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so an ex-navy s.e.a.l. and pro-football player that was a multimillionaire made quite an impression on the other regulars. >> just a really cool guy. like the life of a party type guy. and then find out how much money he's got, you know, down here with different cars every day, you know, stuff like that. >> fancy cars and big trucks and hot motorcycles. mike grogan had them all. but he didn't just spend money on himself. grogan took his new friends golfing at pricey clubs, always paying for lunch, dinner, everything, in cash. soon, his landlord and friend also found out just how wealthy mike grogan was. >> something like $23 million worth of microsoft stock. >> 23 million? >> right. >> but grogan was modest, too. when a woman named marina started dating him soon after he hired her to work at the restaurant, she says she heard about his wealth and fame from other people. instead, she says, he liked to talk about her. did he listen if you had a problem? >> yeah, totally. he was very exciting and happy all the
so an ex-navy s.e.a.l. and pro-football player that was a multimillionaire made quite an impression on the other regulars. >> just a really cool guy. like the life of a party type guy. and then find out how much money he's got, you know, down here with different cars every day, you know, stuff like that. >> fancy cars and big trucks and hot motorcycles. mike grogan had them all. but he didn't just spend money on himself. grogan took his new friends golfing at pricey clubs, always...
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the member of navy s.e.a.l.nough credit for what they do day in and day out. >> now hollywood is calling. in march columbia pictures optioned the rights to rich phillips' story as a project for tom hanks. the captain himself is now back at sea. yet still looking back at an overwhelming experience. >> even now, i look ought and i realize, there is an enormous amount of emotion. how much time did you spend over those 96 hours thinking of your family on that boat? >> the most telling thing to me. even now i can feel a welling, was my son. one of the last things he said to me, we have a way of bantering back and forth, i don't have a dad. he is always at sea. he is never home. so i was thinking even now it still affects me. the one thing that affects me. that was my will to live. i had to get back for him. >> to prove him wrong. >> to prove him wrong.
the member of navy s.e.a.l.nough credit for what they do day in and day out. >> now hollywood is calling. in march columbia pictures optioned the rights to rich phillips' story as a project for tom hanks. the captain himself is now back at sea. yet still looking back at an overwhelming experience. >> even now, i look ought and i realize, there is an enormous amount of emotion. how much time did you spend over those 96 hours thinking of your family on that boat? >> the most...
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. >> a lot of people thought they could have been a navy s.e.a.l.rance. >> it is an extreme test and can last 30 hours or more. you have to think quick on your feet. and in past races, competitors learned greek phrases and split wood and crawled under barbed wire. from year to year, it is never the same. >> there is a serious risk of death in the event. >> i understand. >> with those words, and whatever bruce can fit in his pack, including the mandatory axe, the first leg of the race begins. >> every person has to lift each rock 150 times. >> the task is to lift 100,000 pounds. they are each individually lifting rocks and rotating to the left. >> a half hour? . >> 14 or 15 loops an hour. >> that is ten hours. >> they going a little slow. >> seven hours in and only one person has dropped. 144 men and ten women are still lifting rocks in the middle of the night. after 75 loops, bruce is not sure how much longer he can go on. >> honestly, i'm not sure i will get through the other half. i did not count on all of this repetitive lifting. it is not my str
. >> a lot of people thought they could have been a navy s.e.a.l.rance. >> it is an extreme test and can last 30 hours or more. you have to think quick on your feet. and in past races, competitors learned greek phrases and split wood and crawled under barbed wire. from year to year, it is never the same. >> there is a serious risk of death in the event. >> i understand. >> with those words, and whatever bruce can fit in his pack, including the mandatory axe, the...
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. >> she moved faster than a navy s.e.a.l. and took out this guy, pretty impressive. >> she was closest, but nonetheless, she struck him with a right hand, and then she took the plate, which the attacker used to strike rupert murdoch and hit him back with it, give him a taste of his own medicine, and as we left the room, we were all asked to leave, that is the members of the press and members of the public. so that the session could be suspended. she was sitting next to rupert murdoch, and she has had recognized that no real damage had been done. it was shocking, but no real injury, and she was sitting next to him smiling and pleased with the speed and the effectiveness of her reaction. >> jonathan, what do we know about the attacker? >> well, right after the attack took place, i started speaking to the police who were running around. all they were telling me, this was a live incident and looking into it urgently. they have since said it was a 26 year old who they arrested on suspicion of assault, but he has tweeted, in fact,
. >> she moved faster than a navy s.e.a.l. and took out this guy, pretty impressive. >> she was closest, but nonetheless, she struck him with a right hand, and then she took the plate, which the attacker used to strike rupert murdoch and hit him back with it, give him a taste of his own medicine, and as we left the room, we were all asked to leave, that is the members of the press and members of the public. so that the session could be suspended. she was sitting next to rupert...
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. >> if i read it i'll be transported into the life of a navy s.e.a.l.? >> yes, you will.y get the real experience of it and it's fascinating. >> i'm sold. if you're looking for a really smart chick read, "maine" by courtney sullivan is the book to get. you have a beachhouse, you've got secrets, you've got intrigue, perfect recipe for a great summer book. what good is summer reading without a thriller? if you're looking for one book that you cannot put down this summer, it's "long gone" by alafair. a woman named alice humphrey who thinks she lands a dream job working in an art gallery here in manhattan's meat packing district and shows up to find the place stripped bare and her boss dead on the floor. it's a page turner. it won't disappoint you. so, james, you are the editor and chief of a magazine. we know you from "top chef." you have a new cookbook out called. >> "the new comfort food." >> your beef, what book should people be looking at this summer? >> there are two books i love a lot. one is "a tiger in the kitchen" by the author sheryl pann. she took a year off and t
. >> if i read it i'll be transported into the life of a navy s.e.a.l.? >> yes, you will.y get the real experience of it and it's fascinating. >> i'm sold. if you're looking for a really smart chick read, "maine" by courtney sullivan is the book to get. you have a beachhouse, you've got secrets, you've got intrigue, perfect recipe for a great summer book. what good is summer reading without a thriller? if you're looking for one book that you cannot put down this...
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. >> speaking of the navy, our kaj larsen used to be a navy s.e.a.l., once a s.e.a.l.ays a s.e.a.l., but he's journeyed many unique places in his life and career but nothing quite like this. >> reporter: in 2007 a scientific exploration planted a russian flag at the bottom of the arctic sea bed. what some publicly dismissed as a political stunt was privately considered in some circles a sputnik-like moment. according to secret leaked cables published by wikileaks the rest of the world began scrambling to make sure they got a piece of the arctic pie. that's how i came to be at a u.s. navy facility in the arctic circle to observe the escalating tension and activity in the region. >> oh, yeah. that's brisk. >> reporter: at daybreak we headed out to rendezvous with one of the two u.s. nuclear submarines patrolling in the arctic. >> you know planes, trains and automobiles? the cnn version, ice planes, helicopters, and submarines. >> reporter: the helicopter dropped us and our equipment at the rendezvous site. a three-foot-thick sheet of ice several miles away from the base
. >> speaking of the navy, our kaj larsen used to be a navy s.e.a.l., once a s.e.a.l.ays a s.e.a.l., but he's journeyed many unique places in his life and career but nothing quite like this. >> reporter: in 2007 a scientific exploration planted a russian flag at the bottom of the arctic sea bed. what some publicly dismissed as a political stunt was privately considered in some circles a sputnik-like moment. according to secret leaked cables published by wikileaks the rest of the...
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navy s.e.a.l.s. for teams like the one that took out osama bin laden. >> you've trained s.e.a.l. team 6 dogs?n the '80s, i can't talk about that. >> reporter: if he told me he'd have to kill me. have one of his friends do it. >> pretty amazing. german shepherds are the most common guard dog. >> dobermans as well, rottweilers. >> look at that, a mastiff. >> look out. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to " 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... insured by unitedhealthcare surance company, not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying .up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. ththe are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... exclusively endorsed by aarp. when you call now, you'll get this free information kit... with all you need to enroll. put their trust in aarp p medicare supplement insuranc. plus you'll get this
navy s.e.a.l.s. for teams like the one that took out osama bin laden. >> you've trained s.e.a.l. team 6 dogs?n the '80s, i can't talk about that. >> reporter: if he told me he'd have to kill me. have one of his friends do it. >> pretty amazing. german shepherds are the most common guard dog. >> dobermans as well, rottweilers. >> look at that, a mastiff. >> look out. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement nsurance card,...