Good morning, everyone. A salute to american heroes has turned into a horrific accident scene at a Railroad Crossing in texas. With four people dead, and 17 injured. Federal investigators have arrived in midland, hours after a Freight Train slammed into a parade float that was carrying wounded veterans. Abcs larry jacobs reports. The trailer got hit by a train. We need as many units as you can. Reporter a parade float carrying wounded veterans to a banquet in their honor, was broadsided by a Freight Train. It happened at this Railroad Crossing in midland, texas. Two 18wheelers were carrying dozens of Wounded Warriors and their families. The first got across the Railroad Tracks safely. Thebut econd took the full force of the collision. Saw the truck crossing the track. About halfway across, the gate started coming down. The truck tried to blow his horn to get the other people in front of him out of the way. The gate actually hit the first people on the trailer. Some people were able to
Good morning, everyone. We have new details this morning on the sex scandal that brought down former cia director David Petraeus. Weve learned the name of that mystery agent from the fbi who first exposed the petraeus affair. He is fbi veteran agent frederick humphries. Notorious for sending shirtless photos of himself to another key player in the scandal. He says it was just a lighthearted joke. That woman would be jill kelly, seen on the right, which claims she was threatened by petraeus lover. She has been stripped of her special access to Macdill Air Force base in tampa. And Paula Broadwell is under investigation for storing military documents, on her computer. And for the first time president obama has weighed in on this mess. Preeti arla has the latest. Reporter president obama walked into the east room of the white house for his first postelection news conference, tackling the major issues the administration will face in the weeks ahead. Im open to compromise. And im open to new
Good morning, everyone. A salute to american heroes has turned into a horrific accident scene at a Railroad Crossing in texas. With four people dead, and 17 injured. Federal investigators have arrived in midland, hours after a Freight Train slammed into a parade float that was carrying wounded veterans. Abcs larry jacobs reports. The trailer got hit by a train. We need as many units as you can. Reporter a parade float carrying wounded veterans to a banquet in their honor, was broadsided by a Freight Train. It happened at this Railroad Crossing in midland, texas. Two 18wheelers were carrying dozens of Wounded Warriors and their families. The first got across the Railroad Tracks safely. But the second took the full force of the collision. Saw the truck crossing the track. About halfway across, the gate started coming down. The truck tried to blow his horn to get the other people in front of him out of the way. The gate actually hit the first people on the trailer. Some people were able t
Other stories. A health scare for Hillary Clinton. The secretary of state is hospitalized this morning after doctors discover a blood clot. Well have the latest on her condition. Also this morning, a different kind of contract for a young iphone user, what this teens mom is making him agree to before hes allowed to talk or text. I think its fantastic parenting by the way. A huge weekend in nfl action. The bitter end for some teams. Yeah. Bears. And the beginning of playoff hopes for others, whos out, whos in, who shouldnt be. Fantastic details. Bears and giants are both out. Can y believe that . I cant. Were not the only ones work thing overnight. Talks are going on in washington trying to avoid the fiscal cliff. But were getting something done. The average American Family would see a tax increase of more than 3,400. Preeti arla is joining us with more. Reporter top leaders seemed optimistic early on, but that seemed to shift, replaced by pessimism and still no deal with time running o
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