started shedding its parts. now, apparently other drivers on the highway had seen that this truck was having trouble. they had seen that this stuff that there was stuff hanging off of this truck. they saw how dangerous it was. other drivers had tried to signal to the driver of the truck to let him know something was wrong, but the truck driver didn t respond appropriately, didn t seem to do anything in response to these alerts from other drivers. ultimately, a piece of his tail light assembly fell off his truck at speed on the highway. and it bounced on the road, and it bounced underneath the van that was carrying the willis family. and that piece of that truck became shrapnel. and it punctured the gas tank of the van, and the van went up in a fireball. five of the six kids were killed instantly in the fireball. the sixth child who was the eldest, and he was only 13, he died hours later. he died the next day.
the parents were severely burned. but they survived. just an unbelievabl
elected, they were ready and they launched hundreds of conservative nominees all at once. there were plenty of vacancies for them to fill because republicans had all those seats opened. republican haves been running those nominees through like a factory made chocolates on a conveyer belt. they got to hurry through as many of these nominations as they can. on july 19th, despite this well oiled if fairly frantic system, one of their judicial nominees failed. his name is ryan bounds. the trump organization nominated him one level below the u.s. supreme court court. again, in general republicans in the senate have been ramming through trump s nominees by the fistful. this ryan bounds no, ma minati
school as this guy at the same time. i remember those fights. in despite the fact that he tried to hide those writings from the senate, his nomination did appear to be on track and get confirmed through senate anyway. senator tim scott decided he was not okay for this guy and not willing to v
questions about it. that s ahead tonight. plus, we ve got a multiple pulitzer prize award winner to from the washington post to take us influence the latest scoop on the russia investigation. lots to come tonight. i want to start, though, with one of the biggest and most successful corruption prosecutions we have ever had in the modern era in this country. it started in 1994, on election day 1994. when a big family from chicago, a family called the willis family, was driving down the highway in their van. they re from the south side of chicago. they were driving actually, in wisconsin, near milwaukee. six kids, and two parents in their van rolling down the interstate. when a truck in front of them started shedding its parts. now, apparently other drivers on the highway had seen that this truck was having trouble. they had seen that this stuff that there was stuff hanging off of this truck. they saw how dangerous it was. other drivers had tried to signal to the driver of
get over. i m out there living best life and he wakes up and tweets at me. ferris bueller said on his day off life moves pretty fast. steve: on this wednesday morning, america is mourning the everybody s grandma. former first lady barbara bush passed away in houston at 92 years old. the matriarch of the bush dynasty was battling heart failure and lung cancer. ainsley: we are told she died surrounded by her family at her home in houston holding her husband s hand. brian: i think she had bourbon during the day and that s where we find adam housley died as tributes are pouring in from both sides of the aisle and around the world. you talked about how she was loved beyond the world and houston. everyone seems to have some connection. when i was in college she spoke at pepperdine. gave a fantastic speech. of course the wellesley speech when she talked about possibly the first female president. those tributes are coming in from across the globe. we do have information also ab