had dozens of albums and number 1 hits, including mama tried, working man blues and okie from the skokie> trending tonight on facebook. three crewmembers for greg almond's band suffered minor injuries when their tour bus crashed in west virginia. the 68-year-old singer was not on the bus. it was traveling when it crossed into the northbound lanes, went through a guardrail and over an embankment before coming to the crew was heading for charleston. and that show is still on. >> come on. >> get in. hurry up. >> come on. >> move. >> oh, my gosh. talk about a close call there. a heavy equipment operator, jumped into a news crew vehicle, when flames from a wildfire swallowed his road grader. they got out of there as quickly as they could. no one was hurt. the wildfire has consumed nearly twalt,000 acres so far -- 28,000 acres so far. >>> a lot of crazy weather around the country. and even here, right? >> yeah. even here is going to be crazy. we can say crazy by the time we get to the weekend. we keep saying snow. is that a little bit? all of us, some of us? >> no. i think all of us will see f

this happened yesterday morning in skokie, illinois. several people in the car were injured. tran transit officials believe the driver drove through the crossing signal before the collision. >>> and we're learning more about the collision between an amtrak train and a backhoe in philadelphia. the engine's data recorder shows the train was traveling 106 miles per hour in a 110-mile-per-hour zone. the engineer pulled the emergency brake five seconds before the crash. two amtrak workers were killed. >>> the young american couple killed in last month's terrorist attacks in brussels will be buried this week in kentucky. the bodies of stephanie and justin schultz were returned to lexington sunday night. 32 people were killed in the russels attack at the airport and metro station. >>> states can count everyone, not just registered voters, when setting voting districts. the case was a challenge to the constitutional principle of one person, one vote. the ruling is expected fwolster democratic urban areas. the case was a challenge from texas voters where there is a large immigrant pop

president obama: well, he's from skokie.laughter] president obama: i think -- [applause] president obama: that's very important. great place. it's a great town. you know, the way i thought about diversity is not to think about any single seat as, oh, i've got to fill this slot with this demographic but, rather, if i've got a broad set of nominees to make -- and this is true across the board -- how do i make sure that i'm intentional throughout that process? i have confidence that if i stick to that, if i do that, if i make sure that i'm broadening the search, broadening the pool, looking at a bunch of folks, even if they're not going through the conventional paths, that i'll end up -- the process will result in diversity. and that in fact, is what's happened. i am, you know, not to brag, but i have transformed the federal courts from a diversity standpoint with a record that's been unmatched. [applause] president obama: we've got more african-americans on the circuit courts than we ever had before. we've got -- i've appointe

from skokie. [laughter] >> in that slot. can you find me one? [laughter] >> you know, i mean, that's just not how i've approached it. if the processat is fair and you are saying that important that our courts changingctive of a society, you'll end up with a really good cross-section of people who are excellent and we've been able to appoint. and so when i look at merrick person, that was the that, you know, the difference between the supreme court is seats come up of at any given time. i appointed a latino woman, that.r woman right before so, you know, yeah, he's a white a reallye's outstanding jurist. sorry. [laughter] >> you know, i think that's important. but this speaks to the broider -- broader debate about diversity that i think is important and obviously churns up in college campuses a lot. is, have you set up a process and are you intentional? intentional about giving everybody a shot? you thinking about notblocks to why we're seeing a more diverse population? asking thosestart questions, in whatever withtution -- i just met the chairman

say, i need ad i skokie inian from that slot -- can you find me one? itt is not how i approached it turns out that if the process saying, our you are courts are reflective of a society, you will end up with a really good cross-section of people who are excellent. when a look at merrick garland, womanointed collecting a he is a white- guy, but a really important jurist. of --peaks to the promise broadness of diversity. the question is heavy set up a process, and are you intentional about giving everybody a shot? are you thinking about roadblocks to why we are not seeing a more diverse population. when you start asking those i just met with the chairman of the joint chief of staff, equate military leaders our team military leaders. the u.s. military has probably done as good of a job, as any institution in our society, when it comes to integration, and bringing diverse people in. as you go up the ranks, start lessg it becomes less and reflective of the population and the troops coming in. we have had a really it just in conversation about what is happeni

is known for okie from the skokie. mistie from must okie -- ogki.field wanted to be more like l.a.. there was a revolt led by bakersfield. and thisga, anderson, was the guy. you went to the bakersfield airport and it was the merle haggard airport. it saves country music, no question. real offense when people mention okie. there is so much more with merle haggard. he truly saved country music. was that too much on bakersfield? experte: no, yoare an on country. i more of an electronic and blues brothers. aboutg to oil, talking news, goldman sachs saying $35 per barrel is more of a goldilocks price. not too high or too low, but just right. stephanie, thank you for sticking around. foris the perfect number u.s. exporters. they want it higher? i don't think $35 is what the global oil companies want. .articularly the country i think we will probably see, before a large scale bankruptcy, we will see one or two major export countries getting into trouble. you're seeing downgrade for countries like brazil. i think at $35 we will see more. 10 days wehe last s