both passengers and the crew leaped into action when the captain started acting erratically, bigad shaban has the latest. >> reporter: the pilot who caused the chaos could be the first airline captain charged with interfering west his own flight. passengers say that veteran pilot clayton osbeen had a mental break down. running up the aisle rapting ranting about a bomb and screaming they are going to take us down. the became irate after the copilot locked him out of the cockpit. >> he was banging on the door, telling him to bring the throttle to idle, we are all going to down, pray to jesus. >> they took action. >> impulsively we jumped up and grabbed him and pulled him away from the cockpit door and he started ranting. >> we had no other option but to physically restrain this individual on the ground until the plane was safely landed. >> reporter: the crew brought an off-duty pilot on board into the cockpit to help with the landing. >> we declare an emergency at this time, we are going to need priority. >> it land safely in texas and he was taken into custody. in a tv interview the presid

bigad shaban shows us tensions are running so high, there's a chance u.s. troops could be headed home earlier than expected. >> reporter: protestors burned and effigy of president obama and chanted "death to america" as they marched through the streets in eastern afghanistan. [ yelling ] >> reporter: they are demanding a public trial for the u.s. sergeant witnesses say murdered 16 afghan villagers many of them children. the demonstrators want u.s. troops out of their country and taliban militants opened fire on afghan officials attending a memorial service for the victim. an afghan soldier was killed and two others wounded. the military isn't releasing the name of the alleged shooter. cbs news has learned he is a 38- year-old father of two. eyewitnesses claim they saw him drag a young boy and shoot him in the mouth. >> we're heartbroken over the loss of innocent life. the killing of innocent civilians is outrageous and is unacceptable. >> reporter: defense secretary leon panetta says the suspect could face the death penalty. >> war is hell. these kinds of e

bigad shaban with more from l.a. >> reporter: jetblue suspended the pilot who caused the midair chaos on flight 191. veteran pilot clayton osborne had a mental breakdown running up the -- clayton osbon had a mental breakdown running up and down the aisle screaming they're going to tail us down. his co--- take us down. his co-pilot tricked him into leaving the cockpit and he became irate. >> he's banging on the door. he's yelling to the co-pilot bring it down, we're all going to die. pray to jesus. >> reporter: when a flight attendant couldn't calm the pilot passengers took action including former law enforcement officials who happened to be traveling to a security conference in las vegas. >> the four of us just jumped up and grabbed him and pulled him from the cockpit door and he started ranting about iraq, iran, they're going to take us down. >> we had no other option but to physically restrain this individual on the ground until the plane was safely landed. >> reporter: the crew brought an off-duty pilot on board into the cockpit to help with an emergency landing. >> it's an emergen

bigad shaban has those stories and more. >> reporter: on the ereader the seven novel series also a hit on the big screen is available on author j.k. rowling's pottermore website. >>> the boss has an open invitation to perform. from the boss of his home state. new jersey's governor chris christie wants bruce springsteen to perform at the new revel casino in new york city on labor day weekend. he could help the casino succeed in a city where gambling ref knews -- revenues are sharply down. beyonce will headline on memorial day weekend. >>> one of the stars of the new movie "mirror, mirror" going to the top of the emissary state building on tuesday -- empire state building on tuesday. >> i'd never done any choreographed work before like mixed martial arts. >> mirror, mirror on the wall what's the fairest of them all? >> reporter: it stars jewel somewhere roberts and is a retelling of the snow white fairytale. collins plays snow white. >> you never told me you were a prince. >> reporter: roberts takes on the role of the evil queen and that's your eye on entertainment. bigad shaban, cbs new

bigad shaban takes a look. >> apple calls it the new ipad.he third generation of the company's wildly popular tablet computer. >> everyone has been wondering who will come out with a product that's more amazing than the ipad 2. well, stop wondering. we are. >> this news version has a sharper, higher resolution screen, 3.1 million pixels worth. it weighs just under 1.5 pounds, comes in black and white and has a faster processor than the ipad 2. it has a more advanced five mega pickle camera and operates on the powerful 4g network. the price start at $499. unveiling the new product, ceo tim cook, stuck closely to the trademark style of apple founder steve jobs, who died last year. pacing the stage in a casual button-down. he talked about the tablet revolution. >> we think the ipad is the poster child of the post pc world. >> as with all apple announcements this one drew a giant crowd of media from around the world. apple created the tablet market, but the competition is scrambling to catch up, introducing 100 different tablets in the past year.

bigad shaban, cbs news, hollywood. >> i thought adam sandler did that movie before. being abandoned somewhere. >> i didn't know you were a -- >> maybe that was the one where we say -- >> haven't seen a movie in about ten years. >> moving right along, good morning and thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. on this thursday morning. i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike hydeck, beverly farmer is in for monika

bigad shaban reports. the plane was also forced to make an emergency landing. >> reporter: passengers on board a jet blue flight, from york to las vegas, recorded the drama on their cell phones as the plane's captain was pinned down. >> we will pictures of this, please. >> reporter: witnesses say the captain came out of the cockpit. the flight crew trieded to lock himut. -- him out. a passenger got on and asked passengers to restrain him. according to passengers, several people, including a off- duty new york police officer, kept him down. the plane made an emergency landing in amarillo, texas. that's where authorities took him off the plane. the jet blue statement says the flight was diverted because of a medical situation involving the captain. and that another captain, traveling off-duty, entered the flight deck, prior to landing in amarillo, and took over the duties of the ill crewmember. >> please clear the aisle. we have to get to the back. >> reporter: the plane and everyone on board were held on th

here is bigad shaban on tense moments inside an aircraft. >> reporter: jet blue passengers touched downs vegas six hours late after making an emergency landing in amarillo, texas. passengers pinned down the plane's captain after the copilot locked him out of the cockpit. according to the faa he became concerned the captain exhibited erratic behavior during the flight and radioed for help on the ground. >> yeah, we are going to need authorities and medical to meet us at the airport. >> have the airport police stand by. >> the captain was taken off the flight on a cart by security. a source tells cbs news he is a respected veteran pilot. one passenger said a flight attendant got on the intercom and asked passengers to restrain him. >> he was knocking on the cockpit, very quickly six or 8 big new yorkers pinned him to the ground. >> but for passengers in the rear there was fear and confusion. >> people started running from the back they thought we were being hijacked by the guys attacking the pilot so i restrained everybody and explained what was going on because i saw it. >> the plane lan

bigad shaban has the latest on the deadly wildfire. >> reporter: southwest of the suburbs, wildfires have charred six miles. crews have been unable to find a woman missing since thursday. >> we're coming to the home. looking for her remains. everything is a possibility. we've looked for her in a huge area, in the event that she tried to outrun the fire. >> this home video was recorded by a family who struggled to stay ahead of the flames while evacuating early this week. a reverse 911 call went out to residents, telling them to leave. but 12% never got the message. >> what we know is that there wasn't a glitch with the system. we don't know how significant that glitch is. >> reporter: colorado governor john hickenlooper took to the air to get his first look at the massive fire. >> i mean, there's nothing left. just the foundations in many cases. >> reporter: officials said the fire may have started as a result of a state-planned burn. at least 27 homes have been destroyed and two people are dead. firefighters now say they're making progress in fighting the blaze because of the light

in san francisco, bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> apple also announced that the starting priceor the ipad 2 will drop $100 to $399. >> wow. a sneak peek at jennifer love hewitt's sexy new photo shoot. mark steines has a preview for entertainment tonight. >>> coming up on entertainment tonight, jennifer love hewitt is cashing in on the sexy new series, the client list. but if you think that's hot, check out j. love's sexy new photo shoot. >> i did a little siren research before this one. i tried to become a little more hottie to taughty than my last cover. >> she nearly reveals all in this photo shoot. in a beige bra, stunned in a strapless white gown, and beams in a pencil skirt. so who is the star of celebrity crush? >> i think ian summer holder is pretty special. i think george clooney is always going to be a classic. he is always going to be on the list. >> the 33-year-old is also shedding clothes for her scandalous new tv show, the client list, where she plays a mom who works in a massage parlor. >> it's hot girls in lingerie all the time. never a bad show to watch. >> repo

bigad shaban has the latest on the violence. >>> fbi and s.w.a.t.eams rushed to the university of pittsburgh this afternoon. after a gunman opened fire in the lobby of the western psychiatric institute and clinic. >> this has never happened in our school and this area. i'm just like so worried. >> reporter: police say the shooter is one of the two people dead. at least seven were injured. one person shot in the chest. and the bullet grazed a police officer in the leg. police evacuate the some buildings and put others, including two nearby high schools under lockdown. >> it's a little too close to home. >> reporter: police are now conducting room-by-room searches, to rule out any more threats and check on patients. bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> the university sent out e- mail and text alerts, shortly after 2:00 p.m., to warn people of the shooting. >> reporter: it is being called an epidemic. troubling new information out tonight on tobacco use, among teenagers. mary has the latest on a new report. >> reporter: the surgeon general says more w

bigad shaban shows thank you has plenty of new features but -- shows us that it has plenty of new features but no new name. >> reporter: we're now nine days away from the new ipad officially hitting the market. that announcement came out rather earlier today here in san francisco. and it's really the first big unveiling for apple without visionary steve jobs showcasing the company's new gadget. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: apple calls it simply the new ipad. it's the third generation of the company's wildly popular tablet computer. >> everyone's been wondering who will come out with the product that is more amazing than the ipad 2. well, stop wondering. we are. this. >> reporter: this new version has a sharper higher resolution screen. 3.1million pixels worth. it weighs just under 1.5 pounds, comes in black and white and has a faster processor than the ipad 2. it also has a more advanced 5 megapixel camera and operates on the powerful 4-g network. like the older ipads, the price starts at $499. unveiling the new product ceo tim cook stuck closely to the trademark style of apple fou

bigged a shab has bigad shaban has the latest. >> reporter: mitt romney is celebrating his birthday on the campaign trail. >> thanks. >> reporter: one of two southern states holding republican primaries tomorrow. >> i think it is time to send a president to washington who can fix things in this country. >> reporter: rick santorum is spending time in mississippi. the other state where they will head to the polls. a new pole shows he leads the poll with 34% supporting him. romney trails just behind with 30%. santorum's lead is within the pole's margin of error. newt gingrich and ron paul are still far behind. but the poll also shows most republican voters, 73%, expect romney will win the nomination. >> this primary is very very important. >> tomorrow's primaries are critical for gingrich, who is resisting calls to drop out of the race. >> at some point it becomes irrelevant whether he is in the race, i think this race is going to become a two person race. >> gingrich maintains he will pull out wins in the south. >> i represent the regan tradition of large ideas, he represents being a tea

bigad shaban, cbs news. >> one other campaign note. although romney turns 65 today, he says he will not enroll in medicare. instead, he says, he will keep his private health insurance. >>> the u.s. soldier accused of gunning down afghan civilians is reportedly a trained sniper who suffered a traumatic brain injury before the rampage. more than a dozen people were killed in southern afghanistan yesterday. as danielle nottingham reports, the area is now bracing for retaliation. >> reporter: on the streets of kandahar, afghan military forces are on guard. the taliban is vowing revenge for sunday's deadly attack. eyewitnesses say an american soldier went on a shooting spree in two villages killing 16 people including nine children and three women. >> i cannot speak, this local man says, before wiping away tears. >> what happened this weekend is absolutely heartbreaking and tragic and i expressed directly to president karzai how the american people feel anytime innocent civilians especially children are -- are -- are killed. >> reporter: th

bigad shaban reports for wjz with the latest on this stand off and the manholed up. >> reporter: several explosions and gunshots were heard in the city overnight outside the apartment where a suspected killer was holed up. >>> police say the blasts were meant to intimidate him, who shot at officers early wednesday. police say the french map drove to a local jewish school on his motorcycle monday and killed teacher jonathan sadler, his two young sons and a little girl. hundreds gathered to barry them. the french foreign minister ?riew this israel for the funeral he vowed the country would fight hate crimes. he said they must remain united. they believe he murdered three french soldiers and again escaped on a motorcycle. the prosecutor said he was planning to kill another soldier soon, triggering a police raid on his apartment. france's interior minister says he claims to have ties to al qaeda and was seeking pay back to the kill of children in the middle east and for france's involveth in afghanistan. >> we have live video from france right outside the apartment where the man is holed up.

bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> the pilot is now charged with interfering with a flight crew. averages were -- passengers were interviewed in texas before boarding another plane to las vegas a few hours before. >>> showers moved through maryland this afternoon. take a look outside, where there are lots of clouds. and weather is warmer than normal. let's check in with bob turk. he's tracking the storm. >> this is the frontal system. it's going to bring us dryer and cool air. beginning late tonight and tomorrow. take a look at the activity. all of it south of the baltimore, washington area. we had thunder and lightning here briefly. all of the activity now across southern maryland as you can see. shady side. the strongest activity just to the west of leonardtown. that one little thundershower, moving across portions of calvert county. and st. mary's county. and a little leftover in charlotte county. all moving off to the south and east. eastern shore, just light activity now. one little cell, as you can see it. right there over southern a.t. county, near shady side. around the b

bigad shaban. >> jet blue says the captain was taken to a local hospital. >>> a mountainous area being consumed. the fire has destroyed 16 homes and grown to seven square miles. right now, 900 homes have been evacuated. and more remain under a threat. >> panic. panic-stricken. i really am. >> reporter: first time in 36 years, had to get out of here. so heavy duty. >> reporter: the wildfire is located about 25 miles southwest of denver. investigators believe it may have started as a controlled burn that came back to life due to strong wind gusts. >> tonight, the supreme court takes on the most controversial part of president obama's healthcare law. the justices are examining whether the government has the power to force every american to purchase health insurance. danielle nottingham reports for wjz from the supreme court. >> reporter: protestors passionate about the healthcare law, surrounded the supreme court tuesday. >> we love obama care! >> reporter: some fighting for its survival. others eager to see the justices strike it down. >> or government has never had that power before. an

bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> the passengers on the flight were interviewed in texas, before boarding another plane to las vegas hours later. >>> a knife-wielding man was shot and killed by city police. denise is in the newsroom with circumstances surrounding the first police shooting since new policies went into effect. >> 21-year-old sharon carter jackson was shot when police responded to a family disturbance. officers responded to the 2500 block of coldspring lane, after a 911 call for a person with a weapon. an officer went to the home's front door and says jackson came outside with a knife. city police say jackson was shot several times during a confrontation with that officer. now, the officer is suspended, but not being identified. according to the agency's new rules, that gives 48 hours to release the officer's name. >> denise, thank you. the city police department's new policy stems from an investigation of a departmental shooting that killed officer william torbit, back in january 2011. >>> it's a symbol of solidarity to trayvon martin, the hooded sweatshirt. but to

bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, the passengers on the flight were interviewed in texas before boarding another plane to las vegas a few hours earlier. >>> budget crunch. baltimore city parents are upset tonight after baltimore's mayor announces she wants to close more than half a dozen swimming pools. wjz is live at druid park, where adam may has more. >> this and the other ones. they are not scheduled to close. they could be a whole lot busier if this plan goes through. >> reporter: seven of baltimore's smaller neighborhood swimming pools could be dried up. but the new plan to close them for good has some city parents upset. >> what are the kids going to do? that's what sends them to the corners. because they have nothing to do. >> reporter: the mayor says the closures are necessary because of the budget deficit. >> you have to choose your priority and prioritize your spending on things that matter most to families. >> reporter: the mayor. >> not named exactly which pools will be shut down. but they're targeting the oldest ones with the lowest attendance. >> they're obsolete.

bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >>> the investigation into the suspected hazing death of a florida a&m marching band member is now complete. kai jackson has more on what happens next. >> the case is now in the hands of the state attorney, who will make a decision on possible charges. in november, fam u. drum major died. some band members have said it happened while the 26-year-old was taking part in an annual rite of passage, called crossing bus c. that involves being punched ask kicked by senior members. champion collapsed and died. >> similar allegations have been made, but none involving champion's death. >>> a california woman is lucky to be alive, after her pickup truck plunges off a highway and into a snowy bank in the angeles national forest. this is an incredible story of survival. >> reporter: a harrowing rescue caught on the deputy's helmet cam as emergency crews save a woman who plunged 300 feed off a cliff in last night's storm. >> she needed to be found as soon as possible. >> this is the profile picture of tracy grainger. she was traveling to her antelope valley home

bigad shaban introduces us to the movie's big stories. -- stars. >> reporter: jennifer lawrence triesn a televised hungered games. in the movie, she plays 16-year- old catness. a skilled hunter, caught up in the annual survival. >> i volunteer its tribute. >> reporter: but lawrence admits, offscreen, she's no tough girl. >> no. absolutely not. >> i have the street smarts and survivor skills of a poodle. i'm awful. >> reporter: lawrence's character also finds herself in a love triangle. between the boy she left at home, liam, and josh. the two joked about how well they'd do in the brutal games. >> he comes from australia. he's fighting sharks and crocodiles and hunting for his life out there. >> this would be a walk in the park. >> compared to the outback. it's nothing. i'm from kentucky. usually, we can get down, too. but australia, i don't know. >> we fight sharks and crocodiles and all kinds of stuff. >> the movie is based on a and a half. first of a trilogy that spent four years and counting on the new york times best sellers list. >> lauren was a big fan of the book. >> it was inc

. >> as bigad shaban reports, efforts to patch up strained u.s.fghanistan relations is only just beginning. >> reporter: the american soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians is reportedly on his way to a u.s. military prison at ft. leavenworth, kansas. a senior defense department official says he

bigad shaban, cbs news. >> the passengers on the flight were interviewed in texas before boarding another plane to las vegas to their destination a few hours later. >>> big crowds expected tomorrow in the national geographic museum opening of a special exhibit about the titanic. the show co insides with the 100th -- coincides with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship. the show features the work of director james cameron who organized 33 dives to the site of the titanic and the exhibit runs through july 8th. >>> friday night's mega millions jackpot now worth a world record $500 million. that is a half a billion with a b. it shatters the previous top lottery jackpot of 390 million. weeks have passed since anybody has matched all six winning numbers. mega millions is played in 40 states these days. >>> police in san diego are looking for the grinch who stole the lorax. a 2-foot tall bronze statue of the dr. seuss character was taken from the home of the author's 90-year-old widow. it sat under the shadow of a 100-year-old tree that served as an inspiration for another dr. seuss s