it took more than an hour before most of them were able to be brought down. there was deep worry that it was so cold out there, frostbite could be an issue. a fire department in munson township led the response. ten different fire departments responded to the scene and they manually pulled these skiers who were trapped on the stuck broken down lift to the ground using ladders and ropes. again, pretty high up, pretty cold, but no injuries reported so far thanks to mark phillips for alerting us to that story. new reports claiming the united states is spending way too much money, we re talking billions, on projects that don t work in afghanistan. this when there is talk of cutting defense department funding. major general james marks joins us next with his take on this. heather: how about this? did you ever hear about the