reporter: al qaeda continues to aggressively recruit people, both abroad and here at home. officials say they re most worried about al qaeda s reach online. there was a setback in efforts to free 33 miners in chile. one of the hammers on a drill used in the rescue mission became detached yesterday. the crews were drilling through rock when it happened. the drill was repaired and work continued. rescued in early november, six weeks sooner than first expected. one lawmaker on capitol hill says hearings on a salmonella outbreak revealed a disturbing picture of egg production here in america. and the owner of an iowa egg farm did apologize to people who got sick from salmonella. t.j. winick has details. reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. lawmakers in washington got few answers on wednesday. the owner of one farm refused to testify. another blamed an ingredient bought from a supplier for the outbreak. eggs from two iowa farms were linked to a massive salmonella outb
may have been sickened by eating our eggs. reporter: decoster is no stranger to violations. decades of run-ins with regulators, he s paid millions in fines. in 1987, a salmonella outbreak that killed nine. but decoster says his wright county egg has cleaned up its act. if you ve cleaned up your operations as you say, why did this outbreak occur? mr. chairman, this is a complicated subject. reporter: this is what inspectors found after the recall was ordered. dead chickens in a pile on the floor. so much manure, it pressed out a barn door. flies, maggots, rodents running through the hen houses. where you are now is where you feel cleaned up and adequate? sir, please, let me talk, okay? reporter: salmonella was found too but the decosters believe the bacteria came from an outside feed product. for you to come before us and say, it s the feed, we had nothing to do with it, is hard for me to believe. reporter: victims had a hard time believing decoster too. it
reserve has signaled that it is ready with new support for the economy. the fed is considering adding hundredso bio do that s because of concerns about deflation. key interest rates were left unchanged after yesterday s meeting. more now from our business editor dan arnall. reporter: in the post-meeting statement the fed indicated their major concern right now is that inflation is, in fact, too low. there s a deflationary risk. that s why thre a abo adding mo that tends to spur inflation and keep prices going up. that sounds like a bad thing but if the alternative is that prices keep going down, people would actually be laid off as companies wouldn t be able to afford to keep the workers they have right now. and those key interest rates apparently will not change any time soon. the fed has repeated its pledge to leave them near 0%, at super-low levels for an extended period. the president s top economic adviser says he is leaving the white house.
the top 10% of the worse roads. those poor roads cost an average of $402 annually in additional vehicle costs. in baltimore, those costs rise to $603 annually. and we don t think it s fair because we have put a lot of effort into maintaining our roads ways. it s the one thing we focused on the last four years was operation orange cone program and it s one thing we take seriously. reporter: the downturn in the economy has hindered road repair efforts everywhere but the city says they are on target. we cannot do as much as we used to but this season we are on track to complete another 200 lane miles. reporter: some city residents question the efforts. seems like they re making efforts as far as downtown, but seems like it s more of a crisis management. it s not the greatest but they have a limit to what they can do, but i think they can do a little bit more. reporter: hopefully there s light at the end of that barrel. in baltimore, tim rutherford, abc 2 news. no
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