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News Wrap: Dozens of shipwrecked migrants drown off Greece

Season 2015 | 3m 55s

In our news wrap Friday, 31 people, most of whom were children, drowned trying to cross from Turkey to Greece. On the island of Lesbos, bodies washed ashore including several babies. Also, President Obama says he's ready to sign a two-year federal budget deal that was approved by the Senate after passage in the House.

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