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Crash. a preliminary investigation shows the drive shaft either came apart or fell off the bus. two people were killed. 40 others hurt when that driver lost control. the bus skidded across interstate 37 and landed on its side. we have breaking news coming to us right now from philadelphia. a city bus stolen. apparently it hit a couple cars here. look at the mess youre seeing there. were told a suspect is now in custody. but it looks like a couple cars might be an understatement. im seeing prob...

Ayed. toyota believes there are significant inconsistencies between the account of march 8 and the findings of this investigation. this self protective system was working as designed and would have easily stopped the vehicle. separately it is our understanding nhtsa is continuing its analysis and toyota will cooperate with any request. since the publicity regarding recalls, claims of you be unattended accelerate have skyrocketed. this is a issue of complex and great importance but rushing to jud...

Tenure is not supposed to be a job for life. all tenure is supposed to be is that if somebody is told that theyre not good, they have a hearing. thats all its supposed to be. in fact, what we are doing is weve asked one of the foremost neutral in this country, we said to him, help us. help make this process both fair and fast because we know nobody wins when the processes are not fast. >> and evan, you seem skeptical. an understatement, perhaps, that this is going to happen. >> it hasnt happened...

Change here and say i hope part of their message is that if they get back in control as a result of this election that jobs, balancing the budget and stimulating this economy is going to be the first thing and one of the only things that they do for the next few years. >> steve, are they going to actually manage to finish this? >> well, theyre going to finish it. the question is how its going to end. right now i think speaker pelosi is very close to having the votes. i think the president is sti...

You connect the dots. you ask the question, why is it from february 8 until now no one said a word to me about anything? megyn: the white house is calling massas claims ridiculous. is congressman massa credible? joining me now is doug schoen. could there be any validity to what this man is claiming? >> its hard to say. his credibility is up for grabs and thats an understatement given the nature of the allegations against him. we said and how he said it. the white house is doing everything they c...

Party is acting ethically. >> weve been effective in passing the full obama agenda in 2009. we know when youre effective youre a target. >> reporter: democrats havent cornered the market on the behavior. pelosi made the swamp comments after 2007, tom delay and bob may in a scandal. and duke cunningham for accepting bribes. and mark foley resigned after allegations he sent messages to male pages. and one thing seems to be constant the ethics committee has plenty of work in front of it. >> thats a...

Democratic sources suggest heavy lift is an understatement. to explain why, lets go back to november when the house approved its version of health care. the vote was 220-215, already a slim margin. since then democrats have lost four votes, three vacancies and one republican publicly bolting. that leaves just 216, one vote short of 217, the minimum number currently needed for house victory. and now the outcome is even more uncertain. thats because to get around republican opposition the presiden...

Us, you dont take anything for granted these days in washington. dana? >> reporter: the white house is pushing house democrats to finalize health care in the next two weeks. the house democratic leaders say they will try but its not going to be easy. how hard will it be to get health care through the house and onto the presidents desk? just ask the speaker. >> every legislative vote is a heavy lift around here. you assume nothing. >> reporter: privately democratic sources suggest heavy lift is a...

Operation center nicknamed him the nicest guy in television. that was an understatement. omar would greet you with an infectious smile, warm, went the extra mile to help or cheer you up. i didnt get to know omar as well as many of my colleagues, but when i went into master control there was omar with his trade marc cup of societia, smiling. he made everyone feel better. that was omars gift. he was an up lifting spirit who had a kind word and sense of optimism or just seeing omar or talking with ...

Moment in history in which we live and those succeeding generations to try to right what we have absolutely failed in over the course of the past 40 years. it is a great burr. unfortunately, we are not the ones who&h will carry that burden. the future generations of americans certainly will. >> thomas payne in the american revolution said these are the times that try mens souls. lincoln and fdr during the civil war and great depression had similar expressions about how we need to soldier on. we ...