shepard: now the inspirational story of the night. a man who lost both arms and both legs in a freak accident making history with a swim across the english channel. did he it in about 13 and a half hours using leg prosthesis with flippers attached. his team says that s a record for time for a disabled swimmer. 42 years old quadruple amputee who thought it would take 24 hours to make it across the channel. he lost his limbs in 1984 electrocuted while adjusting television antenna. ajoisting some of fox top stories. the recession is over and it has been since june of 2009 according to the group of a panel which keeps track of economic downturns. the man fort bliss reports gunman dead after he shot at the army post. we re told two others were wounded. and food regulators are now trying to decide whether a new breed of genetically modified
bolders buried beneath the beach. worst of igor hit us on the southern coast before 11:00 last night feeling more powerful than the category status with gusts of 93 miles per hour or more. howling wind and heavy sideways rain. early this morning we discovered how well the tiny iland weathered igor s punches. there were some trees down, but most of them were still standing. power lines were hanging low. we saw minor property damage and at least one boat under water, but there were no serious injuries. and no deaths in bermuda overnight. the biggest impact was the loss of power, more than three-quarters of the customers. some 28,000 of the island 35,000 homes were left in the dark last night. at last report, 7500 customers were still without power. considering igor was a massive cat-4 earlier in the week, people here are grateful that the losses are just temporary. they lost some lights and they lost some stand. shepard: rick leventhal
state, the unemployment state is high are the things that can cut both ways against the democrat sestak. and perhaps even help toomey if the president becomes something of a drag on the democratic candidates. shepard: carl cameron live in the city of brotherly love. now lady gaga, pop star continuing for support of gays in the military calling for congress to repeal don t ask, don t tell. in a rally in maine, lady or gaga or whatever you call her stood alongside veterans who had been discharged because of the policy and recommended the military adopt a new law she calls go home. if you are not capable of keeping your oath to the armed forces, to defend the constitution of the united states against our enemies, foreign and domestic, bear true allegiance to do the same, unless there is a gay soldier in my unit, then go home! shepard: no poker face there. proposal to repeal don t
shepard: a police chief said he never dreamed he d be faced with a crime like this: the murder of his own daughter. officials found 23-year-old valerie hamilton s body over the weekend in storage unit in north carolina. her father is police chief in a nearby town of concorde. he begged cops across the country please help track down the killer. she was a good kid. she was a wonderful kid. she lived her life to take care of children. that s all she wanted to do. she was a perfect daughter. i miss her. i need justice for her. a few hours later, they arrested the suspect hundreds of miles away. jonathan serrie is live in the newsroom where it got started. across the border from canada, but they have ties to where it began. he glue up there.
after the divisive primary between sestak and specter. i didn t help specter then but sestak hopes it will be different and now they re running against a republican and the president would like to make it a red versus blue republican versus democrat bright line with him on the side of sestak. shepard: and as it goes over time, the detractors of the president will say the president is going to hurt you by being, there sestak. he is going to hurt you. well, look, detracker number one on the republican side of this is pat toomey, the former congressman and head of the fiscally conservative club for growth. the g.o.p. nominee actually made the point today that the president s visit may be something of a blessing in disguise for him, because it will underscore that sestak and the president share a lot of policy view in mind of toomey and republican. so, it s a double-edge sword. the president s unpopularity and the fact that in this