they plan to do that within three years. shep? shepard: phil keating live in south florida. the syrian government continues to murder its own people. today it freed more than 2,000 detainees in exchange for nearly 50 iranians. that s according to officials in turkey who helped to broke they re exchange. rebel fighters capture ited the iranians last auger in the syrian capital of damascus. they claim they were members of iran s revolutionary guards. iranian officials say they were shiite pilgrims visiting a holy site. one opposition leader accuses the syrian government of valuing iranian lives over those of its own people and of agreeing to the prisoner swap only to appease its ally which makes perfect sense. meanwhile getting a new look at brutal conditions for the thousands of syrians living in refugee camps. rebels at this camp say at least five people have died from the cold in the past few months. that they expect torrential rains and near freezing temperatures over the next few
this is a very different situation than the situation where somebody can flush the drugs down the drain and they are gone instantly and totally. the dispation of alcohol in the blood is slow and gradual and often takes many hours. as you noted the driver tested nearly twice the legal limit. the evidence was thrown out because there was no warrant, shep. shepard: sometimes, shannon the justices give a clue or hint about how they might rule. how about this one? they all seemed very concerned about any chipping away at the fourth amendment s protection against any reasonable searches and seizures in any way despite the worthy goal of convicting drunk drivers and keeping them off the road. today we heard from justice society that my she said how can it be reasonable to forego the fourth amendment in a procedure as intrusive as going into someone s body there also were also a couple of justices worried about rural jurisdictions may not be image straits help get a warrant in a timely f
democrat the governor of oklahoma republican saying they are worrying about the uncertainty the impact it will have on jobs and impact it will have on state budget. washington will come up with the bright idea of offsetting costs having the costs paid by state governments so bottom line they want to be treated like partners and not like underlings shep? more cabinet members have to decide whether they re staying on for the second term, right? that s correct. it is a fluid situation but here is the latest. labor secretary ill solis announced president obama called her a critical member of economic team. a senior white house official says three others are staying in their current post. kathleen sebelius at health and human services. aaron and eric holder at justice as attorney general. meanwhile expected the white house will name jack lew as his choice to be the next treasury secretary as early as tomorrow. sources know lew has been at the president s side for some
information the ntsb was investigating that crash and this one as well. that s standard procedure. a go team arrived this afternoon. they are preparing to gather what they are calling perishable evidence. we are just here to collect information right now. we are not here to conduct analysis. we are not here to speculate. we are not here to determine the probable cause. we re here to find out what happened so that we can prevent it from happening again. and the ntsb says it will interview crew members tomorrow and begin collecting, gathering evidence to try and determine the cause of this crash, shep. shepard: rick leventhal in lower manhattan where the accident happened this morning and just hours later just across the east river, another new york city disaster unfolded when a 200-foot tall crane collapsed in queens. that crane went down neither iconic pepsi sign that you can see from manhattan. the fire department claims today s collapse trapped several workers. seven are now hu
single person in that theater because that s what they say he wanted to do shep? shepard: do we have any idea alicia what to expect on friday? if the judge decides this case will go to trial and that s what will likely happen, there will be an arraignment on friday morning. holmes defense team could ask for a continuance continuance if they want to. that could hold things off to a later day. they could address their client s competency or holmes could enter a plea. given all the actions of the defense so far. a lot of the legal analyst in the community are expecting to enter a plea by reason of insanity. shep? shepard: three days of presentation from the prosecution but today out of nowhere the defense said we re not calling any witnesses. what happened? defense had given indication they had planned to call witnesses and give witnesses to this preliminary hearing which would have been out of the norm in the state of colorado. after the prosecution was finished today. the defense