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>> triple-a predicts 84 million americans will take to the roads this holiday season. driving 786 miles round trip. >> we are seeing to see the major storms develop on many part of the country there. could be major delay at airport. we could see problems on the roads as well. especially safety problems as snow and ice comes down. >> national weather service says that more storms are headed this week. predictions are for a wentry mix to pacific northwest to ohio valley. up and down the eastern se...

Hes blasting prosecutors for mentioning a subject they were told not to bring in front of jurors. third time prosecutors have made a major mistake. peterson is on trial for murdering his third wife. a new kind of crash test is revealing safety problems with luxury cars. it simulates a common, often deadly accident in some pricey cars, theyre not making the grade. abcs jim avila has a list of the flunking cars. >> reporter: the corner crash, when your car hits a power pole. another vehicle, at ...

Were told not to bring in front of jurors. third time prosecutors have made a major mistake. peterson is on trial for murdering his third wife. a new kind of crash test is revealing safety problems with luxury cars. it simulates a common, often deadly accident in some pricey cars, theyre not making the grade. abcs jim avila has a list of the flunking cars. >> reporter: the corner crash, when your car hits a power pole. another vehicle, at the front fender is responsible for 20% of americas 10,...

Their van and it went sphoin overflow. >> reporter: then they took off so they got nothing. jenna: then there is this. because -- well, take a look. thats the ohio river landmark and its been up since 1928, the stubenville bridge it was the first ohio river suspension bridge to have a concrete floor. it was closed three years ago when an inspection found potential safety problems. the ohio department of transportation says the demolition happened without problems. one pier on the ohio side of th...

more than 20 people still unaccounted for. rescuers are blowing holes in the side of the ship to get where they think people might be located. they found five bodies yesterday nap matt c . confirm death toll is 11. the man at the controls that might is now under house arrest today. prosecutors say they are speechless that hes even out of jail. they want to charge him with manslaughter and abandoning his post. we also learned today that it might not be the first time that that same ship...

Towas nowhere near any eahquake faults. th it tued out it was near two of them, one about three miles away, the other less than a mile away. diablo canyon has already been subject to billions of dollars worth of retrofitting construction costs including $2 billion worth of costs because some of the seismic retrofitting construction at the plant was done by people who were lki t bepntbawas. not ddg. inheid oalf this, of the crisis at fukushima and the coming to light of decades of peril at diablo...

Three mile item but the main problem is confusion over what needs to be reported and what doesnt need to be reported and the nrc say they will "take a look," at the inspector generals report to see if their reporting system can be further strengthened so, better communications, they say, is the key. >>shepard: which nuclear plant in the sons coming under your scrutiny? >>guest: all, theoretically, but we know for sure that the countrys biggest, which is 45 minutes away from phoenix, specifically...

Have been close calls in the united states. since 1990, there have been four critical instances identified by the nrc at nuclear reactors in south carolina, ohio, and three of those plants where the critical instances have happened have actually had their licenses extended, so, you know, the idea that safety problems are only happening in japan is not true. weve definitely had our share here in the united states. >> kate, lets take the example, the yankee nuclear plant, justì% has been online s...

Inherently dangerous. that being said, you know, there have been close calls in the united states. since 1990, there have been four critical instances identified by the nrc at nuclear reactors in south carolina, ohio, and three of those plants where the critical instances have happened have actually had their licenses extended, so, you know, the idea that safety problems are only happening in japan is not true. weve definitely had our share here in the united states. >> kate, lets take the examp...

To make it important. why do you say its more of a cavalier atmosphere in the nuclear industry. >> dont get me wrong. its heavily regulated and of single nuclear plant has redundant safeguards in place, because the technology is inherently dangerous. that being said, there have been close callsç in the united states. since 199 on 0, there have been four critical instances identified by the nrc, and three of those plants where those critical instances have happened have actually had their licen...