expressway. the small plane was traveling back to danbury, connecticut when it s engine failed. i could pt believe what i was seeing. he saw everything he was filling potholes. the plane hit the ground. they came straight down and hit the tree tops. he and his co workers stra s sp into action. and it worked the pilot and two passengers walked out of the plane and onto solid ground. alive and relatively unharmed. that was m aagdalena torres from the bronx reporting. by tomorrow, it will be co colder in atlanta. duffy dixson looks at how people
we are talking about dysfunction and obstruction in washington. how frustrating is it to be a mayor, someone who very keenly is aware of where the rubber meets the road and sees what s happening in washington where nothing is getting done? well, alex, let me just say and i think i can speak for all the mayors in saying the mayor s job is possibly one of the best jobs in the united states of america. it s a tough job. it s a challenging job. but it certainly is a lot of fun, and you get to do things with your constituents and i m the mayor of my hometown, greatest honor in elective office i think i m ever going to have. so we see the things that go on in washington. mayors are about getting stuff done. we have that responsibility, and whether it s public safety or picking up trash, filling potholes, making sure there s water in swimming pools, looking out for the educational opportunities for our young people, it s a big job, it s a comprehensive job. small, medium and large cities ac
if you make more than a million dollars you pay at least a 30% tax rate. where does that money go? reporter: the president on his watch added $6.4 trillion. that s the equivalent of adding south korea and germany to the debt load. it goes towards interest cost on the debt. if you raise tax on the $1 million to $10 million 50% you are not even going to pay half the interest cost on the debt. so the question is raising taxes on the upper bracket, how will that create middle class jobs and you have 1.9 million net jobs lost on the president s watch. i understand he was filling potholes in the economy. but how will the middle class benefit when a lot of money went toward failed companies like solyndra, fannie mae, freddie
pain of the unemployed temporarily. some will put people back to work. but they do not make for a complete solution. yet it s a start. as long as congress passes the bill. while the politicians bicker, many americans have no place to live. as many as 1 million people may have become homeless during the recent recession. with some living in tent cities like this one near st. petersburg, florida. these are people who used to have solid, middle-class jobs. what s more, almost half of america s unemployed have been out of work for six months or longer. they are in danger of becoming a lost generation. losing the skills and motivation to ever reach their potential. but we need more than temporary tax cuts and extensions of unemployment. we need a plan to grow industries and with them, jobs. in this hour, we ll shine a light on solutions. immediate and long-term. but our focus is on stuff that can actually happen. plans, not dreams. we ll look at promising industries and ideas. and
keep doing what i have done which is work very hard every day. there wasn t anything about this i would say that changes my ability or my record of getting bills passed or filling potholes or community service. it was a personal failing and i hope they feel it that way. if they see it as a personal failing that though would in the vote for me, that is their decision. i have to work very hard. members of the democratic leader called on mark foley and do you see hypocrisy? i don t want to get into anyone s situation but i can tell you about mine, it is one that i regret that didn t have to do with high government service but it has to do with a personal weakness, but people can draw their own conclusions about that. i m not resigning. and i m going to try to go back to work a better person and a