state, he was in an armoured vehicle with his colleague, victor avila and we saw victor avila for the first time, on crutches, he was shot in the leg during the ambush. we saw him as he made his way into a memorial service and rosary honoring his friend and his colleague, zapata. by all friends, avila himself is fortunate to be alive today but no doubt has the heavy heart because he watched hopelessly as his colleague and friend was gunned down in the seat next to him. jenna, so far we know that mexican authorities are leading this investigation, authorities in the u.s. say they will help in any way that they can in terms of resources in this investigation, but so far, no arrests have been made. jenna, back to you. jenna: our hearts certainly go out to friends and family, kris gutierrez, live from texas today, kris, thanks. jon: scenes of chaos, destruction and tears, dozens of people dead after a monster earthquake.
price you can afford. call this number or go to selectquote dot com. selectquote. we shop. you save. jenna: union workers and supporters out in full force today holding rallies across this nation. we re getting more indication that this story is getting more interesting. hi, everybody, i m jenna lee. jon: i m jon scott. all new on hospitals the labor union taking up the cause of state workers in wisconsin. we are seeing more today. thousands gathering to show solidarity in more than a dozen states. the protest sparked by a budget battle in wisconsin where the governor is looking for labor concessions to try to cut a massive state deficit. a similar battle in ohio bringing thousands of protesters to the state house in columbus. ohio lawmakers are considering a
mediterranean, big deal. it is a big deal, except that what it does is it shows the world that the iranians are willing to be assertive and aggressive when it suits their interests and that egypt right now can t do anything to stop them. jon: they ll push the knife when they can. exactly. jon: judy miller, thank you. jenna: utter destruction, that s how our next guest describes the earthquake that left new zealand s largest city in ruins, at least 65 people are dead, many more trapped in the rubble, some of which you re seeing on your screen, rescue crews, searching for survivors right now and the aftershocks. they keep only coming. barry corbett survived the quake and watched the city crumble around them. he s with us now. first things first, how are you hoarding up and how s your family? family is fine and holding up okay. part of the city is in ruins, the rest of the city is okay. but this was our second
department thought hey, this guy could come around, we might be able to turn him, right? right, and that s when i was in libya next, talking to his son saif about the decision and he said it was definitely his father who made that decision and that he understood that the wind of history was now blowing with the west and he had to go on the right side of the united states, and he had to become america s friend, and at first it was all balderdash. qaddafi knows what he has to do to survive. jon: in 1979 he overthrew the monarch. 69. jon: 69, excuse me. well, the fact of the matter is, he ordered his own air force to get in the air and drop balls on his own people. that s what caused two of those air force pilots to peel off and refuse those orders, fly to malta and apply for asylum, but a guy who would drop bombs from jets on his own people, that s about as ruthless as you can get.
thinking and the israelis? the israelis, i was in israel two weeks ago before i was in egypt to cover the events there, the israelis are terrified about what s happening around them and especially in egypt, because egypt was a stalwart, friend, an ally in the fight against tehran, the mullahs of tehran, and now you can t depend on egypt to be that stalwart ally. we don t know what the future of egypt is going to be, but one thing israel does know and washington is beginning to figure out is that whatever successive government comes to power in egypt it will never be as friendly to the united states as hosni mubarek was and that s the reality that they re going to have to live with. the iranians, sensing weakness on the part of egypt, said the law says that every country has a right to send ships through the suez canal, we re going to do that, it has requested permission. it puts the egyptians in an impossible situation. jon: some observers say it s two ships in the