yuma is very different than the tucson sector. the borders made look-alike but the threats and challenges are sometimes remarkably different depending on the corridors and a drug deal issues that come across across and how they come across so we must look for best practices but for the congressman to imply that simply taking yuma tactics and moving them to tucson, we have no reason to believe that is going to work even if he does have a template plan. there is a discussion going on now to determine what are the best practices and what the metrics are and that's not a partisan issue as he is implying. >> we's congressman flake for some specifics. obviously there is not a single silver bullet to this problem or somebody would have come up with it now but if there is one thing specifically you want to be done that you think would make a major difference on the border? flake: we need comprehensive immigration reform and congressman flake has failed to stand behind it because we are not sure where he is. when he first came down with bu

in yuma, that's like mid summer heat, 108. >>> it looks like the month of august, predictions are for a pretty warm october all through the west. >> crazy. 101 in l.a.? >> they need rain. the northwest had one of the driest septembers ever. >> i'll take the sunshine any day. i know they need it. >>> a new quarter begins, pump prices fall. bonnie and clyde's guns go for anything but a steal. your early morning business headlines straight ahead. >>> plus, baby, baby, baby, an unbelievable incident at the beginning of justin bieber's believe tour. you're watching "early today." >>> a very good morning to you. welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. at least 26 people were killed in coordinated bombings across iraq yesterday. that brought the iraqi death toll in the month of september to nearly 200. >>> iran's official news agency was taken in by the satire of the onion and ran their phony news story as if it were a real news item. the agency apologized for mistakenly running the satirical article that claimed that a gallup

soldiers like alejo thompson, a son of yuma, arizona, husband and father of two, who was killed last may by an afghan soldier he was mentoring -- a so-called green on blue, or insider attack. we traveled to the scene to speak to sergeant joshua danison who witnessed the attack. his is the first public eyewitness account of an insider attack. >> we woke up one morning to some gunshots being fired. it was an afghan national army soldier. the shooter actually walked up to lieutenant thom p sop, who had already been wounded, and shot him a second time. >> reporter: thompson's killer escaped after the attack and, in this taliban video, is shown being given a hero's welcome. now the men, who trust each other with their lives, wrestle with betrayal. >> there were comments that we don't trust them, we don't want to be around them. we don't want to partner with them any more. but to overcome that, we have to look at it as a mission. >> reporter: but for the troops, there is worry. uneasiness is part of the mission now. and will be until the last american troops leave afghanistan in 2014. >> i

well that is significance i mean this is this is long overdue they should have been talking in yuma latterly a long time about how. it's really the mistrust between the u.s. and the iranian government itself that is the problem so i would i would count this is good news actually if this were happening unfortunately it's all actually mirrors though everybody wants to make sure that they look tough instead of looking towards more of a peaceful solution to issues that are going on today. it's a very good point especially when you talk about and you sort of look at polls in terms of what the majority of the american people want and that is not war not using military action if it's you know working with them having talks to try to come to some sort of an agreement you know we have seen over the last few months patricia an increase in sanctions against iran against countries that do business with iran the white house has said these sanctions were designed to pressure iran to come to the negotiating table is that in fact what you see happening. and so what i see happening at all you know history te

that is what we have in the yuma sector.i worked with the democrat who endorsed me who will say that we have operational control. we do not have anything approaching that in the tucson sector. once we get that, we can move on to the other reforms. >> hold on. should we be adopting comprehensive immigration reform now as opposed to waiting for a secure border? >> we absolutely should, because the fact is i do work on the border as a deputy sheriff. i understand the border better than most. it is not just a theoretical construct. i have been there. that is a dynamic issue. the congressman, trying to take what is happening in yuma and transfer it to tucson sector does not transfer easily. we need to have comprehensive immigration reform and we need it now. the congressman, when it is politically correct, he flips and flops. when he was running his primary, he was off to the right, we only need this control. he had sarah palin and he talked about her endorsement. as soon as the premier was over, he starts moving back to the cent

that is what we have in the yuma sector.i worked with the democrat who endorsed me who will say that we have operational control. we do not have anything approaching that in the tucson sector. once we get that, we can move on to the other reforms. >> hold on. should we be adopting comprehensive immigration reform now as opposed to waiting for a secure border? >> we absolutely should, because the fact is i do work on the border as a deputy sheriff. i understand the border better than most. it is not just a theoretical construct. i have been there. that is a dynamic issue. the congressman, trying to take what is happening in yuma and transfer it to tucson sector does not transfer easily. we need to have comprehensive immigration reform and we need it now. the congressman, when it is politically correct, he flips and flops. when he was running his primary, he was off to the right, we only need this control. he had sarah palin and he talked about her endorsement. as soon as the premier was over, he starts moving back to the cent

yuma's need to see the receipt for the specific card. you want to look for the part number, where they got it, and the day. >> of religion and in body shops -- every legitimate body shop has to register. >> we have a link on our web site to the list. be sure to click on consumer alert. it will cost another penny to mail a letter next year. the cash strapped u.s. ps as they will raise postal rates including a 1 cent interest -- increase. they expect to lose a record $15 billion next year have asked to give congress to give them authority to raise postage by 5 cents. they will raise priority shipping by 4%. >> it's no surprise that the have taken to the airways. are all the claims true? fact checking one of the latest ads now met 6:00. >> a man from south carolina will run in the marathon for fallen soldiers. the soldier he is running for tomorrow is someone you will not soon forget. i'm jim everett franciotti with the details next. as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equa

that is what we have in the yuma sector.i worked with the democrat who endorsed me who will say that we have operational control. we do not have anything approaching that in the tucson sector. once we get that, we can move on to the other reforms. >> hold on. should we be adopting comprehensive immigration reform now as opposed to waiting for a secure border? >> we absolutely should, because the fact is i do work on the border as a deputy sheriff. i understand the border better than most. it is not just a theoretical construct. i have been there. that is a dynamic issue. the congressman, trying to take what is happening in yuma and transfer it to tucson sector does not transfer easily. we need to have comprehensive immigration reform and we need it now. the congressman, when it is politically correct, he flips and flops. when he was running his primary, he was off to the right, we only need this control. he had sarah palin and he talked about her endorsement. as soon as the premier was over, he starts moving back to the cent

in yuma, we have a good situation. we need to move that tucson sector. it is to be changed, the metric. if we can get a new metric, we can get it. the obama administration is trying to get rid of the old metric before putting another one in place. that is frustrating. we cannot hold the administration responsible when they provide the resources. if the illegal alien crosses the border and we have a reasonable expectation to catch them, that is the short way of saying that is what a secure border looks like. we do not have anything approximating that here. i take exception to your notion that i do not know anything about the border. i have lived in arizona my entire life. i have seen this issue from northern arizona, one who grew up on a farm and ranch. the idea that i do not know anything about it is wrong. there is a lot that needs to be done. we have to make the tucson sector look like the other sector. >> in the comments, you can see how he can attest to his attempts to politicize it. he blames another side. this is trying to protect america. if we po

yuma, arizona takes the lead in flips. francisco and miami are back, and atlanta where dispressed supply is huge. phoenix though flipping is down because investors have picked it clean and flipping down in new jersey because prices are still falling dramatically due to huge foreclosure backlogs. 63% of homes flipped are between 1,000 and 2,000 square feet. 14% are smaller than that. big homes are just not flipping so well. realtytrack's darren bloomquest says today's flippers are selling to cash investors. >> you really can't help thinking that the fed really is probably thinking we didn't intend for this to happen, right? in terms of trying to get the housing market back on its feet. it probably didn't think that would be one of the things that came out of it. >> but a lot of these investors are using all cash. big cash hedge fund investors. not so much being driven by the mortgage race, not as much as you would think. >>> this election is more than just about taxes economically. it is about housing policy as well. the el