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0 city, neighboring friend. we appreciate him being here. craig fugate is here. and obviously, we're very proud of the work he and his fema team have done. suzy pierce, superintendent of schools here, thank you for your leadership. amy simpson, i want to especially commend. plaza towers elementary school principal as well as shelly mcmillan of the briarwood elementary school principal. they were on the ground when this happened, and because of their quick response, their keeping a level head, their putting kids first, saved a lot of people. and they're still going through some tough times. you...

the irs targeting of conservative groups burke many disagree on how to go forward. some republican, including lindsay graham want a special prosecutor to investigate the matter. other republicans are wary because the president's own attorney general, eric holder, would appoint the prosecutor. and some say president obama should have known what was happening at the irs. >> the president, as the comeef executive officer has the obligation and the responsibility to stop t. to wait until the investigation is finished. i think the president should have been told. if it's an action by a de...

prouder of of their wives for the outstanding work that they did in this amazing situation. i want to thank the chief of of the firstl responders in this area who were some of the first folks on the scene, who were putting themselves at risk. that is what first responders do but sometimes we take it for granted. it is important we don't. it is important that we continually support them. fugate arrived on tuesday. they have completed searches of more than 1200 buildings. with help to registere 4200 people for disaster relief. is a lot more to come. it is not just the government respon...

buses. port of oakland inspectors found 29 vehicles operating with no airport permits. on the airport web site, two firms had their permits yank bid the puc as far as four years ago. the names of half of the firms don't macht names on the p.u.c. permit registry. they're abbreviated or missing words. we called most of the delinquent companies. none agreed to talk and many said they were no longer in business. the person who answered for this limo admitted he was behind on taxes. airport officials declined our request for an interview but travelers were surprised when showing them what...

good evening. i'm ann curry in for brian tonight. as a dramatic bridge collapse sent cars plunging into a river is complicating travel for some of us headed into the long memorial day weekend. the ntsb is investigating but it already appears a factor that may have to be considered also affects one in nine bridges across our nation. for details on what happened we go to the pacific northwest where ayman mohyeldin joins us from mount vernon, washington. ayman, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, ann. the skagit river bridge sits on washington's busiest corridor, the i-5. more than...