and what happened to the remains of fallen american heroes at dover air force base? david martin talks to the whistle blowers. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it's not the way you'd expect a football legend to leave, not joe paterno, not penn state, where the motto for athletes is "success with honor." but today, paterno, who is 84, wid he will retire at the end rf this season. after questions were raised about what he did and what he oiled to do after a longtime assistant coach was accused of sexually abusing boys, some of deem on campus. tonight, there is also word that tonight, there is also word that the university president may be the next out the door. our chief investigative correspondent armen keteyian has the latest from state college, pennsylvania. >> reporter: paterno made his announcement in a five-paragraph statement that said in part," i am absolutely devastated by the developments in the case. i grieve for the children and their families, and i pray for their comfort and relief." >>

ly at arlington national cemetery with more. >> reporter: well, the mishandling of remains at dover air force base are reminiscent of what happened here at arlington national cemetery n that year-long report on dover, it shows that some of those remains ended up in a virginia landfill. dover air force base in delaware is where america's war dead come home, a scathing report now says that bad handling of remains have dishonored those who gave their lives. the office of special counsel found parts of bodies that were unidentified, improperly disposed of by air force morticians in landfills. three people were punished but no one was fired over what the report called gross mismanagement. leon panetta said additional probes are under way. >> all americans, including myself, are justifiably disturbed. >> we are not going to stand for this. we will not allow this to exist. we have to do it better t -- it has to be corrected. >> reporter: the report found that body parts from troops killed in afghanistan were lost twice and that in one case the arm bone of a marine was sawed off just to hit into his

at seven people so far. >>> new details from an investigation into how remains are handled at dover air forcemortuary. >> somebody is work-related and then odumped -- some bodies were cremated and then dumped into a landfill. >> this went on about five years according to air force officials. it involved the military taking lone body parts of service members and dumping them into a landfill after incinerating number. families of the fallen never knew. from 2003 to 2008 remains were cremated incinerated, and dumped in a landfill in king george, virginia. most came from those who fought in a tennis fan and iraq. >> we would like to have them laid to rest and for their parents and family and friends contacted. this is devastating. >> family members have reacted with disgust. one woman told the washington post that her husband was thrown in the trash. >> while their performance and not need standards, if this was not a deliberate act. >> officials don't know how many soldiers remains went through the process and typically did not notify family members about the manner of disposal. among other thin

press. >> reporter: so far, the air force has only acted on three supervisors, disciplining them, not firing them but just moving them to different positions within that dover mortuary. mike? >> surae chinn live at the air force memorial in arlington. obviously a lot more going to happen with this story. >>> well, a much happier occasion for the u.s. marine corps today. here's a live look at iwo jima memorial in rosslyn. today marks the marine's 236th birthday. there will be a wreath laying ceremony this morning at the memorial. >> happy birthday to the corps. >>> a 20-year-old charged in the car crash which killed three of his friends is due in court today. 20-year-old kevin coffey was behind the wheel of his car last may. prosecutors say he was drinking alcohol just before the crash in olney, maryland. he went off the road, hit two trees and slammed into a telephone pole. three people died including an 18-year-old girl just days away from her high school graduation. police also say coffey ran away from the crash scene before being captured. >>> records show d.c. police arrested more than 3400 drivers for expired tags or unregistered cars. most people arre

shaban has the story. >>> the air force is facing charges of mishandling of members. >> the air force has refused to admit culpability. >> dover air force base in dover misplaced body parts of soldier remains from iraq and afghanistan. the air force disciplined three officials for gross mismanagement but didn't fire anyone. >> while their performance did not reach standards, this was not a deliberate act. >> during the investigation, the military did not inform the four families of the service members whose remains were allegedly mishandled. the military reached out to the families over the weekend. >> it was in the better interest of the families to have the definitive position on this. not an interim call, not a we'll get back to you with more. >> as far back as march, we were encourage the air force to inform the families about what happened. they could have informed the families from the beginning when they knew what had happened be. they chose not to. >> the office of special counsel says the air force tried to fire two whistle- blowers but they've been given their jobs back. >> reporter: the white house is said to be rev

my way to the studio-- that there were some highly suspect methods for the air force mortuary to dispose of some remains at dover for many years. we're going to report-- and air force officials have admitted-- that between 2003 and 2008 that with some body fragments and tissues and parts recovered from the battlefield that they created them... cremated them and disposed of them in a landfill in virginia. they did this for the most part without the families being aware. let me be clear: in each of these cases they were... war is an ugly business and it's pretty graphic and in some cases bodies weren't left intact and it takes a while to identify all the remains of the body and in many cases the families gave the air force permission to dispose of any later found body parts in a dignified and appropriate manner whaplt they didn't know is that the air force would have them created and incinerated and then taken to a landfill. >> warner: so the fault here is failure to essentially show the proper respect and not meet the family's expectations on what they had told the family would be done with them. >> i think that'

night that remains of fallen american troops have been mishandled at dover air force base. after an investigation, the commander of the mortuary there received a career-ending letter of reprimand. well, david martin kept working on the story today, and he found the mortuary workers who first reported the trouble and who paid a price. >> reporter: these are people who almost never talk about their grim, heartbreaking work, mortuary technicians at dover air force base in delaware, where remains of the fallen come moment from iraq and afghanist afghanistan. >> working at dover it's like you get a train wreck every single day. >> reporter: at any one time, mary ellen spera keeps track of 1,000 different pieces of young bodies torn apart by war. then one day, a piece of ankle belonging to a soldier went missing. >> i went through the entire facility, every single rack. i couldn't find it. >> reporter: that must have been a terrible job. >> it's the job, sir and i'm proud to do it. >> reporter: bill zigarosky has worked at dover for 12 years and it's the first time a body part ha

just when we thought the scandal over mishandled remains ofmainsf fallen american troops at dover air force base couldn't get any worse, it did today. david martin has been reporting on the investigation that led to a career-ending letter of reprimand for the commander of the mortuary and tonight david is at the pentagon with new developments. >> reporter: a landfill is no one's idea of a fitting resting place for a soldier fall in battle. >> no human being should be placed into a landfill, no matter if it's a fingernail, a foot or an entire body. >> reporter: yet that is what happened to gari-lynn smith's husband, sergeant first class scott smith who was blown apart by a roadside bomb in iraq in 2006. without her knowing, part of his body was incinerated and disposed of as medical waste in this virginia landfill. she found out two years after his funeral. >> i have honestly no idea what we buried of him because they forbid me to see him in the casket. >> reporter: smith's parents signed this form authorizing the mortuary at dover air force base in delaware to make appropriate disposition o

. >>> also this morning, the investigation into the mishandling of remains at dover air force base has widened. fox 5 morning news continues right now. now. >>> take a look outside. already starting to see a little bit of daylight. it is 6:00 this morning. today, if you were into numerology, is a huge day. it is 11-11-11. it is also a friday and makes it a very good day for all of us here. we enjoy that. thank you for being with us. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> let's say good morning to tony perkins. i saw the sun coming up. >> we should have booked a new ulm rolling for the show today to tell us what it means. >> i wonder if it really means -- >> it means something in numbers. i don't know what. >> i hope it is good luck. >> we'll see what we can find out. >> let's take a look at what is going on out there. here are some other numbers for you. we know what these mean. it means it is cold out. 42degrees in washington. 39 at dulles airport. here is a look at the winds across the region. let's see. 10-mile per hour winds in the district. they've been gusting up to 0. 15-m

the first time was the burial at arlington national cemetery and now, it is in dover air force base wheremerica's dead are brought home. in one case, the arm of a dead marine was sawed off to night his uniform. air force morticians improperly disposed of unidentified body parts. some of those remains ended up in a virginia landfill. three whistle blowers reported the problem. now secretary of defense leon panetta ordered an investigation into how the case was handled. >> determine whether there are management respry sauls that have been taken against the whistle blowers. this is a serious issue. i am someone who voted for the whistle blower legislation. >> three supervisors were disciplined but no one was fired. now as part of that investigation, secretary panetta wants know if that punishment should have been stronger. that's the latest here in arlg tonight back to you >>> it's 10 minutes past the hour. republican presidential hopeful rick perry has been the butt of many jokes. >> but last night, he poked fun at himself on the late show with dlirm >>> last hour, we started a surprise bab

dover air force base is where america's war dead are brought home.thing report now says that bad handling of remains has dishonored though who gave their lives. parts of bodies were unidentified, improp her i disposed of by air force morticians in landfills. three people were punished but no one was fired over what the report called gross mismanagement. secretary of defense leon pan eight said additional probes are under way. >> all americans including myself are justifiably disturbed. >> we are not going to stand for this. we are not going to allow this to exist. we have to do it better. it has to be corrected. >> reporter: the report found that body parts from those killed in afghanistan were lost twice. it also found in that report that the arm bone of a dead marine was sawed off so that he could fit into his upform. that is the latest at arlington. back to you. >>> roam will honor the nation's veterans today by laying a wreath at arlington. the first lady will also be there. the ceremony starts at 11:00 this morning. >>> a question from a constit

my way to the studio-- that there were some highly suspect methods for the air force mortuary to dispose of some remains at dover for many years. we're going to report-- and air force officials have admitted-- that between 2003 and 2008 that with some body fragments and tissues and parts recovered from the battlefield that they created them... cremated them and disposed of them in a landfill in virginia. they did this for the most part without the families being aware. let me be clear: in each of these cases they were... war is an ugly business and it's pretty graphic and in some cases bodies weren't left intact and it takes a while to identify all the remains of the body and in many cases the families gave the air force permission to dispose of any later found body parts in a dignified and appropriate manner whaplt they didn't know is that the air force would have them created and incinerated and then taken to a landfill. >> warner: so the fault here is failure to essentially show the proper respect and not meet the family's expectations on what they had told the family would be done with them. >> i think that'

. >>> defense secretary leon panetta ordered the air force to review its handseling of a major scandal involving the remain of american soldiers at doverase. for the latest we turn to nbc news chief, pentagon correspondent. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. i'm sure air force officials thought they had put this scandal behind them. they had one investigation and reprimanded the top three leaders out there at dover air force base mortuary. when there were reports that partial remains being buried at a landfill and two whistle blowers were fired after coming forward to talk about the remains at dover, yesterday at a briefing here at the pentagon, leon panetta said not so fast. the solemn return of america's war dead to dover is one of the u.s. military's most sacred ceremonies. >> let us pray. >> reporter: iconic images preserved forever in film. but a series of recent scandals has shattered the dignity of dover. the partial remain of some service members have been cremated then dumped into this virginia landfill. defense secretary leon panetta declared that's unacceptable. >> we have to send a clear signal to the american peo

. >>> and dover air force base.fficials there now admitting they dumped some cremated body parts of our war heroes into landfills. yes. their relatives had no idea until the "washington post" started asking some questions. we're going to talk to one of the post reporters about his investigation. what a story. >>> in the wake of the penn state scandal, tough questions on how powerful people are able to target vulnerable children. we're talking to well known psychologist jeff gardere with advice for parents. >>> in honor of veterans day, cnn is going in focus in the men and women who have served our country. we want to share with you amputee velts tea a team of amputee haitian earthquake survivors, showing the world that competitive spirit and the ability to overcome cannot be removed with simply the loss of a limb. >> you go out there thinking, i'm going to be okay. i'm going to come home safe. all of a sudden something happens to you. and everything is just like slow motion. i was in afghanistan. we were running an

air force base. >> reporter: it seems to be getting worse, now the washington post is reporting that the doverir force base disposed of remains by cream mating them and dumping them into the landfill. it was standard practice in 2003 and 2008 and service members did not know about it. there were three mortgage ware employees who blue the whistle. >> they were making allegations to improve the way we do business at at the area where they do burials. >> reporter: what leon panetta has to say about it during my next update, allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time to check back in with sal, how is the commute. >>> traffic is moving a long nicely. no majoproblems with the mcarthur maze. and on interstate 880 in oakland, it is not a bad drive, driving to hayward, if you are going that way it should be a nice drive for you and once again traffic here has been hooking good. 5:17 let's go to steve. >>> all right, our forecast models continue to trend drier and drier. if you are inland i doubt it does much. but maybe a south wind and by the coast, still we will get some 60s and 70s. we have seen mor

the air force is the target of two investigations for the mishandling of falling u.s. service members. the year force found 14 instances of wrongdoing at the dover air force base mortuary during a yearlong investigation. in some cases body parts were burned and discarded in a landfill in virginia defense secretary leon panetta requested an independent review and to the matter and he also asked the air force to secretary to take a look at the case >>we want to take every step possible to protect the honor and dignity that these loved ones richly deserve >>to civilians and military officer had been disciplined but they may be punished further depending on the air comes on the latest investigation >>today's a one-year birthday of a missouri infant who has been missing for one month. lisa irwin was reported missing in the early hours on october 4th. last night her to have brothers where we interviewed by child counselors hoping to find clues to her disappearance the boys are 6 and 8 years old lisa father said when he came home he found the door unlocked the lights on a window tampered with a cadaver dog got a positive hit when searching the family's

now "the washington post" is reporting that the dover air force mortuary air force base disposed of individualss. an air force investigation revealed gross mismanagement after three more rare -- mortuary employees blew the whistle. >> even those who came forward, every person there just like this is a sacred obligation -- just like every other person there, this is a sacred obligation. >> reporter: leon panetta says he's disturbed by the reports. back to you. >>> dianne feinstein will ask the senate judiciary committee to redesign the federal definition of marge in the united states. she says -- marriage in the united states. she says it's time to repeal the act that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. there was a hearing held back in july. >>> 7:18. concern is growing about safety around the "occupy san francisco" encampment. police say officers arrested a man yesterday who was carrying an unloaded loan at justin herman plaza. another was arrested for tossing a a bottle at another. >> this has not done much to the business. the guests seem -- i don't want to say mused by it

ben eisler, abc 7 news. >>> congress is looking at the mishandling of remains of the dover air force base mortuary. the virginia congressman rob whitman says a house subcommittee will investigate and make sure remains are handled properly in the future. the air force admitted the unidentified remains were cremated and then dumped in a virginia landfill. three more to where supervisors were disciplined, but not fired. >>> president obama focused on job creation during an international summit in hawaii. he and the leaders of 20 asian pacific rim nations discussed jobs, free trade, and other issues during the summit in honolulu. the president said the opening of global markets for american goods could help create more jobs in the u.s. >>> the president also says the congressional super committee meets to find consensus on a plan to cut the nation's deficit. he said lawmakers appear to be taking rigid positions and during the map rather than solving the problem-- and jiggering the map rather than solving the problem. >>> 5:17. apple is offering to replace the older ipad models. >> here is

air force base in dover, delaware. surae chinn has more information. >> reporter: asthma reasons celebrate its 236th birthday as we approach veterans day to honor our men and women, the air force is underfire for despicable acts, treating remains like trash. the office of special counsel says there was gross mishandling of body parts, some lost at the port mortuary at the dover air force base. >> i got out of the air force. >> reporter: it was common practice to misplace, cremate and dump them at a king george county landfill between 2003 to 2008 until three mortuary workers blew the whistle. >> i went through the entire facility, every single rack, i couldn't find it. >> in one case, the arm of a marine was sawed-off in order for his body to fit into his uniform. >> there is a way to bury those honorably rather than to treat them as refuse. >> there were five instances where fetal remains of military families were shipped to dover inside plastic pails and put in cardboard boxes. >> we owe them so much respect and honor

has to be corrected. >> reporter: so far two civilian supervisors at the air force's mortuary at dover air force base have been reassigned. as the fallout continues, more questions and more consequences could be on the way. and those questions may be coming sooner rather than later. virginia congressman rob whitman is the chairman of the house armed services committee investigation subcommittee. whitman says he'll be impaneling a briefing on the report next week. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> a big change for the oscar awards and tonight we know who the new host will be. >>> if you want to be next x- factor winner, you need to get schooled in rock. we're taking you to the local classes coming up next. >>> if you see a story you think we should look into, send your news tips to fox 5 tips or call us 202-895-3140. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] the chicken marinara melt is the featured $5 footlong™ of november. juicy chicken, marinara sauce, and melty cheese served toasted on freshly baked italian bread. get it pronto, cuz this november only, it joins our everyday $5 footlongs

. >>> disgrace at dover air force base. investigation into the mishandled remains of war heroes shifts to a virginia landfill. >>> new beginning for the d.c. world war i memorial. details of the renovation. >>> what's motivating redskins kyle shanahan? and mistakes that >>> the police in state college, pennsylvania are looking at video from the riots. they want to identify student that is damaged property. thousands of students stormed the streets in support of joe paterno after he and the president of the university were fired by the board of trustees. they did that because of the two officials handseling of or mishandling of child sex abuse allegations against a former assistant coach. >>> the suv used to kidnap a nationals catcher was found last night. his abductors vehicle was set on fire before it was abandoned in a nearby town. so far, no ransom demands. >> rick perry is trying to get past a brain freeze from the debate on cnbc. he could not remember one of the government agencies he wanted to cut if selected. he fumb

dover air force base is where america's war dead come home. a scathing report now says that it was bat handling of remans which dishonored those who gave their lives. three whistle blowers reported the problem at dover. the office of special counsel found part of three bodies misidentified. three people were funnished but no one was fired over what a report calls gross mismanagement. all american, including myself are justifiably disturbed. we are not going to stand for. this we are not going to allow this to exit. woof to do it betterment it has to be corrected. >> the report found that poddy parts from troop killed in afghanistan were lost twice and that in another case, the arm bone of a dead marine was sawed off to fit into his uniform. that's the latest here in arlington. back to you. >> thank you. sherry >>> on capitol hill, just in time for veterans day, the congress passed a bill that would allow a tax break for those who hire veterans. the president's signature would make it the first fragment of the jobs bill that was passed. >>> if

a yearlong investigation found the air force mishandled unidentified remains at dover air force base. and some of them, even wound up in this virginia landfollow. fox 5s tom fitzgerald joins us live from the newsroom with more. >> reporter: the defense secretary leon penetta ordered the --eryon pineta ordered the secretary of the air force not to fire three supervisors at a mortuary airfares base in delaware. the veteran's group said the pin needs to do more than this to honor the dead of the americans and how their remains are handled. dover air force base is where america's honored dead comes home. but a scathing report said bad handling of some remains dishonor those who gave their lives. >> all americas -- all americans, including myself, jar justifiably disturbed. >> reporter: they found parts of bodies unidentified andm properly disposed of by air force more tishians in landfills. the secretary -- more tishians inlando fills. additional probes are underway. >> to determine whether there are management repricals that have been -- repricals that are taken at dover. this is a serio

remains are processed at the dover air force base mortuary. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live at air force memorial with more. surae? >> andrea, this is just unimaginable treatment of our service men and women who laid down their lives for our country. you would think that they would treat them with respect and dignity but that was just not the case. in fact, treated like a piece of trash instead. well, the special council said -- sent a letter to the president, concluded there was gross negligence. mismanagement and dishonesty. the culture, commonplace for body parts to be lost or mishandled, remains were cremated and dumped in a king george county landfill. there were five instances where fetal remains from shipped to dover inside plastic pails and put in cardboard boxes. when several of these mortuary workers blew the whistle, they were fired. those disciplinary actions have since been rescinded. one of the whistle-blowers says he's seeing to it the practices of 2003 to 2008 are no more. >> i can guarantee the families that their loved ones are being treated with honor, dignit

air force confirms that body parts that were supposed to be returned to families were dumped at a landfill in king george county. this reportedly occurred after the remains arrived for processing at dover air force base in delaware they have disciplined three mortuary supervisors, but nobody has been fired . >> while their performance did not meet standards, this was not a deliberate act. >> the military has not said that at this point how many body parts were mishandled. >>> the united states marine corps celebrates its two hundred 36 birthday today. -- it's 236th birthday today. >>> the state of maryland is honoring a local soldier killed in afghanistan. the pentagon says that lieutenant-colonel david corporate died on october 29 pin his vehicle was attacked in kabul. he had been working in bethesda. state and u.s. flags have been ordered to fly at half mast today. >>> coming up -- it was a candid this resentful -- it was a candidate's resentful moment. >>> natures fury, a blizzard of hurricane proportions, the very latest on an epic storm lashing alaska. >>> occupy protesters at uc berkeley clashed with police last night. and happened when officers in riot gear moved in to take down

what the former dover air force base said about the three whistle-blowers who uncovered the heinous treatment. >> enjoy these above-average temperatures today because there is a change for tomorrow. , >>> how did caylee anthony die. it is one of the questions that may soon be answered by a key player in the casey anthony trial. dr. phil will speak with the lead prosecutor from the casey anthony trial, just ashton. ashton just wrote a book about the case and will explain where he thinks the case went so wrong. it will also reveal never- before-seen contents of casey anthony's psychological report. be sure to tune in to dr. phil, this wednesday, only on wjz. >>> a wild scene after a california highway patrol officer is shot and wounded during a traffic stop. police say a man fired shots at two patrol officers in sacramento. the men then tried to flee the scene but his car flipped. police say when the suspect refused to obey commands, officers shot and killed him. the officer is expected to recover. >>> olympic concerns. the british government is defending security plans for the 2012 games, desp

. >> still ahead, more fallout from the mishandling of military remains at dover air force base. which lawmaker is calling for an immediate investigation. >> fairfax county school board preparing to tackle a test the issue. a proposal to increase surveillance cameras in schools. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] find yourself sometimes cleaning up after your dishcloth? bounty extra soft can help. it's super durable and in this lab test bounty extra soft leeses this surface three times cleaner than a dishcloth. even with just one sheet. super clean. super soft. bounty extra soft. in the pink pack. and try bounty napkins. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> good monday morning. 4:38, time for traffic and weather. >> now to adam caskey. >> if it's going to be a warm day and a little breezy. southwesterly wind picking up to 25 miles an hour at times. a warm wind out of the southwest. a significant amount of clouds overhead a moment. we will get some breaks in the clouds in the latter morning and afternoon. in ohio and indiana and western pennsylvania, isolate

>> reporter: an official at the dover air force mortuary told parts of her husband were insinurated and dumped. >> they said that no one wanted my husband so he was cremated with the rest of the medical leaves from the hospital and thrown in the trash. >> how could they think nobody wanted him? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: three whistle blowers detail a whole series of problems at the dover mortuary. >> it is like a train wreck every single day working there. >> reporter: at first they were the ones the air force disciplined. >> i was terminated. fired. >> reporter: a federal office that protects whistle blowers stepped in and two ended up transfer but the head of the joint chief of staff says he is unsure dumping remains is wrong. >> it is common outside of the military. the disposition of human remains that are separateed from the principal portion. >> he wore the same uniform that my husband once wore. i don't know why he would think it is okay. >> officials told her that this wasn't going on. she said she was stone walled by the dover mortuary for over a year and has now heard th

the revelation comes just days after investigators discovered the mishandling of remains at the dover air force base mortuary. >>> i hope you enjoyed yesterday. savior it. savor it. right now at reagan national, it's 48. we've got 100% humidity. so we've had some fog forming. we've got a light east-northeasterly breeze. but those winds will be increasing this afternoon bringing in chilly weather. over the last 12 hours, we've had showers out in western virginia, western maryland. that front has yet to come through. right now, it's partly cloudy, patchy, dense fog, especially in areas east and southeast of washington and it's in the 40s there. it's still fairly mild now, but it's not going to warm up much. just into the perhaps upper 50s by later this afternoon. sunrise at 6:45. and then we're going to have that full moon rising this evening, although it's probably going to be obscured by some clouds and maybe a passing shower. there's a small chance of that. it does now look like that may not happen until later this afternoon. this morning, we'll have, perhaps, a little sunshine in and out and

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the "washington post" admits the mortuary at dover air force base disposed of cremated body parts of the nation's war dead from 2003 to 2008 by dumping the ashes in a virginia landfill. officials say since that discovery they've been burying ashes at sea. this week the air force disciplined three mortuary officials for gross mismanagement. >>> in eastern turkey, more than two dozen survivors have been pulled from the rubble of three buildings brought down by a 5.7 quake that's killed at least seven people. it happened in the same province with another quake killed 600 last month. >>> alabama's jefferson county now holds the record for the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. the county filed yesterday, years after being plunged into more than $4 billion of debt by a sewer project. >>> and file this one under "creepy." very creepy. the queen-size bed in which michael jackson died is being auctioned off next month along with other items from his rented l.a. mansion. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,780 after plunged

that's repeated itself over and over again as the remains of dead soldiers return home through dover air force base. behind the scenes federal investigators found people lost body parts and at least one instance cut the arm from a soldier so he would fit into a coffin. >> this is not acceptable. we need to get to the bottom of this. this is about respect. respect for the veterans. >> reporter: the wars have cost more than 6,000 american lives. now some families reportedly concerned offer if the remains they buried were their son or daughter, husband or wife. >> i feel bad for the families because sometimes that is all they can bring back and to get closure you need to know that your loved one is where you want them to be. >> the defense department and the government needs to step up and put the processes in place to treat the remains with the dignity they deserve. >> reporter: for its part the air force said the fact three workers turned whistle blower revealing the problems is proof they view this like a sacred duty. >> they are still employed and they are making great contributions, it was t

the centered on the dover air force base in delaware. some of the remains were cremated and dumped at a landfill in king george county. we have the breaking developments on this. >> airforce officials confirm what many call an unbelievable practice by the u.s. military, taking body parts of those killed in action, incinerating the them, and dumping them into a virginia landfill. their family members had no idea. >> i am almost in tears. >> to recess smith is heartbroken to hear that body parts of fallen men and women were mishandled or back on u.s. soil. >> they should have been laid to rest and their families and friends contacted. this is devastating. >> devastating to hear that the remains were never matched with their rightful owners. instead, "the washington post" reports that there were cremated incinerated, and dumped at this landfill in king george virginia primarily of those returning from iraq and afghanistan. >> this is not a deliberate act. >> them negligence goes further. while at dover allegedly the arm of the marine was so

a whistle blower reported the actions after some remains were lost at the dover air force base in 2009 during leon panetta called this an acceptable. >> you have to send a clear signal to the american people at this time that these kinds of actions that took place here cannot happen again. >> the practice went on for years and was abandoned in 2008 in favor of a burial at sea. a defense department audit has found the u.s. naval academy was to more than $3 million on a short film and commercial. the pentagon inspector general conducted the investigation which founded the academy improperly contacted for the production. $300,000 of corporate sponsorship was also expected without proper review. tonight, it will minister in to save her home. she received a home modification -- tonight, a woman is trying to save her home. she received a home modification and now she has more trouble than she had initially. >> although comfortable in her kitchen, donna roberts find it distressing to talk about her home and which is doing to save it appeared >> i am not looking to be put on television and i a

. >>> and there's a new revelation about the mishandling of dead soldiers' remains at dover air force base. we now know that cremated portions of remains were buried in a landfill. it's a practice that was halted three years ago. even so, it could make some difficult questions today when the air force's chief appears before the senate arms services committee. >>> the federal government is sending off criticism after a test that was supposed to make history didn't exactly go off without a hitch. it was a nationwide test of the broadcast system to warn americans in an emergency. some are calling it a total failure. abc's ron claiborne explains. >> reporter: all across america, the countdown was on. >> the first-ever nationwide test of the emergency alert system. >> reporter: the government planned to send out a test alert to every radio and television station and cable system in the country. then, the big moment. at 2:00 eastern time, instead of a coordinated national warning -- this. on hbo, the movie, "knight and day" went uninterrupted. >> there a problem, eduardo? >> reporter: some