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Aboard the ferry. around 50 suffered minor injuries. no word yet on police say the ferry crew passed alcohol-breath tests. house democrats throw out the first jab in what is expected to be a political fistfight over the debt ceiling. the president has the authority to circumvent congress and raise the bar rowing limit on its own. -- wor rowing limit on his own. the >> reporter: the battle over raising the debt ceiling, house democrats urge president obama to use authority the white house believes he does not have. >> congress has the responsibility and sole authority to raise debt ceiling. >> ...

A small plane crashing into lake erie but fortunately, a ferry was passing nearby. this is incredible footage captured by a member of the ferry crew and you can see the plane is slowly sinking into the water but the crew members there throwing life preservers into the lake to rescue the passengers. what a team effort. they pulled tpouf people safely from the plane and amazingly, even with the crash, there were no serious injuries reported. good news! ♪ right now, you can't actually vote for the tea party but some activists have 48 hours now to career create a new pare that they say is insp...

>> julie: small plane crashing into lake erie but awful ferry was passing nearby -- but fortunately a ferry was passing nearby. members of the ferry crew and if you can see the plane there. it is sinking slowly into the water as people are bobbing at the surface. they threw the life preservers to rescue the passengers as the plane continues to sink. they pulled four people from the plane and amazingly no serious injuries were reported. we've learned about what was not done to prevent 9/11 and other attacks that have succeeded here. are we doing enough to prevent the next terrorist attack? ou...

Of the sunken ferry. the death toll is up to 58. at least 240 are still missing. meanwhile there is new information this afternoon on the final moments aboard the ship before the accident. transcriptses revealed disagreements between ferry crew members and officials on land. the officials wanted an immediate evacuation. the crew was worried passengers would not be rescued if in time. bill, what's the latest. >> reporter: hello, craig. after four days of frustration and failure divers have now found several ways to get into the sunken ship so the pace of the operation here has quickened and the...