of illinois claims that amtrak was partially at fault for her injuries dickerson says that she was trying to the passengers to safety but had to double back through a burning car because of the locked door and jumped out a window and stabbed another amtrak attendant heard in the accident is filing suit against lawrence valli and his employer jon davis trucking claiming that negligence after that truck driver fell to stop at the train crossing on june 24th at six people died in that crash >>former chicago police superintendent jody weis will be joining the chicago trine crime commission ... he will be the group's new deputy director the organization is non-profit and consists of civic and business leaders who are committed to improving the quality of public safety and justice he became the superintendent in 2008 and stepped down earlier this year when his contract and that he had a rocky tenure as many rank- and-file police officers did not let the fact if they came from the fbi and was never once a police officer and self >>coming up cicero's town president goes on trial for racist remark

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now dickerson accuses the trucking company of negligence because one of its drivers failed to stop at a crossing and slammed into the train. she also says a locked door on one of the train cars blocked her initial escape route as she tried to lead passengers out of the burning train. last week amtrak filed a lawsuit against the nevada trucking company involved in the crash. >>> a skier's in critical condition this morning after surviving an 800-foot fall from a mountain in wyoming. officials at the grand tee ton national park say 33-year-old ryan was skiing when he lost control and fell. he was wearing a climbing helmet and had an ice ax attached to his ski pole but he was unable to stop his fall. >>> well, the family of giants fan bryan stow has issued a new public statement. it says that he continues to show slow but steady signs of improvement three months after the brutal beating outside dodgers stadium. they say his fever is down and there are no signs of infections. the family members say they still make regular visits to stow's san francisco hospital room. they talked to him, p

so much at stake we've asked congressional correspondent nancy cordes and political analyst john dickerson to join us. nancy, let me start with you. with all the complexity involved it seems like time is running out. what are you hearing about a compromise there? >> well, scott, democrats and republicans are just as far apart as they ever have been on this issue with republicans insisting tax increases cannot be part of the deal. democrats saying they can't get to $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction-- which is what the republicans want-- without tax increases. and so we're now starting to hear some talk about a mini deal. that's where democrats and republicans would agree to the one trillion or so in cuts that negotiators have already agreed to and increase the debt limit to get the country through about another six or eight months then democrats and republicans can go back and try to tackle some of the thorny issues like tax reform and entitlement reform that they think could cause more savings in the long run. >> pelley: john, that sounds like kicking the can down the road. what does the

the politics behind them, we are joined in washington by our political analyst in washington, john dickerson. good evening. >> good evening. >> mitchell: give us an idea of the dynamics of a meeting like this. >> president obama is making a last pitch for that bigger deal, something close to $4 trillion in deficit reductions, arguing to republicans that if he's willing to take heat from democrats on the idea of trimming entitlements like social security and medicare, they should be open to the idea of raising revenue through doing something in the tax code. he'll say this is a unique moment. it may not be his last shot to make this case, but if in the next day or so he can't make some progress on this bigger deal, he's going it to have to work full-time on getting any kind of deal at all. >> mitchell: as bill plante pointed out, speaker boehner backed off on that grand bargain idea. what do you see as the significance of that move? >> well, speaker boehner and the president have a good working relationship going on, but when the speaker called this as a part of that relationship to be frank,

kawrp dickerson, special olympics of the team virginia and also rose.e are just so proud thanks for bringing hope the medals to the united states of america. and we want to say that david curt tape was with us. remember, he was a young golfer. he did well. and another 12 preponderance of the tomorrow elizabeth kwan brought 'em who the gold and she, too, is a track star. go team virginia, right? back over to you, tony. >> that's great. thank you very much, ladies >>> june's unmany employment number is just coming into the newsroom. we'll have that for you when we come back. a washington native throws out the first ceremonial pitch and he did it without arms or hand. his inspiring story a little bit later. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable, and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a year. want to save even more? call now and we'll add over 60 premium channels, including showtime, starz, epix, and more for 12 months. fios is a 100%

the a's didn't go away trailing 6-2 and matsui goes opposite field with a double to score crisp, dickersoning trouble with the footing, matsui with 5- 2 today. a's got two more in the inning and it was 6-4. they loaded with one out against rivera in the 9th but dejess had a line drive. it was grabbed by mark who stepped on first to double off sweeney. yankees win 7-5. they made it two out of three as the a's head home to face tampa in the first of four. >>> the hall of fame grew, pat gilleck, alomar and c, will emente, he is just the 22nd baseman and burt goes in. he had 287 career wins. >>> history is made in one of golf's major tournaments. we will tell you about that and a ride to paris for a cycling first timer. we will be right back. no the raid he . >> thomas was a raiders cornerback. he was the 7th round choice out of usc, part of the first super bowl championship in january of 1977. thomas had a massive heart attack early this morning in kansas city. he was 61. >>> evans was poised to be the first australian winner of the tour de france and the oldest since world war ii. the 59 fin

for that we turn to cbs news political analyst john dickerson in our washington bureau. good morning. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, rebecca. >> quinn nipiac poll, 60% of americans believe the debt limit raise deal should include tax hikes. who do you think is going to get blamed here with republicans saying no way if this thing doesn't work with tax limits or rather tax hikes in it? >> well, it depends. the question is whether the american people are paying attention to the shape of the deal, whether they're not paying more attention to their job picture or their summer vacations and so in the end here it depends how the deal tifinal comes out. it looks like the republicans hold position in the national polls doesn't look like they have a lot of support. for them to pay a political price it has to be the president or another prominent democrat who pushes the case and if the president doesn't push the case on the republicans the american people are likely to go back to their number one concern, the economy and not get fixated on the debt limit negotiations. >

dickerson accuses the truck company of negligence because one of its drivers failed to stop at the crossing slamming into that train. but she also says a locked door on one of the train cars blocked her initial escape route as she was trying to lead passengers out of that burning train. last week amtrak filed a lawsuit against that nevada trucking company involved in the crash. >>> seven bay area rafters are now talking about their harrowing experience on the american river. >> oh my god. we are going to die. >> moments after that sound was captured by the helmet camera look at that, the raft flipped over in that fast moving water. all seven passengers were quickly swept downstream. >> started doing a head count and trying to get everyone out of the river. it's a big current high water, cold, there was just no place to get out. >> other rafters we spoke to say they struggled to stay in the middle of the river to try to avoid sharp boulders. finally the group made it to a calm spot in the river where they were able to get out. they say the experience was scary but they will raft again, just

we bring in cbs news political analyst john dickerson. good to have you with us this morning.comes to sarah palin she said she's going to say something soon, probably august. do you think she's made up her mind at this point? >> it's hard to know with sarah palin. we have the periodic moments where she disappears for a little while and comes back on the scene. she's on the cover of "newsweek" magazine. she's hinting and flirting, seems like she's reasserting herself in the moment when michele bachmann is on the rise and in the debt negotiations so she looks like she's doing something. >> michelle bamichellebachmann race, seeing a rise in iowa. what is giving her this momentum, john? >> we always knew there would be two primaries in the republican primary, in the establishment, mitt romney is ahead and the anti-romney candidate, somebody else who represents the kind of core conservatives, the movement conservatives and that's the group that michele bachmann is at the head of and speaks for so she is rising up in that group, they like what she's saying. they used to say you can'

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