fox's elizabeth prawn has the latest from midland city. >> reporter: a -- city. -- city.fficers say the little boy is safe. >> i can assure you we continue to communicate with the suspect. at this time we have no reason to believe that the child has been harmed. >> reporter: the standoff began after the man shot and killed a school bus driver and kidnapped the child in midland city, alabama tuesday afternoon. authorities aren't releasing the suspect's name, but neighbors identifying him as jimmy lee dikes, a 65-year-old retired truck driver. some neighbors say he once beat a dog to death with a lead pipe and patrolled his yard at night with a shotgun. dikes was scheduled to appear in court this morning to answer charges he shot at neighbors in a dispute over a speed bump last month. >> i always called him mean man. i tried to get several of the neighbors that -- one who has since moved away, i tried to get them to take action with me, but they didn't want to get involved. >> reporter: the neighbor also says the man knew the school bus driver. the victim reportedly dropped

we have a live look at midland city alabama. this is the southern part of the state where police say a man snatched a child off the school bus after shooting and killing the driver of that bus. swat teams and fbi officers a surrounding a underbrowned bunker where the man is holding a 6-year-old boy since yesterday afternoon. what a gripping story. i'm bill hemmer. well to "america's newsroom". martha: what a tale unraveling here. good morning to you. i'm martha maccallum. the gunman stormed on the bus, demanded a child, any child on that us about. he want ad child. he grabbed one and opened fire. all of this as other kids were looking on in horror. >> we were dropping some kids off and then a man that lived next door to them got on the bus and asked our bus driver if he wanted something and gave him a note. i don't know what happened after that. he started telling him need ad kid because something about the law coming after him. he shot the bus driver and, the driver's foot was on the gas and we went backwards and everybody star

and the midlands. sir thanks same action to eat my captors on tenterhooks certainly. at the ten or so let me just tell you that story as a rancor has been leaner to win the australian open tennis. final successfully defending her title that coming. virus plenty more. in a sportsperson for you. now the snowy weather might be causing chaos across much of the u.k. but there's actually one place that is being welcomed. and that's in the scottish highlands. over a thousand sled dogs are gathering in the cairngorms for the thirtieth anniversary of the siberian husky club. dog race. it's only the second time that real sleds have been used. you know what i'm ready for the great and small have arrived in the snow clad can go and to take part in the annual husky rees including those canines with delusions of grandeur whose participation is restricted to the practice run at the pilot training for the real thing is serious and regionally proxy reus business. when it first started in one thousand nine hundred four the race through forest trails only attracted a dozen teams. but th

powerful winds sent so many of them bouncing around midland county that this dirt road was completelyred at times. drivers had to carefully break them up to keep driving. >>> we have slick highways across the northwest. a wet ride for much of the eastern third of the country. >>> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in chicago, new orleans and detroit, along the east coast in atlanta, charlotte, d.c., philly, new york, an boston. >>> back to the excuse me -- back to the news this morning. a story we've been watching overnight. police in midland city are involved in a standoff with man they believe is holding a 6-year-old little boy hostage. >> they say he boarded a school bus earlier in the day, shot the driver several times and kidnapped the boy. the driver later die fpd suspect is identified as a 65-year-old man scheduled to appear in court this morning on a menacing charge. >>> in other new this is morning -- >> the nra says boosting school security is more effective in banning assault weapons in reducing gun violence. a top nra official appears on capitol hill this mornin

this prompted a standoff with police behind destiny church outside of midland city. >> at the beginning of this incident that has been unfolding over the past few hours and that is a short time for us to develop information. >> reporter: the call came in tuesday as kids were being dropped off at school. witnesses say the suspect boarded the bus and handed the driver a note. >> he said he needed a kid because something about the law coming after him. he shot the bus driver. >> reporter: the man snatched a child and took off leaving another young students terrified. >> the driver's foot was on the gas and we went backwards and everybody started screaming. >> reporter: the rest of the children sought safety inside the neighbor's home until help was able to arrive. >> one adult male was shot and the suspects not in custody. >> reporter: authorities on the scene ask residents to temporarily evacuate their homes as a precaution. >> authorities have confirmed that all dale county and ozark city schools will be closed on wednesday, january 30, 2013. >> reporter: authorities have confirmed the,

in midland city, alabama, elizabeth prann, fox news. >>> a community meeting is being held in loudounounty in the wake of a series of burglaries. it starts the 7:00 tonight at banneker elementary school in middleburg. there have been more than a dozen break-ins since october. cash, jewelry and electronics have been stolen. detectives will give an update and offer some prevention measures. >>> police are trying to track down the suspect involve in a stabbing on a metrobus. this happened last night on h and 11th street northeast. police arrived to find a man stabbed twice in the chest. he is in serious condition at a local hospital. still no word on what prompted that attack. >>> the firefighter injured in yesterday's early morning crash on the beltway continues to recover in a baltimore hospital this morning. lute ryan emmons' right arm was severed but doctors were able it reattach it. three other firefighters were also injured but have since been released. >>> still ahead, an innocent bystander gunned down i'm teen who perform at last week's inauguration is now part of the debate over

it is happening in midland city. wfsa says the bus driver is dead. police say the suspect described as a man in his late 60s, grabbed a 6-year-old off the bus, took him to his nearby home. they've been hold up in some kind of underground bunker ever since this all began and a reporter is live in midland city with the latest. what can you tell us, josh? >> i can tell that yyou that as this hour, they're still in the underground bunker. authorities say even though the child is still being held, he is physically okay. now, one law enforcement official indicated to us earlier that the little boy has special needs and is perhaps autistic. the fbi is now in charge of this operation which has been going for now almost 12 hours. yesterday he allegedly boarded a school bus and demanded at least one child be taken hostage. and that is when the bus driver resisted. we're told by witnesses that he moved to protect the kids and that's when he was shot multiple times. the bus driver has since died and since then, the man and the hostage have been in the undergroun

. >> swat teams and police have descended upon midland city, alabama, trying to save a child's life and defuse an ongoing hostage situation. a gunman boarded a school bus killing the driver and kidnapping a boy with special needs. >> he said he needed a kid and then he shot the bus driver. the driver's foot was on the gas, and we went back rent -- backward. >> parents scrambled to find their children. >> nobody told me anything. i went to look for my son. >> radar traffic capture the chaos. >> just had a boss trevor shot possibly deceased. >> suspect is on foot. white male, sunglasses. >> police sources described the suspect as a military veteran in his 60's, recently charged with menacing. he might be due in court today. he is thought to be holding the young boy in an underground bunker with no easy way to plan a rescue. >> it is a tricky situation and it is one of the variables for why this has gone on so many hours. ex-neighbors say the man has previously threatened in. >> another miracle on the hudson and this one involving a much smaller plane with two people on board a flight inst

the gunman bored the school bus in midland city. and then killed the bus driver and took the young hostage. >>> a ferocious storm system raked its way through the country. it's making its way north. at least two people have lost their lives in georgia and tennessee. many have lost their homes and tens of thousands were left without power. nbc's kurt gregory has more. >> reporter: wicked winds whipped through charlotte, north carolina, as rain drenched the queen city, all a part of the nasty storm system marching across the southeast on wednesday. that same system spawned a massive funnel cloud in adairsville, georgia. 100 people were at work when the twister took aim on this plant. thankfully, all were safe. in tennessee, the national weather service confirmed four tornadoes touched down. one man was killed by a falling tree. and in kentucky, two people were injured when another confirmed tornado blew a trailer off its foundation. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> we'll have more on that devastating weather and the latest in terms of weat

he now is holed up in a bunker underground in midland city. communicating with the man through a pvc pipe and they sent medication to the boy through the pipe. the boy is believes unharmed at this point. neighbors say the man started building the basement bunker when he moved in two years ago. >> gay or straight? who less stressed? we will tell you what a study says about men and women. >> trading is underway on wall street. the dow right now is up nine points and it has not crossed the 14,000 mark so we will watch that and go live to jane k >> novato, oakland and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> on this wednesday, it is time to talk about temperatures. 60 in san francisco, half moon bay, and richmond for the cooler spots. and 64 in santa rosa and napa and fremont is 63 and oakland and san jose. live doppler 7 hd and the other dopplers show it is dry. temperature near 50 in tahoe and 70 in southern california. >> john kerry will be sworn in today as the next secretary of state. the senate confirmed him yesterday to the post the on friday

interstate 20, smo between midland and abilene. west texas a little bit of snow and then just a few snow showers in upstate new york. we may get clipped in canada. overall, it's a pretty quiet day. a cold morning but the afternoon is going to be nice from the midwest all the way to the east coast. that's a look at your national weather now here's a look at weather outside your window. >> we are going to see a good deal of sunshine on the eastern seaboard. it's looking better today in boston, up to 38. yesterday, you didn't even get up to 30. the midwest also starting to warm up. >> as i said, yesterday, we hit the peak of this cold snap and we're just slowly warming up next week. >> you mentioned that snow in el paso, we actually have video. it's pretty rare, to show the viewers. >> they average one or two snow events. enjoy it. >> i can imagine if you get it rarely that that's probably a lot of fun. here in new york, we're like grr. >>> an international child porn investigation nabbed 200 adults. >>> a rare martian meteorite wows

. >> reporter: a tense hostage situation is unfolding in midland city, alabama, 24 hours after a a gunman kidnapped a little boy. the suspect murder the driver. >> he started telling him he needed a kid, something about the law coming after him. he shot the bus driver. >> reporter: police sources identify the bus driver as jimmy lee dikes. where dikes is hold up in an underground bunker with the young boy. >> a moon man. >> reporter: the 65-year-old is a military veteran who missed a court hearing today where he was to face charges of menacing his neighbors. police radio traffic captured the chaos. >> just had a bus driver shot, possibly deceased. >> reporter: parents of other children on the bus panicked. >> nobody called and told me anything. so i'm going to look for my son. >> reporter: police said dikes took just the one child, the boy who happens to need special medication, now stuck in a hole difficult for s.w.a.t. teams to reach. >> it's a tricky situation. i suspect that's one of the variables it's going on to this hour. >> reporter: more troubling, we're told he has enough food i

also midland and san angelo have winter weather advisories. that's more for later today into tonight. edge where else, though, we're looking at pretty decent weather. clouds and showers continue along the gulf coast from mobile to pensacola. and chilly air through the great lakes. one of the coldest mornings we've seen in a long time from boston to new england. as we go into tomorrow, that's when we start to turn the corner. we'll be able to warm it up in the midwest. by the end of next week, this cold snap is all over. >>> hunger games star jennifer lawrence doesn't think too highly of her profession in an interview with "vanity fair," the actress said quote, not to sound rude but acting is stupid. kwoshgts i'm making movies, it's stupsd. >>> speaking of stupid, sales of kim kardashian's sex tape have spiked 80% since her pregnancy an mouns. the recent spike is the biggest in sales since she married kris humphries. >>> pop and country singer patti page died on new year's day at the age of 85. page sold more than 100 million albums over her ca

george howell is live in midland city.the bus driver, charles polin, what can you tell about him? >> reporter: he is described as a hero, a man willing to die to protect the children on that bus, and here in this community you can tell that people are hurt by what happened here, again, there was a prayer service here in town as people came together to remember him, and even the "dothan eagle" the local newspaper did a piece on him to talk about him, described him as a man who hated to discipline the students but again a man who sought no recognition for the work that he did and again when you talk to people here, you get the story, this is a person who tried to knock mr. dykes off his balance, protect the kids and was shot and killed in the process and that's really, those are the two things that are happening, people are thinking about mr. pollin but also think being what happened here just behind me, this child who is still in the bunker and now three days, and investigators are doing their best to get him out. >> george

as police rushed toward his school bus in midland, atlanta, they found much worse.bright yellow rolling sanctuary for a group of elementary school kids had become a horrific crime scene. the armed suspect police would learn had escaped with a 6-year-old boy in his hands, heading to an underground bunker on his property, holding the boy prisoner, eight feet below ground in an earthen cave stocked with supplies that could last weeks. the young witnesses telling authorities it was a raid on their school bus by a mean man determined to take a child hostage. >> he started telling him he needed a kid because of something about the law coming after him. >> reporter: police sources identify the suspect as 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes, a man who has been in trouble with the law before on charges he fired a gun at a neighbor. the boy is on medication and is said to have special needs. >> at this time, we have no reason to believe that the child has been harmed. >> reporter: police have been in contact with the gunman using a pvc pipe to communicate through. and late today made

midland city, dale county. it appears that a school bus was stopped this afternoon by an armed man.n apparently demanded to be able to take a 6-year-old child off the bus. the school bus driver refused, according to local reports, and was then shot several times. now, the dale county sheriff is telling wbmatv locally that that school bus driver has now died. there are also local reports now, bill, that this shooter took this 6-year-old child hostage and is now hold up in a self-made bunker behind a local church. the destiny church. we have not confirmed this story of the bunker, but that is one local report coming out. what is also unclear at this point is whether the shooter still has this 6-year-old child in his custody right now. but the headlines from this, a school bus driver shot a man demanding that he be allowed to take this child off a bus, shot the bus driver several times when he refused. the bus driver now dead. the fate of this 6-year-old child unclear. apparently authorities negotiating with the shooter right now. bill. >> bill: stu, be clear on, this the driver was a

he's live from midland city. have there been any developments?ak right now, s.w.a.t. has been walking up the hill from the highway, going towards the bunker. they're speaking with other police officials right next to the bunker. i don't know if they're trying to plan an attack to try and get the boy out, or what, but i do know right now as we reported last hour that jimmy lee dykes still has the little 6-year-old boy inside the bunker on his property, stemming from the alleged bus attack that happened 4:00 yesterday afternoon. >> as we talked about earlier it is unclear if there's any connection between the alleged shooter and the 6-year-old boy, if they're related in any way and there are reports that that little boy is doing fine, that he's been fed and i guess gotten some medicine as well but beyond that it's unclear. what a bizarre story. we'll keep watching that one as well. >>> we're watching wall street, too, where we could hit an all-time high. stocks closed high we are the dow settling 50 points away from the 14,000 mark, 00 points shy o

report there ares the gunman and boy are held up in a town near midland city. police will not confirm the hostage situation. schools are closed already tomorrow. we will continue to monitor the developments out of alabama. >>> a dangerous robber who's off the streets now. new video shows how his crime spree began when he pointed a gun at a woman it. >> ended in a barber's chair, thanks to the suspect's greed and one officer's intuition. sh . >> reporter: police say this is very unusual. they caught the suspect in this salon behind me getting his hair cut. an officer identified him after watching this video. surveillance video shows a masked man walking in kiss and ride convenient store in wheaton. he pointing the gun at the store owner and forcing her to open the cash register. >> he pointed the gun at you? >> yeah, of course. >> montgomery county police say a few hours later, joseph also robbed the capital one bank across the street. a k-9 search came up empty. an officer reviewed the surveillance video and spotted a suspicious cab. >> i approached the taxi ca

right now police in midland city, alabama, negotiating with the suspect. he's 65 years old.bi has been called in on this one. according to witnesses, the suspect was upset because the driver would not let the child off the bus. the suspect told the other kids to get off the bus. he then shot the driver four times. he grabbed the kid, ran to a nearby bunker. again, he still has that boy and police are trying to negotiate. schools in that area have been cancelled for tomorrow. of course, if we get any update on this breaking story, we will bring it to you. >>> a former culpeper police officer is headed to prison. late this afternoon a jury convicted daniel harmon-wright of voluntary manslaughter for killing an unarmed housewife last year. peggy fox has been covering the case. she's got reaction to that verdict. >> reporter: former culpeper police officer daniel harmon- wright is back in the culpeper county jail tonight after being convicted of voluntary manslaughter and two other counts. after the jury found him guilty, the former police officer was brought out of the courthou

lawton street on the south side of the pedestrian walk way out to the fair lawns, out to.rays, the midlands, et cetera. thanks. >> project sponsor you have a two minute rebuttal. >> thank you commissioners. i would like to spend some time speaking to the sort of mischaracteristics here. i don't think i have the time so i suggest if you have questions ask us because we're happy to respond to all of these. the mapping diagrams were based on the architect developed on the auto cad drawings for the project. so there is not much more to say about that. in term was public views there is in fact no public views here if we can get this image up. this is from lawton street as you head up the hill. the house is below the trees. another floor would barely be noticeable from that point of the street. as you head up the street -- >> [inaudible] >> excuse me. excuse me. you're out of order. >> as you go up the street -- as you move up -- once again this is the corner building here and barely able to see that from the middle of the street. as you continue up from this point if there is exceedance over the

midland city, the town of about 2300 people solely focused on one thing right now.safe release and the safe return of a little boy who is being held hostage in a momentmade bunker. negotiators are working around the clock trying to get the suspect identified by neighbors as jimmy lee dykes to release the young boy he allegedly took off a dale county school bus tuesday afternoon. the suspect walked onto the bus looking for two boys, shot the bus driver and took one of those boys to a bunker on his property. some can't believe this could happen in their small town. >> it's a terrible thing. you would not think anything like this would happen, especially around here. i guess bad things happen everywhere. >> reporter: if is say they are not surprised -- neighbors say they are not surprised by his actions. they say there have been a number of run-ins with him since moving in a year ago. in fact, the suspect was due in court on wednesday on charges of menacing his neighbors with a gun. >> my house is in the line of fire. >> reporter: police believe the boy is in good shap

here's what we know, all of this started in midland city right near the georgia/florida border there. a gunman walked on to that cool bus, shot the driver and then he wouldn't the child leave there. so he took off with the child. the gunman took the child to some sort of storm shelter behind a church. officers have been negotiating with that man all night long. we'll keep working the story in our newsroom. updates throughout morning. >>> sandy's victims will soon be getting billions of dollars in federal aid. president obama signed into law a measure that provides more than $50 billion for victim. congress approved the bill on monday. some conservatives oppose the legislation because it added to the thags al debt. they wanted the aid to offset new spending cuts. >>> some of us waking up to temperatures near 60 degrees. big change expected today. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here. >> it stayed balmy overnight after yesterday afternoon we soared near 70 degrees. reagan national at 54. montgomery county, mid and upper 50s. near 60 degrees for prince george's county. west of

midland city, alabama is where this is. police are with a 65-year-old suspect. the f.b.i. has also been called in to help. according to witnesses the suspect was upset because the child -- excuse me, the driver would not let the child off the bus. the suspect told the other kids to get off the bus, shot the driver four times according to police. he grabbed the child and then ran into a nearby bunker. schools in the area have been canceled for today. we're continuing to follow the story. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. >>> time right now is 4:40. the dow is within striking distance of 14,000 for the first time since october 2007. and the latest rally thanks to another wave of strong profit reports. the dow stands this morning at 13,954. it gained more than 72 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq was down on the day, very fractionally down, about half a point. the s&p 500 was up by more than 7. >>> investors are also keeping an eye on what the federal reserve may do today as central bankers wrap up a two-day policy meeting here in d.c. the fed is expect

the man is now holed up in a bunker with the boy in midland, city. authorities have been communicating with the man through a pvc pipe and they sent medication if the boy through the pipe. neighbors describe the man as "strange" and he has been building the bunker under his home since moving in two years ago. we will stay on top of the story and bring you more as it unfolds. >> pittsburg police are searching for a person in a deadly gas station shooting. at the union 76 gas station yesterday, police say the victim was shot in the head and died from the injuries. the man's father tells abc7 that the victim was just 20 years old. the swat team surrounded the neighborhood after the shooting sending for the gunman and they found fox's car but not fox. >> this morning, the high produce says some will have to pay up if they want c.h.p. officers to patrol city politicians. they have been helping oakland police for free ends a 90 day agreement that ends on friday and the c.h.p. wants money to extend it. oakland reached a deal with alameda county to pay for p

george howell is live in midland city this morning.is a terrifying story. >> reporter: john, you know, everybody out here, everybody is worried about this 6-year-old boy. this is the third day that he's been in that bunker, so any time the police, these investigators speak about it, they give us updates, everybody out here listens. the latest update is they don't believe that that young boy has been harmed in any way. that is the best news that we've heard so far as this continues to drag on. they were able to give the boy a coloring book and crayons. these are two things that he specifically asked for. but more importantly, john, they were able to get him the medications that he needs. he needs daily medications. i learned from a source that he suffers from asperger syndrome and adhd. so very important he got those medications. he's been in touch with the family. every hour that passes, these are desperate times for them. >> george, there are so many tales and stories flying around everywhere about the suspected gunman. what do we kno

jenna: we have new details on the hostage standoff unfolding in the small town of midland city, alabama. right now negotiators are working round-the-clock as a 5-year-old boy is held eight feet underground in some bunker and he was snatched by the gunman from his school bus. elizabeth prann is live on scene with the latest. >> reporter: the more we talk to neighbors the more we learn about how intricate and complex this bunker system was. one neighbor, ronda wilbur, who has been our eyes and ears who lives directly across from him. he would take all the debris used from taking digging out the hole and use it to build a fence in front of his home full of mud and sticks. almost like a beaver dam so you can't see on to his property. she elaborated on his very erratic behavior. would work all hours of the night, digging and building that bunker. she describes the pvc piping we've been talking about as neighbors theory of line of communication which authorities haven't confirmed. listen. >> the pvc piping that he uses because he uses it all over, i believe that he probably has a network of t

showers in corpus christi, dallas and midland. and showers in west palm beach. and flurries in western new york. >> upper 20s across the midwest. 40s from seattle to portland. >>> and when we come back, think your job is stressful? well, the new list of most stressful jobs is just out. >>> and flu cases are spiking far and wide right now. why this season is already so miserable for so many. >>> and capturing memorable moments from a day of firsts on capitol hill. >>> and welcome back, everyone. as we reported at the top of the broadcast, there's a positive preview ahead of today's all-important december employment report from the labor department. the adp private sector numbers show that businesses added 215,000 jobs last month. that's the best in ten months. >>> and it turns out 2012 was a good year for auto sales in the u.s., which topp eped 14.5 mill. the biggest numbers, with sales jumping 21%. and ford's f-series trucks were the best-selling vehicles for the 31st-straight year. >> not a bad record. >>> an offshore oil drilling giant will be digging deep in

work, the plan requires hundreds of new turbines to be built all across the flat and boggy irish midland. building wind farms on bogland has already been done successfully here in on the island. but to generate the green electricity needed to power three million u.k. homes is going to require much bigger turbines than the ones you see here. in fact, it will need some of the biggest ever built in the world. campaigners say the giant wind farms will be a blot on the landscape of a country that trades on its unspoiled green image. irish ministers disagree, saying the energy deal is just a first step, and tough planning laws will protect the countryside. >> i think there's a mutual interest here for both countries. and ireland doesn't want a wind farm at every crossroads. we don't want that. >> the hard-line opposition of some conservative m.p.'s to wind turbines in the u.k. is believed by opponents to be the real driving force behind the plan. the scheme is an irish solution to a british political problem. matt mcgrath, bbc news. >> and if you want more detail, more analysis, all you've got

police in midland city still trying to negotiate with a man they say is holding a 5-year-old boy hostagenside of a homemade bunker. on tuesday 65-year-old jimmy lee dikes allegedly walked on a school bus, shot the driver several times and then took off with that young boy. that driver who was protecting the kids now considered a hero. sadly he later died. police say they were able to talk to the boy. they are right now communicating with the suspect through a pvc pipe. the suspect reportedly was due in court yesterday morning accused of shooting at his neighbors during a fight last month. >>> an active story we're following right now. hundreds of firefighters at a scene of a massive fire at a food processing plant in wisconsin. look at these live pictures. that fire broke out at the echo lake foods in burlington just before 6:00 last night. it forced dozens of people living nearby out of their homes. an area hospital says it has had a handful of walk-in patients dealing with smoke inhalation problems. as of now there are no reports of any major injuries. no word yet on the cause of that

. >> pelley: police in midland city, alabama, say a man shot and killed a school bus driver and grabbeda six-year-old boy from the bus and took him to an underground bunker. now, hostage negotiators are trying to end the standoff that began more than 24 hours ago. at last word, the boy was still being held hostage, but we are told he is receiving medicine that he needs. the driver is being called a hero for protecting the other children on the bus; 20 of them got away safely. no word on the motivation. when a gun is involved in a crime, the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms often gets involved to find out where that gun came from. but we were surprised to learn how low-tech that tracing operation is. chip reid got a look inside. >> reporter: when a gun is found at the scene of a shooting, one of the first calls made by police across the country is to the national tracing center in martinsburg, west virginia. >> verify that serial number for me, please. >> reporter: here, 350 employees undertake the painstaking process of tracing guns to identify their owners. charles house

a five-year-old boy is being held at gunpoint for a third day in a hostage standoff in midland city, alabama. a 65-year-old man with a history of violent run-ins with his neighbors kidnapped the boy from a school bus. those neighbors identify him as jimmy lee dykes, and police say he shot and killed the bus driver who tried to shield his students. dykes and the boy are in an underground storm shelter on dykes' rural property. the police are talking to them through a ventilation pipe. overseas tonight, iran is reportedly planning to use new sen fortunatelie centrifuges that can enrich uranium more quickly. that could enable it to build an atomic bomb sooner than had been anticipated. the white house called this another provocative step and we asked david mart turnpike look into it. >> reporter: the 3,000 new centrifuges would take up to a year to install, so iran still has not crossed the threshold to a nuclear weapon. but to david albright, who closely monitors the iranian nuclear program, this is an ominous development. >> it's iran signaling that they're going to dramatically incre

police say the 6-year-old is being held in a makeshift bunker or storm shelter in a place called midland city. neighbors say the property belongs to a 65-year-old man named jimmy lee dykes and authorities have been able to talk to the suspect through a pvc pipe and they have sent down prescription medicine for the child who has asperger's sin drone as well as coloring books and crayons. the boy's family remains hopeful this morning. >> the family was camped out once they heard about it and we got in touch with them just the give them any -- to give them any comfort that they needed. and they're just holding on by a thread right now. hoping to get a resolution to the situation and get their young son back. >> negotiators believe that the child has not been harmed. >>> in the wake of the -- dozens of people were forced to leave homes after a massive fire broke out at a frozen food plant. >> that fire started just after 6:00 yesterday evening at the echo lake foods in burlington, wisconsin. look at this video it's incredible. flames and thick plumes of smoke could be seen high in the sky. a

dykes allegedly took the child tuesday afternoon in midland city, after shooting and killing the schoolriver. authorities say dykes was due in court wednesday morning to answer charges that he shot at neighbors in dispute last month. >> still ahead nasa has launched a new space shuttle what it could mean for the future of space flight on the kron 4 morning news continues also today on dr. phil at 4 the man behind the manti teo thank girlfriend hoax is breaking his silence. ronaiah tuiasosopo sits down with a doctor for a first tell-all interview about the hoax that duped the notre dame football star. you can watch the two-part interview right >> we're back at 4:45. let us talk weather and traffic. we have a nice forecast. we have troubles on traffic from erica will tell you more. >> the twinkling lights on the bay bridge. waking up to mainly '30's in the east interior valleys. upper '40's all the calls. >> downtown san francisco 49. 43 in oakland. for 38 in concord and 42 in fremont. >> taking the numbers in to the afternoon mid to upper 60s. temperatures flirting with the 70 degree mar

we're in midland city where everyone here has one thing on their mind.old boy who is being held hostage basically in the home made underground bunker. this all began tuesday when police say the suspect, jimmy lee dikes, went to this bus, was looking for children. the bus driver tried to stop him. they say he opened fire on the bus driver, killing the bus driver and scooped thumb five-year-old boy. took him back and keeping him hostage under ground in this four by 8 bunker, a tornado shelterment f.b.i. says they're far from the scene and asked us to be careful what we say and what we show in terms of video because the suspect has apparently electricity in this bunker. he has a television. he's watching the news coverage. so they're trying not to agitate this situation any further. trying not to make him upset, trying to keep this boy unharmed. at this point, they do confirm that the boy appears to be unharmed at this point and that is the key thing as they go forward in these negotiations. >> brian: we got a million questions. but i don't want to say anyt