oil prices are soaring for a second straight day. the price of crude has jumped. analysts warn if it spreads to other opec nations, it could result in the largest disruption. tomorrow, secretary of state clinton will be to show support for the country s pro democracy movement and will be answeringing questions on a website. they have already submitted 6500 questions. for the first time since the iranian revolution 30 years ago, two iranian ships have entered the suez canal and are headed to syria for a training mission. israel is calling this prove provocative. funeral services today in texas for a u.s. immigrati gramd customs agent killed in mexico.
among them a u.s. immigration and customs agent, along with a man and his 8-year-old sone. no deals, no negotiations and no compromises in that huge budget battle at the wisconsin state capitol. the fight centers on governor scott walker s plan to slash the collective bargaining rights of public employees, and it s being closely watched by other states struggling with budget deficits. 14 democratic state senators fled the state thursday leaving the senate without a quorum meaning not enough votes on any legislation. last hour i spoke with democrat mark miller, the minority leader, in the wisconsin senate. the unions have agreed through the governor s economic concessions. there s no need for him to continue with stripping them of their bargaining rights. it s a plain indication that what the governor is trying to do is bust the unions and that s not fair. we ve had a long tradition, the
violence in northern mexico the president is sending in the army. the army is ordering four bat alaa allons to battle drug traffickers. 14 people have been killed in ciudad dejuarez. a man and his 8-year-old son and a customs agent are among the dead. take a look at this in pennsylvania. my kid s not here anymore. he s dead because of him. he ruined my [ bleep ]ing life. a heart-broken mother lashing out at former judge mark shivarella. his son, an all-star wrestler, killed himself. shivarella was accepting money to do that. he received $1 million to put kids away so a juvenile facility could stay full. the former judge was convicted saturday of 12 counts including
share. davis is a former special forces soldier. he s 36 years old. maried from littleton, colorado, sweer lea and we re learning senator kerry has left pakistan and is on his way back to washington. we ll be waiting for an update from him. the u.s. government will not stop helping mexico fight its bloody drug war though immigrations and customs agent was killed there. zapata was driving with another agent yesterday. their vehicle came under fire. one official said the two may have stopped what the appeared to be a checkpoint. zapata was killed, the other agent wounded. and nbc s mark potter is following the story from miami. does mexico know, or are they saying, who was behind that check point or roadblock here, mark? reporter: well, hi, contessa. if they do know, they re not saying publicly. what we re hearing from american law enforcement officials and mexican officials that they seem to think the killing is linked
incendiary die vices were mailed to two government buildings in maryland in pack acts that looked like books. two state employees fingers got burned when they opened the packages, one addressed to the governor and one to the maryland department of transportation. the buildings were evacuated after the packages set off a flash of fire and smoke when opened. the devices will be sent to an fbi lab. a woman was arrested at the detroit metropolitan airport allegedly having swallowed balloons filled with 91 pellets of heroin. about 2 1/2 pounds of the drug. a customs agent flagged the nigerian citizen and she admitted she was carrying drugs. mayor mike bloomberg has announced some plows will be fitted with gps systems to better track their location and progress. he said the systems will go on some plows in brooklyn and queens where heavy snow just a few weeks ago left many people snow bound.