. >> cameraman lee roush begins recording an interview with assistant fire chief jim mitchell. >> jimm m-i-t-c-h-e-l-l. >> okay. assistant chief? >> assistant chief. >> have you guys been busy? has it been mostly calls like these? >> haven't been too bad today. yesterday was a different story. and last night, but today's been pretty uneventful. >> but it won't be uneventful for long. >> in this situation we had some ice on the line. the bigger problem was that snow and ice had collected on the limb. >> the firemen and news crew have no idea the tree limb above the power line is about to break. >> i was, you know, doing this shooting where you're looking through the viewfinder with your right eye and my left eye, i'm looking around, see what's going on. i see the tree branch move a little bit. i kind of looked over at it, and that's when everything let go. >> they're standing only a few feet away from live power lines charged with nearly 10,000 volts of electricity. >> the power lines. more today is medical emergencies, people are out shoveling their walks. >> the electrical explosion

mitchell is the son of the late porn king jim mitchell. >> and a judge ruled a special education teacher will stand trial on charges he raped a developmentally challenged teacher's aide. jerry johnson accused of attacking this 18-year-old woman who has a mental capacity of a 7-year-old. prosecutors say he is facing an enhancement of great bodily injure because the omwoman is pregnant. he has pleaded not guilty. >> and santa rosa police are facing new criticism over controversial photographs of children taken during a neighborhood festival. photos taken at south park day this weekend show a police officer allowing children to handle weapons use bid the s.w.a.t. team. and one young boy shown holding an assault rif. another shows a boy grabbing a riot gun on a table. and one santa rosa city council member says the photos are alarming and children should not be that close to weapons like this. the chief and event organizers argue they were unloaded and seeing them helps the community better understand mission and work of law enforcement. >> prison officials say it does not appear -- the corr

mitchell, the son of the late porn king, jim mitchell, is scheduled for sentencing august 16th. >>> a lit cigarette in a san francisco hospital landed two people in the women in the hospital. firefighters say it was a race against sometime. they heard reports the women were trapped inside. crews used a ladder to get to the second story. inside, they found both women unconscious. one woman in her 80s. the other in her 60s. one of them suffered severe burns. the official cause of the fire is under investigation. but firefighters say they found a cigarette butt in a bed. >>> a scary night at the office. a man was beaten and tied up by three people who ransacked a san francisco business. it happened just before 11:00 last night, near union square on sutter street and powell. police say the three suspects, a woman and two men, approached the 29-year-old man and beat him and then bound him. they took three computers from the office and then fled. the man was treated for his injuries at a hospital. he is expected to be okay. >>> soon, there may be a special state cabinet post that deals only

>> mitchell: jim axelrod in the very busy times square. thanks a lot. and from 43rd and broadway in manhattan, let's go east to elaine quijano in long beach, new york. hi, elaine. >> hi, russ. the worst didn't come to pass but irene certainly left her mark here on long island. when the water started pushing over the beach on long island... >> go, go, go! >> reporter: ...steve iorio scrambled to save the property he manages. >> reporter: how is it going, no water right now? >> no, no, no, we've been managing it all night. just trying to stay ahead of it. >> reporter: but in the low- lying community of long beach, new york, irene arrived at the worst possible time, high tide. that lead to several feet of flooding in some areas, though the waters quickly receded after irene moved past. >> another hour we would have been-- this whole street would have been totally filled with water. probably two feet plus in every house. >> reporter: irene indirectly hampered long beach hire fighters who had get past boarded up windows to put out a house fire. and earlier f

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: up next, the three doctors, how a friendship pact leadccess. success. with less chronic low back pain. imagine living your life with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a non-narcotic treatment that's fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdominal pain and yellowing of the skin or eyes. talk with your doctor about your medicines, including those for migraine, or if you have high fever, confusion and stiff muscles, to address a possibl

jim, thank you so much. joining us now is mail-in mitchell.state president of the wisconsin firefighters. >> hey, ed. how are we doing? >> it's great to see you. >> good to sigh again as well. >> i'd better just realize that i've become pretty good friends with this guy. and some people are calling him senator mitchell. i don't know. >> too much pressure. too much pressure. >> you have done a fabulous job leading your troops. as you went into this vote today, what were your thoughts? >> well, you know, i've been thinking the same thing since day one. one thing is when there's an emergency firefighters, police officers, we respond. and right now the house is on fire and we're here to put that fire out. but we want to know, we want to know, and we're asking governor walker, we're asking administration, at what point did firefighters, nurses, teachers, police officers, snowplow drivers, rock county workers become the problem? >> my colleague chris matthews on msnbc doing "hardball" says how come they always come after you guys? >> firefighters? >

joining me to talk about that is jim, chairman for democracy of america, rick is with us, the director of ask me wisconsin council 40 and mitchell the professional firefighters of wisconsin. great to have all of you with us tonight. let's start with you mr. dean, do you agree with the memo that it's too hard to predict? >> i think it's always too hard to predict. it comes down to turnout. i feel really, really good in the efforts we have been making over the last six weeks. ask me has done a great job out here and all over the state. the thing is turnout. if you are listening to the program and you are voting, it's great. get your family, friends and neighbors. please get them out to vote tomorrow. it's going to matter. >> what does it feel like? >> it feels terrific. we have been outdoors. i have woken quite a few people up. they were intended to vote and intended to vote for the great democrats leading the fight. >> what about the union effort. i mean, clearly, the code brother money that's come into the state, money under titles that we have never heard of before, money that can be identified, citizens united is on a roll. wh

jim donna van, who is doing a wonderful book about the battle at the alamo. other offers, tcp for keller, paula mitchell marks and a special man i still haven't met, but i am grateful to them because they read his books and articles, bill schilling berg. two people that although should recognize for their contributions to their knowledge, even though there's controversy involving them, maybe deservedly, but tonight luscious credit them for things they've given us. carl chieftain and glenn boyer. some of the people who contribute most are those who don't necessarily to do research or writing themselves, but they do the things that make it possible for the rest of us. when i met bruce dinges, i wanted him to read me trainee sketch because i knew he would give me a fair and objective opinion of what i was doing well and what i needed to do better. there's a special woman named christine rose and under her direction, the cochise county recorder's office is a place for anybody ought to start if you're trying to do this research. and learned from all these folks and as a gesture towards that, i am contributin

jim donna van, who is doing a wonderful book about the battle at the alamo. other offers, tcp for keller, paula mitchell marks and a special man i still haven't met, but i am grateful to them because they read his books and articles, bill schilling berg. two people that although should recognize for their contributions to their knowledge, even though there's controversy involving them, maybe deservedly, but tonight luscious credit them for things they've given us. carl chieftain and glenn boyer. some of the people who contribute most are those who don't necessarily to do research or writing themselves, but they do the things that make it possible for the rest of us. when i met bruce dinges, i wanted him to read me trainee sketch because i knew he would give me a fair and objective opinion of what i was doing well and what i needed to do better. there's a special woman named christine rose and under her direction, the cochise county recorder's office is a place for anybody ought to start if you're trying to do this research. and learned from all these folks and as a gesture towards that, i am contributin