battled a monster and lived to tell the tale. the hunters captured a 40 foot long alligator. bill says it s huge. that s an understatement. it weighs 697 pounds. well, once they hooked the animal, it took them two hours just to get close enough for the fatal shot. the catch is the largest in state history. and finally, fried feuds usually get all the press at the texas state fair, but not on monday. we have a new star, everyone. you can see why. chefs used 635 bags of fritos corn chips, 635 cans of hormel chili and then 580 bags of shredded cheese to make the world s largest frito chili pie. thank you for doing that. it weighed over 1,300 pounds. now for a look at your national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins who has your weather channel forecast. no joke, i once saw a frito chili pie where they just threw
honor. it was time to take up arms. reporter: but taking up arms has a price. after ali joined the revolution, the syrian government burned down the homes of his parents, his grandparents, and his uncles. translator: every time they kill one person, the rebels grow in number. every time they burn a house, the demonstrations multiply. reporter: in a year ali s force has grown from 15 to 635 fighters. and they don t work alone. ali and his men leapfrog from one rebel unit to the next. surprisingly, they operate openly, carrying weapons, using the main roads. at rebel checkpoints ali s fighters are given safe passage. the rebels move so confidently because syrian troops have mostly withdrawn from the countryside and pulled back to
fight against bashar al assad. this is a game-changing moment. because they have this territory and they don t have the cities, does this mean that we are getting closer to the tipping point but assad can hold on for awhile? what is your assessment from having been there? assad could hold on for awhile, because the rebels as you saw in that clip don t have serious weapons. they don t have armor-piercing weapons. they have some rpgs but the rebel unit we were with, for example, 635 men, 150 guns and about ten rpgs and those rpgs, rocket propelled grenades, weren t armor-piercing. so they can t really drive out too often, anyway, assad s forces. so this could go on for a long time, unless the rebels get more significant weapons and now that they have territory and now that they re getting better organized, it s almost like they ve built a pot and it
7 to 1. the polls close in seven hours, and despite $63.5 million in ads spending, this will all come down to voter turnout. we know typically primary turnout only 10%, which of course people don t like the candidates because nobody participated in the selection of those candidates. recall turnout expected to be 635%. 10% is typical primary turnout. it s odd when you see folks agree to things when you talk to them in a room. the gap has statistically doubled since 87. former campaign adviser, author of a new book entitled of, by, for the new politics of money, debt and democracy. you start your book with a
back towards, towards town into a busier, more populated area. seems to have a preference for being on freeways at this point as opposed to surface streets. yeah. and continuing on highway 80 west at this point and, i believe, approaching 635, the interchange this as well. so headed back towards yeah. he s still. megyn: as we listen to our local coverage, we want to bring in rod wheeler who s been watching this. rod, what do they need to throw down the strike strips or do something to stop the car? that is exactly what they want to do, but it s very difficult. these are some of the most difficult situations. anytime you re chasing a high-speed vehicle and you have hostages in the car, it s not easy making those decisions. so i think what the police are going to probably do is give this guy more time to think to himself what are his options.