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Rescue workers have called off a search for survivors in bangladesh today. last week the eight-story complex collapsed, trapping thousands and killing hundreds of garment workers. most of them were young, impoverished women. it could have been avoided. officials say the complex was built on spongy ground without the right permits and the buildings owners ignored massive cracks. the government in bangladesh has vowed to investigate conditions at the factories and the retailers that use that cheap...

The presidents visit to mexico. >> shepard: an parent gas blast has ripped open an office building building in the middle of prague. officials reporting 35 people injured. so far no word on any deaths. the blast shattered windows and sent chunk office the building flying. rescue workers at first said the people could be trapped in the building building in all the rubble but sniffer dogs did not find anything. >> asass nation attempt in sirra, rebels target the prime minister with a bloody bombin...

Fast. and remember, removing chemical weapons is in many ways, a lot more complicated than removing nuclear weapons. weve had lots of states that weve helped get rid of nuclear weapons and including the former soviet republics, you know, put them on an airplane, you lift them off and deal with them. chemical weapons can leak, if you bomb the sites, it can turn out to cause exactly the disaster youre trying to avoid. so its very messy business. remember, we had a big stockpile, as the united stat...

Read the bill and you tell me what you dont like. >> however, his partner in that bill, senator pat toomey, was less than enthusiastic about revisiting the bill he co-sponsored with manchin, saying in a conference call, "my own view is very simple. the senate has had its vote, weve seen the outcome of that vote. i am not aware of any reason to believe that if we had the vote again, that wed have a different outcome,." according to a recent quinnipiac poll, senator toomeys approval rating hit an ...

Just as the italy new government was being sworn in. but you that was about a half mile way. the suspect wrestled to the ground. authorities saying he is out of work, desperate and claimed he wanted to shoot politicians. france. an explosion rips off the side of a five story apartment building east of paris. more than 100 rescue workers searching through what is left of the structure for possible survivors. we do know two people died. several other o the grounds injured. no word yet on what ca...

And if it could affect us, humans. dominic di-natale is live in california. good morning. >> yes, as many as 20 sea lions are stranded on the beach in southern california. rescue workers were overwhelmed by the sheer scale of what has been happening. take a listen. >> another stranded sea lion puppy scooped up be the marine animal rescue volunteers on the shores of southern california. >> during a typical season we will see between 50 to 80 california sea lions in the first three months of the y...

Tonight, we go to bangladesh where rescuers are searching for survivors of a building collapse. local reports say 254 people have died. others may be at risk. heres the latest on the investigation. >> erin, bang ladesh officials say the building was not in compliance with safety rules and regulations. the countrys high court has ordered the building owners and the owners of the factories to appear in court. some of the workers who survived said that they actually saw massive cracks on the 7th fl...

The factory owners told them there was nothing to worry about and ordered them to report to work. now, more that be 36 hours since that building collapsed, seens of complete desperation, as rescue workers are still crambling to pull out as many survivors as they can. eyewitnesss tell us they can still hear people yelling from underneath that rubble asking crying for help. so far, 2,000 people have been rescued. but many more are still trapped. erin? >> and, of course, people here in the u.s. nee...

That building collapsed, scenes of complete desperation as rescue workers are still scrambling to pull out as many survivors as they can. eyewitnesss tell us they can still hear people yelling from underneath that rubble, asking, crying for help. so far, 2,000 people have been rescued, but many more are still trapped. erin? >> of course, people here in the u.s. need to pay close attention to that. that factory, people in there made a lot of clothes that we buy here in the united states. 14 bos...

Illinoiss minimum wage has been at $8.35 since 2009. "wall street journal." this is a terrible story. rescue workers frantically working for survivors in a bangladesh building collapse. the building houses near 2,500 factory workers and many were hesitant to enter the building after cracks on the walls on tuesday. according to survivors the owners of the factory told the workers the building was safe. lets go to poe lit knlitic. mike allen has a look at the playbook. one of your top stories ...