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>> authorities say their search for the minivan was hampered by tuesday night's dark, rainy weather as well as the murky weather. turns out the minivan was just eight feet below the surface. rob and peggy. in other news now, been another conviction resulting from the justice department's investigation of the police department in new orleans. officer melvin williams was found guilty of beating a 48-year-old handyman to death. a fellow officer was convicted trying to cover up the crime. at least 20 current and former new orleans cops have been charged as a result of several ongoing justice dep...

coverage at the white house. tell us about the vote on the $38 bail. $38 -- $38 billion. >> reporter: it's 7 months into the fiscal year and still the federal government does not have a budget approved by congress to fund the government. the house will vote on the deal to fund the 2011 budget for this year. stu ask whether it's a sure thing. no, it's not. we have the house speaker john boehner expressing confidence the deal will pass the stop-gap deal. but there are many tea party freshman in the house sent there by voters who were unhappy about big spending in washington who wants d...

>> the latest case in nevada. but the cases actually stretch coast-to-coast seattle to washington, d.c. now, controllers working late nights will no longer be flying solo. every air traffic control tower in the country will now have at least two controllers on the overnight shift, after yet another controller has been caught napping on the job, this time in reno, nevada. >> this is what, unfortunately, human beings do. when we get too tired, we have a tendency to go to sleep, even when we don't want to. >> reporter: he was working alone in the tower. and that means a small medical pl...

but the cases actually stretch coast-to-coast seattle to washington, d.c. now, controllers working late nights will no longer be flying solo. every air traffic control tower in the country will now have at least two controllers on the overnight shift, after yet another controller has been caught napping on the job, this time in reno, nevada. >> this is what, unfortunately, human beings do. when we get too tired, we have a tendency to go to sleep, even when we don't want to. >> reporter: he was working alone in the tower. and that means a small medical plane with an ill passenger had ...