all right, karen brown, thanks so. we know you'lll be keeping an eye on it. >>> we want to get you back to the peninsula, where chopper 5 is now close enough to where we can see the airplane -- small plane has gone in the water. it was either approaching or leaving the san carlos airport. as you can see, a boat out on the water. this is redwood city, so this is part of the bay, but it's also an area that's very, very close to the san carlos airport. and you can see how the homes line the water there. this plane went in the water just approximately 10 minutes ago. we were told that we could see someone getting out of the plane and being rescued. so we are going to try to confirm that for you. but this plane went in the water about 10 minutes ago. redwood city is the area and the san carlos airport involved in this, as well. so as we get more information and more details as to exactly what happened -- but you can see just the tip of the wing of that plane sticking up out of the water. a kayak and other small boat is ther

karen brown is in kill devil island with more. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning. earl picked up steam and it is tracking closer to the outer banks. about 50 miles off cape hatteras. that is where it is expected to pass. in the communities of -- south of here, there are those mandatory evacuation orders for known nonresident and they have until this morning to get out. kevin isn't sticking around for earl, even if it means cutting his labor day weekend short. >> better to be a little disappointed instead of washed away or something. >> reporter: the monster hurricane could reach north carolina late tonight or early friday before rolling up the east coast. watches and warnings stretch all the way to cape cod, massachusetts. while earl is expected to stay offshore, as it makes its way north, a slight shift could put millions in harm's way. >> that's why it's important to take the time now while the skies are clear and weather is great to make sure you have a plan and you're ready just in case. >> reporter: many aren't wasting any time, boarding up -- >> you never kno

reporting live in kill devil hills, north carolina, i'm karen brown. sydnie, back to you. >> so karen, the locals can stay whereas the tourists have been told to leave. have we got any numbers on the number of people evacuated and those who have decided to stay? >> reporter: well, at this point, john, what we do know is that from the cape hatteras area about 30,000 people have been evacuated. and that's tourists and residents alike. there's about 5,000 residents that live in the area. now, again, this county now is being evacuated of tourists, part of that to get them out first and then if the residents have to get out at the last minute the roads are going to be clear. this is just something that's happening right now. it in our hotel, women are trying to get out because they have been told to. >> if you're not definitely, i would get out and get going. >> reporter: absolutely. >> karen brown. >> at kill devil hills in north carolina. >>> in other news, investigators spent last night searching the discovery channel headquarters for explosives after yes

karen brown, back to you. >> thank you. >>> it is 5:33. >>> in other news, four bodies have been foundmurder spree in the east bay. now there is information about a fifth victim. anne makovec is in pittsburg where investigators are searching for a body in a landfill this morning >>> reporter: good morning. one of the final pieces of the puzzle in the east bay murder spree could be here in the keller canyon land film. police will be here at 9:00 a.m., police from all over the area, searching potentially for the body of a missing man. now, let's talk about what led police to this landfill. on tuesday a cadillac escalade was found outside the entrance of the bioran corporation. it belonged to one. victims, rita allen. efren valdemoro was known to drive t security cameras caught a car driving away from the area near the cadillac toward the back of the building where the dumpsters are. the cameras' range stop before the dumpster. biorad employees reported an oil smell coming from the dumpster soon after. at the same time, police were actively looking for frederick sales because his father w

. >> brown: susan dentzer of "health affairs" and karen tumulty of the "washington post" sort through the latest give- and-take on health care politics. >> ifill: and we sit down with writer and cartoonist austin kleon for a dose of poetry inspired by newspaper prose. >> what i found out is that i need to treat the newspaper as a blank canvas in order to really come up with a good poem. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: freedom came today for a california woman held in iran for 410 days. she and two other americans had been accused of spying. official word of the release was carried on press tv, the state-controlled english language news channel in iran. >> one of the three american citizens who were detained in iran, and that one has been freed. that is sarah shourd. >> brown: iran

. >> we'll check back in with karen gray houston as soon as we get more numbers. >> in the race to succeed vincent gray, brown faced off against former d.c. council member vincent orange. again, no results out of d.c., so zeros across the board. >>> let's go to prince georges county where sharon baker is leading the race for the county executive office. >> let's look at the results as they come in. right now, we believe sharon baker is in the lead. roz plater is at baker headquarters. roz. >> reporter: shawn, we're at the crazy horse saloon here at six flags where they're preparing and hoping for a victory party. take a look, the room is packed, several hundred people here. this has been a hard fought campaign. many months many of them have worked and there were five candidates in this field, all of them wanting to be the next county executive. but the polls have always called this a two-person race between sharon baker and also between the current sheriff michael jackson. at this time, the early numbers look good and folks are very excited by all this. they believe their hard work and their message paid off,

karen, back to you. >> thanks, emilyy home game tomorrow. heir first >> kristen bersee joins us. >> thanks, guys. coming up tonight on "sports unlimited." >>> the ravens finally come % home. wwy it's always tough -pgging up against the brownse terps' left it all on the field today. could a freehman quarterback lead maryland to victory? >>> i go one-on-one with ravens' cornerback. how the offenss struggles affect the mind of the defense. >>> "sports unlimited" starts right now. >>> the ravens welcome their former selves to baltimore tomorrow as they hope to show everyone why they were picked as super bowl favorrtes before the season. the browns come in two games and they would love t and try to change the game. it's always a hard game. >> we played well against a lot -pof teams. i think it probabl shhws because we get to play them a lot. we play them ttice a year at least. >> we have to have thii game. ii's a home game. ii's in the division. there's no doubt about it. itts critical for us. every game is critically. >>reporter: two college coming off ahe terps' are

michael bartley in pittsburgh, karen castle in columbus, ohio, ian millcrest in las vegas, and scott schaeffer in san francisco, thank you all. >> browntwo-part take on the pakistan flood story. first special correspondent reports on the plight of the youngest victims. >> these are the faces behind the statistics. more than eight million children have been seriously affected by the flooding. each one too young to have such a miserable story to tell. their health and safety is the immediate concern. the basics that we take for granted. food and clean drinking water. >> our kids are sleeping out in the open. we haven't received any help. we don't have any money. we don't have any food. we haven't been given anything to feed our children. they are going hungry. we have been left to live out in the open. >> reporter: these children spend all day in the scorching heat. at night it's freezing cold. they don't have tents to spare them from the elements. malnutrition rates in the flood-affected zones were already high. now children with little access to food and clean drinking water are more vulnerable than ever. >> the major concerns that ch

and karen ramirez told us she hopes the family will be able to move out of that neighborhood as soon as possible. this is abc 7 news. >> governor schwarzenegger and attorney general jerry brownalute 4 police officers for their valor. [applause] the officers received medal for helping capture a former student trying to setoff 2 pipe bomb at hills dale high school in august of last year. the honors went to captain kevin, rafael and officers rick apple and jeff dill and roberto gonzalez a day after judge ruled the suspected bomber here alex shock is competent to stand trial in january on charges of attempted murder.r. >>> all right let's go back to the heat. spencer is here. brutal. >> let's go back to the heat. >> we are moving forward. >> as a matter of fact we are. heat will be behind us tomorrow for sure. we do have some cooling coming our way but we really suffered today. >> it was 90 in the city. >> triple dim tonight almost all the outlying area and 10 the record high for the statement unbelievable. but big change tomorrow. live view from the roof top camera at abc 7 looking down along the embarcadero quiet and still quite warm. here's look at the current teerature readi