downing 45 hot dogs and bunds.
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>> from down south to the nation's capital, americans are wearing their patriotism on their sleeves and anywhere else they can manage. more than two dozen active members of the military are marking their day as u.s. citizens. memo we have different views on political issues but we must come together and show respect for what makes this a great nation.
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>> the fourth of july flyover in front of near capacity at the coliseum, the oakland a's going for a sweep of the red sox. these home-run streak has been extended to 15 games. in david ortiz looking for is 400 home run. he is eighth among active players and 49 on the all- time list. the game is tied at one. the top of the fifth, the oakland a's rookie a.j. griffith strikes out former giants coach eros. six innings, three hits and one run.
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a solo homer to right makes it 4-3. bottom five of temperatures in the mid-90s. brian zimmerman, three pitches later michael morris makes it back to back. in the nba in looks like the rich are getting richer. steve nash is headed to the lakers. the team tied for fifth nba mvp agrees to sign a trade deal from the phoenix suns to the lakers for package of draft picks which means the lakers did not have to part
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>> san jose's joey chestnut is the defending champ in the nathan's hot dog eating contest. >> they are underway and coney island. >> was he's sweating? >> at joey chestnut tied a personal best with 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes. it looks like she enjoyed every single one of them. the 68 hot dogs ties his personal best and the all- time record. he takes on his sixth straight title and $10,000.
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behind the scenes of the amazing spiderman after its blockbuster weekend. the sit-downs on the set with the newest stars of the summer. i'm kevin frazier. >> and i'm brooke anderson. "the insider" is on. action! amazing spider-man stunt secrets. what did it really take to pull off these speedy scenes? >> one take, buddy. one take. then, 007 daniel craig's connection to the olympics. as we reveal the popular double amputee athlete training for the big game. >> you can dream about things forever. unless you're willing to make them happen they're not going to happen. then, he's loud.
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