Bakken oil fields of north dakota creating appliance on creating creating pipelines on the rails. Until were proactive instead of reactive people are going to keep dying. Thank you for joining us, im joie chen. The down side of north americas oil boom. Two of West Virginias townd were evacuated after an explosion of tankers carrying tons of crude oil from the Bakken Oil Fields of north dakota. It is an important resource but Sheila Macvicar found out in her investigation it also Shows Growing evidence of a new danger on the rails. Reporter massive explosions rocked the scene of mondays Train Derailment in fayette county, West Virginia. Ive never seen anything like this. Reporter where trains caught five after jumping the track during a snow storm. Oh my god. The force of the explosion so close to the communities of montgomery and mountain carbon with their thousands of inhabitants are raising questions about the safety of the tens of thousands of trains that are transporting an increas
Ceremonies officially get under way at noon. The reality is this new congress has a whole lot of old problems still to tackle and a couple old members still sticking around, too. Our senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash knows them all, would like to say. Has spoken to them all. I want to find out about the new freshman class. We have 97 news members total, 13 new senatorses, 84 new representatives. This freshman classes far more diversion than we have ever had. Reporter far more diversion. In fact when youre talking about the how democratic caucus, for the first time the majority is not white men. The majority is made up of minorities, of women, and as the democratic leader set just a short while ago, lbgt, so theres certainly a different makeup when it comes to the faces of members of congress that were just a few years ago. It definitely will be a new day when it comes to that. When it comes to the actual balance of power, of course nothing is changing. The house as in republ
Accountability from the department of Veterans Affairs. If the allegations are untrue, its dishonorable, disgraceful and i will not tolerate it. President obamas sometimes angry comments coming after he met with eric shinseki, and others. Afterwards jobs and maybe even eric shinsekis were on the line. I said to rick and to him today i want to see, you know, what the results of the reports are, and theres going be accountability. Reports emerged from the phoenix v. A. Of staffers cooking the books, submitting phoney documents to make it look like veterans were receiving timely care. Some waited months for appointments. The most damning, 40 veterans died waiting for help. Allegations spreading to other v. A. Locations. The president s comments fell short. Tough words are not enough when it comes to the issue. We need action. Its not only rub karnings the American Legion was critical, responding to the president in a statement. The question is this . Now some democrats are as well. The fi
Aftermath of the tragedy. She sayshe chose to get high right in the parking lot of all grains. She inhaled the gas from a container knowing full well what they would do to her. Since she had done it before. Disturbing to listen to those 91 tapes. Prosecutors say that she huffed cleaning compounds in her car that she drove down central avenue. The teenager 18 years of age at the time of this incident to according to investigators actually driving over the family three times. Security camera video to disturbing to put on the air shows per vehicle hitting a parking lot wall after running over a five year old. The cobbler later died. Her mother survive in this terrible ordeal. Her lawyer does not dispute the tragedy was a terrible and reckless act. Contends that his client is not guilty of aggravated the dui. There is on the same situation. Not illegal. Oregon is the same situation. Not illegal. Charges she could face anywhere from 34 years in the penitentiary. At the courthouse it happene
Occasion than with the story of a remarkable immigrant starting over in our country after being forced to flee from his. Lee colin will report our cover story. The camera captured some of the most historic moments during the war in iraq, but his job made him a target too. Forcing him to flee to the u. S. Save and excepted. Safe. Yes and no, yes more than no. A weekend with our nation celebrates independence look at one familys struggle to start over in america, ahead on sunday morning. Osgood the song diamonds are a girls best friend are right on the money in more way than one and we have proof. Take me out of the ball game. The allamerican girls baseball league. There is no crying in baseball. It inspired the film a league of their own is long gone. Thank you very much. But the players are still stars. And they still got it. As you will see later on sunday morning. Osgood Bradley Cooper has become a movie star with several big films to his credit, but he hasnt forgotten where he came