it's amtrak's line. we rode on one of the trains ourselves getting on at the martinez station. soon we were passing the army's bunkers. bunkers that routinely contain explosives. >> what if the terrorists were to try to arrange for the amtrak train to get stopped in the military base. >> reporter: yet no one on board our train seemed to have a clue. >> i don't know what to say. >> reporter: we asked amtrak about that but they wouldn't comment. referring us to the company that owns the tracks, union pacific. >> amtrak is a partner of ours. >> reporter: spokesperson admits in this case they're sharing tracks. >> in terms of the amtrak operators i'm not aware of how that is structured. i know on the union pacific side we train our employees heavily. >> reporter: but he says -- >> i'm unable to go into detail for obvious security reasons. >> there's no accountability for what they're doing. >> we need to know that if we're surrounded by explosives or bombs we need to be aware of it. >> so how often does military ordnance move in and out of the base? about every two weeks out of eve

amtrak would be one within.trak is something that should not be funded at a federal level. we're in a different time between now and the economy of this country and the budget deficits. amtrak funding would be one of those things that's just going to have to go. >> it's not a federal thing. i are l repeal -- you all hit him, and he was representing his state at the time. what's the difference here? >> well, i think there's a big difference between funding a program that's been funded like amtrak, which does -- look, to make the argument as i have and amtrak is a passenger rail service and that's in many respects like funding a highway system. that provides interstate transportation between the states and something the federal government does and the constitution to do so. as we've seen this week, when the government creates a right to health insurance, they create the right to be able to tell you how to exercise the provision of that insurance as we saw with the catholic church. that's a very different thing tha

>> amtrak. >> reporter: we saw an amtrak passenger train traveling right through the high security base. it's amtrak's san joaquin line that starts in oakland, making stops throughout the east bay before heading toward the central valley. we recovered on one of the trains our -- we rode on one of the trains ourselves getting on at the martinez station. >> all about the southbound san joaquin valerie train. >> reporter: son we were passing the army's bunkers that routinely contained military explosives. >> obviously, that's a security risk. what if a terrorist were to try to arrange for the amtrak train to get stopped in the military base? >> reporter: yet no one on board our train seemed to have a clue. >> wow. i don't know what to say. >> i didn't know that. maybe that's not too safe. >> reporter: we asked amtrak about that. but they wouldn't comment referring us, instead, to the company that owns the tracks, union pacific. >> amtrak is a partner of ours. they lease track space from us. >> reporter: the spokesman admits in this case amtrak and the u.s. army are sharing tracks. >> in te

amtrak would be one.mething that should not be funded by the federal level. we're at a very different time now in the economy of this country and the budget deficits, and amtrak funding would be one of those things that's just going to have to go. >> and yet mitt romney is criticized by you and others when he says, listen, i did what was best for my state when i went -- you know, signed health care into law for my state. it was not a federal thing. you know, i will repeal obama care, but you all hit him, and he was representing his state at the time. what's the difference here? >> well, i think there's a big difference between funding a program that's been funded like amtrak. you know, look. i make the argument as i have funding amtrak which is a passenger rail service is in many respects line funding a highway system. you know, that provides interstate transportation between the states and something the federal government does and it's in the constitution to do so. it's very different than having the gov

>> amtrak on the northeast corridor, i'll put this in the record and be happy to share it with you, amtrak on the northeast corridor, ridership was way up, and they made money last year. ridership is up this year. >> just to be clear, that will sustain itself without any federal subsidy? >> it's subsidized by the federal government up to about 43%. >> that's my question. where can you tell me where we can sustain rail by based on what people pay to use the rail so we don't have to continually provide federal subsidies. >> we subsidize a lot of forms of transportation. >> my question is simple. >> we subsidize transit. we subsidize highways. >> my simple question to you is can you tell me where we have rail where we don't have to continuously provide federal subsidies to sustain it, where it can pay for itself. does that happen anywhere? >> no. no, it hasn't. >> to my knowledge there's only two lines in the world where that happens and that's actually in tokyo and paris where you can actually have the rail to pay for itself. nowhere else in the world can it pay for itself. >> you're right a

both amtrak and metra have taken steps to improve ventilation but owner of one building located belowsouthbound tracks limited the positive effect of the changes. senator dick turbid pushing british developer putting him on notice >> city of chicago recently cited the owner of the old post office because of refusal to turn on ventilation fans to pull up the harmful air from union station. amtrak is also finding lawsuit in court to operate and maintain the fans >> going after him the latest response to 2010 tribune investigation we first showed you on television revealing high levels of diesel fit inside metra its fall of study found worst pollution on trains leaving the sot platforms. senator mark kirk able to watch the super bowl with his family last night doctor released a statement good condition continuing to recover from a stroke last month and upgrade. doctors think able to start rehabilitation very soon. still ahead united states turning up the heat on egypt 19 americans facing prosecution including illinois son of a member of the president's cabinet and husband of missing woma

the republican have always tried to destroy am track but ridership on amtrak is growing so why why put out the bill and ns dedicated funding to mass transit with twenty percent of revenues from the federal gas tax which traditionally a funded best transit going away why well because the rich republicans have their own private jets and limos so they don't need those think on mass transit it's twenty percent from the gas tax that goes to mass transit to help move people around that's been we've been doing this since one thousand nine hundred two. i mean in two thousand and ten the last year that we've got you know solid figures for it brought in forty billion dollars that was spent on mass transit under this resolution of this under this bill h.r. seven mass transit is going to be paid for by a one time appropriation so they can say you know see we're not cutting so much there's a big chunk of money right here it's a one time appropriation when it a one time appropriation than what we've been doing this it's a two year to bring it to a screeching halt next year h.r. seven bars funding fo

absolutely no sense and at the end of the way and the and the it doesn't pay for itself argument amtrak for example almost pays for itself but not when you but when you consider the societal benefits of you know i mean i live here in washington d.c. when i moved here from portland i sold my car so i'm no longer i don't longer have a twenty thousand dollar liability i'm no longer going to be in a car accident you know fifty thousand americans die in car accidents i'm no longer blowing carbon out to to the tune of tons of it every year i'm you know i'm no longer contributing to traffic jams there are all kinds of societal benefits that come from having transportation infrastructure that's not car based and road based that that if you factor those in if you quantify those if you monetize those in fact of those in amtrak more than double pays for itself as does as do the high speed rail systems of every other country in the world is why every of the country the world does it you may not make back every penny that you put in from ticket prices but when you figure the cost of you know the val

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and put it on the november ballot.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. p person is struck by an amtrak train overnight in havre de grace.it happened around 12:30 this morning.when officers arrived on the scene... the victim was found dead on the tracks on webb lane.no word on the circumstances surrounding the death. funeral services will be held &ptoday for three siblings who died in a harford county collision.david... joseph and ashley bauguess all died in a car accident monday on route 543 in harford county.seevices will begin at 1 o'clock todayy at schimunek funeral home in bel air. is thh state doing enough to protect consumerr froo questionable fees charged by tax preparation services? ssrvices?that's the question being asked by some customers who ssy their tax refunds were eaten up by charges... that don't add up.city resident, toby smith, says her ssate refund wasscut in haaf by charges from instant tax services. but statt fficials we spoke to say there's little ttey can do if customers don't complain. 3 "he stilllcharge me like $400 for the irs fees. i've never heard of irs fee

. >>> ten people were injured after an amtrak train derailed south of lansing, michigan. it happened when a train hit a semi truck that got stuck on the track. 73 people were on board the train heading from pontiac to chicago. none of the injuries are considered live threatening. >>> incredible shooting by a high school basketball team. hopefully, the scouts are watching. one player gets nothing but net from 90 feet away. later, a teammate scored at the halftime buzzer from midcourt. they can't even believe it. either can we. a great show but not good enough. the other team came back to win. >> you ruined it! >> sorry. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist bill karins with a look at the forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> good morning. happy groundhog day. >> what is he going to say? it shouldn't be 60 degrees in the middle of february? >> yeah. i mean, it's not like the drama like we have been dealing with this brutal went and we can't wait for it to end. yesterday, we had high temperatures in washington, d.c., 72 degrees! it

. >>> six people were hurt when an amtrak passenger train derailed this morning in michigan. officials say two cars jumped the track after the train hit a trailer on a highway crossing. there were 76 people on board the train that was headed for chicago shei movement and a state trooper's dash camera caught a south carolina mayor trying to get out of a speeding tick net a creative way. when he was pulled over the mayor who was driving the unmarked police car at the time said he was speeding to try to catch a man with a gun. the problem is the mayor hasn't been a part of the police force in two years. the trooper wrote him a ticket and it'll be up to state law to figure out if the mayor has any police powers. >>> romney coming off a big win but still plenty of states to go. >>> and the mother of all social media companies is going public. how much facebook is planning to raise. i remember the days before copd. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significa

i was on an overnight train, amtrak from montreal to new york and it broke down halfway and they threw us off the train and after a while send a van to collect us. it is nice around here. i went -- new hampshire i hadn't really thought about and certainly haven't thought about it in political terms. i was intending to buy a little ski condo for a couple weekends and in the classic disastrous real-estate story i came out 20 minutes later with a 200-year-old farmhouse and i loved it. i still love that farmhouse and i love the land and that is what i fell in love with. was interesting was as i got into the rhythms of my count i came to appreciate that the new hampshire system of town government is the best system of government known to man. so i came for the beautiful white mountains and the beautiful lakes and streams and houses but what i really loved was the system of town government. first, went to town meetings and i sat there and there was a proposal to build up $500 fence around the town dump and some old man stands up and says we don't need a $500 fence because we could get by wit

the amtrak train was on its way to chicago, when people on board felt the abrupt collision. police say they felt it crash. and at least three train cars crashed into it. >>> mitt romney is back on top. in the race for the gop nomination. and he is carrying the momentum from his florida win as he campaigns in minnesota and nevada. newt gingrich is fighting hard to knock down romney's lead. randall pinkston reports for wjz, from the white house. >> reporter: mitt romney took the stage in minnesota and made light of a protestor who showered him with glitter. >> i'm happy for the celebration. this is confetti. we just won florida! >> reporter: the florida massachusetts governor had one hiccup after his big victory. having to explain an interview, where he said he wasn't concerned about the very poor. >> of course i'm concerned about all americans. the poor, wealthy, middle class. but the focus of my effort would be on middle-income families. >> reporter: romney left florida with momentum, and lots of cash. newt gingrich finished 14 points behind but said he's not backing down. >

obama ended up signing allowed citizens to carry concealed weapons into national parks and on to amtrak trains, which makes sense-- ( laughter ) because who better to be armed than angry late people in confined spaces? the point is, even though obama has not taken your guns, in hindsight, there is no doubt that he has... ( laughter ) see, it appears barack obama has failed to keep many of the campaign promises that his opponents made for him. ( laughter ) including, the incredibly specific ones-- >> he's going to have an effort to eliminate freedom of speech for rush limbaugh and sean hannity. ( cheers and applause ) ( laughter ) >> jon: it's a shame that newt gingrich never got to live to see that dream realized because as we said tonight, in arizona, newt gingrich swallowed whole by what any observer would consider to be a very ambeshes snake. ( laughter ) ( applause ) tragedy, really. but by now, we've pretty much seen-- that was all in 2008. a lot of fear mongering, a lot of dooms sayers but by now we've pretty much seen obama's first term. it looks like conservatives got a little b

and amtrak says there are no reports of life-threatening injuries. one passenger says his seat was knocked loose when the crash happened. still no word on a cause. >>> a new york woman who worked for the catholic church is accused of stealing nearly $1 million from the church. those who know the woman are shocked. >> reporter: toss her neighbors, anita collins was a devout catholic, who attended mass daily. >> she seemed nice. she does. she seems like a hard-working woman, believe me. >> reporter: but manhattan's district attorney says the 67- year-old collins was a thief, who stole at least $1.2 million from the hamp di -- archdiocese of new york. her attorney, howard simmons, says its client is sorry. >> she's incredibly remorseful and ashamed. and i'm told at the arraignment that she has made a full confession. >> reporter: collins worked as a clerk at the archdiocese for nearly eight years. she allegedly wrote over 450 checks and plailingsed it in her son -- placed it in her son's account. each check was under $2500, which meant she didn't have t

. >>> ten people were injured after an amtrak train derailed just south of lapsing, michigan.t happened when a train hit a semi truck that got stuck on the tracks. 73 people were on board the train heading from pontiac to chicago. none of the injuries are considered life-threatening, though. >>> and finally some incredible shooting by a high school basketball team. watch this. one player gets nothing but net from 90 feet away. very impressive. later, a teammate scored at the halftime buzzer from mid-court. they can't even believe it. the other team came back to win. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist bill karins with a look at the forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> good morning. happy groundhog day. >> happy groundhog day to you. we are going to do our own scientific -- yeah. >> he's about to sneak his head out to tell us if winter is going to end soon, but a lot of people think it already has. the festivities are well underway, we are getting down to go time. officially if he sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter, if not,

an amtrak train smashed into a semi-truck west of detroit. the big rig got stuck on the tracks. at least six people hurt, including the truck's driver. amtrak officials say the lead engine and at least two cars left the tracks. minnesota: police arrested a 34-year-old man for drunk driving on a zamboni. it happened at a peewee hockey game south of saint paul. coaches noticed the trouble. >> bumping into the boards and having trouble maneuvering the machines. >> the kid's parents helped smooth out the ice after cops made the arrest. arizona bigger and brighter highway signs showing up across the state. workers say they are using different materials to make those signs. engineers say they're easier do read at higher speeds and reflect the light better at night. that's a fox watch across america. >> fox across america is brought to you by union pacific. >> shepard: this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. the republic presidential hopeful ron paul pretty much skipped florida but out in nevada analysts sa

one of cal trains busiest and serves as a hub for amtrak and ace. celebration begins 10:45 this morning. >>> 4:51. we've been asking for real rain and we got it. >> you delivered. >> so far 2/10 around san francisco, half inch in the north bay valleys, all heading south. it will taper a little expect close to those totals if you live south of san francisco, oakland and concord. an looking down on to the embarcadero where raining we have ponding on the roads there. cold front moving through the north bay now. santa rosa cloudy to the south the leading edge of the cold front that is lying from petaluma towards napa where the cold front is now. once that passes winds are calmer in santa rosa they've turned northwest in novato west napa everybody else in the south and gusty 25 to 45 miles per hour ahead of the cold front once it passes the winds will calm briefly because they will be back as we head into the afternoon. let's talk about temperatures we are in mid to upper 40s san rafael oakland mountain view san jose, low to mid 50s around the monterey b

amtrak officials say it held up train traffic for hours before the track could be reopened. >>> one of the jurors who convicted george hugueley said the hardest part was looking at pictures of the corpse. he said he is confident that he made the right choice here. >> we came out with our verdict, both times, i -- was not afraid to look at him and look at him and i think that's because i was confident that what we did was right. >> reporter: he is the first juror to talk about the trial. they recommended the judge give him the 26 years in prison. we will find in april what the judge decides. >>> february is national teen dating violence month and tonight a new film was created in baltimore. speak up and get out is a tale about teen dating violence and the need to work together to stop it. many times teens won't say anything about abusive witnesses they are in or are witnessing. >> hopefully they understand that these kind of things should be shared parents, if they aren't comfortable -- they will talk to a guidance counselor. if a child is having this treat helicopter someone needs to k

amtrak is important for philadelphia. the same thing minimum wage.s you know, i voted against minimum wage increases repeatedly. there was a minimum wage increase when the minimum wage got way below what was the normal is. i haven't indexed minimum wage. >> you're against indexing the minimum wage. >> yes. driving wage inflation, that's a very basd idea. when minimum wage drops below a certain level, i supported increasing it back up to make sure it stays above that level. there is an in fact a minimum wage. when you index it, you're not talking about a minimum wage, you're talking about an index that's going to drive wage inflation. >> why did you vote to bring sotomayor to the circuit court? that was a big fight back in 1988 and a majority of republicans were against that. >> yeah, my feeling was, when it comes to anything really about supreme court justices, unless this candidate is really out of the mainstream, completely out of the mainstream on district courts and circuit courts, i give great deference to the president. the supreme court can ov

. >>> ten people were injured after an amtrak train derailed just south of lancing, michigan. it happened when the train hit a semitruck that got stuck on the tracks. 74 people were on the train, heading from pontiac to chicago. none of the injuries are considered life-threatening though. >>> incredible shooting by a high school basketball team. one player gets nothing but net from 90 feet away. later, a teammate scored the halftime buzzer from midcourt. still pretty good. it was a good show but not enough. as the other team came back to win. no free cars, either. you would think you get a free car when you make a shot like that. now we go to nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> i'm having trouble hyping groundhog day. >> it falls flat when it's 60 degrees. >> will winter end soon? >> we need mystical music in the background. >> punxsutawney phil will be out later this morning and he probably will not see his shadow. cloudy in areas of pennsylvania. that will mean spring four weeks away, more or less continue how it's been, i guess. temperatures yesterday, another absolutely incr

if you go to where amtrak shoots down underneath the highway same thing. they have the plans under the highway to keep the road that is falling in from landing on the tracker from landing on trains. this is a really important project to get rebuilt. it is way overdue. rhode island is a small state with significant budget issues. there are zero -- there is a zero shot the state will be able to pay for it. in the bill a kid out of the public works committee is a provision of projects of national and regional said significance. -- regional significance. i have no doubt it will be able to compete successfully for the funding in the authorization. we do not presently have funding for it. i would urge your assistance, if you could i would request your assistance to locate funding for that project of regional and national significance. >> first of all, i will be happy to visit the bridge. we will work with your office on that. i will also be happy to work with you and your staff on may be some opportunities to jump- start this project. we will pay attention to it

z eta have only been around for a few years, hunting bombers with a handful of agencies like the amtrakice. but from spain to india to britain, experts say they could have saved lives. >> i've been to madrid, i've been to london. i don't want to have to visit sites like that here in the united states. >> reporter: zeta quietly follows the trainer with two pounds of plastic explosive strapped to her ankles. in real life, the alert might have just been enough warning to give a separate police team to take her down before she explodes. at union station, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> now, the trainers of these vapor wake dogs say the animals can enter a room and pick up a scent as much as 15 minutes after the explosives have passed through. >> wow. >>> topper, you're just telling us this thing is moving, changing. you've been watching it carefully. >> it is. we're still almost 36 hours away from snow if it were to occur. so the storm hadn't formed yet and it doesn't sound like much to you. 50 miles, though, will make all the difference in the world. when you're tracking storms over 3,000 mile

it lumped amtrak into the highway trust fund where it will further destabilize the fund weakened through gimmicks we're having here making funding. the president's highway reauthorization proposal increases spending $231 billion above incoming revenue. that's a lot. $231 billion above the revenues we've been operating under for the trust fund. last year the president proposed to pay for a similar increase in transportation spending with this famous not gas tax tax. a tax that somebody was supposed to pass but it wouldn't be a gas tax because people might not like that. of course, no such tax was passed of any kind to fund the highway. cbo scored it to bring in zero dollars and that is correct, it brought in zero dollars, this mystery tax. this year the president offset the cost of this new spending program through imaginary money that would be obtained from long planned reductions in our military operations abroad. now, i think we should talk about that. there is no dedicated source of funding for the war. the war was funded with borrowed money. we talked about it. we debated it. some pe

amtrak says it held up the train for several hours along with a couple freight trains before reopening the tracks. >>> it's a big day in maryland after the state senate passed the same sex marriage law. sherrie johnson is here with where we go from here. >> reporter: megan, state lawmakers have approved the same sex marriage bill and that is big step for maryland. a 25 vote affirmative and 22 in the negative after last year's failed attempt this passage puts maryland on track to become the 8th state to legalize same sex marriage and it was a hard fight with wrangeling on bowing sides and hours of debate. the measure failed to come to a vote in the house but last week, the same sex marriage narrowly passed. there were amendments on the table to make the proposal more likable but all shot down a. opponents must gather own 55,700 signatures to get the referendum on the november ballot. >> actually the number of signatures and that would not serve the process well because many people in both chambers voted for this bill with the idea to move to that stage. >> that's the right people have i

most recently there was a foolish quibble over the distance of the amtrak line from our airport. the station district has the potential to be a source of good jobs, and that should be celebrated and written about. remember, our charter reads, to hold fortha lively experiment that a most flourishing civil state may stand in best be maintained. with that in mind, let's all tone it down for our challenges are too great. criticism is welcome when it is respectful, fair, and accurate. i'm sure governor garrity would agree. i wouldn't have run for governor if i didn't believe that rhode island can have the best of times. dickens writes of the age of wisdom. so it is appropriate to talk now about the knowledge district, a true asset in our great state. there are only seven ivy league medical schools in the world. and we have one of them. in a newly renovated beautiful building in the knowledge district. nearby are the hospitals. last year i traveled to pittsburgh with diverse rhode island leaders from public and private sectors, representatives of government, business, labor, academia,

>>darya: some information on that amtrak train that derailed. the collision caused the train's engines and of on its side and to railcars jumped the tracks. the train was going to chicago from pontiac michigan when it slammed into the semi that was on the tracks. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. >>mark: chain requirements in the sierra. we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. >>mark: thank you for joining us on wednesday, the first day of february. heavy fog and drizzle showing up at the golden gate. >>darya: a developing story out of san francisco where an entire high school has disclosed fish because of an illness. will tran has more. >> i have not seen any cleaners arrive that they will arrive over the next couple of hours. check your e-mail for information. about 20 minutes ago we spoke with a teacher who checked his e-mail who did not receive any information about school being canceled. zero >> when i got here yesterday morning i spoke with a basketball coach and he said most of his team was sick. i have bee

and the identity of the person struck by an amtrak train, sky 11 along the 400 block of web lane and officers pronounced the victim dead at the scene along the railroad tracks at the end of the road. at this hour, police have not provided an age or gender of the victim. >> some breaking news to pass along to you from prince george's county. seven fear fighters were seriously hurt and a house fire where the -- started around 9:30 tonight on the 6300 block of 57th avenue. that's in riverdale. all were taken to washington area hospitals. five people were burned out of their homes tonight after a fire swept through three rural rowhouseness eastern baltimore county. the firefighters were called to the scene at around 3:00 this afternoon to winbrook road in the colgate neighborhood. it took the crews almost two hours to get those planes under control. despite the damages, luckily there were no injuries. >> a change within the state university system in tonight's education alert as the president of the university of maryland university college is placed on indefinite leave. the chancellor o

service rolls into chicago's union s high-speed train service rolls into chicago's union station amtrak introduce this morning a special train that reaches speeds of up to 110 mi. per hour the train left chicago it 7:00 this morning and stopped in new buffalo and kalamazoo michigan the train began its return trip just after 11:00 and it is expected to arrive in chicago by 1230 just one-and-a-half hours one way ... ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. that was me trying to be discreet with my vial and syringe. me, drawing my insulin dose. and me the day i discovered novolog flexpen. flexpen is pre-filled with your mealtime insulin. dial the exact dose, inject by pushing a button. no vials, syringes or coolers to carry. flexpen is insulin delivery my way. novolog is a fast-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes. do no

amtrak says the accident held up the train for several hours along with the couple of freight trainsll. the tracks have been reopened. >>> and this morning crews will be back at work on the ground of the south side academy where there was a december i will leak. we don't know if the school is affected for the day. now back to "good morning america" and weather and traffic is back in a half-hour. [clucking]. everyone wants to be the cadbury bunny. cause only he brings delicious cadbury crÈme eggs, while others may keep trying. nobunny knows easter better than cadbury! ♪ abracadabra. new hershey's milk chocolate with almonds in pieces. your favorites, in pieces. >>> there he is. the cop stealing the food out of the office fridge. well, he was in court yesterday, busted by his fellow cops. they set up a sting operation and they got him. he's had his day in court. we'll have the litest on that. >>> also, the latest today on the former amazing race producer. surprising results today on how he really died. we have a lot coming up today, especially out in los angeles. robin is in the middle

we spend money on amtrak. we subsidize amtrak. amtrak has to learn to stand on its own. if it doesn't, we're not going to keep sending hundreds of millions or billions of dollars to subsidize it. likewise pbs. we all like pbs and big bird. but the idea of spening taxpayer money, borrowing money from other people to pay for something as opposed to letting them get advertising to put dan's business back, doesn't get advertising like everybody else. big bird can be on tv with kellogg's corn flakes. and we have to -- exactly right. we're going to have to see about that. not mean but at least lean and thoughtful about how to scale back on government, scale back on borrowing, have an administration that likes business, that likes businesses that hire people and that growth. and i spent 25 years in business. i know what it's like to add jobs. i know what it's like to lose jobs. it's painful, when anyone loses a job, it's a tragedy. i know how hard it is for you. i appreciate the effort to get people back to work. i will tell you, you will have a friend in the white house ifky g

. >> in harford county, a person hit and killed by an amtrak plane -- train in havre de grace.icers pronounced the man dead. >> a secret service car parked outside of a school that president bhm's children attend. police say a man tried to drive away in the vehicle, the suspect, josh gibson, was soon aroasted and charged with carjacking. >> city malls up and down the east coast. this is the scene outside of the mall in hyattsville. when a number of people got to a thousand, the shoe store canceled out of safety concerns. more on the air jordan craze. >> they are the latest design to help you run fast and jump high. those who want them are so far just doing a lot of standing, sitting, and waiting around. >> we have been waiting a week to try to get these sneakers. >> they are the new $220, glow-in--the dark tennis shoes. >> there is a lot of hype for the tennis shoes. >> in some places it has reached a boiling point. >> police were called to the mall when things got a bit too rowdy. several people were taken into custody last december when lines got out of hand at another nike r

. >> over 60,000 of these amtrak troops traveled 7,000 miles up here in the steep and rocky cliffs in turkey. april 1915 the boys land with their british counterparts under the command of sir ian hamilton. his battle plan relies on the quick defeat of the turks german ally and opening a supply line to russia. >> what was being reported in the australian press about the conditions? >> things were going well. certainly weren't admitting to any major defeats when in fact it was a slaughterhouse. >> rupert murdock is chairman of news corp. his father keith murdock went to investigate problems of pay and mail to the troops. >> he was shocked by what he saw. shocked by the british generals in charge of the whole thing ordering suicidal attacks. >> general staff wasn't? >> they were out on the ships drinking begin and tonics. >> you couldn't write about it you could only get there if you were permitted. >> from these miserable trenches thousands of young men charged head long into a wall of enemy fire. they gained little ground even so they went over the top again and again. keith murdock an