At the scene. Police are now searching for a woman who apparently ran from the crash site. Chp says the suspects were involved in an Armed Robbery in colorado. Developing news, southwest has canceled multiple flights today including nine out of oakland because a problem with missed inspections. Anne makovec reports. Reporter overdue inspections, southwest has been working through the night to do some of the inspections that have been overdue on some of their planes, yet still nine Flights Canceled here out of Oakland International airport this morning. Southwest has grounded at least 128 planes, about one fifth of its fleet, after discovering they had not had inspections on their hydraulic systems, the systems used to control the the rudder if the main system fails. 80 flights were canceled yesterday at least 20 today. I was the bearer of bad news for some passengers this morning. Got some mixed reaction. You are kidding me. Im not. I have to be in philadelphia this evening. I have bee
Corrected a misstatement that he made last month on this broadcast about his own military record after the statement was questioned by several retired officers. This comes, of course, at a time of controversy around prominent journalists who have been accused of inflating their war records. Heres wyatt andrews. That was wrong and i have no excuse. Reporter the secretary apologized for what was said during this encounter when he falsely told a homeless veteran in los angeles that he had served in the special forces. The comment was captured by cbs news last month for a segment on this broadcast. What unit . Special forces. Special forces. What years . I was in special forces. Reporter the fact that mcdonald was not in the special forces was first reported in the Huffington Post last night. The secretary explained that when he saw the veteran, he was attempting to find Common Ground but got it wrong. And so what i was trying to do is find a way to connect with that veteran, and as i said
Cole and Marsha Blackburn. Then falling off the fiscal cliff, a tumble that would shake the world with International Monetary fund Christine Lagarde. Plus what happens if nothing happens with moodys chief economist mark zandy, jackie comes of the New York Times and cnns dana bash. Im Candy Crowley and this is state of the union. Politically the speaker is playing with a weaker hand that the president , the pressure is higher on him and his critics are harder too. The Republican Partys finished. He is selling out our children right now with these massive tax increases and thats a starting bid. Hes saying here 800 billion now will you sit down with us, obama . Twistill with the votes get counted in his caucus of republicans, boehner seems to have more room to maneuver than he did in preelection faceoffs over political matters. Even if the republican speaker gets a deal, can he get it passed . Joining me now, republican congressman tom cole of oklahoma and Marsha Blackburn of tennessee, t
This morning, a commuter train hit a truck that was abandoned. No one was killed but 21 of the 58 people on the train were taken to the hospital. Tonight, four of them, including the engineer are in critical condition. Omar villafranca is at the scene. Reporter the explosion and flames lit up the sky after the metrolink train struck the truck just before dawn. Ould see three of by daylight, you could see three of the five of the 7. 5ton rail cars toppled over like toys. The truck driver, a 54yearold man from arizona, got stuck on the tracks and jumped out when he saw the train coming. He was found walking about two miles away from the crash. Was the driver under the influence of anything, according to your officers . He appeared to be very unsettled, and so the extent or the cause of that is actually yet to be determined. Reporter officials here say todays crash would have been much worse if not for new rail cars designed and purchased after a 2008 metrolink commuter crash which killed
Egypt a country where worlds collide modern life merges with traditions that date back to the days of the pharaohs egypt is steeped in history and has more ancient monuments than any other modern country my family and i visited egypt throughout my childhood and i grew up immersed in its history and culture. The last few years have seen major upheaval. The presence of women during these events was unprecedented in what is traditionally a gender segregated society and it seems to indicate that major changes are taking place. Im in egypt on an undercover journey that will take me to cairo luxor. And london. Its been more than a decade since my last visit and much has happened since then. Egypts revolution is a demand for change that cuts across class religion and gender millions of people poured onto the streets to topple the old regime and later the first democratically elected president the journey was both political and personal for many. People demanded freedom dignity social justice