madison. teachers and other state workers continue their loud week long decemb denunciation of the budget by the governor. a pennsylvania judge faces a prison in a cash for kids scheme. a jury found mark shivarella guilty of racketeering and fraud. police say he accepted millions of dollars in kickbacks and bribes for putting juveniles into detention centers that were owned by friends of the judge. and in kentucky a woman was sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to extort money from the university of louisville basketball coach rick pitino. this week in cnn heroes, we are updating you on a hero from last year. dan walrath build home for u.s.
servicemen and women. it is my honor to present cnn hero dan walrath. being a top ten cnn hero was just very humbling. the true heroes are u.s. servicemen and women who answer the call. since the show aired, we have been getting phone calls and e-mails and donations from all over the world. it s just been incredible. we saw dan on the cnn heroes tribute and we thought that s the perfect guy to team up with. abc s extreme makeover:home edition 13 soldiers died but staff sergeant patrick ziegler pulled through. he was shot four times, once in the head. he has just made a remarkable recovery. for dan who normally works
hero dan walrath. the true heroes are service men and women who answer the call. since the show aired we ve been getting phone calls, e-mails and donations from all over the world. it s been incredible. we saw it it on the cnn heroes tribute, and we thought that s a perfect guy to team up with. good morning. abc s extreme makeover home edition joined forces with dan to build a home for at iraq war veterans wounded at ft. hood in texas. 13 soldiers died, but patrick zig ler pulled through. he was shot four times, once in the head. he made a remarkable recovery. for dan who normally works with around 200 people, it s a chance to build a home on a larger scale. 4,000 or 5,000 volunteers were involved. we have tons of military folks
we are kicking off our very first cnn hero story of the year by checking in with one of last year s top ten heroes. his name is dan walrath and he builds homes for wounded veterans. he s received more than $100,000 in donations. now comes a prime opportunity that is enabling him to help even more injured soldiers find their way home. it is my honor to present cnn hero dan walrath. being a top ten cnn hero is very humbling. the true heroes are servicemen and women who answer the call. since the show aired we ve been getting phone calls and e-mails and donations from all over the world. we had seen dan on cnn heroes tribute and we thought that s a perfect guy we ve got to team up
with. good morning, patrick and jessica. abc s stream makeover joined with dan to build a home for a wounded war veteran. he pulled through. he was shot four time, once in the head. he s just made a remarkable recovery. for dan who normally works with around 200 people, it s a chance to build a home on a much larger scale. there are probably 4,000 or 5,000 volunteers involved. we have tons of military folks helping us. this house is going to be built in about 100 hours where normally we taken six months. and an event at ft. hood honoring patrick and his fiancee then made a special announcement. we have a is special ft. hood victims fund to reach out to all