The demolition of the old U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland happened on Thursday morning. While most of The bridge is now down, work to recover all the debris
infrastructure in shape. the republicans agreed to spend almost a third less on roads and bridges last year. now, engineers, you know, we have a big discussion about education in america. we need more doctors, we need more scientists, we need engineers. so maybe we can pay attention to these engineers. they say that we actually need $3.6t, trillion dollars, over the next seven years to fix failing roads and bridges, to make them safe again. you know, this is not a new problem. this has been around for a while. maybe the country needs to remember this incident. a bridge falling in 2007, in the state of minnesota, in the middle of the country. the i-35 bridge in minneapolis collapsed during rush hour and dropped into the river, and over a hundred cars were involved. we only lost 13 people. only 13 people died. and 145 were hurt. this disaster, you know what it should have been? it should have been a wake-up call to everybody in this
jury acquits george zimmerman, can t the judge based on that same evidence determine that george zimmerman, again, if acquitted by a jury, is entitled to stand your ground immunity? that has a lot of other implications including it would eliminate the risk of a civil lawsuit if the judge were to impose stand your ground immunity. lots more to come on this case and we ll be speaking with you both again. thank you. you re welcome. investigators are looking at a newly released surveillance tape that shows the exact moment the washington state bridge collapsed this week. the back of your screen there, you will see that bridge falling. now investors hope it will shed some light. investigators, rather, hoping it will shed light on what may have precipitated that disaster. and the ntsb in southeast missouri says it may take up to a week to complete its investigation into yesterday s train collision. it caused part of a highway overpass to buckle and collapse and rail cars slammed into
split, 6-6 along party lines. they ll have until thanksgiving to come up with a package of cuts and/or taxes to get the $1.5 trillion. now, congress would then vote up or down on the entire chunk. they have to vote. but remember, the supercommittee was set up to do what congress and the white house failed to do. keeping them honest tonight, it s not like this is the first time politicians have decided to set up a committee to do what they themselves have failed to do. in targets we have all been to this rodeo before. this commission has given us a warning for the future. but you have also presented us with a program for action. that was ronald reagan back in 1984 talking about a commission which was set up which was called for back in 1982. so we have heard this time and time again from politicians. and it wasn t just starting with ronald reagan. it goes back well, it s happened a lot even since then. take a look. from now on when the public hears the name gramm, ru
leaders each get to name three members. meaning the panel will be evenly split, 6-6 along party lines. they ll have until thanksgiving to come up with a package of cuts and/or taxes to get the $1.5 trillion. now, congress would then vote up or down on the entire chunk. they have to vote. but remember, the supercommittee was set up to do what congress and the white house failed to do. keeping them honest tonight, it s not like this is the first time politicians have decided to set up a committee to do what they themselves have failed to do. in targets we have all been to this rodeo before. this commission has given us a warning for the future. but you have also presented us with a program for action. that was ronald reagan back in 1984 talking about a commission which was set up which was called for back in 1982. so we have heard this time and time again from politicians. and it wasn t just starting with ronald reagan. it goes back well, it s happened a lot even since