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September 11th destroyed the church that sat in the towers. the church once stood and where the new one could be rebuilt. the parish filing a that yous against the city. this week they honor their payton saint pete. >> it has been a long struggle. we have been doing it for ten years and ecstatic we have an agreement. >> the massive destruction means saint income lass will be 200 feet from the original spot. >> engineering studies showed that particular area was suitable for building the church o...

Spot. >> the engineering studies showed that that particular area was suitable for building a church on top, so we were very happy to be able to come to an agreement with the port authority. >> reporter: the murder of thousands of innocents gives the church a new spiritual mandate. >> 3,000 of our fellow citizens died there that day. that cant be forgotten. our church was destroyed that day. the fact its being built, we think, has tremendous spiritual importance for the site. were including in t...

The highways there, that would make the lone star state roadways the fattess in america. not everybody is happy with this idea. not everybody has a lead foot and like evening it. kris gutierrez joins us live. >> reporter: most people dont realize across the country that down here in texas we already have 500 miles of interstate where motorists can drive 80 miles an hour. this new legislation does not affect any existing roads it only impacts future highways, projects and freeways. if passed stat...

Lawmakers in texas allowing a speed limit of 85 miles an hour. havent we always heard 55 saves lives? why are they increasing it? >> reporter: we should point out first down here in texas we have 500 miles of interstate where motorists can legally drive 80 miles an hour. but this new legislation would not affect existing roads or freeways. we are talking about freeways and interstates built after june of this year. if passed it would call for favorable engineering studies and we could see 85-mil...

A small plane just smashes into a building and bursts into flames. theres the pictures. i cant believe someone is rolling on this, by the way. four people on board escaped alive. it happened in california on saturday. the small plane was trying to land at camarillo airport, missed the runway by half a mile. hitting a nearby storage facility. witnesses say the survivors managed to walk away from the wreck. >> thats incredible. >> they jumped in my arms and i pulled them away from the wreck and no...