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what? they found another way to spend your money. plus, a dramatic escape for passengers aboard a delta flight. we'll show you what happened in this memorial day weekend, the fleet has arrived in new york. i'll speak to a marine who survived being shot and is headed back to combat in afghanistan. we start with spending cuts on capitol hill. every politician is looking for a way to save a little money, whether it's from medicare or public television or what have you. but funding cuts may not be on the menu when it comes to pet projects. yes, they say they have banned earmarks, but...

It does not appear anyone was injured. we're checking on the passengers and status of all of the activity there. you see the plane there blowing a tire. flight 2284 from pittsburgh to atlanta. more information as we get it. unlimited vacation time is of course the exception to the rule and now we're back to that story again. compared to the rest ofhe world, u.s. workers not only get fewer days off, they don't take all of the days that they are actually entitled to. in fact, only 38% of u.s. workers say they take all of their vacation days. according to an expedia.com survey, this goes on and...

If we have the flight number correct it was due to land at 4:55 p.m. that would be about the time that this all began to happen. we'll continue to follow this story as we get more information. again, a delta flight 2284 looks like everybody is okay but it did have to make an emergency landing. we move on with other top stories of the day. the taliban claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed seven people and wounded the german commander of nato forces in northern afghanistan. among the dead, two afghan police chiefs and two german soldiers. this blast happened as high level a...

He's on his way to doing a lot more. i think the president has a very good story to >> heather: one thing we can agree on is the economy will definitely with an issue. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> bye-bye. >> gregg: fox news alert. further information about that hard landing at hartsfield international airport in atlanta. flight 2284, pittsburgh to atlanta, an md-88 aircraft, 43 passengers, five crew onboard. apparently, when it landed, hard landing the brakes overheated. the back end of the plane caught fire. the passengers were evacuated on to a taxiway, no reports of any ...

Three hours after the situation happened. many of those passengers just now making their way to baggage claim. one person says it was a scary situation, but an orderly exit from the plane. emergency crews responded to delta flight 2284 from pittsburgh after brakes overheated on the taxi way causing the fire. >> they kept telling us they were assessing the situation and then when the fire broke out they opened the doors and we all went down the emergency chutes. >> kathleen harrison was one of the 43 passengers on board. >> the pilot was able to control the plane and got it stopped but then the...