the number of potentially dangerous mistakes made by air traffic controllers jumped whopping 51% in the past year. the faa contributes that to better reporting procedures and recent history indicates air travel is as safe as ever. that s a look at the top stories. just like humans, dogs coming home from war can experience post traumatic stress disorders. one of the dog is gunner. a k-9 that worked with the marines. but there is good news. he has a new home. peter doocy has more on the touching story about gunner. what request you tell us? reporter: uma, new york lost a brave man in 2004 but a few weeks ago they gained a brave dog. deb and dan dunham son corporate jason dunham was killed on a patrol if iraq a few years ago when he was 22. he went in a coma after a man
dunham s home. even though he is now safe in the states, he still gets freaked out by loud noises like thunder which sent him in a frenzy on his second night in new york. he went in the kennel face first and tried to hide his face in the corner. gunner had stitches in his lip. he proceeded to tear them out. and i just decided after we tried to get him to sleep in the bed and he was just panicked that he seemed to be more comfortable in the kennel. reporter: deb and dan say that gunner is making progress but they know they will likely never make him forget about everything that traumatized him the same way that they ll never forget, jamie, what happened to their son. back to you. jamie: peter doocy, nice to meet that family. thank you. thank you. eric: wonderful. well, pakistan today reopening a critical border crossing in to afghanistan. did you know there was an 11-day blockade, that left the
this marine needs a home. we have a home for him. i don t have any marine. i ve got a place for this one. reporter: the dunhams say gunner is still skittish sometimes, getting freaked out by thunder and cameras. he is making progress. with the help of their other yellow lab ziggy, dan and deb is teaching gunner he is safe in their home and safe with them. uma: what a wonderful story. i would imagine that gunner has had a positive inpact on the dunham s life as well. reporter: he has, but it s a very sad story, because dunhams said that look, there is to way they will ever be able to make gunner totally forget about everything that happened to him or traumatized him. the same way the gunner will never help the dunhams forget what happened to their son. uma: not at all but it s a wonderful story. our heart goes out to gunner and dunham family. thank you. one of the complex rescue
business correspondent, the anchor of bulls & bears and i heard the story and found it shocking, because, there are now 40 states attorneys general getting together? why did it take so long? where was the federal oversight on the seizures of homes from americans. there is so much paperwork coming in, and eventually, banks were just flooded, with paper and, what they did was, they basically assigned these robo signers. people who sat in a desk, and, signed. x, x, x, x, x. oftentimes, not even looking for verifying that the information on these papers was actually right. and there were many foreclosures that perhaps were not in foreclosure and has width spread implications for people who do not who aren t in foreclosure, and people who are looking for homes, people who are on the edge of foreclosure, it truly is a major issue in the housing market. jamie: and we ll talk about how it affects housing price and the stock market. closing above 11,000 at the end of the week an
we ve got lots happening on the busy news day with control of the senate up for grabs. every seat counts for republicans and democrats. one race that could have an impact is illinois. julie kirtz has more. reporter: this is a high profile contest. if the race for obama former senate seat and a loss for democrats would be symbolic. the latest numbers show a tight battle in obama s home state. republican mark kirk up a point in the real clear politics average against the democrat alexi giannoulias. they faced off on nbc with giannoulias charging that kirk s claim of being a fiscal hawk and military record aren t true. this race is different. kirk says she a fiscal hawk. the congressman has told real whoppers in the campaign, but that may be the biggest one of all. it s ironic to oppose my record on fiscal conservative. the tribune asked him to name a spending bill he would vote to cut. he couldn t name one. as they said when they endorsed me it was painful to watch. rep