thanks for joining us, tonight, keeping them honest. the congresswoman and a scholarship scandal. a texas democrat has been dolling out thousands to her relatives and one of her staffer s kids. the money s from charitable tax donations. she said she didn t know the rules. turns out she broke more than one. and she s been doing it for years. and was it a practice run to blow up a u.s. jetliner? here s what we know. bottles of liquid with flashlights attached. inside checked luggage on a flight out of the chicago. the question is do they add up to terrorist testing of what could get into the cargo of a u.s. passenger plane? the very latest on the devices and the two men in custody. also tonight, up close, the latest on hurricane earl. now, a category 4 storm and building, taking aim on the east coast. we begin tonight keeping them honest. with a texas congresswoman giving out prize scholarships paid for by tax-deductible, charitable donations of thousands of dollars. but
could it add up to what could get into the cargo of a u.s. passenger plane? the very latest on the devices and the two men in custody. also up close, the latest on hurricane earl, now a category 4 storm and building, taking aim on the east coast. we begin with keeping them honest. a texas woman taking donations but she wasn t giving them out as scholarships. let me show you at the wall what we re talking about. the congresswoman, her name is eddie bernice johnson. she s a democrat from texas. she s run for the 30th congressional district which covers parts of dallas and the surrounding area. she s a former chairwoman of the congressional black caucus, and a former board member of the congressional black caucus foundation. every year, cbc gets $10,000 to award to students and their college. sounds good, right? well, according to the dallas morning news from 2005 to 2008, congresswoman johnson gave us 43 scholarships but 15 of them went to her relative or the relatives of a