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Police department. this is the lewis & sons funeral home. we stood in this exact spot just about eight months ago. this was the same funeral home that handled the arrangements for former first lady barbara bush. but what were going to see happening here about 10:35 eastern, 9:35 local is when we were told that we would see the pall bearers emerge from the chapel carrying the flag-draped casket. those pall bearers, six current members of the presidents former secret service detail. they will emer...

You are subjected to the kind of abuse that we see much too much of in our politics right now, both in person and online and people feel very free, anonymously to say terrible things or from a long distance where they dont have to look you in the eye, they dont have to relate to you or try to figure out, you know, where you stand on something, why you believe what you believe. and its a real loss. its a loss. i mean, this hyper participate ship and this negativity that i think has been really ...

Says. they are from tikrit. she constantly tries to call her girlfriends, but their phones are all off. their father cant stop his eyes from welling up. but they do not dare return, even if and when the government declares it safe. i swear, i just dont trust the situation he tells us. hes not alone. this partially constructed building is just one of many in baghdads predominantly sunni neighborhood, turned into refugee housing, for sunni families that fled isis, most from towns not far from tikr...

>> absolutely. >> it is still raw for you. welling up. tough to talk about this. you have been carrying this around for a long time? >> my life ended the day i met bill cosby. it did. it did. >> why do you say that? >> she is an empowered woman now that she knows there are people who will listen to her. and there are those who, who, really, believe her and understand that she has been through a lot. she was a jane doe in andreas lawsuit. the one that was ultimately settled. the one involving bil...

♪ sweet caroline ♪ good times never seemed so good ♪ ♪ back on the streets of boston, an eerie quiet on normally busy streets. for megan keeler returning to this seen after witnessing the explosion brought back overwhelming emotion. >> i think its just hurting me now, to be honest. >> reporter: what does it feel like? >> i feel really badly for everybody. im proud of this city. but its -- people are waking up today, and their lives are very different. >> certainly an emotional time for a...

Martins unforgettable smile has become the face of mondays senseless attack. his picture celebrating his first communion and another with the sign that reads "no more pu hurting people" now emblazoned on the minds of millions. one of the first responders, dr. kim mills tried to revive him. >> what she told me is she handed it off to the emts. she pronounced him and said hes dead. somebody said we need to start cpr. she said i dont think it will help. >> reporter: now he says his wife is grapplin...

Case for -- a case of house minority leader john boehner measuring the drapes in the speakers office, and who knows what will happen, well see whether or not the dream of his has any chance of becoming a reality and well look at the struggle that is -- house speaker nancy pelosi faces now, interesting conversation, coming up on that. gregg: plus incredible video from ohio, a case of a devastating car crash that shut down a major highway, for six long hours, well show you what happened. look at t...

Preseason practice. all two dozen players had to go to the hospital and doctors had to perform surgery on several of them to relieve a condition called compartment syndrome. earlier a doctor explained what that is. >> compartment syndrome is when the muscle as well as so -- swells so much that its constricted by the casing around the muscle called the fascia. and it swells so much that the blood supply to the muscle is compromised. >> shepard: the players say their symptoms came on without any w...

>> one day, it started swelling up. >> i was shocked this is happening to us. we were dropping like flies from practice. with so many to choose from s hard to see the difference.