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Fire ripped through this community taking 90% with it, we re hearing incredible stories of survival. we talked to one man who chose not to leave and live to tell about it. everything around us was on fire, and we knew it was time. reporter: while everyone else in paradise was fleeing the fire, brad weldon decided to stay put at home and fight it himself. for the first few house reporter: you re using this garden hose? this garden hose, one out there, one in the front. one on the roof and one out by the shop. reporter: so how much help do you have? you have me and my 26-year-old helper. my mom s caregiver. reporter: inside, his 89-year-old mother, norma weldon, who is blind. she didn t want to leave, so the two men went outside to fight the blaze as it closed in on them. there were times when we were lying on the ground pouring water on ourselves so we didn t burn. reporter: was there ever a point you thought you were going to die? oh, yeah, quite a few. repo ....
Images we see surrounding us, we are hearing incredible stories of survival. four days after the camp fire ripped through this area, we met a man who chose not to leave and fight the flames on his own and he lived to tell about it. everything around us was on fire and we knew it was time. reporter: while everyone else in paradise was fleeing the fire, brad weldon decided to stay put at home and fight it himself. for the first few hours reporter: you re using this garden hose? in garden house, one out there, one in the front, one on the roof and one by the shop. how much help did you have? me and my 26-year-old helper, my mom s caregiver. reporter: inside, his 89-year-old mother norma weldon. here we go, mama. reporter: who is blind. she didn t want to leave. so the two men went outside to fight the blaze as it closed in on them. there was times we were laying on the ground pouring water ourselves so we didn t burn. reporter: was there ever a point you thought ....
it s not us causing the violence. it s them. no. no. i didn t imply anybody here is racist. of course not. i am. i m racist toward muslims. let me continue and then i t that would probably it would be made out of stone so it won t burn. there are no muslims here? this town is lucky to have black people in it. of course you re lucky to have black people. they add a lot to society. no thank you, sir. finally somebody who appreciates multicultures. sir, you are completely right. the benefit of having african-americans means no, you re not hearing me out. he s saying there are black people in kingman that aren t welcome there either but we tolerate them. some on one hand he s uncovering the truth. on the other hand he s being deceptive and deceitful about it. what are we supposed to think about this? it s a very good question and something i thought a lot about. i was talking to kobe libby who ....
Smoke a joint in campaign ad. i m not kidding. this so-called cannabis candidate joins us live to talk about if that s the winning strategy or not and a great message to send to america s next generation and we going to let it burn, burn cheese. classics like lobster lover s dream are here too. so enjoy these 10 lobsterlicious dishes while you can because lobsterfest won t last. ....
Destroy the tanker entirely and sink it, which at a million barrels of oil would be a spill three times bigger than the exxon valdez was in 1989. and that was one of the largest environmental disasters in the history of the world. so for the moment they re in this nightmare holding pattern, watching it burn, waiting to see if they ve got another, you know, exxon valdez on steroids on our hands. that s exactly the doomsday scenario u.s. government officials had in mind when they created the oil spill liability trust fund. it s basically an oil spill emergency slush fund. it was created in the wake of the exxon valdez. an immediate source of federal funding to respond to oil spills in a timely manner. this oil spill liability trust fund is primarily financed by a nine-cent per barrel tax on companies that sell oil in the united states. or i should say it was primarily financed that way. that tax was just killed. that tax was allowed to expire as part of the tax bill republicans passed ri ....