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Verified i have my concealed carry permit on me, verified everything through the proper channels. and ultimately they escorted me back to my vehicle. they didn't want to put me back on the bus and say it was just an active shooting situation. so instead of putting somebody else with a weapon on the bus they just let me grab my own vehicle off campus. >> reporter: today is a very to say the least unusual day, and -- in douglas county. what is this place normally like? >> it's a close-knit community. most people, they come together. we have a lot of groups that do -- they adopt the highway progr...

>> we'll follow it shannon, thank you. the house has approved just before leaving for august recess a bill to extend highway construction for three months. the vote was 385-34. this averts a shutdown of highway programs at the end of the month. provided the senate approves the bill in the next two days. a buffalo-area man is facing terrorism charges tonight. federal agents raided arafats? naji's home this morning. he's accused of traveling to turkey with the intention of joining isis. federal authorities say they were tipped off by a resident who heard him talking about his jihadi beliefs....

Time for news by the numbers on this nurse. first, 12 pennies. that's how much gas prices would go up if a new proposed federal gas tax goes through. great. it's pitched as a we to pay for our highway programs. next, $15. that's seattle's new minimum wage that's now sparking a lawsuit from franchises claiming the wage hike will put them out of business. 15 bucks. and 30 minutes. that's how long facebook was down early this morning causing a bit of chaos on line. one person even tweeted, quote, people were roaming the streets with photos of themselves screaming at people. do you like this? do y...

The taxes you pay on the fuel you put in your vehicles. del cat chris murphy and republican bob corker have a plan to raise the taxes on gasoline and diesel by 12 crepts a gallon over the next two years. they're trying to boost the fund that pays for highway programs set to go broke in august. on capitol hill, just two days after gm announced its latest massive recall. on the search for answers about a problem that just will not go away. >> reporter: with pictures of 13 dead posted in the hearing room, house members heard about the dysfunctional culture at gm that allowed a dweblgtive igniti...

Or spend that differently? what would be the next step? >> well, i don't know. you know, we don't even know what the budget is. but here's what you do know, we spend billions and billions of dollars, that's number one. number two, you know, we have 16 independent agencies, in many cases doing the same thing. so obvious questions even from a managerial standpoint, is there duplicately occasion? are they running into each other? cooperation, coordination? if this was 16 different food stamp programs or highway programs or education assistance programs, everyone would be saying why do we need 16?...