alaska is lucky and the united states, but particularly alaska is lucky because we have three business representatives who are from alaska. representing all alaskans. but we also have permanent participant representatives. one from the inuit. and so the u.s., alaska, has eight of the 42 voting members, and that's the largest single delegation. on tuesday the state department held a virtual outreach form, and presented to many people, many alaskans in particular, a new slide show about what the agenda is, and asked for questions, and certainly the state department wants the input. but i just want to note that under economic development, the first bullet is harness the expertise and resources of the economic council, to inform the council's work to improve economic and living conditions in the region. now i actually have some insider knowledge. i have reason to believe when the group gets to ottawa next thursday, where they're having their second face-to-face meeting that they will choose to adopt a rotating chairmanship, just like the arctic council has. i also have reason to believe th

true for alaska. there are other areas in the arctic some of our other neighbors in the arctic and northern canada and greenland and northern russia, also have issues with remoteness and water and sanitation and so what we're hoping to do -- and we've done this with surveillance we're hoping -- we've learned many things from our partners. we're hoping that this alaska initiative on water and sanitation that i explained to you a little bit earlier can potentially be used as a model and help in pushing that model forward to develop these technologies across the arctic. >> tim, this 10-year study, the new study for the first time in a decade, it's very comprehensive and ensigh cloe paidic. how is it going to be used by the leadership of the arctic council to move an agenda forward? >> well not exactly sure but it's -- i think one of the things we were supposed to do is to highlight some of these differences and to put this out there in front of them and say, you know especially since this was the second

alaska is lucky and the united states, but particularly alaska is lucky because we have three businessresentatives who are from alaska. representing all alaskans. but we also have permanent participant representatives. one from the inuit. and so the u.s. alaska, has eight of the 42 voting members, and that's the largest single delegation. on tuesday the state department held a virtual outreach form, and a new slide show about what the agenda is, and asked for questions, and certainly the state department wants the input. but i just want to note that under economic development the first bullet is harness the expertise and resources of the economic council to inform the council's work to improve economic and living conditions in the region. now i actually have some insider knowledge. i have reason to believe when the group gets to ottawa next thursday, where they're having their second face-to-face meeting that they will choose to adopt a rotating chairmanship, just like the arctic council has. i also have reason to believe that the u.s. will be the second chair after canada. the chair a

you're from barrow, alaska, you're going to go to school. there is no irony in the people in the arctic benefiting from the economic opportunities available in their region. there is an irony in deliberating limiting their economic future while claiming now it is for their own good and somehow in their best interests. now, administration officials have said that the united states arctic council agenda found the sweet spot between national security and environmental goals. what is missing, i believe, from the equation, are the views of those who actually live in the arctic like mayor brower. what is missing are the economic development opportunities that would actually benefit those who live and work and raise their families in the arctic. and a prime example of the disconnect that occurs when policy is being driven from thousands of miles away here in washington, d.c., we saw it play out at an event last september entitled passing the arctic council torch, also sponsored by csis, but every speaker who came from an arctic location, whether it

alaska alaskan earmark. it's not going to happen if it's viewed that way. alaska does not view it that way, and neither should anyone else in the country, and certainly not those in the administration. i have been pressing cabinet members when they come before the committees whether it's my appropriations subcommittees i'm on or energy or wherever, where in this budget are we demonstrating that there's a priority? because all of the -- all of the agencies have been tasked to come up with a strategic plan. they probably spent more money coming up with strategic plans that go sit on a shelf than coming together to collaborate in defining how to accomplish these things. we've known for years now that we were going to be assuming the chair next week. putting it together a strategic plan is one thing but making sure that we have demonstrated that priority by placing it within the budget, initiatives within the budget. that's where you demonstrate your commitment. we have not seen that yet. >> so we hosted dr. joh

true for alaska. there are other areas in the arctic, some of our other neighbors in the arctic and northern canada and greenland and northern russia also have issues with remoteness and water and sanitation, and so what we're hoping to do -- and we've done this with circumpolar surveillance, we're hoping -- we've learned many things from our partners. we're hoping that this alaska initiative on water and sanitation that i explained to you a little bit earlier can potentially be used as a model and help in pushing that model forward to develop these technologies across the arctic. >> thank you. tim, this ten-year study, the new study for the first time in a decade, it's very comprehensive, and it's encyclopedic. how is it going to be used by the health front how is it going to be used by the leadership of the arctic council to move an agenda forward? >> well, whoops. sorry. not exactly sure, but it's -- i think one of the things we were supposed to do is to highlight some of these differences and to p

she says an alaska airlines crew told her and her family they needed to get off the plane because of illness. kpix 5's maria medina joins us from san jose where the family was supposed to end their hawaiian vacation. >> reporter: elizabeth sedway is calling this experience humiliating. when they were forced off the plane she took out her cell phone and decided to document it. >> i have multiple myeloma. you're taking me off the airplane because i don't have a doctor's note saying i can fly? >> reporter: elizabeth sedway's hawaii family vacation ended like this. >> and i'm being removed as if i'm a criminal! >> reporter: kicked off an alaska airlines flight that was supposed to get her back to san jose monday evening. >> it was shocking! i had flown wore five years with this same diagnosis. and i -- i -- i felt humiliated. >> reporter: elizabeth said she has blood cancer and because she can get sick easily she put on a cervical mask at the airport just before her flight from hawaii. that got the flight crews' attention. >> she asked me a bunch of questions, how are you? can i get you

alaska air lines has since apologized for how the situation was handled. company officials say the tickets will be refunded and their overnight hotel costs in hawaii will also be covered. elizabeth is grateful for the public apology and she hopes her story will help protect other cancer patients from a similar situation. >> i think it all boils down to poor execution of what was intended to be a good policy on the part of alaska airlines. >> reporter: eliz pet says all the money refunded from alaska air lines she will donate to cancer research. live in san jose michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >>> a new map is answering the question how likely is a major earthquake where you live? the map was just released by the usgs in men low park. here's how you read it. the faults in plow and green have a very low rupture hazard over the next 30 years. the yellow faults have a 6% risk of a 6.7 or larger quake in the next three decades. the orange and rid lines have a nearly 25% of a major quake in the coming three decades, one of those faults, as you can see, is t

still, elizabeth doesn't know if she will ever fly alaska air again. after her vacation in paradise ended like this. >> my family is being forcibly removed from an airplane because i have cancer. >> tonight, alaska airlines is apologizing for the way the situation was handled and have offered the cover the cost of the family's overnight stay. you can watch the entire unedited incident on kpix.com. >>> a fight in berkeley over vaccines. city council wants to make sure all kids get inoculated against all common childhood diseases for going to school. they voted to close the vaccine loophole. that loophole allows parents to claim a personal belief exception so their kids don't have to get vaccinated. >> basically, it has to be done because a lot of people are not doing what is right. i almost died by measles. >> this fight reignited during the most recent measles outbreak. california has one of the lowest immunization rates in the nation and we are seeing increases in preventable diseases. >>> tonight, robert kennedy jr. compared it to the holocaustment h

. >> reporter: kicked off an alaska airlines flight that was supposed to get her back to san jose monday evening. >> it was shocking. i had flown -- we had flown for five years with this same diagnosis and i -- i -- i felt humiliated. >> reporter: elizabeth says she has blood cancer and because she can get sick easily she put on a surgical mask at the airport in hawaii just before her flight. that got the flight crew's attention. >> she asked me a bunch of signs, well, you know, how are you? can i get you anything? >> reporter: she says the crew eventually agreed she could board. but just as the family settled in, she says an alaska employee and security told her she needed a doctor's note clearing her to fly. >> if you look at me and -- you wouldn't know i was ill. >> reporter: elizabeth says the alaska airline crew suggested a hotel for her family but didn't pay for their stay, didn't offer a refund on their flight or even apologize. still, elizabeth says she doesn't know if she will ever fly alaska air again after her vacation in paradise ended like this. >> my family was forcibly rem

and that forced alaska airlines to issue an admission that it could have handled the situation better. but by that time the damage had been done. elizabeth segue posted this photo of her and her husband as they were ordered off the flight because the carrier thought she was too sick to fly. she said she was a bit weak. she had a face mask but said shye was fine to fly. she contacted her doctor who said the same. >> and then i was concerned about, you know, how is it going to look to other people and how would my friends feel. i was starting to feel like i was being hauled off to jail being pulled off an airplane that way with uniformed people around. >> reporter: the court of public opinion turned on alaska which initially had refused to refund airfare or pay for a hotel for the night. they responded with an apology. while our employee had the customer's well-being in mind, the situation could have been handled differently. henry is an airline industry analyst. and we spoke to him via skype. >> what the industry should be proifded with are the right questions to ask to make sure that

. >> in classic fashion it used to be a deep low pressure system moved out of the gulf of alaska off the pacific northwest and powered through the bay area overnight dumping as much as two inches of rain in parts of the santa cruz mountains. you can see some of the heavier cells are now east of the bay area. in the big picture for just a few representative cities, we got about three-quarters inch in santa rosa, two-thirds in the city, livermore a little more than half inch, same for san jose. as i say, a little bit more up top. as for what's happening now, most of it has dried up except for a few suspect cells out there moving out of saratoga into parts of the santa clara valley and a little bit there in the diablo range. but the real action has headed east of the bay area where very unstable air in the wake of the low pressure has triggered thunderstorms, funnel clouds, hail, lightning in parts of the central valley, missed us a little bit. but we did have a strong hailstorm in south san francisco and also in napa this afternoon. as for the latest of what happened today, it was wild

when you're from barrow, alaska, you're going to go to school. there is no irony in the people in the arctic benefiting from the economic opportunities available in their region. but there is an irony in deliberating limiting their economic future, as well claiming that somehow it's for their own good and somehow in their best interest. now, administration officials have said that the united states arctic council agenda found the sweet spot between national security and environmental goals. what is missing, i believe, from the equation, are the views of those who actually live in the arctic like mayor brower. what is missing are the economic development opportunities that would actually benefit those who live and work and raise their families in the arctic. and a prime example of the disconnect that occurs when policy is being driven from thousands of miles away here in washington, d.c., we saw it play out at an event last september entitled passing the arctic council torch, also sponsored by csis, but every speaker who came from an arctic locati

they were forced off the plane, alaska airlines employees saying she was too sick to fly. she has a blood disease and wears a mask but insists she's fine on a plane. . >> i was hurt. and then, i was concerned about how it's going to look to other people. i started feeling like i was being hauled off to jail. >> alaska airlines originally refused to pay for a hotel room or refund the air fare. after the story went viral, alaska airlines apologized and paid for her hotel room. >> a new train system under construction and now, it will run from san rafael to cloverdale. >> railroad riders may have referred to this as back to the future. seven years after the voters approved a quarter cent sales tax to a 70 mile railway, the first of seven trains rolled in for inspection and political christianing christianing. maybe you saw train 101 crossing black point bridge en route from napa. but probably didn't see it from a drone. >> so 50 miles per hour trains from fairfax to san francisco. faster than today. when this rolls through next year it will travel in about an hour. >> this is

. >>> and alaska airlines jet makes an emergency landing when passengers hear banging coming from a cargo hold. it turns out to be an airport worker trapped inside. >> that's him, i think they're standing in the middle. >>> on the trail, hillary clinton makes her first campaign appearance today, while another republican joins the race for the white house. >> we must change the decisions we are making by changing the people who are making them. >>> and a real life tale of the tortoise and the hare. a college runner celebrates the end of his race a little too soon. this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, april 14th, 2015. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the reserve deputy sheriff in oklahoma who fatally shot an unarmed suspect turns himself into authorities today. and this morning, his relationship to the tulsa sheriff's department is under scrutiny. robert bates has been charged we second degree manslaughter in the death of eric harris. the 73-year-old was a tulsa police officer from 1964 to 1965, and he's been a reserve deputy sinc

there is not alaska and hawaii.t tiny specks and you cannot see them. >> he said he made this decision three or four weeks ago. you cannot say that this was rushed. you think that they would have had some time to plan this out. a little bit of backlash. melissa: maybe they could get stickers and stick them somewhere else. they do not have a lot of a let world votes. >> they will have to raise some money. this man is poised to beat hillary clinton. do you recognize him? his name is martin o'malley. he is making the rounds in iowa. chris is here now. i bet you $5 that no one could identify our to o'malley. take a listen. i will get your reaction. >> he is a democrat. i am not quite -- >> no i don't. >> it is evident ross. he is a famous real estate guy in new york. >> no. >> the ex- governor of maryland. >> i suppose that he is now looking to be nominated for the president the. >> the former governor of ireland that is running for president. >> he is trying to beat up on that other lady. [laughter] melissa: that perso

alaska airlines plane flight 448. >> are you at the airport? >> i'm not in the airport. i feel like it's moved because i feel like -- >> reporter: the emergency call lasts 48 seconds, then suddenly drops off. yourself, or are you with somebody? >> reporter: with the plane climbing at 5,000 feet, passengers hear banging and a scream from below their feet. >> and he was like help, help. we're like what? >> reporter: airborne for 14 minutes, the trapped man was near the nose where it's pressurized and temperature controlled. the pilot made an emergency landing. the baggage employee able to walk off the plane. with the airlines still investigating, we were able to speak to that trapped man who called 911 over the phone this afternoon. he tells us he's in good health, back on the job and he says late tonight he's still feeling a bit tired. lester? >> miguel almaguer, thank you. >>> tens of millions of americans on the the alert for another multi-day of severe weather including tornadoes. alerts up already tonight. meteorologist dylan dryer is here with us. what areas concern

airlines. >> reporter: alaska air says it will cover the sedways' expenses. and the family plans to donate that money to the multiple my low ma research foundation after a trip home hoping generosity takes flight. hallie jackson, nbc news, los angeles. >>> one of the greatest of all time proved today he's still got it. 75-year-old jack nicklaus knocking in a hole in one. he said he'd never before hit an ace at augusta. >>> when we come back, those impacted most by today's boston bombing verdict. the survivors who kept boston strong. >>> we want to end the broadcast tonight where we started, in boston. not on the man found guilty today, but on the people whose lives were forever changed. the people who define boston strong. here's harry smith. ♪ >> reporter: survivors, it's not a label you'd choose for yourself. for to be a survivor means you've endured life-threatening trauma. for almost two years now we have marvelled at the strength of those who are closest to the explosions at the 2013 boston marathon. they shared with us the meaning of the lives that were

this is very cold air coming from alaska. temperatures will struggle to go out of thes the theks several day. sunrise at 6:48. that's about the time the rain should start up, initially light. as it spreads to the south and east, it could pick up at times, perhaps moderate rain. eventually wrapping up for the early afternoon hours we'll have clearing conditions for the afternoon. chilly temperatures. this will be the theme, as well as a second and stronger system due for next week. >>> the search is on for the vandals who slashed dozens of tires in one north bay exphunt. ali sherif has more on how many cars were targeted. >> we're talking -- >> reporter: we're talking art more than 2 dozen cars. one neighbor heard a loud noise ab 5:30 a.m. more than 20 vehicle on the she's east side were vandalized. some cars had more than one slash. >> we're talking to some more neighbors, doing some follow-up work. we're asking the public to help us out with the invest and to call the nevada police department. >> reporter: police continue to

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they were forced off the plane, alaska airlines employees saying she was too sick to fly.as a blood disease and wears a mask but insists she's fine on a plane. . >> i was hurt. and then, i was concerned about how it's going to look to other people. i started feeling like i was being hauled off to jail. >> alaska airlines originally refused to pay for a hotel room or refund the air fare. after the story went viral, alaska airlines apologized and paid for her hotel room. >> a new train system under construction and now, it will run from san rafael to cloverdale. >> railroad riders may have referred to this as back to the future. seven years after the voters approved a quarter cent sales tax to fund a 70 mile railway, the first of seven trains rolled in for inspection and political christianing christianing. maybe you saw train 101 crossing black point bridge en route from napa. but probably didn't see it from a drone. >> so 50 miles per hour trains from fairfax to san francisco. faster than today. when this rolls through next year it will travel in about an hour. >> this is

airlines. >> reporter: alaska air says it will cover the sedways expenses.he family plans to donate that money to the multiple my low ma research foundation after a trip home hoping generosity takes flight. hallie jackson news, los >>> one greatest of all time proved today still got it 75-year-old jack nicklaus knocking hole in one. he said he'd never before hit an ace at augusta. >>> when we come back, those impacted most by today's boston bombing verdict. the survivors who kept boston strong. today's boston bombing verdict. ...and the wolf was huffing and puffing... kind of like you sometimes, grandpa. well, when you have copd it can be hard to breathe. it can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. so i talked to my doctor. she said.. doctor: symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. symbicort helps provide significant improvement of your lung function. symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken mor

according to sedway air alaska was saying she was not okay to fly. >> i was crying. we were getting pulled off like we were criminals or somebody with a disease. and it's a fear people need to make sure they don't lose their humanity. you can't be focused on your corporate image or liability such that you end up treating people very poorly. >> we are very sorry for the experience that our customer had. we really regret the inconvenience. >> reporter: and i just got off the phone with another alaska airlines person who reiterated the apology, expressed their regrets and it was miscommunication on their part. and the airlines texted her an apology this morning with a promise to refupsd her family's airfare, alaska airlines is flying sedway and her family back on the airlines tonight. >> bob, it sounds even though the airline may have mishandled this they did have her best interest at heart? >> reporter: that's what sedway believes that they were arguing, again, when i spoke to the spokesperson they agreed that this was mishandled. it should have been handled differentl

there's another system that we're watching and that will be coming out of the gulf of alaska producing showers for us here in the bay area on saturday. so here's the computer animation. tomorrow afternoon you'll see occasional high clouds passing through and the weather will be a lot like today in terms of our temperatures and by friday night the northern portion of the state wants to see some rain. it starts to slide southward early saturday morning so we start to see some wet ground when most of you are sleeping and 8:00 a.m. you're looking at showers across the bay area and before lunch the stuff should be out of here and less than a tenth of an inch as far as the amounts. snow levels will start out at 7,000 feet and they'll be dropping to 6,000 on saturday. >> tomorrow morning, a cooler start and you will need to bundle up. low 40s to low 50s and if your kids are heading off to school they'll need a jacket and sweater as well. for the afternoon, it looks nice mild, 76 livermore and 78 antioch and 68, oakland, richmond, and 74 napa and 79 santa rosa. half moon bay 59 degrees and acc

we have those people permanently based in alaska. >> >> yeah. my last question for you is regarding the spent nuclear fuel. very little in the q.e.r. about nuclear energy and really nothing about the back end of the fuel cycle. we have been working on this, and i truly appreciate how you have intersected with not only senator cantwell and myself, but smart senators alexander and feinstein on the issue, but why did we not address this in the q.e.r.? >> again, that was on infrastructure and moving energy around opposed to the -- nuclear power, could have put it in there in terms of transportation of spent fuel, for example, and we have in the budget request for fy 16 -- 6.9 million specifically to address the transportation questions of spent fuel including the kinds of rail casts you would need, et cetera, so that's -- so that's in there, but otherwise, yeah, we did not address that in the q.e.r., but, again, i'm happy to talk about that including the storage options and the transportation option, developing consent based processes, and looking a

. >> the northern california woman escorted off an alaska airlines plane has just landed in san jose. the mother of two has cancer. she tried home from hawaii yesterday and airline personnel said she cooperate fly because she didn't have -- she couldn't fly because she didn't have a doctor's note. lisa amin gulezian joins us with more. lisa? >> ama, i can't tell you how happy elizabeth is to be back in california. she was supposed to have returned home yesterday so she could go to her chemo appointment as well, but everything changed when she got to the airport in hawaii. being back on the mainland never felt so good to elizabeth and her family. this is cell phone varied yow of what happened yesterday -- video of what happened yesterday on an alaska airlines flight. >> my family is being forcibly removed from an airplane because i have cancer. >> i was heart broken. how could i be treated like a criminal? >> the problem started when elizabeth who battled cancer for five years put on a surgical mask while at the gate. she said people around her were sick. an agent asked if she was okay

. >>> and alaska airlines passengers reported hearing sounds coming from the cargo hold. inside was an airline ramp employee who became trapped before the plane took off. desmond deel reports. >> that the him i think standing in the middle. >> reporter: a seattle ramp agent was escorted out of the front cargo hold for this alaska airlines light 448 monday after it made an emergency landing 14 minutes after takeoff. this employee who started his shift at 5:00 a.m. told authorities he had fallen sleep. passengers say the takeoff must have woken him up. >> all of a sudden we hear banging underneath our feet. >> reporter: jamie days was sitting in first class literally above the commotion. >> two of us thought somebody was stuck in the wheel because that's kind of the sound of it. we started hearing voices pounding significantly louder. >> reporter: you can hear the banging from the passenger in road 7, he said two passengers jumped up and took control. one trying to calm count frantic worker as they alerted the pilot. >> just kept banging. kept banging. at some point, the ma

. >> the northern california woman escorted off an alaska airlines plane has just landed in san jose. the mother of two has cancer. she tried to return home from hawaii yesterday and airline personnel said she cooperate fly because she didn't have -- she couldn't fly because she didn't have a doctor's note. lisa amin gulezian joins us with more. lisa? >> ama, i can't tell you how happy elizabeth is to be back in california. she was supposed to have returned home yesterday so she could go to her chemo appointment as well, but everything changed when she got to the airport in hawaii. being back on the mainland never felt so good to elizabeth and her family. this is cell phone varied yow of what happened yesterday -- video of what happened yesterday on an alaska airlines flight. >> my family is being forcibly removed from an airplane because i have cancer. >> i was heart broken. how could i be treated like a criminal? >> the problem started when elizabeth who battled cancer for five years put on a surgical mask while at the gate. she said people around her were sick. an agent asked if sh

alaska airlines is actively investigating the matter.first responders that spoke with him that he boarded the cargo hold and is taking a nap are to the aircraft taking off--prior to the aircraft taking off >> catherine : later in our broadcast: drinking danger. what one woman bought for her young child that grossed her out enough to call us. what we did about it. and a heated controversy over school air conditioning has one official backing down tonight. >> gary :and coming up in this broadcast giants and a's and opposite performances. later in this broadcast >> reporter :a storm system is trying to bring someone into the bay area but it looks like it will come up short however is main booking some gusty winds coming up i love my mileageplus® explorer card. we're saving our united miles... ...for a trip to hawaii. we love free checked bags. i've saved $75 in checked bag fees. no foreign transaction fees means real savings. we can go to any country and spend money the way we would in the u.s. one of the best things about priority boarding

the level of safety in those very difficult environments like alaska. i don't know that we've committed to a particular level of network service, and we certainly can provide that information back to the committee. but, again we're always willing to work with any initiative that is will enhance safety and make the system more efficient as well. >> good. we would like to work on that and with our pilots on that initiative. finally, mr. baker you mention in your testimony a lot, you talk a lot about the poshsimportance and success of the industry working with thef aa to address many of the safety issues. one of the things that struck me is you're doing that in a way that i think is very useful but also doesn't go through the rather formal and cumbersome rule process that can take, again, back to my original question, years. can you highlight some of the examples where you've been working on a more informal basis with the faa to make progress on some of the safety issues that get proper input from industry? >> i think we've worked together well on a number

(baggage handler: "i'm inside this plane, alaska airlines flight 448."ba pasando este hombre, entramos a un avion comercial. --standup on cam-- este avion no es el mismo modelo que el de alaska airlines pero tiene un compartimiento de equipaje de similar tamaÑo. como pueden ver este espacio es muy compacto y completamente oscuro. definitivamente no es un lugar donde se quiere despertar, al escuchar el rugido de los motores durante el ascenso a 35 mil pies de altura. --track- la nave dio la vuelta y regreso al aeropuerto, donde el maletero fue rescatado y examinado por personal medico. segn alaska airlines, el hombre se habia quedado dormido al final de su turno, y no respondio a los llamados de sus colegas, quienes pensaron que se habia hido a casa. la aerolinea ha prohibido que el hombre vuelva a trabajar en sus aviones. andrea cruz, telemundo anchor ---pasamos con gabriela dellan... anchor ---con las condiciones actuales del tiempo... gabriela... take gabriela live gabriela live amigos tengan todos muy buenas tardes y sean cordialmente bienvenidos a no

alaska airlines plane flight 448. >> are you by yourself or are you with somebody? >> by myself. please. >> the seattle to los angeles flight was in the air for 14 minutes. the call lasted 48 seconds. the pilot made an emergency landing, and the baggage handler walked off the plane. by the way he worked for a third party baggage company but has since been banned from working at alaska airlines. >>> a different flight now. a woman does something bizarre and gets kicked off. this happened on a southwest airlines flight to boston from midway airport. the woman was trying to silence a snoring seatmate. she allegedly grabbed a pen and started poking him in the arm. the man's friend tweeted the photo. you the see ink on the sleeve. the man wasn't hurt but the woman was taken off the flight. no word on any charges. >>> the mailman who flew his gyrocopter under radar coverage has been charged with two criminal offenses. they include operating an unregistered aircraft, which is a felony, and violating restricted airspace. douglas hughes has been placed on home detention in florida. he is

alaska airlines says coworkers noticed the employee was missing and called for him in the cargo hold and tried his cell with no answer, so they thought he'd finished his 9 1/2 hour shift and gone home. there was a similar incident in 2009. authorities say an employee fell asleep in the baggage compartment of a jetblue flight. >> the airlines and developed procedures to protect against that. >> reporter: the alaska airlines flight did eventually take off for l.a. again, with 170 passengers all of them in seats. >> the employee was taken to the hospital as a precaution. he was treated and released. alaska airlines said he did pass a drug and alcohol test. >>> reserve sheriff's deputy in oklahoma is charged with second-degree manslaughter following a fatal shooting in tulsa. the man who was fatly shot in this case, 44-year-old eric harris was a dangerous man. >> but his brother and attorneys are raising questions about the confrontation harris had with a part-time deputy that led to his death. how the fbi has been brought in on the investigation. more from nbc's kevin tibbles. >> stop r

we have, in my state a critically important piece of infrastructure that trans-alaska pipeline systemnfrastructure that could face declining health and strength and it's something that i worry about. it's one thing to read a report outlining our infrastructure challenges but another to set out proactively to solve them every day. any modernization of energy policy should, in my view visit the de-facto ban on oil exports that we have imposed over 40 years ago. i think the qer is too light in that regard. i was, however pleased to see it recognize the unique issues that impact the arctic and the valuable role of the united states can play as chair of the arctic council. i was with secretary kerry on friday but again understanding our role as an arctic nation there, i think it's key and i appreciate the focus that has been given. we know that we have significant infrastructure challenges and we know that we're going to have to work together to solve them and that goes for the members of this committee as well as we work on a broad energy bill noting that infrastructure is one of our key

. >> the northern california woman escorted off an alaska airlines plane has just landed in san jose. the mother of two has cancer. she tried to return home from hawaii yesterday and airline personnel said she cooperate fly because she didn't have -- she couldn't fly because she didn't have a doctor's note. lisa amin gulezian joins us with more. lisa? >> ama, i can't tell you how happy elizabeth is to be back in california. she was supposed to have returned home yesterday so she could go to her chemo appointment as well, but everything changed when she got to the airport in hawaii. being back on the mainland never felt so good to elizabeth and her family. this is cell phone varied yow of what happened yesterday -- video of what happened yesterday on an alaska airlines flight. >> my family is being forcibly removed from an airplane because i have cancer. >> i was heart broken. how could i be treated like a criminal? >> the problem started when elizabeth who battled cancer for five years put on a surgical mask while at the gate. she said people around her were sick. an agent asked if sh

. >> peter slaiby is the vice president of shell alaska. shell has long been pushing to conduct exploritory off shore drilling in the arctic's chukchi, off the coast of northern alaska. after the company spent 15 million dollars on lobbing in washington last year. >> frankly we would not be considering a move into alaska and other arctic regions unless we were sure at the highest levels in our company that we could do it safely. >> a lot of people here have been kind of skeptical about it's not a matter of if, but when something goes wrong with the drilling up in the arctic. >> well so, i think it's a matter of time you know i think that's being a bit pessimistic i think the standards we're putting in place are pretty robust. but could there be an incident? and i think - yeah, there's ship - you know, aside from oil and gas there's a significant amount of shipping. and when we've looked at what's been in place, we think it clearly needs to move up another notch... if a spill does happen, the cold waters in the arctic make clean up even more

tonight, the faa and alaska airlines are investigating. tonight airport employees tell us the official who fell asleep on the plane was working with a crew of three others who noticed he was missing and tried to find him. but nine and a half hours into his shift, they figured he had gone home for the day. lester? >> miguel almaguer, thank you. >>> in oklahoma tonight, a reserve deputy is free on bond after turning himself in for the deadly shooting of a fleeing unarmed suspect although he says he never meant to quill the man. kevin tibbles has more on that. >> reporter: today, 73-year-old bob bates, the part-time tulsa deputy sheriff, was formally charged with second degree manslaughter. >> i feel they're unwarranted and shouldn't have been brought. >> reporter: he was acting as backup when the suspect bolted. 44-year-old eric harris was selling an illegal gun. a scuffle ensued, picked up by police body cam. bates pulled what he says he thought was his taser, but instead fired his gun. >> i shot him. i'm sorry. >> reporter: he later died,

alaska airlines plane. >> are you by yourself or with somebody somebody. >> the flight was in the air for 14 minutes. the call lasted only 48 seconds. the pilot made an emergency landing and the man walked off the plane. he worked for a third party baggage company but he has since been banned from working for alaska airlines. >> a woman did something bizarre on a southwest airlines flight. the woman was trying to silence a snoring seat mate. she allegedly grabbed a pen and started poking him in the arm. the man's friend tweeted out this photo. you can see ink on the sleeve. the woman was taken off the flight and so far no word on any charges. flying a personal helicopter in our nation's capital will land you in hot water. the man who flew his continuer under the radar to land on the capitol lawn has been charged with two criminal offenses. douglas hughes has been placed in home detention in florida and is not allowed to operate any u.s. aircraft. his next court hearing is sit for may 8th. there's been a nasty battle boiling for months now but this morning things could be primed to bur

alaska airlines plane. >> are you at the airport? >> i'm not in the airport. i feel like it's moved, because i feel like my -- >> reporter: the emergency call lasts 48 seconds. then suddenly it drops off. >> are you by yourself or with somebody? >> reporter: with the plane climbing at 5,000 feet passengers hear banging and a scream from below their feet. >> he was like help. help. and we're like what. >> reporter: airborne for 14 minutes, the trapped man was near the nose where it's pressurized and temperature controlled. the pilot made an emergency landing. he was able to walk off the plane. >> reporter: we reached the trapped employee. he tells us he's in good health back on the job and said this morning, he's still feeling a bit tired. >> i hope he hits the coffee. thank you for that report. still ahead on "way too early," the nfl paves the way for adrian peterson to return to the league. and later, let it go senator. one lawmaker's ring tone lightens things up on a capitol hill day. those stories and a check on the weather when "way too early" comes right

. >> woman escorted off alaska airlines plane is back home this morning. the mother of two has cancer and she tried to return to san jose from hawaii on monday, she was told she could not fly without a doctor's nurse. here is that story. >> being on the mainland never felt so good for elizabeth and her family. this is what happened on alaska airlines flight. >> my family was forcibly removed from the airplane because i have cancer. >> i was heartbroken. how could i be treated like a criminal. >> elizabeth has battled cancer for five years put on a surgical mask. people were sick and an agent asked if she was okay and this is what she said. >> i get weak so she said well in that case, i will need to call the doctors that we consult with. >> when the airlines' determined she could not fly she was take were off the plane. this is travel expert's take. >> this is fairly typical of airlines conditions of carriage that they have some kind of clause which at left purports to allow them to make the decision of who to let on the plane. >> the airline overstepped af

the system producing them is spinning in the gulf of alaska. it will send bands of showers our way by sunrise. futurecast gives us an idea of when the showers begin. we are going to freeze this. this is the forecast for 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. you can see most of the activity from san francisco north but the showers spread quickly south later in the morning. we'll have the complete forecast in just a few minutes. >>> every drop of rain certainly helps right now. earlier this week governor jerry brown ordered mandatory 25% water cuts across the board to help deal with california's devastating drought. the alameda county water district held a public meeting in fremont this afternoon to discuss its own conservation plans. and how customers can help cut back. but many who came to hear what is being done told us they are already making sacrifices. >> i haven't water the my lawn for over a year and a half. i'm taking two showers a week. i'm trying to do the best i can with water conservation. >> about four years ago, we got rid of our front lawn and

that was a desperate call from a baggage handler who was trapped inside the cargo hold of an air alaska flight earlier this week. he'd fallen asleep and the plane took off. 14 minutes into the flight the pilot figured out what was happening and turned around and landed. the baggage handler was uninjured and was taken off the plane. officials say he's now back on the job as a contracted employee though he is banned from working for alaska airlines ever again. >>> hunger continues to be a real problem here in the united states. and tonight, you can help make a difference. it's very easy. watch tonight on wusa9 and other gannett owned stations and we will air the fourth annual "out number hunger" concert. it features concert acts and they are coming together to make a difference and they're trying to help an estimated 49 million americans who struggle with hunger. >> years and years ago i got to work with bob hope and bob told me he said -- of all the things you'll get to do in the entertainment business, giving back is the most important. so i had a good person to teach me how to do it ri