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Started to surface, i'm told, on thursday. senators had been reaching out to the white house kind of behind the scenes to try to get a little more information. in the letter from senators today, they formally requested documentation about dr. jack jackson's work. a host of materials that one would expect would be part of a vet if a substantial vet of him had been done. in talking to senators up here this morning, i picked up a lot of frustration not just from democrats but also from republicans that it doesn't appear that the white house did their due diligence on dr. jackson before sending hi...

Brook, that crashed into a tree and lightly pole and three vehicles before bursting into flames. jackson was born five days early as floods were wiping out his hometown of lyons, colorado. is he cute! the national guard rescued his parents from the rising water but mom went into labor. they got to the hospital despite all of the washed out roads and just in the nick of time. >> i had to have a c-section and then he wasn't breathing. >> so many variables, one thing -- if one thing went wrong, everything could have went wrong. >> right. . it's just overwhelming. >> i had to have a c-section an...

One of america's greatest fighters was also a great fighter for change, even if he never meant to be. jackson john became the first black heavyweight champion of the world. back then, blacks faced severe restrictions on their civil rights and was subject to violence at any moment. but johnson was determined to live his life the way he saw fit. he didn't care about what anyone said, black or white. he constantly sparred with white supremacist and openly dated and married white women. in 1913, after years of trying, the u.s. government used an obscure law to knock jack johnson out. he was convic...

0 of the house, was asked point blank if he'd allow a vote in the house once the gun bill passed the senate. >> bipartisan-control bill comes out of the united states senate from do you see a vote on the house floor? >> we're going to review it and in the meantime we're going to continue to have hearings looking at the source of violence in our country. but i'm going to wait and see. >> wait and see? boehner's going to wait and see if he'll allow a vote? at the state of the union two months ago, boehner stood and applauded when the president called for a vote. >> gabby giffords deserves a vote...

a friend says the american convicted. killing a fellow student can barely sleep or eat this "early" monday morning, september 26th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good monday morning. nice to have you with us. >> i'm erica hill. >> i'm jim axelrod. chris wragge has the morning off. >> great to have with us here. >> thank you. a startling claim from new york city's police chief. in a interview, ray kelly tells scott pelley the nypd has the fire power to shoot down a plane. >> those revelations getting a lot of attention this morning. we begin this morning with president obama wh...