helen bodden director of bbc news and steven mitchell passed their responsibilities on to others. to implicate a former worker in abuse. bbc officials are also conducting an internal investigation that a late children's tv presenter sexually abused children. bodden and mitchell were involved in a decision last year to not launch investigati into the allegations. officials say they plan to overhaul the editorial system and clarify the chain of command. >>> australia's leaders are also grappling with a child abuse scandal. prime minister julia gillard has launched into abuse in churches and schools. gillard said a commission will begin an inquiry next year into institutional abuses. >> child abuse is, of course, wrong and wrong doers should be punished. this is an incredibly evil thing. we all hope that anybody who has ever abused a child is held to account for that in the criminal courts. >> a catholic priest was last week accused of molesting young kong regants in wales. officials who discovered abuse were transferred to other churches. the commission will also investigate whether

helen bowden and steven mitchell are stepping aside.he cbs george entwistle resigned over the weekend. >> did you see this video yet? if you haven't you should. a wreck on the track led to an all-out brawl during sunday's nascar race in phoenix. here's what happened. jeff gordon, number 24, intentionally took out number 15, clint bowyer in response to an earlier bumping incident. when bowyer got back to the garage area, his crew came after him and the fight was on. bowyer then tried to confront gordon, but crew members managed to keep the two drivers apart. >> as if nascar racing wasn't exciting enough, that adds another element to it. >> it certainly does. >> 5:17 in the morning. time for your early read. your local news that's making national headlines. experts warning that u.s. airlines may soon run out of people to fly their planes. according to "the wall street journal," airlines are facing what could be their most serious pilot shortage since the 1960s. it said more than half of american pilots are over 50, and there are not going

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