the most famous case, probably, though, is george armstrong custer's brother, thomas custer, and he wast the battle of little bighorn with george armstrong custer. but thomas custer had been a cavalry commander during the civil war, also, and in the end of the war, in two separate actions, he received the medal of honor, which didn't make george too happy, and at one point, he wrote to his wife that at a formal dinner, tom had shown up wearing both his baubles.  >> we're all good at something. some of us excel at sports, others math. one teen figured out a way to use his musical talent to raise money for charity. sam has the story. [ "smoke on the water" plays ] >> like a lot of teenagers, nick giordano likes to jam on the guitar in his bedroom. >> now you want to do, like, "smoke on the water"? [ "smoke on the water" plays ] >> but nick doesn't only play classic rock. he plays the classics. >> well, classical guitar -- there's, like, three different things that that has to do with. the first is the guitar itself -- its specific shape, which is the traditional pe

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) folks, and if the candidates discover a telephone booth that goes back in time, would they save custer or lincoln at ford's theater? trick question because the first rule of campaign time travel, always go back and kill hitler. you gotta lock up the florida vote. ( applause ) of course, folks, with an election this tight, what's really going to decide it is voter turnout in swing states. that's why officials must stay vigilant against voter fraud. thankfully, republican state legislatures across the country have been fighting fraud with voter i.d. laws, pen opinion passed a voteo requiring voters to show a photo i.d., or for the amish, two notarized forms of mule. it's not a moment too soon. pennsylvania has had a shocking "no documented cases of in-person voter fraud." zero evidence. they were that good. ( laughter ) of course, the sharks in the lame stream media have called voter i.d. laws a scheme to disenfranchise low-income and elderly voters. they have sunk their jaws into an innocent victim because this is blood in the water. >> shark, shark shark, shark, shark. shark. >> stephe

fire crews are battling a huge fire in custer national forest. so far that blaze has burned 15 homes. >>> 31 cars of a freight train jumped the tracks near chicago yesterday. this morning, investigators are still trying to find out why. the train was carrying coal from a mine in eastern wyoming when it went off the track near northbrook, illinois. union pacific says it will take at least two days to open the rail line. >>> a blue lobster captured off the coast of atlantic city is quickly becoming a huge spectacle. toby, the rare blue american lobster was lowered into the tank tuesday at the national aquarium in northwest d.c. visitors are already clawing, get it, for a chance to catch a glimpse of the 1 in a million catch. >> toby? >> toby. >>> it's hot and sticky, sound familiar? we're in for another day of extreme heat when howard returns at 4:39 and he'll tell us when high temperatures are expected to climb. >>> driving to your holiday destination has become easier thanks to a certain mobile device. >>> our region's recent stormy weather has r

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in montana, a fire has burned more than 186,000 acres in custer national forest. in colorado, firefighters keep making headway against the waldo canyon blaze, hoping to gain more ground on their 70% containment. cnn's jim spellman is live in colorado springs, and you have more of the exclusive pictures which are actually pretty frightening to show us. >> reporter: that's right, carol. they are making a lot of good progress against this fire now. but this is our first look really at what it was like up close, fighting this blaze last tuesday when so many homes were destroyed. take a look. the scene in the devastated mountain shadows neighborhood of colorado springs now. but this is what it looked like last week as high winds drove the fire down from the hills. behind the camera, colorado springs fire department videographer steve shoeper. >> you're starting to smell the smoke. and your head is on a swivel. i have sparks raining down all over me. >> reporter: firefighters converged on the scene. they had to quickly determine which homes to defend and which ones were

apple hasn't commented on the decision except to refer custers to the company's environmental website> one man in san francisco says it can do something others cannot. on saturday, it will start serving foie gras. it will be operating in the presid presidio, that's federal land, that means it's exempt from the state law. the presidio social club will introduce floi gras sliders. >>> the city's voters may finally get a chance to weigh in on the idea. >> a lot of people say it's the best tap water in the country. nbc bay area's joe rosato jr. shows us the new ballot initiative. >> reporter: every time water springs from san francisco's un plaza fountain, it marks the end of a 165 mile journey from yosemite reservoir. >> it supplies water to more than 230,000 people in the bay area. >> it's the primary source of water for san mateo county. >> reporter: when it was finished in 1923, it was called an engineering marvel. today, environmental mike marshall of the yosemite restoration campaign calls it a mistake. >> no other city in the country is allowed to score their water from a national

or since there is no law about lying i can say i am general custer. >> that's true. >> i won all kind of awards in the civil war. >> and the thing is with the education system the way it is, there would be nobody questioning you. >> you can't. >> that's true. >> you will be standing tall before the man. >> exactly. that's a brilliant point. >> the court is saying that lying is protected by free speech. shouldn't they say you can't claim something like a medal? the medal is from the government. isn't that fraud? >> it is. the guy is a loser for trying to take credit for service he didn't do. he should have a little more self-respect. and it is disrespectful for those who earned the medal. say what you want, but i agree. this is a crappy thing to do, but i just -- i don't want to -- people are going to say and do stupid things. i can't be comfortable with silencing it all. call it stupid. >> bill, you often go to bars and tell people you remember the kiss army. >> what's that? >> are you confusing me with andy. i don't even own make up. i go to bars and tell everyone i want a -- i won a

about 440,000 customers out of over 660,000 custers -- customers impact individual been restored. >>hat is that biggest hurdle from you? >> and absolutely. the biggest thing is we are seeing hurricane-like damage and we're seeing whole trees and tree limbs coming down on the power lines or other electric distribution equipment. that is time intensive. you have to remove the trees and we can put in a new transformer and new polls and restringing new wire. >> and have you brought in crews from other parts of the region to help you out? >> we have. we brought in more than 1200 out of state utility workers and they come from different states and in quebec, canada. >> and appreciate you joining us, rachel. >> thank you. >>> and one of the big questions, how long will the food last in your frigerator? if you lost pire, this is the rule to keep in mind. if the temperature goes above 40 degrees, throw it all out and that is usually two days. as for the fridge, you have about four to six hours. >> if you have spoiled food because of the power outages, get rid of it before that regular trash c

doesn't sell any treats on the latest complaint list but it has posted the fda warning to educate custersn. >> we know our customers are going to have questions about chicken treats. we want to give them as much information as possible. >> reporter: the co-founder michael leavy says they haven't recorded a difference between chicken treats from china and those from the u.s. >> we couldn't carry anything we wouldn't feed our own pets. >> reporter: the fd afrnlts says it's tested for bacteria, mold and chemicals in nearly 300 complaints sent in by consumers. anguished pet owners are pursuing two class action lawsuits against del monte and pure rena. >> the fda has gone down to china and inspected the facilities, but we can't get the results of that. >> reporter: del monte and necessa northwest li nestle, posted this video to show how the treats are made. kingdom pets post testing data on their sites and say they come from the same players from kfc china and mcdonald's china and never tested positive for known contaminants. in cal i's case the maximum recommended portion is between four and

. >> this superman like custer will not be operating today. >>mark: here is the to block a area that is going to be closed for the next five years. yoli is on the scene is this is right near neiman- marcus correct it? >>yoli: guess that is in your neiman-marcus. people can go through. right now. this is a special subway project. this is willing to be closed off for the next five years. i know that is want to be rough around here with the stores in the downtown area. we will make a nearby street into the street and will help relieve the traffic from the disclosure. -- closure. from thanksgiving to new year's that they will reopen socked in st. just for that time. and then they will close a four the construction. >>mark: said the sidewalks will remain open correct >>yoli: yes you will be able to use the sidewalks. maybe this guy -- cross works might be closed off we will be able to use the sidewalk. >>darya: let's take a live look outside we are live on the scene in santa clara as we watched the first giant pieces of the 49 his statement -- stay

we apologize to custer ins for inconvenience. >> something to keep an eye on. >>> now to, "your voice, your vote." the exclusive interview with former vice president dick cheney. it's grabbed headlines for cheney's blunt statement it was quote, mace take, for john mccain to pick sarah palin as a running mate. jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: i interviewed cheney by his home in jackson hole, wyoming. and talk about facing death and how the miracle heart transplant saved his life. how are you feeling? >> excellent. i haven't felt this good if years. >> reporter: you were in end stage heart failure. >> it's nothing short of a miracle. >> reporter: when you go in for that surgery, you don't know if you're going come out alive? >> well, that's one way to look at it. the pump -- it was the toughest of all surgeries. i lost 40 pounce. i was heavily sedated for weeks afterwards. i had pneumonia while i was recovering the surgery. by the time i came out from under, looked in the mirror, i saw my dad shortly before he died. it was four months ago. not a single glitch, no sign of rejection.

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