grant adamson, the father, was declared dead at the scene.er this year, in egypt, it was a hot air balloon catching fire, crashing down 1,000 feet to the ground. 19 british tourists onboard, killed. despite these high-profile crashes, experts say balloon flights are, in fact, safer than an airplane flight. the investigation is underway into why this balloon flight had such a tragic end. lama hasan, abc news, switzerland. >>> former president george w. bush expected to leave a dallas hospital today after undergoing heart surgery. doctors inserted a stint in mr. bush's arteries. he's had no history of heart trouble. had no symptoms. 1 million americans have the procedure every year. and recovery is usually rapid, as our own dr. richard besser explains. >> the good news is that people tolerate this procedure very, very well. after a day or so, you can be doing mild activity. and then, depending on whether he's on a blood thinner, he should be up to full activity very quickly, within a week. >> mr. bush is said to be in good spirits after the ope

grant adamson, the father, was pronounced dead at the scene.aughters and the pilot survived with life threatening injuries. earlier this year, in egypt, a hot air balloon catching fire, crashing down 1,000 feet to the ground. 19 british tourists on board killed. despite these high-profile crashes, experts say balloon flights are in fact safer than an airplane flight. the investigation is under way into why this balloon flight had such a tragic end. lama hasan, abc new, switzerland. >>> the first criminal charges have been filed in connection with the attack in benghazi. a militia member, ahmed khattala expected to be among those charged in this case. the attack killed ambassador chris stevens and three others. in an interview, khatala arrived at the consulate when gunfire broke out but was not involved. >> the u.s. ordered drone strikes in yemen according this morning's "washington post," an effort to disrupt an al qaeda terror plot which led to the closure of u.s. embassies and consulates. the man behind the plot may be getting help from al qa

grant adamson was killed. the others barely survived.he adamsons are one of california's most prominent families, helping to develop the wealthy seaside enclave of malibu in the '60s. grant was on the pepperdine advisory board, where his wife is a law professor. >> students love her. other faculty members adore her. and grant was humble. a loving couple. >> reporter: in the u.s., despite millions of flights, there's only been 760 recorded hot air balloon accidents since 1964. just 67 of them fatal. in march, veteran nfl receiver donte stallworth and his friend were electrocuted when their balloon also hit a power line. a moment stallworth relived on espn. >> she was in the corner of the basket on fire. the shock felt like it was maybe two or three seconds. but the longest two or three seconds of my life. >> reporter: in february, 19 people were killed when this hot air balloon dropped 1,000 feet to the ground in egypt. lama hasan, abc news, switzerland. >> my. >>> let's switch gears here. >> shall we? >> we're going to do that. lottery f

high up in the obama apparatus was asked about it robert robert gibbs his response to reporters here adamson was to say he should have had a more responsible father harry reid the senate majority leader powerful democrat in the senate was asked about it on c.n.n. and he said of any americans deserve to die those three did and when i hounded his office to say why did the rock when i lucky deserve to die they they refused to answer the question the only thing they'll say is when i it was an outrageous mistake well that shouldn't be acceptable president obama should be asked about it the next time they're all boarding at their little white house correspondents dinner part of the problem yes well the problem media journalists are hanging out with the powerful their kids go to school together there they go to supersoaker fights at george joe biden's house on the weekends journalist shouldn't be having super soaker fights with joe biden that is you know ed is mansion in washington d.c. they should be having journalistic fights where they're demanding answers from the powerful and we need a media c

investigating a hot air balloon crash that killed is son of a wealthy american family. 55-year-old grant adamsonrash. the balloon was carrying he and his family when it krshed into an electric line. his wife and children were air lifted to a hospital with life threatening injuries. >>> the plane that crash landed at new york's laguardia airport had the pilots swap controls shortly after landing. that move is unusual. the ntsb didn't reveal the explanation for it. we are told it was the captain's second flight into laguardia. >>> finally a cardboard cop oh is fighting crime. it's the image of a real life officer. the station is having problems with bike theft. since the cardboard officer went on 24-hour duty, bike thefts are way down. the officer is glad it's help heing. getting the job done. >> he's scary. >> imposing. even as a cutout. >> that's good. >> only solution to the tough situations. let's talk about a tough situation. immigration reform seems hopelessly stalled in the house. it is not clear when or if the house will pick up the bill. chuck schumer is one of the gang of eight working f