it destroy the america's best value in south austin texas. the man called 9-1-1 and said he lit his bedding on fire. the building suffered more than $1 million in damage. >>> a florida mother will remain in jail after a serious car crash that sends her children flying over an 18-foot wall. they were in regular seat belts instead of car seats. the impact ejected the 18 month old boy and he flew into a backyard. luckily he survived. the other child suffered scratches. >>> the sole survivor of a plane crash returns home. he will recover without his parents and brother among the people that died. reporter: rubin will be coming home to a town still in shock where a book of condolences have been open for those who knew the friends and neighbors. his brother and parents all died in the crash. they ask that the world now opt his privacy. everyone wait a minutes to -- wants to know what is going to happen, but please leave him in peace. >> rubin's father was keeping a blog about their holiday. they're getting are to welcome him back. we're hoping he w

austin, texas, in turmoil. and i had to get away from all that, and i went out to south carolina, where my folks had moved, and i got into school there, went through english and political science. and then during the time of the pentagon papers case, you remember, and right before watergate, i took a survey course in journalism. and i realized, 'here's a profession where they pay you money to go around the world and indulge all of your -- your interests, kind of like a graduate student. and all you have to do is write something about it that's interesting.' and i thought that was a great career. c-span: where'd you start then? >> guest: i started at the two county seat weekly newspapers in the swamp country of south carolina called the allendale county citizen and the hampton county guardian. and i was the editor at the te -- tender age of 20, 21 years old. and i did that for a year, and i really learned courthouse politics, general sessions court, land transactions, all the things that are available in local government and school boards, city council. learned all of those issues at the grass roots, and it --