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What did you think when you discovered that this drug that killed your son was legal? >> i was shocked. before this happened i didnt know anything about synthetic drugs. its too risky. its literally playing russian roulette. >> reporter: the drug was so new it took toxicologists three months to work out what killed noah. >> its always a cat-and-mouse game. this is just a more advanced type of cat-and-mouse because now we have chemists manufacturing synthetic drugs as opposed to cartel members tr...

Tonight. john, thank you. today the white house said the presidents health insurance web site is working much better. this week 29,000 americans enrolled on the obamacare site in the first 24 hours after it was repaired. that is more than signed up in the entire month of october when healthcare.gov flopped in its debut. major garrett is following this. >> reporter: dawn erin of austin, texas, is one of the americans who signed up for health care this week. its the first health insurance the self...

>> we are able to focus more on the patron contact aspect and the community outreach and we dont have to do all of the physical processing of the books. >> reporter: biblio tech was built in a city that is 63 percent hispanic, most in this neighborhood do not have internet access at home, the library lends out inexpensive e readers, makes downloads from home and conducts technology classes on sight. >> see where it says get a free blog here? >> reporter: we found 93-year- old jesse vidales who j...

The air corridors going into the local airports. almost half a world away, they are on high alert for an eruption from one of its most active volcanoes, thousands have been evacuated from a volcano after sending up ash and volume a nick gas. >> one week after a tornado devastated the small town of washington, illinois, parishioners attended services today at a methodist church, turns out the storm damaged and destroyed up to 500 homes and killed eight people but the toll may have been much worse...

Antonio, texas, and you will see plenty of screens, but zero books. >> this doesnt look like a library. >> no. thats the point. >> reporter: thats the point. biblio tech, the only public book less library in america is the brainchild of bexar county judge nelson wolff. >> this is the digital public library of america. >> reporter: and it would seem you would be hard pressed to find a less likely backer. wolf, a collector of rare first print editions this is his library at home pushed through a $...

Neutral country and learn to ski or something. >> reporter: mears spent the next a 15 years documenting their treatment was equal to p.o.w.s in nazi germany. he also petitioned military leaders trying to set the record straight. >> at first at the very beginning this was about my grandfather but as i started interviewing other airmen i came to identify with them and i felt that they were worthy of recognition. >> reporter: the air force finally agreed. they recently approved the airmens applicat...

Medium-priced silver plan would pay, on average, $328 a month. again, that is the average. as don dahler tells us, some will pay a lot more, some a lot less, depending on their location. >> reporter: these phone counselors are in training at the new york state health exchange call center. starting next tuesday, hundreds of them will be on duty to help guide people through the dozens of choices they face. the calls have already been powering in. >> were getting about 580 calls a day, on average. ...

Ter: it war: it was just before 5:00 a.m. when the airbus a-300 ach tots final approach to birmingham international. et in justscended nearly 7,000 feet in just one minute before striking trees and slamming into the hills a half-mile from runway 18. former delta pilot kevin hiatt has landed there many times. he told us a steep descent is not uncommon, but compares an early-morning approach to runway 18 to flying through a black hole. a thatre coming in over a d you ma area thats fairly dark, and...

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>> reporter: these wildfire near lancaster california scorched more than 30,000 acres and destroyed 24 homes. weeks before the blaze, this area had been identified for ghgh fire risk by a nasa satellite tracking moisture content across california. >> we can help fight fires before they even begin and also y an a lot of money and definitely save lights. >> reporter: he is a scientist at chatman university, he is working with a team at nasas jet propulsion laboratory that is using two weather and ...