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Over the objections of Democratic leaders and Nevada's representatives, the U.S. Senate approved federal plans to build a massive nuclear waste storage site under Yucca Mountain, some 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

After a report from Betty Ann Bowser on heightened security for the Fourth of July holiday, Ray Saurez talks to Teresa Chambers, Chief of the U.S. Park Police, about securing the nation's capitol.