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Weve heard that theyre talking about the airline giving, thats where you might get some figures on injuries, things like that. >> bob hager, as you indicated, good to hear your voice but not unthese circumstances. be well, my friend. >> tom casey is standing by for us. tom casey is a former american airlines pilot. he flew boeing 777s. he is now a flight instructor. how are you? i understand that youve heard a lot of what weve been talking about here. i want to bring you up to speed on one thing...

Pain from the legs she lost when an r.p.g. hit her black hawk helicopter, so she had little sympathy today for virginia businessman braulio castillo. he won a contracting advantage with the i.r.s. reserved for disabled veterans based on a sports injury from his days at a military prep school. >> your foot hurt? your left foot? >> yes, maam. >> it hurt. yeah, my feet hurt, too. in fact, the balls of my feet burn continuously, and i feel like theres a nail being hammered into my right heel right n...

Help them shave off $637 million from their budget. joining us via skype is tom casey. tom is a retired american airlines pilot and flight instructor. so, tom, lets talk about safety in the skies. could this compromise that? >> well, theres so many unintended consequences about this. safety is one consideration. but delays are another consideration. it plays into safety. holding patterns are going to be more -- were going to see more holding patterns. they will be unexpected so planes will have ...

You take the stoplight away and its a free for all. >> reporter: the faa says any changes would not impact safety. even if the tower closes, commercial recreational and military flights would still take off and land. pilots would be controlled by a center 60 miles away. for this flight instructor, that poses a problem. >> we have to revamp our services to get our students to a location where we can be talking on tower frequency. >> reporter: some republicans say concerns about the impact of forc...

Firefighter the spent more than 3 hours putting out the fire that consumed a mall there. which dont know if any one was hurt in this. the fire may have started from a welding accident. >> finally to australia. the training wheels are off. literally. take a look at this. student pilots forced to land his plane with one wheel missing. it apparently fell off after he took off in the plane. the flight instructor talked to 21-year-old student down through the radio thats how they gave him the advice....

And today, all eyes are on louisiana primary voting is underway. there are 20 delegates up for grabs today and republican presidential candidate rick santorum is looking for a rebound following his critical loss in illinois to fellow rival mitt romney. todays race marking the first real head to head between the two top candidates, four conservative votes. well have a live report from louisiana at 1 p.m. eastern. and new video in this morning of a fatal plane collision in colorado two people that...

Load gun in a holster. other travelers were shocked. >> there is a lot of whackos out there. you just never know who is armed and you got to protect yourself at all times. >> there is a tremendous amount of ammunition. he was apparently planning on doing damage. >> hes got some type of agenda thats scary. >> arthel: agents also found three knives on him and eight guns in his car. no word yet on why he was carrying the weapons. >> rick: new video of the aftermath of a deadly plane collision in co...

right now it is down by 34 points. go live to the new york stock exchange in just a few minutes. 30 years, 30 million funerals. now there is new hope. it is world aids day. everyone from u.s. presidents to rock super stars, they are talking about the ongoing fight to end this epidemic. >> make no mistake, we are going to win this fight. the fights not over, not by a long shot. the rate of new infections may be going down elsewhere, but its not going down here in america. the infectio...

a sign of better times ahead or just, i dont know, one feel good day for investors? >> it is a very big feel-good day. 490 points. we were talking about this yesterday morning. we havent seen a big move like that in 2 1/2 years but we have concerns here and as i pointed out to you yesterday, that was a defensive move by the world central banks to make sure that the oxygen is still flowing to the european financial system and to the capital markets. so, because of big danger signals ove...

its got to be stopped and i know better than most. and thats it, the south carolina republican forum hosted by senator jim demint. we want to welcome our viewers. i wolf blitzer in "the situation room." donna brazill is with us. lets get immediate reaction to what we heard from the five republican candidates over the past two hours. donna, let me start with you. youre a good democrat. you heard from the five republicans. theyre pretty much on most of the issues on the same page. a pa...