first sergeant john hanson left nearly one year ago. he came home.stantly the anxiety is replaced by elation. after two decades of marriage and four deployments, it doesn't get any easier. >> the loneliness i think and the companionship. having somebody there that, you know, to do things with. >> different deployment, different place, different country. >> this deployment was unlike any other. first sergeant hanson was part of an elite business development team whose goal was train afghan farmers to become self-sufficient. hanson says video of his mission throughout the year, his work with animals, the people. what we didn't see was the danger he was in daily. >> we had 21 separate engagements with the enemy besides trying to do what we needed to do. so mortared a lot, shot at a lot. days i was surrounded by children. i thought i was safe, doing good stuff, treating animals and somebody would start shooting at us. >> it was important for him to be here. he was part of the speciallized unit that left afghanistan in march after a leg injury. hanson cam

hanson was part of an elite agri business development team.rmers to become self-proficient. hanson sent video of his mission throughout the year of his work with animals with the people. what we didn't see was the danger he was in daily. >> we had 21 separate engagements besides doing what we needed to do. got mortared a lot and shot a lot. there were days i was surrounded by children and i thought we were safe and treating animals and somebody would start shooting at us. >> it was important for sergeant bentley and hanson to be here. bentley left afghanistan in march after a leg injury. hanson came back unscathed but for nearly a year friends worried. >> this one is more emotional for me. i don't want him to leave again. >> as for what is next he will take a few weeks to transition out of military life and back to civilian life. he goes back to work for the city of caramel in the beginning of october. in monterey lisa amin, abc7 news. >> welcome home. >>> a former santa cruz resident made history tonight swimming 25 miles across monterey bay.

her real name is nita hanson and tonight you'll hear how she felt listening to dr.a deliver advice on you had to deal with her problems in her interracial marriage. larry, those stories and more coming your way at the tom of the hour. >> thanks, john. it's 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. we're back with janice dickinson, and officer ramirez, and jennifer forney. do you think that those pledges work? >> absolutely. we also at focusdriven.org has a pledge of our own. and we have seen so many people take this pledge and say that it has changed their lives. we absolutely are -- are all over getting people to take the pledge and share it with their neighbors, with their children, with their best friends, because this is becoming an epidemic. >> larry: is there any indication, officer ramirez, that talking hands free, cell phones while driving, is safer? >> there's no indication of that. >> larry: it should be safer? >> well, one of the reasons is because you're still not paying attention, 100% of your attention should be on what you're doing, the task at hand, driving. and,

sergeant hanson has a video of his mission during the year of his work with animals and people.re only now learning about the serious danger he faced daily. >> and 21 separate engagements with the enemy besides trying to do what we needed to do. got mortared a lot, shot at a lot. >> sergeant hanson plans to take two weeks to transition out of military life to civilian life and will go back to work for city of carmel in october. >> relishing the accomplishment of swimming 25 miles across monterey bay. chase is only the second person ever to do so successfully. he plunged into the 55 degree waters at santa cruz at 4:30 yesterday morning and monterey after 6:00 last night to the a lot of cheers. chase says he did it to draw the attention to the importance of the natural marine sanctuary like monterey bay. >> you gotta get out here, take a look what's out there. if more people get out in the ocean, i think we have to spend lots of time trying to protect it because those people would view it as their home. >> jelly fish forced chase to abort an attempt last year. this year he tried d

and wash it and tip it over to the concrete producers, bodhi, central, and others, rose and jensen, hanson, and the sand is coming down the sacramento river to mix with the aggregate to make concrete. the other thing that happens down in this area of san francisco, we are becoming more and more green at society. we are taking the asphalt and recycling it, and then we take concrete and put it through -- they will put it through a grinder and grind it to different rock sizes and use that as the aggregate for asphalt or concrete. i am not sure if this is a sand pile for the concrete or if this is a recycle plant. but it is one of them. the city has opened up the large piers that unfortunately are not being used. we don't have the commerce we had in the old days. it has gone to oakland. we don't have the real site on the side of the bay. >> south of market has very unusual conditions, settlement. >> south of market, that particular fixture is at sixth street, which is right in the heart of this. some of the largest magnitudes of movement during the 1906 earthquake occurred in this area of what

. >> larry: neita hanson is with s from denver, colorado, she was on the show when dr.ra used the "n" word 11 times. she called to deal with rese resentment about comments that were made by her husband's white friends and family. >> how about the "n" word? the "n" word's been thrown around. >> black guys use it all the time. turn on hbo and list fon a black comic and all you hear is [ bleep ], if anybody without enough melanin say it, people get upset. but when black people use it, it's affectionate. >> larry: thank you for joining us. what has gone on since all this ruckus? how have you reacted? >> it has been really crazy, but i've been given a lot of support. i want to thank everyone who has spoken up and just supported me through all of this. it's just been amazing. the feedback i've gotten has been very positive, so thanks. thanks, everyone. thank you. >> larry: the point that dr. laura was trying to make that blacks use the word, comedians use the word on hbo, that did not resonate with you at all? >> no. because i was calling to get advice about my relationship.

. >> larry: nita hanson is with us from denver, colorado. it was during her phone call to the dr.aura show last week that the radio host used the n word 11 times. nita, referred to as jade by dr. laura, called in asking for advice about dealing with resentment she felt about comments made by her white husband's friends and family. listen to some of what happened, then we'll talk with nita. >> how about the "n" word? now, the "n" word's been thrown around -- >> black guys use it all the time. turn on hbo, listen to a black comic, and all you hear is [ bleep ]. i don't get it. if anybody without enough melanin says it, it's a horrible thing. but when black people say it, it's affectionate. it's very confusing. >> larry: nita, thanks for joibing us. what's gone on with you since all this ruckus? how have you reacted? >> it has been really crazy, but i've been given a lot of support. and i want to thank everyone who has spoken up and just supported me through all of this. it's just been amazing. the feedback i've gotten has been very positive. so thanks, everyone. thank you. >> larry:

as graeme bell came into effect on sunday but commodities analyst all is lost hanson says the heat wave not the bad is driving world prices. to offset the band we are actually seeing weather forecast now which is projecting rain later in the week in the affected areas so where that may have an impact already we come from a situation where wheat has been trading at relatively low prices for a while and the market has probably the hedge funds and so on has been selling into it because they didn't see any prospects for higher prices so there's been a lot of scramble to cover short positions over the last months and but the global stocks are still still pretty high the stock to use is only dropping from twenty eight percent to twenty five percent this year so there's still enough to go around the main issue is obviously to get the surplus in the u.s. into the different areas where they are the need to the affected areas think there's something like eighty percent of the total annual production that comes from winter wheat so it's obviously incredibly important with the rain that's forecast

russia's grain ban came into effect on sunday the commodities list all the hanson says the market is mostly reacting to the weather forecast the market's reaction has been fairly limited to just today we actually trading on change currently both in chicago and in paris where we're seeing the milling wheat . to offset the band we are seeing with the forecast now which is projecting rain later in the week in the affected areas so that may have an impact already so we do think that the current cost of wheat is justified given the large reserves in some countries. it's it's hard to justify but obviously we had we come from a situation where we as has been trading at relatively low prices for a while and the market has probably the hedge funds and so on has been selling into it because they didn't see any prospects for higher prices so there's been a lot of scramble to cover short positions over the last month and but the global stocks are still still pretty high the stock to use is only dropping from twenty eight percent twenty five percent this year so there's still enough to go around

. >> reporter: hanson already works at a teacher's aids but budget cuts has reduced her hours. the money she would earn at mcdonalds would be welcome. but it's what comes with those hours that brought her in today. >> even if you work part time, you can get benefits, that doesn't even come with a job at schools anymore. >> reporter: unfortunately because of the economic time they don't have positions available. and we are lucky and we are excited that we can get some very good people. >> reporter: steven leavy says the slumping market is still hurting employment but the state employment is growing and service centers like mcdonalds needs to keep up. >> there are thousands of unemployed in california, so a thousand won't help. but a thousand is something. >> reporter: christien kafton, ktvu. >>> a large and colorful bus rolled into san jose today as part of a drive to boost the number of latino voters in california. the voter registration drive kicked off saturday stopping in eight cities over four days. organizers say latino's make up 32% of eligible voters. yet they represent

. >> reporter: sherry hanson says she's prepared to protect herself after learning three of her neighbors have been attacked by a man who has been forcing his way into women's apartments since late june. >> i feel really bad and disgusted as a mom for the young lady that this happened to. >> reporter: investigators say the attack happened june 30th when a man made his way into a woman's apartment, but her scream scared him away. just a week later the man raped another woman who woke up mid-morning to find him in her bedroom. the latest attack happened yesterday morning at 8:30. >> this one could very well have resulted in a rape. fortunately, the victim was able to defend herself, and she was able to utilize pepper spray to fend him off and then the suspect fled. >> reporter: well, the sheriff's department has stepped up patrols, and the park regency management has increased security. rather than say they don't understand why they weren't warned earlier. the management did issue a letter after the july 6th incident informing residents, "activity may be on the rise, but the letter makes no

travis hanson's carols off the course inside the l.a. coliseum. nick gives one people reason to watch a game between the orioles and royals. baltimore right fielder lays out for a catch to take away extra bases. the rockies dexter fowler preserved a no-hitter earlier this year. yesterday he leaped at the wall to prehaven't a game tying home run crashed hard and bruised his hips and wrist. left on the a cart. finally every little leaguer can do better than the braves' melky cabrera. his throw goes offline into right center. no winner at the infield. the reds ryan hannigan says thank you very much. that's an inside-the-park home run. the hard way. and t.o. and ocho cinco may have some work to do. dave stella of the canadian football league with the best end zone celebration so far playing hackie sack with the football. those are the plays of the weekend. right now our unscientific poll. the raiders or 49ers with the better soon son? 49ers first? >> yeah! whoo! >> oakland raiders? >> yeah!!! >> oh. >> equal. see you at 10:00 and 11:00. [ horn honks,

hanson had. if your comment or story idea you can e-mail him of people giving up the at kron4. >> we're falling breaking news that the sfo where shortly after midnight an emergency landing from a plane heading for a mass about the sydney australia i discussed at the phone with the airport of structures and at an update in just a few minutes.

seven term house veteran, chairman of the american black caucus in the detroit area, state senator hanson clark. she made a campaign issue of -- clark made a campaign issue of kilpatrick's son, who resigned two years ago amid charges of perjury and obstruction of justice." taking a look at some of the other charges from last night -- some of the other races for less night, "michigan in its primary election yesterday with more than 40% of safe precincts reporting, the mayor of lansing, virg bernero, won the democratic nomination. the former president of gateway inc. be back four opponents including the state attorney general." other races in play, "kansas, sam brownback easily won the nomination for governor, setting up a battle for his old job. representative jerry warren b. doubt his competitor for the gop nomination. he had the backing of conservative leaders. one of one dozen endorsements made this month in the primary races. another race we have been watching, easily beating challengers that claimed tea party ties, representative cardin and won the democratic nomination -- carnahan wo

so we are not calling this race but clearly hanson clarke with a lead he's going to enjoy right now.e'll see if that holds up with, again, half the vote yet to be counted. >> he's had that lead all evening long. we'll see if it continues. has representative kilpatrick said anything? >> we're at the doubletree hotel in downtown detroit where everyone is waiting for her. we have not seen her, we are told she's here in the building but we haven't seen her or heard from her. look at the video, bernard killpatrick, as well as former city councilmember mcfale. supporters and fans waiting here to hear what cheats kilpatrick has to say. the numbers are not working in her favor. state senator clarke is holding a substantial lead over the 14-year incumbent. he had -- her son had a few words to say, he's not claim anything victory but he's -- unfortunately, we don't have any sound there right now. as i mentioned back here live, the wait is on, the mood is somber, not too many people -- they're not feeling defeated, so we'll keep an eye here at the cheeks kilpatrick election and we'll bring it b