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We look the at all the thousands of people in wisconsin in the fight over this issue because youve got to pay the bill some kind of way. >> thats right. >> harris: elizabeth macdonald, always nice to have you. >> i should note in wisconsin, it wasnt a pension shortfall, it was a medicaid shortfall that created the crisis. another spending problems there. >> harris: thank you very much. >> delighted. >> harris: ohio is one state dealing with the budget crisis. as you know, tomorrow night governor...

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Site of what many are calling a miracle in colombia. all but one of the 131 people on board survived when a boeing 737 passenger plane crashed and broke into three pieces. nbcs kerry sanders has the very latest and you had a compelling report earlier. may have been a lightning strike that caused this chaotic landing. tell us more. >> reporter: well, lets first of all focus on what the investigators are going to look at and a lot of us fly and when you hear lightning strike it might cause you to ...

She continues having to wear that alcohol monitoring ankle bracelet. on top of all of this, she is still facing a civil lawsuits from one of her former assistants for that car chase back in 2007. that is still pending. lindsay lohan has a long road to go, shep. >> shepard: troubles mount. trace gallagher in l.a. another black eye today for toyota just a week after car maker announced a recall of 139,000 lexus vehicles. the company now revealing it actually knew about the problem more than three ...

Right you know, alex, look at it this way, you know, captain sull sullenburger took off with a double engine failure. he landed that plane safely. he made decisions that machines cannot make. >> oh, i know. i mean, exactly. the safety concerns are incredible. i read its probably 20 years before they would consider trying this first on cargo planes. like u.p.s. or fedex, that kind of thing. >> thats more likely. >> so, thats the first step. what i cant figure out is given all the problems that co...

The orbital engines on the tail of the vehicle. those have been burning out for 1 1/2 minutes. >> atlantis, you are negative return. >> negative return means atlantis can no longer around the kennedy space center. in the events of an engine failure its traveling too high and too fast to return to the launch site. traveling 6,000 miles an hour. 180 miles from the kennedy space center at 62 miles or 330,000 feet. this view from a camera on the external tank look down the length of the orbiter as

Sunset on its 32nd mission. atlantis can reach spain in the event of a single engine failure. all three engines are operating at full throttle, 104% of rated thrust. albuquerque i will are -- the. units are in fill thrust. 47 miles down range, now 88 miles down from the kennedy space center. atlantis is getting a boost from

Flying heads down, wings level into an historic sunset on its 32nd mission. >> copy. >> reporter: what that means is they could get across the atlantic on two engines if needed. >> in the event of a single engine failure, however, all three engines are still operating at full throttle 104% of rated thrust. the auxiliary power unit in great shape as are the fuel cells. "atlantis" is traveling 3,700 miles per hour at an altitude of 47 miles down range from the kennedy space center now 88 miles. >>...

You see the curve of the earth behind you as "atlantis" continues. >> the maneuvering systems on the tail of the vehicle, those have been burning now for about one and a half minutes. >> reporter: all on course. "atlantis" headed for its -- possibly its final orbit. everything ontrack. a couple hundred miles down the range now. it is leaving the state of florida. it is off the coast of georgia. >> negative return means "atlantis" can no longer return to the kennedy space center in the event of a...

Nose, in your eyes. >> reporter: they are 37,000 feet above the indian ocean when the engines ignite. >> the engines on fire! >> there were huge flames coming out of the back of the engines, 20, some people said 40 feet long. >> reporter: in about a minute and a half, all four of the boeing 747s engines fail. >> engine failure. number four. fire action, number four. >> none of us believed it was happening. >> reporter: what captain moody doesnt realize is that hes actually flying through volcani...