. >>> tv and movie star jeff conoway dies. the circumstances surrounding his death tonight at the age of 60. >>> we have clouds and cooler daytime highs. i'll show you the coolest days on the weekend. >>> the man accused of storming the cockpit of an american airlines plane pled not guilty to interfering with a flight crew. a judge today ordered him to be held without bail. al murisi is due back in court in three weeks. >>> today a country rewarded a piedmont man for his heroic actions on the battlefield decades ago. >> reporter: that tribute ended here just a few minutes ago as france awarded its highest honor to an american world war ii veteran. >> thanks to you, people of my generation were allowed to grow up in a free country. >> reporter: manuel herr era is 87 now bursting with pride as the french government awarded him the medal of region almost 70 years after the heroic action. >> i was only 19 years old, just a kid. all of a sudden mortar shells started coming in. and the bodies. >> reporter: the memories come quickly

. >>> the actor jeff conoway has died best known for "grease" and "taxi." it was a serial substance abuser and it cost him his life at the age of 60. >>> after 300 years, an anchor of one of blackbeard's pirate ships was discovered friday off of the coast. it comes from queen anne's revenge. blackbeard's ship sank in 1718, five months after he was killed in a battle. the anchor will be on display in the marathon museum. >>> for cat lovers and haters, little ginger slumbers. the twitches, single paw, double. dreaming along, fir jetting. mouth wide open. mom stretches and pulls baby ginger with a hug. now snuggled up to mom, the kitten sleeps calmly. 4 million views in three days. that's 20 seconds of ah shucks for you. >> no cat haters. >> no, can't be. look at that. >> we're pretty much done. we can't top that. chris warren is back with a check of the national forecast. >> we could have weather haters in some spots as we head to the day today. still a chance for storms. possibly some severe storms today as we look in the middle part of the country. also in