jonathan serrie, thank you.this day in 1962, millions of americans tuned in to see the white house as they had never before seen it. in what was billed as a valentine's day special. jacqueline kennedy opened the house to tv cameras, first time that had ever happened. the first lady showed off all her new renovations and explained the history of each room. it was the first real look inside the president's home for millions of americans. it helped personalize the office for many years to come. jackie kennedy's performance was a smash hit. scoring her piles of fan mail. even an emmy award. both cbs and nbc carried it. three out of four american tv viewers tuned in, three out of four. so popular abc aired encore a few nights later it was on valentine's day that americans fell in love with a first lady turned tour guide 51 years ago today. and now you know the news for this thursday, valentine's

get the latest from jonathan serrie live in midland, alabama. we know law enforcement stormed this bunker that he had been keeping this 5-year-old in for a number of days. was he shot dead by police? did he take his own life? >> that is a great question, john, we don't know. law enforcement authorities gave us a play by play but did not take any question as to what happened. they only informed us that the suspect 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes is dead. they had been trying to negotiate through out this ordeal which was about to go into a 7th day through out the ordeal. it sounded like negotiations were peaceful. mr. dykes allowing them to supply comfort supplies to the little boy. supplies such as medication, snacks, such as cheez-its and toys such as a red hot wheels car he requested yesterday. but today although they did not elabora elaborate, authorities say the negotiations started to go south and that is when they decided to storm the bunker. listen to what they said at a news conference moments ago. >> at approximately 3:12 this afternoon fbi

jonathan serrie is live on scene in midland, alabama tonight. jonathan, today we got to see the school bus involved in that fatal shooting. >> yeah. that's right. shep. that's because authorities were towing the school bus away back to the school bus barn. the school bus had been sitting at the crime scene in this neighborhood since tuesday afternoon. that's when the gunman reportedly boarded it, commanding two hostage. witnesses say the driver, charles poland refused and that ultimately he was a hero standing between the gunman and the kids before making the ultimate sacrifice, shep? >> shepard: what do we know about funeral arrangements for that driver? >> yeah. the the funeral has been scheduled for 2:00 on sunday. a funeral for charles poland jr. the venue, the ozark civic center where it's scheduled can hold 5,000 people i'm told. but that may be what's needed to accommodate the community that's really rallying behind this heroic bus driver's family, shep. >> shepard: jonathan serrie on scene in lower alabama tonight. jonathan, thanks. inves

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get the latest from jonathan serrie live in midland, alabama. we know law enforcement stormed this bunker that he had been keeping this 5-year-old in for a number of days. was he shot dead by police? did he take his own life? >> that is a great question, john, we don't know. law enforcement authorities gave us a play by play but did not take any question as to what happened. they only informed us that the suspect 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes is dead. they had been trying to negotiate through out this ordeal which was about to go into a 7th day through out the ordeal. it sounded like negotiations were peaceful. mr. dykes allowing them to supply comfort supplies to the little boy. supplies such as medication, snacks, such as cheez-its and toys such as a red hot wheels car he requested yesterday. but today although they did not elabora elaborate, authorities say the negotiations started to go south and that is when they decided to storm the bunker. listen to what they said at a news conference moments ago. >> at approximately 3:12 this afternoon fbi

>> shepard: jonathan serrie on scene in lower alabama, thank you. if you have to go to court, don't play games with the judge. a teenager in miami found herself in a world of trouble during a drug possession hearing. it started when the judge asked her about her assets, as he was setting bond. >> well, how much would you say your jewelry is worth? >> [ laughter ] >> it's not a joke. you know we are not in a club now. >> okay. >> we are not in a club. be serious about it. >> i'm serious about it. >> i can see you are serious all right. >> well, after a moment she told the judged a gross and walked away. in a response the judge doubled her bond to 10,000 bucks. so what did she do? she flipped him off and cursed him out. bad idea. >> bring her back again. >> what's. >> i believe i heard you saying -- >> -- yes, i did. i'm not going. >> i believe -- did you say [bleep]? >> actually, did i. >> did you say that? >> yes, sir, did i. >> oh, did you say that? i find new direct criminal don't. 30 days in the county jail. >> shepard: 30 days in the county jail

. >> jonathan serrie live for us tonight in midland city, alabama. jonathan, so much heartache in that community tonight. >> indeed, this bus driver was so well loved by people who knew him and strangers have grown to respect him because because of his heroics on that school bus on tuesday. by all accounts, charles chuck poland loved his job and his passengers. on hot days he provided cold water. on holidays he provided gifts and last tuesday he gave his life to protect the students who rode his bus. >> he he put his life before his kids that were on the bus. i think that's one of the biggest things you remembered for being a hero and saving those other kids. >> after the service, poland's funeral procession was led by members of the patriot guard riders. and fellow drivers who drove their school buses with black ribbons tied to them. harris? >> harris: what more are we learning about the suspect in this case? >> yeah, jimmie lee dykes remains in communication with authorities through that pvc pipe that serves as a vent from the surface down to his un

>> shepard: all right i jonathan serrie, go back to him as events warrant. get to ed buck who took the crews with fiance to celebrate their fourth celebration together. what a celebration. there he is here is a picture of ed with one of those biohazard bags some passengers have used as makeshift toilets. he joins us live now from the ship. ed, how are you holding up? >> we are holding up pretty well. they are doing the best they can. we're glad to see some land and hope to port soon. i heard part of your report. that's the part we are not all thrilled about is trying to get off the ship with our bags. >> that's not going to be easy, ed. you sent some pictures in. i wanted to show viewers ones of cots is this your sleeping arrangement we are looking at here? where is that? >> no. these are different decks. there are some that are on the outside deck. kind of a tent city situation. because the sun was hot. and then a lot of the interior -- what you want to call it outside decks that near where the life boats are. >> shepard: looking at phone chargers. couple p

jonathan serrie is on scene from midland. alabama.rom investigators it's my understanding? that's right. even though the standoff is over this is still an active crime scene. fbi wants to make sure any improvised explosive devices are removed before they allow federal state and local investigators in to process the scene. it's unclear whether he killed himself or killed by the fbi team that stormed his underground bunker after negotiations apparently failed. his 5-year-old hostage is safe, back with his family and other students who were on a school bus when he was abducted are ready for life to return to normal. listen. some of us are shane up. some of us are telling ourselves that we don't want to get on a bus that much. like not anymore. but, you know, we have to do what we have to do to get our education. >> and tonight those students remember charles poland jr., the bus driver who died trying to protect his students. and later tonight we expect to hear more from authorities. shep? >> shepard: jonathan serrie live midland city, al

expecting literally thousands of people to show up for this hero's funeral, geraldo. >> geraldo: jonathan is serrie, thank you very much. the small alabama town getting ready as jonathan reports to bury charles poland the beloved 66-year-old bus driver shot and killed tuesday when refused to let this nutty survivalist on his bus. another reminder that gun violence is out of control especially though in bigger cities like new orleans where the super bowl is about to be played and in detroit and in chicago where the reverend jesse jackson led a march today commemorating the life of the 15-year-old majorette who performed at president obama's inauguration. the teenager shot in the back and killed also on tuesday. now, before i tell you why i think the assault weapons ban that the president is seeking is almost beside the point when it comes to gun violence, let's see how new orleans and other violence-plagued cities are dealing. the super bowl just hours away. security sky high in the big easy. >> i can stand here and it tell you without a doubt that this week there is no safer place to be than the ci

on day five of this bizarre kidnapping jonathan serrie s on location. authorities just canceled the news conference they planned for right now. any idea why? >> authorities issued a written statement by e-mail saying that they simply did not have any new information to brief. so they canceled the in person briefing that they have been having every night often appearing before the cameras only to say that there is no information to rehe lease. instead, sending out the written statement to news organizations by e-mail, geraldo. >> geraldo: are they still in touch with dykes as far as you know? >> they are, indeed. that was one of the pieces of information that they did release in the written statement tonight say they are maintaining a line of communication 24 hours a day for any time the suspect wants to talk. that line of communication comes in the form of a pvc pipe that serves as an air vent from the surface down into that underground bunker. they have been using the pipe not only to communicate but also to lower items, comfort items to the child. tho

joining me is fox news own jonathan serri. what is the latest. >> police are talking to the suspect through a pvc pipe leading into the underground bunker but releasing few details. today we did get the first glimpse of the school bus that was involved in the shooting. authorities drove the bus out of the neighborhood first and then at the main highway hitched it to the back of a tow truck which carried the bus away. this is the bus that 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes allegedly boarded tuesday afternoon reportedly demanding two child hostages. the school bus driver charles pollen, jr. refused and tried to block the gunman paying the ultimate price. a funeral service is scheduled sunday. the large venue has been reserved to accommodate a crowd of potentially thousands because the bus driver's family received a huge outpouring of support from the comm. >> i believe it will be a place that they will celebrate not the death of mr. pol poland bue life. surely this man died an american hero. >> so an entire community honoring the heroi

that was fox news's jonathan serrie for you.sa: my next guest says the try all disaster was the company's worst pr nightmare, you think? it might take all hands on deck effort to scrub the tarnish off carnival's reputation. robert dilenschneider of the dilenschneider group. thanks for coming on the show. there are some images that will stick with us. one i saw the woman kissing the ground and she was interviewed her later. they asked her and she will give you $500 and a free cruise. she said i will never get on a cruise ship the rest of my life. that says it. there she sis. this is the one. said i'm not going to do this again. as a viewer at home watching this, i too will never get on a cruise ship. how do you battle back against that as a company? >> well, carnival had some really serious challenges at the very outset which i think they didn't really handle all the best, but going forward they have huge challenges. they have challenges with the consuming public. they have challenges from their competitors. they have lost a bill

and joining us jonathan serrie, jonathan. >> reporter: sean, the excitement is building among the family and friends gathered here waiting for this ship to come in. latest estimates coming in between 9:30 and half past midnight central time. a lot of wild cards because this is a ship that's running on limited power. we understand that the winchs aren't working and the docking is going to take time and disemba disembarkation. one functioning elevator and most the passengers are going to have to carry their own luggage down several flights of stairs, more than 3000 passengers on board that vessel plus additional 1,000 plus crew members. so, a very lengthy and cumbersome process getting everyone off the ship and even, once everyone is off the ship and on terra firma, most of these passengers are going to be boarding tour buses, taking them either to their home ports in texas or for those who don't want to make the eight-hour plus drive overnight have the option of boarding a bus for a two hour drive to new orleans where they'll overnight and catch charter flights to their home destinations

fox top story, jonathan serrie on it live in dale county, lower alabama. signs of progress tonight, jonathan? >> reporter: well, shep ,are releasing few details abs the ongoing negotiation but we know one line of communication in form of pvc pipe is still open giving authorities an idea of what is going on in that underground bunker. authorities say the 5-year-old boy is unarmed physically but as you can imagine, emotionally it's a different story. listen. >> we know that his is crying for his mother and his grandparents. why the shooter does not release the young boy to his family is hard for me to understand. >> virgil skipper says he knows the suspect personally and can't imagine him causing harm to the child. >> shepard: we haven't heard from the child's family. how are they holding up? >> the mayor says he has spoke within both parents and grandparents and they are doing remarkably well given all the pressure, circumstances they are experiencing rite now. we heard from the alabama governor robert bentley's office they are talking to the hostage's mothe

jonathan serrie live in hattiesburg, mississippi where this all took place. t does it look like on the ground there now, jonathan? >> reporter: hi, jon. look behind me. we're located at the southeast corner of southern mississippi university. this building here is the ogeltree house. it is an alumni association building. as you can see it suffered heavy damage especially on the second floor. a few other buildings were damaged on campus as well as multiple vehicles. as we pan over to the right, you can see there are multiple trees down on campus. but no reports of injuries here at this university. many students in fact were on break for mardi gras. statewide there are no reports of fatalities however at least 63 people were treated for injuries at local hospitals. many of them have already been released. during the peak of the storm more than 13,000 customers lost power. crews were able to restore electricity to about 2/3 of them. and as we look across the street at our live location you can see the extent of the damage. all of this debris here in front of me a

jonathan serrie is on this live in atlanta, georgia. is behind the push in north carolina, jonathan? >> reporter: good morning, bill. well those proposals are largely in response to anticipated income tax increases from washington. however, when you look at north carolina supporters of such a plan say it is all about reviving state's economy. listen. >> what that would do is hopefully move north carolina more in the direction of texas as a low-tax state, a high job creation state away from what we are now, which some folks refer to us the california of the southeast. >> reporter: personal and corporate income taxes provide about 60% of north carolina's operating revenue. so the proposal would be to replace these taxes with sales taxes on grocery, real estate transactions and other services ranging from haircuts to plumbing, bill. bill: maybe they could come to new york next. what is the debate over, jonathan? >> reporter: yeah. well, the supporters say by cutting income taxes and replacing them with expanded sales tax, it puts more mone

correspondent jonathan serrie tells us it's not all that state lawmakers are trying to get rid of. >>ome to order. >> the g.o.p. majority and state legislature and elected republican for, bob rusho is on a mission toe limbnate personal and corporate income taxes. >> we need to find solutions to replace the tax policy with the 21 z sunturery policy of progrowth. >> the personal income tax and 6.9% corporate income tax provides 60% of the state operating revenue. it would be replaced by the expanded sales taxes on home sales, pet grooming, gym memberships, car washes and haircuts. >> so the idea is the more you make, the more you spend. the more you spend the more you pay in taxes. what could be fairer than that. >> they say it's not fair. >> my family earning $24,000 a year would see increase of $500. millionaire would see tax cut of $41,000. >> patricia lives on disability and os $75,000 in medical bills. she said it would break a stressed budget. >> we have to eat and we have to have toiletries or prescriptions that have to be filled or bills paid. you can't just tax everything and m

fox news correspondent jonathan serrie is live. >> good evening. standoff has ended. property behind me remains very active crime scene. f.b.i. bomb technicians are scouring the area surrounding that bunker for any improvised explosive devices the suspect may have left behind before they allow authorities in to process the crime scene. although they have yet to confirm exactly how they did this, statements earlier by authorities suggest they were somehow able to get visual surveillance on the suspect. jimmy he dykes during the standoff. at some point he appeared agitated and holding a weapon and they feared the boy's life was in imminent danger so an f.b.i. team raided the bunker. authorities tell us the suspect is dead. his five-year-old hostage is free and physically unharmed. the boy was taken to a local hospital to get checked out as a precaution. his family is said to be overjoyed but friends said the mother has kept faith throughout the ordeal she would be reunited with her son held captive for seven days after the kidnapper fiancee fatally shot the bus driver w

jon: jonathan serrie live from mobile where a lot of happy people are back on dry land. thanks, jonathan. we will be hearing from more of the passengers who were on board the carnival triumph coming up later in the hour. jenna: in the meantime you're seeing some of this new video in from russia. we'll show you some of the chaos that filled the streets of a russian city after a flaming meteor plunges to earth at supersonic speed causing wide-spread damage, injuring now almost a thousand people. that number has gone up over the last couple of hours. our greg palkot is live from london with the very latest on all of this. >> reporter: we've been taking the information and monitoring this spectacular video this, meteor smacking into russia. it happened in a city of about a million people, a little under a thousand miles to the east of moscow, and it happened just after 9:00 in the morning local time there, that is why a lot of people saw it, and a whole lot of people recorded it on their cellphones, on cameras in their car, on closed circuit television. russian scientists say

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jonathan serrie is live at that port in mobile, alabama. jonathan, how are passengers doing today? good morning there. >> reporter: good morning, bill. many of the passengers are already home. i have live video i want to show you from galveston, texas. some of the buses are arriving there. these are someone00 buses that carnival cruise lines chartered to bring passengers from the port here in mobile, alabama to that original port where they departed from in galveston, texas. other passengers will be leaving aboard charter jets, some 20 charter jets from new orleans. company officials say they are going to pay for all of the travel expenses involved with getting each passenger home. carnival also says it will give each passenger a full refund for this cruise, credit towards a future cruise, and $500 in cash. bill? bill: mean time that sucker is sitting down there in mobile. what is next for that ship, jonathan? >> yeah. well the ntsb is boarding the ship and going to investigate what caused the sunday engine room fire that led to the loss of power. the ship will also undergo a mecha

in mobile, alabama, jonathan serrie. fox news. >> we also learned the first lawsuit against carnival has already been fired. the passenger says the company failed to provide a seaworthy vessel in sanitary conditions and also the passenger from texas claims she suffered harm while the ship was stranded. >>> now to news out of d.c. where police have arrested a man in connection with an explosion out of virginia sub shop. it happened earlier this month. we covered it quite a bit. 25-year-old horus thompson is accused of detonating a device inside this sub shop on richmond highway in lorton. the owner of the shop was hurt in the fire and he is now recovering at home. thompsonson is awaiting extradition from d.c. to fairfax county. >>> new details tonight in the murder of a 94-year-old alexandria man. a woman charged with burglarizing elmer roars' home last november is very likely to be charged in the murder. the commonwealth's attorney says the woman 45-year-old marie johnson remains held without bond as the investigation co

jonathan serrie has the latest. is there any indication that this man is going to release this child? >> reporter: no indication yet. hostage negotiations now going into a third night. it's entirely possible we could be here sometime longer. nearby residents living near the suspect have told authorities this underground bunker is well stocked with food and water and that the suspect has been known to stay in there for as long as eight days at a time. the mainline of communication between hostage negotiators and the suspect remains a four-inch in diameter pvc pipe leading to the bunker behind the mobile home of the suspect that neighbors have identified as 65-year-old jimmy lee dikes. the five-year-old boy appears to be physically unharmed but emotionally upset. >> we know he is crying for his mother and his grandparents. why the shooter does not release this young boy to his family is hard for me to understand. >> reporter: now, residents say jimmy lee dikes has displayed a violent temper threatening neighbors with

jonathan serrie live in hattiesburg tonight with more from there what part of that campus was hit hardest, jonathan? >> hi, bill. it was the southeastern corner of the campus that sowferred suferred the most major damage. 4 buildings were damaged. used to house the alumni association. it will now have to move to another portion of the campus. although we are now getting reports that mr. were some minor injuries on campus. as you reported no serious injuries and certainly no fatalities reported so far anywhere in the state of mississippi as a result of this storm. bill? >> bill: what about other parts of the city. what are you seeing and hearing, jonathan? >> yeah. well, the american red cross has a regional facility here that was gutted. couldn't use it anymore. fortunately no staff were injured. and they were still able to provide disaster services using resources from red cross facilities in neighboring communities. more than 500 structures suffered damage in this part of mississippi. even the mayor's house was affected the mayor having to crawl to the safety of an interior room to avoi