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proceeded to get in. all i knew, i was on the ground. million dollar baby. this man was once homeless. now he s on the brink of becoming a million-dollar champ. meet the man and hear his amazing story live. that and more right here right now on cnn. stand by. good evening, everyone. i m don lemon. until just a few minutes ago, we had only heard of him as one of two u.s. service men killed this weekend in afghanistan. but now it has become all too real as we learn his name and we see his face. he is lieutenant colonel john loftus, a 44-year-old air force officer from paducah, kentucky. loftus died at a kabul ministry saturday along with another u.s. officer who has yet to be identified. loftus, like you and me, has a family, a family, a mother who is mourning tonight. we ll hear from the mother in this broadcast in just a few minutes. colonel loftus died because of this, protests raging in afghanistan over the improper disposal of the burning of the koran at a nato ....
ethnic kurds were holding a peace rally, when dozens of young men en masse apparently hijacked that rally. this set off a confrontation with police and kurds are the minority and they ve been out on the streets protesting because many are angry the turkish military have been attacking their villages. president obama is moving his big speech on jobs from next wednesday to next thursday night. john boehner turned down the president s request to address congress wednesday. why? it would be hard. winds whipping 25 miles per hour are spreading west of dallas ft. worth. some 39 homes have been destroyed. 125 families are being forced out of their homes and we have just learned some evacuation orders have been lifted with at least half the fire now contained. it s ugly. it s real ugly. it keeps flaring up, the wind is crazy. the smoke was so see. you had to crawl through it as low as you could in your truck. check this out a fire in oklahoma city is threatening to jump ....