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He announced if he finishes dead last he's going to be dropping ought out of the race. we will leave you with the look at the graphic of the combined stops that all of the candidates are making today. everybody is sprinting for the iowa finish line today. with the last of those tv debates now over, they are resorting to some old-fashioned campaigning across the state of iowa, guys. >> and lot of tv ads as well. the des moines register said yesterday $10 million are being spent on ads in the final days and a lot of it from rick perry and ron paul, who have made iowa a make-or-break state for bo...

That 2009 crash that killed 50. la hood gave the families of those killed a lot of credit for the new rules. >> these families with unmanageable heart break turned that into a powerful commitment to save the lives of others. they pushed us to make progress. the progress we are making today. >> now, cargo carriers, which do much of their flying overnight when most people are home in their beds are exempted from the new rules and the passenger airlines aren't too happy about that shep? >> shepard: i bet not. jim angle in washington. jim, thanks. now a missing toddler in maine. the little girl's ...

Dangerously fatigued pilots from flying. they must have a ten-hour rest period. during the ten hours they must have the opportunity to get eight hours of uninterrupted sleep. a pilot may have 30 consecutive hours off of work a week. and the pilot has to sign off on each flight plan and declare himself or herself fit for duty and rested. what prompted the change was that 2009colgan air crash in buffalo. ray lahood praised the families of those that were killed and they led the charge to make flying safer. >> these families showed unbelievable advocacy and leadership, and these families won imag...

Leadership. and these families, with unimaginable heart brake, turned that into a powerful commitment to save the lives of others. they pushed us to make progress, the progress we're making today. >> reporter: cargo planes though are exempt from these new rules. the faa says it woe be too costly for cargo companies to adopt them. but secretary lahood says he is urging those cargo companies to voluntarily opt into the new requirements. one last thing. we got a statement in from congressman john michael. he is the republican chair of the house transportation committee and he has weighed in on th...

Today to help some homeowners who are still underwater. shaun donovan, secretary of housing and urban development joins us as the president wings his way to las vegas to unveil all of this. mr. secretary thanks for joining us. there are i think 11 million homeowners underwater. how many will be helped by this plan? >> well, andrea, we're still working out the final details over the next few weeks but there are about 4 million homeowners who have a fannie mae or freddie mac mortgage, are under water today, and have interest rates significantly above today's current rates. that's the target popu...