. >>> new tonight at 11:00, 40 years since d.b. cooper hijacked a flight from oregon and demandded $200,000. he then jumped from the plane in flight, strapped with the money. despite a search, the case remains unsolved. as kron 4's catherine heenan reports, there is new evidence. >> reporter: 4 decades after d.b. cooper leap, his capers still fuels the imagine of many detectives. >> hand out for podcast that we did on d.b. cooper. >> reporter: they gathered for the first symposium on the d.b. cooper case. >> this crime seems to be the perfect crime. incredibly interesting, this guy the only unsolved sky jacking is unknown. we don't know what happened. >> reporter: scientists say the trail is now on. he leads a team of investigators that reexamined much of the evidence. they recently discovered a new lead. titanium particles found on the plane that might have belonged to d.b. cooper. >> that's a rare thing in 1971. that narrows the field down to hundreds of people instead of millions. >> reporter: she knows who carried out the heist. >> my

disappearance, dozens of amateur sleuths have made it their personal crusade to find out what happened to d.b. cooperave landed anywhere in there. see the kind of terrain he to come down? >> jerry thomas has been hunting for cooper 25 years, deep in the woods in washington state. >> you get a general idea in here what he has to negotiate. >> the army veteran believes the thick, rugged terrain could have played a role in the hijacker's fate. >> bottom line, not experienced enough or prepared for the terrain in which he jumped in. >> thomas doesn't think cooper survived. >> very good reasons to believe he lived, because we've never found a body in 40 years. >> i feel he -- he very much survived it. >> over the years, dozens who have tried to crack the case and now on the 40th anniversary, these amateur sleuths are comparing notes. >> if he's out there, no way he can't come to this event. >> on saturday, jeffrey gray, author of "skyjack" held the first ever cooper s erer sympos portland. >> all because a guy passed a note that said, miss, i have a bomb. i'd like you to sit by me. >> reporter: the hijack

thanksgiving day 40 years the man dubbed d.b. cooperliner got $200,000 ransom parachuted out the back never to be seen again. new physical evidence rows the list of suspects from millions thousands -- evidence narrow row >>> titanium metal had us most excited. >> in 1971 titanium was rarely used very difficult to work with except in boeing's supersonic transport project which had been cancelled leaving many in the industry unemployed before the hijacking. experts think cooper may have been an engineer with access to titanium. >>> is the end of the world near or not? you may have heard there's a theory based on the highian calendar that a world ending or changing event will happen in december of 12. mexico's archeology -- incident has downplayed that theory. now the institute is acknowledging a second reference to that date exists on a carved fragment found at another ruin site. >> i saw the movie with john cusack i think we'll make it. >> someone who purchased a lottery ticket in is -- in san francisco has a lot to be thankful for. the

how neck wear may play a role in the d.b. cooper hijacking case. >>> why some people are holding out hope for one traditional holiday dish. very thankful for my health, my family and friends and thankful that i have a wonderful job and company. >>> more information tonight on two of the new allegations of child abuse against former penn state jerry sandusky. one of the allegations is a sandusky family member. they call the allegations ridiculous and unfounded. both of the victims are under the age of 18. >>> the author of the "harry potter" is the latest to testify. the inquiry is part of a probe in response to outrage over britain's phone hacking scandal. j.k. rawlings said journalists taked out her house and slipped a note to her by putting it in her 5-year-old daughter's book bag. >> it's very difficult to sail how angry i felt that my daughter's school was no longer a place of complete security for journalists. >> rawlings described how she had to take legal action after one of her books was stolen from the printers and ended up

walmart. >>> this thanksgiving marks 40 years since d.b. cooper0,000 cash and then disappear. >> this was the tie worn by d.b. cooper. >> reporter: the new evidence was lifted from this clip-on tie left behind on the plane by the hijacker known as d.b. cooper. the seattle fbi gave a team of private scientists unprecedented access to the tie and other artifacts from the nation's only unsolved skyjacking. what did you find? >> one of the most notable particles we found that had the most excited was titanium metal. >> reporter: here is a titanium particle on the tie. it is used from golf clubs to cookware but back then it was extremely rare. >> boeing laid off a lot of people in the titanium industry so certainly cooper could have been part of that fallout. >> reporter: boeing canceled its super sonar transport, one of the first civilian planes to use tie tanian just months before the 1971 hijacking. could cooper have been unemployed and so desperate he'd threat ton blow up a passenger jet and then perish with $200,000? >> because he wore a tie we th

indianapolis, mike tobin, fox news. >> today marks 40 years since the hijackers calling himself d.b. cooperd to his place in american folklore. new evidence could help finally solve the case. sthifing 171. and a man o. board a flight from portland to seattle claimed to have a bomb. he demanded $200,000 in cash and some parachutes. then he jumped. the fbi scoured the area, eventually turning up some of the cash but the hijacker long gone. now scientists working for the fbi say they found a critical clue hidden on cooper's clip on tie. trace amounts of titanium. one of the few places to have titanium back then was the boeing airplane plant in seattle that could mean cooper may have worked with the metal there or with a boeing supplier. wall street closed for the holiday but stocks in europe taking a beating today. the debt crisis there, you know it is spreading. as workers in yet another european country strike over budget cuts. plus: >> last evening, the plane crashed into the superstition mountains and no one could survive that crash. >> a plane crash in arizona. kills six people. including

reports an author recently purchased a book published in 1983 that claims to have been penned by d.b. cooperof a man who hijacked a plane in 1971, demanded $200,000 in ransom and parachuted from the plane never to be seen again. the memoir is entitled "ha, ha, ha." >> newly released video shows former prince georges executive taking a bribe shortly after his been elected to the county council and the same day they both were arrested. >>ng it to the water sewer bill. it comes before the full council immediately and i will get in with the group that makes the ads. >> prosecutors say jack johnson routinely took bribes from developers and business owners between $400,000 and $1 million. federal prosecutors say he deserve as lengthy prison sentence for orchestrating one of the most notorious corruption schemes in state history. he's scheduled to be sentenced december 6th. >> a new york city man accused of bombing police and post offices has a new attorney. jose pimental's former lawyer had a conflict of interest. authorities say he was planning to use pipe bombs to attack several locations in new

the case of d.b. coopersistant basketball coach at syracuse university is out of a job. a third man now claims that bernie fine molested him when he was a boy. now fine's wife, lori, heard a secretly recorded telephone call in 2002 discussing her husband with a man who says he is a victim as well. this was how it airs on espn. >> reporter: bobby davis says he knew of one person who could validate that he was being sexually abused by bernie fine -- that person was fine's wife, lori fine. >> hello. >> laurie? >> yes. >> hi, bobby. how are you? >> reporter: davis says that in october 2002, he recorded a phone conversation with laurie fine without her knowledge. a legal act based on the location of both parties. during the call, fine, seen here in hidden camera video from 2003, discussed the alleged sexual molestation of davis by her husband, syracuse associate head basketball coach bernie fine. >> what did you want you to do? you can be honest with me. >> what, he wants you to grab him? >> he try to make me gra

can find over the weekend, and it's one of the most intriguing unsolved mysteries. 40 years ago d.b. coopery and vanished. investigators are coming closer together to try and solve the case. we'll have the details. >>> debbie reynolds is auctioning off her historic collection of hollywood memorabilia. we'll show you what's inside her treasure trove when you see it this weekend here on "today." lots of marilyn stuff. it's sold for millions and millions of dollars. a ton of money. >> i thought i saw something from "singing in the rain." >> yes. >> i thought i saw a green mermaid outfit. >> you did, yes. >> christmas shopping, carl. thank you so much. we'll get a check on the weather. maria laroa rosa is in for al today. >> good morning, guys. we're so thankful for everyone enjoying a nice, cool morning in new york city. here's what we expect heading into the weekend. we have the sunshine hanging or for the east coast. the system pushes from the great lakes to the gulf coast with rain and wind. things quiet down in the west, but pacific northwest looks at showers and mountain snow into sunday.

remember, ed, it wasn't earlier this year that somebody wrote a book about d.b. cooperled out over the pacific northwest years ago. they suggested that they knew who that person was and, of course, that's because a brand new book had just come out. >> yeah. clint van zandt, thanks for your time tonight. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> is pizza a vegetable? ask a house republican and the answer is yes. mike papantonio and lizz winstead will weigh in and fill us in on the week's political happenings. ♪ ♪ ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ it's nice to be here ♪ it's nice to see you in my bed ♪ ♪ ♪ there are diamonds in her eyes ♪ [ male announcer ] this is your moment. ♪ and they sparkle in the night ♪ ♪ when the moment comes alive [ male announcer ] this is zales, the diamond store. or a can of paint, you turned millions of votes, and hundreds of volunteer hours, into a real difference for over 100,000 people. what's next? tell us on facebook. sweet & salty nut bars... they're made from whole roasted nuts and dipped in creamy peanut butter, making your c

tomorrow on "today," the 40th anniversary of the death of d.b. coopero long, everybody. >>> good morning. coming up next, occupy protesters try to block black friday in downtown san francisco. we'll show you how shoppers received their message. >>> plus real life science fiction, nasa's mars rover launches into space in just a couple of minutes. we'll follow it live. >>> plus merry christmas for basketball fans? a handshake deal between nba owners and players, the d coulsosee armeov hd ooondwntn cod see so.meardwood action. >>> good morning to you, looking live at a picture of san francisco and we see some fog there in the distance but no rain in the forecast, so says rob mayeda. thank you for joining us this saturday morning. i'm kris sanchez. we hope you had a happy

tomorrow on "today," the 40th anniversary of the death of d.b. cooperews." so long, everybody. >>> good morning, everyone. >>> straight ahead on news 4 today, lockout lifted. details of the deal that will save the nba season. >>> a deadly carjacking in prince george's county. police are looking for three men in connection with a murder. >>> what comes between plaque friday and cyber monday? how about small business saturday. i'll have details on news 4. >>> i'm chuck bell. a little bit of sunshine for now. looks like it's going to be great weather for your weekend. and of course the college football forecast coming up. >>> all that and more when you join us for news 4 today in less than two minutes. >>> you're watching nbc 4, washington's news leader. now live in h.d. this is news 4 today. >>> coming home. georgetown university student arrested in egypt prepares to return to the u.s. >>> and game on. nba owners and players reach a deal that will end the league's lockout. good morning. >>> welcome to news 4 today on this saturday, november 26th. >>> righ

tomorrow on "today," the 40th anniversary of the death of d.b. cooperhtly news." so long, everybody. >> good morning, and welcome to "11 news saturday morning". i'm jennifer franciotti. >> and i'm lisa robinson. gary giordano is suspected in the death of robin gardner but has not been charged. >> he's set to be released on tuesday. we'll have more on what the prosecutors plan to do in a few minutes. >> in howard county police say speed was the cause of a single car accident that sent three people to the hospital and killed two others. the 18-year-old driver lost control of the car and hit a tree. more not that coming up. >> a new push this morning to honor nfl hall of famer lenny moore. this will be brons bronzed, public, and in baltimore. there is already a likeness at the hall of fame in ohio but they are working to raise funds for a will notty moore statue dedicated not only to his athletic ability but also his commitment to public service. >> the time is 8:57. it is getting warmer here on tv hill. you may not be the only one with a cold. have you no

can find over the weekend, and it's one of the most intriguing unsolved mysteries. 40 years ago d.b. coopers. a ton of money. >> i thought i saw something from "singing in the rain." >> yes. she has something from almost every iconic movie of her time. >> i thought i saw a green mermaid outfit. >> you did, yes. >> christmas shopping, carl. thank you so much. we'll get a check on the weather. maria larosa is in for al today. >> good morning, guys. we're so thankful for everyone enjoying a nice, cool morning in new york city. here's what we expect heading into the weekend. we have the sunshine hanging on for the east coast. the system pushes from the great lakes to the gulf coast with rain and wind. things quiet down in the west, but pacific northwest, looking at showers and mountain snow into sunday. still milder in the midsection, temperatures are mild but the rain catches up with the entire east coast. if that's your big tra >>> low clouds and mist on the hill tops there off to the east. patchy low clouds throughout the afternoon. more sunshine later today. not really a warm day around the

can find over the weekend, and it's one of the most intriguing unsolved mysteries. 40 years ago d.b. cooperdollars. a ton of money. >> i thought i saw something from "singing in the rain." >> yes. >> i thought i saw a green mermaid outfit. >> you did, yes. >> christmas shopping, carl. thank you so much. we'll get a check on the >>> now, let's get acheck of the weather. maria laroche is in for al. >> we're so thankful, everybody enjoying a nice, cool morning in new york city. we still had the sunshine hanging on for the east coast, and we're watching a system with rain and wind from the gulf to the west coast, and the pacific northwest, still looking at showers and snow even into sunday. still milder for the midsection. we're talking temperatures well above average. if that's your big travel day, expect slowdowns. >>> bright sun and a deep blue sky on this friday, the 25th day of november. i am meteorologist, tom kierein, in storm center 4. temperatures are warming up nicely. we are getting near 50 in some locations. lots of sun. tomorrow we will repeat this. a few high clouds in the afterno