amy kellogg is following those developments from washington. >> this nightmare at a remote gas field in algeria in the middle of the desert is still ongoing. the bulk of the attempt has ended. the state department is saying the situation is not secured and not completely wrapped up. the algerians are saying the fighting on the residential compound has ended but that there are still terrorists hold up on the different part of the facility in the gas pricing area. the numbers are so fluid right now it is hard to know exactly what the casualty count is. in terms of americans jennifer griffin reported through contact of hers in washington that there were five americans who managed to escape getting caught up in this. three were taken two managed to escape unharmed one is still unaccounted for. the british are caught up. there are ten britains unaccounted for at this point. it is believed two british may have died in the entire scenario the fighting occurred when the algerian military went in to try to rescue some of the hostages. militants are saying 35 hostages were killed and 11 milita

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amy kellogg with more in our newsroom in loan ton tonight. amy? yeah, bill, captain peter barnes was one of britain's most experienced pilots. he had clocked several thousand hours and had flown choppers and filmed such as die another day, saving private ryan and tomb raider. he was referred to by a colleague as a very dashing, charming man and, frankly, could have gotten the role of james bond himself he had even auditioned. captain barnes worked for reporter motion boutique helicopter charter business. the other person killed today has just been named. 39-year-old matthew wood from london. wood was killed on the ground. and, bill, at this point, the only clue we have as to what may have gone wrong is that barnes did indicate that he wanted a diversionary landing just before he crashed because of very poor visibility. bill? >> bill: you have talked with officials in the city of london. what are they telling you tonight, amy? >> bill, you know, you would think it would be a little easier to get to the bottom of this one but they are not giving us

in london, amy kellogg, fox news. >>> new tonight at six, former new orleans mayor ray nagin has been indicted on federal corruption charges. he faces federal corruption, including wire fraud. this stems from nagin's first two terms of august. he was accused of accepting payoffs, free trips and gratuitiys from contractors while new orleans was struggling to recover from katrina. >>> the nation's debt debate has been put on hold. house republicans will vote next week on a short term fix to allow the government to borrow more money. it is contingent on the senate passing its budget. the country will reach its dead limit as early as mid-march >>> we are getting word from maryland health officials that the first pediatric flu patient has died from the illness. flu concerns continue to grow as we look into the flu situation in d.c., maryland and virginia. the c.d.c. says that influenza-like illnesses are high in maryland and virginia even though the number of flu cases are declining nationally. locally, some people are finding it hard to gets the vaccine. >>> washington is getting ready fo

amy kellogg in a sad situation right in the middle of downtown london. been killed. thanks, amy. >> brian: 21 minutes before the top of the hour. other stories making headlines, the white house quadrupling the number of signatures required to petition to get an official response. now people need 100,000 signatures in 30 days. the change comes after calling on the white house to disavow executive orders, especially one tho deport piers morgan. >> gretchen: note to self if you're trying rob a restaurant, maybe you shouldn't put a bucket on his head. he had a disguise, but he forgot one thing. a mask. sew threw a bucket over his head. but the disguise didn't work. cameras caught a glimpse of his face when he had to lift the bucket up to see. now he's facing a bucket full of charges. >> brian: what an idiot. >> steve: no kidding. meanwhile, he's gained fame on youtube for randomly kissing strangers and posting the videos. look at that guy. but prankster charles ross may have taken his love of pranks a little too far. ross found himself behind bars for giving

amy kellogg has the story live from london. happened, amy. >> reporter: the european court of human rights ruled she should be able to wear the cross. it is being cled a landmark ruling there has been a lot of debate across the continent and the hijab, the forms of muslim veil but there is first time there has been a controversy about christian religious symbols on a personal level at least. it has park ad great debate here in the u.k. about the role of religion in public life. now, the european court today in strasbourg, france, ruled that nadia's implyers, british airways, policy interfered with her right to practice her religion. she was quote jubilant and very pleased that quote, christian rights had been vindicated. british airways sent her home without pay in 2006 when she refused to remove her cross or put it under her uniform. she lost her case in a british employment tribunal, it ruled it is not the religious duty of christians to wear a cross. but ba ultimately changed the dress code rules and reinstated eweida. she f

amy kellogg, thanks. jenna: a new flare-up of violence between new nuclear armed countries.g pakistan of killing two of its soldiers while on patrol near the highly disputed region of kashmir. this comes two days after a fight in which pakistan claims one of its soldiers was killed when indian troops crossed that line. washington keeps a very close eye on these incidents as india and pakistan have fought at least three wars over kashmir. general keane is with us, a four-star general, retired and former vice chief of staff of the army and a kr-b are fox news contributor aand a fox news contributor as well. why should we pay attention when these things happen. >> these countries have had historic tension and the world mays attention because they have nuclear weapons. and the fear is that some minor skirmish like this one could escalate. however i don't think that is going to happen in this case. of it is unfortunate there are deaths involved but the fact of the matter is pakistan and india have been doing better talking in the last several months than they have been in years.

bill: amy kellogg streaming live from near the crash site in central london. ere, amy? >> reporter: bill, let me situate you a little bit because a lot of our viewers will certainly know the city of london. just behind me the headquarters of the intelligence agency mi6. to the left a very busy commuter station on the south side of the river. to the right of me the river itself and ahead of me the scene of the crash. an investigation is underway, bill as we speak. the only possible explanation at this point is that fog that you referenced. because the pilot did ask for a diversionary landing at a nearby helipad before he crashed into the crane that was some 50 stories into the sky, which is quite dramatically high for the london skyline, which as you probably know is not particularly high. now, the pilot has been named as pete barnes, from a commercial helicopter agency. coworkers say they are deaf stated by the loss. again, it is still to be determined what exactly caused this. as you said it was, as eyewitnesses put it, hike a scene from a war movie when this

in london amy kellogg, fox news. >>> up next the last minute work before the inaugural events kick off. >> plus if you have ever gone to the inaugural parade, chances are you've heard his voice. he'll join us in studio next to talk about the job he's done since 1949.  >>> this is fox 5 news at 10:00. >>> the first official inaugural events kick off tomorrow in communities across country and on the national mall, a day devoted to national service. fox 5's bob barnard tells us about some last minute work being done to get one important place ready for what's in store. >> reporter: the d.c. convention center is hosing all three official inaugural events -- hosting all three official inaugural event. this place is buzzing right now. there were six inaugural balls here four years ago, the three this time around being a kids concert, the children's inaugural saturday night in this hall. then monday night the inaugural ball in this same space. tickets were available to the general public and the commander in chief ball in this room mostly enlisted members and their familie

amy kellogg is live there. so what happened, amy, and how bad is the damage?ter: jon, well the mayor of london just visited the scene of the crash and said at this point we can not say what caused the crash. there has been a lot of speculation, jon that it may have been due to foggy weather this morning. that pilot we now know was pete barnes, had asked for a diversionary landing at a nearby airstrip, but, helipad but he crashed before that could happen. one of his colleagues has just spoken out and said that pete barnes in fact was one of the pioneers in this country of eye in the sky. that is something quite common in the u.s. less common here and that pete barnes had been a daring pilot but one who had always observed the utmost safety. had been a todaying and lovely guy who could have auditioned for and gotten a part in any james bond film. someone on the ground was also killed. the identity of that person has not yet been released. eyewitnesses say that the scenes really did look like something out of a war movie when that helicopter burst into a ball of

amy kellogg is live in london with more. >> he is an afghan veteran of algerian descent.d in mali and to have possibly four malian wives. it's not necessarily the case that he is on site, again based in mali and direct being operations from there. he came up with the proposition to free two american hostages for two islamic militants, including the so-called blind sheik in jail in america. defense secretary leon panetta speaking today in london had words for him and his foot soldiers. >> terrorists should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in algeria, not in north africa, not anywhere. those who would wantenly attack our country and our people will have no place to hide. >> reporter: the good news is that we are seeing some proof that some hostages have been released, some unharmed, others with obvious injuries. some looked to be from the hundreds of algerians taken hostage alongside the 132 foreigners from ten different countries. there have been differing reports about the status. everything is still very fluid. algerian state media now saying

amy kellogg on the story. is the u.s. state department getting involved, amy? >> reporter: the u.s.ate department is, bill. they say they're actively engaged in this case and in close contact with the family. it is such a sensitive situation right now they are not going to divulge exactly what they are doing. all of this complicated by the fact that the u.s. and iran do not have diplomatic relations. what is very puzzling to christian groups following this case it is not clear were abedini was arrested over the summer and sentenced now? he had converted to islam back in 2000. he had apparently involved in the network of house churches but he had sort of agreement with the iranian authorities that if he didn't evangelize he would be able to travel back and forth. he now lives in boise, idaho, back and forth to iran to visit family and do work with an orphannage as long as he did not evan gellize. apparently did not been doing that but was picked up anyway. christian solidarity worldwide which is based here in london, bill, is concerned about the charge is a political one. national se

amy kellogg joins me now from london. so what can you tell us, amy, what do we know?er: well, martha, of course this may have been a response to recent events, the operation in mali, but according to the british prime minister today -rpbg, this was a heavily armed, of course we knew, very well coordinated and probably preplanned attack. what we are hearing that is new, and this is from the "associated press" quoting a source close to the scene, 60 hostages still unaccounted for, missing, possibly dead, or still being held at this point. and let's take one more look at that brand-new video we are seeing of some of the hostages who have been freed. some of them injured, some of them looking okay, some appear to be algerian, some clearly foreigners, many of them saying that beyond being relieved their thoughts are with their colleagues still stuck on that compound. there had been earlier reports from algerian news agencies that 77 foreign hostages were among a total of 650 originally taken who were freed. even the exact number of hostages has been a matter of confusion.

amy kellogg is live in london with more. >> reporter: and now, investigators still don't know what causedpilot had asked for a diversionary landing before the crash due to some visibility issues. eyewitnesses say that the scene looked like something out of a war movie. when the helicopter crashed into a fiery ball. and some of the wreckage setting neighboring cars and building on fire. of the commercial pilot keith barnes known as a pioneer in the sky, traffic reporting in the u.k. was killed as was a person on the ground, who has yet to be identified. 13 others were injured and the center was set up to deal with those who were in shock. this is the first time the mayor of london said that he could remember in aviation accident in the center of the city and he described the scene of the crash as very disturbing. >> it's a scene of -- a tragic scene of a, a wreckage of a carbonized helicopter and of course, great deal of damage done to an adjacent building and it doesn't take a great deal to imagine what could have happened, had that helicopter crashed into a bus or a heavily occupied buil

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