the age of 63. apparently dying from cancer. something that she had kept under wraps. it was not well-known at all that she was suffering from an illness. she had reportedly been in the studio very recently working on an album that she was hoping to finish. we did release a statement from her manager this morning saying, early this morning we lost donna summer, a woman of many gifts, the greatest gift being her faith. while we grieve her passing, we re at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy. words truly cannot express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time. donna rose to fame in the 70s disco era. she was born in boston, la donna adrienne gains was her birth name. her career fired up when she was an international when she was cast in the international tour of hair. she met and married actor helmuth sommer. she kept his last name, did a little tweak, and that s when she officially game donna summer, a
of incidents, a lot of them were at newark airport, about things going wrong. a knife getting through a screening checkpoint. a dead dog that was not screened for explosives before it was loaded on a plane. so the numbers, you cited them. let s put them up so people can see. 42% of those security breaches were reported to headquarters. then only about 53% of them were corrected. there s no central reporting system, so they couldn t get the 30,000-foot view of what s going on. we ve been listening to the hearing. listen to what members of congress are asking the tsa inspector general about how exactly all of this happened. so there is no depository where one could go and pull up all of the breaches that have occurred? well, first, they need to have, like i said earlier and the chairman alluded to, there needs to be a clear definition of what a breach is. and then tsa needs to give clear guidance to the airports, what to report and when to report. and then tsa needs to foll
hour. is a stuck pedal to blame? the wife of former syracuse basketball coach accused of molesting ball boys goes public this morning addressing claims she knew what was going on with her husband. plus this i won t forget the men who died who gave that right to me lee greenwood making a plea for a better america. he s got a new book asking does god still bless the usa? we ll ask him when he stops by later this hour. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. your money front and center from capitol hill to the campaign trail. even a rare lunchtime meeting between president obama and congressional leaders from both parties. the rivals may break bread but don t expect them to make peace. john boehner is warning of another battle brewing over the debt ceiling. last year you remember that ugly standoff. the government flirted with shutdowns and the nation s bond rating was downgraded for the first time ever. now boehner says again that the
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