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See, it's just as relevant today as it was back then. some of them, like san francisco's golden gate, are national symbols. but a startling number of america's bridges have become a symbol for something else. neglect and now, danger. bridges are essential to our daily lives, but more than 150,000 of them, about a quarter of all the bridges in this country, have been rated as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. in plain english, they're getting old. >> like anything else, there is a useful life for all structures and ultimately they need to be replaced or strengthened. >> reporter:...

He needs to build a nuclear weapon. >> saddam and nukes, absolute certainty, aer isfying prospect based on the cia discovery that iraq is attempting to purchase 60,000 aluminum tubes. some analysts become convinced the tubes are to be used in century fusions to nation uranium for nuclear weapons. soon after the discovery the department of energy gets hold of the actual tubes and asks engineering professor an expert on gas century fuses to evaluate them.fuses to evaluate them. >> from the evaluation they gave me it took me about 15 minutes to know these tubes couldn't be used. they are too thic...

He's german educated. an engineering professor inside syria. he defected about a year ago and the united states wants to support him. he's a moderate. he's the kind of contentious candidate, if you will. some washington terminology that u.s. officials are hoping they will latch on to if americans give him enough support. the thirry being if they give him money, what they're giving him so far, jackets, night vision goggles and medical supplies, that the more he is, the more his stock is rising, the worse it will be for other groups you talked about espousing a more radical islamic idealology. >...

An engineering professor inside syria. he defected about a year ago and the united states wants to support him. he's a moderate. he's the kind of contentious candidate, if you will. some washington terminology that u.s. officials are hoping they will latch on to if americans give him enough support. the thirry being if they give him money, what they're giving him so far, jackets, night vision goggles and medical supplies, that the more he is, the more his stock is rising, the worse it will be for other groups you talked about espousing a more radical islamic idealology. >> do we know if he's a...

Witness says bp is not to blame you will remember back in dumped millions of gallon of toxic crude in the gulf of mexico. it devastated fish and wildlife and cost many people its livelihoods. today a retired engineering professor from lsu testified that bp workers followed normal industry practices. he said they took extreme care to follow safety procedures blowout that goes against the government findings which lay squarely against bp. one government witness testified earlier the company did not follow industry standards and kept drilling despite signs of trouble. the judge hearing the case w...