why is it important to hold big rallies during recovery month? i feel like it's necessary for the community that you live in, the community that you reside in, to see how recovery individuals function, to celebrate the fact that these individuals have transitioned their lives from a state of dependence on drugs and alcohol, to a state of independence of being able to be self-sustaining, be employed, be educated, and just to celebrate what is being done in your area to support individuals, like we talked about earlier about the stigmas associated with recovery, or people that have had histories of addiction. but in celebrating their lives, in celebrating their accomplishments, it's a task for an individual to stop using drugs and sustain their life after that. so, i think it's very important to support those type of events to be able to show that your community is supportive of the effort of the individuals. and what is the event that's taking place in baltimore- it's- -for example, as an example of one of the events, many thousands of events that

, the free online recovery month kit offers ideas, materials, and tools for planning, organizing, andealizing an event or outreach campaign that matches your goals and resources. to obtain an electronic copy of this year's recovery month kit and gain access to other free publications and materials related to recovery issues, visit the recovery month website at www.recoverymonth.gov, or call 1-800-662-help. >> to address these concerns, i have made a series of amendments to the resolution that capture the spirit of the policy but would allow continued conversation with the task force and other stakeholders about how we do metering. i believe strongly that the city needs to start developing toes to help create affordable housing. in our housing element alone, we talk about building a 60% affordable, but we are currently not doing that. it is important to start the discussion about creating tools of measuring our affordable housing and creating tools to enforce that.

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to make is that the european center bangkok a key interest rate to a record earlier this month to support recovery across the entire town. isn't this a the touchdown rate suggests furtherance recovery in some way off. officials from the towns that has crippled need to turn to the ground to plant it will help the nation the contract. the scandal built in coal fired power plant in cushioning to generate electricity and shops. officials are taking a cue card companies they don't build the plants in the compounds into the existing his panties the cd has plans to use heat and gas group called the chief was curry is generating efficiency. each was a bit too will have the capacity of five hundred megawatts and the running pint and a twenty twenty is company officials say the project will employ up to ten thousand people in de end of the region and economic benefits of one point five billion dollars. we took the project will prove crucial in the prefecture recovered from the disaster and contribute to japan's economic growth. becky stark stop the lakeshore the investment does not apply the commissioning o

recovery? >> probably two to three-month recovery. possibly a temporary pacemaker afterwards.y and he will be incapacitated from his job for a while. anywhere from three to eight weeks for a while. >> the broncos are a seen as a favorite for the super bowl. if this goes well, can he be back -- >> if this goes well, he can be back in time for the super bowl in january. but that is if there are no complications. no bleeding, no stroke, it would have to be a pretty clean recovery. >> when something like this happens, is it usually hereditary. is it diet? i know you're not his doctor. >> basically, we're guessing here but the most likely situation, he doesn't have a try cuss pid valve. they have a greater likelihood. usually there is a simple test like an echo card gram. sounds like he is being followed overtime. warned relatively recently, if you develop any of these symptoms let us know. and he did. >> how common or uncommon is this and what should you know if you're home, and how you might be possibly affected. >> if you go for a check-up and the doctor has a heart murmur that

it is a procedure that can, quite frankly, take weeks, even months, for recovery.doreen gentzler shows us, there's details on a new approach that is helping patients feel pain-free faster. >> you are pretty tired after a game. it is a workout. >> at 70, elliott still referees nearly 15 games a week. active sports like lacrosse, basketball, and soccer. but all that pounding on the playing field started to take a toll on his body. >> i didn't have any cartilage in the hip. >> he had his first hip replacement surgery nearly eight years ago. he says the procedure left him in a lot of pain. >> i was hurting pretty badly after the operation two weeks into it, three weeks into it. >> while he eventually healed from that first surgery, he learned last summer that his other hip would need to be replaced. but this time, the doctors told him they would do it differentry. instead of operating it through the back of his hip they would come at it through the front this time. the anterior approach. >> when we go around the front we don't have to detach any muscles. >> dr. mark is

after months of recovery, now he's running for charity. >> there has been a lot more seriously injured people than myself. >> tough mudder has an obvious target. all the competitors spend hundreds to run in the mud. tough mudder started a few years ago with $20,000. it made more than $75 million. despite the growing popularity and cult-like policy safety is a concern. the biggest test came in june in west virginia, a 28 yooert died after jumping from an obstacle called walk the plank. the american college published a report on that event, calling for research into the vool um and unique in juries happening in these event. tough mudder is one of several course competition, others like spartan dash and warrior race face the same difficulties. tough mudder says it takes every precaution within its control. >> we design safety first. we think about how it will impact participants. >> of course, danger is part of the draw. >> it's like a drug. >> definitely dangerous, yes. a lot of times i ask myself, "why do i do this", after 24 hours, 20% of participants drop out. holloway was not one. >>

after months of recovery now he runs for charity. >> because there have been a lot more seriously injured than myself. >> reporter: he is the target commuter and that's part of what makes it a great business. all of these competitors are spending hundreds of dollars to run in the mud. tough mudder started a few years ago with only $20,000. last year it made $75 million in revenue. despite growing popularity and cult-like following safety remains a concern. >> in virginia a 28-year-old died from jumping from an obstacle called "walk the plank." the published report on that tough mudder event that calls for more research in the volume and unique types of injuries that happen in their event. tough mudder is only one of extreme obstacle course competition. others face the same issues, and there are still no industry standard for safety or medical preparedness. tough mudder says it takes every precaution within its control. >> we design safety first. we think about how this is going to impact participates, and what is the intent of the obstacle and what is the glisk of course danger is part of

month. his recovery is from an achilles injury last april. in college basketball, number two kansas got a scare as eye owe in a had the lead in the early going. butkansas turned it on and won in that. >>> the check this out. which rodriguez tried to blast a pain of glass but the shot bounces back causing rodriguez a whole lot of pain. right bat at you. the crowd advised him just walk it off. and a new foot locker commercial suggests that their new shoes can right all the world wrongs for well-known sports figures. >> i'm sorry, evander. >> so round trip to north korea? >> one way. >> one way? >> you think mike really kept the ear? i don't know about that. good to see those two hugging it out. also we'll keep you posted on rod man's one way trip to north korea. bill karins is in. that's one of the best i've seen in a while. >> it was cute. the big names to play along. >> that's true, they got them all involved. >> do you have your winter gear ready? >> my winter gear? i need to pull it out of the closet. >> i don't mind gettinged cold, but i d

the full recovery could take six months. kobe bryant signed a deal thatly keep him the league's highest paid player. he has yet to play a game so far after tearing his achilles tendon back in april. we have more news coming up. >> interrupted on immigration. all right. how the president responded to hecklers in california. plus vanishing act, saving the gulf shoreline. ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america >> welcome to al jazeera ameri america. i'm john seigenthaler. here are our top stories. president obama is urging critics of the deal to scale back iran's nuclear program to give diplomacy a chance. there is opposition coming from both republicans and democrats who say the iranians cannot be trusted, and sanctions should not be eased. those economic sanctions have cost iran billions of dollars. >>> nearly one year after the sandy hook elementary school shooti

are depending on aide for basic needs like food, the agencies say the funds would be for a 12 month recoverylan for areas devastated by the typhoon. many nations and organizations are donating supplies for the millions effected by the disaster and those who are already living in poverty. >>> bay area filipino group is raising money for victims of the typhoon and today they asked holiday shoppers for donations. >> people can donate 10¢s, $1 all goes a long way to provide food and shelter, immediate needs such as medicine. >> a small group collected money in san francisco. they said the scope of the the disaster is overwhelming. >> the effects of the typhoon is so huge nothing we ever imagined. >> this group national alliance for filipino concerns is highly critical of the philippine government saying they did not have a disaster plan in place. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee in india, headed to the city of bang lore. he plans to meet with government and business leaders as part of the sister city initiative. mayor lee recently returned from a trip to china where he agreed to two new sister cit

are depending on aide for basic needs like food, the agencies say the funds would be for a 12 month recoverylan for areas devastated by the typhoon. many nations and organizations are donating supplies for the millions effected by the disaster and those who are already living in poverty. >>> bay area filipino group is raising money for victims of the typhoon and today they asked holiday shoppers for donations. >> people can donate 10¢s, $1 all goes a long way to provide food and shelter, immediate needs such as medicine. >> a small group collected money in san francisco. they said the scope of the the disaster is overwhelming. >> the effects of the typhoon is so huge nothing we ever imagined. >> this group national alliance for filipino concerns is highly critical of the philippine government saying they did not have a disaster plan in place. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee in india, headed to the city of bang lore. he plans to meet with government and business leaders as part of the sister city initiative. mayor lee recently returned from a trip to china where he agreed to two new sister cit

. >> i was in new york working with the sandy recovery for many months. >> we have protected this man'sity and changed his voice because he still work with the red cross. highways direct knowledge of the move-in assistance program. >> why have you decided to help us. >> clients promised help from the red cross. these people have been homeless or de placed for about a year. there were made promises from the red cross and the red cross failed to honor these promises. >> in the aftermath of sandy the red cross launched its move-in assistance program last december. red cross workers in new york told us they were instructed how to interpret the program criteria. each case passed through multiple layers of atravel until last may. >> why arwhy were there people e pipeline and then it changed. >> the guidelines changed drastically. >> is review an accurate word? >> no. >> so this is frequently asked questions, and it seems to date from may. >> we showed him an internal red cross document we were told was intended for red cross case workers to use as talking points with now disqualified victims.

month. how is this making rescue efforts, recovery efforts that much more difficult? >> well, that's correct. almost a month ago to the day, there was a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in berhol. and that levelled many towns to absolute rubble. people were living in tents and makeshift shelters when this typhoon crossed right over the top of them and caused yet another scene of devastation. there were still people that required food aid and water and shelter from that earthquake when the typhoon struck and so the problem has been exacerbated beyond belief on that particular island. and that's something that aid workers are trying to address as they still get into some of the very remote areas as we spoke about earlier. we are only estimating at the potential of the catastrophe at this point. as aid workers and responders go into these remote places, get further along the coastline to places they haven't been able to get in to yet, they are clearing the roads. landslides have stopped their ability to get access. telephone poles are on the road. trees are all over the place. as

>> aloe way was wounded in afghanistan where her is of theed with the british aftermy after months of recovery you is now running for charity. >> there are more seriously injured people than myself. >> he had has an obvious customer and that is what makes it a great bits. >> all of these competitors are paying hundredses of dollars to run in the mud zpl.ts last year they made $5 million in revenue. despite the agreeing popularity and the cult like follow safety remains the biggest certain. the biggest test came in june in west virginia a 28-year-old died after jumping from an of or o oe others like spartan dash anwar error race face the same issues and there are no industry standards fo for safety or medil preparedness tough mudder takes every precaution in it's control. >> we design safety first and we that i about how it will impact the and what will the o obstacls >> and of course danger is the draw. >> definitely dangerous it's like a drug. >> often times why i do do this. >> after 24 hours two% of the tis faints have dropped out. aloe way was not one of them. >> i ended up beginning 60. h

a full recovery could take six months. >>> kobe bryant signed an extension with the lakers today.e deal will keep him in purple and gold for a 20th season and remain the league's highest paid player. he is earning $30 million for this season. he has yet to play a game this season after tearing his achilles ten don' tendon in apr. >> johnny peraulta signs a contract with the cardinals. he had .333 with a home run and four doubles in ten playoff games for the tigers. >> coming up later we'll talk about how the n.f.l. schedule impacted the race for the playoffs. >> a young photographer on a mission. the spotlight she is shining on portland e. orego, oregon. >> and the growing huma humanitn crisis. the impact on the kids. ♪ it's not the right thing for america security. some lawmakers are opposed to the agreement. >> a winter storm has left eight people dead in the u.s. snow and ice is causing delays at airports around the country. >> the storm will slow thanksgiving travel plans. >> the authorities in connecticut have closed the case on the sandy hook elementary school shooting the s

after months of recovery, he's running for charity. there's more seriously injured people than myself. >> tough mudder has an obvious target customer, and it's part of what makes it a great business. all of these competitors are spending hundreds to run in the mud. it started a few years ago with $20,000. last year it made more than 75 million. despite the growing popularity and cult-like following safety is a concern. its biggest test is in june in west virginia, a 28-year-old died after jumping from an abisticle called walk the plank. the american college of physicians published a report calling for more information about injuries that occur. tough mudder is one of several, others like spartan dash and warrior race face the same conditions. tough mudder says it takes every precaution within its control. >> we design safety first and thing about how it will impact participants, what are the risks. danger is part of the draw. >> it's like a drug, to be honest. >> definitely dangerous. a lot of times i ask myself why do i do this. >> af

recovery will take 6 months. his season is over. it's the second time in two years he suffered a season ending injury, last year in may suffering a tear keeping him out that season. >> i approached kenny anderson about the approach the bulls should take to the roster. >> they may have to shift a gear. the team is set up for derrick rose. the pieces are put for doz to lead the bulls. with his injuries, they may have to blow it up, looking for the future. what derrick rose has on his size, it's age, it's young. being a guard, the way he plays, his explosiveness - it may be difficult. >> the pacers enter a game and keep the streak alive. george hill scores a season high 26. george hill scored a record run. they sealed the 98-84 victory improving a record. it's the best start in history. the timberwolves shot 33%ful held it a season low in point. >> now to the nfl. san francisco's quarterback robert griffin and colin kaepernick lead the team to the play-off as starters. this year it's had been a struggle. they face off against each othe

after months of recovery he's running for charity. >> there's more seriously injured people than myself. >> toughest mudder has a target customer - there's part of what makes it a great business. competitors are spending hundreds to run in the mud. toughest mudder started a few years ago with $20,000. last year it made more than $75 million in revenue. despite the popularity and cult-like following safety is a concern. the biggest test in june west virginia, a 28-year-old died jumping from a walk the plank obstacle. the american college of physicians published a report on that event and called for research into volume and injuries that happen in these event. toughest mudder is one of several extreme competitions. others like spartan dash and warrior race face the same issues. there are no industry standards for safety and industry preparedness. toughest mudder will take every precaution in its control. >> we design safety and how it about impact participants and what are the risks. >> danger is part of the draw. >> it's like a drug. >> definitely dangerous. >> a lot of times i ask mysel

. >> in the coming months, shayna makes a remarkable recovery. e and her unborn baby undergo half a dozen surgeries. in april 2006 she and rick get married, and a few months later their son tanner is born, a 7 pound 13 ounce healthy baby boy. >> tanner is more than a miracle. he really is my physical angel. >> at 3 years old, tanner is still too young to know about the fall he survived inside his mother's womb, but one day, if he sees the video, he'll come to know how lucky he is. >> i remember how important his little tiny heartbeat was to me. hearing that heartbeat gave me a reason to want to get better. it gave me a reason to want to heal and go on and see what else life had to offer. >>> coming up, a young child trapped in a burning car. >> there's a baby in there! >> he was screaming like i've never heard a person scream or child scream ever. >>> and a panic-stricken woman is swept away by dangerous floodwaters. >> it was a pretty fast realization that this could be it. >> when "caught on camera: i'm alive!" continues. but sudafed gives you m

month. that is what a recovery in america should look like, not these paltry numbers.te house, leftist media all celebrating this number as if it is some kind of a great achievement. it is not. charles: yeah. liz: it is a gimpy recovery. the roof didn't fall n i don't think we can cheer that. charles: said it is up to monica's point, the roof's falling in on friday, the roof's falling in on friday, and the roof's falling in on friday and god 2 doesn't. this guy is rocking. >> there is no shame anymore in washington, d.c. when it comes to -- charles: did you watch the market initially, emac? now there is the notion that the fed is going to start tapering a little bit. liz: we're debating that they do that by march. they may not. we're relying on the fed forward guidance, not ceo's forward guidance of their own earnings. charles: the fed is not the american public. they understand in this number the participation rate went down. they understand in this number, a lot of part--ime jobs went up. they understand, in this numbers the labor force was down 720,000. they don't h

month. the reason? slow economic recovery and wicked travel weather. here is an example of that: a driver in oklahoma city lost control and rolled into a ditch. air travelers at dallas-ft. worth are getting stranded by ice with 300 flights can setted. there is flooding in phoenix from a monsoon. the storms could bring rain, sleet, snow or ice in mid-atlantic states. >> fear californiaans planning on traveling, more than five million from california will go 50 miles or more from the holiday down 4 percent from last year, a majority, 4.5 million, will get to the destination by driving. the drivers will pay more for gas after nine weeks of falling prices the gas prices are back up with the average price of a gallon of regular now $3.27 a gallon. in california, it is $3.56. in the bay area, it is $3.66 a gallon. >> it has been so warm in the afternoon you feel like you could drive a convertible. >> almost. >> almost. >> almost. >> now a look at the forecast. >> that sounds like a good president. >> ice box? >> that will work. i wanted to show you what it l

this is a massive undertaking, and recovery effort that might take months or years before it is over.yemen a representative at national reconciliation talks has been shot dead. the fighters control large parts of the northern province. >>> the creator of the worldwide web has warned of a growing tide of surveillance and cent forship on the internet. he leads a group that monitors freedoms online around the world. countries like russia, china, pakistan, saudi arabia, and ethiopia are expensively censoring sensitive material. in all 30% of countries block politically sensitive content, and almost all of the countries in the survey failed to properly monitor how their government intercepts information. here is tim. >> governments attempt to control the internet, and governments attempts to control their people by spying on them. it's very insidious. it has a very chilling effect. it can prevent all of the benefits coming -- because people just won't go out and use the medium because they are worried that there is somebody that they don't trust looking over their shoulder. >>> still to co

november 1st, the snap program runs out of money from the 2009 american recovery and reinvestment act. >> here. >> reporter: each monthkatherine gets about $358 in food stamps. about $4 a meal in a city where cereal at her local store costs $4.50. so she sells c s cans for money. >> after these cuts, the average benefit per person per meal will be $1.40. >> reporter: katherine and 47 million americans will now have even less money. that includes 22 million children on food stamps and 9 million elderly are seriously disabled people according to the center for budget and policy priorities. even congressional democrats were upset about the president's gamble. >> i did not want to do that. this was a -- these were bad choices to make. >> thank you. >> reporter: mckinnon already supplements food stamps by eating two meals a day at a soup kitchen, a senate version of the farm bill which funds the food stamp program proposes cutting nearly $4 billion more over ten years. the one in the house, $39 billion more. >> we need to reform the food stamp program. i'm not so much concerned about the planned spending reduced as is gett

lower for the third straight month in a housing recovery showing stronger momentum despite headwindsrtgage rates. and in all rate of 1.3 million. the highest rate in nearly 5.5 years. according to the shiller index, that is a stronger gain since february 2006. and allen greenspan telling fox business th markets in washington are causing uncertainty in hurting economic growth. >> there is a huge uncertainty about the distant future. the economy will remain dull as long as that continues and the amount of borrowing or lending this by the commercial banks is going to be diminished. the one joining me now to assess the comments is john lonski. thank you so much for being here with us. eighty-seven years old, still going strong, much to say about the economy. >> i would say right now the equity is overvalued between four and 12%, which we lose and that is the risk. >> what he said is that treasury bond yields. >> it's interesting. he said there are a lot of uncertainties looking into the future. and what is the outlook to your perspective? >> i think that the long-term outlook is signific

recovery. before and up to five months after the storm the second stage housing recovery efforts that are underway now and will continue for the next 12 to 18 months and the city's plan to protect and mitigate against the climate-related impacts that have become an increasingly frequent part of everyday life. i'll start with the pre and immediate after sandy aid. our partnership with federal agencies began well before sandy moved up the east coast to the united states and took that left ward hook that would subject new york city to the storm's most devastating impacts. as the city implemented its coastal storm plan, fema and the national weather service were embedded with us at the city's emergency operations center. and i was there for days. so i can attest we had much support. though the storm did tremendous damage, the prestorm evacuation operation was largely successful. and post storm surveys indicate that most new yorkers knew about the storm, knew if they lived in a vulnerable area, and knew they should eyak kuwait -- evacuate. after storm together with fema enat new york national guard we

have this ongoing flow but okay recovery and incremental liquidity because you have had the accommodative policy for a long time, it's only been in the last 12, 18 months accommodative policy meant domestic economic recovery. i think that is why you see some of these extremes at the stock level in terms of some of the momentum names and really levered deep value names also really high-quality stuff in between. to us it is attractively valued. liz: so, todd, let me throw it back to you, you called it the bit coin rally, that is what a lot of people cannot wrap their minds around but others who bought it at $3 at the start of the year are in the money trading above 1000. tell me whattthe traders feel is the next best trade. is it soft commodities? or do you want to buy low and going to other potential commodities that might be an opportunity or simply go to the emerging markets which some would say are oversold recently. todd? you know what, this microphone is gone. we might need another battery. tim, you have some special picks here. you also like best buy, which jumped out at us because best buy has 7% shortage, have good numbers, but they almost conce

. >> he undergoes surgery for an arm injury and months of painful recovery.e has to take indefinite leave from his job. >> i have to use two hands to drive the bus. with this injury, transit is not going to allow me to drive the bus. >> but the risk has its rewards. st. bernard becomes a hero overnight. >> i was honored at two baseball games. the first one was the cyclones where they gave my daughter a thousand dollar skip for school. i threw out the pitch. and then couple of weeks later i got a call from yankee stadium. >> perhaps the most meaningful thank you comes from the child's family. >> when i got to the door, the mother pulled me into the house and she thanked me. she gave me a big hug. and i hugged the baby. and then she came out and she gave me a hug in front of everybody, and she said thank you and she ran back in the house. she was real, real shy. >> st. bernard doesn't call himself a hero. he says it's all part of being a good neighbor. >> neighbors, the friends, the not so friendly. now they see me and they say hi and they shake my hand and the

recovery. signing fewer contracts to buy preowned homes last month, and fell if october, the fifth straight month of decline. walmart is looking more global. they announced that doug mc mcmilne will replace mike duke. duke is retiring. he currently heads up the company's international division. he plans a major expansion in china over the next three days. >>> german union threatening more strikes against amazon.com during key holiday shopping centers. employees walking off the job in two east german sites in dispute over wages and working conditions. amazon said that they are paid comparable wages to others in the industry. >>> has the war in afghanistan wind down thousands of american soldiers are coming back home, but they're also looking for work. some are now taking advantage of low-interest loans to start their own businesses. >> reporter: with just days left before the start of the holiday season employees at chocolate works in new york, are in high gear melting, decorating and packing up goodies to send to customers all across the country. >> i worked since four years old, my entire life,

director konyndyk, could you take us through the next six to nine months as we move into the recovery phase and sort of what's the best case scenario from a recovery standpoint and d what's the worst case scenario and what kinds of resources american and international inten private, not for profit need tot be put together so that we can r avoid the worst case scenario. >> absolutely. and thank you for that question. so first obviously there's onlyc so much we can speculate becausa there's still a lot we don't kn. know. we're gathering a lot ofwe information. we are currently heavily focusey on insuring that we get the e g relief response right. and that has been an intense rl focus for the past ten days. but we are beginning to think about the longer term and what that's going to look like. i will be traveling out tomorrow and that's going to be a major f focus of my trip is exploring more of that.we we know some things now. we know, for example, s transitional shelter will be anr enormous priority. we are providing emergency shelter materials right now. the heavy-duty plastic sheetin

month. >> is that good? >> it is a good number compared to what have been seeing. in past recovery we have seen throw hundred or 400,000 jobs in a month. our average is 146,000 and so 202,000 jobs looks pretty good. it doesn't look good to the people watching us that need a job, but on a comparative basis it is something and better than what you would expect. >> the obama care quagmire. can you say that that is one of the reasons that the hiring is not more robust? >> i think we have all talked to member who has a business. i was talking to a guy who owns a software company and provides health insurance because they are full- time workers. that is something you have to do. premiums went up 15 percent. and he was told to go on the obama care website for small businesses and they are going through the exact same problems that individuals are seeing. you create user names and he would like to expand and hire more people. he can't do that because he doesn't know the costs. there are reports in the papers and look at restaurants that want to open another location. a lot of people just o

recovery. it was eight months ago when his bone was popping out of his leg in the middle of the arena.vin and coach pitino about that journey of recovery starting with the incident, and asked him, hey, have you watched that video again? take a listen. >> i've seen it happened one time. that was enough. i told him not to watch it. it serves no purpose. >> honestly i'm strong mentally. i haven't seen the video. i kind of feel like i would start doubting myself. i wouldn't want to jump on the leg. so i kind of feel like that would backtrack me. >> kevin hasn't played in an official game yet. that will come in a week or so, but he does have a bet with kobe bryant, kobe coming back from injury as well. he said, whoever gets back to the court first, the other one comes and watching their game. kevin has told me you better come and see me soon if i win. >>> your show airs at 10:30 eastern, and follow us on twitter. "crossfire" with representatives matt cartwright and john fleming as guests, that starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire", president obama rejected by the house again. >> if i