jetblue c.e.o. and president speaking out today saying that he has been a pilot for jetblue since 2000 and there is nothing in his record that would lead him to believe he would be a risk on a flight calling him a "consummate professional." several passengers sprang into action and restrained the captain as the flight attendant's request when they could not control him. >> they said please restrain him, and that is when the male passengers went storming to the front. >> if not for the people on the plane tying him up he would have killed us. >> the unidentified co-pilot is being called a hero for taking the first step in getting the pilot away from the plane's control and locking him out of the cockpit when he observed him acting erratically. he was taken to a medical facility under the care of the f.b.i. after the troubled flight landed safely in texas and continu continues to receive medical attention. jetblue handing outletter to all passengers containing an apology and details of a refund and ma

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>>randy: there is a practical business reason because it is one of jetblue's own.o, if they were to do all these things you would do with a passenger on the airline, how would you know the passenger is going to freak out but to do it to your own you could be subjecting yourself and that is civil liability. >>shepard: be careful with jetblue next time. >>randy: i ain't flying these days. >>shepard: imagine, jonathan, the congressional thing of arming all the pilots. >>jonathan: an armed pilot with that kind of meltdown, scary. the planes decompress quickly if a bullet goes through. >>shepard: jetblue is at the only person freaked out, a drunk female passenger on a us airways flight kicked and slip a flight attendant and slapped another after the crew refused to give her ... alcohol. that is a mug shot from the sheriff in florida, the for the meyers area. she was on a flight from charlotte to for the meyers and lost it and the deputy on the flight used mistake ties to held her down. the arrest report said she continued to kick and scream and she broke an armrest. acc

>> reporter: hi, this is a 12-year captain, veteran of jetblue airlines and appears he suffered some sort of a breakdown. as you mention ed, he's now in amarillo in the custody of the fbi and charged with interfering with a flight crew. >> please remain seated with the seat belt fastened. >> pinned under the weight of half dozen passengers, the captain of a jetblue plane who seemed to have suffered a breakdown in mid flight. >> just out of his mind screaming and saying to the passengers, say your prayers. >> jetblue 191 was flying from new york to las vegas tuesday when government sources say captain clayton started flipping switches and operating the radio. the co-pilot became so concerned he persuaded or tricked the captain into going to the restroom and then asked an off-duty captain to lock the door and change the combination. witnesses say captain osbon left the restroom, walked to the rear of the plane and seemed to lose control when he realized he was locked out of the cockpit. tony antelino was in row ten. >> he started sprinting toward the cockpit door and started pounding o

passengers on a jetblue flight take down the tap kin after cap after he flips out. >>> and baseball magic. showtime returns to los angeles after magic johnson buys the dodgers. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, march 28th, 2012. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. today the supreme court wraps up three days of argument on president obama's health care overhaul. today's session considers whether any part of the law would remain in the insurance mand americans can be compelled to buy anything from social security to broccoli. americans supporting and opposing president obama's health care overhaul make their voices heard outside the supreme court as justices wrap up historic arguments inside. 26 states are suing, calling it unconstitutional for the government to require americans to buy health insurance. court observers say conservative judges on the court appear ready to rule the individual mandate unconstitutional. justice kennedy is considered a moderate and could be the deciding fifth vote. he talked about how health care differs from other form

>>shepard: thank you, the news begins anew, today jetblue takes action against the captain. wow. he freak out mid-flight and forced an emergency landing. people who know the pilot are speaking out. the republican presidential candidate, newt gingrich, said he is in the race for the long haul but he fired a third of the staff including his campaign manager. >> plus, nike and rebok battling over a gear with tim tebow's name on it. that is ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." buts first, from fox at 3:00 in new york city the supreme court wrapped up a mayor than -- marathon series that could change health care provisions to millions. can the government force mens it buy something? that is the question. supporters and opponents of the health care overhaul made their voices heard again today outside the supreme court. the white house argues we need this new law. it is aimed at extending coverage to an additional 30 million people. but those who oppose overall say a keep part of the legislation violates the tugs. today was a double header. first, the high

>> has jetblue contacted you at all?? >> has jetblue contacted you at all? >> you know, we all -- they did contact us via e-mail with their condolences. they credited back flights. we got free flight vouchers. other than that, no one's contacted us after physically seeing them face to face, but the one thing i do have to strongly urge, i knew this was a crew member from jetblue. as an airline as a whole, they were just -- the other flight attendant, the co-pilot, the aftercare of jetblue staff that took up from amarillo to las vegas were so amazing and so calm. we knew we were in good hands, and they really assured us it was going to be okay. they felt horrible about the situation. just like it was out of their control, they had no idea this was going to happen. and so, yeah, they made sure that we all knew we were okay. >> sara straw, we're glad you're okay and you joined us this morning. thank you. >> thank you so much. >>> a deadly fast-moving wildfire is threatening more homes near denver. rob has the latest fire for

he has been with jetblue for 12 years has a wife and a child. the media is really trying to learn everything they can about him. we suspect to hear a lot more over the next couple days and weeks to come. >> so bizarre. hats off to the individual that held him down. >> image being on the flight. we are going to talk with one of the passengers of the flight later this morning. at 5:30 that passenger is coming up. lea leads us to the question of the day. what would you do if you were on that flight. would you be one of those who jump into action or would you be somebody who decided to hang back. >> we like to think we would. who knows. i would be praying a lot. send your comments our way. you can post them at fox friends first or e-mail them to us at frienfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. >> a lot will be coming. let's take a look at your 5@5:00. it is an all out air assault. two large air tankers and hundreds of firefighters racing to get this massive and sub born fire out in colorado. right now it's about seven square mile that is fire is already leaving

>> according to his facebook page, osbon has been with jetblue since 2000. friends and family say he's a nice enough guy. he lives at queens, new york. he plays with neighborhood kids. he roots for the giants. reached for comment, osbon's wife said there are several sides to every story. >> tahman bradley from washington. thanks for that report. >>> luckily, incidents like this are very rare, still, it does raise the question of whether flight crews are properly screened. >> we asked john nance whether changes are needed. >> we have a lot of screening when somebody is hired. then there's a network in which everybody is in effect watching everybody else. not in an "i'm suspicious of you" form, but in terms of knowing what's going on. that's one of the effective methods. maybe we need to look at ratcheting that up a bit. >> pressure is being raised about the pressure flight crew members are under in the airline industry. we'll get into that coming up on "good morning america" we'll also talk to the passengers who jumped into action. thank god for those folks a

within jetblue and also the industry. to tony, laurie, and those who really came to the support of the crew, a sincere thank you. that was a tough situation at altitude. the customers, the crew, just did a great job. >> dave barger, president and ceo of jetblue. thank you for your time. >> nice to be in the studio. >> let's head over to the news desk now. natalie has a check of the other top stories of the morning. >> good morning, everyone. major shake-ups for newt gingrich's presidential campaign. the former house speaker is tightening the belt, dropping one-third of his campaign staff, and asking his campaign manager to resign. the gop presidential hopeful is making a drastic strategic shift, spending less money in primary states, and instead personally appealing to delegates. >>> today is the final day of argument at the supreme court as the justices review president obama's landmark health care overhaul. tuesday's historic session in the case of the high court may drop a provision from the law that would require ever

passengers on a jetblue flight take down the tap kin after cap after he flips out. >>> and baseball magic. showtime returns to los angeles after magic johnson buys the dodgers. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, march 28th, 2012. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. today the supreme court wraps up three days of argument on president obama's health care overhaul. today's session considers whether any part of the law would remain in the insurance mandate is struck down. that core requirement that every american carry health insurance came under fire. susan mcginnis in washington with details on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, b betty. from the swell of questions and answers on day two of these talks, it seems that the -- it has been -- it was not a very good day for the obama administration, not a good day for that individual mandate. a lot of questions about whether americans can be compelled to buy anything from social security to broccoli. americans supporting and opposing president obama's health care overhaul make their voices hea

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passengers on a jetblue flight take down the captain after he flips out. >>> and baseball magic. showtime returns to los angeles as a group including laker great magic johnson buys the dodgers. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, march 28th, 2012. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. today the supreme court wraps up three days of arguments on president obama's health care overhaul. today's session considers whether any part of the law could remain if the insurance mandate is struck down. that core requirement that every american carry health insurance came under fire yesterday. susan mcginnis in washington with details on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, betty. from the flow of the questions and answers on tuesday, it seems this is not seen as a good day for the obama administration or that individual mandate. it brought up a lot of questions whether americans can be compelled to pay for anything from social security to brocc i broccoli. today will be focused on whether the health care law can stand without that mandate. americ

. >> plus charges leveled against a jetblue pilot who had a meltdown mid-flight yesterday. we'll have those stories and much more after the break straight ahead. >>> in the republican presidential contest for the nomination former president george h.w. bush is said to formally endorse mitt romney during an event in houston tomorrow. his campaign recruited former first lady barbara to record pro romney robocalls ahead of the ohio primary on super tuesday. former florida governor jeb bush, his son also endorsed romney as well last week. >>> turning now to the protest over the shooting death of trayvon martin, the house of representatives was the latest scene of a tribute to the slain florida teen. illinois congressman bobby rush drew the ire of leadership when he two a hoodie as he spoke out against racial profiling. >> just because -- when he wore a hoodie as he spoke out against racial profiling. >> just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum. >> members need to remove their hoods or leave the floor. >> yup, hats are not allowed on the house floor. repr

together they requested an emergency landing. >> jetblue 191 declared emergency. >> jetblue, we have to go into amarillo, declare an emergency at this time. >> reporter: the fbi will review the cockpit voice recorder to try to learn more about how events unfolded. investigators have also interviewed dowd. he hasn't been back to his ohio home, but he did let his family know he was safe after the emergency landing in texas. >> he called very shortly after it happened and very short conversation that he was just okay and that there had been a problem on the plane. >> reporter: captain osbon was charged with interfering with a crew and faces 20 years behind bars if convicted. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >>> coming up on the morning news, a violent breakdown across spain as tens of thousands protest new labor laws. you're watching the "cbs morning news." can't believe i bought a 6" subway breakfast sub and got this one free. really? wow, you can buy one 6" sub and get another one free? any 6" sub, before 9am... [ cyclist ] what? wait, you can get one 6" sub and get one free? bef

jetblue has suspended osbon with pay. he's been with the airline for 12 years and has no disciplinary records. fred walker, also a pilot, says he's known osbon for at least ten years. >> he was just an all-around good fellow. >> reporter: he says this incident is out of character and says pilots deal with a lot of pressure. >> it's stress in flying. especially when you've got 200 people sitting behind you depending on you. >> reporter: when the flight landed in texas on tuesday, security restrained osbon and he's reportedly undergoing a mental health evaluation at this texas facility. cbs news, washington. >>> coming up on the morning news, violent breaks out across spain and tens of thousands protest new labor laws. can't believe i bought a 6" subway breakfast sub and got this one free. really? wow, you can buy one 6" sub and get another one free? any 6" sub, before 9am... [ cyclist ] what? wait, you can get one 6" sub and get one free? before 9am... [ tires screech ] buy one 6" sub and get one free? before 9am. [ tires

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the jetblue captain at the center of all. somebody who interviewed him recently. we will find out about his background. historic health care showdown unfolded at the supreme court today as the jiives of the high court got down to the crucial question. it is this: county federal court require americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty? opponents claim that's unconstitutional. but supporters say people without insurance drive up health care cost for everybody else. protesters from both sides were outside the supreme court for today's argument. 26 states attorney general sued to challenge the law after president obama signed it two years ago. now, that case has made it to the highest court in the land and millions of americans are waiting to find out what it all means for their health care. shannon bream covers the court for us. she is live there the legal experts are saying just as anthony kennedy the key in all of this and was he giving up signs of his thoughts on it all today? >> well, we got some clues. it started off when he very early on in the question

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that's when the tirade really began. >> jetblue 191 emergency.edicals to meet us at the airplane. >> reporter: the plane was diverted to texas about the same time david gonzalez noticed the captain's apparent emotional breakdown. >> as soon as he pointed, i mean, i grabbed his arm and i put him in a choke hold. >> reporter: osbon's neighbors and friends back in georgia say they're shocked. they've never seen any signs of mental stress from the 49-year-old, but the airline supports him. >> very good neighbor and a good person. >> reporter: passengers on board a us airways flight had to endure their own harrowing plane ride. a female passenger headed from charlotte to ft. myers, florida, had to be restrained after allegedly attacking crew members when they wouldn't serve her alcohol. an off-duty sheriff's deputy who was on board helped corral the 50-year-old. she faces charges of battery and interfering with the operation of an aircraft. surprisingly, while airline pilots do go through an annual medical screening, psychological exams are not includ

jetblue has suspended osbon with pay. he's been with the airline for 12 years and has no disciplinary record. fred walker, also a pilot, says he's known osbon for at least ten years. >> he was just an all-around good guy. >> reporter: he says this incident is out of character and says pilots deal with a lot of pressure. >> there's stress in flying, especially when you have 200 people sitting behind you depending on you. >> reporter: when the flight landed in texas tuesday, security restrained osbon and he's reportedly undergoing a mental health evaluation at this texas facility. still a lot more information to be revealed, of course, but if osbon is convicted he faces up to 20 years behind bars and a $250,000 fine, betty. >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you. >>> firefighters in colorado are still trying to contain a deadly wildfire south of denver. some 400 firefighters are on the scene. two people have been found dead in the fire zone and at least 27 homes have been damaged or destroyed. colorado's governor has su

megyn: fox news alert on that jetblue incident.he company just formally suspended the pilot whose erratic behavior caused an emergency landing yesterday. clayton osbourne has an pilot at jetblue since 2000. the airline's first year of flying. the passenger said the pilot was yelling and acting unruly after being locked out of the cockpit by his copilot. coming up, we'll speck with one of the passengers who actually tackled this guy, along with an airline industry expert on how this is being handled and what's being done to ensure the mental security of our airline pilots. >>> well, new questions today about censorship and what your children are learning in the classroom. the new york city school system is apparently looking to protect students' feelings, so it has instructed the companies that make the testing that comes to children in the school district to avoid certain words and topics in any of these written tests. the offensive language to be banned includes dinosaur. apparently people who don't believe in evolution might be o

clayton osmon has worked for jetblue since 2000. he lives in georgia but keeps an apartment near jfk airport in new york. his neighbors say they can't believe he would do anything like this. and his wife said while she hadn't spoken to her husband, there are several sides to every story. >>> in other news this morning, dive teams are back in the water off italy's coast hoping to find the last two bodies still missing after a cruise ship capsized back in january. earlier this week, they recovered five bodies found in the wreckage of the "costa concordia." they've enlisted the help of an elite navy dive squad. >>> and a troubled southern california nuclear plant is going to remain closed at least for now. they are trying to figure out what is causing the tubes which carry radioactive waste to wear out more quickly than they should. the plant's four steam generators contain about 10,000 -- >>> a tampa area mother has filed a lawsuit after a nurse accidentally cut off part of her baby's finger. she was 3 months old when she was admitted

a very clean record at jetblue.hey said the captain has a well-earned reputation as a consummate professional. this guy had a clean track record. no one could have seen this coming. >> his dad, our madison affiliate uncovered his dad died in a plane crash 20 years ago but the justice department saying it's punishable by up to 20 years. this was similar to maybe somebody -- his reaction was similar to somebody that maybe was withdrawing from prescription drugs or alcohol because it was so severe. >> panic attack doesn't seem to describe that situation whatsoever. so that story still developing. >>> switching gears now. new video obtained by abc news raised more questions about the trayvon martin case. the surveillance video shows george zimmerman right there being taken in for questioning the very night of the shooting. he does not appear injured, though, even though he claimed martin punched him in the nose and also smashed his head into the ground. he did not go to the emergency room after leaving the sanford polic

federal charges filed against that jetblue pilot that had a midair meltdown. the captain's mental health coming into question, whether he should have been at the controls in the first place. >>> where's mom? what are you stopping for? >> here it is, right here, right here. >> we're out, we're out, we're out. >> dramatic cell phone video captures one family's harrowing escape from a fire burning in colorado. >>> two key endorsements for mitt romney to tell you about. one, a potential running mate. the other, a former president. the polls show the gop front-runner has a lot of work ahead if he plans to beat president obama. >>> we start with new developments overnight in the trayvon martin investigation. just released video obtained by abc of george zimmerman on the night he fatally shot the 17-year-old. the tape shows zimmerman, take a look there. he's being led in handcuffs from a police car to be questioned at the sanford, florida police headquarters. he seems to be moving normally. it's difficult to see any outward sign of the physical injury zimmerman was s

the captain is a 12-year veteran of jetblue. he is now being held in amarillo by the fbi, charged with interfering with a flight crew. >> please remain seated with your seat belts fastened. >> pinned under the weight of a half dozen passengers, the captain of a jetblue plane who seemed to have suffered a breakdown in midflight. >> just out of his mind. screaming things to passengers, say your prayers. >> reporter: jetblue flight 191 was flying from new york to las vegas tuesday when government sources say captain clayton osbon began erratically steering the plane, flipping switches and operating the radio. the co-pilot became so concerned he persuaded or tricked the captain into going to the rest room. then asked an off-duty captain to enter the flight deck, lock the door and change the combination. witnesses say captain osbon left the rest room, walked to the rear of the plane and then seemed to lose control when he realized he was locked out of the cockpit. tony antolino was in row ten. >> he just started sprinting towards the

that's exactly what happened on a jetblue plane on tuesday. the pilot started yelling and banging on the cockpit door. here's more on how passengers managed to take that pilot down. reporter: the pilot who caused the mid-air chaos on jetblue flight 191 could be the first airline captain charged with interfering with his own flight. >> please, everybody [ indiscernable ] reporter: passengers say the veteran pilot clayton osbon had a mental break council, running down the aisle rant bg a bomb and screaming they're going to take us down. the 49-year-old captain became i rate after the copilot locked him out of the cockpit. >> he's banging on the door, yelling yelling at the first officer, i think his name was steve, you know, bring it to idle, we're going down, we're all going to die, pray to jesus. reporter: passengers took action when a flight attendant couldn't calm the pilot. >> four of us just jumped up and grabbed him and pulled him away from the cockpit door and he started ranting about iraq, iran, they're going to take us down. >> we had

in this case, i am surprised, jetblue is savvy about p.r.his case they could have solved this problem by locking like -- looking like a hero. >>shepard: they have good onboard snacks and a free cocktail every now and then. >>arthur: i don't know about that it must be the long flights. >>jonathan: that is what they should have given the baby. >>shepard: and pop in a xanax. no, not really. don't do that. don't do that. a woman in new mexico took her cat on a hike. wait a minute ... i will stop right here. a woman in new mexico took her cat ton a hike. anybody? >>arthur: on a leash? >>shepard: i will read the >>shepard: i will read the words when we get back. you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with my wife and my kids. it's my world. that's my world. ♪ >>shepard: rescuers found a woman and her cat after they went missing 3 1/2 weeks ago getting strand

we are learning much more about the jetblue captain clayton osmon.believe what was happening. people who have known osmon for years are in disbelief. and tonight, a lot of questions now coming out about the specific mental health screenings and evaluations that these pilots have to undergo on a yearly basis and whether there are any. >> this guy just kind of lost it in the middle of the air. thank god for some passengers from new york city who took charge of that situation and said, not tonight, buddy. had him in a choke-hold and everything trying to stave off a crisis. this story really is the talk of the country. we'll get to that in a second. >>> also another major headline. it's the pope's visit with cuban leader raul castro. the pope, of course, is in havana pushing for reforms. and today he may have the most important meeting of all. this one with fidel castro. >> he's been appealing for political reform and that didn't go over so well. >> not too receptive so far. >>> later this half hour, an abc news investigation into whip-it and people who

: it was a jetblue uniform. in it was the captain, clayton osbon, veteran pilot. why he was out of the cockpit passengers didn't know. what they did know, something was wrong. >> he was banging on the door, yelling at the first officer, bring me throttle to idle, we're going down, we're all going to die, pray to jesus. open the door. >> reporter: a flight attendant tried to intervene and found out she was no match for his strength. >> we're talking about a guy 6'4", 260. >> reporter: nerves were raw. >> there was a lady praying the whole time. she grabbed me. i think because of her i calmed down. i didn't know where i was going, but i was ready to run. >> reporter: but then it seemed to get worse. passengers say osbon tried to reach for the exit. >> i said, i can't let this guy open the door. i said, what's your problem? he said, you got to pray to god. you got to pray to god. he says, i ran in iraq. i said, i don't have time for that. i just choked him. >> reporter: he wasn't the only one. >> a couple guys took

since 2000 he's worked at jetblue as a flight standards capital on the airbus a320. jetblu's ceo said he's always been a consummate professional. >> i've known the captain personally for a long period of time. there's been no indication of this in the past. >> that was nbc's tom costello reporting. the pilot has been suspended. he could face 20 years in prison if convicted of interfere with that flight. in still ahead on "way too early," incredible pictures from colorado where they are fighting those wildfires as one family escapes its neighborhood just ahead of the flames and took some unbelievable video to show you. we'll have the latest and a check on the forecast with bill karins. >>> also, the good news keeps getting better. news to uplift a weary nation. ron burgundy makes a huge announcement on late night television. that's when "way too early" comes right back. >> the last prisoner are war released by hanoi, i'd like to speak for all the prisoners of war and simply say, we're mighty happy to be home. thank you. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wetjet, cleani