-policÍa de minneapolis. >> un hombre minneapolis que fue pagado por la policÍa por manejar encima delterminÓ golpeado por los uniformados y como si fuera poco fue acusado de atacar a la policÍa, gracias a un vídeo se demostrÓ que fue el agredido y no el agresor. >> el pasado 19 de febrero, el hombre de cuenta y ocho aÑos de edad obedeciendo Órdenes de una patrulla policial. por ir a exceso de velocidad. >> estaba muy nervioso. >> este vÍdeo de siete minutos fue grabado por la cÁmara del carro del oficial, asegura que el policÍa no le dijo porque lo vio obligado a detener su auto. me bajÓ del automóvil invertir en el piso, empieza a recibir golpes, luego digo, no puedo respirar. >> dice que despuÉs de lo que recuerdas cuando caminaba hacia los paramÉdicos con cortadas en su cara ensangrentada. dientes partidos, daÑo permanente en uno de sus dedos. como si fuera poco despuÉs de recibir la paliza fue encarcelado por cuatro dÍas. >> yo creo que usted puede ver claramente de vÍdeo que lo que hicieron no estÁ correcto, creo que cada vez que se utiliza la fuerza no se debiera, infortunada al

minneapolis-st. paul, msp.round stop, until quarter to 9:00 eastern time because of the thunderstorms. otherwise, orlando, you'll see die lays pop up shortly. showers coming in mainly in the afternoon. minneapolis, already had your delay. then out towards the west coast, seattle, morning rain showers. watch for about a half hour delay and san francisco, morning fog. again, less than an hour. yesterday, i didn't see one. hopefully that's the same for you today. i think a short one. 340r on that, robin, in about a half hour. >>> a champion runner at the center of a gender controversy has quite a homecoming. we have more on that from ray. >> yeah. south african runner caster semenya rallying around her back home. she was greeted like a rock star in her native south africa. hundreds of fans turned out not only to meet her but the entire south african people in johannesburg, dancing carrying signs that said, caster, first lady in sports. the head line. asked to take a gender test before winning the race. look how po

the flight finally made it to minneapolis on saturday. >>> minneapolis sounds good right about now. >> it gets hot there, too. they easily 100 degrees every year. >> i haven't checked for minneapolis specifically today but knowing the set up around the country it is hazy, hot and humid here today. the three hs. some places especially south of the metro around fredericksburg, that has been where it is so hot today the heat index is at times down there have been around 110 degrees. and believe it or not, running out to the shore wasn't an escape from the heat either. last hour, ocean city was reporting 110-degree heat index. re's the max hd radar to give you an idea. a couple of showers back to the west f ous here. nothing is too hef nda i all ll i yte ouwhat, as we continue to watch these move in r ou directionre moving reoving to the east, not real quick but they are moving along. you fin,s mi 1le ur an honlea an hoursa s they do that, they are weakening. i don't expect we will get any of this holding together long enough to come to the metro. we'll keep an eye on it nonetheless. the

leading the way.  . >> jim: twilight in minneapolis on this gorgeous monday night.uck, we saw this exchange between innings, as chris tillman going to chad mohler. >> jim: >> you always want to go to a hitter or a catcher and ask certain things if if you have some doubts about what you saw from the mound. if the batter is opening up to quickly, does that mean fastball inside? the communication lines are open dramatically. >> buck: diving catch by casilla, and he gets pie, robbing him of a base hit. one down. nicely done by casilla. >> buck: well, we talk about the defense here in minnesota. it's been a constant over the years. casilla does a good job. that ball is past him. he knows he has pie running to his feet in a hurry, and throws the strike to justin morneau. morneau, a former hockey goalie, can handle anything, is that's why casilla was comfortable. he put as much on it as he had. >> jim: brian roberts now his third at bat. he is responsible for the game's only run. >> buck: the one thing you tonight want to do is to be a door matt. go into these city toes wh

minneapolis radar sweep as it goes on by.picky up decent showers down to your southwest and that is moving in, too. rainfall rates of half inch an hour when you get inside these things all moving over towards the east. for the afternoon, a slight chance of severe thunderstorms spot i put in red and basically warm air coming up out of the south and warm, frontal boundary out there and plus an active part of the jet stream just ahead. showers off the coast when you get in towards florida and most will remain there for the morning. the sea breeze and gulf breeze develop and thunderstorms possible when you get towards florida. dallas, all the way down to houston, 105 to 110 and heat warning around tulsa this afternoon and also looking at rain showers all across northern parts of the rockies. more on that, robin, in about half an hour. >> all right, thank you. >>> all right, listen, the man responsible for some of the most memorable movies of the '80s has passed away. john hughes has passed away from a heart attack while taking a

they made it to minneapolis but not until the next morning. passengers were told they could not get off the plane because the security seeners had gone home. >> the passengers certainly could have come to the terminal building at any time. >> the passenger's bill of rights would require airports and airplanes to have plans for getting passengers off the plane if they are stuck on board longer than three hours. sounds awful. >>> washington, d.c. my not be the best place to buy a home. it is the best place to sell a home. the real estate web sit zoillow illow says a d.c. is one of the best places to sell a home. where can you buy? they are renting virginia beach the best with its beak and the three military bases with steady jobs. new york's capital albany is offering employment and cheaper homes and san diego apparently has many foreclosures, making a costly market somewhat affordable. austin, texas and >> whether you're looking for care for loved ones now, or for the future, the eldercare locator is your connection to information and services

two cells right here with rotation on them, there is minneapolis. this cell right here, there is damage to a church near a minneapolis convention center. please take cover right now if you are in the area. shepard: thank you for the information. more information live from the scene that we will bring you if we get it. new developments in the bizarre case of a missing woman from georgia. the fbi is joining the widening search for this former parole officer. cornwell apparently vanished as she was talking to her boyfriend on the cellphone. he said that he heard her struggle and the update is next. struggle and the update is next. shepard: 31 minutes past 2:00, bottom of the hour. this is a story we are falling right now on "studio b." government is telling businesses what to do to control the spread of the swine flu. what precautions should you take? one doctor in minnesota gave up his health insurance and tried to find it on his own so that he could better understand what patients are going through. plus, of their attack. all still ahead on "studio b

it is still in the 90s up there outside of minneapolis. >> not to mention the humidity obviously makes it so much worse. >> yeah. >> little sticky. >> all right. we'll take it. thank you, topper. >>> we'll be right back. wusa 9 continues after this. b@a

two hours later, they got back on and took off, landing at last in minneapolis at 9:15 a.m. in a statement, express jet apologized saying, its priorities were ensuring customer safety during extreme weather and following all federal regulations at the airport facility. continental apologized, too, promising a full ticket refund and certificate good for future

gathered in minneapolis this week. >> we cannot change god's law and we cannot change what is right and what is wrong. >> how about jesus saying, judge not, that ye not. be judged? >> if you're in favor of the amendment, vote one. if you're opposed, vote two. please vote now. >> reporter: there was vigorous debate about whether the denomination should lift its ban on non-celibate gay and lesbian clergy. at issue was a measure to allow local congregations to hire gay or lesbian pastors who are in lifelong, monogamous relationships. as of friday afternoon, a final vote had yet to be taken. >> it's certainly painful when people say that your relationship or your call are not valid. >> reporter: after acknowledging his relationship with another man, atlanta pastor bradley schmeling faced a church trial in 2007. he's no longer officially recognized as an e.l.c.a. pastor, but his congregation kept him on. schmeling says he hopes the denomination is entering a new era. >> my dream for the e.l.c.a. would be that we could be a community that really celebrates gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender

and when the storm passed minneapolis, we were going to fly to minneapolis. so they told us that for an hour or so. then they said the storm was still lingering in the minneapolis area. and would be a while longer. and another hour passed. and at that point they sort of changed their tune and said they were going to try to get a bus. and so they said they were working on getting us a bus to take us back, it's about a 90-minute drive. and so at all times we thought that help was on the way. we thought we were going to get off the plane. i don't think any of us understood why we weren't being allowed to go in the terminal. but probably about 4:00 in the morning, they made another announcement and said we have logistical problems with the bus, but we still think we can get you a bus. so they made that announcement. that's the last announcement they made. and they let us out about 6:30. >> finally out at 6:30. that's unbelievable. so 4:00 a.m., i mean, now you've waited for all these delays. did anybody stand up and go, let us off this thing? i'm going nuts here.

>> tornado reported just north of downtown minneapolis by the public. about columbia heights moving to the north at about 20 miles per hour. ai lot of the cells still out to the west. there is weather in downtown minneapolis, enough spin to put this tornado on the ground. it doesn't look like a giant tornado. if you are north of minneapolis, toward ramsey county, columbia heights, hilltop, brooklyn center, new brighton, they would be next to be hit. reported by the public clearly two minutes ago. take cover in the northern minneapolis, twin cities area. >> that's my alma mater. i'm a golden gopher, proud to see it. maybe i will get some tweets or e-mails from some of my college buddies down there. >>> up next, an elderly professor and his librarian wife attacked and killed by dogs in their own neighborhood. an unbelievable story. i am going to talk to somebody who said that police are ill-equipped to handle these animal situations. we are going to be right back. stay with us. sir, have you been drinking tonight? if you ride drunk, you will get caught...

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so minneapolis, watch out. also, towards san francisco, you could see some short delays due to morning fog, robin. more details in a half hour. >> you've been watching too many movies. >> that's what i heard. i don't know. that's what i heard. >> that's a movie. >> oh, is it? >> called "alligator." >> you're right. i've got you. >> and there's "snakes on a plane." >>> the maker of the cervical cancer vaccine gardasil is being questioned about its promotional tactics. researchers say merck gave grants to medical groups which promoted gardasil. merck told "the washington post" that it did give about $750,000 to the groups to let them develop their own independent info and everything was done in an appropriate manner, it says. >>> we got fooled again! brett favre is picking up the football again, and it's for the green bay packers' biggest rival. oh, no he didn't. hi, rafer. >> robin, let me -- minnesota is the most hated team in green bay, even more than chicago. and if there was ever any question before, now the

i mean, for a couple hours they told us the storms were still terrible in minneapolis and we were going to wait until the storms got better. we waited like good passengers for a couple hours based on that. they started telling us they had a bus ready and it's only 60 miles and they were going to bus us back to minneapolis. they told us that for the next couple hours. so the issue really never came up about getting into the terminal because certainly from my point of view i thought help was on the way. >> there were babies on that plane, too, right? >> there was a young couple with a baby on their lap behind me. there was a young couple with a baby on their lap two seats in front of me, and the poor babies just did not survive the night. every five minutes one or the other babies lost it and screamed and cried and it was just horrible for the parents and obviously meant none of us were able to sleep or take a nap. >> no. i can't even imagine. did they give you guys food, water? i mean, did they bring you dinner at least? >> they did nothing whatsoever. i mean, when we landed in rochester

police in minneapolis caught a man speeding. they claim he resisted arrest. he says he is the victim of police brutality because the officers punched and kicked him. >> surreal. you just don't think that would happen to you. >> reporter: in the six months since he was pulled over in north minneapolis, hisbody has healed but the emotional scars are with him every day. >> a lot of ightmares. angry, sad. >> reporter: jenkins says was on his way to a friend's house early one morning when officer richard walker pulled him over for speeding. jenkins says the officer walker asked him for id but wouldn't say why he was stped. jenkins says when he got out to give the officer his driver's license, walker grabbed him and wrestled him to the ground. >> what triggered me off was he said this is not a -- i can't remember the word, democracy. this is not a democracy. give me your idea. i was like, oh, i'm in trouble tonight. >> jenkins barely remembers the half dozen officers that arrived kicking and beating him as they took him into custody. these photos show his injuries

so, we'll watch minneapolis. we will also watch parts of indiana and illinois for the potential for severe weather tonight. suzanne? >> all right. thank you very much. chad myers with breaking news in the st. paul area. >>> breaking news also in the standoff over north korea nuclear weapons' program. new mexico governor bill richardson has been meeting with two of the country's top diplomats. govern governor, what can you tell us about your talks? what do the north koreans want? >> well, first, the north koreans are sending good signals that they're ready to talk directly to the united states. they felt president clinton's visit was good, that it helped thaw relations, make them easier. they did feel that getting the two american journalists out was a gesture on their part. they mentioned several other gestures they've made recently, the release of the south korean detainee. and so, i detected for the first time -- and i've been meeting with minister kim, who's the top u.n. diplomat -- a lessening of tension, som

it was in minneapolis. >> rochester. >> rochester, okay.ake my son to the public rest rooms in minneapolis. >> one person said they would have -- she said, i would have spent the night in the hospital -- in the jail, but at least i would have had a bed and some food. >> yeah, it's like a hostage situation. anyway, let me show you what's going on in the atlantic, finally activity out there, tropical storm wise. this is a tropical depression and we haven't seen one in good b three months now. you can see this highlighted in the circle, off the coast of the african koebl continent, into a tropical storm later today or tomorrow. not a lot in the atmosphere, watching gradual strengthening, if it becomes a tropical storm, the first one on the list will be anna. so we're watching that. but still, any delay will happen. these are the rain showers around portland, maine sliding off the coast. and we're going to see hot temperatures to new york city. temperatures today, 90 to 95. of they have flooding rains in the western part of new york state. let

it was just crazy. >> reporter: a large chunk of south minneapolis is decimated.neys down, power out and trees, hundreds of trees toppled. >> devastation. it's been wild. >> i've never, ever in my life seen anything like that before. >> reporter: reginald hunter only had seconds to take cover. the window to his wireless phone business shattered. then it started raining. inside. >> it felt like this shaking. it was like a horror movie. there was nothing you could do but get down and cover up. >> reporter: the storm many think was a tornado caught just about everyone off guard, but it was only after the damage had been done the tornado sirens finally went off. >> like, we didn't hear anything beforehand. >> reporter: we asked the minneapolis mayor about e siren problem. >> clearly we want to give people as much warning as we can. clearly weather comes up quickly. we have to see what happened in this case in an after-incident report. >> reporter: we spoke with the head of the county who said they did not get any warning in a a tornado was imminent before it was too l

and many minneapolis, a funnel cake eating contest. i did some math, that's 1600 calories, putting down,000 calories in 10 -- 9,000 calories in 10 minutes. have fun doing that. >> right. just

. >>> from minneapolis to chicago storms picked up, tore up and ripped up homes, churches and schools news emily schmidt shows us what the storms did. >> reporter: in minnesota the storms arrived with little warning and left behind remarkable damage. >> i can see the clouds thinning and those cars ahead of me pulled over so i could tell something was happening. >> i saw everything flying up in the air. everything. and it was like, dark. >> reporter: storm watchers spotted at least three funnel clouds around minneapolis wednesday afternoon. the sudden strong winds picked a woman up off the street, toppled trees in an instant. >> it was a domino effect. they kept falling. and a huge piece of somebody's roof hit the car. >> reporter: skies looked similar across neighboring states. iowa's fayette county's sheriff's office spotted this tornado that did minor damage. in stanley, iowa, a tornado blew through jim's farm. he took cover with seconds to spare. >> i headed to the basement. the roof flew off the house and porch and come back out here and it's a mess. >> reporter: storms in central

tre that keeps law enforcement and intelligence agenes in this country -- >> wl, you mentioned minneapolis, and that i a case of course of gre concern the u.s. the belief is, what that they go to somalia, receive se sort of traini and then would come backin this case to the u.s.? >>ight. >> and cod possibly carry out a terrorist attack. >> right, most of th generation i amicans. so -- buthey still havehis affinity, or they still have this linkages with somalia. so they go out there, get trainingand then eventually they com back to thi country and you know onl them, theare the only ones whonow what kind of activitie but the worrying thing about this trend is we saw wha happened in london with the attacks the, where the folks o carried out those attack re pakistan, fouh genation pakistanis, who followed t same end, trendin pakistan and came back. this is quite a worryi trend but thenhe bigger issu is, hodo you deal with this without actually stigmatizing the entire commuty? >> well i wa to bring up secrety of state hillary clinton. shs heading to africa. she's going to meet wth the presidt o

you have to choose between going to minneapolis and going to st.tersburg. >> right, exactly. >> and we probably could have gone to minneapolis with this but we went to st. peters. >> why did you go to st. petersberg rather than minneapolis. >> well, a particularly fine townment i don't want totoet letters from people in minute at -- minneapolis. >> al franken's place. >> exactly. i think it always matters. location can really give you an enormous amount. >> rose: what does it give an actor. >> it gives an enormous amount, i always love going to these strange locations, particularly if they're relevant to the movie. if i have to shoot new england and i'm in buddha pest and these a little weird. >> rose: or miami. >> exactly. that's a little strange but if i have to be in cleveland and the movie is about cleveland and i can really be in cleveland for a while. >> rose: you soak it up. >> it gives you everything. so st. petersburg, it gave you a whole lot. and it was all, we had russian actors and from st. petersburg. so it mattered. >> rose: does russ

the world, including places like australia and here in the united states, concentrate mostly in minneapoliswhat you have is especially with the arresting of somali, the arresting of australians of somalis, the young women, desperate communities, back into somalia, receiving training and in some cases fighting on the side of some of the groups that engage in the conflict in that country and then going back into their host communities and the arresting of australia, a clear demonstration of the challenges of having this huge desperate communities that are involved in the conflict, directly or indirectly. but in this case we are seeing direct involvement with groups with terrorist links like al shabaab. this is a very worrying trend that keeps law enforcement and intelligence agencies in this country -- >> well, you mentioned minneapolis, and that is a case of course of great concern of the u.s. the belief is, what, that they go to somalia, receive some sort of training and then would come back, in this case to the u.s.? >> right. >> and could possibly carry out a terrorist attack. >> right, m

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continent flight 2816 ft houston at 9:23 friday night from minneapolis. it was supposed to arrive at 11:54, but thunderstorms forced the flight into a holding pattern. running low on fuel, it diverted to rochester, minnesota, at 12:28 a.m., 80 miles short of its goal. and that's when the real trouble began. the three-person crew hit its time limit and could not fly, so .be bught in. but the passengers were not allowed to get off the plane. >> i mean, there was no explanation at all. the terminal was 50 yards from where we were. >> reporter: express jet refused to let them deplane because the tsa screeners had gone home and there were not enough airport personnel to let the passengers sleep in the terminal. instead, the passengers and the crew slept on the plane. >> they deposit have food, and they didn't have water. and there was one bathroom, and there were two babies crying all night. >> reporter: after tsa screeners arrived the next morning, passengers were finally let off the plane, about 6:30. two hours later, they got back on and took off, landing a

but as it neared minneapolis controllers warned pilots the weather was too rough to land. the plane was divert to rochester, minnesota, and landed just 90 miles from its planned destination. but there was a problem. the pilots had reached their maximum work hours so they had to wait for a new crew to complete the flight. that meant the passengers jammed into the narrow jet with a single seat on one side, two on tthhe oer were left sitting on the tarmac for almost six hours. they were offered no food, and one drink. inside the cramped confines babies cried and the plane's single toilet backed up and began to reek. >> you're almost numb because you're so exhausted so you kind of doze off but you can't really sleep because babys are crying and the smells are getting worse. >> the crew told passengers they were being kept on the pain because rochester security screeners had left for the night so they got off they couldn't get back on. the next shift of screeners showed up around 6:00 a.m. the passengers were then let off the plane and into the airport. at 8:28 in the same plan

drodome stadium in minneapolis but last night the first time he called it his home stadium. >>> federal regulators shut down four more banks, the largest warranty bank that's based in austin, texas. it had 162 branches in texas and california. it is also the third largest bank failure this year. by the way, that brings the total number of bank failures this year alone to 81. >>> i'm larry smith. if all two-time retirees were welcomed bike this the world would be a better place, wouldn't it hoping to find the fountain of earth in minnesota, making his debut, hugging the vik cringe, shaking hands with teammates, by the way i'm brett, i just got here tuesday. he gets drilled on this play. brett favre trying to keep that connective games played streak alive, that record streak. >>> 845 million dollars the pay of the chicago cubs. venral pran chis whose sales finally com petted. the founder of t.d. ameritrade. >>> beer in your school colors a promotion that dozens of colleges think crosses the line and would promote bing-- drinking and underage drinking. they come in school color

. >>> people in parts of minneapolis are cleaning up after getting slammed by powerful thunderstorm. they uprooted trees here, snapped power line and blew off roofs. several tornadoes were reported. one man said fierce winds ripped apart his garage and blew away his boat. at one point 10,000 people lost power. there are no reports of any injuries. >>> authorities in hawaii are beginning to close some beaches on the big island as hurricane felicia approaches. forecasters are predicting heavy rains and possible flash floods. the latest details on felicia just ahead in weather. >>> first the philippines, then taiwan, now china. the hurricane blew ashore bringing torrential rain. nearly 1 million people were evacuated ahead of this storm. keep your eyes on this red building here. some of the worst devastation from mora kat happened. this the worst flooding in 50 years. i can't believe these pictures. some other areas got an incredibly 80 inches of rain. can you see people rescued. at least two killed in taiwan but dozens missing and feared dead. >> i'm reynolds wolf for hln. we're watchi

. >>> people in parts of minneapolis are cleaning up after getting slammed by powerful thunderstorms, uprooting trees, downed power lines and blew off roofs. one man said fierce winds ripped apart his garage and blew away his boat. 10,000 people lost power. >>> authorities in hawaii are beginning to close some beaches on the state's big island as hurricane felicia approaches. forecasters are predicting heavy rain. we will have the details just ahead in weather. >>> first, the philippines then taiwan and now china. typhoon morakot blew ashore on china's east coast bringing torrential rains. nearly 1 million people were evacuated ahead of this storm. keep your eyes on this red building. some of the worst devastation happened in taiwan. this is some of the worst flooding in 50 years. cannot believe these pictures. some areas in the southern part of the island got 80 inches of rain. people being rescued here. at least two people were killed in taiwan. dozens are feared missing. >>> 64 years ago today the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb on the town of nagasaki. it pushed japan to surrender. it

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look at the temperature in minneapolis, only 64 right now. this can take awhile to get here, probably not until sunday will we be able to feel the full effect. in the meantime, more heat and humidity. our chances and -- our chances of showers and storms will steadily increase tomorrow as the cold front is an added lift to a very unstable hot air mass. look at all the rain developing in the heat of the day. you could see the circulation of hurricane bill. and a good chance of some weather north of the right to reject north of the metro region tomorrow. 79 late tonight in the city with most of the showers and storms diminished by then. back up to 85 in midday tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon, one more day topping out at 90 degrees. adding cloud cover and repeated showers and thunderstorms on saturday. sunshine and lowumidity sunday and monday. a very slow warming trend as we get to the middle and end of next week. >> but just wait, is coming. >>> the "who wants to be a millionaire" special tonight continues. >> i brought this for you. it is my jers

. >> the flight was headed from houston to minneapolis when it hit thunderstorms.ad to land in rochester, minnesota. from there, it got worse. expressjet decided to wait for the weather to improve. >> we were going to wait until the storms got better. we waited like good passengers for a couple of hours. >> at 2:00 a.m., the flight was cleared for takeoff. more storms moved in. the passengers sat waiting, and waiting with no food and no water. >> nobody said anything about what was going on. >> at 5:00 a.m., cleared again, but then the crew had worked past the legal time limit and couldn't fly. it was about until an hour later, six hours since they landed, that the passengers were let in to the terminal. expressjet said they had to wait until security screeners were on duty. >> there were a variety of options to utilize, not the least of which is to call the manager of the airport. >> the airport manager said he never got that call and told the newspaper that the delta flight deplaned at 3:30 a.m. and he would have let the continental passengers in but that decisio

when we reached minneapolis at 10:00 this morning, they flew a crew in that morning in rochester.took the same plane back with a bathroom, by the way, that didn't operate. and we flew the same plane back at 10:00. i will say when we got off that plane at 11:00 or 11:30, 10 or 12 people literally stormed the continental counter. and demanded that this can't happen. what can you do? and they gave us an 800 number to call on monday morning. and i have not yet called that number. >> well, i wanted to talk to you because i have been on some nightmare flights myself. i know what it's like. this is the worst story that i've ever heard. i got to tell you, if i was on that flight, there would have been hell to pay. link, i appreciate you sharing your story. i hope that you'll give me an update when you find out how they're going to make it up to you. if it's a free flight to hawaii, maybe accommodations -- it would take a lot to make up for. that. >> i think so. this is not the normal can you fly two hours later we'll give you a $300 voucher. i don't know what they'll do. i haven't thought

or at least on our way back to minneapolis. but they started telling us at the beginning the weather was still bad. and would we be patient? and, of course, we were. and within a couple hours, they changed that to saying that they were going to try to get a bus to take us back to minneapolis, which is only 60 miles away. and then, an hour later, they said, we think we have the bus. it will be here any time. then, we're having logistical problems with the bus. and they kind of worked their way through the night, with making us think this was going to be over pretty quickly. >> were you given food? were you offered water? anything to drink? >> nothing. when we arrived on the ground in rochester, 12:30. the single flight attendant yelled back to us, and said does anybody want a drink? and some people got a drink at 12:30. from that point forward, we were offered no food, no water. i had not eaten for 13 or 14 hours, because i connected from florida. it had been 13 or 14 hours since i'd eaten. by the time i got off the plane at 7:0

that was just west of minneapolis. we'll talk about that plus a look at the rest of the country in a little bit. it was a tough saturday evening for them. >>> a gas station clerk grabbed a bat to help scare off a potential attacker. he says a van pulled up behind two tourists near miami. the driver pulled out a knife and demanded that a woman leave with him. the couple ran into the store and the clerk locked the door. the suspect left but the police caught him a few blocks away. >>> you probably resign yourself to haggle with a dealer when you buy a new car but how would you like to bid against other shoppers online. the idea is some good news in a bad economy. @p >>> good morning. we salute the troops every day and today we want to say happy birthday to private first class zoomba. he turns 21 today. here's his mom's message. >> good morning, robin. this message is for my son. he's now going to be able to talk to me on his birthday because he's going on a mission. so i want to tell him that we all miss him. we all love

it's dead of winter, this is minneapolis. a traffic stop goes bad while the video rolls.s driver you're seeing right there says this police officer jacked him up and beat him down for no good reason. the police officer says otherwise. we will pick this thing apart right after you watch both sides of this incredible story. here is jeanelle klein in minneapolis. >> reporter: it was a traffic stop like many others. 42-year-old darryl jenkins pulled over in february as he drove through north minneapolis, stopped for speeding as he allegedly went 15 miles over the limit. >> i was very nervous, very nervous. very, very, very nervous. >> reporter: the stop's all here on this seven-minute tape from the squad car of officer richard walker. jenkins says walker refuses to explain why he was stopped and he asks for a police supervisor. walker says one isn't available, and jenkins says he gets outs of the car to get his driver's license from his back pocket. that's when he says walker tries to tackle him. backup arrives and six officers help walker as jenkins is punched, kicked and hi

it shows six minneapolis police officers punching and kicking a man as they tried to arrest him.tarted with a stop for speeding. first, the officer who pulled daryl jenkins over wrestled him to the ground after jenkins allegedly disobeyed the officer's order not to get out of the car. he then dragged jenkins to the curb. a minute later another squad car arrives on the scene. they start punches and kicking jenkins. another police car arrives and those officers also punch and kick jenkins. he was take ton a hospital and reportedly required seven stitches above his eye. after being treated, he was then jailed for four days. the video was released by jenkins and his lawyer. in their reports the officers said jenkins resisted arrest so they had to subdue him before placing him in two sets of handcuffs. after seeing the video minneapolis police chief tim dolan saying today he's asking the fbi to investigate. joining us on the phone now, minneapolis star tribune writer david channon. thanks for oning us. what's happened to the officers involved? >> nothing. back when the incident occurr

hennepin, cottage grove, communities near minneapolis, st. paul. that is where that tornado might have touched down this afternoon and obviously, we'll have more on that dur the course of the afternoon here on msnbc. >> john, thank you very much. and again, we are, of course, as john pointed out trying to collect information from minneapolis to find out the damage. with hurricane bill, another report says even if it doesn't hit the united states, the storm surge and waves could be ten to 12 feet just because of the impact of what it's doing out on the ocean. >> absolutely. that's always the case in hurricane season. i'm watch the projection up on the screen and you've got just that whole northeastern coast that could be hit in some way by this storm, david. >> interesting. so if you're going surfing, anybody, or you monica, watch out for big waves. >> you don't go during the hurricane. even when they're not that close. >> monica, coming up, mark sanford's apology tour continuous. what he said today about his political ambitions and his quest for fo

. >> a trip to minneapolis this past weekend was a lot longer than anyone bargained for. it quickly turned into what some are calling a nightmare flight. the continental airlines flight took off on a 2.5 hour journey from houston to minneapolis. bad weather diverted the plain 85 miles away to rochester minnesota, landing after midnight. for six hours, passengers waited on the tarmac. >> you are almost non, so you kind of goes off but you can't really sleep because babies are crying and the smells are getting worse. >> packed together, the loan bathroom clogged. awful smells filling the cabin, no food offer, just one drink. >> it is hard to sleep, and your almost just numb, like, what's going to happen next? >> screeners had gone home, so they were not letting passengers off the plane. they say it is not true. >> they could have come in at any time. >> everybody went to the continental counter and were a emotional, screaming, yelling, that is the first time i saw break down emotionally of all the people on the plane. >> that nightmare is not uncommon. in june, 278 flights

now the read trip moves on to minneapolis. it's the first of three, os. and twins up next on masn.    . >> jim: the tw playoff hopeful. once again, their favorite number five came into play. when the or yeahs score five or more runs on the year, their record is astounding, 40-15 on the season in those games. that is playoff caliber baseball. buck martinez, when the starters go to the mound and give this team a chance, it's amazing how good and exciting this ball club can be. >> well, one thick about this orioles ball club, they have been able to score runs over the past several years, now they have to get the pitching where they get their era under 5. that's the magic number. >> and the other effect we're beginning to see as the starters get more consistent and deep per games, take something of the load over the bullpen. that load now goes to the start next bullpen, as a result pitching better >> well, they sure are pitching better, jim, specialry as of late. they have powerful arms, and because they're getting appropriate rest, the