the colorado spring police are on the scene at colorado springs airport. told that on this airtran flight 39 from atlanta to san francisco, a young man was taken into custody after the plane was diverted. there are varying reports that say the suspect was intoxicated and might have locked himself in the bathroom and refused to come out. it was then that we're told that authorities said we can't fool around with this. they let the government know -- this is a picture taken of this passenger on the flight a little while ago. you might have seen this earlier today. and then they radioed back and said, look, we've got a problem here. and deciding that the better part was not to take any risk. norad immediately released two f-16's that tailed the plane down for this landing to colorado springs. everyone safe on the flight. the passenger has been taken into custody. that's all we know. but, again, this could have been obviously a big deal. you only send f-16's to tail a plane if you fear that plane might be used either as a weapon or god forebid even worse. 9/11

the unruly passenger was taken into custody by police in colorado springs. he is expected to be charged on monday with interference with a flight crew, a federal charge. >>> police in england have arrested three men who they say threatened staff aboard a plane bound for dubai. the men were arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat and are in jail in london right now. the incident happened last night as the plane was getting ready to take off from heathrow airport. all of the passengers were taken off the plane while police searched it with bomb-sniffing dogs. they found nothing suspicious, though. heathrow airport remained open during the incident. >>> the christmas airline bombing attempt suspect has pleaded not guilty to all charges. umar farouk abdulmutallab appeared in court in detroit yesterday. it lasted about four minutes, the hearing. he is facing six federal charges including an attempt to blow up a plane and an attempt to use weapons of mass destruction. that charge could get him listen in prison if he's convicted. his defense didn't challenge

. >> the unruly passenger was taken into custody by police in colorado springs. he's expected to be charged on monday with interference with a flight crew. that's a federal charge. >>> a suspected suicide bomber blamed for killing seven cia employees and contractors threatened revenge before he died. humam kalil abu mulal al balawi appeared in a video. in it he said the attack war for revenge for a former palestine boss for an air strike. he said he was also carrying out the attack because of drone attacks inside pakistan. perhaps more ominously, he threatened more attacks are coming against america both outside and inside the united states. the man sitting beside al balawi in the video is the new leader of the pakistani branch. this is another picture we got from kalil al balawi's family. >>> police in england arrested three men who they say threatened staff aboard a plane bound for dubai. the men were arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat and are in jail in london. it happened last night as the plane got ready to take off from heathrow airport. all the

passengers as the tsa says a flight on the way from atlanta to san francisco had to be diverted to colorado springs due to an unruly passenger. he locked himself in the bathroom and what he did next was frightening. >> unruly passenger came out of the bathroom with no shoes or socks and a razor. >> they tasered the man. he fell to the ground. >> bomb-sniffing dogs searched the plane. no explosives or evidence of terrorism were found. after a three-hour delay, the plane continued on to the destination of san francisco. >>> maryland will discussion stiffer laws for child sex offenders. wee have suzanne collin was more. sarah haley foxwell's body was found in the woods on christmas day. thomas james leggs has been convicted twice in the past with sexual child abuse. >> if we lose one child to murder, that is one child too many. when these things happen, it fires all of us -- inspires all of us to ask what can we do to better safeguard lives of our children? >> reporter: the governor tells eyewitness news that he thinks lawmakers will debate similar bills like similar to this crime. when a child sex of

we moved to colorado springs a year and a half ago. >> why choose colorado springs? >> there are many factors but it was the cost of living, quality of life. it really is god's country. the quality of the public schools. the charter school system is one of the best in the nation. really a hidden gem and a living laboratory of parental choice in action. every public school should be a top-notch academically rigorous charter school. going back to the political sphere, there is a huge opportunity for the republican party to reach out to nontraditional constituencies because you see a lot of minority parents, urban parents and the most successful charter schools are in places like south central los angeles and urban parts of houston and inner-city, new york city, and these are our parents and teachers who have to battle traditional hard left democratic constituencies to improve the quality of education for the kids. >> first call is bob from silver spring, maryland. please go ahead. >> i have a question. which political party do you believe has done the most to improve t

an air france flight was diverted to colorado's springs after a 40's -- authorities say a man locked himself in the bathroom and refused to turn to his seat. then a hawaiian flight had to land in los angeles after a man started harassing a woman. >>> authorities have found a man wanted in connection with the security breach at newark airport. he admitted he was the person seen in the security video walking past a checkpoint. the terminal was cleared, thousands of passengers were screened again, and flights were delayed. >> i never imagined he would do that. >> is facing charges of defiant trespassing and a $500 fine. he will not face federal charges. the transportation security administration has been criticized because the cameras at the checkpoint or not working at the time. >>> economic experts are giving the stimulus bill and mixed grade. the state would raise health- care spending slightly and provide coverage to an additional 34 million americans, but over time, cost cutting measures and the legislation could reduce annual increases in health-care premiums. >>> paying to part i

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"dateline" colorado springs.e's this air tran flight that's headed from atlanta to san francisco. air tran 39. as the story now goes some drunk guys on there -- there's the route. that's quite a map. good grief. the flight was diverted on the way to california. like we have had it with this drunk guy. he's wasted and in the bathroom and won't come out. so they had to land the plane. i don't know. they landed. it was like never a security threat to the airport. they don't believe -- here the dude is. this is in colorado springs when they got him on the ground. they arrested him. apparently he was just liquored up to a degree improper for the plane. when they won't come out of the john, sometimes you gotta land in colorado. so no terror problems. just every time something goes weird on a plane we divert 'em. drunk guy off the plane in custody. two developments in the search for a missing eight-month-old baby. a baby last seen with his mother. the mother claims she killed the child. so then said that she gave him aw

security administration says a flight en route from atlanta to san francisco had to be diverted to colorado springs because of an unruly passenger. pictures of him snapped here by other passengers. a man locked himself in the bathroom and what he did next was very frightening. >> just an unruly passenger. came out the bathroom with no socks and ?o shoes with a razer in his hand and had everybody spooked. >> the man was tasered. he went limp and they took him out. >> bomb sniffing dogs and officers searched the entire mane. no explosives or evidence of terrorism were found after a three-hour delay, then the plane was cleared to continue on to san francisco. >>> tonight, we're also learning new details in the deadly attack against cia members in afghanistan. the director of the group says the jordannian man that killed the seven agents was about to be searched prior to the explosion. the bomber was cultivated by the cia in the fight against al qaeda but apparently was working as a double agent. the cia director says the suicide bombing is a stark reminder that the u.s. is still at war. >>> it's been

the air tran san francisco bound flight landed in colorado springs.t turns out the plane was escorted by military fighters jets. cops say the passenger was intoxicated and apparently locked himself in the bathroom. >> the guy is just going off on the stewardess 'cause she's telling him you had too much to drink. but he has no shoes and no shirt on. >> they were pointing and yelling and even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down. he stood up in the back of the plane. >> i was very upset. and i haven't flown in ten years. of course, it happens when i'm on the plane. >> in another incident, authorities charge add man with interfering with a flight to hawaii. he made threats on an inflight note card and reports to crashing and landing on gilligan's island. that prompted the pilots to turn the plane around, then land back in portland, oregon. he was allegedly upset that he couldn't store his bag under his exit row seat. >>> we're learning chilling details about the deadly attack on c.i.a. employees in afghanistan and the man accused of carrying out th

they are in colorado springs, colorado. how did you do it, dan?lot of people praying for me. god was there. he was listening to their prayers. he helped me survive. >> larry: what were you doing in haiti? >> i work with compassion international and i was there with a filmmaker and we were shooting a documentary to shine a light on the extreme poverty of children there. >> larry: i understand you wrote notes kwhil buried under the rubble to your wife and two sons. how did you do that? >> well, i realized -- i was always hoping for a rescue. i realized that might not be god's plan for me at that time. so i had a camera with me and was able to use the light from the focus on the camera to shine on a page and write a couple of lines and move my finger down and write a couple more lines. i wanted to say to my wife and kids the things i would want them to carry with them if i wasn't able to get out. >> larry: christy, have you seen those notes. >> i've seen some of them, yes. >> i'm not ready -- >> larry: what did you say, dan? >> i'm not ready to share

littlest angels and that was messengerinternational.org it is a nonprofit organization based out of colorado springse that sponsorship. >> larry: and now when do you expect joe to come in with your new little son? >> well, you know, larry, we are hoping that this is going to happen in the next couple of days. there are so many balls up in the air and things change every ten minutes, we have some new information. i think the biggest thing today that we have been working on is that, number one, we are just normal people. i'm just an adoptive parent and this has just turned into an incredible opportunity to make history. there is really not a lot of precedent here that we have to go off of, so we are trying to work with key, influential and people -- organizations and lawyers to figure out how we are going to process the kids, and samuel being one of them. we are really struggling. we are meeting right now in fact, i had to step away from that meeting. >> larry: we are going to devote a lot more time to this tomorrow night, we hope by then he is home. if not, we will get details. we are cramped for tim

. >> the passenger was taken into custody by police in colorado springs.e is expected to be charged on monday with interference with a flight crew. that's a federal charge. >>> it's late night's latest battle. only months ago nbc gave jay leno a primetime talk show and put conan o'brien in the top-rated late-night spot. but low ratings for both hosts could soon lead to late-night shake-up not seen since david letterman bolted for cbs. >>> a suspect has been arrested for a scare that shut down a terminal at newark airport. the charge he's facing and why authorities say he ducked under a security rope. >>> and the trial was moved hundreds of mile as way from oakland, california, but the change of venue may have been for nothing. the scene on the courthouse steps as a transit police officer's trial got under way. >>> plus -- you'll be getting those census forms in the mail soon. pretty extensive but one word on the form getting a lot of attention. why some people say it's outdated. we'll hear your thoughts on whether it should be there. >>> record-breaking co

two f-16 fighter jets escorted the jet to the colorado springs airport in response to a passenger whoegedly refused to leave the restroom. >> and the guy is just going off on the stewardess, because she's telling him, had you too much to drink, and -- but he has no shoes and no shirt on. >> just pointing and yelling, and even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down. he stood up in the back of the plane. >> on a more serious note overnight, british police arrested three men who allegedly made a bomb threat on a plane at london's heathrow airport. >>> nasty weather out there. and that's become a pretty common sight. and even in the southeast, much of the nation in the icy grip of bone-chilling dangerous cold today, atlanta is dealing with the aftermath of sleet and snow. something the deep south just simply have is not used to. frigid temperatures and icy roads blamed for lots of fender benders and frightening moments on the roadways just like you're seeing right here. call it black ice. the deadly arctic blast that is gripping the south. the midwest, even the west, blamed for at lea

two f-16s escorted flight to colorado springs where the fbi arrested the man.ls say he's likely to face charges for interfering with a flight crew. >>> same day, different flight, a hawaii bound plane had to land in l.a. after a man was accused of harassing a woman on board. he was removed from the jet but not arrested. officials say the woman did not want to press charges. >>> and then there is the earlier incident at the busy newark airport. the tsa is under the microscope for its handling of that situation. i'm walk you through why. on sunday at terminal c in newark airport, a man slips past a security checkpoint. a tsa worker is distracted and doesn't notice. even when a passenger alerts officials, the tsa waits more than an hour before alerting airport police to the security breach. if this was a real threat, that's precious time. and when the tsa tries to view security tape of the incident, it discovers the cameras are running, but not recording. and we have learned that's not unusual. the union representing airport police tells us the tsa routinely infor

a national out yit based out of colorado springs. an incredible day to have that sponsorship. >> larry: when do you expect joe to come in with your new little son? >> well, you know, larry, we're hoping that this is going to happen in the next couple of days. there are so many balls up in the air and things change every ten minutes, we have some new information. the biggest thing today that we've been working on is that, number one, we're just normal people. i'm just an adoptive parent. and this has turned into just an incredible opportunity to make history. there is really not a lot of precedent here that we have to go off of. so we're trying to work with key influential and people, organizations and lawyers, to figure out how we're going to process the kids. and samuel being one of them. we're really struggling. we're meeting right now. i had to step away from that meeting. >> larry: we're going to devote a lot more time to this tomorrow night. we hope by then he's home. we're cramped for time tonight. we really appreciate it, jill

the flight was on its way from atlanta to san francisco when it diverted to colorado springs because a passenger had locked himself in the plane's bathroom. officials say the passenger was drunk. he was taken into custody after the plane landed. >>> all of these incidents are adding to the concerns about aviation security. and they come on the heels of the tsa ordering more full body scanners to be deployed at airports across the country. and president obama calling on homeland security in the energy department this week to develop better screening technology. joining me live is now clark kent urban with the aspen institute. clark is also the former inspector general at the department of homeland security. as well as clint van zandt, nbc news analyst and former fbi profiler. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> clark, what needs to be done in the wake of this attempted attack on christmas day to make sure we are safe? is it this kind of technology being deployed? is that the first step? >> that is a key step, alex. when i was the inspector general at the department of hom

ge phenomenon.rs for the pay foh colorado springs to mind particularly. also looking at support for innovation and design. so many of our nursing homes are really obsolete. and we don't want to start building 1950s nursing homes again. we now know that there are other models that we can be using such as the green houses or small houses that bring people together spoke households.. kansas is in the forefront with their peak program. they go around and find out who's doing culture change, who's doing this and, in fact, they found that what they do is they give them $300, you know, to have a party and their picture with the commissioner of health or something. people love it. it doesn't have to be a high cost thing. certainly work force enhancements and participation in research efforts. somebody mentioned the word "fun" and you don't usually say fun and nursing homes in the same sentence. but mississippi methodist senior services operates a number of campuses around mississippi. they were the ones that started the prototype for the green houses in tupelo an

it diverted to colorado springs because a passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. officials say the passenger was intoxicated. he was taken into custody after that plane landed. >>> a new political ad is taking aim at the president and his handling of the christmas day terror attempt. the ad is paid for by the group keep america safe which counts liz cheney among its board members and taking a hour by hour look at the president's response to the bomb attempt in this style of this tv show "24." >> what already is apparent is that there was a mix-up of human and systemic failures that contributed to this potential c catastrophic breach of security. >> how long did it take you to realize the system failed? >> jon dekker is washington correspondent for reuters. good morning. good to see you. >> good to see you, alex. >> what do you think of this commercial? in the wake of everything, what i heard most after the president's statements on thursday was, okay, look what he got done in two weeks. >> it's an effective commercial in the sense that certainly the new season of

that flight was on its way from atlanta to san francisco when it diverted to colorado springs becauseer had locked himself in the plane's bathroom. officials say the passenger was intoxicated. he was taken into custody after the plane landed. >>> ice turning many roadways around atlanta into virtual skating rinks. the latest blast of wintry weather is blamed for dozens of car accidents there on friday. here we go again with this, heading downhill, on the black ice, and, wham. the air temperatures could be sending temperatures to new lows as far south as miami. but, again, this video. can you imagine being at the top of the hill and thinking, oh, no, i can't stop? we have nbc's ron mott in atlanta for us where it is just lots of snow behind you. you look so cold, but nonetheless, a good morning. >> reporter: good morning, alex. it is a balmy 13 degrees right now with the windchill of zero. and they have the nerve to nickname this place hotlanta. as you can imagine, a lot of folks getting a little dicey with things get icy here. that's exactly what happened here and far beyond. >> look

the flight was on its way from atlanta to san francisco when it diverted to colorado springs because a passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. officials say the passenger was drunk. he was taken into custody after that plane landed. >>> new this morning, the father of the alleged double agent who killed cia employees in afghanistan confirms it is definitely his son in a new video out today. a pakistani television station is airing a video of humam al balawi standing alongside the leader of the taliban in pakistan and telling jihadists to avenge the death of pakistan's previous taliban chief, who was killed in august by a cia missile strike. al balawi blew himself up inside a cia facility in afghanistan almost two weeks ago. seven cia employees were killed. >>> "the washington post" was reporting some new details this morning about how that attack happened. and we have a national security reporter from "the washington post," joining us now live from washington. good morning. >> good morning, again. >> okay, so, what are you learning today? >> well, some surprises and some ne

two f-16s escorted the flight to colorado springs, where the fbi arrested mohammed abu tahir.e's liable to face charges for interfering with a flight career. same day, a man was accused of harassing a woman on the board. he was removed from the jet but not arrested. officials say the woman did not want to press charges. >>> we have all been through a gamut of changes in the name of security at the airport but is any of it working? >> reporter: we take our shoes off, remove our laptops and toss our bottled water, all in the name of safety. are we any safer today than we were before 9/11? not exactly says bruce chennaier, author and security analysis. >> we take away guns and bombs, terrorists use box cutters. we take them away, they use liquids. we limit liquids, they strap explosives in their underwear. this is a stupid game we can't win and we should stop playing it. >> reporter: but the game goes on:the tsa tried puffer machines which blow air on you to release explosive material. they didn't work and are being phased out. and the patdowns -- >> any patdown you experience th

host: colorado springs, democratic column. caller: morning.ve a question and a general comment. i'm not calling from the united states of america. i am calling from the united states of greed and power grid many of us out here are saying that we need to do what people of recognized for a while, that the united states is in big trouble. we need a coup d'etat in to pull together and forget about not waking up your the best way to do that is to make sure that every vote gets counted. i am an old journalist and it surprises me that there has not been more questions asked, of course we do not have a free press these days, why are we not asking questions regarding boating, electronic voting equipment in massachusetts. in colorado springs, the league of women voters showed where a good republican was willing to testify that he had purchased special software to win the election. host: have you heard about a vote descanting issues in massachusetts? guest: that would not surprised because there are both accounting issues across the country. -- vote-acco

i also liked an idea from colorado springs district 11. district used $6 million of a $150 million bond issue passed by voters in 2006 to build a fiber optic ring around the district. that means they get rid of the cable guy and they're saving $550,000 a year in cable fees. i found a lot of districts -- not a lot. a few districts focusing on attendance, and this increases their per pupil funding but more to the point to me, at least it goes to the heart of what schools are supposed to be doing. in california, districts received state funding based on how many days each student actually attended school the year before. that comes to $40 a day when a student attends and nothing when he doesn't. so long beach unified school district, just one example, shifted ten of its social workers and counselors into a new truancy strike force that will identify and work with frequent truants. a 2% increase in attendance this year should relate, translate into an additional $3 million in state support next year. although california's problems are so deep,

. >> 36 in billings. 37 in colorado springs.r minus 3 in fargo. 11 in the twin cities. 30s for most of the east coast today. 63 in miami. 44 in new orleans. >>> well, die-hard football fans in minnesota certainly aren't letting anything tampen their team spirit, not even subzero temperatures. >> about 13 below in the twin cities yesterday morning. the vikings tailgaters came out in force. they bundled up, they threw burgers on the grill and they warmed up, you won't be surprised to learn, with a few drinks. their loyalty wasn't in vain. the vikings beat the new york giants 44-7, securing home field advantage in the playoffs. i imagine those drinks, that's got to keep you a little extra warm. >> and those brats. looks like it was a festive occasion out there, that's for sure. all the giants fans here in the studio are not happy that we repeated the score. jets fans have to be pleased because they stomped the bengals and now the playoff picture is coming into folk discuss. once again my beloved kansas chiefs are nowhere to be foun

colorado springs to mind particularly. also looking at support for innovation and design. so many of our nursing homes are really obsolete. and we don't really want to start building 1950s nursing homes again. we now know there are other models that we can be using such as the greenhouses or small houses that bring people together into households. some of the recognition programs, kansas is really in the forefront there with their peak program. they go around, they find out who's doing culture change, who's doing this and, in fact, they found that what they do is $300, you know, to have a party and their picture with the commissioner of health or something. people love it. this is really -- it doesn't have to be a high cost thing. certainly work force enhancements and participation in research efforts. somebody mentioned the word "fun" and you don't usually say fun and nursing homes in the same sentence. but mississippi methodist senior services operates a number of campuses around sin. -- mississippi. they were the ones who started the prototype for the greenhouses in tup

colorado springs in particular. support for innovation and design, so many nursing homes are obsolete. we do not want to start building 1950's nursing homes again. we know that there are other models that can be used such as the greenhouses or small houses that bring people together in households some of the recognition programs are at the forefront. kansas is at the forefront. they go out and find to is doing culture change. they found people love to have a three-year dollar party and the picture with the commissioner. it does not have to be high cost. workforce enhancement and participation in research efforts is important. you do not easily finsay fun and nursing homes in the same sentence. the green houses were started in tupelo. when hurricane katrina threatened, they moved people from assisted living areas of into tupelo. they have four brand new greenhouses set to open. at the end of the aftermath of the hurricane, most of the houses and centers on the gulf were still intact. they had not been damaged. the pe

i also liked an idea from colds springs -- colorado springs district 11.ey used a bond to build a fiberoptic ring around the district. that means they get ride of the cable guy and they are saving $550,000 in a year in cable fees. i found a lot of districts focus -- not a lot. a few focusing on attendance. this increases the funding. but more of the point, to me at least, it goes to the heart of what schools are supposed to be doing. in california, district receive state funding based on how many days the student attended school the year before. that comes to 40 a day when the student attends and nothing when he doesn't. so long beach, unified school district, just one example, shifted ten of the social workers and counselors into a new truancy strike force. a 2% increase in attendance this year should translate into an additional $3 million in state support next year. although california's problems are so deep, who knows. but if it also results in 2% greater graduation rate, that's a win/win situation, isn't it? milwaukee also has a particular innovative

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since taking office, i have visited every corner of colorado. 250 visits outside the metro steamboat springsenwood springs. were struggling and those promise every day. for nearly all of them, i hear this simple message. make government leaner and more efficient. invest in our future and strengthen the safety net. it is a tall order. let's listen to our constituents. let's stay focused on job creation, doing what is and small businesses. i am doing what is right for colorado's future. we cannot get distracted by partisan politics or the trivial pursuits that threatened to take us away from our core mission of economic recovery. it will not be enough to stay on the sidelines and constantly criticize, offering nothing but $10 solutions to a million- dollar problem. if you're not providing solutions, your part of the problem. this has been a tough time. while there will be setbacks, we are making progress. colorado has one of the best business climates and economic outlook in the country. if we stay disciplined and the economy back on solid footing. i know we can because we have been doing this