People were on board at the time of the explosion. The coast guard says unlike the deepwater horizon blast in 2010. The black elk rig wasnt actively producing oil. So far there are no reports of oil leaking into the water. The fire has been put out. Former cia director David Petraeus faces lawmakers on capitol hill for the first time today since his stunning resignation. He testified about the deadly attack on a us consulate in benghazi, libya in september. He was the director of the spy agency at the time. Us ambassador Chris Stevens and three other americans were killed in the assault. Petraeus testifed the cia told the Obama Administration an alqaeda linked group was behind the attack. But, he claimed the white house changed this assessment. He added he knew an anti islamic video didnt spark the assault. Contradicting president obama and other white house officials. The ambassadors statement represented the best possible and for mission without jeopardize in classified information.
Was interested in so many things. It it was not clear why she had empathy andrest for advocacy for native americans island i wonder if your guests could explain about that. I think there were some indian chieftans who came to the white house to visit, and i think they made a great impression on her, and she became interested in indian welfare. And she was interested in their education. She was interested in their medical well being and health. Which was a very it was a proper thing for her to be interested in. Nobody is going to be objecting to educating children or taking care of people who were sick. So it was certainly a good thing for her to do. The indians thought of her as their great white mother. You talked about the first lady and the white house. She had connections to the Johns Hopkins hospital and the pediatric unit she set up. Well talk about that in a minute. A question from jenny webber. Harriet lane had a cutter named after her. Also, i heard she got into trouble for th
Endorse a set of proposals worked out by a Bipartisan Group of us senators. The plan would create a path to citizenship for 11million undocumented immigrants, but only after the borders are secured. Undocumented workers would be able to stay, after they register with the government. Pass a background check. Pay fines and back taxes and learn english. Illinois senator dick durbin says he supports the proposals because it would take families out of the shadows. Then the peace of mind to know that they can run their way to legal status. They can go to some pretty rigorous testing. A the end of the day they will have the peace of mind of knowing that theyre part of this country. The citys undocumented immigrants and supporters are keeping a close eye on the development. Are those immigrant community very interested in what happened today. Were going to talk to them afterwards and get their thoughts. Home to many immigrants. Many of those folks from mexico. The fractured immigration policy
Workers get a good description of him and his car to four to Chicago Police who have been working on a joint investigation for several weeks. The robber has been captured on Surveillance Video and described by employees. Ahead of the arrest yesterday Chicago Police indicated that they had a good lead since the suspect stock to a similar pattern. That is obviously something that helps us. Police say detectives from several departments are still piecing together aspects of this investigation. Much more information about this arrest is expected this afternoon. Clearly great news for salon operators throughout the chicago area. Family of an actor who was injured says hes going to be ok. That information is coming from his father. We originally were told that he received seconddegree burns to his throat. That is welcome news given the scare he received last night. The photographer was in the audience and is favrewas able to capture the moment. Witnesses say he had just taken a slate of fuel
Over 200 flights in anticipation of the storm. All of the details later in the show. The northeast is bracing for massive winter storms that could bring 20 to 30 in. Of snow. Most of southern new england could see blizzard conditions. Hills start tomorrow morning with the heaviest amounts dumped that night and saturday. The storm hit just after the 35th anniversary of the historic blizzard that paralyzed the region. It has been a pretty tense week since a lunch room brawl on monday. Another fight on tuesday which led to 18 arrests. The students have yet to return and they now facing possible explosions that have extra plainclothes officers working today. There closely monitoring all vehicles. When we find threats we review them and we look into it. We see if the information is good or not. School Officials Say there have been no further incidents since tuesday. Measures are in place to prevent another violent outbreak. School officials said in a statement that this safe and remain safe