go forward and 60 isn t old. i was looking at the cars in the rear-view mirror and i caught a sight of my eyes for a second. and i thought, wait a second, maybe i could go back. maybe that would be the event that would make me feel strong and powerful again. would define me again. what once defined diana was marathon swimming. in the 1970s, she won races and set records worldwide. i m interested in the most outrageously difficult goals that i can think of. i fail lots of times because it s so difficult, but i get wiser and wiser all the time. strong, brash, confident, a media darling. in august 1978 at age 28, diana set out to do the most outrageously difficult swim she could imagine, cuba to florida, over a hundred miles in vicious
it all started in 2009. and diana was headed towards a birthday. a big birthday. i was driving in my car, telling myself, you better get with these life lessons. you can t go back, you better just seize the day. go forward and 60 isn t old. i was looking at the cars in the rear-view mirror and i caught a sight of my eyes for a second. and i thought, wait a second, maybe i could go back. maybe that would be the event that would make me feel strong and powerful again. would define me again. what once defined diana was marathon swimming. in the 1970s, she won races and set records worldwide. i m interested in the most outrageously difficult goals that i can think of. i fail lots of times because it s so difficult, but i get wiser and wiser all the time. strong, brash, confident, a media darling. in august 1978 at age 28, diana
marathon swimming. in the 1970s she won races and set records worldwide. i m interested in the most outrageously difficult goals that i can think of. i fail lots of times because it s so difficult, but i get wiser and wiser all the time. strong, brash, confident, a media darling. in august 1978 at age 28, diana set out to do the most outrageously difficult swim she could imagine, cuba to florida, over a hundred miles in vicious currents, 200,000 strokes, 60 hours. she had a shark cage built, headed to cuba and launched from a beach surrounded by press, despite grave concerns. and i remember ibewildered. we re looking out at a raging
that plane. cnn s dann simon it in reno, nevada for us. dan, the ntsb asked about those photos at a news conference today. the death toll is now up to nine from three. what did investigators have o to say? reporter: no question, don, investigators will be looking at the tail of that aircraft. we have seen those pictures and it s pretty certain that at least at one point during the flight what s called the elevator lift tab dislodged from the plane. aviation experts have told me it would be very difficult to control the plane if, in fact, that occurred. crews here have been at the scene today going through the wreckage. they actually went over the lapse if you will to see where exactly that plane went and they did find something on the ground. i want you to listen now to the national transportation board investigator. we re aware of that. in fact, a component has been recovered in the area where that was observed. but i think it s critical at this point to know that we hav
at least for the moment. stocks bounced back in early trading today, after monday s 634-point plunge. right now, dow blue chips are up by 201 points. investors are psyched over today s fed meeting, and there s speculation it might announce a new stimulus. to boost the economy. president obama sits down with treasury secretary timothy geithner. that s happening this afternoon. they re going to size out the new market turmoil that is fearing that is fully feeding fear of double-dip recession. the president is promising to help a special congressional commission find a long-term fix for the finances. i intend to present my own recommendations over the coming weeks, on how we should proceed. and that committee will have this administration s full cooperation. and i assure you, we will stay on it until we get the job done. so, congress has to appoint the commission by next tuesday. that is just a week from today. the six democrats, and six republicans will have until novem