what did you take with you on the boat? we had a couple bags and a cooler. we wanted to see catalina, but it was so hazy. i told pegye that it was, you know, it was too hazy, we shouldn t go too far out. reporter: eric told the coast guard he tried to body board on their way out and said there was a pretty good swell in the ocean. was it as high as the side of the boat? probably. it was, you know, big enough to notice. reporter: eric said they stopped out here on the water to enjoy some margaritas pegye had made. and then later in the day they decided to try the body board again, this time on their way back to the harbor. pegye was driving. eric was being pulled on the board. well, i mean there s a wave and all of a sudden it got real big, and of a sudden it just jerked out of my hand. oh, ok. you know, i just couldn t hold on. so i came up. i thought pegye would be right there. she wasn t. the boat was just going in circles, and i couldn t see her. i could just
and i couldn t hold on. it was just going in circles. the boat kept going farther and farther away. and i couldn t see any other boats. i was screaming. i looked around. and so pegye bechler was simply gone. maybe even within sight of the same beach that had spawned her marriage. eric seemed devastated, fearing his wife and business partner was dead. but eric s mother, linda, saw things quite differently. i m sure that they would find her. that it would all turn out well. not just because pegye was a strong swimmer, everyone knew that. linda knew more. a secret about her daughter-in-law.
arguments today. decision day for democrats and house of representatives. members are set to vote on incoming leadership team for congress. ohio congressman tim ryan is challenging longtime democratic leader nancy pelosi. ryan says it s time for new blood and fresh ideas. pelosi, though, is expected to retain her position as the top democrat in the house. the stock market. record heights today. dow futures higher. nasdaq hit a high that couldn t hold on to the record. in the first hour of trading there, shares in asia closed with gains overnight. investors watching oil prices. crude is jumping this morning. opec leaders meeting right now in vienna. home prices in the u.s. have never been higher. the home price index shows a 5.5% increase in homes. the average price $184,800
cities he ll go to. legendary director martin scorsese is getting the red carpet treatment at the vatican. scorsese, i don t know if he met with or will meet privately with pope francis following the screening of his new film silence. the screening for an audience of 400 mreepriests. the pontiff not expected to attend. the film is about jesuits in japan. let s get to your money. the stock market could reach new highs. dow pointing higher. all three majors higher on tuesday. nasdaq made an intraday record but couldn t hold on for the close. stocks higher in asia closing with gains. kru crude is jumping this morning. 5% a big move for crude.
the cnn political reporter eric bradner, bright and early for us. the news he used equal time on nbc to have have television spot. holding that in the back pock, getting closer to the early voting states. he really just couldn t hold on. so now you have 11. you have 11 in this crowded field. and you have donald trump. basically announcing a switch in strategy. he is going to start spending money. he s going to start spending 2 million a week he says maybe in ad spending. who does that put pressure on now? who is the most i guess under pressure to do better or drop out like pataki? well, it puts pressure on the entire field because trump has not spent any money on advertising so far. he s gotten so much free media attention, he hasn t had to put his own money into it. candidatings like ted cruz and