boeing 757s. 96 planes in all, to complete a maintenance check on the plane s computer. united says to expect delays and cancellations. michael herzenberg is in washington with more on this. good morning, michael. seems like passengers are going to have to pack some patience today. reporter: that s right, betty. you could say united airlines is being pro-active, and that it was remiss. whatever word you choose, passengers may wish they chose a different airline to fly this morning. some united airlines passengers could find themselves in a temporary holding pattern this morning. i didn t know anything, i came to the airport a few hours ago, all i saw was my flight was delayed. reporter: the carrier temporarily grounded its fleet of boeing 757s late tuesday after discovering it hadn t completed mandatory inspections on its flight data computers. the equipment which measures everything from air speed to air pressure was updated following faa orders back in 2004. united
accusations that you can have leveled at you is that you re a spy or an agent for a foreign government. that s the kind of accusation that you have no defense and can easily get you killed. and you better take it seriously. and you better, at the very least, take a step back from that and think about how you re going to do this. logan was eventually rescued from her attackers by a group of women and about 20 egyptian soldiers. events in egypt have spurred anti-government protesters in libya for the first time. this morning, hundreds of demonstrators demanded the prime minister step down. and thousands of protesters took over a main square in the capital of bahrain, calling for government reform. bahrain is a key, u.s. ally and home to the navy s 5th fleet. president obama and congressional republicans are lining up for a collision over spending, with a government shutdown looming in just over two weeks now. in the house yesterday, republicans advanced a $61 billion spen
front-page news around the world this morning. we ll get to it later in the show. first at home, a major vote for democrats in washington. will they vote nancy pelosi after so many members lost their seats in the midterm election. emily schmidt has more. reporter: disgruntled democrats argue they need a new face of their party after these midterm election results. but nancy pelosi is expected to win a vote today, making her minority leader. this follows a series of tense meetings, in which members of her own party have urged her to give up her bid to be the party s leader in the house. they say after major losses two weeks ago, the party simply needs change. but the speaker does have enough support to survive today s caucus vote. another option to strip pelosi of certain powers is also expected to fail. there s also developments in another drama involving a democrat. the once-powerful charlie rangel has one more day to brace himself before learning what his punishment
captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com a miracle in the rubble in haiti. a young man found alive after 11 days trapped in the debris. good evening. on what was supposed to be the last day of the search and rescue phase in haiti, a 23- year-old survivor of the earthquake is found in good condition. rescuers tunneled beneath the rubble of a fruit and vegetable shop to get food to him. the u.n. says haiti s government has confirmed more than 111,000 deaths in the earthquake. karen brown has the latest. reporter: on friday, it was a hand reaching out for life. israeli crews pulled emanuel butto from his home but he may be the last pulled from his home in haiti. the government has declared an end to the emergency to the search-and-rescue phase. the united nations says it s been the most successful rescue effort in its history with more than 130 people saved. but now its main focus is providing relief supplies to the estimated 1.5 million people left homeless. but signs o