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>> a settlement announced tonight could pay $650 million to rescue workers sickened by dust from the destroyed world trade center attack after the 9/11 attacks. the money would come out of a $1 billion grant from fema. the deal must be approved by a judge and the workers. the wife of senate majority leader harry reid in serious condition after the car she and her daughter were riding in was rear ended by a tractor trailer. the crash broke landra reids neck, back and nose. reids daughter, lana,...

Were following a number of other stories tonight. stephanie elam joins us. with a "360 bulletin." >> a settlement announced tonight could pay $650 million to rescue workers sickened by dust from the destroyed world trade center attack after the 9/11 attacks. the money would come out of a $1 billion grant from fema. the deal must be approved by a judge and the workers. the wife of senate majority leader harry reid in serious condition after the car she and her daughter were riding in was rear e...

Republicans will be for reform, expanding health care to 30 million americans. go for it. >> we do think the vote is going to happen next week. bill press, alex, thank you very much. we appreciate it. have a good weeks. coming up, a judge delaying a decision on what could be a big payday for thousands of 9/11 rescue workers who sued new york city. details. final edition of our special series, get to work america. on this friday, well tell you how to be happy in the job you already v [ crowd ...

Great stuff. we look forward to having you back. thank you. >> thank you. we want to get back to the story in pompano beach, florida, just north of ft. lauderdale where the fire and rescue crews again are trying to figure out a way to get up to the top there and rescue somebody. in fact, you can see them -- well, we have to find out whether that was one of the rescue workers or thats one of the crews that was working on this particular draw bridge but lets get some clarification here. a spokes...

>> look at this picture here. look at this picture here. this is pampano beach, florida. and this is a hydraulic bridge that has become stuck and four workers were stranded literally on the top and there are firefighters there, rescue workers, trying to work their way up to them, and the fire rescue team responded. along the intercoastal waterway and when they were performing repairs on the bridge, when it was stuck in the up right position. and there were a number of workers on top of the bridg...

Bridges do you have in the pompano beach area and have you ever had something like this happen before? >> we have two draw bridges in the city of pompano beach. obviously were a water community. we border ft. lauderdale and boca raton. you can go up and down the coast and find these draw bridges. in our city we have two draw bridges and, no, i have never seen anything like this in my 20 years. >> and, again, for everybody who is just joining us, youre looking at tape on the right of your screen ...

70 feet is the total height. and obviously it is a life-threatening situation if he were to fall onto the concrete, he could get severely hurt if not killed. so obviously were taking all precautions to make sure he gets down safely and doesnt matter how long it takes. >> in fact, we, again, this is a live picture here that final rescue worker, you can see him sort of drumming the iron in front of him, holding on and waiting for the ladder and then a moment ago we were showing you tape from a res...

Pre-existing conditions. every year they drive more peoples coverage when they get sick right when they need it most. every year they raise premiums higher and higher and higher. jane: and this is what he had to say about the republicans, you had ten years, what happened? what were you doing? so the question is do they have enough votes to pass this thing? were going to be talking to our guests fair and balanced coming up in just a couple minutes. jon: a powerful magnitude 6 earthquake rocks tur...

As rescue workers scramble to find people trapped in the rubble and we have seen the scene too many times, lately, between haiti and chile and turkey and greg palkot joins us from our london bureau. what is the latest information on all of this, coming out of turkey? >> reporter: martha, the rescue workers, we are being told are searching hard to find anyone trapped beneath the rubble. u.s. geological survey now says it was a 5.9 richter scale earthquake. that is relatively small. when you are t...

The mayor, the police chief, and especially republicans in congress. >> foreign terrorists ought not to be tried in u.s. courts, period. they ought to be taken to guantanamo. they ought to be detained there, interrogated there. and adjudicated there in military tribunals. >> a source tells fox that the if the administration decides to send the 9/11 case back to the commissions, it could be part of a larger bargain to get congressional support to close guantanamo bay and bring those detainees to ...