making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, shoppers flee when a gunman starts shooting inside a supermarket. new details just in from the scene. nuke scandal. dozens of officers trusted with the deadliest weapon in a cover-up rocking the air force. buried alive. a remarkable survival story from a man caught in an avalanche. >> i very vividly saying to myself this is going to hurt. >> this morning, the one mistake he says he made that could have prevented what happened. back to business, the "duck dynasty" clan returning to tv with a new member of the family.

good morning, i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> i'm john muller. we begin with breaking news from indiana. police in elkhart say a gunman walked into a martin's grocery store. two were killed. one an employee, another a customer in her 40s. >> the suspect was pointing his gun at a second employee. they shot the gunman dead. now trying to figure out what led to the shooting. >> it's a huge crime scene. the area where the shootings happened in the store are basically from one end of the store to the next. there were several, several rounds fired in there. both from police and from the suspect. >> and police say they don't know if the gunman knew any of his victims. they say he was about 20 years old and lived in the neighborhood. our other major story is the latest scandal involving the nation's nuclear forces. >> more than three dozen launch officers have been relieved of

duty for cheating on a test or covering it up. it's a major embarrassment for the air force. >> abc's mary bruce has been following the story overnight. she joins us from washington. mary. >> reporter: good morning, well, this is just the latest in a series of disturbing incidents by the officers who live and work within a hair trigger of the nation's nuclear arsenal. they are responsible for the world's most dangerous weapons. the u.s. air force nuclear command. now rocked by a cheating scandal. nearly three dozen officers at malmstrom caught sharing answers for a recertification test, possibly the largest breach of integrity in the force. >> this is absolutely unacceptable behavior and it is completely contrary to our core values in the air force. >> reporter: 4 officers have been charged, removed from their posts. their clearances suspended. military officials say some of them texted answers back and forth. others knew about the cheating but did nothing to stop it. >> regardless of an airman's

level of participation, cheating or tolerating others who cheat runs counter to everything we believe in as a service. >> reporter: now all 600 officers in the nation's melo launch program are being retested. >> there is no room for mistakes with nuclear weapons. >> reporter: the cheating was uncovered during a separate drug investigation. it's just the latest in a string of embarrassing controversies. a top commander was fired last october after allegedly being drunk at a conference in moscow. four officers were also disciplined last year for falling asleep on the job. despite the troubling pattern the air force maintains confidence in its nuclear force. >> i want you to know that this was a failure of some of our airmen. it was not a failure of the nuclear mission. >> now, all of the nation's melo crew members are expected to retake that proficiency test by the end of today and some of the nation's top air force officials eager to show they're taking action will pay a permanent visit to the launch sites next week.

john and marci. >> mary bruce, thank you. classes resume at the new mexico middle school where two students were shot. the 12-year-old suspect apparently chose his victims at random much the shooting lasted only ten seconds before a social studies teacher convinced that boy to drop his weapon. we are hearing what it was like inside the school from 911 tapes. >> i'm sorry. i'm in a classroom. i'm trying to be quiet because i don't know if they're still in the hall. >> where is she shot at? >> from the right arm and armpit, chest. she says she's having trouble breathing. >> reporter: the shooting suspect brought the sawed off shotgun from his parent's home. an arsonist terrorizing california may be behind bars. he was arrested after a home owner released this surveillance video of the arsonist in action. you can see a man setting fire to some wooden furniture on a porch. he then much whatted the fire burn for about 20 minutes. more than a dozen fires were deliberately set over a six-day period.

the family of captured u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl is again pleading for his release after seeing a new video of him. u.s. officials say they believe the video was taken within the last month showing that the soldier is alive after nearly five years of captivity but says he looks to be in much worse health than in previous videos. >> the navy pilot in critical condition after he ejected from his jet over the atlantic ocean. the pilot was plucked from the 42-degree water by a nearby fishing boat before being hoisted into a helicopter. the jet was on a training mission flying at 30,000 feet off the coast of virginia. the helicopter crashed into the same area killing three service members last week. the parents of a teenager run over last year in the asiana crash are suing the city of san francisco. 16-year-old ye meng yuan survived when she was thrown from the plane but was killed after being hit by two fire trucks. this video from a firefighter's helmet camera showing several first responders trying to

direct trucks away from the girl but no one checked to see if she was alive. survivors of what is known as the miracle on the hudson gathered in new york to mark five years since the day that changed all their lives. they toasted the heroism of captain sully sullenberger when that flock of geese disaged the engine. sullenberger guided that plane to an extraordinary emergency landing in the hudson river. >> it was a magical moment. we had a chance to celebrate together the wonderful outcome. >> it saved all 155 people on board. sullenberger says even if one had died there would not have been a single celebration. another earthquake shook an area around los angeles. the 3.8 quake was west of corona before midnight. this comes after a magnitude 4.4 earthquake jolted the inland region about 50 miles east of l.a. yesterday. merchandise fell from store

shelf, but there was no major damage. tomorrow marks 20 years since the devastating north ridge earthquake. the other threat to california this morning, brush fires after flames destroyed several homes and closed in on million dollar mansions. overnight, crews battled this fire in northern california. south of house moon bay. it burned one building. powerful winds are beginning to die down but the fire danger remains very high with red flag warnings still in effect. and 2013 was the driest year on record in california and today, those dry conditions will extend to most of the west. windy with snow across the northern plains upper midwest and great lakes. a mix of rain and snow from southern illinois to the ohio valley. scattered showe eed snow shower. >> mostly 40s along the east coast, 30s to the midwest. 50s in the pacific northwest and l.a. warming up to 84 degrees. well, players at the australian open sure would love those

temperatures right about now. case in point, maria sharapova and her latest opponent. >> they played three hours in temperatures well over 100 degrees. some matches were stopped because of the heat. but sharapova's wasn't. one of them because matches can only be interrupted between sets and these ladies were already in their third set so they just had to keep going. sharapova did eventually win. >> wow. >> billing blunder, apple is forced to fork over millions of dollars, co-could you be getting your money back? flying high, a flight attendant facing serious charges after facing charges of behaving badly on the job. tom brady's mysterious absence after the past practice so what is really going on behind the scenes.

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welcome back. jcpenney says it will be cutting 2,000 jobs and closing 33 of its stores. the moves are seen as penne's latest effort to return to profitability. but they have some analysts wondering whether they were penne's way of trying to make up for a poorer than expected holiday sales season. all right. some good news about housing here in the u.s. new data showing the number of homes that entered foreclosure declined 33% from 2012. in all, just 747,000 homes began foreclosure proceedings. the lowest number since 2006 before the bubble burst. apple agreed to return $32 million to parents whose kids racked up huge bills. federal regulators says it did

not tell parents that entering a password started a clock where they could make unlimited purchases. chuck e. cheese has been sold to a private equity firm in a deal valued more than a billion dollars. the successful child-friendly franchise started up during the 1970s by atari founder nolan bushnell, a formal announcement is expected later today. and pizza hut is putting a new twist on a best-selling menu item starting today. >> the company is calling it a new lighter airy version of its hand tossed pizza. >> its cooks are giving more freedom in making the pies. aidea is to make sure the pizzas appear more authentic? so you have a particularly good pizza chef. when we come back buried under feet of snow, he lives to tell about it. it's a harrowing survival story of a man caught in an avalanche. forget the green. he can putt just about anywhere apparently. the professional golfers who

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her blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit. she was also charged with illegal possession of prescription drugs. >> it's amazing. they should know better. they know what the rules are. and i feel sorry for the passengers that were unnecessarily delayed and had to be rebooked on other flights. >> and the flight in detroit eventually took off two hours late. she was also charged with illegal possession of prescription drugs. well, a cruise ship changed course in order to rescue eight people stuck on board a sinking sailboat in the middle of the atlantic ocean. it went nearly 200 miles out of its way to pick up the stranded sailors. the mission was a success. the cruise ship is back on track. we're now hearing from a utah snowmobiler who was buried by an avalanche and lived to tell about it. 28 matt morgan broke both of his legs and his arm during saturday's ordeal. luckily, he was riding with friends who saw him disappear beneath the snow.

morgan says he was in a canyon when he saw the snow break loose. >> i remember seeing the snow come down both sides of me and my peripheral vision. i remember seeing the snow come down and i felt my snowmobile become very unstable. >> morgan wasn't breathing when he was dug out of the snow obviously. he was revived and he admits that he and the others were riding in a high avalanche danger area when it happened. some athletes in the news starting with skier linsey von. she posted this picture on social media resting with her dog after having what she had successful surgery on her right knee. >> she's had a knee ligament reconstructed. that was injured in a series of incidents that left her unable to ski at next month's olympics. tom brady to talk about of the new england patriots. he sat out of practice yesterday as he battled some sort of illness. >> they are getting ready for sunday's afc championship game

against the broncos in denver. last week he said he was sick and led the pats to a big win over the colts. >> maybe it's a sandbag. bottom line, he's going to play on sunday. you can count on that one. time now for sports. one day after meeting the president lebron james and the heat stayed in d.c. to take on the wizards. >> plus, a triple overtime in orlando, here's neil and stan at espn. >> good morning, america. welcome to the "sportscenter" set in los angeles. he's stan. i'm neil. >> we're going to talk about lebron. he promised a big night in washington after he visited the white house. he says he'll put up big numbers. greg oden, first game in four years. dwyane wade miss, oden is there for the rebound and dunk, 6 points, 2 rebounds in eight minutes of action. heat still down big, lebron james, 25 point, 8 rebounds, 7 assists. shot 8 of 18 but, you know, those are numbers impressive every night. john wall, 25 points and 9 assists. seven in double figures. washington wins big over miami.

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the apartment building where the fire was. when things like this happen, i think you find a new perspective on life. hi. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and, if we overcame that or if we can overcome that, we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ]

good thursday morning to you. it's 4:28. i'm eric thomas. we begin with developing news in san mateo county. firefighters got the upper hand on a brush fire and contained it early this this morning. the fire broke out shortly before 9:00 in a rural part of the county in san gregorio. it quickly spread into eucalyptus trees. ten homes were evacuated. the winds were very low and the flames were not able to pick up. firefighters had the four acre blaze an tand around 1:00 this morning and no structures burned. sure looks like october out

there. my goodness. good news the winds are starting to subside in our hills. we're gusting around 22 near mount hamilton, 20 in oakland hills. that means we still do have that red flag warning. so let's talk about what will happen this afternoon as we look at the calm waters. record high temperatures once again. upper 60s to mid-70s. the coast, low to mid-70s. first check of your morning traffic. >> we have a big project we've been telling you about since monday. this will last until friday, until tomorrow. good morning. if you do need to take highway 12 both east and westbound it will be shut down between highway 29 and red top mountain.

highway 4, you are clear. accident free and 101 heading between san rafael into san francisco will take you 16 minutes. the tolls are quiet. we're seeing a few cars make being their way in that westbound direction in the cash paying lanes a couple of cars back. 4:30. develops news, san jose police say they arrested a suspect in a string of more than a dozen arson fires set within days of each other. officials say the department as covert department arrested a man shortly after 8:00 last night. police are not releasing the suspect as name or any other identifying information. they are holding a news conference this morning at 10:00 to provide more details. we'll have a live report at the top of the hour. breaking news overnight a teen is fighting for his life in the burn unit of a bay area hospital following a bizarre accident in the parking lot of an