itit a rural area, so it's pretty a asome. >> reporter: thousands were left in the dark here in muncy as the blimp knocked down power lines along the way. officials say they are not out of the woods yet. >> it's a dangerous vehicle. it's still powered. >> reporter: authorities have set up a perimeter to keep people away and secure the blimp's state-of-the-art radar system. still in a test phase, the aircraft was designed to detect a missile attack. its tether was supposed to withstand hurricane force winds. officials will now try to figure out how it failed on what was an orornary rainy day. pentagon officials have grounded a second test blimp until they figureut just what went wrong. >> hena daniels in muncy, thank you. >>> millions in the east face another day of drenching rain. the system that brought heavy downpours will deliviv more wet weather before pulling away. coastal south carolina faced more flooding wednesday. drivers navigated inundated streets in charleston as heavy rains combined with high tides. >>> coming up on the "morning news." cafeteria chaos. video captures a sc

hena daniels is in muncy. >> reporter: police have set up a perimeter as they try to keep people away from this billion dollar military blimp. this, as the pentagon begins their own investigation on how this unmanned air ship managed to break free and float away. federal and state officials are in northeast pennsylvania, guarding the remnants of a massive army surveillance blimp that broke free and crash-landed wednesday afternoon. matt lepke was at a gas station in the area as the drama unfolded. >> it was like the white blimp of death. it was right over top of me and it looked like you could reach out and touch the blimp. it's going down! >> reporter: the unmanned aircraft attached from its mooring in aberdeen, maryland. f-16s, along with curious residents, chased the run away blimp down to its final resting place over a hundred miles away. >> nothing like this happens around here. it's a rural area, so it's pretty awesome. >> reporter: thousands were left in the dark here in muncy as the blimp knocked down power lines along the way. officials say they are not out of the woods yet.

hena daniels has more from muncy, pennsylvania... where the unmanned blimp came down. 3 the -tech blimp remains scattered in two pieces in rural pennsylvania while the u.s. military tries to figure out how it got loose. they know it t oke free from its anchor in abereren, maryland and then drifted about a 150 miles before coming down.natz full, shotgun blastssot: sot: captain matt villa, u.s. army (:21-:27)we are now working on deflating the aerostat. you may have heard shotgun shots. that is how we are deflating it.the military is working out a plan to safely remove the blimp, but a aspokesmamasays it will take a few days.(standup bridge: he daniels, cbs news, muncy, pa) (:35-:43)in the meantime..state police along with u.s. armand national guard personnel are guarding this site because the blimp carried very sophisticated radar equipment. sot: sot: captain matt villa, u.s. army for the easy pieces we have already been able to remove and some of the more difficult pieces wewere stananng guard.the unmanned blimp was still being teste

finally came down in a small town near muncy, pennsylvania, about 15 miles from aberdeen. tom roussey is following the story. he is live in the newsroom with the latest. tom: as you said, 150 miles. it's unbelievable how far the military blimp made it. for point of reference, this is d.c. this is baltimore. northeast of baltimore, aberdeen proving ground is where it broke free. it went all the way up here to the area of muncy, east of williamsport, pennsylvania. that is where finally it hit the ground. we have video from the ground. here it is. this came to the newsroom an hour ago. it wound up landing in trees finally. this military blimp has a tether that is supposed to keep it tethered to the ground at the aberdeen proving ground. we don't know why but it broke. i was in the air four hours going 150 miles before it finally did come down this afternoon. at one point we are told it was 16,000 feet in the air. it came down and the tether started to rip power lines all over central pennsylvania leaving 27,000 customers without power. a woman talking about the excitement of

it drifted north, knocking outpower in the town of bloomberg before coming back down in muncy. tom roussey has the breaking story. tom: this is an unbelievable story that is the talk of the east coast this afternoon and maybe the whole country. we have video just in the newsroom that shows this blimp on the ground. here is the video. it's just in the country, just east of muncy, pennsylvania, which is in northern pennsylvania. a little east in state. you can see part of the blimp in the frees on the ground there. it was confirmed within the last hour by state police that the blimp had finally come down. after traveling quite a ways. it traveled 150 miles almost directly north from aberdeen proving ground, northeast of baltimore up into pennsylvania in the muncy area there. this has been posted all over social media this afternoon. we will show you some of the posts that people have been making. this is one of the best ones right here. this was taken by somebody who saw the blimp fly directly overhead. they turn and you will see the traffic lights, they flash for one moment and

it went all the way up here to the area of muncy, east of williamsport, pennsylvania. that is where finally it hit the ground. we have video from the ground. here it is. this came to the newsroom an hour ago. it wound up landing in trees finally. this military blimp has a tether that is supposed to keep it tethered to the ground at the aberdeen proving ground. we don't know why but it broke. i was in the air four hours going 150 miles before it finally did come down this afternoon. at one point we are told it was 16,000 fe

. >> reporter:people rushed out to muncy exchange road.overcome with excitement to see the norad blimp theyd been tracking all day.after it landed in this wooded area near muncy. >> reporter:that blimp had been floating over pennsylvania.after becoming untethered in maryland just before noon. >>"i was following it because my son is at bloomsburg university. i saw it was in bloomsburg and i was calling him, what's going on go see it, he was like we lost power mom, and then my mom's calling me going it landed on your road! so i turned to nep and woke him up so he could see." >> reporter:state police and other officials had the roads around the blocked off.not allowing any near the norad blimp due to highly sentative materials on it. >> reporter:melaine knox of snapped off these pictures of the blimp shortly before it touched down. >>"its crazy, i didnt know what was going on, we lost our power where i live and somebody sent me a facebook message when i posted on there we lost our power that this was what was going on i had to go out and find it." >> reporter:it's not clear how the blimp

(standup hena daniels/ cbs news/ muncy, pa) thousands of people were left in the dark here in muncy as the blimp knocked down power lines along the way. officials say they're not out ofofhe woods yet: (sot capt. david young/ pa state police) it's a aangerous vehicle. it's still l wered. authorities have set up a perimeter to keep people awayand secure the blimp's state of the art radar system. still in the test phase --- the aircraft was designed to detect a missile attack. its tether was supposed to withstand hurricane force winds. officials will now try to figure out how it failed...on what was an ordinary, rainy day. hena daniels cbs news muncy, pennsylvania.3 3 officials with the pentagon have grounded a second test blimp until they can figure out what happened to this one. 3 somemeioux city high school students got a chance tlearn about careers in healthcare yesterday.mercy medical center held a heth career exploration fair for students from east... north... and west highs. students got to meet mercy employees working in fields like nursing... physical therapy... and the hospital'

blimp broke loose from aberdeen proving ground and ended up in muncie, pennsylvania. helicopters will pull the remains out of the trees tomorrow and military trucks will haul it away. investigators are trying to figure out how this broke free from its tethers. one of the redskins is taking on a major fantasy football gambling site. is suing faneuil on behalf of all nfl players. he says they use players pictures without their consent. they do not have a licensing agreement with the nfl pa. the other major site, draft kings, does. exciting day for kids who got to go trick or treating at the executive mansion. they got candy from president obamand the first lady. look at this baby, stole the show! the pope! and he even had a little mini fiat. the president was very impressed. that is clever. leon: that's a good one. still ahead -- incredible images of destruction. efforts. areon: and why these stalls built to look like prison walls. leon alison: a powerful statement inside a bathroom at a bar. turned the bathroom stalls into jail, to make sure that you do not drink and d

that's in muncie, pennsylvania. here's new video shot by a student named fisher cresey. he captured this video and for a time, two f-16 fighter jets had to find the blimp as it travelerred at 16,000 feet and ton manned aircraft start to drift lower. people staal started calling 911. who wonder what the blimp is used for. they're use in iraq and afghanistan for surveillance. the helium-filled blimp part of a $2.7 billion project by the pentagon called the joint land attack cruise missile defense elevated net senting system or j.a.l.e.n.s. they didn't know whether they should shoot it down and has classified and sensitive material on board. it could be dangerous if it came down in an area populated by lots of people. we're learning the blimp started to deflate and came down on its own. cbs news' david martin said national guard helicopters had to scramble to secure is crash site and all the technology on board. it's part of a pair and you can bet the other blimp is ground. no one was hurt as far as we know but there will be a huge investigation to how this could have possi

the tether broke and it traveled all the way to the small town of muncie, work went to the ground. it wound up in at least two pieces. blimpther from the knocked out power and left 27,000 customers in the dark. >> somebody sent me a facebook message that we lost our power that this is what was going on. tom: the military uses the blimp to spot planes or missiles headed to our area. is very sophisticated military technology, very classified as to its capabilities. tom: raytheon made the blimp. it says the odds of the tether breaking are very slim, but then goes on to say in the unlikely event it happens, they are a number of procedures and systems designed to bring the blimp in a safe manner. in the end, it came down because apparently it lost air. tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: at least a came down safely. developing now, closer to home, five people were shot in three hours time. in one case, the shots rang out as passengers were getting off a metro bus. roz plater has the toestigations and the pleas stop the violence. roz, what have you learned? the police are still on the scene o

hena daniels has more from muncy, pennsylvania where the unmanned blimp came down. reporter: the high-tech blimp remained scattered into pieces in rural pennsylvania of u.s. military tries to figure out how it got loose. they know it broke free from its anchor in aberdeen, maryland and it drifted about one to 50 miles before coming down. >> my understanding it into intact pieces -- two intact reporter: the military is working on a plan to save the remove the blimp. a spokesperson says it will take a few days. in the meantime state police along with u.s. army and national guard personnel are guarding the site because the blood carries sophisticated radar equipment. >> we have security on site so that we know we have a counter for everything. i know they have secured the radar. reporter: it was still being tested and anchored by a one inch thick tether design to withstand hurricane-force lines that wins. -- winds. wednesday was just an average windy, rainy day. hannah daniels, cbs news, pennsylvania. mollie: armed fighter jets trailed the blimp of the military says th

the blimp came to rest 125-mile from aberdeen near muncie, pennsylvania. no one was hurt, but the cable took out power lines, knock out electricity to thousands of customers. >>> a south carolina sheriff's deputy seen on video slamming a student to the floor and dragging her out of a classroom has been fired. the richland county sheriff said while deputy ben fields has the right to take the student out, he went too far. >> he did not follow proper training or procedure when he threw the student across the room. >> the justice department is now investigating deputy fields' actions but the sheriff said it's important not to lose sight that the incident would not have happened if not for the disruptive actions of the student. >> the virginia department of transportation said they lynn spect the intersection where two men died after crashing into a residence in fairfax county. police said they were speeding in the stolen car when driver lost control on beacon hill road off route 1 and crashed into the house around 8:00 last night. the driver is 28-year-old ant

broke free from its tether at a military facility in aberdeen, maryland, crashed three hours later in muncy, pennsylvania. still no word on how the blimp attacked. >>> new at 6:00, several local hospitals are paying out millions to resolve allegations over billing irregularities for heart devices. more than 450 hospitals across the country have agreed to a $250 million settlement over electronic defibrillators. officials say doctors broke government rules over billing for implanting those heart devices in medicaid patients. christiana paid $2.5 million, cooper health system paid $1.2 million, and universal health services, along with 19 of its affiliated hospitals paid $4.9 million. >>> coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, keeping marijuana out of your child's trick-or-treat basket. why new jersey police are calling this a serious concern on this halloween eve. >>> glenn? >> of course, your kids might need heavier costumes for trick-or-treating tomorrow. more on the halloween forecast and chance for showers later this weekend. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> celebrating today, a bridge connec

. >> reporter: you're look at a picture ofofhe blimp on the ground in muncie, pennsylvania, a military recovery tm on the way the from here in aberdeen, maryland. scott, the day began with two blimps in the sky over aberdeen, the second one has now been grounded while thigh try to figure out how the first one got away. >> pelley: down in the woods, chipeid thanks v vy much. tonight, the candidadas for the republican presidential nomination are debating for the third time, and for the first time, donald trump is not the front-runner. he was surgically removed from that spot by dr. taylor ben carson. makeis in boulder, colorado. reporter: ben carson arrived at the debate, the center of attention, surrounded by reporters, carson said he welcomes more scrutiny and does not fear the debate's focus on economics. consistent with his low-key temperament that contrasts with trump, carson said if attacked he will not fight fire with fire. >> basically, i'm not going to get into a bunch of fights with peopoe about personalities and individual chats. i think that's silly and that's not what we're

linsey davis, muncy, pennsylvania. >> to oklahoma city where a police officer accused of punching a high school student is facing charges. the incident is from a few weeks ago but captured on surveillance video. the veteran officer claims he struck the 16-year-old in self-defense. a police spokesman says the officer's response was not appropriate. is he on paid administrative leave and faces misdemeanor assault as well as battery charges. >> a look at the deadly shoot-out in the waco, he texas. video leaked shows the moment of chaos and terror. here's ryan owens. >> reporter: as the cases against more than 100 bikers involved in a motorcycle gang shootout at this waco, texas, restaurant move forward, a stunning new look at the action in a series of videos apparently leaked from the case file. in one video, the gun fire erupts just offcamera, but watch the reaction of the bikers. some grab guns, others hit the floor and crawl to safety. one surveillance camera catch abiker firing a shot toward the parking lot as he runs inside. the videos obtained by cnn appear to be part of the evidence,

nbc 10's doug shimell reports on the sensitive materials onboard the blimp now stuck in the woods in muncy. >> deer, turkey, or bear once in awhile, but don't see blimps. >> reporter: the balloon was more than just a bizarre site in montour county. >> this is the reason power was out. >> reporter: power was finally restored to customers knocked out by the tether the blimp dragged behind it after it broke loose from its mooring in aberdeen, maryland, and the army has now rolled in to bring it back. but first they had to vent the remaining helium inside by blasting it with a shotgun. the army's air and missile defense command says all of the equipment was there, none of it top secret. >> primarily the radar, obviously, that's the most important part. there was a couple radios we were looking for, as well, and the rest of it was power generation and power transformers. >> reporter: they have been able to remove the tail section, but the army is now discovering what local hunters have known for years about the steep, dense terrain with no roads. >> we drag our deer up and it takes a long time.

finally it crashed into woods into two pieces near the town of muncie, just west of bloomsberg, pa. >> we saw the trees. >> what did you see? >> it look likes a big white tarp. >> wow. this is the reason our power is out. >> reporter: local police and the national guard secured the scene around the crash site. the blimp is an expensive and secretive piece of military hardware used for surveillance along the eastern seaboard. the public is being asked to stay away from this crash site. >> the next step is wait for the military to arrivet it's their piece of equipment. and they will take care of the retrieval and recovery of the blimp itself. >> reporter: the blimp began its journey more than 100 miles away. it's now deflated on the woodeutn whilltop and rngidents can't fathom the fact that it ended up here. >> this is crazy. i mean, we're a small town. 365 days of the year. and today we have the spotlight from the nation. >> reporter: it is unclear exactly how long this cleanup and removal will take. that is all going to be handled by the military. and since this is such a cretive piec

the football field-sized eas rostat blimp crashed yesterday in muncie,. the military's other function surveillance went could be seen it averaging. -- seen at aberdeen. investigators, chris, this is a billion dollar question. what happened? reporter: it was a very expensive mistake. we have learned that the one blimp cost the american taxpayer $1.4 billion to develop and deploy. gunshots ring out today in rural pennsylvania as the defense department work to deflate and recover its $1.4 billion investment. in got loose yesterday and floated away. is one of is -- blimp two launched at aberdeen, maryland to detect cruise missiles. norad

. >> reporter: you're looking at a picture of the blimp on the ground in muncie, pennsylvania. a military recovery team is on the way there from here in aberdeen, maryland. scott, the day began with two blimps in the sky over aberdeen. the second one has now been grounded while they try to figure out how the first one got away. >> down in the woods, chip reid. thanks very much. >>> republican presidential hopefuls gathered last night in boulder, colorado for their third debate of the campaign season. colorado is a purple state, just about equally divided among rpublicans, democrats, and unaffiliated voters. the ten top candidates were on stage, and for the first time since entering the race donald trump was not the front-runner. he now trails dr. ben carson in our new cbs news/"new york times" poll, 26% to 22%. here's some of what the candidates had to say. >> and make americans better off because your greatness would replace the stupidity and incompetence of others. >> that's right. >> let's be honest. is this a comic book version of a presidential campaign? >> no, it's not a

managed to float from aberdeen proving ground, a military installation outside baltimore, so near muncie, pennsylvania. a path that may have included amish country if this photo is any indication. >>> two fighter jets were scrambled from new jersey to monitor the blimp, which is trailing around cable, snapping power lines and causing about 30,000 outages. to most onlookers, the sight may have come an a shock, but to longtime observer of the budgeting process, that is a legendary icon of waste and bureaucracy, last month an in-depth report on the jlens, the 2.7 billion blimp program, which has consistently failed to detect intruders in america airspace including a florida postal worker who landed on. it was saved allegedly after lobbying by a joint chiefs of staff, a general who went on to sit on the board of the main contractor. the result, 17 years after its birth, jlens is a stark example of what defense specialists call a zombie program, costly, ineffectual and seemingly impossible to kill. the blimp was not so lucky. as it started to deflate, it eventually came down on its own. >>> s

>>> army investigators are heading to the scene where the military blimp came down in trees near muncie, pennsylvania. they will try to figure out how the blimp got loose. military fighter jets followed as the balloon drifted about 150 miles away. >> there is supposed to be a switch that somebody on the ground in an emergency can flip and it will do an emergency deflation and bring it down. they tried the switch it didn't work. >> a 6600-foot cable hanging from the blimp knocked down power lines leaving thousands of customers without electricity. pennsylvania police are using shotguns to deflate the blimp. >>> a raging wildfire in southern california. flames charred 60 acres. tankers are dropping flame retardant. so far no homes are threatened but they could be if the wind does change direction. school was canceled in the santa barbara area mainly because of poor air quality. >> hopefully that wind stays where it is. >> the pattern continues to get more favorable for southern california. they will get stormier. hopefully more waves of rain but no flooding. >> we are in a favorable patte

it made it to muncie, pennsylvania, which is 80 miles it was dragging the 6700 foot long cable used to tether it. it snapped trees, power lines and traffic lights, causing about 18,000 customers to lose power. the military is trying to figure out how it got loose in the first place and how to transport that blimp back to where it belongs. steve: no small task. 90 luxury cars will be headed to their owners after investigators busted a stolen car ring. dari: lisa evers is here to tell us how detectives uncovered the operation. >> reporter: good evening. this international ring allegedly used bold armed carjackings to get their hands on luxury vehicles. they pulled a gun on a valet bentley. new jersey law enforcement is calling it operation 17 corridor because many of the thefts occurred around route 17. >> the criminals in this ring restaurants, malls, and suburban driveways to find the specific luxury cars they coveted. >> reporter: the 16 month investigation led to the arrests of 22 men who allegedly took orders for specific cars that buyers wanted, like mercedes and bmw's. officials s

nbc 10's doug shimell reports on the sensitive materials onboard the blimp now stuck in the woods in muncy. >> deer, turkey, or bear once in awhile, but don't see blimps. >> reporter: the balloon was more than just a bizarre site in montour county. >> this is the reason power was out. >> reporter: power was finally restored to customers knocked out by the tether the blimp dragged behind it after it broke loose from its mooring in aberdeen, maryland, and the army has now rolled in to bring it back. but first they had to vent the remaining helium inside by blasting it with a shotgun. the army's air and missile defense command says all of the equipment was there, none of it top secret. >> primarily the radar, obviously, that's the most important part. there was a couple radios we were looking for, as well, and the rest of it was power generation and power

near the town of muncy, north of harrisburg.ved the electronics are and long-on a plan to get the blame out of there. the cleanup could take weeks. military scrambled to fighter jets to follow it as it fleeted aimlessly, talking down electrical lines with its cable, knocked out pour to 30,000 customers. official said blimp broke free from a military base in maryland yesterday. then traveled 150 miles in three and a half hours. we have pictures of the piece of that blimp hanging from trees in the area. still no word on how it got loose in the first place. the manufacturer is raytheon. it notes on the web site, hopefully, that chances of the cable actually breaking are, quote, slim, because it's made of a strong synthetic finer and it's withstood winds of more than 115-miles-an-hour. winds at altitude yesterday were reported at 50-miles-an-hour. it's like charting a course out of hell. that's what secretary state john kerris saying about the situation in syria. and there's word he is planning to challenge russia and iran as we lau

the myland indians defeated the muncie central bearcats to win the state title. it's been immortalized by the movie "hoosier" which any hoosier and hopefully people outside the state have watched more than once. i watch it on a regular basis. it's a great story. even today, myland's accomplishment is widely admired and discussed by hoosier basketball fans. indiana high school basketball in this era produced not only, however, this david and goliath episode but also another truly inspirational team and this is their 60th anniversary. en route to winning the 1954 state championship, milan defeated the christmas at particular tigers in the state. no small accomplishment because that was a large school with an exceptional team. at that time, christmas attics was an all-black high school in indianapolis. and despite the loss in 1954, the tigers were back the next year, and on march 19, 1955, 65 years ago -- 60 years ago, excuse me, christmas attics upon the title 97-74 in the championship game. the next year christmas attics went undefeated, riding a 45-game winning s

and because we're at this hilltop here in muncy, pennsylvania.w if you can tell, but it's cold and very windy up here. there was concern that that balloon down there could lift off again. to make certain that didn't happen, they fired about a hundred rounds of shotgun blasts into the balloon to deflate it. once that process is completed, they're in a survey now trying to figure out how they're going to get it out of here. earlier today there was a helicopter doing -- an army helicopter doing surveillance over the area. they may try to lift it out of here because we're told it's a very steep area going down into that ravine. and lifting it up may be the only way to get it out. >> rehema ellis, thank you so much, reporting from pennsylvania. >>> up next former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky is back in court. we'll tell you why. >>> and china drops its one-child policy. how a shortage of workers helped spark a cultural change. >>> then how accurate were the republicans last night? we're fact checking the debate. i'm chris bosh. when i was

this weekend, helicopters will come into help hoist the rest of the blimp wreckage from the trees in muncie. and on to a truck. the blimp floated away from an army site in maryland on wednesday before crash landing in pennsylvania. u.s. supreme court is considering a new challenge to the affordable care act. justices are considering whether to take up challenges to the act's birth control requirement. seven faith affiliated colleges, hospitals and charities are requesting a faith based exemption to the law, mandating free birth control for employees and students. >> the little sisters of poor believe that life is sacred. that same belief motivates them to serve the poor and the elderly until the day that they die and that same belief in expires them to believe that they can't offer potentially life ending drugs and devices. >> justices could make an announcement next week. the state's health connector hoping the third time will be the charm when it comes to open enrollment. they have been working on technical gallup poll wade and a smooth transition is experienced. the web site was rebuilt

weekend, helicopters will come into help hoist the rest of that blimp wreckage from the trees in muncie, an on to a truck. the blimp floated away from an army site in maryland on wednesday before crashing -- crash landing in pennsylvania. meanwhile, no bail form the rhode island man accused of beating an elderly couple on wednesday night. >> the man will undergo a mental competency hearing before his next court date. the 25-year-old never entered a plea in court. prosecutors say he attacked the couple in their 70's, with a metal baseball bat while they were putting gas in their car on the side of the road. both victims were found severely beaten. >> this is something that is, you know, it is just despicable what's happened to the elderly people. >> mark: a break in the case of a missing elderly coup. human remains were found on thursday, as officials investigate the death of jeff and jeannette navin. prosecutors named their son as a person of interest. >> joy: help for hundreds of residents possiblily exposed to dangerous chemicals. the portsmouth herald is reporting that the state is l

at 15:40 it landed 300 north of the muncie exchange road and yagle road. >> so it has landed. do you know where it landed? did it land safely? did it land in an area where it wouldn't cause any damage? >> i don't really know exactly what that area looks like. it looks to me, just on a topographical map we had that it wasn't a real populated area. so we're hoping that was the situation with it. since it is in a different county we haven't gotten a whole lot of updates on it yet. but we were told that it did land at 15:40. >> and who told you it landed? the pennsylvania state police? >> yes. >> and do we know how it landed? did it come down on its own volition? did something cause it to come down? >> we do not know that. >> and tell us what the response has been like in your area. have people been told to stay indoors about now of course or in the last few hours time that children would be coming home from school, was everything fine or were people concerned about this blimp? >> we did have lockdowns on the school until it had passed over certain areas where it was passing throu

chip is in muncy, pennsylvania, where the blimp came down. >> behind people the pennsylvania national guard is blocking access to the area the blimp came down. very sophisticated equipment on that blimp and they want to keep people away from it. rural area and no one was hurt. >> it knocked down our power. >> reporter: the 240-foot unmanned blimp floated low across rule pennsylvania and dragging thousands of feetetf cablblline which rippededd through power lines and leaving tens of thousands of people stranded without power. finally after four hours in the sky it drifted to the ground. >> it just hit. >> everybody knows their posititis. >> reporter: the blimp starteded the day wednesday tethered to its mooring station in aberdeen, maryland, where it is part of a three-year test along with a second blimp to monitor the eastern seaboardrdor incoming aircraft and missiles but at 12:20 when it was tethered at 6,000 feet the air. broke free at its anchor and headed north and west and two f-16 fighter jets scrambled from new jersey to trail the run-away blimp. first responders, police, and

. >>> well, a major scare in this nenehborhood in muncie, indiana, explosion ripped through that home shaking hopes arby. thee house was flalaened and residents smelled gas. fortunately, no one was home at the time. >>> well, turning to politics, a leleed memo from t jeb bush presidential campaign shows bush staffers trying to paint marco rubio as a, quote, riskybet. bush is denyinghat his presidential campaign is on life support. but he told donors on a conference call that heust debates.s. marco rubio's online fund-raiser debate. >>> in health news a major new ststudy findlow-fat dietts don't help you shed pounds necessarily. low-carb diets lost substantially more weight over the long term tn those who cut out fat and dieters whoho cut fat was an averagef 2 1/2 pounds had heavier after one year than those who followed the low carb approach. >>> justin bieber fans are furious after he stormed offstage during a concert in europe and then never came back. he got upset at fans in the front row aftere spilled some water. take a look. >> i'm trying to wipe the floo give she a second, you

chip reid is in muncy, pennsylvania, where the blimp came down. >> reporter: good morning. this army program was supposed to take defense of the east coast to new heights. instead one of the two blimps is indefinitely grounded in maryland. the other is here in pennsylvania stuck in a deep ravine. the 243-foot balloon was part of a military exercise designed to guide missile defense systems to incoming threats along the eastern seaboard. now it's languishing in a remote wooded area. on thursday, state police blasted it with shotguns, firing at least 100 rounds to help it fully deflate. ken hunter already startled by the barrage. >> they better get it deflated as soon as possible. >> reporter: so they filled it >> you could hear the shots. no question about it. if they were deer hunters, they were log a lousy job! >> reporter: the tail was packed into a truck yesterday and electronics were removed. army spokesman matt villa says a technical recovery team is trying to figure out how to get the rest of the 10,000-pound aerial detext system out of a deep ravine. >> we are lookin