he was born in a farm alongside slater lane and he's buried right alongside slater lane. a very fitting tribute. >> i do want to say i hope none of us are ever as lucky as luther slater. >> i don't know, i mean, the guy was shot like in four different places and survived the civil war. got to marry a lovely pennsylvania girl. >> there's always a "but." >> it's curious that he's not buried with his wife, a little bit. so yeah, i'm glad you brought that up. so his first wife is buried in gettysburg, pennsylvania, along with her family. three years after she died, he did remarry. >> whoa. >> he remarried a cousin. >> whoa. >> different times. >> i'm not trying to besmirch this guy. >> that's only okay if you're landed gentry. >> it's only okay if we're in the 19th century. he remarried three years after her death. and he is buried with his second wife as well as his daughter from the first marriage. they're all buried together in lovettsville. >> just a little aside. >> you're trying to tear this guy down. >> i'm not. don't ever call me lucky. but it's a little curious aside

that is a man name luther slater. his luck is not always good. but, what i find so interesting about him is that lot, whether good or bad seems to put him into interesting circumstances during the civil war. he's going to find himself at the center of a lot of really incredible c experiences over the course of the civil war. so slater is born in 1841 is born just outside of levitz ville a few miles northwest of usus here. and encase you could not tell from his name, he is eight lutheran. he is part of this a german migration comes to northern loudoun county different pennsylvania and western maryland. in fact, to this date some people still refer to levitt seville as the german settlement for this reason. what this migration is going to do is it's going to give this part of loudoun county and very different culture than the rest of the county. in thehe northwestern part of the county levitt seville, on down to goose creek, to rdwaterford you're going to have a lot of german immigrants, a lot of quakers, a lot of people coming from pennsylvania an

slater lane. he was born in a farm right alongside slater lane. a very fitting tribute. >> i do want to say i hope none of us are ever as lucky as luther slater. >> i don't know. the guy was shot for different places and survived the civil war. he got to marry a lovely pennsylvania girl. >> there is always a but. >> it's curious he's not buried with his wife. >> i'm glad you brought that up. his first wife is buried in gettysburg along with her family. three years after she died he did remarry. he remarried a cousin. >> wow. >> i'm not trying to besmirch this guy. it's only okay if you're in the 19th century. he remarried three years after her death and he is buried with his second wife as well as his daughter from the first marriage. they are all together in love it's phil. trying to tear this guy down. >> don't ever call me lucky. but it's a little curious aside. white was in gettysburg. northern virginia didn't have enough cavalry because he was doing his own thing but white and stewart did not get along. they were together at brandy station in

a farm right alongside slater's lane and buried alongside slater's lane. so a very fitting tribute. >> do want to say that none of us are ever as lucky as luther slater. >> i don't know. i mean the guy was shot in four different places and survived the civil war. so, like -- got to marry a love pennsylvania girl. >> there is always a but. >> curious that he's not buried with his wife a little bit. >> so, yeah, i'm glad you brought that up. his first wife is buried in gettysburg, pennsylvania, along with her family. three years after she died, he did remarry. >> whoa! >> he remarried a cousin. >> whoa! >> i'm not trying to besmurch this guy. it is only okay if year in the 19th century. so he remarried three years after her death and he is buried with his second wife as well as his daughter from the first marriage. they're all buried together in lovittsville. >> all right. >> just a little aside -- >> you're trying to tear this guy down. >> no. don't ever call me lucky. but it is a little curious aside, white was at gettysburg, of course the famous story is

slater made another dramatic exit tuesday night. out of a police station, free on bail, to face a swarm of reporters. >> not going to say anything at all. >> reporter: then he made a run for it to the satisfy of a friend's car. slater's exit from a jetblue plane is what landed him in court. the 38-year-old flight attendant is now suspended from his job. his attorneys the trouble on monday's flight started in pittsburgh when two female passengers fought in space in the overhead compartment. >> he came over to assist. she started cursing and slammed the overhead luggage bin on his head. >> reporter: once on the ground in new york, the same passenger reportedly cursed out slater when she couldn't get her bag right away. passengers say slater then got on the plane's pa system and said, to the passenger who called me a blank blank, blank you. he then said, that's it, i'm done. with that he opened the exit door, deployed the plane's evacuation slide, grabbed two beers and jumped. but it was no joke here at slater's arraignment. the judge

slater. mr. slater: thank you, congresswoman. it is a combination of machine learning and people to review. speaking overall in the first quarter of 2019, 75% of the 8 million videos we removed, they were first flagged by a machine, and the majority were removed before single view. when it comes to violent extremism, it is even stronger. so over 90% of the violent extremist videos that were uploaded were removed in the past six months, were removed before a single human flag and 88% with less than 10 views. rep. jackson lee: thank you. let me ask about deepfakes. in the 2020 election, what you will do to recognize the fact that deepfakes can be a distortion of an election that the premise of our democracy? can you quickly answer that question? i want to make mention of the fact that free speech does not allow incitement, fighting words, threats, and otherwise. could you answer that? briefly. ms. bickert: yes. rep. jackson lee: the deepfakes as briefly as you can. ms. bickert: we are working with experts outside the company and ot

steven slater's dramatic exit came after a fight with a passenger and now slater's lawyer says his clientvictim. jane mehzler has the details. >> reporter: steven slater wears a pair of handcuffs and a smile as he is transferred from court. he is arraigned on charges of criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing. a passenger tried to remove her bag from the overhead bin before she was supposed to, cursing at him and cutting his head in the process. slater then allegedly swore at her over the pa system, grabbed two beers and dramatically exited the aircraft by deploying the emergency slide. his attorney says slater just ran out of patience for rude people. >> he is trying to be courteous an polite an helpful and people start cursing you out. >> reporter: slater's lawyer says people are shocked by the interest in his story. gentleman it is kind of shocking to i person that has never been in public life to face the amount of attention this event has led to. >> reporter: and on i facebook page someone create for slater, more than 45,000 hits. a person at his home in queens is no

the plane landed but she said slater was to blame and the first to use profanity.dn't think she was rude in the least. it really blew my mind. it was so inappropriate. today slater's attorney declined to address passengers' claims directly. >> i can't answer for the mind of those people you spoke to. >> reporter: despite it all, the guy who famously quit his job, now says he wants it back. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >>> the skies were a little friendlier last night. clear skies gave great views of the perseid meteor. it was photographed from stonehenge in england to locations in europe and south america. look at that. teoverhead at a rate of one eve half second. the small particles hit the atmosphere at 135,000 miles an hour before burning up. just beautiful. >>> i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." my job is to hunt it down. i'm fred lemond, and i'm in charge of bp's efforts to remove oil from these waters. bp has taken full responsibility for the cleanup and that includes keeping you informed. you may have heard that oil is no longer flowin

jet blue says no one was ever in danger, and slater pleaded not guilty.e has been removed from duty pending an investigation. until his next court date, slater's slash on his forehead is a modern day badge of honor to beleaguered flyers everywhere. chris jansing, nbc news, new york. >>> that is our broadcast for this tuesday night. in for brian williams, i'm ann curry. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you and good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> it is a very difficult time to come to an agreement. >> difficult, but is a budget deal closer tonight? good evening, everyone, i'm tom sinkovitz. >> and i'm lisa kim. bold prediction by the governor during a stop in san jose. he expects a budget deal in place in weeks to erase a $19.1 billion deficit. california has been operating

after the plane landed, but she said slater was to blame and the first to use profanity. today, slater's attorney declined to address passengers' claims directly. >> i can't answer for the intent or minds of those people you spoke to. >> reporter: despite it all, the guy who famously quit his job now says he wants it back. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> couric: and that is the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric. thank you for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org as anyone's." gay couples can't get married just yet. when they could >>> it shows that our relationships are as valid as anyone's. >> gay couples can't get married just yet. when they could start tying the knot and why it's only a maybe. >>> pension problems. how an idea meant to ease the budget drain could actually cause more loopholes. >>> let's face facts, this is a tough race. >> republicans gaining ground. the results of our exclusive cbs 5 poll. good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. >> i'm dana king. the news starts n

the woman, denise slater, who works for the state department of corrections. she said show was in park sunday and got into a discussion with the men about her faith and their's >> i wanted to tell them about christ -- the allah that he was praying to in the park is not a god, it's of the devil. >> a park range early saw what was happened and stepped in between slater and the men. the ranger said as the two exchanged words, slater hit the man and threw coffee on him. he recorded it on his cell phone camera. >> this is completely unacceptable >> reporter: slater was not arrested, but there is a recommendation of assault and battery charges against her. the da's office would ultimately have to decide whether or not to file hate crime actions. >> >> slater continues to work for the government, but this is under review -- >>> time now, 4:11 and mark zuckerberg takes to his own social media platform. the statement of solidarity he issued on facebook. >> >> up next, how hackers pay have accessed your information. . >> we are looking at all of the commutes, but also t

that is a man named luther slater. to call him lucky luther's later his luck is not always good but what i find so interesting about him is luck, whether good or bad, seems to put him into interesting circumstances during the civil war. he is going to find himself at the center of a lot of really incredible experiences over the course of the civil war. he is born in 1841, just outside of love it's phil, just a few miles northwest of us. in case you couldn't tell from his name, he is a lutheran. he is part of the german migration that comes to northern loudoun county mostly through pennsylvania and western maryland. in fact, to this day some people still refer to love it's phil as the german settlement for this reason. what this migration is going to do is it will give this portion of loudoun county a very different culture than the rest of the county. in the northwestern part, on down to goose creek on down to what a four year we're going to have a lot of german immigrants a lot of quakers a lot of cultural roots were

that's when slater got on the plane's p.a. system and unleashed his own tirade, pulled the emergency exit chute and reportedly grabbed two beers and slid down the chute and ran across the tarmac and through the airport to his car and then drove home. >> i see the gentleman in the jeep flying down the block and ran into his house. >> reporter: police arrested slater at his home and in custody he simply smiled as he was led away. >> people can be, you know, abusive to airline attendants. i just feel bad for the guy. >> reporter: in a statement, jetblue says at no time was the security or safety of our customers or crew members at risk. still, ground crews working beneath the plane could have been injured by the falling exit chute. former ntsb chairman said he's never seen anything like this before. >> to have a flight attendant unexplainably deploy a chute, leave the aircraft after cursing out the passengers. the only thing i can explain it is, perhaps a little too much cabin pressure. >> reporter: for years flight attendants ha

and moments later, jetblue flight attendant steven slater's now infamous slide, a slide that led to a suspension, an arrest and instant fame. >> thank you all so much. it's been amazing. >> reporter: but while slater thanked supporters, passengers on the flight put a different spin on his story that claims he was hit by a bag from an overhead bin and mistreated by a rude passenger before he snapped, threw open the hatch and bailed out. some passengers say slater was angry even before takeoff. >> his behavior throughout the whole flight was a little bit erratic. he was walking up and down the aisles slamming the overhead bins. >> reporter: investigators say they can't find anybody to back up slater's story. and in a memo obtained by nbc news, a top official wrote to his employees, quote, it's difficult to know what happened with certainty what really happened. slater's defense has defended his client's aviation record including monday's flight. >> steven did his job effectively, efficiently and appropriately. >> reporter: slater has pled not guilty to charges of criminal mischief, reck

slater admit that he snapped yesterday? i could never tell you what he tells me or doesn't tell me. but i found him to be personable and gentle. what's really going on here is airline civility is missing. >> reporter: slater admits he hit his breaking point when an unruly passenger trying to get her bag hit him in the head and didn't apologize. so he got on the intercom, started swearing, and had these porting words. "to those of you who have shown dignity and respect these past last 20 years, thanks for a great ride." >> i turned around and looked at them, said, did this just happen? did he just swear at a passenger on the intercom? that never happens. and i thought that was the end of it. >> reporter: until his triumphant exit, which can be heard on this airport radio traffic. >> we just had a slide deployment. the slide was intentionally deployed. >> reporter: slater activated the emergency inflatable chute and slid down to the tarmac -- but not before grabbing some beer and his bags. his mother blames the passenger. who

. >> reporter: even as he was being led off in handcuffs, steven slater seemed to be smiling.rnight he had gone from being an obscure flight attendant to an american folk hero. >> anyone who's had a bad day has wanted to do something like this. >> reporter: according to passenger accounts, at some point slater was hit in the head with a piece of luggage a passenger was trying to retrieve. instead of apologizing, the passenger kurlsed him. the two argued, then slater left loose with a profanity laced rant over the intercom, pulled open the emergency evacuation shoot, grabbed a beer, and slid off the plane, headed for his car and unemployment. >> he was smiling, he was happy he was done with his job at jet blue. >> reporter: it's a far cry from the glamour days of air travel. >> we wore white gloves, hats, and certainly we would never talk back to a passenger. >> all that now just a distant memory for today's frequent flyers who see slater as a new-aged howard biehl. this story is taking on a life of its own, making headlines in newspapers across the country and setting social n

slater? mr. slater: thank you, chairman. and i think that transparency is the bedrock of the work we do, particularly around online content, trying to help people understand what the rules are and how we are enforcing them. something we need to get better at. i look forward to working with this community and mr. selim and others. we have in the last year on youtube provided a community guidelines enforcement report, where you can see how many videos we removed in a quarter, for what reasons, which were flagged by machines versus users, and we break that down by violent extremism, hate speech, health and safety and other issues. we think this is a key issue that we look forward to improving. >> mr. selim, before i ask ms. bickert and mr. pickles: to respond, perhaps you could help them understand how you frankly don't believe they are quite transparent enough, at this point? mr. selim: thank you. to be clear, the point i am making on transparency is to make sure there are more clearly delineated categories between the point t

steven slater is out of jail.is folk hero statuses is growing, but reports coming in from passengers say he was acting unstable, bumping into people, spilling coffee. his ex-wife defended him on the "today" show this morning. >> i really must say, i don't believe it. perception is everything and, of course, these passengers will have their opinions of everything. bias slightly by the frenzy ensuing. i don't know if it's an opportunistic situation for them to have some time within this media. i'm not certain. i know that steven is the flight attendant. >> she says her ex-husband is a great guy. we hear from steven slater's boyfriend who says he has not yet heard from jetblue. >> nothing official right now. he's just been overwhelmed, his inbox and phone box are just full. >> jeff rosson live in bell harbor, new york. jeff, passengers are telling another story, i guess about what happened on that plane. you knew at some point the tide had to turn a little bit. >> it did, yeah. it sort of is turning a little. steven

jay slater was _ him, it has hit hard. jay slater was last - him, it has hit hard. ja.ving a b&b in the north of tenerife, having spent the night partying with friends. we caught one of them as he set out to say he was about to begin the a0 kilometre walk home, but his mobile was about to die. that was the last time anyone heard from him. local authorities began a major search operation in very difficult terrain. but it wasn't the rugged landscape that made the job difficult. there was huge public interest with conspiracy theories springing up online. the spanish police had said they were calling off the search, but it seems it continued away from the public eye.— from the public eye. they are not telling — from the public eye. they are not telling us _ from the public eye. they are not telling us the special - not telling us the special mountain search and rescue section continues to search. they kept up the search and were focusing very much on the zone around which jay slater was initially known to have been before we went missing because the body, if it is his, was

slater now faces felony charges and a possible seven years in prison.t slater's life. his mother is fighting cancer and there's more. on slater's myspace page he writes, beating alcoholism and substance abuse one day at a time. can't wait to see where i go next. >> steven, what happened? >> reporter: safe to say a op wasn't part of the plan, but he did seem strangely happy, though. turns out a lot of you can relate. the internet is lighting up with support. there were free steven t-shirts and websites raising money for his defense. >> he's my hero. >> reporter: why? >> i think this is a dream. anybody who has had a bad day has wanted to do something like this. there is a lunatic that finally did. >> you were customer service for jetblue, what do you think about what he did? >> i think it was crazy, crazy. >> reporter: crazy? but maybe. he seems kay with it. >> i have to go take a bath, thanks, guys. >> after all, we should mention jetblue released an official statement that passengers, in their opinion, was never in any kind of harm and they were comple

off a blog slater called himself a bag as in zpi about carry-ons. i am letting down all those who cooperate. remember he says it was a passenger breaking the luggage rule that sent him over the edge or down the chute. >> it sets a horrible precedent. we don't want employees all across the country looking at this guy like a role model. there's an 18-year-old in my hometown of philadelphia who identified herself and told the local newspaper that she works at mcdonald's, and that if she were going to quit her job she'd stick a roach in somebody's salad. is that what we want? ♪ take this job and shove it >> reporter: but for us frustrated americans, slater is a hero. at least 160,000 people have signed up on his facebook fan page. doubling in size wednesday alone. by the way, the rude passenger who supposedly started all of this is still in hiding. police are still wanting to talk to her. but she did make money on it, meredith. jetblue has given everybody on board a $100 voucher for their inconvenience. >> all right. and a great story. jeff rossen, than

and lastly, is steven slater a jerk? brought up slater's ex-wife and she said the passengers who say he was a jerk are op pour few nistic seekers. can we stipulate that a woman who married slater is not the best judge of anything? >> i don't want to go there. she is probably a perfectly nice person. >> she is a monster. >> just not a good judge. >> you love kathy. >> she probably reads kathy. >> and i say good for her. >> she is a very nice lady. and so are you. >> thank you. >> glad we ended on a high note. we started on a high note. >> we are just high. >>> coming up, are squirrels urgently trying to tell us something? patty anne brown translates. first, what is the latest news on pop tarts? sounds like another red eye exclusive that is not. >>> so the economy still stinks. the national debt continues to sore, and i had to sell my 200-foot yacht. not much to get excited about these days. that was until this week when the folks at kelloggs gave us a newbie con of hope. i talk about the pop tart store, where all of your

my hero, free steven slater. if the slide don't glide, give steven slater a free ride. maguire. >> i'm not go toing do what you think i'm going to do. >> reporter: on a double bill playing aboard airplane two. but in slater's case it was grabbing beer on the way out that captivating everyone and had morning hosts fantasizing in song. ♪ take this job and shove it >> reporter: as the daily beast called slater the new sully. the wall post coined the phrase "pulling a slater" saying we all dream of pulling an escape slide. when a reporter asked his attorney why he took the slide? he answered, because it was right there. even his ex-wife came to his defense. he definitely has the joan of arc of the flight world. >> reporter: you sound like you like him a lot for an ex-wife. >> he's fantastic and wonderful. >> reporter: even wonderful people snap, like in the nocoderm commercial. >> stop it. the last time i tried to quit smoking. only two carry-on items. >> reporter: passengers seeking a moment of sudden from the indignities of flight. this pillow flight aboar this flight. it

>> i don't think she went for political reasons, but if it >>> steve slater shoves it. ♪ [ music ] >>irline flight from pittsburgh to new york's jfk airport, slater decided he wasn't going to take it anymore. as a flight attendant, slater had immediate access to an overhead intercom and speakers throughout the plane. after an altercation with a passenger on board, the jetblue flight, slater decided to pick up the intercom, curse out the passenger and thank jetblue for quote, 28 great years, unquote. he deployed the aircraft emergency slide and exited the plane on the slide, but not before grabbing two beers for the road. >> amazing. everything that has been brought to me and given the com and the industry. >> question, why is steven slater this past week emerged as america's latest folk hero? james. >> i hate the draw and his sweeping conclusion. i hate to do it, but maybe america is looking for a little passion. maybe they are tired of the cool attitude they have seen from some of their leaders over the past year. they are looking for a little fire. maybe that's it. >> i think it has