Battered by Hurricane Katrina a boat filled with refugees sunk off the coast, killing dozens of people. It overturned off sure, with several hundred refugees on board. Some of the bodies have been recovered. An official said many passengers were trapped in the hold as the cargo capsized. This is a major launchpad for smugglers taking refugees to italy. The growing number of refugees headed to europe is the focus of a meeting between european leaders in austrias capital. It was highlighted by the discovery of 50 bodies in a truck not far from the venue. Barnaby phillips reports. Reporter it looks like nothing out of the ordinary, a trub parked on a motor way layby on a busy road leading into vena, this is the scene of a crime. When police approached this abandoned strike. The driver was nowhere to be seen when police approached the vehicle, the driver was nowhere to be seen, they saw blood seeping out of the back. They were overwhelmed by a terrible smell. Inside they found the decompos
Ill have the sport including american hurdler with the goal at the World Championship just days before he is due to have a kidney transplant. Austrian police say they arrested three suspects and the owner of driver of the truck which 71 died including 4 children and speaking at a press conference in the last hour they said they were trying to identify the bodies so that their families could be informed. Translator three people have been arrested in hungry, one perpetrator is a bulgarian citizen and the owner of the vehicle. The other two one is also bulgarian and the other was hungry and most likely the drivers of the vehicle. Lets go straight to vienna and you were listening to the press conference and it was emotional, wasnt it. Yes, it was and they were deeply shaken by what had happened. So many deaths and people who would have died in a manner that barely bears thinking about 71 of them presumably sophisticated in an agonizing and slow way and its very distressing to hear they inc
Children in nigeria trying to start over after their lives were scarred by the armed group. Police in austria say three suspects include the owner and drivers of the truck in which 71 people died have been arrested. Those who died were Syrian Refugees and included eight women an four children. The youngest was a girl between one and two years old. The police now say that theyre working to identify them and jib form their families. We have this report. Carrying away the remains of the dead, men, women, children, the youngest a mere toddler, all enduring their last hours in barbaric, undignified circumstances. The corpses were so decomposed that their bodily fluids had begun to drip out of the vehicles back door. This is how they ended their hellish journey to escape war. Among the remains, a syrian travel document was recovered. Time and again, there have been cries for solutions to prevent such deaths for those trying to get to western europe. Attempts to prevent from from coming under
Wealthy, it was structured to make American Society homeowners. And now were in 2013, and its only the wealthy who have access to the conventional market. And we need to be much more aggressive about thinking through one of the appropriate measures to use such that the governments backstop, whether its fannie or freddie or private institutions, actually serve a public purpose which is to build Home Ownership across the income and across the racial spectrum in america. You know, im not as intelligence at the three of you to be able to remember all six questions david asked [laughter] thats why were answering just one. But i think your question was, you know, with Interest Rates rising, is that going to create any urgency . I dont think it creates urgency around gse reform. Rates are still incredibly low, and even if they go to 5 or 5. 5, its historically low. So i dont think that impacts affordability tremendously. It certainly impacts the monthly payment. I dont think thats going to ha
Resolution in sight. One leading republican says the shutdown alone may not bring democrats and republicans together. Most budget agreements in the past have always involved debted limit increases. Thats will be the forcing action to bring the two parties together. Reporter last night the house tried proposing three bills to fund parts of the government. Democrats stood firm saying its all or nothing. Focusing on trying to cherry pick some of the few parts of government that they like. Reporter as lawmakers debate, americans across the country are feeling the impact of the shutdown from closed museums and parks to federal workers furloughed. This is not how you run a country. Thats what theyre in there for, then they should remove themselves and then they will understand how it feels to go without money, a paycheck. Reporter joe brought his family to the air force museum in dayton, ohio. The plane he flew during world war ii is displayed inside behind the locked gate. That was very, ve