>> the fort worth zoo put up a bottle of tequila and box of texas pray leans up against a bolt of napaalley wine and box of girdlely chocolate. >> wild foo fans and wildlife on the prowl keeping a look out for rangers and the giants. on the hunt in texas, i'm lawrence scott. >> we have much more ahead on today in the bay. next at 7:30, vampires and witches are not the scariest to look out for trick or treat time, we have a candy recall you need to hear about. with no plan for the future and a billionaire with no government experience. well, let me tell you my story. my husband and i came here as newlyweds. we raised our family here and the california dream came true for me in ways i could never have imagined. now i'm running for governor to restore the california dream for everyone. i'm not a career politician or a hollywood star. i'm from silicon valley, where i created thousands of jobs at ebay. as governor, i'll do something that's been missing from california politics for far too long. i'll treat you like grownups, tell it to you straight, and offer a practical plan forward. these

the rain finally seems to be moving on to what is ahe >> a tragedy is under investigation near fort worth, texas. police say a four-year-old boy ran over a woman and her three- week-old baby last night. the newborn died and the mother is in the hospital and another child in the van was not hurt. police did not explain the relationship between the woman and children in the vehicle. >>> two university students accused of contributing to their roommates suicide could be charged with eight crime. 18-year-old tyler clementi jumped to his death when it was -- he learned his sexual of counter with a man it was put on line. >> i don't know how those goals can sleep at night know what they contributed to that young man going to that alternative. >> the suspects are charged with invasion of privacy. prosecutors are investigating whether tyler clementi's sexual preference played a role and if so, students will be charged under new jersey's he crime law. >>> 1200 nasa employees will receive pink slips today. many have been with the agency since the early 1980's. they come ahead of next year's retirem

in the dallas-fort worth area, care flight transported 38,000 patients last year. its c.e.o.ts the f.a.a. to demand medevac pilot be flight instrument certified, like professional airline pilots. >> the industry overall has not been as safe as we believe it should have been. >> reporter: the goal of these new safety regulations, a life-saving flight for the patient and everyone aboard. mark strassmann, cbs news, dallas. >> couric: and still ahead here on the cbs evening news, strawberry fields now and forever-- john lennon's fans mark his 70th birthday. up next, american voices. what unemployed voters in the belle wherestate of ohio are saying about the economy, the president, and the direction of the country. >> couric: this is the year of the dissatisfied voter, unhappy with the way incumbents are doing their jobs and not crazy about the candidates running to replace them. in fact, in our cbs news poll, more than half of likely voters told us they wished there were other choices on the ballot. so why are voters so dissatisfied, even angry this year? we went to ohio, a say t

was at their fort worth how did it show up and disappeared with the. resort on a hillside of about fifty meters away as we move closer in the distance between us was about twenty metres. so vanished into thin air. just like this. but. only with the facts or documentary evidence supporting them but hardly any of the stories can be verified. zone trade's visitors differently and shows them different things but what i've seen them makes me think that the place is well suited for me so. tourists coming to our came sometimes inexplicable phenomena to a photographer from kazakhstan called radek was going to produce a collection featuring the picture landscape for an exhibition but his concept changed after he spotted a peculiar energy flow in one of the pictures he says he saw a white cloud which looked like a human figure copies of the picture are now in great demand in our came. this spirit of our. very beautiful still nice looks like wings. somebody has even detected a human face. the picture was taken near this hill it's popularly known as mt pennants it

the storms damaged numerous apartment buildings in fort worth, ripping off parts of the roofs there winds gusted to 16 miles per hour in some areas. >>> more now on the national weather headlines to do that we check in with our friend, the weather channel's jeff morrow. another good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. and you know, those ski resorts out in colorado, loveland, which is going to be opening and also rap pa hoe basin, they compete with each other to see which one can open first. they are way up there looks like loveland may have won this time. i think they will be joined by a lot of other places, ski resorts out here, alex, we have another big storm moving into the west coast. and that's going to be putting down a lot of rain and snow. before that we have to deal with another round of severe weather, you mentioned what happened in dallas and fort worth with some damage yesterday. we are going to move that threat area a little bit farther east, up and through what's called the arklatex, mississippi valley, memphis, little rock, jackson, mississippi, here is that big storm i

interesting tonight, there were a couple of times >>> a lot of giants fans came from the greater dallas/fort worth area and came from the bay area. there were definitely giants fans in the house. >> the exact minute the giants won their game, i got online and got my tickets. >> you might be able to take the san francisco out of san anglo texas, but you cannot take the giants out of him. >> i retired in west texas and have been here ever since, the last 17 years. >> did the military give you a razor, or what's going on here? >> no, no, no. this is my giants, what i want, my giants. >> we found them, lots of giants fans who made the track to the bay area, because this is the wind advisory. >> last chance for me at my wage to make it to the wind advisory and do it. >> ben baez and his daughter came here all the way from rancho cordova. they are not walking away from a chance to see the giants win it all. >> i was here at the steels stadium when they had their first games over there. >> yound awaited 50 years. we can -- >> for those who couldn't make it out to texas, a big thank you from cody ross. >>

. >> reporter: and one fort worth city councilman's "it gets better" speech already has two million viewsll have a lifetime of happy memories. >> reporter: so far there had been more than 10 million hits. >> our call volume has skyrocketed. >> reporter: now that the web site has linked to california suicide prevention hot line trevor project, calls have nearly tripled. the counseling center averaged 400 calls a week. now they're getting 1,000. their hope is that the message of hope spreads. >> yes, we want all people to feel safe, to feel secure with who they are, to not feel afraid. >> reporter: a simple message. >> i promise it gets so much better. >> reporter: empowering words for those who need to hear them and those who choose to say them. >> everything's going to be okay. >> reporter: michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> couric: and that is the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric. thank you for watching, i'll see you tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.w,,,,,,

fort worth, texas los angeles, california honolulu, hawaii the uso is how america supports her troops's how we say thank you to the men and women who have placed our fortunes and our families and our futures ahead of their own. the uso is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that relies on the generosity of the american people. san diego, california san antonio, texas, baby. pasadena, california. but for now, it's right here. find out how you can help. visit us at uso.org. the uso. until every one comes home. >>> tonight campaign 2010 and we put the political ads to a truth test. we expected a nasty rematch. >> and surely, the two men who want to be governor have delivered. they've been pounding each other on the airwaves and tonight bruce checks it out. >> remember bob urlick? wonder what he's been doing over the past four years? well, urlick went out and got a job. >> that one is false, and the o' mally's campaign backed slightly away from it. urlick never registered as a lobbyist, although he worked for a law firm that lobbied as a leader in government affairs. proof, une

with a hungry reporter at the fort worth star-telegram. >> i picked up the phone and answer it and a woman asked if there was anybody that could give her a ride to dallas. i said that this was not a taxi service and the president has been shot. she said that she had heard it on the radio. she said that she thinks that hers -- that her son may have done it. in the four decades since, he has witnessed all the big moments. >> bob schieffer, cbs news at the national championships in what bill maryland. >> that report did not receive rates back in taxes. his mother called and asked him to start covering real news. he did. on capitol hill, at the pentagon, at the state department and at the white house. it was there in 1974 as reports circulated that president nixon would soon resign and leave the white house because of watergate that our intrepid correspondent thought he had a huge scoop. >> a moving van has pulled up to the white house. members of the crowd began to applaud when he did. >> bought -- bob had an exclusive. he is almost never had a loss for words. while there was at one tim

we knew there were morning flights heading to dallas and fort worth. we came out here to sfo to see if we can find some fans. we see some ranger fans and dallas fans. we want to let you listen to some of the fans we talked to this morning that are rangers fans. they were pretty optimistic how game three will go. when it comes to what we have to say about the giants fans. the texas fans say the partying and celebration after the game last night was certainly something to see. >> came for the game. first time the world series for the rangers and we love them. we still love them. >> was it hard to watch? >> no. well, yeah. [ laughter ] >> we had a good time. it was so historical for the rangers to be in the world series. but it was a lot of fun. we enjoyed the city. we've done a lot. we really enjoy it. >> reporter: and they do say that the fans are really good to them especially the ones that were sitting near and didn't get some good nature but other than that they said everything was great. we do know the orange and black will be represented over in te

decided it would be a perfect day to get married and tied the knot at midnight at a haunted house in fort worththis looks familiar they are reenacting the wedding scene from beetle juice their favorite movie. of course where else are they going? they are off to celebrate their honeymoon in las vegas. >> that is not a surprise. >> no. >> okay meanwhile people in mexico city repairing for the day of the dead as well. >> across the city as old his tore cake center -- historical center are colorful altars. a tree of flowered death the day of the dead festival originates from an as astec belief the dead visit the earth one day each year to visit their loved ones. >>> here in the bay area we do trick-or-treat, i saw people out last night hitting the bars. jim what is the weather going to be for the kids tonight? >> conditions improving in and around the bay area skies clear out high, thin clouds, taking the rain entirely out of the picture even for the north bay which means it should be dry s on the warm side this evening, with that warming trend continuing right on through next week. >> jim what are

rove, 85 in your beloved dallas-fort worth. it's a pleasure. gretchen: coming up, is there a media bias to take down the tea party? we report, you decide coming up. >> brian: 33 miners saved. it's not the only proof hope is still alive. peter johnson, jr. explains. first, let's check in with the weekend geniuses. >> we're busy thinking over here. >> we don't want to express any brain power. coming up on the show, we'll look at voter fraud less than three weeks from the election. the early voting issue and military members, possibly not getting their ballots counted. >> then mortgage giant fannie and freddie paid millions for tarp. >> an incredible inside look through the lens of a storm chaser. the amazing images from some of the most dangerous twisters. that's coming up this weekend. 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 o'clock eastern time. >>> the world watched as 33 thillian miners were rescued after being buried alive for 69 days. what can their amazing story teach us? peter johnson, jr. has a special message. >> good morning, gretchen. how often have you h

from fort worth, i would want to know why seniors on social security are not getting a cost of livingin this year, but congress and the federal employees have received one. is this fair? are we second class citizens. lots of people asking about this, want to go know, how do you make congress feel the same pain that seniors are feeling. i'm monitoring this. it's one of the top hot talkers going on -- topics going on. go to our page, twitter, you can blog, e-mail us, and you guys are -- we'll have more on this. lots of interesting comments. they could do the show, jon and jenna. jon: i was reading some of the questions. it is fascinating. we'll be back with that in just a bit. harris faulkner, thank you very much. megyn: hey everyone i'm megyn kelly, president obama holding an mtv town hall and mtv is casting it for him, asking people for pictures and political meetings before they get in. fishy or fine? >> the attorney general calling whitman the w word. was his wife the game changer? you decide. >>> it brett farve show female pictures of him? another woman has come forward in kelly's

reghe area of severe weather we're watching is in texas where a tornado watch across the dallas, fort worthffect until 8 p.m. central time. large winds and damaging hail will also be a concern here and you can see that line of storms just continuing to move eastward. flash flooding has been reported in the area and high water rescues have also taken place, and this threat for severe weather will basically persist throughout the day today, extending from austin into portions west of chicago and chicago, you guys are in the clear outside of the area and once again, this is going to be the concern, large hail, strong winds and also, some isolated tornados, main tornado threat will be right around the state of texas. back to you guys. >> kelly: it's tough going out there in texas. maria, thanks for that. thanks for joining us. >> jamie: well, still ahead, you've heard more sharks than ever. a student is killed after a deadly attack. look at the shark bites on the victim's boogie board. there are words coming out from the wild life officials as the friends describe exactly what happened and the

and that is where the storms are firing up, already flash flooding occurring across the dallas-fort worth-metroa and 2-3 inches are reported and an additional 2-4 inches are expected and also a tornado watch is in effect until 8:00 p.m. central time and second watch up north through kansas, missouri, basically, until 10:00 p.m. central. so, back to you guys, over there, julie. >> julie: thank you very much. >> gregg: new information on a tragedy off the coast of california, authorities now saying a shark that killed a body boarder may have been a great white, 19-year-old lucas ransom was floating a few feet from a friend and a shark rose out of the water and bit into his leg and pulled him under and his friend got him back to shore but it was too late. he was a junior at the university of california, santa barbara and investigators recovered the board and they are looking at the bite marks to get more information about the shark. >> julie: at least a dozen young people are dead after a shooting massacre at a house party, miles from the u.s. border in mexico. it happened in juarez, a city plague

on the big hand of my co- conspirators, your fellow texan, a fort worth man, and even sean mcmanus, i hope you had a few laughs. we do admire you and love you so much for your friendship and professionalism. usually are a trusted voice. i am sorry you got the recognition you deserve. there is no one who tells the story better, more cogently, more honestly and sincerely, with the compassionate heart that we needed that bob schieffer. i'm very lucky that i have your friendship. on behalf of all of our crew at cbs sports and the cbs family, thank you and god bless you and congratulations. no one deserves as recognition more than you right here today. congratulations, bob. [applause] >> i told you you were going to like that, did i not? really, on a serious note, there is no one in this industry for who might have more respect than bob schieffer. it is not an overstatement to say that, in our darkest moment at cbs news, bob schieffer step in, took control of the anchor chair, both literally and figuratively, and pride at the shift. that is -- he is the man at washington now. his stature a

more texans pat new jobs today than the entire population of fort worth. >> texas is on the right path. as your governor, job creation is my top priority. >> after 10 years under rick perry, texas is not open for business to everyone. it is for sale. texans are paying the price. >> help me take down the for sale sign. i will work hard for the young people in texas, not the insiders. that means preparing them for the critical thinking they need in college. that is texas' future. >> those are the latest ads by the candidates for texas governor. the incumbent, rick perry, has refused to debate his challenger until he releases his tax records. recently both candidates sat down for wind-on-one interviews. evan smith is joining us this morning. has there been any backlash with voters? >> it is interesting. a lot of people in austin are the ones paying attention to this. i do not think a lot of people in texas care about the debate. he has also reduced to meet with the editorial board. i am not sure people care about that either. his campaign is being run in a nontraditional way. do not deal

but she went to the aetna class the home in fort worth and lived there until the baby came -- to the edna gladney ,. she chose to put it up for adoption. it has been a wonderful thing. we do not want ou

host: fort worth, texas, on our line for democrats. caller: good morning. i think mr.utchinson is on the wrong side of history on this one. the damage of penalizing people, putting them in jail over this is worse than the smoking of this. good luck to mr. st. pierre. host: mr. hutchinson? guest: that is the wonderful thing about our democracy. if the american people decide that is the direction to go, we support that. the dea would support that. we are in a debate now as to whether that is the right direction to go. i would disagree with the caller then we are better off to increase the usage. even last year with the mixed signals in america, marijuana use went up 1.5 million more users in 2009 versus 2008. i think this is said to because people are taking a more lax approach to this. i hope that does not prevail. host: asa, have you seen with the increase in usage, have you seen any sort of a marked change in the behavior of those 1.5 million people or a marked change in the behavior of the people in areas where they live? guest: of course those statistics come from t

same for dallas/fort worth. through portions of florida, temperatures in the 70's and 80's as well. raleigh, 77. it's going to be 70 beautiful degrees today in cleveland although they might wind up with a shower or two. caribou, hang on, folks, eventually you will be above freezing. at 44. and that's your fox telecast. >> how do you sum up 4,000 weekend football games in just 90 seconds? try just knocking it down to the best. yes, it's your weekly dose of awards for great performances and shocking upsets. it's brian's best time. first up, best player, david bollens. why? the defensive lineman had not one but two int's against drew brees who is really good but has a best selling book but i don't know if it will be in paperback. browns won 30-17. maybe he will save his job. next up, the best catch goes to kenny brit. he had 225 yards receiving and two scores including this 80 yarder from kerry collins. he was in jeopardy to not playing this week due to a bar brawl. forgives and forgets. they sit atop the afc south

director of the republican party of texas and a former tv news reporter for an nbc affiliate in dallas fort worth. they both have opening remarks to make so we will begin with market. >> -- mark,. >> as we look at the midterms. karen will probably go through this current projections and they keep picking up 10 in the polls. i think that it will go a little bit away from the polling which shows most of the race is very close and within the margin of error. the final five days will make a tremendous difference in the outcome of this race. what i want to hit upon arc couple of overriding trends -- i want to hit upon a couple of overriding trends. i don't think that this should be interpreted as a victory for the republican philosophy any more than i think that 2008 should be interpreted as a victory for the left. the fact of the matter is that the increasingly independent voters will be making the decision and they are looking for a centrist brando's politics. -- a centrist brand of politics. the independents are at a record historical highs as we have been measuring. it used to be a red or blue cou

host: fort worth, texas. caller: chet edwards in district 17 continues to get reelected because he brings home the pork and he is supposedly a big supporter of the military but he is nothing more than eight nancy pelosi lieutenant. whenever there is a big vote and she needs it, he is there. but if he can get cover and they don't need his vote, then he votes conservative position. we figure he has been writing the military too long. he thinks he is in the calgary. so he is going down. guest: chet edwards is in a tough position. the caller may be right. his days in congress may certainly be numbered. as for his support but the veterans -- it is interesting it has not helped him overcome -- not has been an issue people have cared about. they are more focused on the economy. it looks like he may be suffering over the wider angst with the democratic brand in general. host: elizabeth, macon, georgia. a democrat. caller: i want to know what are the chances with jim marshall and austin stop and my second question is,

more texans have more new jobs today than the entire population of fort worth. >> texas is on the right path. >> securing their future, gov. rick perry. >> after 10 years under rick perry, at texas is not open for business for everyone. texans are paying the price. skyrocketing tuition, which 1 million texans on dirt -- unemployed. >> i will work hard for the young people in texas. preparing them with the critical thinking they will need for college and the skills for career. >> bill white, he is in it for texas. >> those are the latest ads by the candidate. rick perry has insisted -- has refused to debate bill white until mr. white releases his income taxes from when he served in the clinton administration. both candidates sat down for one on one interviews. kevin smith is joining us via skype this morning. -- evan s. smith is the voting -- is joining us via skype this morning. >> a lot of people in austin are the ones who are paying attention to this. but i am not sure that people care about the debate. rick perry has also refused to meet with editorial boards. i am not sure that peop

worth, actually, i like to throw that in, i'm from fort worth and the game will be in arlington, anding national championship of tailgating. >> you're not the commissioner, you are the king. >> i used to be king, kings are overthrown and commissioners are for life. >> alisyn: you guys have vegetables, ketchup! wait until you hear the debate we are about to have, the mom we are about to meet resisted the urge to defend her daughter against a bully and her actions sparked a nationwide debate. is it ever okay to let your kid be bullied and those who support legalizing pot say it would generate serious dough and our next guest says it will generate serious job losses. what do you say we get the look we want, the softness we need, and an unbeatable lifetime stain warranty for whatever life throws at it. then let's save big on the installation. ♪ we're lowering the cost of going barefoot. more saving. more dog. that's the power of the home depot. get exclusive martha stewart living and platinum plus installed in your whole house for only 37 bucks. each day was fueled by thorough preparatio

host: fort worth, texas.ler: chet edwards in district 17 continues to get reelected because he brings home the pork and he is supposedly a big supporter of the military but he is nothing more than eight nancy pelosi lieutenant. whenever there is a big vote and she needs it, he is there. but if he can get cover and they don't need his vote, then he votes conservative position. we figure he has been writing the military too long. he thinks he is in the calgary. so he is going down. guest: chet edwards is in a tough position. the caller may be right. his days in congress may certainly be numbered. as for his support but the veterans -- it is interesting it has not helped him overcome -- not has been an issue people have cared about. they are more focused on the economy. it looks like he may be suffering over the wider ang with the democratic brand in general. host: elizabeth, macon, georgia. a democrat. caller: i want to know what are the chances with jim marshall and austin stop and my second question is, did y

host: fort worth, texas. democrat line. any? caller: i wanted to find out why - if we had 700 billion dollar stimulus package and there's 350 - say million people in the united states if i'm correct there. if we gave a million dollars to every american in the united states, what would that do to the economy? host: let me ask you first, where would that come from? caller: where did the $700 billion come from? host: good point. what would you do with your million? guest: i can't do the math. but 700 billion divided by that is more like $2000 per person. not a million dollars per person. that said, you have to remember where the 700 billion went. about a third of it went to state and local government and you know in order to make the cut backs that were going on that level, not worse than what they were. and then, you know, a lot of it has gone into infrastructure spending that's took a long time getting out there by the nature of that spending. now we see when we drive around the down trail. lot of road projects that are for insta

they will try again today in fort worth. tonight, the nlcs begins on fox.t's a classic. linsicomb and roy haliday in an epic showdown were that's one of the best post-season matchups i've ever seen. college football, cincinnati visiting louisville. you know, there's so many -- how do you -- >> louisville. >> check out this run by the cardinals. he looked like he was down, right? i mean, they had him wrapped up. they had him all stacked up and he breaks out of that huge pile-up. keeps his feet. 85 yards later, it's a touchdown. cincinnati would get the last laugh. however, but look at that effort. 35-27 bearcats win. nfl news now, the vikings say it will be a game time decision whether bret favre will start this week. favre, despite painful tendinitis in his right elbow says he's ready to go. his record starting streak extends back to when george bush was president. george herbert walker bush that is. way back in 1992. vikings host the cowboys on sunday and by the way, an investigation by the league into favre's behavior toward a former female jets employee

of the republican party in texas and a former tv news reporter for the nbc affiliate in dallas-fort worth. both mark and karen have opening remarks to make. we will begin with mark. >> i think as we look at the likely results of the midterms, i think karen was going to go through in a little bit more detailed the current republican projections, and every day, the republicans come out another 10, 50, 60, 70. i do not know where it will come out, but we think expectations have run away a little bit from the polling, which shows most of the race is very close, within the margin of error and where turnout and the final five days are going to make a tremendous difference in the outcome of this race. i want to hit upon a couple of important overriding chin's about this election because i think it is important that even if the republicans win a significant victory, it should not be interpreted as a victory for the republican philosophy any more then i think 2008 should be interpreted as a victory for the progressive left. the truth of the matter is it is the increasingly independent voters who a

of the republican party of texas and a former tv news reporter with an nbc affiliate in dallas/fort worth. she is the author of "10 minutes from normal." about working with president bush. they both have opening remarks to make. i will turn it over to mark. >> i think that as we look at the likely results of the midterms, and i think karen was going to go through in a little more detail the current republican projections. every day, the republicans come out another 10, 50, 60, 70 -- i do not know exactly where it is going to come out. we think expectations have run away a little bit from the polling, which shows most of the race is very close, within the margin of error, and were turnout and the final five days are going to make a tremendous difference in the outcome of this race. what i want to hit upon our couple of important overriding trends about this election. i think it is important that even if the republicans win a significant victory, i do not think it should be interpreted as a victory for the republican philosophy anymore than i think 2008 should be interpreted as a victory fo

worth. going back fort isn't realistic and going forward things should be stable simply based on value and we'll see where this foreclosure market shakes out. jenna: are we going to see more government intervention? >> that's the main scheme of this government we're in right now. the average closing for a foreclosure in florida, 573 days, that's over 19 months. that's plenty of time to get your house in order or unfortunately find a new one. jenna: real quick, charles, your thoughts on fixing this? >> it's going to be a mess because the government is getting involved and perhaps even the federal government so this pushing the can down the road to ultimately the bottom of the housing market being next year rather than this year. jenna: unbelievable, drew, mark, charles, thank you for working us through that, we appreciate it. this is a story we're going to follow closely. as you might imagine, this foreclosure mess is very political right now. don't forget, we're 26 days away from the midterm electricals and now we're hearing some politicians are pushing to halt all foreclosures nationwide. what

there's some attention at thing i would ask worth a serious conversation about how far down the tale of radicalization you want to go. because every time we have a fortd, people like me is to spend four months cleaning up after. with some guy wants to e-mail some idiot in yemen. wow, i'm not sure that they protect his conversation. >> other questions? >> yes, hi. diana west, "washtington examiner." we are weighing the balance between civil liberties and security, but i wanted to ask keyer you are in balance between security and activities. we've been talking about fort hood in relation to perhaps extending the tolerance for domestic for things like that. but major has gone have been giving public briefs to his fellow officers that perfectly track the classical jihad doctrine on a 50 slide presentation. and this was not considered disturbing enough to be flagged and certainly stopped before he went to fort hood. that would be a situation where i would call a preponderance concern for islamic sensitivity. it you think we are the next right? do you think were viewing islamic sensitivity over security in some case? >> i can tell you that in the work we d

fort worth, texas los angeles, california honolulu, hawaii the uso is how america supports her troopsto the men and women who have placed our fortunes and our families and our futures ahead of their own. the uso is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that relies on the generosity of the american people. san diego, california san antonio, texas, baby. pasadena, california. but for now, it's right here. find out how you can help. visit us at uso.org. the uso. until every one comes home. when i was younger, i used to talk to my dad about going to college. he really wanted it for me, but after he left, it was hard. my mom struggled to pay bills and i didn't want to burden her with the stress of paying for something else, so i kept the desire to go to college a secret. i ran track and field and one day after practice, a coach grabbed everybody and told us about federal student aid. he gave us a free application and helped us fill it out because he knew we wouldn't do it on our own. and my mom learned from me! she went back to school and got her g.e.d. then i helped her fill out