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Ambitions. some, such as m.i.t. jim walsh a leading expert on iran also argue that political pressure may actually be more effective than economic pressure. because the iranian leadership doesn't want to be isolated from the likes of russia and china. now, if that's true, shep, then the white house approach to encowrminging those countries to join the u.n. resolution may be a smart move. equally there are those who say the only way to deal with iran is by using the ultimate pressure, shep, military action. >> shepard: jonathan hunt on the road in washington tonight. jonathan, thanks. could pue...

Democrats and republicans are still fighting out the details and are even at odds whether they are moving forward together or apart. >> their message is simple. they want to be able to tell the public that republicans are opposed to regulating wall street. well, that is disingenuous at best. >> we spent a lot of time over the last two weeks. a lot of acrimony and finger pointing as to why we weren't starting. that's behind us. we have now started. >> the senate will likely start considering these changes tuesday. if a bill passes the senate notices next few weeks, more negotiations beyond that...

Negligent and united tonight. they both declined comment. shep, you know how this game is played, if you are off base they generally will gently waive you away that ♪ happening tonight. the "wall street journal" may be on to something. the talks have been going pretty well, according to all accounts. the buzz has been very positive, so it looks like that something may be up and it may be a merger, it may be announced on monday as the "wall street journal" is reporting. >> shepard: what are the advantages to the companies and if any to us? >> well, continental is based out of houston and it h...

School. kay lay narey and austin renaud of springfield. charged with statutory rape as well. three more teenagers set to be arraigned in this case on thursday. shep? >> as prosecutors focus on the suspects, a spokesman for the victim's family is really pitting the majority of the blame on the school district itself. darby o'brien has essentially said that teenagers shouldn't be the only ones held responsible in this case that the school administrators also played a role here and deserve some blame. even the family of those accused teenagers should be concerned and upset. here is darby. >> the ...

>> shepard: an update now on one of our top stories, word of panic in the streets of one island off indonesian after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, they are now calling it, struck off the coast. there is now a tsunami watch in the area. our david piper is live in the region. david? >> hi, shep, yes, the evacuation procedures are now in force trying to get people away from the coast line. as you said, some panic on the island just off the west coast of sumatra. but we have no reports yet of any casualties. if there is going to be a tsunami, it seems to be a very localized one because of where the ...