hughes did not resist arrest, in fact he was open about the stunt all along telling the florida newspaper about his plan and contacting the secret service a year ago. lawmakers are demanding answer as to how he was able to carry out the brazen air space breach. the secret service has confiscated his trailer which was parked in pennsylvania. "good morning america" will have more on the stunt at 7:00 a.m. right after "action news." >> happening today a pretrial hearing is she woulded for the three people -- is scheduled for the three people accused of attacking two gay men in center city. they are accused of using gay slurs before beating the couple back in september. one of the men suffered a broken jaw. defense lawyers say both parties played a role and sexual orientation it was not the issue. >> new on "action news," the family of three bucks county teenagers who died in a crash are pushing prosecutors to seek jail time for the under age driver. family and friends wore matching shirts and carried signs is they walked into the courthouse on wednesday. the students were killed in the pocon

a florida newspaper identified him as a 61-year-old mailman. it says he was trying to deliver letters appealing for electoral reform. the paper post ad video showing him loading the gyrocopter on to a truck. >> seems dangerous. they should try to avoid that. >> that's pretty incredible anybody would try to do that. >> private pilots need permission to fly near the congress building. officials with the federal aviation administration said the man did not have it. authorities were under fire for a breach of washington's airspace security in january. a drone crashed on the lawn of the white house. >>> now mcdonald's in japan can't seem to earn back the trust of its customers fast enough. now it's thinking of closing hundreds of stores in this country. gene otani has more. >> mcdonald and little playgrounds did everything to get customers into their restaurants. now top executives of mcdonald's holding yap is taking big steps to turn around the declining business. she says the company will shut down about 130 restaurants and ask 100 full time emplo

leon: it is believed that hughes had been plotting this stunt nearly a year and a florida newspaper knew about it. "the tampa bay times" reporter ben montgomery said he was aware of the plot, but he did not tell the police about it because they did not think he was a threat. >> it was not our journalistic job to alert anybody in advance because he never seemed like he was doing anything besides trying to bring attention to campaign finance reform. leon: the secret service said a reporter from the newspaper called them at one point to inquire about a protest with use, and did not offer a specific warning. alison: a series of security breaches at the white house leads to change. today, officials approved anti-climb features for the fence outside. tom roussey has how soon things will start to look different. tom? tom: one thing a lot of folks have noticed is the temporary barricade, but the new changes involve the fence that has always been there, specifically the top of the fence, which will look a lot different. this is what the commission of fine arts of voted to approve as a temporary n

. >>> ahead, a florida newspaper sits on a story about that guy who landed his gyrocopter at the capitol. was that a reckless decision? >>> but up next espn's brit mchenry suspended for one of the meanest tirades i've ever seen. but should that affect her job? >>> this one just made me cringe. espn sports reporter brit mchenry may be pretty poised on camera, but after her car was towed, she belittled the poor parking lot attendant which can only be described as a "mean girl" video. >> i have a degree. >> "honey." mchenry apologized on twitter. "in an intense and stressful moment, i allowed my emotions to get the best of me and said some insulting and regrettable things. as frustrated as i was, i should always choose to be respectful and take the high road." espn has now suspended mchenry for a grand total of one week. joining us now, joe concha. what's your gut reaction watching this tape, watching britt mchenry taunting this poor woman? >> i want to know why i'm only seeing britt mchenry talking in that situation. i want to see the whole tape howie. this was a conversation clearly and w

in fact he had been opened by the stunt telling a florida newspaper about the plan and contacting thee a year ago. lawmakers want answers how he was able to carry out the brazen air space violation hughes towed his copter from florida to pennsylvania. he took a flight from gettysburg. "good morning america" will have more on the stunt coming up at 7:00 a.m. after "action news." >> happening today a pretrial hearing is scheduledded for the three -- scheduled for three people accused of attacking two gay men in center city. they are from bucks county accused of using gay slurs before beating the couple in september. one of the men suffered a broken jaw. the defense said both parties played a role in the event and the sexual orientation was not an issue. >>> families of bucks county teenagers who killed in a car crash are asking for jail time for the driver. they were students at council rock high school south. investigators say a father gave his 15-year-old daughter permission to drive his suv on the day of the crash and she did not have a drivers license. >> she knew she was wrong she

he announced his plans on the internet and tipped off his local florida newspaper. on thursday another pilot flew a tiny aircraft near the capitol to raise awareness for his cause. >> that was very talented. he landed his gyrocopter on the lawn of the capitol. is his passion just amazing? should we be encouraging this passion for a cause? >> no.is a good way to get yourself shot down out of the sky. >> the man is lucky he didn't die. he was quoted as saying apparently he is willing to die for this cause but i think there are better ways to go about it. i suppose it is a good thing that he inadvertently illustrated some problems we have with security we may want to work on. >> well should he be punished orie warded for bringing this up? >> i am surprised he wasn't shot down in front of all of those kids. that would have been great. that's more entertaining than anything else on capitol hill. should he be rewarded? no. you don't pick a thing like campaign finance reform. what is that? you have to pick something better. >> i am not sure how the two go inside there. tha

he told a florida newspaper that he was planning to do it almost a year ago.t service and capitol police scrambled to check the gyrocopter for explosives yesterday. doug hughes says he was performing a non-violent act of civil disobedience to bring attention to campaign finance reform. that's why he landed his gyrocopter on the west lawn of the capitol building. and the tampa bay times had known exactly what was gong to happen. but didn't think it was necessary to stop hughes from taking off. "we felt like it wasn't our journalistic job to pull the plug on his plan or to alert anybody in advance because he never seemed like he was doing anything besides trying to bring attention to campaign finance reform." the stunt created enough chaos to briefly shut down the capitol, and it resulted in hughes' arrest. : state warriors having nba playoffs more on a first- round matchup ahead. special guest from the ceremonial first pitch in the san jose giants will. tell you will live look here at the bay bridge toll plaza what san mateo bridge toll plaza to the eye on the

hughes spoke to a florida newspaper about the flight and e-mailed a number of media outlets including4 shortly before the flight to get message out. the capitol and white house were locked down for a time but both are operating normally now and all streets are also reopen around the area. >>> for a moment she thought she was under attack. bullets hit her walls prompting her to take cover as she called 911. david culver is live with a story you'll only see on news4. >> reporter: behind me this is house that belongs to miss sally thomas. it sits on a relatively quiet corner. late last week the silence interrupted by gunshots. police tell us those bullets came from her neighbor's basement. >> the first shot i didn't know it was a shot but it woke me up. >> reporter: so sally thomas walked out of her first floor bedroom to see what was going on. >> so i was walking there way. when i got to just about here i heard this terrible noise. >> that was the noise of a glass shattering. three bullets blasting her back doors. >> they all three came so fast.here they were all three, the three holes

. >> the secret service and a florida newspaper knew about the pilot, now credit igs sick critics wantknow why it was so easy for him to fly under the radar. >> reporter: he landed at the capitol and landed in jail. but tonight pilot protester doug yuz is already out on his own recognizance, charged eenl with flying an unregistered plane and violated d.c. air space. hughes' message about campaign finance is overshadowed by concern about his penetration of washington's no fly zone. down the mall past the white house to the capitol. >> i got to tell you i'm very upset and very concerned about this. >> reporter: secretary of homeland security jeh johnson. >> this individual apparently literally flew in under the radar, literally. >> reporter: but homeland security had hughes in its sights two years ago. the tampa day times shot this video and secret service interviewed hughes, telling lawmakers today they found him not to be a threat. >> terrorists don't brachtoadcast their flight path. >> reporter: tampa bay times reporter ben montgomery covered hughes' preparation, came to washington to

told a florida newspaper almost a year ago what he was planning to do.hong:secret service and capitol police scrambled to check the gyrocopter for explosives. >>darya:-->>anny hong:doug hughes says he was performing a non-violent act of civil disobedience to bring attention to campaign finance reform. >>anny hong:that's why he landed his gyrocopter on the west lawn of the capitol building. >>anny hong:and the tampa bay times had known exactly what was gong to happen. but didn't think it was necessary to stop hughes from taking off. >>:"we felt like it wasn't our journalistic job to pull the plug on his plan or to alert anybody in advance because he never seemed like he was doing anything besides trying to bring attention to campaign finance reform." >>anny hong:the stunt created enough chaos to briefly shut down the capitol, and it resulted in hughes' arrest. >>anny hong:-- >>mark: it ended at a mcdonald's at the university in shaddock it comes after the madonna corporate headquarters announced it will be raising the hourly wage of employees who work in

we'll have a full interview he did with a florida newspaper about the stunt on nbc washington.com. >> this morning. temperatures near 50 between 8:00 and 9:00 by noon mid 60s. then by late afternoon, mostly cloudy. melissa? >>> chopper 4 over a bad cloud, this is in lanham. box truck versus a taxi and a fuel spill there. that's pretty nasty and going to be shut down for quite some time this morning. >> all right, thanks melissa. >>> thank you for joining us on this thursday mo >>> good morning. why wasn't he stopped? new questions being raised this morning about how a brazen gyro coptor pilot got so close to the u.s. capitol. >> that pilot is headed to court today to face federal charges. >>> prior incidents. >> that officer who rammed his patrol car into an armed suspect was the focus of an earlier lawsuit settled in new york t. accusation that he pulled a gun and choked a man during a parking incident while his actions behind the wheel in arizona come under new scrutiny. >>> in or out? so what are you waiting for? our exclusive interview with new jersey governor chris christie why h

. >>> ahead, a florida newspaper sits on a story about that guy who landed his gyrocopter at the capitolas that a reckless decision? >>> but up next espn's brit mchenry suspended for one of the meanest tirades i've ever seen. but should that affect her job? when eating healthy and drinking water just isn't enough to ease my constipation i trust dulcolax tablets. i take dulcolax for dependable overnight relief and in the morning i am back to myself dulcolax, designed for dependable relief hey, what's up? i'm ted. rudy and i have a lot of daily rituals. namaste. stay. taking care of our teeth is one of them. when i brush my teeth, he getsts a milk-bone brushing chew. just another way to keep ourselves healthy. i'll go change. >>> this one just made me cringe. espn sports reporter brit mchenry may be pretty poised on camera, but after her car was towed, she belittled the poor parking lot attendant which can only be described as a "mean girl" video. >> i have a degree. >> "honey." mchenry apologized on twitter. "in an intense and stressful moment, i allowed my emotions to get the best of me

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hughes told a florida newspaper about his plan saying he was no terrorist. >>> the health alert for disneylandto eliminate exemption from personal vaccines is sprenlding. state senator david pan has come under attack. >> i oppose this bill. >> 600 mothers packed the room speaking out against senator pan's legislation. california would join 32 other states that don't allow children to back out of it due to personal beliefs. they're allowed to tend schools public or prove. opponents say they have serious concerns over the alleged side effects of different vaccines. they argue the parents, not the government should have the final say. >> it's a violation of my children's medical and educational rights and it holds my children's education hostage in exchange for a coerce medical procedure. >> and while some are protesting on capitol steps, others are lashing out online. senator pan acknowledged he's being threatened. his office is taking the threats seriously. >> some of the opposition has unfortunately decided to engage in hate and bullying. that's not how we should be working. >> i also had more

>> reporter:we're learning more about the man who landed his gyrocopter at the u-s he told a florida newspaper it almost a year ago. secret service and capitol police scrambled to check the gyrocopter for explosives yesterday. performing a non-violent act of civil disobedience to bring attention to campaign that's why he landed his gyrocopter on the west lawn of the capitol building and was planning to deliver letters to all 535 members of congress. and the tampa bay times had known exactly what was gong to happen. but didn't think it was necessary to stop the 61-year-old. "we felt like it wasn't our journalistic job to pull the plug on his plan or to alert doing anything besides campaign finance reform." the stunt created enough chaos to briefly shut down the capitol, and it resulted in hughes' arrest. >> mark:the obama administration will start telling certain travelers that they are on a the list includes tens of thousands of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to, from or within the united states. the new policy is described denied boarding a plane can petition the government o

he told a florida newspaper, "the tampa bay times," what he intended to do. >> change the governmenton between the government and big money so that government will represent the people. >> hughes made it from an airport in gettysburg and through d.c.'s no-fly zone. press secretary josh earnest gave the white house his first reaction last hour. >> i'm confident that there will be a careful look at this incident and while we are pleased that no one was harm eded in this incident, it may provide an opportunity for law enforcement agencies including the secret service to review their procedures and to get some useful lessons from it. >> joining me from capitol hill is nbc news correspondent luke russert. luke break down the charges that hughes is facing now. >> reporter: it's interesting, thomas. this is one of those crimes where the charges don't necessarily meet exactly what happened here, at least in the opinion of some lawmakers i've spoken to and some legal people. as of now, it seems that the only charges that are going to be brought against mr. hughes are violating these federal a

he tells a florida newspaper it is happy it is resolved and working for habitat for humanity is likehat's exactly how we grow our avocados all year round. with love, from mexico. >>> good friday morning. it's 9:26. a brutal attack caught on camera in san francisco. now police just hoping that someone recognizes the attacker. this video does not show the actual impact but it happened on wednesday night in the tenderloin near larkin and geary street. the attacker approaches the victim and hit him with what looks like a pipe. police say the victim is often seen in the neighborhood. >> we get him to the shelter, get him food when he needed it and buy him some shoes. >> friends say the homeless man is now conscious, but he did receive 50 stitches. police say the two had some prior alter kashz. if the attacker is found, he could face attempted murder charges. >> in sports will the architects of the giants championship juggernaut teams are both expected to stick around for some time. the team today expected to announce new two-year contract extensions for both manager bruce bochy and gm bri

the pilot was this man, doug hughes a postal worker from florida, who, with his local newspaper, made this video of his elaborate plan to fly to the capitol and deliver letters to congress demanding campaign finance reform. >> i'm going to violate the no-fly zone nonviolently. i intend for nobody to get hurt. and i'm going to land on the capitol mall in front of the capitol building. >> reporter: in the video, he admits it sounds crazy. >> no sane person would do what i'm doing. >> reporter: he had been training for months. the reporter who had been talking to hughes for months traveled to washington to witness the flight. did he expect to be shot down? >> he knew it was a possibility. honestly i didn't think he would make it close to here. i was like holy heavens, he's made it a long way. >> reporter: during all that time the reporter did not warn the secret service this was going to happen. but hughes did. calling them a-year-old ago year ago. the house homeland security chairman telling the associated press that had hughes gotten any closer to the capitol building they have long gu

we do know that a man named doug hughes, a 61-year-old mailman from florida has been posting things on a website and told a newspaper down there in florida that he planned to do this. his stated goal was to deliver mail to every member of congress basically talking about the need for campaign finance reform. again, we've not verified this is the same man. he has been very public about doing there. knew exactly the risk that he would be taking in doing so and violating the air space. according to the newspaper, he said no sane person would do what i am doing. so the pilot right now in custody, the gyrocopter has been inspect. no explosive material found. we'll stay on top of this story for you and have a little more on news4 at 5:00. chris lawrence back to you. >>> i'm wendy receiving we are a little more about this man who is suspected of landing on the twrp capitol. we are hearing this is a guy from florida named doug hughes who took responsibility for this flight on his website. he describes his motive for today's flight. he is carrying 535 letters addressed to lawmakers, asking for campaign finance reform. and he

florida. he told the newspaper down there the tampa bay ties he figured his bosses would fire him but he did itcourt. he was sans gyrocopter which has been taken away but he was wearing his mail carrier uniform, i'm told. he is accused not only of entering restricted air space and violating a no-fly zone. there are two zones that sound government buildings and homes think pilot is accused of flying into the zone including the white house and the capitol, just zoomed in there like a greased pig. an area that has been on high alert since 9/11. now we learn a lot of people knew about this plan like everybody. the secret service knew about it. reporters knew about and it anybody who read his blog knew about it. anybody who has been to the tampa bay times web site knows about it. he blogged about the whole thing. railed against what he observed is the corruption of money in d.c. the secret service says it interviewed the man and knew about the plan in 2013. we're told the agents tipped off the capitol police, guy is going to fly in there they conducted a thorough investigation, as they put it. the p

newspaper. practicing his wobbly flight back home in florida. hughes said he put the authorities on notice before his sunt stunt. >> i don't believe the authorities are going the shoot down a 60-year-old mailman on a flying bicycle. >>> another note about security in washington. changes at the white house. because of one intruder who made it all the way to the front doors. >> steel spikes will soon be added to the tips of the white house perimeter fence to make it tougher to climb. it's a temporary solution. >>> turning to weather now. we have more of it. more severe weather. >> many of the buildings on the sam houston state university campus are flooded. the rain came down too har and too fast for sewers and drain systems to handle it. >> there's a tornado that was reported yesterday. no reports of major damage or injuries. the area saw baseball-sized hail and heavy rain. >>> one of the tornadoes in western oklahoma was caught on camera. this tornado only lasted about ten minutes. >> more of the same today for the southern plains. forecasters w

worker had made no secret of his plans, shooting this video with his local newspaper, practicing his wobbly flight back home in florida. hughes himself said he put the authorities on notice before his stunt. >> i don't believe that the authorities are going to shoot down a 60-year-old mailman in a flying bicycle. >> reporter: the secret service says no one warned them specifically about yesterday's flight. as for the pilot, he was released from jail, on the condition that he operates nothing that flies and stays away from the capitol. david? >> jim avila, thank you. >>> tonight major questions about that reserve deputy 73 years old, reaching for his taser, instead, pulling out his gun. where are the records of his training some are asking? the images we've all seen now, chasing after that unarmed suspect. the deputy saying he grabbed the wrong weapon. instead, shooting and killing him. the suspect did not survive. tonight, you're about to hear an interview with the sheriff, who acknowledges that they can't find the records. abc's ryan owens on the case again tonight. >> reporter: when that oklahoma volunteer deputy co

the pilot was this man, doug hughs, a postal worker from florida who with his local newspaper made thisideo of his elaborate plan to fly to the capitol and deliver letters to congress demanding campaign finance reform. >> i'm going to violate the no-fly zone. nonviolently and i intend for nobody to get hurt and i'm going to land on the capitol mall in front of the capitol building. >> in the video he admits it sounds crazy. >> no sean person would do what i'm doing. >> reporter: he had been training for months posting this youtube video in february showing one bumpy practice flight. the reporter had been talking to hughes for months traveled to washington to witness the flight. >> did he expect to be shot down? >> he knew that was a possibility. honestly, i didn't think he would make it anywhere close to here. i ehim coming over the top of the building. i was holy heavens, he made it a long way. >> reporter: during all that time the reporter did not warn the secret service this was going to happen but hughes did, speaking with agents about his plans. the house homeland security chairman

>> well, tony, apparently, according 20 what he told a tampa newspaper, the 61-year-old mailman from florida wanted to get the attention on the public on this issue that he cares a lot about, which is campaign finance reform. and he did manage to grab the spotlight. but he also violated the security of the nation's capital. this cellphone video shows what tourists on capitol hill saw and heard. >> this is not good, people. >> the loud noise of a small single person aircraft flying low and then landing on the capital lawn. based on this foot am, it took the capital police nearly a minute to begin converging october gyro copter. >> you could just see him with his helmet on, piloting on to the lawn. >> the man at the controls, doug hughes, made no secret of his plans. he had talked expensively with the tampa bay times which posted this video on his website. >> what hughes wanted to do, was deliver letters to every member of congress, bemoaning the influence of big money and calling for campaign finance reform. and what he did was create a security nightmare. capital police quickly closed off th

newspaper. practices his wobble plate back home in florida.hes put the authority on notice before his stunt. >> i don't believe that authorities are going to shoot down 60-year-old mailman in a flying bicycle. >>reporter: secret service says no one warns them specifically about yesterday flight as for the pilot he was released from jill on the condition that he operate nothing that fly an stays away from the capitol. jim avila abc news washington. >> you can now look at hundreds of thousands of hacked sony e-mail and documents on wikileke. on line whistle blower sight blower site publish the documents today. it show international company workings and belong in the public do mane. sony slammed release and says it will continue to fit for the safety of the company and employees. in december sony suffered a massive cyberattack ahead of the release of the movie the interview. >> for the first time we are hearing the terrifying 911 call from the worker trapped in the belly of an alaska airline plane he used the cell phone to call for help. operator

. >> he detailed his protest plans to a newspaper, to the "tampa bay times" in florida and, of course could have been carrying anything thank heaven he wasn't. >> right. >> and made it clear he was not intending to be any sort of threat could have had a weapon anthrax a bomb. what can be done to track a small contraption like a gyrocopter or drone and how would you stop it shooting it down is that the only way? >> well again, let's make sure we do the assessment and the get the facts to see if anybody tracked him and with what technology and what technologies we have that could help again, pick up a low flying slow gyrocopter like this. especially when it's coming towards high-value areas. first issue, detecting it. second what do you do about it once detected? how do you intercept it notify him? again, a mistake, versus somebody wanting to do harm? what's the end game? penalties of those that come into restricted airspace. he needs to be prosecuted to the fullest sense of the law and deter others. the fact he thought he could get away with this and not have harm come to him is a conc

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florida. hughes said he had been openly planning the flight for a while. in fact had told a newspaper that he wanted to draft letters to congress for campaign finance collection. >> i'm going to have 535 letters strapped to the landing gear in eight boxes and those letters are going to be addressed to every member of congress. >> hughes landed safely on his own. according to homeland security authorities were ready to shoot down the gyro copter had it gotten closer to the capitol. >>> a jury found former nfl player aaron hernandez guilt of first degree murder. a yuch sentenced hernandez to life in prison without parole yesterday for shooting and killing odin lloyd. lloyd's family spoke out after the verdict. >> god has -- my baby is in high heart. >> hernandez still faces a double murder charge in boston. prosecutors say he killed two men after one accidentally bumped into him in a nightclub and spilled his drink. >>> a stolen valor bill is one step closer to becoming law in pa pa. the measure will now go to the house after the state senate approved it yesterday. the bill will penaliz

thewa guardian newspaper followed up on word that hillary clinton's planned annoyancement on sunday. they said, one day later floridar marco rubio is expected to announce his candidacy in miami. almost certain to be overshadowed by clinton's tour of iowa and beyond. now, the guy in the newspaper but -- have they got a point here? do you think that marco rubeover is going to be overshadowed by a tweet on sunday from hillary clinton? >> don't"gav forget theaves videotaped message. the combination is powerful. the-and, no. think you'll see a fair coverage of marco rubio's announcement, which is of course live, and the live events are more exciting than seeing somebody campaign with a handful of family sitting in abcorner someplace, which is what the iowa tour will be. there's no big rallies. expect marco rubio to get his fair share of coverage modeled on the event that ted cruz had and rand paul had, and both of them got a lot of coverage. i expect fairness here. >> can you sum it up and say that hillary clinton faces an uphill struggle or am i going too far? >> i think youkáuz going too far. it's a year and a half awa

newspaper. practicing his is wobbly flight back home in florida.ghes himself said he put the authorities on notice before his stunt. >> i don't believe that the authorities are going to shoot down a 60-year-old mailman in a flying bicycle. >> reporter: the secret service says no one warned them specifically. as for the pilot, he was released from jail on the condition that he operates nothing that flies and stays away from the capitol. jim avila, abc news washington. >> a lot of unanswered questions still this morning. like how did he get that snug you don't go to ikea and get that. >> the gyrocopter. flying bicycle is probably a better word for it. >> like from the movie from "back to the future." did it remind you of the thing that doc maybe it's a ride at disney world. i've seen it somewhere. but another question. what happened to all those letters he was trying to deliver? >> oh yeah. i guess there's part of evidence now. >> or he didn't put stamps on them and they didn't go anywhere. >> he has plenty of stamps. he was hand delivering them. he

. >> the newspaper reports that three supervisors who refused to sign forged records were reassigned. the sheriffs office is denying those allegations. >>> a floridaan arrested for landing his gyrocopter on the us capitol lawn appeared in federal court today. 61-year-old doug hughes is charged with violating restricted air space and operates an unregistered aircraft. the judge a loud hughes to return home to in order when he'll be under house arrest. hughes was interviewed by the secret service in 2013 but they decided at that time he did not pose a threat. >> there's going to be a lot people at the table answering questions here. everyone from faa to military i think you'll have capitol police, secret service as well had there hands in the stew pot here. >> hughes says he did all of this to draw attention to the need for campaign finance reform reform. if convicted he faces up to four years in prison as well as fines fines. >>> new tonight trapped and desperate for help. hear the frantic call to nip 11 from the person trapped inside of the cargo hold in this plane. >> kathy. >> after the rain moves through we look ahead to the warmest day of the

florida. hughes said he had been openly planning the flight for a while. in fact he told a newspaperreporter he wants to draw attention to campaign corruption. >> i'm going to have 535 letters strapped to the landing gear in boxes. and those letters are going to be addressed to every member of congress. >> hughes landed safely on his own, according to homeland security. authorities were ready to shoot down the gyrocopter had it gotten closer to the capitol. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is making the rounds a possible presidential candidate. >> he sat down with the "today" show's matt lauer. and matt talked to him about his personal issue, and his weight loss surgery. we may not be able to pull that sound bite up but matt and hoda kotb joins us live from new york to join us about that one-on-one interview. i heard you on that interview that he didn't declare but he should be ready to. >> you know everybody says he's making all the move. it looks like a duck, it aquaquacks like a duck. he went home to new jersey he's going back to new hampshire tomorrow. he says vai and rosem

the tulsa world newspaper reports supervisors at the tulsa county sheriff's office were told to forge bates' training records. it's unclear why or when. >>> a florida appear in court today after landing his gyrocopter on the west lawn of the capitol building. 61-year-old doug hughes was arrested as hundreds of tourists looked on. he was planning on delivering letters to members of congress calling for campaign finance reform. >> at least 1,000 dogs in the midwest have come down with a potentially deadly flu bug. this strange has never been seen in the -- strain has never been seen in the u.s. before. it's only in asia. the virus is not a threat to humans but people can transmit it from one to another. >> two member were killed and three injured in a crash in san jose flipping over just before 11:00. they landed on a vta light rain line for hours. alcohol may have been a factor in the crash. >> four years after being attacked outside dodger stadium another milestone in the recovery of bryan stow. he will throw out the first pitch tonight at the san jose- giants aaa game. he wants to start using crutches more often instead of a wheelchair. >>> i'm an

the newspaper also reports that there were four arrests and hands full of injuries. wow. >> well, fiery scene unfolds on the side after busy floridaghway, and it is all caught on camera. a family traveling to michigan is forced to flea when their rv goes up in flames. reporter gale partial brown spoke to a good samaritan who helped rescue mother and her daughter. >> get your car off of it. >> ross thompson who happening happens to run a business called the rv doctor, and his son coming down. s27 in lake count when they saw this motor home on fire. >> i look over. i saw there was still a car attached to t i was concerned. i saw one man running around the outside. i didn't think there was anybody else there, it was so engulfed, i figure they were outside. >> but they weren't. he went to help them. his son caught it all on his cell phone. another man driving 18 wheeler also stopped and helped. >> i noticed when i was yelling, there was a foot sticking out the back window. so i stopped. we renee cross right away, we ran up to the back window, rescued a mom and their daughter. and got them out. because they couldn't get out. they were

mailman from tampa florida, who said he wanted to come up to the capitol and protest campaign finance reform? did he make it all the way there and was his plan documented in a newspaper report as long as two months ago down in tampa bay? >>> plus this -- he's been in the race all three days. critics are coming out swinging. why are democrats piling it on so thick on white house hopeful marco rubio? is he the possible biggest threat? >>> lots of breaking news today. let's get to politics, too. senator marco rubio attacking hillary clinton as a throwback to the past. her supporters are firing back. blasting rubio's record attacking his stand on raising the minimum wanl and tax policy, but a review by "the washington post" awarding three pinocchios to wasserman-schultz. that does not give her the license to take his quotes out of context. he has used words like "silly" and "waste of time," but not in the egregious contest wasserman-schultz describes. great to have you on the show sir. >> thank you. happy to be with you. >> what do you see in marco rubio that you are so sure of and that you are monetarily behind him? >> let me first address that issue with debbie wasserm

florida flying a small aircraft. he wanted to deliver mail to every single member of congress. he even told his local newspaperbout his plan. homeland security secretary says he flew literally under the radar. they were caught off guard. they did not see him. the secret service visited mr. doug hughes two years ago. stuart: under the radar? >> it is so small and it flies so low. i know, it raises questions. stuart: up next, or on the gyro copter with all of her north. how can someone do it with prior warning? later this hour, hanukkah is still here. senator harry reid. mitch mcconnell is a lump of coal. [laughter] we will set monica loose on that. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (under loud music) this is the place. ♪ ♪ ♪ their beard salve is made from ♪ ♪ ♪ sustainable tea tree oil and kale... you, my friend, recognize when a trend has reached critical mass. yes, when others focus on one thing you see what's coming next. you see opportunity. that's what a type e* does. and so it begins. with e*trade's investing insights center, you can spot trends before they become trendy. e*trade. opportunity is everywhere. ♪ stuart: i will call t