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pipes that has a hole measuring several inches. >> it remains hazardous for human entry. no one for the investigatiive groups are able to approach more than ten feet from where the failure occurred on monday. >> reporter: investigators have uncovered a surveillance video that shows a vapor cloud as big as the crew unit itself. they had just two minutes to run, in some cases crawl on theyre hands and knees to safety. >> it was of serious concern. if that vapor cloud would have ignited s...

schools. i was inspired a few weeks ago by students in one ever kenny gambles charter schools in philadelphia. right here in houston, is another remarkable success story. the knowledge is power program which has set the standard thanks to the groundbreaking work of the late harriet ball. these charter schools are doing a lot more than closing the achievement gap. theyre bringing hope and real opportunity to places where for years theres been none. charter schools are so successful that...

took over the top spot. those results revealed what good teachers can do if the system will let them the problem was this success wasnt shared. a significant achievement gap between students of different races remained. so we set out to do our best to close it. i urged faster interventions in failing schools. and the funding to go alongwith it. i promoted math and science excellence in schools and proposed baying bonuses to our best teachers. i refused to weaken testing standards and i...

funded by billionaires. but the san francisco bay super pac you may not be heard of and may be breaking the mold a little bit. monty? >> reporter: well, good evening. were outside the offices of the super pac where theres a phone banking event happening. this is not funded by millionaires or billionaires as you said, but rather funded by many small donations. in fact, organizers claim that so far theyve raised $1.3 million from almost 65,000 individual donations. the super pac was star...

>> good evening. please welcome the five members of the womens 2012 u.s. olympic team. gabby douglas, mckayla maroney, aly raisman, kyla ross, and jordyn wieber! >> what were told is that the team, the four team women who competed here tonight are all back in the locker room. they have been told who the team is. and maybe what is going on right now is theyre trying to decide if they still come out as a full team woman unit or not. or something even less dramatic, greater than the five....

thats where we will start tonight. plus, the political implications of an election year investigation into whether or not someone at the white house is leaking details about americas national security. and back in 2008, president obama told hillary clinton, youre likable enough. well, fast forward four years. polls show president obama is more likable than mitt romney, but does the likable candidate have the advantage? and today is the first day of the trial of jerry sandusky, th...

>> the truth of the matter is that, as i said, we have created 4.3 million jobs over the last two -- 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private sector is doing fine. where we are seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government. oftentimes, cuts initiated by governors or mayors not getting help at the time in the past for the federal government. >> later in the day the president back tracked. he said the economy was clearly not doing fine but i...

most? which one will voters remember in november? thats where we will start tonight. plus, the political implications of an election year investigation into whether or not someone at the white house is leaking details about americas national security. and back in 2008, president obama told hillary clinton, youre likable enough. well, fast forward four years. polls show president obama is more likable than mitt romney, but does the likable candidate have the advantage? and today i...

november? thats where well start tonight. plus the implications into whether someone in the white house is leaking details about national security. and back in 2008, president obama told hillary clinton youre likable enough. fast forward four years. polls show barack obama is more likable than romney. and today is the first day of the trial of jerry sandusky, accused of sexually abusing ten boys. we begin with the gaffes from both president obama and mitt romney. howard fineman and dav...

that as i said weve created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private sector is doing fine. where were seeing weaknesses in our economy had to do with state and local government. oftentimes cuts initiated by governors or mayors who are not getting the kind of help they have in the past from the federal government. >> later in the day the president back tracked. he said the economy was clearly not doing fine but it was too late. the romney ...