with regard to sanctions that ought to be made. i m hoping we will make that available. i m going to request that you do. in 2008, democrats swept the senate, taking stevens seat and seven others, giving them the largest senate majority in decades and that led to the passage of, among other things, president obama s health care law. in washington, katherine herrage, fox news. bret: still ahead, real life csi drama in new york. first a dramatic response to the first anniversary of the syrian uprising.
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probably complicated things. reporter: rose makes clear he does not think that flying planes in alaska is inherently dangerous, as a former military transport pilot, he said that senator stevens knew the risks and he was always careful. rose says in alaska with terrain so vast and rugged and remote, there is virtually no other mode of travel that is practical for a politician. and history does bear that out. in 1972, house majority leader hail boggs was in a plane that disappeared over alaska and he was in the plane with the father of the current senator mark begich who was a congressman at that time and that plane was not found, and senator stevens was, himself, involved in a leer jet crash in 1978 that killed his wife. in the broader sense, politic n politicians sometimes don t look at the dangers rushing from campaign stop to campaign stop and i asked mitch rose about that. reporter: how much pressure do politicians feel to get on that small plane to get to the next rally knowin
we re learning more today about what the survivors of that accident had to endure while they waited for rescuers to reach them in a remote corner of alaska. we go to anchorage for more on this story. what are you learning today? reporter: we are learning lots of new details about what survivors of that plane crash had to endure. they spent more than 12 hours among dead family members in some cases, traveling companions, the wreckage of that plane, more than 12 hours up on that mountain on a cold, wet, alaska night. the otter float plane carrying former alaska senator ted stevens and eight others took off monday afternoon headed for a remote fishing camp in search of silver salmon. they ate lunch at the lodge. they discussed their departure. they estimated that the group departed the lodge sometime around 3:00 to 3:15.
are waiting for them even though the risks are a bit much? well, i think that politicians often have schedules that are broken down to ten minutes and 15 minute intervals, so clearly, you don t want to disappoint and you always want to try to make that next event and you don t want to be the person who doesn t shake that hand or be at this forum. reporter: but rose said he does not believe that applied in the crash that killed senator stevens. rose points out that mr. stevens was no longer a senator and this was just a fishing trip and no pressure to be there at a specific time, wolf. as we pointed out, more information about the pilot in the plane who died in the crash. that is right, terry smith is his name, and long time pilot for alaska airlines and he was kimmed in the crash. i spoke to a source close to him, and said that his son-in-law, major aaron malone was killed in the crash of a cargo plane in elmendorf in alaska two weeks ago. i asked the source about mr.