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this outbreak of popular descent would have an all together different ending. it had been a peaceful protest. without weapons to defend themselves, they fled, many of them injured. there were chaotic scenes at hospitals. medical staff claiming they were being prevented from reaching many casualties, and the doctors who tried were also being beaten up by the police. hospital officials said 300 people were being treated for injuries. the bahrainy royal family are long-time allies of brit...

second straight day with teachers calling in sick to attend those demonstrations. brad lutz teaches at royal oaks elementary school in sun prairie, wisconsin. i understand in madison, with several days that will have to be made up in the summertime, parents are now calling in to complain. do you think teachers are doing the right thing by going there to the state capitol to demonstrate? >> i think its a last chance. its kind of a last-ditch effort. nobody wants to hurt kids. nobody wan...

World war ii battle? watson incorrectly answered toronto, an answer that wouldnt have made sense. ken jennings and brad rutter both had the correct answer, chicago. that is one for mankind. the final match airs tonight. whole lot of presidential buzz around a guy from new jersey. its our political update coming up after this break. stay with us. [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to ...

Finally in the second round of "jeopardy!" it was man versus machine. who won? machine kicked our butts. >> it was rough. watson, the computer, got 25 questions right while human champs, ken jennings and brad rutter, only got a total of five right. how does watson do it? heres david muir. >> lets take alternate meanings for 200, alex. >> reporter: call it man versus machine. superstar contestants against the supercomputer. watson was off and running. >> losing to him by 0.01 seconds. watson? >> ...

Manhattan phone book. watson can now hold 12 million of them. in the 80s ibms first pc could understand about 5,000 words. watson, 125 billion. sometimes that data misses the human subtlety. >> stylish elegance or students who graduated in the same year. watson. >> what is cheek? >> no, sorry. >> reporter: what is class? >> class, you got it. >> reporter: the mere mortal got it right. sometimes watson just isnt fast enough. cant sift through all that data. the man who helped build him. >> watson...

he has had a couple hard questions. well bring you any information you need to know from that press conference. but i want to talk about airlines. im always talking about airlines. for all that we complain about them, we are using them more and more. ive got a lot of news on the airlines today. the first piece of news, the big one, united airlines. it is gradually bringing its boeing 757s back into service today after safety inspections that should have been done seven years ago. in ju...

the ticking fiscal time bombs of medicare, medicaid, and social security, suggesting that this is a time for quiet negotiations, not political posturing. >> this is not a matter of you go first or i go first. this is a matter of everybody having a serious conversation about where we want to go and then ultimately getting in that boat at the same time so it doesnt tip over. >> reporter: but on capitol hill, republicans told the presidents budget director its irresponsible to put off tho...

>> i think its important to make sure that we dont try to make a series of symbolic cuts this year that could engager the recovery. >> reporter: he defended his decision not to propose cuts in the ticking fiscal time bombs of medicare, medicaid, and social security, suggesting that this is a time for quiet negotiations, not political posturing. >> this is not a matter of you go first or i go first. this is a matter of everybody having a serious conversation about where we want to go an...

inspects its entire fleet of 757s. >> united took the fleet out of service after a maintenance check on the onboard computers. the company had little choice. >> reporter: united insists it is not technically grounding its 757s. but it will cycle every single one of the jets through a maintenance check, to make sure the key computer changes were done correctly. what does it mean for passengers? if youre booked on one of the 757s, theres a good chance that your flight will be delayed, an...

for me to sit in the seat. >> reporter: some passengers we spoke to say they agree with southwests policy for larger customers. >> ive seen someone be uncomfortable before because someone sitting next to them was too big. >> reporter: still he says it could have been handled differently. >> i think their flight attendants need retraining. i think theres a more tactful way of talking to someone. >> reporter: as for future air travel, he says he wont be buying a ticket from southwest. ab...