they were l.l. bean. i already had them. in july it was over 100 degrees. i would carry around a few brochures in my left hand and pass them out to people. and i wasn't paying attention. it was in newport, tennessee. saturday morning. it was still cold. it was probably february. and i walked right in front of the pickup truck. it knocked me up over the thing. if i hadn't had boots on i would have broken my ankle for sure. the lady got out and realized what i was and said, oh, my gosh, and it had to happen in newport. i took two or three days and then i went right back to that stop. i always put an x. because people always suspected i was taking rides. i would walk 10 or 12 miles, mark another x. spend the night. keep going. when i was governor, i would get stuffy the way

they were l.l. bean. i already had them. in july it was over 100 degrees. i would carry around a few brochures in my left hand and pass them out to people. and i wasn't paying attention. it was in newport, tennessee. saturday morning. it was still cold. it was probably february. and i walked right in front of the pickup truck. it knocked me up over the thing. if i hadn't had boots on i would have broken my ankle for sure. the lady got out and realized what i was and said, oh, my gosh, and it had to happen in newport. i took two or three days and then i went right back to that stop. i always put an x. because people always suspected i was taking rides. i would walk 10 or 12 miles, mark another x. spend the night. keep going. when i was governor, i would get stuffy the way governors get, my staff would say put your shirt on and go back out and walk with people. so even today we have an annual mule day parade, the first saturday of the year in columbia, tennessee. there might be 100,000 people there. i wear my red and black shirt and walk in the parade. the ru

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a big outdoorsman so i had kind of a ratty coat so i don't want to offend anyone it was a ratty l.l. bean coat. i had it for a long time and it really looked pretty awful, i was up there getting ready and i looked out on the monitor and i said to myself this videotape is going to be around forever and i looked off to my right and one of my colleagues had just came from london who just bought himself a beautiful blue cashmere top coat and i said give me a coat right now, and he did and i gave them my coat so i looked to splendid at the berlin wall let me tell you. [laughter] host: will you been there for so many events, you are the first to interview gorbachev, the first to do a network human rights abuse report with was going on in tibet and you interviewed the dalai lama, so many first for 911 you say some of your most memorable interviews are like those with appears family of vermont whose son was dealing with a head injury. injury. really how can that be? guest: i think those are the most important interviews that i have done and there a classic example of that i remember 2000 people p

this l.l. beanm to it a sale on backpacks and lunch boxes they were already going to buy anyway. >> your total is $103. at 25% off, that will take the total down the about 75 bucks. >> that's great. >> reporter: if you're shopping online, check sites like retail me not or shopular for savings like this 25% off on staples. >> all school supplies. it's over $160. we've added this coupon. it's dropped down to $140. >> reporter: those same apps alerting you to in-store deals. using the gps on your phone to find you savings as soon as you walk in. >> you ready to go shopping? thumbs up? >> reporter: after ringing it all up? >> your total is $400.98. >> i have a 35% off code. >> awesome. >> you saved $163. your total is $240. >> saving this family over $250. over 15% of their back-to-school budget. another great way to save? more than a dozen states hold tax-free days just for back-to-school shopping. which can save up to an additional 8%. check our website to find our where. lara? >> oh, you know i will.