he talked about moving to austin, he does not give an exact date of when he moved to austin. he apparently was working as a software engineer at various times and describes kind of his inability to find engineering work in austin and how it was, you know not easy to come by. >> greta: reading that manifesto, apparently he posted it for the first time tuesday. we are now obviously on thursday night. there were 27 revisions between tuesday night and 6:30 this morning. do you know anything about those revisions? i understand the fbi is pouring over it. do you know anything about how often he revised whether it was early on or whether this was something he was doing all night? do you know anything about the revisions? >> reporter: the fbi officials we've been able to speak with as well as local law enforcement are not saying much about that letter. he says in his own words that he had been writing this for sometime. frankly, his writing started as therapy. >> greta: of course we know where this has ended up tonight. of course there's been a body that has been taken out of that bu

back to austin.investigators piece together the clues in that deadly plane crash new questions are being raised over current u.s. air traffic procedures. are they capable of protecting americans from these kinds of attacks? he didn't file a flight plan and he didn't have to. brian wilson is live from washington. what are the officials saying? is there any way of preventing this kind of attack. >> in the case of 9/11 there was a missed opportunity for the military to intervene. but the aviation system changes post 9/11 did not work when northwest flight 988 went out of radio contact and the plane overshot minneapolis. again yesterday the discussion begins. how do you defend against a private pilot who is determined to kill himself and others. much was made of the fact that he didn't file a flight plan. if he could have filed a flight plan that showed he was going to fly over that building and it wouldn't have raised any eyebrows. the distance between the georgetown municipal airport and the echelon bu

cnn's casey wian is joining us from austin. casey, what happening today?nce that crash. >> sure has been, wolf. a massive investigation is under way at the crash of a small private plane into the texas office behind me yesterday. authorities from half a dozen federal and local agencies are involved, all under the direction of the fbi. >> reporter: investigators poured through the wreckage of an internal revenue service office building a day after a disgruntled taxpayer crashed his private plane into the second floor killing himself and one person believed to be an irs employee. investigators say that the pilot, software engineer and part-time musician joseph stack began the rampage earlier in day by setting fire to his house. this is where a parallel investigation has been happening all day long. we have seen investigators from the fbi, alcohol, tobacco, firearms and local fire departments all combing through the charred remains of mr. stack's home trying to figure out how this fire started, and how it burned to hot, so quickly. evidence of that and the ho

austin freeman sloppy with the ball. this kid is legit. he is averaging 35 over the four-game winning streak for the bulls. more stampeding from the bulls. oh, wow. great pass on the alley-oop. finish by mike mercer. they come back from 11 points down to the bulls to stun the hoyas. >> we are going to go back and watch the tape and see what we can improve. that's the same answer as far as everything. >> i'm amazed at our team. this is the best win in our school history in basketball. to beat an outstanding team like georgetown, i have no idea if they were enjoying duke or looking at villanova, i have no idea. >> stan heath a happy man tonight. gw falls to charlotte. mason loses to georgia state snapping their seven-game winning streak. in charlottesville, uva regains its share of first place after completing the season sweep of nc state. lots to be happy about in charlottesville. first half down by six. driving and dishing to mike scott for the dunk. that is pretty. uva up by seven off the nc state miss. scramble for the loose ball. what a

in austin, texas.artha: good morning, we have been following a story, acorn, for some time, and, news today that it could be the beginning of the end for acorn, folks, the embattled community organizing group now says they'll dissolve their, quote, national base and federal funding for the group has now been pulled, as a result of all of the reporting and the videos like this one that surfaced from several branches of acorn and the workers there, were giving advice to a exposed pimp and prostitute, but that was just the beginning, folks and how to avoid federal tax laws, another thing they passed along there, and, so that starts us off on a brand new hour now of "america's newsroom," welcome, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. bill: and i'm bill hemmer. good morning, and state and local chapters of the group are doing all they can to stay afloat, distancing themselves from the defunct national acorn title. martha: many finding new names, so, they may be operating under a different name, as they ditch the

look at the smoke pouring out of that building in austin, texas, many the afternoon. police spent the night combing through that now-destroy canned office complex where less than 24 hours ago a pilot apparently with a grudge against the government slammed his plane into a building packed full of irs employees. now, amazingly, aside from the dead pilot, one other person, we understand at this point, was killed. thirteen were injured which is just incredible when you look at the devastation of this building, and the witnesses described what they saw. >> it's right across the road, hit that building across the street with a massive boom. big fireball came out. you could feel everything shake. the people are inside said they felt the whole building shake, then fire spread everywhere. windows flew out, blinds went up, insulation's flying everywhere. i've never seen anything like that. >> i saw the plane come in at an angle under full power, it seemed like, you know, 150, 160 miles an hour. slammed into the side of the building. a lot of flame and everything blew out into t

apparently not austin, texas.om foreman is taking a trip there to find out how austin is building up america. >>> at jenny's little longhorn saloon the crowd is always happy when dale watson is on the bandstand. ♪ ♪ >> and they should be. not only is he a bona fide country music legend who lives here, but also their community is building up its economy even while the recession is holding as much of the country down. >> i don't think we've felt it as much. >> a lot of different types of businesses here. people support their local businessy, small businesses. >> it's a tax haven and that creates a growth during the periods of recession. >> reporter: with a strong base of steady jobs and government higher education and the private sector, this is, after all, home to dell computers. austin is hanging tough while nationwide unemployment is around 10%, austin's is closer to 7, while foreclosures continue to rock many communities, real estate communities are predicting austin will be one of the country's strongest market

. >> en otras informaciones, las autoridades de austin expresaron preocupaciÓn ante la posible de queandando la ciudad. la demanda tambiÉn va dirigida hacia la actual secretaria de estado. y otra demanda judicial en procesá acusa a california de descuidar a varios alumnos que acuden a una escuela argelina. >> enclavada en el corazÓn del barrio pobre se encuentra la escuela. >> mi sueÑo es ser abogada o maestra. >> pero el sueÑo ha sido puesto el peligro debido al despido del 60% de maestros de la escuela. >> y no podÍa aprender nada. -ultima hounivisionáánot univ-ua los que tenÍan seÑoridad, pero siento que la mayorÍa de ellos estÁ buscando en otro lugar. >> Éstos estudiantes estÁn condenados a un sin fin de sustitutos sin experiencia. junto con la oficina del defensor pÚblico presentÓ una demanda civil contra el estado de california y el distrito escolar de los Ángeles. >> lo que demandamos es que primero que todo si hay cortes en el futuro que no ocurran en estas escuelas que ya estÁn muy daÑadas. >> la uniÓn de libertades civiles reconoce que el estado de california pasa por serios

austin freeman was not going to let this season it slip away. that was georgetown's first lead, 37-35. he refused to lose. this was a four-point play. georgetown meets louisville, 70 -60. >>> the wizards are at home tonight and host memphis. they have won three of the last four. this is run, isn't it, flip? >> with the news guys coming in, the changes we made clear things up. we have nine guys that started the season here that are not here. that is a lot of guys. >> we tried to play hard and stay aggressive. we have a couple of new guys -- we compete. we give ourselves a chance to win the game. >>> at the olympics, here it comes -- the united states played against switzerland. it was scoreless going into the third period, but the united states scored twice. the united states went to-0. tonight, canada and russia in its huge matchup. meanwhile, the caps returned to the ice today. they resume nhl played march 3. they are on that three game winless streak. they will have to regain some momentum. >>> maryland and clemson. the tip is 9:00. >>> meet a

austin freeman not starting because he was battling the flu. ineffective, five points. 23 minutes.ckson fires the three. misses. carlton scott with the follow-up duck. chris wright drives, dishes to greg monroe. he misses, jum yan vaughn is there. georgetown within five. the hoyas still down. they force a loose ball. greg monroe can't corral it. carlton scott knocks it away, into the hands of ben hansbrough. he came up huge for notre dame. the irish upset georgetown. hoyas at west virginia. hey, to foggy bottom. karl hobbs always energetic. first half, tied. sloppy pass. gary reen steels it the colonials hustle back, force a turnover. gets the loose ball to dwayne smith for the dunk. gw up by two. later in the half the colonials were up by four. off the charlotte miss, jabari edwards grabs the rebound, almost throws it away. taylor nails the tee-pointer. taylor with 16 points. the colonials beat charlotte 75-70 and clinch a spot in the a-10 tournament for the first time since 2007. >>> it was a spirited nascar nationwide race tonight in vegas. ken harvick told his pit guys they loo

it's never a good place to saw austin freeman. not feeling good. he had a stomach problem today. first half, irish outhustling the hoyas. there for the follow up. second half, hoyas were hanging it in. chris wright drives, dishes to greg monroe. he misses. julian vaughn there for the tip-in. minutes later i to er hoyas for down. ball ends up in the hands of ben hansbrough. he buries the three-pointer. he had 21 minutes. irish upset georgetown 78-64. it was a crazy finish for george mason against north eastern and one that left head coach arguing the call after the game. after leading by four with less than 3:00 to go, mason watched the game slip away with two north eastern free throws. patriot center. mason nation going crazy today. second half, patriots down two. luke hancock has the ball. mike morrison there for the alley-oop. one of five assists for hancock on the day. less than 15 to go. drives the lay-off off the mark. morrison misses the follow-up slam. trying to win it for the huskies. he shoots and misses. refs call a foul. take another look at this. ryan pierceson hits a

tom foreman, cnn, austin. >>> a look at the top stories. today could be the start of an even rougher time for many of the nation's jobless. unemployment benefits run out tomorrow. the senate has yet to pass an extension for many who are waiting for this kind of financial lifeline. that could change this week. if not, more than a million people may not be getting checks in march. >>> los angeles police today classified the death of marie osmond's 18-year-old son a suicide. michael blosil died friday night. the l.a. county coroner's office is expected to carry out an autopsy. >>> funeral services are scheduled tomorrow in chicago for the animal trainer killed at florida's sea world. he died wednesday after a kirler whale grabbed her and pulled her under the water and the 40-year-old trainer's co-workers wept during a video tribute. that took place at the sea world yesterday when the orca show resumes. >>> president obama sign ad one-year extension of several provisions of the patriot act yesterday. without his signature they would have expire

out on the east edge of austin, rebuilding america starts with rebuilding lives.ollars this is an innovating five-week training program to turn the employable into the employed. >> i am excited, even though it's really intense. >> reporter: the target is individuals over the age of 18 who ought to be entering the workforce but who have little hope of doing so because they dropped out of school and wound up in jail or had some other problem. shawn gomez, for example, had been in and out of prison for robbery by the time he was 25. >> there was no work. it was nonexistent to me, for people like myself. >> if you follow the basics and do them right, everything else falls in place. >> reporter: then he ran into this man scouring homeless shelters and unemployment lines. >> i look for two things in a student that i think will benefit this, and the second one just as important is an individual that will be a good employee. >> they are taught the boot camp basics, showing up on time and doing what you are told and the language of tools and rules of building all with the

. >> tom foreman is in austin, texas this morning, a stop along the cnn express.ue yet, tom. we are looking forward to that. tell us about the story this morning. >> reporter: well, here's the thing. one of the things about recessions and hard times, you may notice in your own life, is that the rest of life doesn't wait just because you're having a hard time. and one of the things we've seen all around this area -- not just in austin but in outlying areas area areas -- many people doing well not only face the adversity of the recession but other problems on top of it that made them say let me put this all aside and simply work on a solution. in all of central texas, there may be no one who knows more about rebuilding than the woman who runs this lumber company out on the edge of austin. because for the past few years, that's all her life has been about. >> hey there. what you got for me? >> reporter: a dozen years back, laura cullen took over her dad's business. even as a single mother, she was making a go of it, until new year's eve 2005. so then calamity strikes

>> nothing. >> rose: you live in austin, texas!, i know, see, you passed judgment. >> rose: (laughs) your husband, by the way... >> who was a ballplayer and i was a cheerleader. >> rose: exactly! what goes on here? >> i don't know. craziness. >> rose: that, probably, too. that, too. >> but having not known what i know now and then coming to it this way to understand and love the sport has been the greatest experience i think of this whole process in an odd way. >> rose: to learn to love... >> well, to learn what an athlete and a player has. cause i love athletics. i always secretly wanted to be some kind of athlete on some kind of professional level. never did it... >> rose: on a professional level? like... skiing or tennis? >> i don't know. i was a dancer, gymnast, i did everything. so i love what people can do with their body and i enjoy that in physical comedy, to see what you can do with your body in order to get a reaction. i identified that with the players and their stamina and their agility and so many of them coming from t

and a texas man flew his small plane into an austin building housing offices of the internal revenueervice. federal investigators said he was angry at the agency, and left a suicide note on the internet. the "newshour" is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: there's more on the china story. you can read what experts have to say about where u.s.-china relations stand today, and watch the full video of the dalai lama's remarks after his meeting at the white house. plus, find our complete coverage on the disaster in haiti, from reports on the immediate aftermath of the quake right up to our latest updates on recovery and relief efforts. also, you can watch the entire series of paul solman's conversations on the banking industry. that's on his "making sense" page. and finally on the "rundown" blog, watch a jeffrey brown conversation with the author of a new biography on reporter, politician and media baron joseph pulitzer. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight

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interesting story, for me anyway, was the reaction of many muslims to that plane crash last week in austin, texas when a guy who apparently hated taxes flew his airplane into the building that housed the internal revenue service and it was officially called a crime and muslims said, "wait a minute, that fits the definition of terrorism." then they charged there was a double standard about what terrorism is. true? >> lawton: well they looked at federal law, how they define terrorism in federal law, which says it's a premeditated, politically motivated act targeting non- combatants. they say this is what this is. had it been a muslim flying that plane they say that the government would have not hesitated to call it terrorism. government officials say that they were looking for links with questionable groups and there didn't seem to be any in this situation, so it's an interesting question. >> abernethy: and then there was that interesting story from indiana where goshen college says, after years of not permitting the playing of the "star spangled banner" that, okay, they can now play it. wha

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on thursday joe stack flew his small plane into the austin office in a rage against the government. he and one other person were killed. the other victim has not yet been identified but commissioner doug schulman believes that victim worked for them. >>> the big dig just got some big help. president obama declaring eight maryland counties federal disaster areas. this pertains to december's snowstorm. but it could also signal good news about this month's storm. fox a's john henrehan talked to governor martin o'malley about why it is good to abdisaster area. >> reporter: although there is still plenty of snow on the ground from the two punch of winter storms earlier this month, at least the residential streets are now clean and passible. the gigantic effort to clean up the snow has exhausted virtually all city, county and state budgets set aside and if we get more snow this winter, local resints want those plows back out. >> they need to be plowed right away. >> reporter: get the plows out quickly? >> yes, sir. they need to. >> reporter: you don't want to be snowed in? >> i don't want

the attack in austin was preceded by the oklahoma city bombing and the anthrax attacks of 2001. civilian federal employees know there is always a risk. many pass through metal detectors each morning coming to their office. mail is screened and emergency drills are rehearsed. a federal office building is a place of both dedicated work and risk in the service of country. vernon tragically epitomized both. he is 68 years old and is survived by his wife valerie who also works for the i.r.s. in the same office building. along with six children and stepchildren, seven grandchildren, and a great grandchild. according to his son, vernon was planning to retire from the i.r.s. and go back to school. he wanted to teach children with special learning needs. vernon was also an active member of the graint zion baptist church in austin where he ushered and where his funeral will be tomorrow. i hope my colleagues honor me in honoring vernon hunter and expressing our condolences to his family, friends, and those who worked with him at the i.r.s. he made the ultimate sacrifice while in the servic

despite a great game by of course austin freeman but there was another guy who had a great game, dominick jones, 22 of his 29 came in the second half. terps fall. now they have to get ready for number two villanova who comes to town on saturday. that's a tough test. you've got to look forward but you've also got to remember. >> you can get beat by anybody, you know. it's evident, you know, they play with a little bit more of a chip on their shoulder than we did, emily in the second -- especially in the second half. they made the plays to win. i don't think we want to read too much into it. it's another loss. we've just got to deal with it. >> you can't get stuck on how disappointing the game was last night. you know, we have to, as i said, following the game last week, we had a good one. we'll watch the tapes. we'll see how we can improve and then we have to move on because we have a very difficult opponent coming up next. >>> now it's three days and counting till the super bowl. the colts beat the bears back in superbowl xli. also on the same field in miami. manning was the most valuable

. >> rich: senior out of austin, texas tying the number that that woman had at north carolina.ley playing on that national championship team in 1994. >> robin: and i remember what a fantastic shooter stephanie was. she was phenomenal and part of the reason they had that national championship. her ability on the perimeter to balance out the interior game of sylvia crawley. >> rich: we talked to sylvia crawley about coming in and playing in this great old building when she was a college player. she said back then the rivalry between north carolina and north carolina state was much bigger and much heavier than the north carolina duke rivalry because duke had not risen to prominence in the women's game yet. >> robin: absolutely. players here that have built the tradition for nc state. >> rich: white. department get a shot up. now she does. boston college ball. >> rich: harper trying to hang on to this lead right now. it is a 13-point lead. but nc state is in trouble late in the game. >> robin: she talked earlier today about learning how to finish and is very proud of the way the te

the man who flew a single engine plane into an office building in austin, texas, may have been trying to cause as much damage as possible. a law enforcement official familiar with this investigation is telling cnn that several of the plane's seats were actually taken out of the plane, possibly to make room for a drum of fuel oil. joe stack appears to have deliberately crashed his plane into the building, housing a irs office. stack and one person in that building were killed. several others hurt. two hospitalized. yesterday stack's widow apologized through a statement that was read by a family friend. here it is. >> words cannot adequately express my sorrow or the sympathy i feel for everyone effected by this unimaginable tragedy. >>> hundreds of californians force from their homes again. they are bringing back the threat of mudslides. people prepare their homes before and they packed up. dozens of those homes in the same area were damaged by mudslides just about two weeks ago. >>> next week republican leaders head to the white house. the big health care summit. republicans already ha

austin steed picks up the f s still 4. devan this freshman from florida, he's not intimidated.ÑÑÑÑÑÑp >> dave: south carolina trails by 4. glad you are with us on the sec network. billy donovan talked about things you need to do offensively, things you need to do defensively if you want to be successful and one of the things is you have to have a pretty marginal rebound margin. and tonight, plus 4. >> joe: again, they have done it out of zone, which is the most important thing. alex tyus, he and chandler parsons each 11 rebounds for tyus and 8 for parsons. that's very impressive at this stage of the game. >> dave: here's walker. >> joe: they will trap the on-ball screen. you trap the on-ball screen and zone behind it it protect the lane. doing a nice job executing that. >> dave: here's parsons. faces up on spinella. chandler, to the basket. swatted out of there by s, it wil oint guard. >> joe: at 6'9" he will go up and try to flush it home over 6'9" johndre jefferson. a young man who came with last year's all-sec performance. lake powell high school under steve cone, they

leslie austin. she had a big birthday and i'm sure she celebrated not only with her humaned loved ones but all of her beloved pets. they get dressed up for every holiday, halloween, christmas, easter, you name it. dr. leslie, happy birthday. >>> misty's brother reportly was arrested on a gun charge. tommy croslin says that he went to the trailer the night that haleigh disappeared. he pounded on the door but no one opened it. misty croslin says that she was home all night. >> i walked in the kitchen and the back door was opened. i didn't notice that about haleigh until i went in the room and she was gone. >> her story changes so the ring of truth is that somebody went there and she wasn't home when she knocked. >> i'm trying to do everything to find her. answer any questions that i have to. because i know i didn't do anything with with -- to that little girl. i would never hurt her. >> i thought all along that she had something to do with it and now this kind of just proves it. i mean, she's the last

leslie austin. she had a big birthday an i'm sure she's celebrating not only with her human loved ones but all of her beloved pets. listen, they get dressed up for every holiday, halloween, christmas, easter. you name it. dr. leslie, happy birthday. >>> 911. what's your emergency? >> i just woke up and our back door was open and i can't find our daughter. >> misty's brother was arrested on a gun charge and he reportedly broke down under police questioning. tommy croslin says he went to ronald cummings' trailered night haleigh vanished back in february. the brother said he repeatedly pounded on the door but no one opened it. misty croslin has insisted she was home all night. >> i seen the kitchen light on, and i walked in the kitchen and the back door is wide open. i mean, i didn't notice about haleigh. until i seen the back door open, then i go in the room and she's gone. >> misty's time line doesn't make sense and her story chan changes. so the ring of truth is that somebody went there and wasn't h

i went to austin texas and hyde park and some places i can't stand other places i stayed in a hostile sleeping in a room with 46 other guys because i like to eat well so that's what i did. so that was the second serendipitous event and then the third one occurred one day as i was walking out of the navy department library at the end of the day's research. a gentleman coming out of the adjoining building noticed i was walking towards the bus stop and he said where are you going and i told him and he offered me a ride. he turned out to be a navy historian who had published a work on naval operations during the cuban missile crisis that had a few pages on guantanamo. and he not only offered to give me a copy but he invited me to use his unclassified files that were in the secure area where he worked and they contained a lot of information that was most informative but is now in my book and would not be there if this chance encounter had never happened. the main argument of my book briefly stated is that from 1898 to the present guantanamo has endured in large part because it serves both

football news and notes after seven years with the arizona cardinals, austin is now florida offensivedinator. and ellis jisson signed a two-year extension to keep him with south carolina until 2013. and kaiser replaces cain as coordinator at vanderbilt. what to watch for in the conference? arkansas won five in a row and they're in alabama today where the tide lost four in a row. that's s.e.c. network game and must-win both ways. >> it is. especially for arkansas. though it's on the road, this stretch of four games, arkansas is a good chance of winning. >> south carolina-georgia. weather could be an issue for that one, scheduled to 4:00 eastern. carolina beat florida this week and georgia fell hard to auburn. florida will go out of conference to face xavier, the first time gators stepped out of conference during s.e.c. play in seven years. what do you think of that? >> you like the look at florida's record at 17-7 but they could use a non-conference win. i would be huge for the gators trying to make tite the ncaa tournament. >> auburn against mississippi state, tigers beat georgia by 1

in the words of austin powers reno have the opportunity to get our mojo back. [laughter] to be relevant in this time to engage in the debate of the big ideas and fight for those principles in a way that empowers the maybelle of the world because they know someone is standing there helping them provide for the next generation. third bird marshall was said we all need to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps. but every wants in a while it is nice to have somebody been down and help us out. that is what reagan understood that if we follow the principles of freedom and independence everyone's a while somebody will be there to help you. and lift you up. not do it for you, but sure you out and give you the tools. in the times the remitted right now, what is the cry for the american people? don't do it for us. give us the tool for us to do it for ourselves whether health care over job creation whatever happens to be weak hear that we can do this on our own. individually we are strong to gather we are stronger. but in all of that is not government's job or its role t

wakefield runs a research and treatment organization in austin, texas.uote, the allegations against me and against my colleagues are both unfounded and unjust. research into that possible connection between autism and vaccines, is still going on. >>> after 9/11 we were comforted a bit by the thought of air marshals on u.s. flights. fast forward nine years and they're back in the news. cnn special investigation coming up. if you have overactive bladder and you worry your pipes might leak (pipe doctor) ask your doctor about treating with vesicare. (pipe woman) then you could treat yourself to a night out with fewer urges or a day with fewer leaks or a trip with fewer overactive bladder problems. (pipe doctor) once daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to reduce frequent, sudden urges and leaks day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems, or trouble emptying your bladder, do not take vesicare. tell your doctor right away if you have a serious allergic reaction, severe abdominal pain, or become constipated for

when the crazy suicide pilot in austin, texas killed himself and another person, some in the left-wingried to link that terrible event to the tea party. joining us now from miami fox news media analyst bernie goldberg who has been investigating the situation. bernie, what did you find out? >> i found out that i have seen this movie before. it's called smear by innuendo. in 1995 after timothy mcveigh blew up the federal building in new york city. the so-called mainstream media immediately played connect the dots between talk radio and timothy mcveigh. dan rather said talk radio was racist and hateful. "time" magazine said talk radio was an unindicted coconspirator. even david agreeder. a dean of washington journalism. respected and nice guy suggested rush limbaugh was to blame for or at least created the at motion fear that allowed the bombing to take place. now it's happening again. we have "time" magazine, new york magazine, the "the washington post," and countless left-wing web sites linking the come my -- pilot to the tea party people. i have a couple questions. let's acknowledge th

identified the bodies of two people found after joseph stack rammed his plane into an irs building in austin. their names are being held pending further examination. an official familiar with the investigation says a large fuel drum is missing from the airport where stack took off. that official added there is a, quote, good chance stack was carrying that additional fuel drum at the time of the crash which, of course, would have created an even bigger explosion. >>> new jersey senator frank lautenberg has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. doctors say the 86-year-old will undergo six to eight kem no therapy treatments but should make a full recovery. >>> a very happy ending tonight for one arizona couple. their 3-year-old daughter, see her right there, shfs found nearly a mile from their house this morning after wandering off late yesterday. rescuers found victoria bent and her dog, blue this morning. they credit blue with keeping victoria warm and alert during the night and helping save her life. what a great story. >> that is a great story. man and little girl's best friend right there. l

in the words of austin powers, we now have an opportunity to get our mojo back. [laughter] to be relevant in this century, in this hour, and this time, to debate in the big idea from the small ideas, to fight for those principles again in a way that empowers the maybelle's of the world because they know there is someone standing there helping them provide for the next generation. thirdly, marshall one said we need to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. but every once in a while, it's nice to have someone bend down and help you. and that was what reagan understood. so while we aspire the principles of freedom and independence once in a while scratching a someone is going to be there to help you, lift you up, not do it for you, but to show you how, to give you the tools. in the times we live in right now, what is the cry from the american people? don't do it for us, give us the tools and that is to it for ourselves. so whether it's health care, whether it's job creation, whatever it happens to be, the cry that we hear across the land is we can do this on our own.

so i want to invite judea in austin next racial talk to for a few minutes about -- [inaudible] [laughter] >> that was the one thing she said to me, the one instruction she said was don't use the word petite. [laughter] >> accept short stature, not petite. thank you. even invited me to tell you a little bit about how the how i became interested studying schizophrenia on the other side of the planet and so i'm going to do that. i began my professional life as an occupational therapist actually. and my first job was in a large state mental hospital in new york and poughkeepsie actually. and there i got to see our baseline treatment of schizophrenia and the u.s. to become fairly dissatisfied with it even has a young person in my twenties. after that i took a good job teaching occupational therapy and then i was required to teach psychiatric doctrine to whether young minds and they just presented question after question after question. so my very first sabbatical is a professor at aunt and zanzibar 10th in al where he founded and started an occupational therapy in the mental hospital bear. an

performance won her the best reviews of her young movie career that's ranged from a comedy turn in "austinys she wants to try and model her career after one of her idols, barbra streisand, another singer turned actress and director. >> beyonce: i know that she does everything, and i know that it's all barbra streisand. it's not someone that's telling her what to do, what to wear, what to sing-- it's her. and i respect those types of artists. >> kroft: is it true that you run on a treadmill with a big picture of a... of an academy award in front of it? >> beyonce: i do. but it's not right in front of the treadmill, it's over in the corner somewhere. just so it's in the back of my mind. >> kroft: not quite the back, i'll bet. i bet it's a little closer than the very back of your mind. >> beyonce: well, it's getting closer. >> kroft: where does all this ambition come from? >> beyonce: i don't know. i always wonder myself, "what am i trying to prove?" like, "what is this?" ( laughs ) i think it's just, when i start something, i want to do it all the way. ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ) >> welcome

investigators in austin, texas, picked through wreckage today from a suicide flight. on thursday, joseph stack flew his small plane into a building that housed offices of the internal revenue service. he was killed, along with one person in the building. in a suicide message, stack railed against the government and said, "violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer." today, a family spokesman read a statement from stack's wife, sheryl. >> words cannot adequately express my sorrow or the sympathy i feel for everyone affected by this unimaginable tragedy. i want to thank my friends, family, colleagues and neighbors as well as members of my church and others for their expressions of kindness and generosity in our time of grief. >> sreenivasan: the building hit by the small plane was heavily damaged. investigators said they're looking into whether the plane carried anything designed to feed the fire. the chairman and c.e.o. of toyota will testify before congress after all, next week. in tokyo today, akio toyoda reversed his earlier decision to send his top u.s.

nine years ago, here in austin, i interviewed for the white house job -- here in austin, texas.r forget what the chief of staff and the car -- andy carr told me. he said it was like drinking water through a fire hose, and he was right. so let me throw some events at you. 9/11, the war in afghanistan, the war in iraq, the columbia shuttle disaster, funerals for two presidents and when pope -- one pope, largest national disaster in u.s. history, the worst economic crisis since the great depression. i travelled to nearly 70 countries with president bush, 49 states. during my eight years, i made nearly 1 million images, and for all of you technical people out there, the storage for the entire digital data base came in about 50 terabytes. i relished capturing the moments that you just cannot plan for it. [laughter] sometimes, you get lucky. this is at the ranch at crawford, texas. and i did have moments where i took to prepare for. for example accommodate one of the administration. this is president bush a riding as the 43rd president, and this was also my very first time at the oval

austin, texas, steve on the democrats' line.alth care is too expensive. just look at the overall -- the percentage of gross domestic product, gpa, this country spends a lot higher percentage per person than other industrials -- industrialized advantage countries -- gross domestic product, gdp. obviously the right wing has been at spinning it terribly. the government is not evil, and mr. obama is a great inspiration, and intelligent refreshing breath of fresh air after the idiot bush who embarrassed the state of texas and embarrassed the nation. excuse me, i'm a vietnam veteran, and seeing cheney out there doing conservative talk show for the idiots up there, it is sickening, makes me stick -- sick to my stomach. host: newcastle, delaware. caller: pretty good. the problem is tort reform with the health-care industry. what happens is the way medicine is delivered right now is more defensive from lawsuits as opposed to actually practicing medicine nowadays. most of the expense when you what can it is basically taken up by testing,

patti austin came over and helped her.ve -- >> barbra couldn't get the right cadence? >> she's a perfectionist. she had to do it several times to get it right. >> interesting. i shouldn't say i'm sick of it. i'm looking forward to hearing this one. for now there's been an awful lot of coverage of "we are the world." >> that is true. >> let's talk about the oscars. by now you've probably heard who is up for what. we thought we'd go ahead and give you the up to date drama. what's going on with the oscars. let's start with the best directors. if you haven't seen the list, i want you to take a look at the list this year. because it's generating a lot of buzz and that's b historically, this has been two things, ite bele. pher a look at the five nomiees kathryn bigelow, only the fourth woman to be noed. if she wns sl be woman to take home the irec oscar. not to mention the fact that she used to be married to james cameron. the other stoe ar talking about, lee daniels only the second black faker nominated in the 81-year history o

you're with the cnn express in austin, texas. what are you finding out, tom?nsumer confidence is down, there's certainly plenty of people here who have a great deal of confidence. despite the hard times, and some of them, because they have adapted their whole business view to not merely fight the recession, but to take advantages of some of the conditions it has created. >> i would imagine if you're really creative, you could make a bunk bed out of them. >> reporter: if it's one thing lisa gaynor knows is this. >> there's a story behind everything. >> hers is about foresight, opportunity and building up when everything seems headed down. about ten years ago, lisa's family moved back to her home state of texas. her husband a consultant traveled for work. she had a good job with a big corporation in austin, but then came bad news. lisa was let go. >> really knocked the wind out of my sails. i had no idea what to do. that was my identity, that's who i was. >> reporter: she started decorating her new home by shopping in consignment shops, but few had the nicer ite

johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas, austin.rom which he is currently on leave. prior to his leadership in austin, he was vice president and director of foreign policy studies at the brookings institution. during president clinton's administration, mr. steinberg served in numerous, important and vital positions, among them deputy national security advisor, chief of staff of the united states, state department, directory of policy planning, deputy assistant secretary for a now says in the bureau of intelligence of research. he has held positions at the rand corporation and the international institute for strategic studies in london. he's also served as the late senator ted kennedy's principal aide on the senate armed services committee. he is the author of numerous books and articles on foreign policy and national security. a native of boston, massachusetts, he attended harvard college and yale law school. he and his wife, have two children. following his remarks, christian ostermann, who oversees our national creator, national d

and i do want to offer a few upupdates what we've been doing as a party since we were together in austin but first wasn't it great to have the president here this morning. [applause] >> look, as the president alluded we've had our ups and downs in the year since the inauguration. he went through some of the accomplishments of the year and he could have gone longer but it's amazing what this president has been able to do in the midst of this difficult climate. and to personalize it on one of the items, just one, the recovery act. you hear the republicans who all voted against it save two senators. every house member and every senate save two voted against it going around saying the recovery act isn't doing anything. and i'm here to tell you, i was a governor. and i had to write a budget before the recovery act was passed. and then i got to rewrite a budget after the recovery act was passed. and what i saw in the before and after scared me to death, frankly. and every mayor and every governor in this country, if they're honest with you, they will tell you they felt the same way. this recov

his goal -- two dogs 2,000 miles, walking from austin to boston to raise awareness about canine cancern is daunting. yet, you're taking these beautiful dogs on this trip with you. the first thing that comes to my mind is the risks for them. >> if something does happen, i mean, these are my boys, i'm responsible. i had to get over that emotional hurdle and realize that, you know, i can plan and prepare and do everything i could and just have faith that we'll get from point a to point b safely, and we have. we've had angels walking with us. >> reporter: since they began their journey almost two years ago, the threesome averaged 10 to 12 miles a day, and that's the easy part. so, here you've got almost 100 pounds of weight on your back, and yet, you can completely survive for almost a week at a time with what you're carrying on you? >> that's right. enough dog food, treats -- >> reporter: water. >> -- emergency supplies, water, exactly. >> where are you staying? where do you stop over? >> we've stayed at churches, pitched a tent in people's lawns. we do sleep on the side of the road about