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Turns out the ditch she has fallen into was actually a small creek. >> i decided to wait it out and hope someone would see it. >> because her car falls into a culvert underneath a highway, its not visible to traffic. shell be stuck in that car for five long days and nights suffering hypothermia and cold. >> final on the fifth day two highway workers spot lindseys car. >> i didnt know how anyone could survive an impact like that. the whole front of the car was smashed back up to the windshield. >...

Fallen into is actually a small creek. >> i just kind of sat and waited it out and hoped somebody would surely see the car. >> but because lindsays car falls into a culvert underneath the highway, its not visible to passing traffic. she will be stuck in that spot for five long days and nights battling hypothermia, blood loss and infection. but for lindsay, ever tough and stoic, no tears. >> i dont tend to think negative. >> finally on the fifth day, two highway workers spot lindsays car. >> i di...

>> that does appear to be the case from the initial evidence. you know, thomas, people who were there are giving terrifying accounts of what happened, hearing a loud bang, seeing plastic paneling fall from the ceiling. you can see this frightening video in the aftermath. and then there were hundreds of people in the arrivals hall and many of them just ran for their lives. so really frightening moment there in the middle of this busy airport at a crucial time. and then just injured being carried ...

Significantly higher in the hours ahead. authorities saying that this was a suicide bomber that detonated explosives in the arrival hall after -- after you collect your baggage. you go out to where all the taxi drivers are. thats where the bomb exploded. a very crowded area. hundreds of people in that location at the time of the blast causing absolute carnage. it was hours, it took the emergency workers, to move the injured away from here and the dead bodies and to move them to the hospitals tha...

Farmers say insects brought the disease from asia and that it is now hitting the states central region. >> a yellow dragon in chinese. everybody in florida calls it citrus green disease. >> shepard: infected fruit often turns green, misshapen and bitter. falls off the tree before its ripe. reportedly, there is no cure. minnesota, construction work sparking a fire on the roof of a casino in fryer lake. emergency workers evacuating part of that building while firefighters worked on the flames. the...

Imagine turning blue, turning pale. not being able to breathe and not being able to get through 911 for 45 minutes and then, gregg, taking three hours for an ambulance to be there. city has to get things under wraps. those snowplows should have been out there plowing the streets, making things passable so they could have gotten through. emergency workers to help save this woman. this is classic negligence. its horrific and sandy reubenstein is going to be all over this case. >> gregg: even pictu...

Sit next to each other at the presidents state of the union address. this is break from partisan seating arrangements. they hope it will set a more civil tone on capitol hill. >> emergency workers searching homes in flooded parts of australia. vast territory is under water and caused 28 deaths. >> gregg: as you may know, states are struggling to make ends meet. when illinois voted to raise taxes this week, republicans warned that decision could drive businesses to other states. among them is new...

Storm force. up around 30 miles per hour. then you move toward tomorrow not as bad. tropical storm force winds up along the jersey shore up across parts of long island. look at this, 10:00 tomorrow night, thats nantucket in cape cod from 10:00 to 1:00 dealing potentially with hurricane force winds and tropical storm force winds up around the boston area. maybe towards portland maine and well get this thing out of here by saturday. everybody wondering what the weekend is going to be like on the b...

Cape cod to hull and that includes marthas vineyard and nantucket. a tropical storm warning is issued from new haven to westport. michelle franzen joins us to explain what were seeing there. little windy, but not bad. pretty behind you, as well. >> little windy. nice day overall. certainly, thomas, as were learning more about earl, its sort of changing the tone here a little bit. a lot of people have plans to ride out the storm or if theyre planning on leaving, they may not leave until tomorrow....

What emergency workers were most concerned about. debris from the roof was falling onto the field. and the evacuees were once again evacuating. this time leaving their seats and heading for cover. >> were very fortunate. no doubt about it. this was one that everybody said might happen one day. and sure enough, it did. >> reporter: the superdome is now soaked. >> its a hell hole. its been miserable in here. >> reporter: authorities hope to move the thousands here to other shelters. but they have ...