spl how do you think i'm feeling? i can't feel my legs. i can't put phew underwear on. how do you think i feel? >> one man's story. in the name of a friend he can never forget. a special independence day edition of "nightline" starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. and happy independence day, everyone. tonight, we want to bring you a story that goes to the heart of our country's tradition of freedom won through sacrifice, from the revolution until today. the amazing story of one marine we first met more than a year ago in afghanistan in place that years of war had made unsafe for everyone, he signed up for duty that put him directly in harm's way. he talked to us about it at the time. american lal lor, one marine's story. >> reporter: we first meet joey jones in afghanistan. the financial base of the taliban. helmand is the deadliest province. do you feel like you're ready to retire? >> i'm jest getting started. >> reporter: and 23-year-old jones has one of the most tang rouse job, bomb disposal. >> it's a big deal for the country and the guys behind you.

. >>> a massive oil spl affecting the yellowstone river. >>> -- spill affecting the yellowstone river >>> and how the weekend weather allowed some families to go back home in new mexico. you are watching "good morning maryland" first and only at 4:30 in the morning. as we head to break on this 4th of july, a live look at the nation capital where we see a live picture of the capitol this morning. we will be right back. >>> now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >>> exxon mobile under fire this morning. once again following tens of thousands of gallons of oil that spilled in montana's yellowstone river. a break in the company's pipeline near laurel contaminated miles of river bank and forced the toage of? -- stopage of anyone to use the river. exxon brought in more cleanup crews along the three sites. choppy river waters made the cleanup difficulty. >>> rain helped firefighters battling the forest fire in new mexicoch the sunday weather gave 12,000 families the green light from authorities to finally head home. the fast moving fire approach the city and the nuclear laboratory. also sunday

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approach supported by senators in both parties, and both parties seem willing to submit to that flawed spls perverse incentives and while i am dwins convinced that many in this body and in the house would actually like to make this deal, these interests distort the conversation into a partisan war and rip it apart from the inside. on one side some advocate for no changes to the medicare program. on the other, for no changes to revenue. yet these are among the two biggest drivers of our long-term debt and everybody knows it. only in washington could people pretend that significant deficit reduction could be accomplished while ignoring the two biggest fiscal challenges that we face. i'm a former school superintendent, and what that tells me is that washington has a severe math problem. we're in need of remediation. when it comes to a solution on the debt, the contrast between washington dysfunction and colorado common sense could not be clearer. yesterday i had a call with colorado business leaders who span the i the id yow logical sk spectrum. despite their differing party afilliations, ther