two jet fighters accompanied the plane to denver. police bomb disposal units met the plane on the ground. the man, identified as 27-year-old mohammad al modadi, is said to be a diplomat in the qatar embassy in washington. he was questioned but no explosives were found. jane smith's husband was on the flight. >> some guy got mad in first class and had a tantrum, the way he described it. he was kind of chuckling about it. >> reporter: ever since richard reid tried to blow up an american airlines flight with a shoe bomb, authorities have been watchful. this past christmas day, umar farouk abdulmutallab allegedly tried a variation of that, strapping explosives to his legs on a delta airlines flight headed to detroit. that failed when nearby passengers jumped on him and put out the flames. since that incident security at the nation's airports and for international flights headed to the u.s. has been increased. even more worrisome, a cia report to congress in february warning that an attempted terrorist attack against the u.s. within three

to denver. are your taxes about to go up? listen to this. when asked whether the united states should have a value added tack, white economic adviser paul volcker says, it is not as tax sick an idea has it has been in the past. volcker also said if at the end of the day we need raise taxes we should raise taxes. steve moore join us. steve, i bet the democratic white house just about had a stroke on that one. is that letting the cat out of bag? is that idle chatter or something that is realistically on the table and everybody better get ready? >> not question a lot of liberal elements had long wanted taxes to pay for the new programs. >> greta: in addition to the income tax. >> that's the critical point. i'm sure viewers will say wait a minute i'm for a national sales tax if it is replacement for corporate and personal income tax. what is being put on the table here is a national sales tax. that's what a value added tax is. >> greta: it is a tax on every change in value of a product pushed on. >>

we're about to show you the runway of international denver airport. coming out of a lavatory, apparently asked what he was doing so long there in, made a reference to lighting his shoes on fire. the man, a mid-level qatar diplomat. he was taken in custody and no explosives found in his shoes. peter bergen joining us and fran townsend and clark, former homeland inspector general. peter, you heard from a source, even if this man had tried to do something, he is a diplomat and would have had diplomatic immunity, correct? >> indeed, although there have been case is in the past where diplomatic immunity has not worked. there was a case in washington a diplomat from georgia killed a young girl in a traffic accident some years back and the country involved allowed his diplomatic immunity to be revoked so he could stand charges. diplomatic immunity is not -- doesn't excuse you from everything. obviously in this case, interest rate seems this was just a misunderstanding. he may face some charges, creating some sort of public nuisance or i'm not sure what the c

it led to concerns on a flight from reagan to denver, and now we know why it caused su a stir in the first place. >> this was a diplomat who actually lived in d.c., and catarrh officials say this was an embarrassing incident brought on by a young diplomat. today, others question whether he should have been released from custody given who he was going to meet in denver. the young embassy official insists he was only trying to sne a smoke in the bathroom. today, there are questions following revelations that mohammed al-madadi was on his way to denver to meet with an accused al qaeda agent being held in a maximum-security prison. on board the united flight from reagan national to denver, flight attendants smelled smoke and alerted air marshals. al-madadi refuse to come out of the restroom. he says he was only joking reference in the shoe bomber, but after aft-sixteens were scrambled and the president notified, law-enforcement cannot see the humor. >> none of this is taken as < dead serious. >> no explosives were found. after holding the plane passengers hours, al-madadi was held on no

, there were tsa officials in denver requested to meet the plane there. norad was notified, they did scramble two f-16 fighter jets, as you heard. there was a disturbance on the plane, it was not fully understood until after it landed. the system worked, the note fakss and information flow worked as we hoped it would. in that sense, it's a positive development from the story. >> fran towsend, i appreciate you working your sources into this late hour, covering this story. jeanne meserve as well, we'll continue to follow the story throughout the night and tomorrow on "american morning". >>> one simple thing, how college students are turning trash into cash. while i was building my friendships, my family, while i was building my life, my high cholesterol was contributing to plaque buildup in my arteries. that's why my doctor prescribed crestor. she said plaque buildup in arteries is a real reason to lower cholesterol. and that along with diet, crestor does more than lower bad cholesterol, it raises good. crestor is also proven to slow the buildup of plaque i

that plane ended safely in denver. good evening, i'm jim vance. doreen is off tonight. >>> the united airlines flight took off this evening. authorities say air marshals smelled smoke, saw guys coming out of the bathroom and subdued him. 4-16s were scrambled to escort the plane into denver. nbc news confirmed there was no bomb nor was there any other explosive on that passenger or on the plane. craig melvin is at national airport now with more on this. >> reporter: you said it there, no shoe bomb, no explosives. the man may have been smoking in the bathroom aboard that flight. what we do know it's been a hairy situation as investigators try to find out exactly what happened. united 663 left reagan national this afternoon, 157 passengers onboard. six crew members. 20 to 30 minutes before the flight was set to land, someone smelled smoke. a flight attendant or an air marshal. an air marshal noticed good night emerging from the lavor try. they questioned the guy they were not sure whether he said he was trying to light his shoe on fire or put a cigar

. >> a diplomat cause quite a scare on a denver-bound airliner. he was trying to sneak a smoke in the bathroom. >> passenger on >663united 663 d to cover up smoking in the bathroom by saying he wanted to set his shoes on fire. a flight attendants smelled smoke and notified in air marshal on board. fighter jets were then signal to escort the plane. after a safe landing in denver, he was questioned by federal authorities who found no bomb. >> based on what i heard, the authorities reacted appropriately and used all caution. it was quite an inconvenience, but better than a tragedy. >> it comes less than six months after an accused underwear bomber was indicted on federal charges such as using a weapon for mass destruction. in 2003, a man admitted to trying to blow up a jetliner with an explosive in his shoe. he was sentenced to life in prison. nbc news, denver. >> former governor bob ehrlich is back in the race. he announced his candidacy in the governor's race last night for this year. he thanked supporters and friends. >> we need to help the small

the offer came from denver. the ravens get a second, third and fourth in exchange for their 25th pick. the biggest surprise came when the broncos used it on tim tebow. he is expected to go late second or third round, instead he goes in the first round for the broncos. it is a surprise first-round draft pick by way of a trade with the ravens. the general manager and director of player personnel just sitting down to discuss the trade with the media. we will hear from him to talk about the strategy of the trade today, as well as what they will do with those picks tomorrow. >> all the particulars from that trade and who they may look at number 43 tomorrow 4 tight end. >> saturday night, join us for our ravens draft special. everything you need to know, it begins at 7:00 p.m. right here on wbal tv 11. >> hundreds gathered to remember baltimore's 13th archbishop. a viewing was held earlier for archbishop william borders. he led the archdiocese from 1974 until 1989. his funeral is set for tomorrow. if you cannot attend

joseph episcopal church in sub urban denver. said she made that decision because she believes the catholic hierarchy deliberately covered up the fact that priests were abusing children. >> i know i am not the only person who feels betrayed by the hierarchy . i am certainly not the only person who feels they can no longer attend mass. i would say that i feel like i'm in exile. that's exactly how i feel. it's very hard. because i love my church. >> reporter: over the weekend, pope benedict met with victims of abuse in malta. that, coupled with the recent vatican statement that priests who molest would be brought to justice, are just the latest developments in a months' long controversy over the pope's past role in sex-abuse cases. >> the holy father has met a group of persons who were sexually abused by members of the clergy. he was deeply moved by their stories and expressed his shame and sorrow. >> reporter: critics charge that benedict didn't do enough about abusive priests when was an arch bishop in germany. his recent apology

how about denver. denver selected him 25th overall. >>> lakers and thunder pick it up in the fourth. durant and russell combine for 22 of their final 23. oklahoma city won their first ever playoff. game four's tomorrow night. >>> to chicago, the bulls made a win over the cavs. he made lebron james look like another player. bynum got the tough layup. the bulls held on for a 108-106 win. >>> nhl, the flyers the last team to make the playoffs. now they're the first team to advance to the second round. phillies scored three minutes in. >>> in pittsburgh it took three overtimes but somebody finally won game five between the penguins and senators. that's your game winner. senators survived to play another game. they won it 4-3 in triple overtime. pens lead the series, 3-2. >>> curt suzuki grounded one to alleex rodriguez. he started a 5-4-3 triple play. one swing, three outs, but all for naught. the a's won it 4-2. that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>>

on its way to denver.a passenger complained about smelling smoke from a bathroom while a passenger was inside. when a crew member asked about the smell, the man joked saying i was trying to light my shoe. he was contained on the plane before the plane landed, passengers say with all of this going on, it was still a relatively calm situation. >> we came in very low, very fast. it appeared we had an expedited landing. we landed on 35 right, and then pulled up in front of the fire rescue station off 35 right, and the pilot shut down the engines and said we wouldn't be going to the gate right away. then they brought out all the fire trucks. we stopped for a while. >> reporter: mohammed al madadi is the diplomat. he most likely won't be facing criminal charges. tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >> let's go live now to prague where president obama is getting ready to sign a new nuclear treaty with mitry medvedev, the of russia is there as well. any moment we expect the signing to take plac

i could have thought denver would have been his last year. he gets fired and i realize i'm not going to have this option forever. >> the n.f.l. draft begins on thursday night. the redskins have only four picks, the fewest of any n.f.l. team. they have the fourth overall pick in the first round. they also own a fourth round selection 103rd overall. a fifth round pick and seventh round. of course this could change with any trades. we'll hear from redskins general manager bruce allen tomorrow about the team's draft plans. >>> alex ovechkin is the face of the capitals franchise but the kid who could almost do no wrong but nicholas backstrom has also racked up four goals in the playoffs. this is dropped off to john carlson. the 20-year-old scores to tie the game and force overtime. in the ot, backstrom took center stage. 31 seconds in he completed his hat trick scoring the game- winning goal to even the series at one game a piece. earlier in the week backstrom was ill and had to miss practice. the coach was asked about his center. >> he looked bet

to denver. on board, 160 passengers and crew. one of the passengers this man, identified as qatari diplomat, mohammed al modadi. government sources say flight attendants noticed smoke coming from the restroom. and notified air marshals on the flight. >> they said he was probably trying to smoke or something. >> reporter: the air marshals confronted him, demanding to know what he was doing. he identified himself as a diplomat from qatar. and responded, perhaps sarcastically, that he was trying to light his shoes on fire. a reference, instantly bringing to mind shoe bomber richard reed, and the underwear bomber from last christmas. >> in is dead seriousness. you make the wrong comment at the wrong time, and you're going to come off the airplane in chains. >> reporter: f-16 fighter jets were scrambled. and escorted the plane into denver, where it was met by fbi and local law enforcement. >> if this was an over reaction, it was not only an understandable one. it was a good one. >> you don't think about it until it happens. fortunate

denver, partly cloudy at 53.les, 69. >>> and time now for a check on the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows that clouds are scattered over the midwest and ohio valley. it's a nice morning around the northwest and southwest. and the northeast is looking at cloudy skies. later today, scattered showers will be developing across the northern and central plains. more showers and thunderstorms will be scattered across the northeast and ohio valley. the southeast has a dry and pleasantly mild day. >>> in sports, some first round nba playoff series are on the brink of ending. cleveland's lebron james had 37 points as the cavaliers dominated the bulls in chicago 121-98. the cavs lead the series 3-1 and could wrap it up on tuesday. >>> utah's carlos boozer had 31 points and held off the nuggets 117-106. the jazz are up 3-1. game five is on wednesday in denver. >>> san antonio's george hill scored 29 and the spurs held off the mavericks for a 92-89 victory. the spurs have a 3-1 lead and could eliminate da

police responded to the denver airport. so did f.b.i. agents. then there were two if f-16s launched to escort the flight. he those cost $7500 a piece every hour in the air. that's a $15,000 tab if you count the full hour. if you only count the 45 minutes the jets were in the air last night, that's still more than ten grand. >>> new tonight scary moments in beltsville after a huge business fire. that was only the start. a series of explosions traced back to a repair shop. inside a stockpile of ammunition. roz plater spoke with witnesses at the scene. >> reporter: from scwie fox you can see -- from sky fox you can see the bright red flames and thick smoke. workers heard a series of loud explosions. >> people are -- i mean, i'm going, which way is it coming from? >> we're trying to guess what was exploding. didn't have any idea what it was. >> reporter: turns out it was ammunition going off. inside the motorcycle repair shop where investigators believe the fire started. >> from what we understand, the owner or one of the owners of that facility is

. >> reporter: here in denver some catholics feel betrayed and have left the church entirely while others believe the pope is being unfairly targeted. >> brown: we look at the merits and the fallout from fraud charges filed against goldman sachs. >> woodruff: margaret warner talks to andrew kohut about his latest poll showing mounting distrust in the government. >> brown: and we mark the 15th anniversary of the oklahoma city bombing with excerpts from today's ceremony. >> we come here to remember those who were killed, those who survived, and those changed forever. >> brown: that's all ahead on

but baltimore ravens have traded the first round draft pick away to denver. so you know when it comes to later rounds though, they still use their draft philosophy, they will draft the best available player. >> to me the draft is about -- ozzie talks about this all the time, about best available player. and at the same time building your team. so we're interested in the guys, the best available player for the ravens, that fits our team. and make us the best possible team we can be. because in the end we're building a team. >> so as we heard the ravens have traded first round draft pick to the broncos. they had a second round pick, number 57. now they have a second, third, forth round pick, what they got from denver. third, and 4th round pick. so lost one but gained two. and the way ozzie works, he could probably get good stars out of the second, third, fourth round. back. >>now confusing stuff coming out of radio city music hall in new york. >> students at the college of notre dame are tackling the issue of domestic violence. in baltimore city the number of p

the flight was about 30 minutes outside of denver when a flight attendant smelled smoke as a passenger left the bathroom, when the man was confronted, he apparently made a joke about setting his shoes on fire. that's when authorities were put on high alert. fighter jets were raced to intercept the flight. we'll have more on what was a tense situation coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> plus, today is the day tiger woods makes his return to competitive golf this afternoon at the masters. we'll go live to augusta and also take a closer look at the controversial new nike ad

just west of denver. some of our northwestern suburbs, around 8,000 feet, pick up wet flakes as we speak. further south and east. warm, summery conditions. moisture moving off the gulf of mexico. warm air. dryer air. and because of light showers. it's just light stuff. and overnight tonight, generally clear. the front approaches a little closer tomorrow. seeing the clouds on the increase. and light showers late in the day. and better chance saturday night later. and sunday morning as well into the afternoon. scattered showers. maybe a rumble of thunder. south of us could get quite warm. and this warm sector may get into the 70s. while we'll probably stay in the chilly 50s. southeast winds, 5 to 10 knots. that will keep us cool. bay temp around 58. tonight, clear to partly cloudy sky. most of the night will be dry and clear. 46. 58 tomorrow. that's it. a lot of clouds by afternoon. a little afternoon rain. and again each tomorrow night -- into tomorrow night. and again on sunday. and again on monday. and e

but in denver, there is an unusual second chance and marley might just get one. tested for a program that turns the unwanted into elite dogs who serve. >> she is part of me. she is me. >> reporter: vietnam veteran artie guerrero now has m.s. if he needs an assist, sierra can pull him in his wheelchair. a dog so starved as a puppy she was given up for dead. >> she's a survivor and i'm a survivor. >> reporter: denver's freedom service dogs is one of the few in the nation using only rescued dogs. >> there's no reason to breed dogs when there are so many good dogs in shelters that have been abandoned and abused. >> reporter: training begin with teaching the dogs that most humans can be friendly. then masteringing special tasks. donations pay the $230 20-,000 for the nine months of training. so far, more than 150 dogs have graduated and been placed. about 50 people are on the waiting list hoping far companion and if a dog washes out, it gets adopted out. no dog is put to sleep. it's not just how the dog helps with daily life, it's how when dog and person come together

two f-16s were scrambled to denver.s then whisked to a secure area of the airports as officials dealt with the situation. the passengers on board have high praise for the crew and air marshal. here's how they described what happened on the flight. >> there was no steven segal b.d. these guys talked to him. he was very compliant. at the end, one of the air marshals was explaining what was going to happen next. then the denver p.d. came on. they cuffed him. >> no explosives were found on that aircraft. it took four or five hour, though, to clear all the passengers. authorities want to question all of them. president obama was briefed on the situation last evening, as if this was unfolding. and the secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano, the latest trip to spain this morning in order to get more briefings. back to you. >> and, jeanne, any reaction out of qatar this morning? >> yes, the ambassador from qatar did issue a statement. he said, we expect the necessity of special security precautions relating to travel,

they met him on the ground in denver.w and it all appears to be a misunderstanding and do not plan to file charges. we will take a break and have the weather and traffic together when we come back. stay with us. >>> good morning. i'm chuck bell. temperatures climbing out of the 60s and into the 70s with bright sunshine overhead. that won't last too much longer as clouds are on the increase. showers and thunderstorms, the heaviest of which will arrive between 8:00 and midnight. cooler weather tomorrow and dry for the weekend. >> let's take a live look along 395. loaded up all the way to the 14th street bridge. one more stop and see how we are doing through southeast, south capitol street jammed. good news, lanes are open. >> in the district through the eyes of the first lady. she talks about the importance of reaching out to the >>> we're back now with more of "today" on a thursday morning, the 8th day of april, 2010. it is another beautiful morning here in the northeast where we hate to gloat, but we're hoping it is nice

bound for denver. the problem began when a man emerged from the bathroom with the smell of smoke in the air. that news is in the newsroom with details on this. pat? >> reporter: tonight a diplomat with the embassy of qatar is being reassigned after an incident that involved a nicotine attack. a flippant remark, scrambled f-16 fighter jets and anxious moments in the air. it all began onboard united airlines flight 633 which left reagan national late yesterday afternoon. headed to denver. with 1 50 57 passengers and six crew members onboard. one passenger now identified as mohammed al madadi, in his 20s, worked at the embassy in washington, came out of the plane's bathroom smelling like smoke. a flight attendant notified an air marshal who asked the man what he had been doing. earlier reports indicated al madadi made a flippant remark about trying to set his shoes on fire. that set off a series of events. al madadi was searched and detained. military scrambled f-16 fighter jets to escort the boeing 757 i

. >>> a man robbed outside a shopping mall in denver lost more than just his new ipad. surveillance video shows a thief rip the shopping bag out of his hand taking most of his pinky finger along with it. well, police are now hoping the ipad's serial number will help them track down the suspect. >>> a new york teenager is facing second-degree charges for losing control of her van and killing the neighbor mowing the lawn. she jumping the curb and struck the victim before crashing into her house. >>> miami may be known for having some of the hottest nightclubs around, but now it can also boast the coldest. after seeing similar venues in europe, they decided to build an ice lounge in the sunshine state. and while it may be 80 degrees outside, it's only 24 inside the bar. and no need to order your drinks on the rocks here. drinks already come in glasses made of ice. how convenient. >>> well, now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill, good morning to you. >> morning. this is green is univ

he was on a flight bound for denver.irnls say he at some point left his first class seat and went to the plane's bathroom to apparently smoke a cigarette. when he emerged, two air marshals also in first class stopped hip and sat with him for the remainder of the flight. one passenger told his wife it was handled quickly and quietly. >> he called and said there's been an stiincident, some guy g mad and had a tantrum. >> reporter: he reportedly made a joke about trying to light his shoes on fire, a reference to the shoe bomber richard reid. and that set off alarm bells. two f-16 fighter jets were scrambled from buckley air force base in colorado and escorted the boeing 757 for the last five minutes of its flight. the plane carrying 157 passengers and a crew of six arrived in denver at 6:50 mountain time. the ambassador to the u.s. defendeded him. he was travel to go denver on official embassy business on my instructions and he was certainly not engaged in any threatening activity. the facts will reveal that this was a mist

. >> denver taking him 25th overall.le. also he was not in new york like the other players, opting instead to be with his family. but to his credit he was gracious when he was enter viewed and his attitude is the reason a lot of people think he was taken so high. a man to played $2.6 million to his alma mater, ndamukong suh, went second. an even more touching moment came with 6'4"295 pound gerald mccoy of oklahoma broke down when he was picked next my tampa. he lost his mother, whom he called his best friend, to a brain aneurysm three years ago. look at him as he bear hugged commissioner roger goodell onstage. a very touching moment. >>> a son pays tribute to dad. dale earnhardt jr. will honor his late father by repeatedly using his dad's number three. dale earnhardt sr. died at a crash at daytona in 2001. >>> a dad saw his son's elementary school in such dire financial straits that he started a 24-hour run to raise money for his school's athletic department. he has already raised 11 grand. he has been running all night

miami, sunny, 80, chicago, partly cloudy, 67, denver windy and cloudy, 49, los angeles partly cloudy,e now a check on the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows clouds scattered over the northwest. the southwest is mainly clear. and the great plains are looking at cloudy skies. later today, scattered showers will be returning to the northwest. the southeast will have a beautiful day with sunny skies. and some strong storms are likely around the southern plains. >>> in sports, a bit of magic on the court in dallas. orlando's dwight howard dominated inside scoring 17 points with 20 rebounds and five blocked shots. and he makes all six three point attempts and scoring 24 points as the magic beat the mavericks 97-82. in denver, anthony scored 25 including 13 in the last quarter to lead the nuggets past the trailblazers 109-92. >>> and now to college basketball and a huge victory for dayton in the n.i.t. championship game. playing north carolina last year's nca champion, dayton's marques johnson put on a show spinning for a lay-up, driving the lane for a jam. and scoring 20

♪ >> shepard: our favorite diplomat, he set off an emergency situation in a denver bound airliner.iplomat from qatar who apparently was pretty terrible sense of humor is reportedly packing his bags and leaving the united states. flight attendants confronted the diplomat after he reportedly smoke something in the plane's bathroom and joked about setting his shoes on fire, which is hilarious when you're in a plane going to see a 9/11 terrorist. the government is reassigning him. >> p.j. crowley. >> hello, shepard. >> we know the diplomats don't pay parking tickets and can't be punished unless had he murder somebody but i'm curious, what was he smoking? >> i have no idea. he's guilty of significant misjudgment. we have talked in many times with the government of qatar and they informed us he will be reassigned and we expect him to leave the united states shortly. >> shepard: i look forward to finding out what he was smoking. if it was weed, people would have noticed it and called somebody. we'll find out. if so, that would be an excellent twist. >> i think it is useful to make the poi

that led norad to scramble two f16 to escort the plane to an drupt landing at the denver airport. passengers then realized there was a problem. >> there was no steven siegel. he stat down and he was compliant. >> reporter: he was taken into custody briefly but then released without charges. qatar's ambassador defended him saying he was travelling to denver on official embassy business on my instructions and he was certainly not engaged in any threatening activity. the facts will reveal this was a mistake. no explosives were found but passengers had to deal with hours of questioning from the fbi. >> these are the times, you know? i think the guy made a very stupid -- couple of very stupid actions, and we ended up paying the price for it. >> thanks, bruce. >>> qatar is a close u.s. ally and the base for u.s. central command in the middle east. just smoking in an airplane bathroom is a felony, let alone yoking about a shoe bomb. the ambassador from qatar is well aware of the seriousness of this issue. >>> park police issued a new alert. looking for a man with a long history of racist

jane: so just who set off the bomb scare on the united flight headed for denver? we're getting our very first look. we've just gotten a picture of a 27-year-old diplomat from the qatar embassy. we've confirmed that the man involved has been questioned and released. fighter jets were called to escort the plane into denver last night after air marshals confronted him. they smelled smoke coming from the lavatory. turns out he says he was just trying to use a cigarette. iowaalicia acuna's covering the story. where is he now? >> reporter: fox news just confirmed that he is now in the air. he has left denver international airport and is on his way back to washington d.c. he has, as you mentioned, is not being charged, and he was released by federal authorities. jane: what's the embassy saying? >> reporter: well, the embassy is saying, is asking people not to rush to judgment on this, and the qatar or ri -- qatari ambassador released a statement earlier this morning saying in part the facts will reveal that this was a mistake, and we urge all concerned parties to avoid r

denver, sunny at 59.always at 78. >>> time now for a check on the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows it's gray and stormy along the shores of the eastern seaboard. showers are beginning to cool the region. and he 00 nice and clear around the midsection of the nas and west coast. later today skies will clear across much of the east. temperatures settle to more seasonable levels. it will still be a beautiful day throughout the south after yesterday's storms. a gorgeous weekend is in store at augusta for the final rounds of the masters. the midwest and plains will be sunny and the southwest stays dry and warm. >>> turning now to sports and the masters, the opening round turned out to be oldtimers day. we mean that in a nice way. as fred couples finished with the lead at six under par wearing sneakers without sock, the 50-year-old couples is the oldest first round solo leader in the masters' history. and right behind him, one shot back, is 60-year-old tom watson in a five way tie for second

tnt, cavs at bulls, and the lakers in denver. then, abc next sunday, lakers home against portland, orlando and cleveland. as ginobili continues his superb play. >> jeff: in the fourth, he answered when i got tight. starts like he's going to his right. steps with the right foot, comes back to his left, draws the foul on luke walton. and then, the little tear drop off-handed penetration. the fin wish his right hand, and then, you know the ruchle. hand down, man down. >> mark: very nice. >> mike: 29 for the game. jefferson hits the first. you want to ask somebody about ginobili, just ask gregg popovich. >> he does the things that kobe and michael did, and what kobe does. he doesn't have the ability as far as the athletic ability that they have, but he does the same things. he goes and gets an offensive rebound to win a game. he'll make a save to win a gape. he'll shoot the three that you need to have, make a steal. it doesn't matter. he figures out ways to win basketball games. >> mike: bryant blocked, but a goaltend. it's the timin

from a middle eastern country tried to set f a shoe bomb from a flight last night from washington to denver. first reports are often wrong and so was this one, but it triggered a massive scare that spread through the flying skies across the country. fighter jets were scrambled, passengers were frozen in place. in the end, there was no bomb, just a combination of wrongdoing on the part of the passenger and misunderstanding in the post 9/11 era of zero tolerance in our skies. our report on what did happen from our justice correspondent pete williams. he's where the flight originated at national airport in washington. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, it happened on a united airlines flight that took here from reagan national airport. the trouble began when a passenger tried to sneak a smoke onboard and made a flippant, and very unfortunate remark. it was a harrowing night for 157 passengers aboard a united airlines flight, though it ended safely. >> it was quite an inconvenience, but better than a tragedy. right flight 663, a 757 like this one, was well on its way, about an hour from it

to denver, he tried to sneak a cigarette in the bathroom. when asked about the smell of smoke, he is said to have joked he was trying to set his shoes on fire. a clear reference to the shoe bomber richard reid who tried to blow up a plane two months after 9/11. his smoke and reportedly cocky comments led the federal air marshals to break cover. f-16 jets were scrambled from the air force base in colorado and in denver the jet was scoured for explosives. nothing was found. this afternoon, state department smokesman hinted madadi's days in the u.s. are numbered. >> he has diplomatic immunity. we have been proceeding in accord with diplomatic practices. that have legal force. we have every confidence it will be resolved quickly. >> reporter: a senior state department official says he expects madadi to be on the next flight out of the country to qatar. no charges will be brought against him or official action because they expect the embassy will clean up the mess. for the cost of last night's security alert, the state department said there is no

to denver? it's not like it was a long flight, not that makes it any better, right?e, guy. >> yeah, yeah. >> i feel like it's hard for me to keep my lips zipped on that one. >> yeah. >> so upsetting. ru why kidding me? >> who do you think you are, because you're a diplomat, you get to smoke and no one else does. >> makes the veins pop out of my neck. >> glad i wasn't the only one. >>> this does not look good. a toyota extent an e-mail saying, quote, we need to come clean and it came a few days before their big recall. jennifer sheds some light on what the automaker possibly knew about that problem of run away cars and the big question of when they knew it. >> and how they've been handling this. in new company documents that were just uncovered, it's an american toyota executive who's writing to his colleagues to say, hey, we need to come clean about this. and by the way, we need to -- there you go. the time to hide on this one is over. which as you can imagine, you know, in american culture, very different from japanese culture where, you know, the headquarters are.

now, what they ended up saying was denver actually -- denver and aspen did that anyway for small landlords not for hotels and i think a distinction of a personal dwelling and a public accommodation is probably the right one to use here.b3Ñ and if it's a hotel you can't do it and -- but if it's a personal thing well, an exemption for religious purposes is okay. what ended up being quite amusing in romer was that the witnesses for the catholic expert witnesses used a form of argument coming from new natural law -- according to which masturbation is the vice and they were arguing that landlords should be able to refuse to rent of people whom they believed they might masturbate in the apartment. [laughter] >> this is not exactly an argument that the rental market be so pleased with. so anyway, yeah. and by the way, i don't entirely agree with you that civil unions are unproblematic. in illinois we've been fighting for many years to get them. and catholic church opposes tooth and nail. and we haven't it got. the vast majority not only of citizens but of catholics support it. but it's the f

to denver. al mad audi was on his way to check on a terrorist. >> reporter: he is a junior diplomat at the qatary embassy in washington and accused of smoking a cigarette on a flight from reagan national to denver on wednesday night and joking that he tried to light his shoes on fire when caught by the flight crew. >> this is a very serious issue. any of us who travel are airlines are reminded of that every time we take off. >> but he is a diplomat and has diplomatic immunity and will not face charges for the incident witnessed by this woman. >> some man got mad and he was chuckling about it. >> and he was brought to a hotel in denver where we were able to determine what had happened. >> reporter: the qatary embassy ordered him to go to the colorado prison to speak with a terrorist. he pled guilty last year to conspiring to support terrorism. diplomats often visit foreigns held in the united states to make sure they are being treated well. >> and our counselors do it and two americans incarcerat

in denver, plenty of snowplows. they hadn't put them away for the winter. heard about this hail storm. these are the first pictures i have seen. that is impressive. one report of a tornado in eastern colorado yesterday. this slow-moving storm system is going to eject into the plains and begin to have some moisture from the gulf of mexico. a severe weather threat today just to the east of where it was yesterday. the low itself is still back around the great basin and the four corners region spinning slowly on cold air. you see snow in parts of the see air ras and hi sierras. a few thunderstorms have become severe. rice county seeing some just south of hutchinson kansas moving to the east at 25-30 miles an hour. maybe some winds gusting to 50, 60 miles an hour. these storms will redevelop into the west later on today. the fog advisories have been dropped across the d.c. area. earlier today, fog reducing visibility down to near zero. because of that, some delays at philly, d.c. and baltimore. maybe some afternoon delays in denver because of thunderstorms or da

from two feet of snow and crews are cleaning up a rock slide that closed part of the highway west of denver. rescuers have suspended their search for 11 oil rig workers missing in the gulf of mexico. now the coast guard says it is unreasonable at this point to expect that any of them survived. the search covered 5,200 square miles over three days. even though the search is suspended, the case is not closed. >> we have not 100% certainty accounted for all the lifeboats and we don't know what was launched from the rig and what might still be with the rig and that's going to be something that we'll continue to do as part of the casualty investigation and we can also reresurrect the search efforts if we feel that there's a possibility that they're out there somewhere in a lifeboat. but everything, all the information we have this week leads us to believe that these 11 members were on the rig. >> more than 100 crewmembers did manage to make it off that platform after tuesday's massive explosion, four of them were critically injured, but they are doing better now. >>> a new york city taxi driver

the series shifts to denver for game five wednesday night.there's lots of local talent in lacrosse, one of the best steal sanlick scored a goal, helping lead uva to a 2-6 win for the terps. and building some momentum, final four here in baltimore memorial day week edge. in my radio show tomorrow, we're joined by head coach of hopkins. hopkins in danger of missing the play off for the first time in ,, [ male announcer ] this year, get the most out of your lawn with the fertilizer that gives you the most for your money. scotts turf builder. it has what other fertilizers don't. scotts patented all in one granule. every key nutrient combined into a single particle so every part of your lawn gets more even feeding. bargain brands have separate nutrients on separate particles, so feeding can be hit or miss. and a lot of what they give you isn't even food, it's filler. some have up to 40% sand, sawdust, even gravel. but scotts turf builder is 100% food. the perfect balance of nutrition lawns need to be beautiful, durable... barefootable. it all adds

the nfl drafts the ravens traded their number 1 pick to the denver broncos.hey used that pick to select the florida quarterback tim tebow. the 6th pick in the 3rd round which is the 70th overall and the 4th round number 14 overall. there will be no first round pick for the first time since 2004. but what they got in return made the move an easy one to pull the trigger on. >> as we started to look at the board and understanding where our football team is right now and having the opportunity to get to extra picks, because if you look at it now, each pick that we gave to arizona we have improved on those picks in those rounds and now we have 7 picks in this draft and we have always thought that this was a draft that could be very beneficial toous itous to we could have mue backs. >> we knew that this would be a strong draft and it's proven to be a strong draft and we see tomorrow as a tremendous opportunity for this organization to get better. there's going to be a little bit of uneasiness as we see the great players off the board. >> reporter: approximate 2, 2s

denver, of course, is in the sunbelt conference, and a fine basketball program, but be handled by wilson. >> i am a little surprised that arkansas - little rock did not pitch out at 0-1. >> right here. everybody in the ballpark knew he was going to go. picks up another one right there. but, now, you can't see with the base open. you don't want to pinch around the #-0 heading steven rosado. he is a beast. so, rosado is going to get some pretty good pitches here. and belted to center field. brown left and makes the play. and steven rosado hit it well, but he could not drive it past nate brown on the inside field. arkansas - little rock has one morerererererererererererererere >>> the troy trojans are 3 outs away from winning. todd mcrae has taken over behind the plate for jake sullivan. todd mcrae, 9th inning defensive replacement for jake sullivan. >> todd mcrae is a better defensive catcher, so with the 3-run lead, they want to make sure he is in there to keep arkansas - little rock from having runners all over the bases. >>> and thomas austin is looking for the save here. came on the 8t

he allegedly got rid of the explosives at that point, flew back to denver, and denver is where he waseserve for us, appreciate it. thank you. >>> young pakistanis come to grips with what's at stake in the nuclear race. >> i feel like all this destruction in this movie, i think that nuclear weapons aren't that good. >> i thought that it could be used for defense. but after i saw the movie, i think it is just wreaks havoc with the country. >> nobody wins. it's a lose-lose situation. >> >>> so imagine for a moment if al qaeda got hold of a nuclear weapon and launched an attack in the middle of your city, or any city around the world, preventing that terror is the focus of a major summit under way in washington, d.c. right now. president obama hosting dozens of world leaders. foreign affairs conference jill daugherty is at that conference. what's going on there? >> reporter: well, tony, number one, this is the nuclear summit. and it's really an incredible operation here. we're at the convention center in washington, d.c. and it is a gigantic collection. there are 50, 5-0 -- leaders of dif

so i went to denver. this was done in aspen. i went to denver. they said it looks pretty good.nesday, my doctor, calls me and said are you sitting down and i'm like why. she said it came back positive. i'm like positive? that's not good. normally positive is a good thing but not in this case. i was pretty shocked. i said okay. what does this mean? she said we don't know yet. maybe lumpectomy, radiation, probably, chemotherapy maybe. so i had to sit down and i was needless to say i was pretty shocked. because i was so sure it was going to be nothing. even when they were doing the biopsy, i was joking around with them. >> larry: why were you so sure? >> because i'm so healthy and young. i'm an aarp member, but i feel in my head, i feel about 12. i feel like most of the time, i feel like i'm in my 30s or 40s. i thought it was too soon for this. i have no breast cancer history in my family. my grandmothers died from cancer, but they were 86, 87 years old. i thought this was a bit too soon for that. so i was pretty shocked. >> larry: martina, did you get regular mammograms? >> i hav

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we did contact the wilson family in denver, and they had no comment. >> the mother of a 1-year-old boy who was starved to death by a religious cult has been sentenced. as part of her plea deal, ria ramkissoon was given probation for five years. she agreed to testify against the leader and five members of that cold in the murder of her son. >> still ahead, spreading harmony by running across america. we will explain. >> how about taking a swim in the inner harbor? i will explain this we are request, coming up after the break. >> ben roethlisberger learns his punishment, but will he served with the steelers? that is later in sports. >> the wet weather in the area right now could lead to a little bit of fog in the region later tonight. a slightly warmer day on tap for tomorrow. 53 degrees >> but prosecutors say a postal service employee has been charged in a criminal complaint with stealing of cards from the mail. 81-year-old andrew walt from cockeysville was arrested last night. -- 51-year-old andrew walsh. postal workers found numerous greeting cards that had been torn open. investigato

three against the browns and then, back on the road against pittsburgh and back home again against denver and then buffalo before the biweek around halloween. in november, the dolphins come here and then a thursday night in atlanta. we'll go to carolina and tampa bay here. pittsburgh comes to our house on sunday night and then houston for the monday night at the ravens. then to cleveland and then, the regular season finale at home with the bangles. >> we're ready. >>> we are. >> we're all ready. all right, still to come on wjz- 13 eyewitness news at noon, dramatic rescue. the crew of a sinking boat is saved off of the coast of alaska >>> teen texting -- texts have overtaken all forms of communication among teens. >>> and taking another live look outside this noon, marty will be back with the forecast. ,,,, allergies? chlor-trimeton. hey, one dose of this, six hour relief. chlor-trimeton relieves itchy, watery eyes and sneezing for 12 full hours with less drowsiness than benadryl. it does all that? chlor-trimeton. less drowsy relief that lasts 12 hours. laxatives? i've tried all these. thi

winter-like weather from denver to colorado springs.nother couple of hours of snow showers expected here so winter storm warnings remain posted at the higher elevations and so that continues to be a concern. april is that month when we get the clash between the real cold and the real warm. that's why we have the severe weather threat today. tornadoes are a possibility, but we expect about the same risk as we saw yesterday. so hopefully keep that under control. the record breaking heat. that's going to continue to be the call here. check out some of these numbers yesterday afternoon. in washington, d.c. and dulles, 93 degrees. that is just steamy. 92 degrees for colombia south carolina, a record second day in a row. atlantic city, 8 degrees and philadelphia seeing 87 degrees even now with the sun starting to come up. it's 73 in d.c., 68 in st. louis and 48 degrees in chicago. that's where you see the cold front and currently 31 degrees in denver, colorado. that's the latest from here. back over to you. >> thanks. >>> taking the protest t