adam saleh has 1.7 million followers youtube. you look at his videos, he's done this before.hat do you think? >> well, you have the facts and the -- factually there's a dispute. he says, i was kicked off the flight, removed, simply because i was speaking in a foreign language. in this case, arabic. delta said, no, cleated a disturbance. there's the factual dispumpt going in, there's some indication that he's done this type of hoax-type behavior. legally, however, i want to point out that interference with a flight crew which is a felony in federal court -- i've been in three cases, two as a prosecutor, once as a defense lawyer, you have to harass, intimidate, or threaten the flight crew. so i don't think you have that, and i don't think he's going to be charged with that, eric. >> nolan, do you agree? >> yeah. i think, first of all, this is not about adam versus delta. there is adam versus 20 others complaining about his conduct before they even left the gate. and you can imagine what type of conduct causes 20 people to complain. i don't know exactly what he was doing, but ce

the flight escorted adam saleh and a friend off one of their flights. sed of being disruptive. saleh says they were kicked off because passengers were upset they were speaking arabic. >> reporter: good morning. adam saleh's pranks are well known to his over 2.2 million youtube followers but on wednesday, saleh says the discrimination he faced on board a transatlantic flight was all too real. >> we spoke a different language on the plane and now we are getting kicked out. >> that is insane. >> now we are getting kicked off. >> reporter: adam saleh recorded himself on delta flight after had he and his friends were escorted off the plane. he claims he had just finished a phone conversation with his mother when another passenger overheard the two men speaking in arabic. >> when you speak arabic, foreign people, we speak like this. she was like, my god, they need to speak english. i feel so uncomfortable. >> reporter: it was then that saleh said an argument erupted which led to his removal from the flight. >> it turned like a whole chain reaction. 10, 15 peop

adam saleh was recording the confrontation as he and a friend were escorted off the flight from londonyork. he claims a passenger heard him speaking in arabic to his mother on the phone and they told the flight crew they felt uncomfortable. but passengers say that is not the case. they say saleh was never on the phone and they overheard him trying to get his friend to start shouting in arabic. which he did four times. delta released a statement saying they removed the two men from the plane because they had been shouting and disruptive in the cabin. the nine managers who were fired by whole foods supermarkets for allegedly altering a bonus program have now filed a class- action lawsuit against the grocery chain. the lawsuit says the managers were fired for whistle- blowing.on a company-wide practice of not paying bonuses earned by employees. the nine people say whole foods engaged in a "systematic wage theft" at its stores nationwide. >> reporter: up to about 40 m.p.h. and the temperature is right now, on the cooler side moving in with the system 41 and serosa 49 in oakland and 40 degr

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if you do a 10 second google search on who adam saleh is, this prankster you just outlined, it wouldthis sort of thing. is he a professionalç hoaxer, he has done this with airlines before. the source is already highly questionable. when somebody like that shares that video and shares it without context who this person. it gives the story legs. gives it legitimacy, helps it go viral more and most importantly it, basically is hurting american businesses because trending on twitter yesterday was boycott delta. singers like olivia wild saying never fly this airline again. i never quoted winston churchill i'm going to do it now. a lie can go halfway around the world before the gets its pants on. even if the story is dewunk it's impossible to put the toothpaste back in the tube. this has already hurt delta irreparable. >> check this guy for one second on google it was like tiawain brally accusing you of assault. let's put up in case our viewers haven't seen it some performance from brian stelzer on fake news one of his favorite topics. >> fake news has become a plague on the web and espec

here is what adam saleh claims happened. >> we spoke a different language on the plane and now we are>> that's insane. >> now we are getting kicked out. we are getting kicked out because we spoke a different language. this is 2016. 2016. look, delta airlines are kicking us out because we spoke a different language. because we spoke a different language. thank you so much. >> you guys are racist. i cannot believe my eyes. i cannot believe it i spoke a word, a different language and you said you feel uncomfortable because i spoke a different language. i can't believe my eyes. >> why are you. >> because we spoke a different language. >> why is that so upsetting? >> are you serious? i'm about to cry right now. we said a word in a different language. that's why people are against us bearded men? >> delta says it is investigating the incident. but saleh's version of the story is already being disputed by other people on the plane. joining us now for reaction in los angeles is brian clay claypool civil rights attorney and wendy patrick a trial attorney. i just want to clear the air here in t

. >> catherine:not everyone is buying his version of the story. 23-year-old adam saleh has been forced in the past to admit that some of his pranks were faked. he was forced to apologize, for example, for his "racial he claimed u.s. police abused admitted it was a hoax. nonetheless - delta airlines says there will be a full review. another flight. catherine heenan is here with what we are working on for kron vicki. police are on the hunt for a theif >> grant: the reason why the seven year-old boy is working at mcdonald's reply as hell about this holiday season. >> reporter: who he is planning to help out manolo! you're so cold, come in! what's wrong? it's dry... your scalp? mine gets dry in the winter too. try head and shoulders' dry scalp care it nourishes the scalp and... ...keeps you up to 100% flake free head and shoulders' dry scalp care >> reporter: >> reporter:in bicknell around dinner time. mcdonald's becomes a hub. a bite to eat after a long day's work. and for some. a way to put food on the table. that's no different for their newest employee. trenton gardner. "you see when i