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stood by his call for more negotiations. >> let's extend the payroll tax credit for a year. all we're asking for is to get the senate members over here to work with us to resolve our differences so we can do what everybody wants to do. less than two weeks before the iowa caucuses republican ron paul, now the new leader of the pack. in a new poll 28% say paul is their man compared to 25% who back newt gingrich. paul is holding a town meeting. that is happening in iowa this hour. more on the surge in the state later, our political ticker. turkish police detain dozens of people in a...

>> for this flight attendant, who was critically injured, the hearing is an emotional experience. >> i was filled with gratitude when a passenger who survived came over and thanked me for my actions. >> as a consequence, intersection departures at night are no longer permitted. while on the runway, pilots are permitted to remind air traffic control that they are waiting for instructions. >> these types of procedures were completely capable of being done before the accident. this was a totally preventable accident. >> across the country and nearly two decades later, another crash caused by huma...

Again, this is a very safe period of travel in american history. it's not like planes are falling out of the sky everyday. this is not meant to introduce a panic. however, if we're not careful, it's a slippery slope, and that's what happened with colgan 3407. we let these regional airlines get away from doing the right thing. we paid the ultimate price and, you know, our number one goal is to do everything we can so that people realize, "a," in our case regional airlines do exist. just because you buy a ticket from continental doesn't mean you're flying on continental, but just, b, that we hav...

Elderly pedestrian. he claims he's the victim of a setup. a vigil marking the anniversary after tragic plane crash and a wildfire damaging 20 homes, two stops as we go across america. >> remembering the victims of continental flight 3407. people gathering with the family and friends of those who died that cold february night near buffalo. this vigil marking the two year anniversary of the crash. the plane hit a home, killing all 49 on board and one person on the ground. washington, wildfire chewing up at least 20 homes in white swan. on the back of an indian reservation, flames allegedly start...

Promoted on-line but we have to wait and see if the internet plays as big a role in iran as egypt. gregg? >> gregg: peter doocy, thanks very much. >> heather: a faulty pipe may be to blame for a deadly gas explosion. the blast killing 5 people in allentown, pennsylvania, last week. investigators are looking into the cause, focusing on an im pelvic pipe near the gas site and a somber vigil where mourners gathered to light dann candles in memory of the victims of 3407 and the passenger jet crashed into a home outside of buffalo, two years ago and the crash killing 50 people, and some families wh...