tonight we begin with break news out of south korea. an apology issued moments ago from the operator of the ferry that now sits under water with bodies of so many people still on board. statement reads in part quote we apologize to all the people grieving for the loss of their loved ones. we apologize to people who had injuries major minor due to this accident. it goes on. once again we beg for forgiveness from the victim s families and pray for the dead. the company saying we prostate ourselves. on the water divers and recovery crews spent a grim day bringing body after body out of that sunk jennifery back to shore. 87 bodies have been recovered so far. many of them high school students on their way to a field trip when the ship capsized.
bodies of so many people still on board. statement reads in part quote we apologize to all the people grieving for the loss of their loved ones. we apologize to people who had injuries major minor due to this accident. it goes on. once again we beg for forgiveness from the victim s families and pray for the dead. the company saying we prostate ourselves. on the water divers and recovery crews spent a grim day bringing body after body out of that sunk jennifery back to shore. 87 bodies have been recovered so far. many of them high school students on their way to a field trip when the ship capsized. translator: the conditions are so bad my heart aches. we re going in thinking there may be survivors. we have to come back with nothing we can t face the families.
settling scores. the sports lead. one nfl player is out and another suspended for what? late hit? helmet to helmet tackle? nope. allegedly it s for the same type of behavior we usually attribute to mean girls in high school. good afternoon. welcome to the lead. i m jack tapper. we begin with the national lead. moments ago, the head of the union representing officers with the transportation security administration issued a statement calling for some of those officers to be armed in the aftermath of friday s shooting at los angeles international airport. the statement reads in part quote, at this time, we feel a larger and more consistent armed presence in screening areas would be a positive step in improving security for both tsos and the flying public. the development of a new class of tsa officers with law enforcement status would be a logical approach to accomplishing this goal, end quote. security at airports across the nation will be reviewed on orders from attorney general e
republican vice presidential candidate sarah palin. okay. there you go. in an op-ed look at nicole. she and ted have lots of friends in common. they are really vocal. that s great. wow. should i read this? she writes in part quote, following the will of the people apparently is a novel idea in d.c. these days just ask cruz and his liberty-loving posse on capitol hill who have led the charge to defund obama s train wreck. the capitol hill cowards are rushing to anonymously can we end this. she could have been a good contender in 2008. i want to get to jeremy peters. blank the teleprompter.
first and fourth amendments. aclu issuing a statement that reads in part quote, it is beyond orwellian and it provides further evidence to the extent basic democratic rights are being surrendered in secret, to the demands of unaccountable intelligence agencies. even former vice president al gore tweeted this morning, in the digital era privacy must be a priority. is it just me or is secret blanket surveilance obscenely outrageous? a leading republican told fox he plainly wants more information before casting judgment on the program. i don t mind verizon turning over records to the government if the government is going to make sure that they try to match up a known terrorist phone with somebody in the united states. i don t think you re talking to terrorists. i know you re not. i know i m not. so we don t have anything to worry about. reporter: as you mentioned the attorney general is on the hill within the hour on a separate subject but he is likely to take questions on