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Worked in the building where the shooting took place and were hiding out for their lives. its a scene thats become all too familiar. reports of gunfire, panicked people rushing out of a building. countless stories of survival. witnesses of mondays shooting spree at washingtons historic navy yard say the obvious. this was a day theyll never forget. >> its kind of sobering. i mean, i cant fathom what drives people or what makes them do things like this. >> reporter: steve sykora is an i.t. speci...

Which is a silly thing. i know statistically of course the chances are incredibly miniscule that one would be attacked by a shark. but -- >> i dont know, erin. is it silly? >> maybe thats why -- see, you just underlined -- >> ill tell you something that may keep you out of the water for a very long time. remember, when youre in the water, whether youre along the coast of maui or in a beach off of new england or new york. >> jersey shore. >> jersey shore. youre usually never more than 100 yards a...

Remember, when youre in the water, whether youre along the coast of maui or in a beach off of new england or new york. >> jersey shore. >> jersey shore. youre usually never more than 100 yards away from a shark. so thats kind of startling and sobering. but look at that. we are around these animals all the time and rarely do they pursue us as something to eat. most of the time when a human being is bitten by a shark, its the result of mistaken identity. and a lot of times when a shark is biting, ...

Which is a silly thing p i know statistically of course the chances are incredibly miniscule that one would be attacked by a shark. but -- >> i dont know, erin. is it silly? >> maybe thats why -- see, you just underlined -- >> ill tell you something that may keep you out of the water for a very long time. remember, when youre in the water, whether youre along the coast of maui or in a beach off of new england or new york. >> jersey shore. >> jersey shore. youre usually never more than 100 yards ...

Trayvon martin or how he killed him. i thought this was -- its always impressive and sobering to see a murder weapon in a courtroom but i can be the imagine that this makes conviction or even acquittal much more likely. >> martin, you were in the courtroom. how did it seem to play before these six jurors all of whom are women? >> the jurors have been extremely attentive. they are al very big note takers. after every comment you see heads go down and note taking takes place. they have very studio...

Continues to rise following saturdays devastating 6.6 magnitude earthquake. just five years ago a massive quake in the same region killed nearly 70,000 people. joining me now from beijing with the very latest on this, ian, with a sobering good day to you. where do the numbers stand right now? >> reporter: alex, the number of dead has now gone over 200 with several thousand injured. there are reports in the chain hes press of villages flattened back in 2008 in that massive kuwait, quake, flattene...

Clec, the consuling lobbying establishment complex responsible for sort of aligning their own pockets and influencing these elections in their own self-interest. losing these elections. he really attacked the people around romney and the people who continue to sort of lead these elections of both national and state level. do disastrous things for the party. i think calling them out was a sobering and really important message and i hope everyone heard it in that cpac tent yesterday. >> im not sur...

Theres no way you can have a healthy, balanced gun control debate without the nra at the table. they represent a significant part of the country. but that stat that mark kelly shared, 85% of kids killed in the world happen here in the u.s. killed by guns. i knew it was bad, but i didnt know it was that bad. >> staggering and sobering. the suspected aurora theater gunman james holmes acted bizarrely in the moments after the shooting, according to detectives who questioned him. in hearings yeste...

Healthy, balanced gun control debate without the nra at the table. they represent a significant part of the country. but that stat that mark kelly shared, 85% of kids killed in the world happen here in the u.s. killed by guns. i knew it was bad, but i didnt know it was that bad. >> staggering and sobering. the suspected aurora theater gunman james holmes acted bizarrely in the moments after the shooting, according to detectives who questioned him. in hearings yesterday, one officer testified t...

You can get the vote, mr. president, you can pass the alternative. but its your problem to get the votes. and boehner would be well put not to try to cut a deal with obama but instead to say paul ryans going to bring a solution to the fix, were going to gather votes for it. i guarantee you, youll get the right to have a democratic substitute. and if you can get enough republicans to vote for it, terrific. but they do not have an obligation to concede that the only mandate in washington is the pr...