someone. >> i can see bill nye passing out and you think he's a quirky guy and you don't know what's going on. but what about when someone is gunned down and you don't call for help. >> this thank speaks to that individual's reaction to the situation. i think it's so very easy in the social media culture to lump everyone so the actions of one person would represent the actions of many, but that speaks to that one individual conscience or lack thereof. >> listen, quickly, james, we have some breaking news going on. it's obviously both very sad situations that happened. bill nye is okay. he just said he didn't have enough to eat and had been working a lot. bottom line it for us. >> we need to stop wanting the destir to become famous. we want to get involved. >> thank you, sir. >> people want to get famous. look at situations like iran where people didn't use their cell phones just to tell the story. >> be present and don't want to

become famous so much. that's it. james, thank you very much. >> good to see you. >> thank you, lena. breaking news here on cnn. we want to tell you about -- we told you about the emergency landing of a delta flight at jfk airport. we're going to talk to our susan candiotti about that. susan has more information. she's ourings national correspondent. these are the first pictures. look at the fire department and emergency apparatus on the scene at jfk. again, we know it was flight 30 we are told and not exactly sure how many passengers were on board. we're told up to 200. do we have our susan candiotti with us. >> we do. >> she joins us from new york. >> these are the first pictures. do we have new information on this? >> we certainly do. you can see by all of that activity that the authorities at jfk airport were well-prepared for this possible emergency situation. now, what happened was that just before 5:00 tonight, delta flight 30, that's a flight from

jfk to moscow, with 193 passengers aboard, we don't know how many crew members, but this boeing 767 model 300 took off, and shortly after takeoff according to delta the pilots found that there was a problem, some sort of problem with one of the engines. and so after that they decided to, according to the airport source, decided to dump some fuel as a precaution. now, the faa reports there was a problem with the left engine and insists that any reports that a right wing was on fire are not accurate at all. however, after the plane dumped some fuel, it landed safely at jfk airport and as you can see, the fire department was prepared just in case there was a problem. there was not. the plane landed safely, and all of the 193 passengers and additional crew members deplane and the plan was, of course, to

get the passengers on another flight on to moscow as soon as that is possible. at this time delta does not know what caused the problem, but certainly authorities are looking into it, including the faa, including authorities at jfk airport. all trying to get to the bottom of this. we know there's a fuel capacity of 62,100 pounds that that particular model can handle, but we have no idea how many gallons of fuel were on board that flight. also delta could not tell us, don, whether there were any flames or smoke aboard the plane, but certainly regardless it had to be a frightening situation for everyone aboard. >> all right. susan candiotti, thank you very much. you're looking at new pictures. the first pictures of that incident that happened at jfk airport just a short time ago that involves a delta flight. this is coming in from our affiliates in new york city. you saw susan can't yottdiotti.

this is courtesy of new york 1 and this is flight aware right now which is showing us what happened. it tracked the flight, flight number 30 as it took off from jfk airport and then was headed to moscow and then had a problem. so it circled over the ocean there, it dumped some fuel, and because of the capacity, you heard susan talk about the capacity of the tanks on board that boeing 767. and so it dumped fuel there and then again landed safely, landed safely. i want to say that if you have any information, send it to ireport. go to ireport.com if you have any information or you can logon to twitter or facebook and look for cnn.com/donlemoncnn. susan candiotti, more information. what do you have as we look at the new pictures? >> just to reiterate authorities said that all of this started and ended within an hour's time,

that the plane took off just before 5:00, don, and they were able to land the flight close to 50 minutes later. by the time they sat down again after they noticed there was a problem, after they dumped some fuel, they were able to put the plane down safely about just under 50 minutes later. >> and then are we hearing anything from passengers on board that plane, susan? have you heard anything from your sources or from our affiliates on the ground? >> well, there are lots of crews out there now and we are all trying to talk to the passengers as they get off the plane. if we have access to them. perhaps some of them will be able to get on their telephones and make some phone calls out to try to tell us more about what happened. a lot of questions about what might have caused this. as of now purely speculation as to what might have happened. some people are even suggesting the possibility of a bird strike, but at this time we want to stress we have no idea exactly what caused this right now. >> shades of sully.

sully sullenberger, the pilot who landed on the hudson river. >> on the hudson. >> just a bit ago. unbelievable. trying to get more information for you here on cnn. getting information from my producers in my ear and we're checking with our sources as well. susan, this is a huge story. make sure you stay with us. we'll continue to follow this one. a problem with a delta airlines plane that was headed to moscow from jfk airport, and, boy, couldn't have happened at a worse time really because so many people now are starting to travel for the holiday season. that's what we're going to talk about. our jackqui jeras will be here o tell us where the weather is causing some travel delays. we want you to be a part of the conversation. we told you how you can help us out on this breaking news. if you have any video or pictures, go to ireport.com or look at any of the social media sites right there. we'll get it on the air and vet it first. we're back in a moment with breaking news and more. [ j. weissman ] it was 1975.

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following breaking news on cnn. a delta air lines flight having trouble at jfk airport having to make an emergency landing. our susan candiotti with new information now from delta air lines. susan? >> well, they released a statement just moments ago, and so i'm going to read it to you, don. it gives us a bit more additional information here. it says delta flight 30 departed new york jfk for moscow this evening at 4:39 p.m. that time is a little bit different, slightly off of what we had. shortly after takeoff the crew reported an engine problem, declared an emergency, and landed safely at jfk at just about 6:00 tonight without further incident, says delta.

all 1 passengers and crew membe this deplaned. passengers are being put on another aircraft which is scheduled for takeoff at 8:00 eastern time. no word on what caused the engine problem. >> susan standing by. i'm sure we'll be relying on you a lot this hour. let's hope this -- nothing like this happens again, but what about those new security rules, those full body pat downs? i think we can all agree that flying is pretty awful this time of year. you have already got the long lines and the delayed flights, but this thanksgiving many travelers are running into new security rules for the first time and they don't like it. they don't like it one bit. the tsa is ramping up the use of those full body scanners as we know, and if you refuse one, be ready for a very up close and personal pat down. despite the growing backlash though, the head of the tsa tells cnn's state of the union with candy crowley that you shouldn't expect any changes.

>> no, we're not changing the policies because of that, because of the risks that are -- have been identified, because of the current threat. we have a travel advisory to europe now. we know through intelligence that there are determined people, terrorists, who are trying to kill not only americans but innocent people around the world. >> so the secretary of state hillary clinton doesn't have to go through the screening, but sh says she understands why people people are getting so angry. >> let's not kid ourselves. the terrorists are adaptable. they start doing whatever they can to try to cause harm and when you have people who are willing to die in order to kill americans and others, you've got folks putting explosives in their underwear. who would have thought that? striking the right balance is what this is about, and i am absolutely confident that our security experts are going to keep trying to get it better and less intrusive and more precise, but at the same time we want people to travel safely.

>> so that was secretary of state hillary clinton there on cnn's state of the union with candy crowley earlier today. we're going to bring in two people with unique perspectives. raffi ran is a president of new age security solutions. and then -- is someone talking to me? sorry. okay. all right. and then joining us on the phone is a woman we have been talking about all weekend. i'm talking about cathi bossi, a flight attendant who says she suffered a humiliating ordeal at the hands of the tsa. sorry about that. a producer was talking in my ear. >> no problem. >> what happened to you? this happened before the new pat down rules in your case, right? >> yes, it did. it occurred when i was going to work, going through security, which is a normal procedure, and i was selected by the tsa to go through the new full body scanners.

my concern is because i have had cancer and i get enough radiation on the airplanes when i fly, that additional radiation to me was questionable, but being the flight attendant i am, i did as i was told. when i got in the body scanner, the tsa agent told me to place my i.d. behind my back so they couldn't see it in the front. and when they were done screening, she told me that i didn't listen to her and that i needed to now go through a full body screening. which is where i was asked to remove my prosthetic breast. >> unbelievable. were you -- i'm sure were you just in shock when she asked you that? >> i was horribly shocked and it was just -- and the reason why i didn't report it, like i said, i'm used to that as a flight attendant, having to go through the security measures because i realize that security is very important with the airline industry. however, doing it to a flight

crew member is a waste of resources. as you just mentioned, captain sullenberger even says that it's a waste of resources because we're already highly scrutinized glup of peop group of people. the reason i'm stepping up is these are invasive searches that are now coming up and it just -- i don't know where the government is going to stop with this. >> we reached out to the tsa and they sent us a statement saying they were looking into it and whatever it would -- they would take appropriate action and they would review it. listen, this forced you really to come out in a way and talk about this because you think it is a bit -- a little bit ridiculous. you understand the safety as a flight attendant, but that was just the final straw for you. >> it was, it was. and seeing that other -- that small children are being groped, hearing about the stories, hearing about people that have been sexually abused that don't like being touched, i have had just -- since i have spoken up,

i have had several thousand people tell me of similar instances even before this new personal scanning has come to play. so it just makes me wonder what's next. >> are you considering legal action? >> no. i think my story at this point is over and done with. no, i don't have a problem with that. like i said, i am a flight attendant. i do understand the importance of security. it's just that i think it's gone a step too far. if the terrorists want to get us, the terrorists are going to get us. >> thank you so much. sorry you had to go through that. i can just imagine when we saw this, we said we can't imagine your mom, your sister, your wife, especially if you have gone through cancer and having to do what you have done, reliving this all over again. thank you so much. best of luck to you. >> thank you, sir. >> cathi will go on tomorrow with our very own brooke baldwin. thanks to her. let's go to raffi.

what do you make of her story? >> well, obviously it's very difficult to refer to the specific story as i'm sure that there are a lot of more details to be learned about it, but i think it does represent the level of sometimes absurd that we have reached following the attempt to provide a single level of security across the board to everybody. and what cathi pointed out was the fact that she and the rest of the crew have gone through a vetting process that looked into their background. actually, the pilots that hold the stick of the aircraft in their hands, they obviously are going through the background checks necessary to make sure that they will not fly the aircraft in the wrong direction. so it obviously brings up the question, are we right with this approach of one size fits all

security that we are implementing across the board? >> so then what do you suggest? a lot of people say we need to look at israel and look at other countries who have problems with terrorism. maybe we should do it their way. >> well, the israeli solution is obviously -- has proven to be very effective for the last 40 years or so. >> but do people complain -- in the airports in israel, do people complain about these pat downs, about their techniques as well? >> no, not very much. because people in israel understand the need for it, but on the other hand or by the same token -- >> are their measures as invasive as the ones we have here now? >> well, they're not invasive for 100% of the population because the concept in israel recognizes the fact that every passenger brings in a different level of risk, and the level of search is adjusted to the level of risk. so cathi, for example, would not have gone through the level of search she's going through every time she now flies.

>> i want to talk to you about the social movement based on people who are saying they're going to refuse these body scans on a very busy day during a very busy thanksgiving travel season as to in protest and then backing up lines and causing chaos. what do you make of this? >> i hope they will come back to their senses and understand that security is not a matter that you can fool around with. in order to make a political point, which they have already made by this time, the fact we're discussing this issue is the proof of that. it's enough, and i think that they should call it off because i think that we are only creating vulnerabilities by doing this type of demonstrations at the airport. i think the level of security will be reduced on the day when the demonstration will be on. >> rafi ron is the president of new age security solutions, a company that consults on aviation security matters. thank you, sir. we'll be talking to you a lot i'm sure in the coming weeks. still ahead, the student body president at fresno state

university comes out as an illegal immigrant. >> for me it's a big relief. you know, i have been holding this in for the majority of my life since i found out in high school. >> he's going to be with us here to talk about it and how people are reageing cting to his news. [ female announcer ] it's the ultimate surf and turf event, happening right now at red lobster. choose one of three premium seafood-and-steak combinations... all under $20. get succulent lobster... paired with our eight-ounce wood-grilled sirloin... tender snow crab legs and sirloin... or new chardonnay grilled shrimp and sirloin...

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our breaking news on cnn, a delta air lines flight diverted-had to make an emergency landing, return back to jask. it was headed to moscow. our susan candiotti has been following this story. susan, i understand you have some new information for us. >> we do. just a recap here, 193 passengers, 11 crew members aboard that flight. flight number 30, delta flight, going from jfk to moscow. but it did land safely after -- shortly after takeoff. there was a problem with the left engine according to delta air lines, and now we have this additional information coming to us from the faa spokesperson. her name, holly baker.

she tells us that after takeoff that the pilots said there was an automatic shut down of the left engine on the plane which is engine number one. however, she said, there are no reports of any fire involving that engine or on the plane. that's pretty important information to pass on. no report of a fire according to the spokesperson for the faa. the plane did land safely after taking off at about 4:40 p.m. eastern time and then landed at about 6:00 p.m. at jfk. they're trying to determine exactly what the problem was but all the passengers deplaned safely and they will be getting aboard another flight to moscow scheduled to leave at about 8:00 eastern time tonight. don? >> susan candiotti is following this story for us. saw soon, imagine the stories that will come from the passengers aboard the plane and i'm sure we'll be hearing from them. we'll get back to you in this

broadcast if it warrants it. we're going to move on and go out west. he's the popular student body president at fresno university in california. he's rejecting calls he step down and it's not because of anything that he did, it's because of who he is. pedro ramirez turns out to be an illegal imimmigrant. he was outed last week in an anonymous e-mail to the campus newspaper. he joins us live from fresno, california. thank you, sir. as i understand, did you not find out, and this is what i read, i believe this is according to "the l.a. times" it says you did not know you weren't a citizen until you were a senior in high school. as long as you can remember, he said, his parents, a maid and restaurant worker, told him he must work hard and achieve the american dream. d you did not know that and still you went to the university and you became president. >> uh-huh, that's correct. >> so how do you feel about that? >> well, go ahead.

>> continue. we have the delay here. >> the way i feel -- what i feel is that i have been here the majority of my life, most ever my life. all my memories are here in america, you know. i remember waking up at 7:00 a.m. going to elementary school with all my peers, getting on the bus. i remember pledging allegiance since i was 5 years old and all the way through school and cl e college. i remember getting good grades and graduating on top of are my class. >> if you know when you were in high school before you went to college, why did you do such a public thing? >> for me i always like to get involved. especially in high school i was always involved in campus clubs around organizations, and i carried that spirit on through college. i got involved in the university marching band for about a year. i got involved in a lot of clubs and organizations and i thought

i would get involved in student government. so i ran, you know, my junior year as a senator. then i thought i could maybe do a bit better and serve as a university college president, and that's what i did. >> but you didn't think people would find out about you if you did that? one would think you would try to keep a low profile considering you had already learned. that's what i'm asking. you didn't think you'd be outed? >> no, i didn't think i'd be outed because like i said i served as a senator before and i didn't bring any controversy. nobody knew and i did everything i did as a senator that i was supposed to do and i got just as involved. you know, that's what my mentality was, was no one would find out, nobody knew then and no one would know now. >> you're not the only one. what do you say about other people like you. there are people in the country who are going to say, your parents broke the law and right now legally there should be some sort of ramification for what happened for you and for them as well. >> yeah, you're absolutely right. i am not the only one. there's thousands and thousands

of students out there. i am not the only student leader that was -- that came out this week. there was a student from miami, from florida, that is also elected as the student body president and he's also undocumented. we share that bond. there are thousands of students out there that are undocumented that were brought here as children and didn't know at a very young age. >> what i'm saying to you even though there are lots of people there, the law was still broken. i'm asking you what should happen to you, to your parents, and to those other people? >> what i ask is that -- i ask for forgiveness and permission to stay in this country and serve it, country serving it. to create a pathway for legalization for the thousands of students and the millions of other individuals that are here undocumented. give us a chance, create that pathway so we can build this country even better. >> all right, pedro ramirez, there's a rally on friday. you've been asked to step down

by some people. will you come back and talk to us? >> absolutely. >> all right. thank you. best of luck to you. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. up next here on cnn, hillary says she is not running for president in 2012. we're talking about the secretary of state, hillary clinton. we'll hear from her and have the other big political stories of the day. come on. td ameritrade introduces commission-free etfs with a difference-- more choice. over a hundred etfs.... ...chosen by the unbiased experts at morningstar associates. let me pick what works for me. for me. for me. the etf market center at td ameritrade. before investing, carefully consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses. contact td ameritrade for a prospectus containing this and other information. read it carefully before investing.

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people don't know, but they just don't know. what do you make of this? >> it's tragic, isn't it, don? it's disturbing and tragic. >> i don't know if i would say that. not that i want to disagree with you. i think people are so focused on their lives and on paying the bills and on whether they're going to have a job and getting their kids to school, they're not following what's happening in washington and are not in front of the television. >> we get paid to follow this day to day, minute to minute. so i'll give them that. i can understand if they don't know who john boehner is, but the fact that they don't know the republicans took back the house of representatives to me that's disturbing. and the reason being is that people complain a lot and they have a lot to complain about, the economy is bad, the housing market is bad, but you can't complain if you can't try to enact some change and you can't enact change if you don't have knowledge, and if you don't have any knowledge, then how can you enact change? it's one of these things where like if folks are so mad at washington and they want washington to change, then they should pay attention to washington. i think if you look at that 46%

number, that's pretty disturbing. >> yeah. ignorance is not necessarily bliss in this circumstance. >> no. >> let's talk about the lame duck congress. it has a lot of work to do, but we're already hearing about the presidential election in 2012? i mean, really? >> yeah, no doubt. i was in new hampshire just about five or six days ago doing a little prospecting in talking to folks up there, and kind of getting their idea about when they think this is actually going to take off. you know, back in 2006, don, right after the midterm elections, john mccain and rudy giuliani were already taking serious steps to run for president. they had filed official paperwork for the federal election commission to form these exploratory committees. we know folks are spending a lot of time in new hampshire. folks such as newt gingrich and tim pawlenty and mitt romney. there's spending a lot of time in new hampshire. they're also spending a lot of time in iowa and south carolina. the race has kind ever already started. >> and, again, that just sort of

speaks to the fact we just had the midterm election, it's two years, the president has been in office two years and already we're talking about the next presidential election and i'm sure americans are like that's way too far down the road for me. i can't even get there yet. >> it is. >> thank you, sir. we'll see you at 10:00 p.m. nasty weather causes hundreds of crashes in minnesota. we'll check in with jacqui jeras. [ male announcer ] montgomery and abigail haggins had a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit, which provided for their every financial need. [ thunder rumbling ] [ thunder crashing ]

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check the top stories. this is our breaking news on cnn. a delta air lines flight en route to moscow made an energy landing this evening about an hour after taking off in new york. the faa reports the plane had problems with its left engine. we're told the pilot just as a precaution dumped fuel and returned to jfk airport where he landed safely just before 6:00 p.m. eastern tonight. delta confirms 193 passengers were on board the plane and not one of them was injured. they will be put on another flight this evening and will continue to follow this story. brody young remains in stable but critical condition and the search continues for a gunman who repeatedly shot him. investigators are looking for

that suspect by land and also by air. yesterday police found a rifle, a backpack, and a bloody t-shirt they believe belonged to the suspect whose name has not been released. 34-year-old young man was shot after he stopped a man while on patrol. the king of saudi arabia is coming to the u.s. for a medical treatment. 86-year-old king abdullah has been suffering from a herm ya d herniated disk in his back. now a blood clot has developed near that disk. he is expected to fly to the u.s. tomorrow. you can better believe we'll be following that story. she had it all and then it was all taken away. her daughter, her marriage, and her home. she defines the meaning of survivor and we're going to talk with her straight ahead. as you get ready to travel this holiday week, we have your forecast for you and we'll show you where we're already seeing some travel delays. ♪

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this is going to be an interesting conversation. i know it is before i even start it. by most perceptions this woman had everything, best selling books, speaking engagement, even her own tv show. but then the bottom really dropped out. losing her daughter to cancer, her husband to divorce, and her home to bankruptcy. that's because medical bills and a subprime mortgage had pushed her to the financial brink, but she isn't the type to give up. she has a new book out called peace from broken pieces, how g to get through what you're going through. she joins us live to tell me more about it. you're described as a personal relationship expert but everything wasn't okay with you in your life. i have to say this to you, you

know where i know you from? in the meantime. >> oh, yeah. >> in the meantime. that book changed a lot of lives. >> yeah. it's a good book and the work that i have done over the course of 25 years is good work. i think what my story indicates is no one is immune. we're not immune from life's challenges. we're not immune from lift's difficulties. the distinction is you've got to know how to get through what you're going through and so i just thought i would share that with people. >> you had an amazing story even before this all happened with your daughter with the subprime mortgage with the divorce. you were in a marriage and there was an abusive marriage and you got it all together because of your spirituality and -- >> my faith. >> and you taught other people about it and you became this big star on oprah and then there was a falling out. >> yeah. no, not a falling out. i want to get that real clear. not a falling out with me and

oprah. i can tell you a wonderfully flowery story. i made a poor choice and my choice was to stand on my own before i could really stand. i didn't know a lot about television, but i made a choice that miss winfrey couldn't support, and i left and went with another network, and they weren't supportive. these people did not support me and who i was. they did not support my vision. so in their trying to make me something else, they ended up with nothing. >> do you regret that? >> no, no. it's all lesson, don. it's -- listen, i got a $10 million education in how to do television. okay? i can't regret that. >> what do you mean by that? >> the things i learned about myself, about the industry, about production, about direction, about how to speak in 30 second sound bites so people like you can do a quick interview. i learned a lot. i learned a lot about myself,

and i learned about the cracks in my foundation, which is what i write about in peace from broken pieces because i had grown up so fast in my career, in the industry, in my writing, my work is good, my work is solid, but there was a crack inside. and so my life couldn't hold where i rose to because my foundation was cracked. >> here -- i have to ask you this. you said $10 million. if that means anything or if you were throwing out a random number. were you a millionaire at one point? >> yeah, i was. i was a millionaire. because you can have $1 million. you spend $1 you're no longer a millionaire but i was a millionaire. >> so listen, how does one like yourself who teaches people about how to get their lives together, their heads together, their spirit together, then get involved with subprime, doesn't have the right sort of insurance or enough insurance to help pay the medical bills. how do you get yourself into that position? >> well, you know, i grew up in poverty. i didn't know anything about a

mortgage. all i knew is i had enough money to booip a house, and so i bought a house. and i did not pay attention to the details. >> you thought it was going to keep happening, the money was going to keep rolling in. >> i thought it was going to keep rolling in. i was going to buy the house outright with the income were my show but my show went down and my daughter got sick. it's not that i didn't have health insurance at the time. it's that the good stuff, the alternative care and the oxygen therapy and the acupuncture and the organic food. that's not covered by health insurance. plus, she had a mortgage, she had a car, she had a child. i had a mortgage, i had a car, you know, i had my own bills. so handling us both for 15 months before her ultimate transition wiped me out. >> i have to ask you this, so were you practicing then what you preach? because i remember you talking about the foundation of the house. and you talked about financial issues as well. >> listen, let me tell you something, don, do you see me?

do you look fabulous, nice and bright and shiny, right? because when you watch them take your child, put that child in a box and close the cover on her face and lower her down into the earth, you got to have something else to stand on besides just looking good. yes, i do practice what i preach, and i'm not immune. the reason that i haven't lost my mind or blown my brains out is because i practice what i preach. and when i want people to understand and what i write about in peace from broken pieces is you can make it through this because people right now aren't understanding that you can make it through it. i didn't do anything wrong. you didn't do anything wrong. let them have the house, hold onto the things that matter, and you'll be fine. >> uh-huh. i'm sure that possessions you would given them all away to have -- >> for my baby, to have my baby in my arms. absolutely. >> thank you very much. i think people needed to hear that and we wish you the very best. blessings to you, okay? >> thank you.

i accept. >> all right. still ahead here on cnn, kids overwhelmed at school. we'll talk with a documentary filmmaker who found students are anxious, depressed, and really cheating their way through high school leaving them unprepared for what lies ahead in college. plus, if you're traveling for the holidays, we've got your covered on cnn. we'll have a preview of what you can expect.

we've been following breaking news here on cnn. a delta airlines flight having some trouble and our susan candiotti is following that story. the plane was en route from jfk to moscow and had to turn around because of engine trouble. what do you have for us now? >> and the plane did land safely. we have information, a first eyewitness account coming to us from the president of the air traffic controllers association at jfk who spoke directly to the air traffic controller who handled this flight. and he says that the controller

shortly after the plane took off, within seconds, described what he says he thinks could have been a flame, followed immediately by a pretty good sized plume of smoke. this happened within a mile of takeoff so the flight was about 1 1400, 1500 feet in the air. the plane, as we know, turned around and landed sachly. when i asked what might have caused this, he said, well, there's a question as to whether it was either a bird or an engine stall, a compressor stall, but he said that's purely speculation. doesn't know at this time. he'll have to examine the engine. >> that is right for your reporting on this. check with us here at cnn because we'll have this all evening. we'll be checking on that to find out exactly what happened and once we -- susan starts to talk to passengers, we'll get that on as well. if you're traveling this holiday week you can expect plenty of company. a lot of people will be traveling. a lot of americans are feeling better about the economy and they plan to hit the road. the nation's highways and

airports are expected to be packed. here's something you don't want to hear. the weather is already getting dicey in some parts of the country. so, that's all of the bad news that i will deliver. i will let our meteorologist jacqui jeras deliver the rest of it for us. i'll smile afterwards and read a happy story. >> there are troubles out there. maybe it's good news for those who aren't traveling today, maybe they'll see better weather down the line because we've got a couple of storm systems that are going to be affecting the entire country that we need to watch. we'll start off by showing you video here out of the twin cities. the minnesota department of transportation reported about 30 0 to 400 accidents in the last 24 hours due to icy road conditions. we had freezing rain. this wasn't a snowstorm. this is rain that comes down and freezes on contact and just causes basically ice skating conditions there on the roadways. now, let's take you over to utah where the snow has been coming down very heavy. take a look at these pictures out of salt lake city. we've had more than 2 feet of snow into the higher elevations across the wasatch, about a foot

on the benches. more snow to come tuesday into wednesday for you in salt lake city. the big storm systems out west, this has been the big travel trouble today, rain into the valleys and the snow highest into elevations. look at how heavy it's coming down across western parts of colorado, i-70, i-80, you'll have problems across parts of the west. if traveling by air, today has been minimal. 1 hour and 15 minute delays arriving into chicago. if you're trying to take off out of chicago, you're doing okay. jfk, 30-minute delays. that's on the increase. tomorrow, if that's your travel day, more snow and rain out west. we'll see showers here in the nation midsection. expect delays. st. louis, chicago, milwaukee, detroit, maybe even indianapolis. it looks good on the east coast and we'll end it on good news so maybe i can happy so happy of yours. >> you delivered it with a smile. over the river and through the woods, is that christmas? >> maeb.

>> appreciate it. let's move on and talk about some recent documentaries have focused attention on problems in the nation's school system. one of the films called "race to nowhere" looks at how the pressure to succeed may be creating students who are stressed out and unprepared. cnn's education contributor steve perry talks with the film's edition of "perry's principles." >> reporter: for vicky, the decision to make her first film was personal. her seventh grade daughter was so concerned about school that she began having panic attacks. >> i wanted to understand what was going on. i started talking to parents in my community, to students, to experts and visiting schools across the country. >> reporter: in her work on "race to nowhere" she said she discovered many children overwhelmed with homework, tests, activities and the pressure to succeed. >> everyone expects us to be super heroes. >> we're seeing kids who are

anxious, depressed, cheating just to get through high school. in the long term we're seeing kids in college unprepared to do the kinds of thinking unprepared at the college level. >> reporter: for me what's interesting about the film is hearing some of the suggested ways in which schools could be improved. some having to do with less or no homework on certain days. >> we're not saying no homework. weeg saying look at what the research says around homework and let's do quality homework at the right time, in the right amount developmentally. what we're advocating for is a balanced approach to education. we need to move away, steve, from a one size fits all approach. we need to look at individual students. for me the solution is to bring communities together, to have a dialogue. >> reporter: since the film's release in september, there have been hundreds of screenings across the country, followed by discussions. >> it's really important that each of you stay engaged. it takes time and commitment but i can't think of anything more

important. >> reporter: steve perry, new york.

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