jumped aboard a school board and grabbed a child. they say he took the 5-year-old boy to bunker at his own home. police chief says it s six feet by eight feet and has electricity, tv and supplies they say could last for weeks. it also has a pvc pipe that stretches to the surface and negotiators have been using that to communicate with him. but the chief says he has been known to spend up to eight days at a time down there. neighbors say dykes is an angry and violently explosive man, a man who threatens children and once beat to death a dog because the dog crossed to his side of the street. dykes was supposed to appear in court yesterday on accusations he menaceed nains with a gun neighbors with a gun. earlier i spoke with one of the neighbors who said he was driving with his family when dykes flagged him down and starting cursing him. about the third time i told him he needed to calm down, mr. jimmy dykes turned around and ran 30-foot to his van and pulled out a pistol.
0 over the years the company has had a horrible, horrible safety record. just back in september, oil platform exploded, 30 people were killed in that. hundreds have been killed over the past decade. this is a major explosion at one of the biggest companies in the world. we will keep you updated on numbers as they change and get back to you. shepard: thank you. dramatic face-off in d.c. today on capitol hill. at the confirmation hearing for president obama s nomination for defense secretary. farmer senator chuck hagel and got tough questions from vietnam veteran and fellow republican. john mccain asking hagel to admit he was wrong when he opposed the surge to the 30,000 troops to iraq in 2007. if you would like me to explain. i d like an answer. yes or no. i m not going to give you a question or no. it s par mu complicated than. thatly defer that judgment to history. history already made a judgment on the surge and you are on the wrong side of it. shepard: democrats defended