. >> flight attendant steve slater did do something about it.now he is out. as linsey davis reports, his meltdown on a jet blue plane has everyone talking. >> you going to lose your job? >> more than likely. >> reporter: it's a case of flight attendant turned defendant. steven slater faced a judge with the same smile he likely flashed to countless passengers as he pointed out the nearest exits. >> what happened up there? >> reporter: no runway or tarmac required. america's most infamous flight attendant flew into a rage and then simply took off. prosecutors say an unruly passenger apparently ignored his request to stay seated. she then accidentally hit him in the head with her luggage. >> called him an expletive and apparently hit him or pushed him. >> reporter: passengers say that confrontation lit slater's fuse. he then went on a verbal assault on the plane's intercom. >> did this just happen? did he just swear at a passenger on the intercom? that never happens. >> reporter: slater announced he was quitting and reportedly said, i've had it, th

immediately following this presentation, dan slater will be signing copies of his book. give him a couple minutes to be there

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 a 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 is really the premise of our democracy? can you quickly answer that question? at the same time, 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 expe

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slater facing seven years if jail. we'll have the latest "early" this wednesday morning, august we'll have the latest "early" this wednesday morning, august 11, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >>> a good wednesday morning to you. i'm erica hill. thanks for being with us. >> a little bit of a humid, kind of back to august hot, uncomfortable wednesday morning. >> your favorite kind of day. >> i'm harry smith. good morning. >> we have a lot to get to, including more on, you saw there, steven slater, the now famous former flight attendant at this point from jetblue. we learn what he's facing, a possible charges, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment. rather serious. >>> would he begin this morning with that tragic plane crash in alaska that claimed the life of former senator ted stevens. president obama praised stevens yesterday saying he devoted his career to serving the people of alaska. andrea gusty of our cbs affiliate atva in anchorage has the latest on the crash and the investigation. >> reporter: good morning.

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

slater? i was 12 or she's a 12 year old. the only interview this canadian politician gave was to 12 year old slater. have a look. and then harriet respond of the back of this clip. canada was one of the countries that had signed the kyoto protocol. committing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. but at the same time, the government was aggressively supporting alberto oil sands, the largest industrial project on earth. what would you think of putting together something where the youth and the adults involved? something like a youth council to help shape canadian environmental policy. well, we hear regularly from all kinds of canadian young and old business and environmental average natives. there is not a national consensus to be had. all the printers from across can get together. they can't agree on what to do the for political parties in the house. the com for government opposition can't agree what to do. there's also another $150.00 countries. we need to get them involved to get on the thinking, mr. bad, very much. i though

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

slater, why are you smiling?eporter: this time there would be no quick escape, unlike what police say happened when the flight attendant bailed out of the jetblue plane on the jfk tarmac. >> kind of funny. >> reporter: his neighbors can't believe what police say he did. >> it's the most ridiculous thing i heard in my life. >> reporter: flight 1052 from pittsburgh was pulling into the gate. police say slater got into an argument with a passenger about luggage in an overhead compartment. investigators say a passenger yelled, cursed and may have even hit slater, who then apparently snapped. a passenger who says he was on the plane as well wrote that slater yelled "to the passenger who just call me a expletive, expletive you. i've been in this business 28 years and i've had it." >> it's a strange way to quit, let's put it that way, yeah. i don't think he'd be able to come back. >> reporter: according to police, slater then activated the emergency chute, jumped off the plane, headed to his jeep, and drove to his belle

steven slater lives did just down the block.ys he wants his privacy back and when all of this is over he wants to be a flight attendant again. there's no word whether any airline wants him but at least one unnamed relaxation beverage company has made slater an offer. aaron katersky, abc news, belle harbor, new york. >> the story just people just love talking about. >> ain't going away. >>> that's what is making news in america this morning. >> get more on "good morning america" or any time a

sophie, some tragic words from jay slater's mother . jay slater's mother. >> absolutely.suspect that it was inevitable that we would get that eventually. she, of course, describing herself as heartbroken, she said, i just can't believe this could happen to my beautiful boy. our hearts are broken . that's in the past are broken. that's in the past few minutes. we've also heard today, of course , from one of today, of course, from one of jay's friends, lucy law . she was jay's friends, lucy law. she was the last person to hear from jay as far as we know. she took to instagram this morning to say honestly, lost for words. always the happiest and most smiley person in the room. you was one of a kind, jay, and you'll be missed more than you know. i'm sure you'll have your dancing shoes polished and ready waiting for us all. we all love you buddy. for us all. we all love you buddy . fly high. incredibly buddy. fly high. incredibly moving words there from jay's loved ones, from his mother, and from one of his best friends. incredibly heartbreaking news for them to have to come 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

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' attorney declined to address passenger 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. >> we'll continue to follow that story. >>> meanwhile the skies were friendlier. clear skies gave way to a great view of the perseid meteor shower. it was photographed from stonehenge in england to locations in europe and south america. look at that. meteors were seen streaking overhead at a rate of one every half second. the smart pert cals hit the atmosphere at 135,000 miles an . just beautiful. 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 flowing into

slater: sure, toni. i'm clearly looking forward to hearing from the comments of my colleagues as well. s i think about it, it's quite significant for this race nvolving two really senate positions in georgia. and it's in georgia. i mean, as a native of the south, i'm excited about that. i remember during the clinton campaign back as far as 1992, when georgia was a target for then-governor bill clinton, meeting with then-governor zell miller and laying out a strategy to speak to the south and try to bring the south into the fold. again, georgia came into the democratic column during that time and we haven't won it again until this time. nd president-elect biden did tremendously well in georgia. the numbers actually continue to rise over time. and now we've got these two senate seats. i think it's good, again, that we have two rather than one because it just puts everything on the table. there is the presumption that democrats may not come out in a runoff election. i don't think that that's going to be the

steven slater lives just down the block. his lawyer says he wants his privacy back.er, he wants to be a flight attendant again. there's no word whether any airline wants him, but at least one unnamed relaxation beverage company has made slater an offer. aaron kitursky, abc news, bell harbor, new york. >>> maybe you are watching this morning sitting on your couch having some ben & jerry's all natural ice cream. it's probably not as natural as you think. the center for science and the public interest says 48 of ben & jerry's 53 flavors contain unnatural ingredients. ben & jerry's could face lawsuits if the claims continue, but i will still eat it. >> that was my question. >>> here's a look at your weather. severe storms from the twin cities to kansas city with more downpours in flooded areas of iowa. heavy rain from new orleans to mobile with scattered thunderstorms to the north. showers across montana and wyoming. >> phoenix gets up to 110. sacramento 87. triple digits in dallas and kansas city. 90s from omaha to detroit. a mild 76 in boston and 83 in baltimore. >>> i

"free steven slater." "the slide don't glide, then give steven slater a free ride." "network" met jerry maguire. >> i'm as mad as hell. >> i'm not going do what you all think i'm going to do which is -- just flip out! >> reporter: on a double bill playing aboard "airplane 2." >> we're also out of coffee. >> reporter: but in slater's case, it was grabbing beer on the way out that captivated everyone and had morning hosts fantasizing in song. ♪ take this job an shove it >> reporter: and "the daily piece" called slater the new sally. when reporters asked his attorneys why slater took the slide, the answer -- because it was right there. even his ex-wife came to his defense. >> he definitely has the joan of arc of the flight world right now. >> you sound like you like him a lot for an ex-wife. >> oh, he's fantastic. he's wonderful. >> reporter: but even wonderful people snap. like in the nocoderm commercial. >> stop it! stop it! stop it! stop it! >> the last time i tried to quit smoking -- >> only two carry-on items! >> reporter: passengers seeking a moment of zen from th

slater admit that he snapped yesterday? >> i could never tell you what mr.ater 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 told police he hit his breaking point when an unruly passenger trying to get her bag hit him in the head and different apologize. so he got on the intercom, started swearing, and had these parting words. "to those of you who have shown dignity and respect these past last 20 years, thanks for a great ride." >> the few of us that were still waiting to get off, i turned around and 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

>> slater's mom wants the woman who hit slater in the head with the overhead bin to be prosecuted. >> is that true? >> yes. >> he has a fiesty mom. >> absolutely, and she loves her son. >> yes. >> they are best friends. >> he takes her to all of the flight crew award shows. >> he doesn't need to anymore. >> cat is out of the bag. >> now that cynthia is gone. levi johnston reality show. you called him the former insipid center fold. i think you meant the former play girl center fold. >> perhaps. >> what was wrong with insipid? >> otherwise it was a former magazine for insipid which is a dull magazine. >> well, i subscribe to insipid. it is for guys and girls who like to sip things. >> you get millions in straw advertisers, buddy. >> i don't know how the -- is it a daughter or son? >> daughter. >> i don't know how she will be. >> how about becoming good husband material. >> they gave him too many chances. >> i agree. >> by the way, my guess is this show never gets made. >> that's the name of a show, my guess is "a show never gets made." >> and you said the same thing about wild buckle i

christian slater is back on the show!heers and applause ] plus, from the new movie "stoker," the very talented mia wasikowska is stopping by! [ cheers and applause ] love her. and we have music from country superstar jason aldean! [ screams and applause ] that guy rocks the house, man. he is awesome, man. [ shrieking ] that's just from the harry styles joke. they're still -- getting over that. jason was here this afternoon and just -- [ shrieking ] -- hit a home run, man. oh, my gosh. so, he's gonna be -- he's country, but he's like rock-country. he can really -- yeah, he's gonna blow your pants off. did you guys ever notice when you're -- go to some websites, you get those annoying pop-up ads? it happens all the time and most people just click out of them right away, but you'd be surprised at some of the things you'd in these ads if you just opened them up. i'll show you what i'm talking about in a segment we call "late night pop-up ads." here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ late night pop-up ads ♪ >> jimmy: let me get

. >> 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

you have been listening to dan slater talk about his book "wolf boys: 2 american teenagers and mexico's most dangerous drug cartel". now it is your turn to ask questions. 202 is the area code, 748-1800 in east and central toronto, 748-8201 in the mountain and pacific time zones. dan slater, remind us why you named the book "wolf boys: 2 american teenagers and mexico's most dangerous drug cartel". >> guest: the book is called "wolf boys: 2 american teenagers and mexico's most dangerous drug cartel" for a couple different reasons. the mexican drug cartel these boys joined, they would refer to their foot soldiers, their assassins as wolves. there was one other reason, i was working on the book, i just happened randomly to pull the novel lord of the flies off my shelf, a novel i hadn't read since ninth grade or something but i picked it up and started be reading it in became totally absorbed in the book and i started to see the story i was working on through that lord of the flies lens. boys left alone on an island without any governance and turn against each other. that was a major theme i

what steven slater is saying today. >>> superbugs. deadly drug resistant bacteria creating a dangerous new and global threat. dr. richard besser is here with what you need to know. >>> and, change of heart. a famous catholic convert mega-selling author, anne rice, now says she's quit being a christian. she tells us why. >>> good evening. the warning tonight is blunt and urgent. the worst floods in memory are threatening one of the world's most dangerous places. huge chunks of pakistan have been swallowed by monsoon rains, and the united nations says that millions of lives are at risk. the u.n. coupled its warning for a call for almost half a billion dollars in emergency aid. u.s. help is on the way, too. the pentagon is rushing three ships and 19 aircraft to the region. nick schifrin starts us off from pakistan tonight. >> reporter: this was once land, home to tens of thousands of people. today, it's under 12 feet of water. we spent the day with the pakistani navy. abdul malik came to them pleading for help, his whole family has been

. >> slater, come here. ow! what is your problem? >> reporter: as this video shows, slater is a little boy who flies into fits of anger and has trouble communicating. >> look at me. >> reporter: what has he been diagnosed with? >> reactive attachment disorder, pica, post-traumatic stress disorder, autism, low i.q. he has tourettes, dyslexia, and he's got some pre-schizophrenia and depression. >> what's your problem? >> elena is -- >> reporter: the mulligans learned that slater and rita have been displaying fetal alcohol exposure, and extreme behavioral problems. many kids neglected in foreign orphanages have trouble bonding and act out. peggy sue hilt says she had never heard of r.a.d. when she adopted two girls from russia in 2006, but soon, she says, her younger daughter nina became withdrawn, and things began to unravel. >> she would bang her head on the wall, she would pull her hair out if something frustrated her. >> reporter: hilt admits she had ten beers the day she snapped, when she claims nina tried

that slater and to make matters worse, witnesses told police that slater was drinking during the flight and his eyes appeared bloodshot before takeoff. >> it just seemed to me, like, to be a really big smile and it tle bitmy attention, as, oh, he's a little bit like a character out of a cartoon movie or something. al.reporter: one passenger told new details hadaily news," "he was very disturbed. n was almost hysterical." steven iar.new details have some people starting to question steven slater's folk hero status nickname ok. "that guy is a liar. keep worshipping at the altar of a dramatic dope." "i've got the perfect nickname for our new folk hero -- see ya later, slater!" still, slater denies that he was drinking, and his lawyer insists his head was injured during the g tght. remarkably, he says, the skies are still friendly. ar , why ll that's happened, why does he still want to be a light attendant? >> that's his life. as you know, his father was a pilot. his mother was a flight attendant. >> repor that's in his blood. >> reporter: slater is actually still employed by jetblue, but e

and slater? >> is he somebody on cnn? >> slater? what sport?xactly who that is. >> who is kelly slater? >> he is a surfer. >> reporter: he is the one pulling into this monster barrel. he's kelly slater. >> i love surfing more than anything. you know? i just love to ride waves. since i was a little kid. it's just been my passion. >> kelly slater, oh yeah. >> the talent lies not just in the versatilitversatility. dropping into hawaii's biggest waves or ripping the smallest. but also, his longevity. he's still at the top of his game at 38 years old. how do you do it? >> keep your mind open to new and fresh ideas. i think when you get too set in your ways no matter what it is you seem to grow old pretty fast. >> ten unprecedented. >> reporter: slater just won his tenth world championship. some perspective. the guy that trailed him was 3 years old when slater won the first world title at age 20 in 1992. >> as a 20-year-old, did you think you would be surfing at 38? >> i didn't think i would be competing at 38 but i've always said i want to be surfin

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

sources say slater asked for an apology. instead the woman swore at him. the steward returned the choice words, according to sources, and then got on the p.a. system and said, to the expletive, expletive that told me to expletive off, it's been a good 28 years. >> idiots come in all shapes and sizes and colors. >> people can be, you know, abusive to airline attendants. i just, you know, feel bad for the guy. >> reporter: after effectively quitting, sources say slater then grabbed two beers from the gallery, pulled the emergency hatch, deployed the slides, slid down with his own luggage, ran for his car, and drove home. neighbors said slater, who seemed like a quiet, unassuming man, hightailed it down what is normally a quiet street. >> all i see is a gentleman in a jeep flying down the block, running, parked the car, and ran into his house. >> reporter: police arrested him at this beachfront duplex he rents in belle harbor, queens. >> well, for his actions, steven slater, who's been a flight attendant since 1990, could face up to seven years in jail. >>> a

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other surfers say slater handled the situation well. >> he's a true champ. he took it good. luckily he already has ten of them, just adding another one. >> the title is slater's 11th pro crown. that's the most of any surfer in the history of the sport. slater says he doesn't have any hard feelings about the earlier mix-up and he's glad for the chance to earn the title. >>> there are new records at the new york city marathon. more than 47,000 runners took the start of the 5-4-0 race. two hours, five minutes, six seconds. more than two minutes faster nan the previous record. he's also the first person to win the boston and new york marathons in the same year since 2002. >>> it is coming up on 5:00, there are new concerns this morning over the safety of pge pipe lines. the connection between this weekend's rupture and the line that exploded in san bruno. plus: san francisco's election day, just one day away. the early results that show one group will make a very big impact. . >>> we are live where pg&e is answering this problem with the gas line. >> they lead police to the the