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Investigating. >> reporter: it happened as this plight from new york was landing at west palm beach airport. someone on the ground tracked the aircraft with a laser for about 20 to 30 seconds. this video shows what it looks like from the cockpit. the faa says a lasers beam can initial instantly. >> it can blind the pilot, at least it can temporarily blind the pilot. and just the effect of the this startling burst of light into the care plane cockpit. >> reporter: nationwide, theyre becoming incr...

Forces are now searching for the attacker. jon: a high speed police chase ends with police getting their man. it all went down in north ridge, california. cops say they were chasing an armed robbery suspect. they caught him after he slammed into a fire hydrant. well update the story if we get any new information, but quite a cascade of water there. jenna: certainly is. supporters of irans nuclear program under current sanction, why the obama administration is urging congress not to issue any new...

And how many people knew that they had this plight? >> thats what everyone wants to find out. we know that theyre just waking up. everyone wants to hear from the family. were hoping to see that maybe theyll make a statement at this point. we did hear that this was viewed as a christmas miracle. this is a small rural community out here. everyone here efforting the search efforts to find this family. so theyre looking at this as a christmas anywhere cal and a little extra blessing going into the c...

Apartheid in south africa. mtv and pop stars helped draw attention to mandelas plight and the oppressions of blacks. back in 1985 steven van zandt spearheaded the musical boycott of south africas town known as sun city which was known to paying a lot of money for superstar rock stars. take a listen. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> across the pond, a british band scored a top ten hit in 1984 with this mandela-inspired tune. ♪ ♪ ♪ free nelson mandela ♪ free nelson mandela ♪ >> rolling stone magaz...

>> but if they dont read and they dont care -- >> those are family problems. im with you, bill, government cant fix everything, but what the government can do -- >> so, youre agreeing that the government cant fix that and its going to go on -- >> it could be helpful in education reform, bill. more than just money. >> eboni, dennis, thanks. lou dobbs will react to the debate and the plight of working americans in everyone. later, thoughts on chris christie being named boss of the year. "facto...

Signed by karzai, which many people expect it will happen, its just taking longer than they expected, the pentagon is expected to announce roughly 10,000 or so american troops will stay in afghanistan post 2014 to train the afghan security forces. >> thank you so much for your report. >> keeping our focus overseas, the house foreign affairs committee is holding a hearing next week on the plight of the american pastor jailed in iran. he is being held by tehran over his christian faith. abadini ha...

Its a thoughtful letter. she condemns the violence. she preaches zero tolerance against the knockout things or whatever you want to call this. so there is the level of it may not be your community -- >> one of the things that bothers me and aye had the discussion with jesse jackson many times, it was the jewish community that funded the civil rights movement. it was the jews that understood the plight of people in chains and they were willing to put their money behind it and bodies behind it. th...

Dad winning those medals in the 100, 200 meters, 4 x 4 and long jump. this medal that is on the auction block, which event does that represent? >> i think it was the 400 meters. im not sure. >> okay. all right. thank you so much, beverly owens prather for your time. appreciate it again. you know, that medal on the auction block and i know the other three medals are close at heart for you and your family. thanks so much for your time. appreciate it. >> thanks for asking. all right. some in dall...

African history, and mandela realize it had. >> reporter: in prison mandela reads about and is encouraged by the uprising. >> all of the work that he had done for all of these years was actually now bearing fruit, and that there was a revolutionary environment in south africa. >> reporter: outside south africas borders, the plight of those suffering at the hands of apartheid does not go unnoticed. >> i think every movement of some consequence evolves into the human personification and embodiment...

You. shes very sincere. its a thoughtful letter. she condemns the violence. she preaches zero tolerance against these knockout things or whatever you want to call it. this proliferation of violence. shes not annapologist. but there is that level of kind of, like, it may not be your -- entirely the communitys fault. >> one of the things that bothered me about this, and has for some time, ive had this discussion with jesse jackson many times, it was the jewish community that funded most of the civ...