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about to get paid. [ speaking foreign language ] >> more than $14,000 to each survivor. it is a deal reached between the costa cruise line and consumer groups. everyone will get their money back for the cruise tickets and other expenses and the captain who steered the ship into some rocks is still under house arrest. i am going to burn it. >> protesters set an australian flag on fire outside of parliament today. it is the second straight day that people who are angry about australias...

Burial. you will hear from loyal fans who say it feels like they have lost a member of the family. >> such an end of an era for that campus. and people have been coming out in droves. thousands on top of thousands of people have just paid their tribute to joe pa. >> expecting about 16,000 people today for that public memorial. >> that says a lot about the kind of life he lived. also this morning, the incredible job well done by a talented team to say the least of navy s.e.a.l.s. hear how the s...

Length. >> reporter: make it through, and the result is obvious. >> its a self-contained unit that can go anyplace in the world and literally do nothing but kick ass. >> reporter: they may be supermen, but they are men. and mortal. last august 22 team 6 members were killed when their chinook helicopter was shot down in a firefight in afghanistan. but success or failure, these men stay in the shadows, remaining silent as we mourn or as we applaud. thankfully, they are on our side. ive been with s...

Remain ♪ ♪ forever young rod stewart classic. >> forever young is an understatement when it comes to a chicago teacher who you might say really loves her job. >> oh, yeah. shes been teaching at the same school since 1935. and even with her 100th birthday coming up she has no plans to retire. mark mathy of wls reports. >> reporter: at ashburn lutheran school on west 83rd street we come across proof that youre never too old to improve young minds. its a private school stressing the basics be...

all right, show time i was going to say, its going to be a hip-hop morning here. >> get it started. >> lets get it started. welcome, everybody. as i mentioned were coming to you from the diner. every morning we tell you what were eating. so im going to tell you what were eating, i got to read this one. specialty of the house. this is called the kroek and dagger, two eggs over easy with bacon or ham, sandwiched between french loaf smothered in sauce, cheese, served with home fries or gr...

With that? e-mail us. from one bumpy ride to another more serious one. the turbulence on a flight so bad the food cart slammed into the roof of the cabin and made a hole in the ceiling of the airplane and it went down on an american airlines flight from brazil to miami. and the shaking tossed passengers from their seats right into the aisle! >> i was sure i was going to die. >> the two flight attend ats are back there. one got thrown up into the air. he flew and landed in the hallway. >> we got ...

be changing. an american research group poll out today shows newt gingrich surging ahead of mitt romney. 40% of south carolinas likely primary voters according to this poll say they would vote for gingrich. romney falls behind to just 26%. mid-week gingrich and romney were in a dead heat. south carolina is a big state but somehow this morning both gingrich and romney campaigned at the same greenville restaurant at the same time. but romney avoid ad showdown by arriving 45 minutes early...

Few hours, forcing thousands of people to flee. by nightfall, flames had reached the citys southern outskirts and could be rene from renoo seen from renos downtown district about 10 miles away, then the fire split into two fires, straddling a major freeway that still remains closed at this hour. heres how renos fire chief summed it up last night: >> to say that were in the thickest battle is an understatement. youve got a lot of people working to protect homes, protect neighborhoods. >> reporter...

considering calling off the exploration so salvage work can start. face-off in the debates in south carolinament they talked about jobs, tax returns, health care and whos best qualified to take on president barack obama in november. newt gingrich lashed out at the media when asked to comment on his ex-wifes claims about their marriage. six nato troops are dead. their nationalities havent been released. nato says there was no hostile activity in the area when the chopper went down. bu...

Ideologically aligned especially than a peary and mitt romney. he what personally close to jon huntsman. maybe took a couple cues from seeing that and maybe looking for something new. >> we shall see. he wasnt actually garnering a lot of support if our most recent poll. stay on the story. well see you at 11:00. thanks for phoning in. this breaking news. rick perry dropping out of the presidential race. by happenstance, ill bring in my friend and colleague tom brokaw joining me now. tom, you were...