the flight was supposed to go from canada to mexico city -- from cancun to mexico city. whole of the thing was hijacked, the passengers did not even know it. the freed passengers say they went from canada and mexico city without even knowing it was hijacked. -- they went from cancun to mexico city. the freed passenger says one of the hijackers was standing through the whole flight but never identified himself as a hijacker at all, but there was a man standing on the flight. think about yourself. when the fasten seat belt sign is on, there are always those people who feel like they have to stand in the aisle and have to speak to somebody on the flight, and it seems to happen more often on flights that our tourist aer tour -- are touristy than business flights. it always seems there are people milling about. apparently, the hijacker is allowed instantly for all of the passengers to be freed, and the only people being held, according to the reports i'm getting, where the flight crew, the pilots, and then the hijackers, of course, were on there. they say that at the end of t

officials say that the plane is safely on the tarmac at mexico city and that the hijackers are threatening to blow up the plane unless they can have a conversation with president felipe calle der rolen, the president of mexico. it is a developing situation. we will keep you posted. >>> and at the supreme court, "hillary" the movie. >> she doesn't have any of those things. she does not answer questions straight out. >> i did not say that it should be done. >> you said -- you said yes, you thought it made sense to do it. >> no, i didn't, chris, but the point is what are we going to do with all these illegal immigrant? >> unless i said something, senator clinton said two different thing in the course of two minutes. >> the justices talking about the film that attacked clinton during the 2008 campaign. the case involved originally whether the 90 minutes should be regulated as a campaign ad but it took on greater significance when the justices decided to look at the film and end long-standing limits on corporate and union spending with political campaigns. more on today's arguments, pete willia

given it's proximity to the united states and the fact that cancun in and of itself, not to mention mexico city is one of the most famous tourist test natidestinations f americans, right? >> but you have to pin these facts down, they try to work very quickly, obviously this is a big embassy in mexico and with the consoulate, et cetera. >> jill, stand by, and we'll get back to you and certainly let us know if there's any new information on this story. the plane has landed on the ground, we understand that all the passengers have been removed from the plane, 100 or so. as described by reporters. one of them has been interviewed a few moments ago. we're hearing from another passenger. let me see if i can pick this up for translation. we were scared, we were frightened and there was a lot of fear at the time. but it seemed like things got under control once we came down. we were immediately surrounded as soon as we left the plane by the federal police. did you get a chance to see the hijackers? yes, someone told me that -- someone told me it was him at the back of the line. he was a very well-dress

it was flown to mexico city where it landed. police stormed the plane. at that point it appeared as if passengers were being led away from the plane. msnbc reporting many of the passengers were actually allowed to get their luggage off the plane. there were reports of a bomb being on the plane, also reports that the hijackers were talking to negotiators at one point and were demanding to speak to the president of mexico felipe calderon and threatened to blow up the plane if they did not speak to the president. this is the latest on that breaking news in mexico city, where it looks right now as if the situation has been defused. we'll continue to follow the story should there be new developments. >>> should boys and young men be vaccinated against the hpv virus? the fda is taking up this issue. the hpv vaccine has gotten fda approval for girls. a second vaccine may be available to compete with gardisil that is available. cerverix is as effective. they say it works 93% of the time and protects against two strains of the virus, str

any indication or reporting from mexico city this is done, the mission has been completed? it has been a success? >> no. on the other hand the reports we are getting from mexican television is that the passengers are freed and that the crew apparently is still onboard. nothing about the situation being over with at this moment. and, again, they are expecting the president probably to show up there at the airport, something that has called our attention, obviously, that the mexican president himself would show up at the airport. but that's what mexican press is reporting at this moment. but not that it's over. by no means is this over right now. >> all right. ambrosia hernandez, we will let you continue to monitor what you can pick up. tamaran, if the crew was onboard, some concern. it appears they have half a dozen guys in handcuff they are putting on that sort of secure bus or paddy wagon. >> they are saying three men brought off in handcuffs. from the vantage point it appeared there were more. it is very difficult to see from this vantage point. the reporter who was just

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, so we're going to get more information on aeromexico specifically, this flight from cancun to mexico city. rick sanchez is still with us. rick, what else are you picking up? >> the spokesman for the president has just briefed reporters. >> the president of mexico, felipe calderon. >> that's correct. the spokesman, i'm listening now, just came out and gave a -- what amounted to like a two-minute briefing with reporters. he says he's coming out soon to give more information, but he seemed to confirm, wolf, what -- what had been reported so far. he said that the police and the mexican officials, security officials are to be commended for a swift maneuver. he doesn't seem to dissway what we have been reporting, wolf, and what was reported early on, that this was in fact a hijacking of some form, and he says he's going to be making some more comments briefly. he says that it's true and the government can now confirm that everyone has been taken off the plane safely, that is to say all the passengers and crew have been taken off the plane safely. that's the latest information. we're getting tha

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it wasn't until the plane landed in mexico city that there was an announcement made that the plane had been hijacked. mexico's attorney general said it is opening an investigation into terrorism and kidnapping, but didn't specify how many people were going to be charged. the incident comes two days before the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks here in the u.s. >> jane watrel, thank you. >>> president obama will try to give his version of health care reform a boost this evening when he speaks to a joint session of congress and the american people. steve handelsman joins us from capitol hill with more on what we can expect. >> reporter: hi. thanks. the latest associated press poll out just today shows why president obama needs this to work. public disapproval over how he is handling health care is up to 52%, to win reform up here on capitol hill. he's got to turn that number around. aides say president obama was still working on tonight's speech as he went to new york to honor walter conkrironkite. bill clinton did it in '93 to sell health care reform, but failed. the obama plan tonight, no

the flight was in routero f m cancun to mexico city. anexeiaic mediaed is rtporeg stateae liv fpo menro fm the hijacked plane are in handcuffs. they are believed to be bolivian citizens demanding to speak with mexico's president felipe calderon. mexico's transportation secretary said all the passengers and crew members are safe, but he would not say how many of the hijackers were detained or give any details of their motives. there wasn't a bomb on the plane, according to authorities, but passengers told the mexican media one of the hijackers held up a package that resembled an explosive device. there is no word to where the plane was heading before it was hijacked, but one of the passengers said to the media that the crew made an announcement the plane had been hijacked once it landed in mexico city. the incident is over. it sounds like the passengers didn't know until the very end what happened. a tough time of year. >> appreciate that. >>> also tonight we have news out of stafford county. it's left church officials devastated. their y

. >>> another hostage situation came to an end in mexico city late this afternoon.aeromexico flight originating in cancun and carrying 104 passengers were hijacked by several bolivian citizens according by reports of the mexican news media. the plane landed at an international airport in mexico city where the hijackers demanded to speak with mexican president felipe calderon. according to mexican officials, all of the passengers and crew have been safely freed and several people have been arrested. >>> a few weather stories caught our eye today. in south america, violent thunderstorms resulting in a tornado and mudslide swept across northern argentina and southern brazil, killing at least 15 people. at least one city in brazil remains unreachable as a result of the devastation. >>> in turkey, flash floods have inundated sections of istanbul. a city of some 12 million people. flooding in turkey has claimed at least 28 lives since monday with some of the dead drowning inside their cars. and from northern india, bad weather coupled with traditional waves has led to cru

back in mexico city, the crowds were celebrating the long years of independence. the long years of drug violence and show no sign of ending. >> the latest headlines for you on bbc world news. figures released for the afghanistan election gives victory to president hamid karzai but these are only a provisional. there are new claims about fraud. jimmy carter says that much of the fierce opposition to barack obama's health plan and reform is based on racism. some see it as the key to tackling poverty in one of the poorest parts of the world. broadband internet has reached the coast of east africa. until now, they had no high- quality connection to the world wide web. fiber-optic cable has been laid it all the way from india to south africa. >> this is a country with a mobile phone shop on every corner and a great hunger for connection to the outside world. for people in kenya, getting on line is a struggle. now, a fiber optic cable has come ashore here on the beach bringing kenya their first solid link to the internet. it is not just kenya which stands to benefit fro

. >>> check out the video out of mexico city. people are in a crowded subway station here. this is yesterday. shots suddenly rang out. you can see people scatter. trouble started when the police tried to stop a man from writing graffiti. a man shot and killed two law enforcement officials. you can see the alleged gunman firing shots. but then the alleged gunman takes cover on the train and keeps on shooting. police arrested him several minutes later. five people were wound in the shooting. >>> a powerful earthquake rattled parts of indonesia today. the magnitude is .4 quake near the resort island of bali. seven people were injured. the people running in to the streets for safety. earlier this month, another earthquake trigger add massi i e landslide that killed 65 people and injured hundreds more. >>> government lawyers are trying to stop a controversial book project. on-line search engine google and the authors guild have an agreement. google will scan massive libraries of books and place them on-line. but the justice department says the agreement poses class action, copyr

he was arrested shortly after the plane landed in mexico city.hrist is coming. he threatened to blow up the plane but no bombs or weapons were found on board and no one was injured. >>> the man suspected in nine killings in milwaukee dating back to the 1980s is now being held on a million dollars bond. walter e. ellis made his initial appearance in had court yesterday on two charges of first degree homicide. but milwaukee county's district attorney says he plans to charge more files against ellis today. police say his dna was found on nine women killed in a three square mile area in milwaukee. >>> boys and young men may soon be able to get a vaccine that helps prevent a common std. yesterday, an fda advisory committee voted to recommend guard sill for boys as young as men against human warts caused by the human papilloma virus. right now, only girls are given the drug, which stops the virus from leading to cancer. >>> t.j. millers life may have been cut short at 19, but he has left a lasting legacy. the former high school football star was kille

the boeing 737 was hijacked during a flight from cancun to mexico city with 112 passengers and the creward. >> what he said was that he would blow up the plane if he didn't get control of it. >> the hijackers failed to get into the cockpit so the pilots continued on to mexico city. once on ground flores demanded to give his message to mexican pred felipe calderone who just happened to be at the airport. police stormed the plane. there were no shots, no explosion. nine people were taken away in handcuffs. all but flores were actually passengers. it turns out the bomb was a fake and no one was injured. brad wheelis, abc news. >> nearly eight years after the 9/11 attacks, those who died when united flight 93 crashed in pennsylvania are being honored for their heroism. a plaque was unveiled on capitol hill. it's believed they rushed the cockpit foiling the hijackers' plans. >> health officials in new jersey are warning thousands to get tested for hepatitis b and other blood-borne diseases. after an outbreak leaned to a single doctor's office. they say 29 patients of dr. parra had been diagn

he claim he had a bomb and ordered them to circle mexico city several times. the passengers on board didn't know. a couple explains their experience. >> we saw them, but the announcements kept saying this is a security protocol, nothing is wrong, stay in your seats. we thought a drug search but they didn't tell us anything. >> 103 passengers exited safely after the pilot negotiated to end the stand off. he say he was inspired by a divine revelation and wanted to warn of a disaster. the bomb was a can of juice. >>> a lawmaker caught talking about his extra marital affairs by an open mike. he talked about the type of underwear worn by his mistress, he is married with two adult children and he has apologized for his comments. >> still ahead, looking live outside, stay tuned, tim williams will be back in about two and a half minutes for the forecast. >>> looking at the midday stocks followed by the multimatch numbers. looking at radar, a good bit of rain and a low pressure system off of the coast and spinning this back in our direction until you get to snow hill a

this should not matter if they died in the revolution. >> it should not matter if they die in mexico city. this is not the standard. >> if you make a lot of guys and complain about something , i complain about all of these we took a weed record two it. walker to it. >> i just want to say all that we need to do that is the focus. tell us what you need for the requirements going forward. if you need to reset the standard let us know and we will help you. we want to make sure this is an active cemetery we want there to be standards. okay? >> this is classic and very par fall and one thing i could not articulate that but when you see if you can begin to understand. unasked comment tell the committee here what do you believe your needs are? to raise the standards? >> the report that i just mentioned will have some recommendations for finding and it will have recommendations for increase treatment of cleaning and so on. >> what are your goals? >> the same as the goals set by the national cemetery administration. we have the same three standards alignment, clean stones. [inaudible] >> how many c

. >>> security cameras captured yesterday's deay shooting ram passage in a mexico city subway yesterday. two people were killed. eight more were injured. the shooting began when a police officer confronted a man about writing anti-government graffiti on the wall. officers subdued the suspect. police are randomly checking for guns at the subway stations. >>> a bear went on a rampage in japan yesterday as more than 100 horrified tourists were looking on. witnesses say the bear started attacking people. it injured nine people before employed managed to trap it inside a souvenir shop. it was put down. >>> a massachusetts woman is in pain after a crash this week. the other driver's explanation as to why the accident happened that really has her angry. >> she's like, oh, my god. is everyone all right. i w paying attention to the spider on my windshield. >> the old spider excuse. the spider distracted her and caused her to ram into daniel's car. it hit her with such force it caused her car to fly into the air. firefighters say they are lucky the gas tank did not catch fire. the other driver is

the 44-year-old man told them he hijacked the plane in mexico city because 9/9/09 held special significancefor him. he threatened to blow up the plane unless he was allowed to speak with mexico's president. police arrested the hijacker when the plane landed in mexico city. no one was hurt. >>> a nato commando operation to rescue a kidnapped "the new york times" reporter has angered some local journalists. taliban militants kidnapped steven ferrell last week along with an afghan reporter. nato forces rescued ferrell during a pre-dawn raid yesterday but the afghan journalist was shot to death during the mission. his body left behind. the media club of afghanistan called nato's actions "reckless." >>> some parents in texas are crying foul. they accuse the arlington independent school district of having double standards. they want to know where arlington chose not to show president obama's live address to students on tuesday when officials are planning to bus students to an event where former president george bush will speak. more on that now from our affiliate wffa in dallas. >> i was just baf

fanatic is under arrest this morning after trying to highjack a plan from cancun as it landed in mexico city. police say the 44-year-old used a juice can he claimed was a bomb to hold 103 sxaernlgs crew on the tarmac for more than an hour wednesday. fortunately everyone was released unharmed. investigators say the highjacker was motivated by the date, 9-9-09, which he believed had divine significance. >>> a suspected serial killer in milwaukee linked to the slayings of nine women since 1986 is being held on $1 million bond after an initial court appearance wednesday. so far walter ellis faces two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, but more charges are expected. >>> summer storms in florida may threaten tonight's scheduled landing of the space shuttle "discovery" and its crew of seven. if the schultz cannot return tonight, nasa will consider a landing but not only friday at the latest. >>> and the refurbished hubbell space telescope is back in action and showing spectacular new images. thanks to a billion dollar repair mission, we're now able to see crystal clear images of stars lig

mexico's city's airport has been shut down. this is a domestic flight. the mexican domestic flight. an american official said there were americans on the flight. we don't know how many, though it looks like everyone is safe and sound. sean. >> thank you. >>> a youth minister is accused of having sex with a 15-year- old member of the church, the victim's mother was counseling on premarital sex. the minister worked at in stafford county at saint mathius church. here's more now. >> reporter: there was no answer here at the spotsylvania county home of the woman today, but neighbors along the quiet street say they shocked by the news. it's surprising, yeah. >> reporter: didn't take long for the surprising news to circulate in the small fredericksburg community. the neighbors describe 36-year- old jennifer brennan as a devoted wife and mother of two. she is very friendly and is a quiet person. i think she's pret nice. >> reporter: brennan was indicted by a grand jury yesterday in stafford county. on 10 counts of taking liberties with a child and 10 counts of contributing to the delinquenc

it was flown to mexico city. >> the drama and flow -- unfolded in the tarmac on a mexican airport. it left -- led several men from the airplane in handcuffs. there was concern that there was just one hijacker who was a bolivian national who claim to be on a divine mission. officials were unable to get access to the cockpit. the bomb squad and a controlled explosion was seen near the plane. speaking shortly after the incident ended, some of the passengers described their ordeal to local television. this said that the hijacker did not communicate with them directly. she had not realized that the plane had been hijacked. a man carrying a bible was a board. the incident ended almost as soon as it began. passengers left the plane carrying hand luggage. >> flash floods swept through a turkish city on sunday. they killed at least 20 people. fueled by the worst rain in 20 years, it closed the highway conflict many vehicles over. rescue crews at scramble to the stranded people off of rooftops. it is described as a disaster. >> engulfed by flood water, and this man misses a lifeline by inche

this was the scene in mexico city. a deadly subway shooting. see people filing out there, but that's the gunman. he is now on the train at that point. but before that, he had shot a few people. eight were wounded, two were killed. this was during rush hour. but you can see it kind of started on the left there, everybody standing there, see a commotion. he was shooting a police officer there. the officer goes down. we're only showing you so much of this video. that man, a good samaritan, tries to take down that gunman. the gunman now facing some charges. we'll get another check of our top stories in about 20 minutes. >>> a hot-button issue surrounding health care reform, and that is illegal immigrants and they're not supposed to be covered under the president's plan, but they could be if the millions of illegal immigrants already here were fast tracked onto the road to citizenship through immigration reform. our lisa silvester explains. >> reporter: president obama has made it clear illegal immigrants should not receive benefits under the health

it happened during rush hour yesterday in mexico city. as the subway station was jam packed with people, check the security camera video very closely. you can see the gunman in the doorway of the subway car brandishing a weapon. two people were killed and eight were wounded. listen to this witness. >> translator: all of a sudden the shooting started and people started running like crazy. the man started yelling, i have nothing against you. it's the government. it's the government! and he started shooting again. and he ran out of ammunition then people, a man dove at him. he was killed. the gunman shot at him and then shot at him again and then there were no more shots and people came down on him and that's when they grabbed him. >> so police say the shooting began after they tried to stop the man from writing antigovernment graffiti on a wall. >>> all right. following last week's beating of a female army reservist at one of its restaurants, cracker barrel, the restaurant, says it has banned the alleged attacker from all of its eateries fo

it landed safely in mexico city. police stormed in, they removed all the passengers and crew and took the suspects in custody. >> this comes two days before september 11 and today, family and friends remembered the attacks from eight years ago by dedicating a plaque at the u.s. capitol honoring the passengers and crew of united flight 93. 40 of them died when hijackers took control. plans for a larger memorial are underway in pennsylvania where that plane crashed. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shut on the weather terrace. i thought you would need your umbrella out there, hasn't been so bad. >> so did i. the heavy rain is going to delay another 24 hours. there are a few showers west of town, but nothing in the immediate metro area. here's your forecast first. i think it's going to stay dry at the nats game. mostly cloudy, breezy, cool. a few showers. in eths wi pindck wwenol cethe downtown, 72 ma manassas and over by the bay, 70 in annapolis. 66 at te vee ri e,iit r ll sapictite, radar combined, we see a spin out to th

president of mexico is in mexico city right now. he was supposed to go to camp -- this afternoon. that trip at this point has not been postponed because they are trying to determine what is going on, with the hijackers had been demanding and whether or not he needs to go to the airport. as of about one minute ago, they texting me and said that so far, five people have been arrested on this flight. they do not know that is the entire amount of hijackers of the flight, but they have taken five into custody. as you might imagine, as chaotic as it is for a state's right to figure this out, they are trying to figure out what is going on their side of the border. the mexican military also has been called in, so we know at least four separate security forces on the crowd at the airport, and again, the mexican president's office tells me directly from the spokesperson at five have been arrested. the president is monitoring this very closely, and, and, as of about five minutes ago, was trying to decide whether he should have towards the airport. they are monitoring this closely, trying to

the plane landed at an international airpor in mexico city where theijackers demanded to speawith xican presidt felipe calderon theend of the day the mexican media was reporting tha most of the pasngers had bee freed. >>> a fe weather stories caught our eye tody. in south ameca, violent thunderstorms resting in a tornado and mudslide swept across northern argentina and brazil killing at least 15 people. at least oneity in brazil remains unreachable as result of thedevastation. >>> in turkey, flash floods have inundatedections of istanbul. a city of some 12illion ople. flooding i turkey haslaimed at least 28 livesince monday with some of theead drowni inside their cars and from northern india, bad weather coupled with taditional waves has led toruel consequences. as a resul of the drought there some farmers have beenelling their wis to make ends et. it's beeneported that wives can beought for around $2. many of the women are thought end up working r prostitution rings. >>with president obama'sig healthcare speech the political debate here america has shted back to healthcare. so all thiw

once it landed at mexico city, played out live on television, the mexican authorities took action. >> [speaking spanish] >> the situation seemed so under control, passengers were able to take their hand luggage with them as they left. where the hijackers bolivia, colombia and, or venezuelan? initially police took at least seven people away in handcuffs, but it later emerged that the drama was carried out by one man claiming to be on a religious mission, saying he hijacked the plane after receiving a divine revelation predicting an earthquake. no explosives were found either. the bomb he said he had on board, detonated on the tarmac, was no bomb at all. this was a drama that unfolded live and concluded without a single shot fired. > >> this is "world news today" from bbc world news. pettitte and obama called for -- president obama called for health care reform, saying the time for bickering is over. the main challenger in afghanistan's presidential election has accused president karzai of manipulating the presidential commission overseeing the count. let's get more on that dramatic oba

a hijacking at a mexico city airport is over tonight. at least five suspects were arrested. the aeromexico flight 576 carrying 104 people on board, some of them americans, had been hijacked on the way to the capital from cancun. all the passengers and crew were released. there were reports the hijackers were threatening to blow up the plane unless they were allowed to speak to mexico's president. no one was hurt. >>> four men are facing charges tonight for stealing the monument dedicated to orioles hall of famer cal ripken. the huge aluminum 8 representing his number was ripped from outside of camden yards last night. surveillance cameras captured video of the men removing the 4-foot monument and placing it in the bed of a pickup truck. the suspects have been identified as 19-year-old matthew rainer and jason stone brenner. 18-year-old patrick reynolds and 19-year-old gary parker, all four face theft and vandalism charges. the monument was recovered. >>> the federal government's fight against the swine flu is going viral. health officials are creating web casts for parents a

. >>> passengers and crew have been freed from a hijacked airline in mexico city. the plane came down in cancun. american, french, and mexican citizens were among the plane. mexican news media reported the hijackers were citizens demanding to speak with the mexican president. we'll keep you updated on any other developments. >>> the woman who was murdered as she walked to the front door of her apartment building has been identified by police. scott. >> the victim is 37-year-old samone white. she lived alone in this apartment building. she was killed last night when she walked from this parking lot to her apartment building right there at about 12:30. just after midnight. white was killed on the pedestrian bridge that spans a gap from a parking lot here to her building. she was shot twice in the upper body and she was still holding her car keys and still had her belongings with her, which included a laptop computer. all of that untouched. a neighbor told me she heard two shots seconds after walking in her own front door, but saw nothing. >> i didn't see anything unu

again, it was from cancun to mexico city, forced to land, all the hostages have been released and the suspects are in custody. reporting live from the breaking news center, terry owens, abc2 news. >>> of all things to steal, four young men accused of stealing cal ripken's number 8 sculpture from its place in front of camden yards. roosevelt leftwich has more on this heist and how police caught the thieves. >> reporter: was it a bet or a case of way too much alcohol? what ever it was, something possessed them to steal the 8, a great big aluminum 8 filled with sand, cal ripken's to be precise. >> i heard about it on the radio. could be a pittsburgh steelers fan coming in in the middle of the night and disturbing the stadium. >> they are stupid enough. >> i believe so. >> reporter: we would like to think it was a sort of rivalry thing but no. city police say it was three men from essex, one from baltimore, all in their late teens who somehow thought this was a very good idea at this time even though the cameras were rolling. >> it does show the four males kicking the sign in an attempt t

. >>> high drama on the hundredway in mexico city. lone hijacker tried to take control of a plane full of passengers, including several americans. kerry sanders has more on how it started and how it ended. >>> some passengers on board said they didn't realize there was a hijacking in progress. >> translator: we never would have guessed he was attempting to hijack the plane. we know because they told us we were taking off. >> reporter: the lone hijacker was never able to get past the locked cockpit door. somehow he told crew members his intentions. some were americans. all were ushered to safety. security teams swarmed the hijacker. it's not believed there was only one hijack. he demanded to see mexico's president, felipe calderon. if denied, he said he would blow the plane up. a brief indication filled with explosives was destroyed by bomb technicians. the lone gunman claims he was on a godly mission that today's date, 09/09/09 is 666 upsidedown, a sign from the devil. >> translator: h wanted to talk to authorities. he had a revelatio

the man ordered the pilot to circle over mexico city seven times. to warn mexico's president about a earthquake. and police stormed the plane after it landed. and all the passengers were safe. >> jury selection is underway tonight in sacramento after a woman died after drinking more than two gals of water in a radio contest. the family of general strange is suing the radio company owner. the family claims the company never notified contestants about the potential hazards from drinking too much water. >> she was there, and she was suffering, and they had knowledge, and they did nothing about it. >> the defense claims strange was also at fault because she was warned by co-workers before. >> a land dispute in georgia turns into murder. 73-year-old lewis dempsey is charged with shooting and killing his neighbor, 76-year-old jewel crane. the two were locked in an argument over property lines, then on labor day morning as crane was going to plow some of the 190 acres, dempsey blocked the driveway and shot crane in cold blood. >> four women accused in a su

new details about the man who briefly hijacked a plane in mexico city.ld police he hijacked the plane because of yesterday's date 9-9-09, turn it around it's 6-6-06. he told reporters christ is coming soon and wanted to warn mexico city of an earthquake. the swine flu outbreak at weaker state university is only getting worse. officials on the campus say in 2 1/2 weeks about 2,500 students have come down with possible cases of swine flu. but rather than test every case, the school says they are just following cdc guidelines. >>> a republican lawmaker in california has quit his post after comments he made about his mistress went public. former assemblyman mike duvall was in a meeting in july and was whispering about his lover, unaware that the whole thing was being picked up by a microphone. parents, you may not want your children to hear this. >> wow. duvall left the statement on his website apologizing to voters, his colleagues, and his family too. >> you know, when we played that the last time, carole, i was speechless. >> why would he even talk about i

. >>> a bolivian national says a divine revelation led him to hijack a jetliner from cancun to mexico city. jose flores told crew members he was carrying a bomb. and demanded to speak to mexican president felipe calderon. everyone on board was escorted to safety. the bomb flores claimed he had turned out to be an orange juice can. >>> a calmer day is on tap for north carolina, after the western part of the state was battered by a hailstorm. the tiny ice pellets rained down yesterday afternoon, bringing highway traffic to a halt. drivers had to pull over because of low visibility. and the hail even dented some of the cars. >>> and now, for this morning's weather from around the nation. showers and thunderstorms from florida, all the way to the southern rockies, bringing much-needed rain to south texas. heavy rain, gusty winds and coastal flooding in atlantic city, baltimore, and d.c. and thick, early-morning fog, around chicago, milwaukee, and minneapolis. >> highs in the 80s for st. louis and the twin cities. phoenix climbs to a scorching 104. sacramento 98. much cooler in the northeast to

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the jet was thrown to mexico city, where the passengers and the crew were released. the hijacker said he took the plane after getting a divine revelation. >>> after months of anxious waiting, scientists have gotten their first look at stunning new images from deep space, captured by the hubble space telescope. they are the first received since astronauts made final reparps on the 19--ye-old telescope. ryan owens reports from houston. >> reporter: our eye in the sky is seeing again, and what a view. glimpses of galaxies light years from our own. snapshots of crowded star clusters 12 billion years old. hubble is back, and better than ever. >> 's bringing these pictures down and taking us, average people, on an incredible journey out to the edges of the universe, that we now see. it's like we're there. >> reporter: 6 million light years away, in the middle of this spiral galaxy, its blue haze, stars being born. or in the middle of 100,000 stars, the bright colors aren't just beautiful. they show scientists the temperature are the stars. red are the coolest, blue are the

. >> it was a few weeks ago they had thousands of people come to mexico city to do a mass dance of "thriller." update form the largest mariachi band. earlier in the year, mexico broken record for the largest group kiss. they are on a roll. our about mayor ratchet bands serenading a kissing crowd with "thriller." >> i wonder if that would work. mariachi music sounds fantastic. cool. that is one big band. let's check in with lisa baden. >> we have plenty of traffic. no major problems at all. beltway travel, interstate travel. this is maryland, this is 270 at democracy boulevard. pretty decent to the beltway. no issues on 3. this is the normal back up through landmark. >> it is beautiful outside with blue skies overhead. 50's downtown. mid 70's today. tomorrow, more of the same. near 80 on thursday. partly cloudy and 83 for labor day monday. >> all right. it feels great out here. >> just fantastic. oh, hi! welcome back to progressive.com! how's that car insurance? great! just bought a house... and you just heard progressive offers homeowner's insurance. yeah! i also heard i could save a bundle

a commercial jet is forced to land in mexico city after being hijacked. >> and county residents are at major odds over a casino and a mall. coming up, a live report. >> live, and then hd. this is abc 7 news it 6:00. it on your side. >>> all eyes are on president obama to as a gives one of his most important speeches since giving it -- since gaining office. >> he outlined what he wants to see any health care reform bill. >> when the president begins his speech, he has to not only convince members of congress, but an increasingly dubious convince members of congress, but an increasingly dubious public

. >>> mexico city boosting subway security after two fatal shootings caught on tape. statement on a wall friday opened fire after a police officer approached him. the officer was killed, a passenger also shot dead trying to stop the gunman. the shooter taken into custody and is now undergoing a psychological examination. i'm lauren sivan in new york. we head back to "geraldo at large." all the latest headlines can be found at our website. check out fox news.com. >>> we did learn that there was an anomaly note in the same general area where the cadaver dogs hit yesterday. that is of interest to us. but it could be nothing. there is a lot of things that it possibly could be. >> geraldo: this is a crime time in prime time alert. welcome back live. they have found an anomaly, that something strange, dense in the ground with the ground radar they are using out there in antioch, california. may be a body, who knows what it is. they have been digging for four straight days and authorities have been discovering little bones and other pieces of what may be buried clues near th

mexico city holds the record for the world's largest meatball. [ laughter ] they had a meatball that weighed 109 pounds and obviously this is completely unacceptable. [ laughter ] mexico can't have the world record for meatball. this is america, we invented the meatball. i think. maybe italy invented it, but it doesn't matter. so tomorrow night we are going to break that meatball record and we are going to take that ground beef crown back from mexico. that record belongs here. [ cheers and applause ] in the fattest country in the world. unfortunately, though, this has created a bit of conflict for guillermo, our parking lot security guard. guillermo is from mexico. but he's also frozen solid it would appear. what's going on with you? are you all right? >> yes, sir. >> guillermo is weird because he's not sure who to root for here. so not only will tomorrow night be an emotional one for the whole country, but a night of self-discovery for our very own guillermo too. [ laughter ] >> he was born in mexico. [ baby cries ] >> i'm a baby. >> but he would find a new home in america. and with

it was an aeromexico jet, and the crew with the hijacker flew to mexico city. as news spread, it was coming to an end. there is a member of the flight crew communicating with officials on the ground. a few minutes later we see passengers filing off the plane pretty quickly. we are told that none of them suffered any injuries. a few minutes after that, officers took several suspects away in handcuffs. just one man was responsible. the other suspects turned out to be innocent passengers that were wrapped up in the whole thing. late this afternoon -- this afternoon we learned, among other things, that today's date was a factor. police said that he to her -- told them 09/09/09 is the satanic number 666 turned upside down. and he wanted to warn the president of mexico of the impending disaster. we have the latin american bureau chief for "the christian science monitor." media reports are calling this a bolivian religious fanatic that needed to speak to the president of mexico. about what? >> he said that he had a divine revelation to speak to him about an impending

hear from a couple inside the plane during a tense hostage situation in mexico city. >>> friday is nearly here. bob is updating your first warning weather forecast. for the top stories on wjz.com, and for updates on first warning weather all the time, click on wjz.com. cbt1cbt1t1 >>> military police have rescued nine women who were tricked into thinking they were reality show contestants. they were being held captive in turkey. they believed they were being on a reality show. but their images were being sold on the internet. >>> victims now searching for for the suspects. >> reporter: the assaults are happening in a mall in downtown denver, colorado. you can see one of the incidents on surveillance tape. the three suspects attacked two young men, grabbing them, punching them, and taking items out of their pockets. in the meantime, at least two bystanders walk around the night without helping. denver police arrested three people but they had to let them go. because investigators haven't identified the victim yet. officers hope the victim will come forward so they can bolster their case. >>

the aeromexico jet is sitting on the runway at mexico city's airport. the airport remains open. the passenger plane was taken over at the airport at the resort city of cancun today. they say three men seized control of the plane and threatened to blow it up unless they were allowed to speak to president felipe calderon. they are reporting that the plane was carrying 104 people. >> we'll keep a close eye on this developing story and bring you updates as we get them. >>> the other story people are talking about in baltimore today, the number 8 monument that honors cal ripken was stolen from camden yards last night. police say the crime was caught on video, and the video helped lead police to the culprits. >> reporter: these retired numbers in front of camden yards are very popular with baseball fans. eddie murray. and back here, one of the most popular numbers among all fans. cal ripken. but you can see here, it has been stole know and vandalized. >> reporter: calcal ripken's number 8, a huge metal statue stolen. >> last night, we had two witnesses observe four white males take th

a passenger jet that took off from cancun landed safely on a unway in mexico city after a group of boweian hijackers took over the plane. the hijackers, reportedly as many as 8, reportedly wanted to speak with mexico's president and reportedly had a bomb. none was found. the tense seen unfolded live on television. more than 100 passengers were freed before the cue, three of them believed to be american. a short while later, crew exited safely as well. all the hijackers are said to be under arrest. bret: coming up, we are told president obama will offer conditional support for a government-run health option tonight. does that change the debate? plus breaking news about iran and afghanistan. join me in 26 minutes for "special report." now back to glenn beck. glenn: america, your country is about to change tonight. it has nothing to do with the president speaking. it is the other hand. i told you watch the other hand. last night i told you we found out they would go for closure on cass sunstein. he has to be approved by the senate to become a regulatory czar. your life is about to change,