scandal over excessive wait times for veterans at va facilities. tragic news tonight from here in washington. a federal worker was killed this morning when a large tree fell on him near the u.s. capitol. the architect of the capitol s offices matthew mcclanahan was working on irrigation pipe at the time of the accident. house speaker paul ryan asked for prayers for his wife and young children. right now, the state of arkansas plans to execute to death row inmates thursday. it is the next scheduled event in a flurry of sentences to be carried out before the end of the month. last night scheduled between killing was blocked in the same fate could await the others. casey stegall is in arkansas tonight. as staff inside arkansas prison unit prepare for the first executions of nearly 12 years on monday, judges in local, state, and federal courts were considering stays,
scandal over excessive wait times for veterans at va facilities. tragic news tonight from here in washington. a federal worker was killed this morning when a large tree fell on him near the u.s. capitol. the architect of the capitol s offices matthew mcclanahan was working on irrigation pipe at the time of the accident. house speaker paul ryan asked for prayers for his wife and young children. right now, the state of arkansas plans to execute to death row inmates thursday. it is the next scheduled event in a flurry of sentences to be carried out before the end of the month. last night scheduled between killing was blocked in the same fate could await the others. casey stegall is in arkansas tonight. as staff inside arkansas prison unit prepare for the first executions of nearly 12 years on monday, judges in local, state, and federal courts were considering stays,
irrigation pipe, and video that has appeared on al jazeera shows the rebels turning the body over. those that have looked closely at this video say it appears there was a gunshot wound to the back of gadhafi or the side of his head. just yesterday, secretary of state hillary clinton in tripoli this week, almost feared that this is the kind of thing that would p ha. she was warning in several public appearances in tripoli that the that libyan people have to think not about retribution, not about settling scores, but looking ahead to the future. but as it appears that gadhafi may have been executed by the rebels themselves, it appears that, at least that group for one, may not have been listening. jim miklaszewski, thanks so much. let me bring in senator bob menendez. democrat from new jersey and a member of the senate foreign relations committee. senator, what are you hearing
cut through the pipe to save eddie. you hear eddie, just not sounding happy. and then you see eddie. there he is. he was pulled to safety. the little guy somehow got loose from the backyard and fell down an irrigation pipe. when he couldn t find eddie, the owner could hear him barking under the pavement. poor guy. eddie s doing okay. wasn t hurt at all. got very lucky and caused the construction crew a lot of work. but in the end, he s out. he s okay. all right. welcoming up on this american morning, the uprisings in north africa and the middle east are starting to cost you money. prince william and kate middleton s royal wedding invitations in the mail. and you knew there would be some royal snubs. we ll tell you who didn t get one. 14 minutes past the hour. contact lenses ys® brd with hydraclear® plus for exceptional comfort. it feels like it disappeared on my eye.
crash in the italian alps, a wall of mud and water roared down a mountainside, slamming a small computer train into a ditch, nine people were killed, 28 injured. the two-car train was passing just below, moments after a large irrigation pipe at a higher elevation burst, sending down that killer cascade. a geologist a examining the terrain near italy s border with austria but it s not clear why that pipe broke. israeli forces opening fire on militants today in gaza, killing two palestinians and wounding three others. the clash erupted near a border crossing. israel s military says the militants were planting explosives near the border fence. gaza s hamas rulers have tried to maintain a ceasefire with israel since the end of the gaza war in january 2009 but militants still sporadically carry out such attacks. jane: a big surprise to organized labor today, the head of one of the most powerful unions in this country is expected to retire at the end of this week.