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discovered dumped at a landfill. not far from his newcastle, delaware, home. >> very prominent gentleman. and why anyone would kill him would be beyond me. >> reporter: monday, police were back at the landfill desperately hunting for leads. >> there are no suspects. again, we are still looking to determine where the crime scene actually occurred. >> reporter: wheeler has homes in delaware, washington, and new york city. he was believed to have been in washington prior to being found dead on new year's eve. he was a white house aide to president reagan and worked in the administrations of both bush presidencies. his passion, soldiers. he pushed hard as chair of fund-raising for the vietnam veterans memorial, seen by 4 million annually. >> do our lives reflect the best that was in the lives of those whose names are on the walls of this memorial. >> jack wheeler's life was centered around patriotism and service. we've lost a great friend and a great engine in efforts to help the country. >> reporter: friends say so sad
screaming in the background. >> you can hear her screaming, i've got to get her -- >> reporter: the dispatcher told the trooper angela was in labor. the trooper turned the pursuit into an escort to the hospital. >> the baby has not been born at all yet, correct? >> no, almost, i think the officer's helping me. he's in front of me now. >> okay. >> i'm at the hospital now. >> reporter: angela delivered kyle six minutes after reaching the hospital. and then, another shocker. the trooper was waiting with a speeding ticket. john was clocked going 102 in a 55. >> he said two things. good news, bad news. congratulations on the son, bad news is i'll see you in court. i'm going to give you a citation. >> i think he needed to make a moral judgment. we weren't just speeding to speed, we were speeding because there was an emergency situation. i didn't want to have the baby on the side of the road. >> and that's jean mackin reporting from new hampshire.
nation. we believe it needs to be repealed and replaced with commonsense reforms to bring down the cost of health insurance. >> republicans now have the votes to pass the health care repeal bill in the house but the action is largely symbolic since democratic leaders have already pronounced it's dead on arrival in the senate. delaware detectives baffled by the murder of a former pentagon official now say he was last seen alive a day before his body turned up in a landfill. but they still don't know who exactly killed john wheeler. a former aide to president reagan and both president bushes. here now is pierre thomas. >> reporter: by all accounts, john p. wheeler iii was a man of stature. west point grad. military man. vietnam veteran who helped spearhead efforts to build the memorial wall in washington. the nature of his recent untimely death feels completely at odds with his life. wheeler was murdered, his body
the court ruled that it conveys a message of government endorsement of religion. the lawsuit began 22 years ago and is likely to continue all the way to the supreme court. a new hampshire man will be in court tomorrow to plead not guilty to an expensive speeding ticket. he doesn't dispute that he was driving too fast but says he had a very good reason. wmur's jean mackin reports. >> reporter: baby kyle coughlin will have quite a birthday tale to tell. on september 18th, his mom went into labor around 3:00 a.m. dad was driving from their londonderry home to catholic medical center in manchester when suddenly, kyle wanted to come into the world right away. >> we hit the 293 split and my water broke and he was coming out. >> reporter: john coughlin said he didn't realize how fast he was going when a trooper tried to pull him over. john called 911. >> i'm being pulled over by a cop but my wife's in labor, her water just broke, i'm just on my way to the hospital. >> reporter: you can hear angela
staff and chairman of the national economic council. >> on top of that the president is also going to be looking for a new press secretary. robert gibbs will be leaving the white house fairly soon. he's expected to assume a more senior counselor role, or he may serve as an outside adviser for the white house to help in the president's re-election campaign. police in delaware may have a new clue this morning in the mysterious murder of a former presidential aide. john wheeler, a prominent defense consultant who worked in both bush administrations, was found dead in a landfill on friday. police say wheeler was seen alive 24 hours earlier, not far from his attorney's office in wilmington. they hope this tip might lead to more leads in the case. the navy has now fired that aircraft carrier commander just two days after his controversial videotapes went public. now though there are new questions over whether his bosses knew and why they took no action when the tapes were made years ago. martha raddatz has more. >> reporter: the navy came down on captain owen honors with a hammer. with words so harsh, it is clear