neal said in herndon. he is married and has a baby girl who just turned 1. >> he adores his baby. >> tonight neal's family says he cannot imagine the relief they are feeling. >> to get that news everyone is ecstatic. >> them and will be flying back to virginia at some point. we are not sure when yet but at least they are ok. it should be pretty soon. >> we are looking for to that. thank you. to receive breaking news alerts in your e-mail or smartphone log onto wjla.com and sign up. >> let's turn to the weather. we are on storm watch tonight. we are keeping a close eye on some rain that mr. parts of our region. >> the rain is all gone. cold front went through the area. skies are clearing. 56 degrees. i want to start with a rooftop time lapse. this is dramatic. between 5:00 and 6:00 this evening -- this ominous cloud structure. the commotion -- look at the motion. were some dom force in a few isolated thunderstorms but generally the cold front when through quietly. do. temperatures dropping. -- dew point tem

neal peckens works in vienna as -- an animal cardiologists. from ine not been heard nearly a week.reception was not available in that area. 32-year-old neal peckens of virginia and 32-year-old jason hiser of maryland went hiking in montana and glacier national park. e supposed to fly home friday but did not make their flight. the search has been hampered by what has been up to a foot and a half of snow at times. mother believes have covered may their tracks. their neighbors are concerned. >> it is concerning because he as a family. fathernderstand peckens' gone there to and take part in the search. they are hoping they will get more news later today. reporting live in vienna, e carter, abc 7 news. >> we are looking at 64 degrees windy on this monday morning. vaccine to morning. vaccine to fight it, and s t d how does it brew such great coffee? well, inside the brewer are these greeeen fields of coffe, actually, i just press this button. brew what you love, simply. keurig. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. this is "good morn

neal? >> it's got to be to reduce the aid. you start with loans that are not focusing on low-income people, that anybody can get regardless of income. we have to start looking at some sort of evidence that a student who gets these loans or this aid can succeed in college. that's what has to happen because the evidence is really quite clear: aid enables colleges to raise prices. >> woodruff: what go do you think? >> well, i've indicated that i think neal is fundamentally wrong in his assertion. if you reduce student aid, fewer people go to college, we have fewer individuals with post-secondary education credentials and in an era in which we're increasingly concerned about our ability to compete globally we ought to be looking for ways to get more americans into and out of college not looking to cut student aid because we think it will lower college prices. >> woodruff: so keep going with pell grants but in a targeted way. terry hartle, neal mccluskey, we thank you both. >> thanks. >> woodruff: we have much more about student de

that's neal on the left. jason on the right. the two mehad met at the virginia-maryland regional college of veterinary medicine. over the years they've taken several hiking trips together. so these guys were relatively experienced hikers but they were reported missing on friday when they failed to catch their flight home. and here they are with their rescue teams that spent days looking for them. about 50 people searched for them in terrible weather, high winds, limited visibility. nearly two feet of snow on the trails. here's glacier national park spokeswoman. >> it's high fives and goose bumps down the arms. it's just -- it's so wonderful to know they're fine and doing well. >> reporter: the big question this morning is still what happened? did they get lost? how and where were they found? so far the national park service has not released that information but again doesn't matter much to family and friends. all they care about is that their loved ones have been found and are no longer missing, especially since jason's wife is

join neal as he hosts a special live cost of freedom. it is kicking off at 10 a.m.. we'll be back on sunday for a special on sunday. and biggest and brightest name in business and politics all weekend long. you can't afford to mix it. up next right here. >> you can take a look. >> governor romney. you did not say you would prived -- >>> and a lot of americans googngo see who write >> how it could have sached xpayers billions, coming up next . oohooooooooooooo track it on the website at foxnews.com. >> autobail out a popular google term. >> these companies need to go through a managed bankruptcy and they can get government help. but they have to get rid of excess cost and the debt burden they built up. >> governor romney. >> we did look that up and governor romney is right. the federal government should provide guarantees for post bankruptcy financing . car buyers, their cars are not at risk. the fedal commurt will help rather than seal it with a bail out check. so he said in 2008 in the new york timings. you say mitt romney's right and his plan would have sached bill

her manager says that her boyfriend neal schon, a guitarist for the group journey, proposed. him awayun off with her husbandband and missing at one .ime, a while back >> a mother serving prison time her steps sonof andrew by making him the 22 tablespoons of salt. her husband and children will join in on the discussion as well, on "katie" this afternoon. join in on the discussion as well, on "katie" this afternoon. >> still ahead, jacqu david smallwood: maryland money needs to stay in maryland. it's just that simple, i mean, it's a no brainer. anncr: every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty... million at casinos in west virginia, delaware... and pennsylvania. millone west virginia paper calls it a "cash cow" for them. but its cost maryland over one billion dollars. money that could he created good jobs and... better schools for us. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. who move our country forward, work hard, raise famils, and keep america strong. but mitt romne

neal cavuto's coverage was great and you can see him do it on thursday. he will be live in the presidential debate starting on fox news and starting at 8:00 p.m. on fox business. he will be back for the if i'm two presidential debates. >> hiking up the retirement age to save your retirement fun. one said do it and the other said forget it. is that the best way to get your social security check when you do retire. we do the math and you decide. forbes on fox. see you at 1:00. >> next saturday. a must see special cause of freedom. neal will be live focusoth countdown to catastrophe . as our nation barrels to the fiscal cliff. don't miss it next saturday. >> social security strapped more than anybody thought. a new government report rerealing that the trust fund can be could go bust. mitt romney said he will fix it by raising the retirement age by younger americans. president obama said bad idea. rich, who has the idea right. >> governor romney has it right. fdr proposed sussocial security. average american lived in the 60s and now high 70s. we have the bigg

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neal cavuto's coverage was great and you can see him do it on thursday. he will be live in the presidential debate starting on fox news and starting at 8:00 p.m. on fox business. he will be back for the if i'm two presidential debates. >> hiking up the retirement age to save your retirement fun. one said do it and the other said forget it. is that the best way to get your social security check when you do retire. we do the math and you decide. úa >> a live look in a incredible site. commissioning ceremon for the uss michael murphy named for the late navy seal and medal of honor. lieutenant murphy was killed in afghanistan back in 2005 trying to help his team pened down by enemy fire. overseas, a major ruling in the vatican scandal. finding the former governor guilty of stealing private papers and documents and liking that information to the journalist. he was sentenced to 18 months in jail. and the papal pardon is likely. >> and sending you back to forbes on fox. see you at 1:00. >> next saturday. a must see special cause of freedom. neal will be live foc

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neal's mother reports the two hiked into the back country and fell into a ravine. they were stranded in cold temperatures and more than a foot of snow. park rangers found the pair safe around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. >> when i found out that he was found, i just let go and just sobbed and sobbed and sobbed. >> peckens and hiser were taken to a hospital and given a clean bill of health. it's not clear what time they'll be arifling home today. >>> government sources say the white house is prepared to launch a strike against al qaeda in retaliation to the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, but there are a few things stopping the attack. the government is still looking for the exact group responsible for the aattack. plus sources say the white house is worried about the potential political fallout. this comes as secretary of state hillary clinton says she takes partial responsibility for the attack. she says she consults with security officials about protecting state department employees. the obama administration has been criticized for not providing enough

neal peckens of herndon, virginia and jason hiser of richmond have not been seen since friday. wintry conditions and 18 inches of snow are hampering this search. >> they did say that this morning the wester wasn't good, but that this afternoon it had started to break and they did have helicopters up in the air. he loves the outside, loves the outdoors, loves to mike. he loves to run. he's very physically fit. >> he's just a gentle giant, a wonderful person. we will keep our prayers alive. >> family members reported that the two hikers missing on friday after they failed to catch their flight home from montana. both men work in veterinarian medicine. >>> a woman pulled from a burning home in upper marlboro has died. firefighters were called to the 800 block of peach leaf court yesterday morning. the fire was put out quickly and paramedics were able to revive the 55-year-old woman before rushing her to the hospital. however, she sus cupped to her -- sus cuppedto her injury -- succumbed to her injuries last night. authorities don't have the cause of the fire but do believe it was

>> several reasons, neal.ou touched on a few of them and let me thank you for having me on your program. you always get closer when a presidential campaign gets close to the election and it is bound to tighten up and a lot of people are undecided . the debate was helpful and we hoped for a signal and we got a grand slam and number three paul ryan did an excellent job in his debate against the vice-president. and number four, people are very concerned about the fiscal cliff that you are talking about this morning. you are spot on, neal and number five, people are concerned about the spending and they know if they don't change the direction of the country, we'll have a fiscal cliff and could have a fiscal melt down and they are looking to a new direction and that is with mitt romney and paul ryan and tommy thompson. >> and what if they get e mitt romney and paul ryan and it is not tommy thompson. by that you may get elected and the polls are looking better for you but the senate doesn't go republican. it is hard

neal's mother says the pair hiked into the back country and fell into a ravine. they were stranded in cold temperatures and more than a foot of snow. park rangers found the men safe around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. >> i never felt that this was going to end catastrophically. i never felt that somet happened to him. >> peckens and hiser were taken to the hospital and given a clean bill of health. it's not clear what time he'll be arriving home today. >>> today is the deadline for metro to have completed installing cell phone service for all its underground stations. metro will testify to congress about why that project won't be finished until 2015. metro released a memo saying the additional three years will also include track shutdowns to restore service. metro officials haven't said why there's such a lengthy delay. the first deadline to install service at the 20 busiest stations was met back in 2009. >>> new problems for jesse jackson jr. why the congressman is now under investigation. maryland schools are number one in america because we invest in them. but we

neal's mother says the pair hiked into the back country and fell into a ravine. they were stranded in cold temperatures and more than a foot of snow. park rangers found the men safe around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. >> when i found out that he was found, i just let go and just sobbed and sobbed and sobbed. >> peckens and hiser were taken to a hospital and given a clean bill of health. it's not clear what time they'll be arriving home today. >>> today metro officials will testify to congress about extending the deadline for cell phone service in all of its underground stations. today was actually the original deadline for metro to have service for every station, but it now says it will not complete the project until 2015. metro released a memoin

the two men are neal peckens and jason hiser. they're 32, both endidn't athletes. these -- endurance athletes. they're in great shape, but they weren't supposed to be out there that long and the temperatures were getting very cold overnight. there was a massive search for these two veterinarians. neal peckens is from the herndon area, has an office in springfield, work all over the region and he is okay and jason higher is is from down in richmond. both knees guys very concerned, probably 100 -- these guys very concerned, probably 100 people out in glacier national park searching for them. they had two choppers up and now the word just in the last couple minutes both these guys are fine. they're able bodied, walking and they're expected to fly home to virginia sometime tomorrow. so sometimes these stories end well. >> absolutely. that's what we want, bruce. no idea at this point what happened to them during that time they were missing? >> well, we understand that there was about 18 inches of snow on the ground and then there were drifts up to 5, 6 feet. so you can

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neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >>> and now a note to thank the millions of americans who watched our hidden america special on all the children trying to grow up amid the gang violence in some chicago neighborhoods. you told us the session with rival gang members past and present who put down weapons and agreed to meet with us made you think about similar problems in towns near you. and for all of you asking about, wow, that little boy who lost his grandmother to gun violence, the little ralph who lives in such fear, you should know he knows you care and told us today he just wishes his grandmother could have seen him on tv. >>> and coming up, you know it as a big part of american life, turbo-charged, high-flying but those terrifying falls and stumble leads for an urgent call for a change in cheerleader for good. [ male announcer ] inside the v8 taste lab. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. there's a pop. wahlalalalallala! pepper, but not pepper, i'm getting like, pep-pepper. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink t

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here's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: a boeing 727 over the mexican desert, speeding towards the groundnd the flight crew has just bailed out a hatch in the back, with parachutes. left behind on board? the passengers, more than a half million dollars worth of crash test dummies, along with 38 specialized high speed cameras and sensors imbedded in the frame. all hurtling towards every flier's ultimate terror -- a sudden, horrifying crash. this stunning, made to order catastrophe was done for the discovery channel show "curiosity plane crash," all to better understand what really happens to people onboard. >> i suspect we're going to see maybe a broken ankle. >> reporter: injury biomechanics expert dr. cindy bir says the crash dummies tell the story. bracing for impact can save your life. what should you do? >> you put your head down, put your hands over. >> reporter: hands over your head? >> yeah. and just hold it. >> reporter: and that works? >> well, yeah. it does. >> reporter: the results showed that passengers near the front took the brunt of it. rows seven and forward were considere

abc's neal karlinsky shows us. >> this is ipad mini. >> reporter: apple's latest big thing is small. the ipad mini is the mini me of the ipad, the most popular tablet ever by a mile with 100 million sold already. it certainly is plenty small, it is not quite small enough to fit into a lapel pocket or the back of your jeans, but they say it's a thin as a pencil. it has all the familiar features, but it's as light as a pad of paper, half the weight of the original ipad and about two inches smaller. it's small enough to use in one hand, keep in a purse, or stuff into a large pocket, though it's much bigger than an iphone. >> one-handed use. easier to hold up n bed easier to hold up when you're on an airplane seat. >> reporter: apple founder steve jobs once scoffed at anything smaller that the original ipad as "dead on arrival, but the competition proved there is a market for small devices like the kindle fire and android tablets. apple wants that business though officials didn't concede feeling even a shred of heat at today's presentation. >> i can't even see them in the rear view mirro

it's part of the discovery channel's "curiosity plane crash," and abc's neal karlinsky has the story.re watching the final moments of one of the most dramatic one-way trips ever recorded. this boeing 727 is being deliberately crashed into the desert. on board more than $500,000 worth of crash test dummies, 38 specialized cameras, sensors and a crew of incredibly daring pilots wearing parachutes. minutes before impact, they bail out of a hatch in the back of the plane. >> choppers away. choppers away. >> reporter: then the huge jetliner careens into the ground. a horrific, yet survivable, crash that tears the plane apart. this stunning made-to-order catastrophe was done for the discovery channel show "curiosity plane crash." after four years of planning and with a huge team of experts, all to better understand what really happens to people on board. >> i suspect this one may have a concussion. that one may have a broken leg. >> reporter: dr. cindy burr was in charge of the unlucky passengers. she told us her data makes crystal clear that bracing for impact can be a life saver. what sho

neal peckens and jason hiser had been missing in glacier national park. both men are said to be doing well. >>> today, member of the d.c. council are expected to announce recommendations to reduce speed camera fines. right now, fines vary depending on the number of miles over the speed limit. the fees range from 75 to $250. if you don't pay within 30 days, those finds double. council members tommy wells and mary cheh want to reduce the fines to be more in line with the fines in maryland and virginia. red light camera fines will not change. i think anybody would welcome a reduction in the fines. >> a lot of people that get those tickets would be happy to hear that. >> they are very expensive, trust me. >>> we still have plenty ahead, weather, traffic and all your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. >>> good morning to you. live look outside as things get stirring on this tuesday, the second day of the week. we are going to talk about our weather situation. first, let's say good morning to you. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm a wisdom martin

neal karlinsky, abc news, san jose, california. >> excellent point, neal, the need for any of that stuffe next product. >> steve jobs, is right, will it sell. >> $329, a lot higher price point than they thought it was going to be. >> exactly. all right. >>> coming up next, a mom with mother's little helper. >> yes, a self-described mom who can't deal without some chemical assistance. her cautionary tale is all next on "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ there's a little yellow pill ♪ she goes running for the shelter of her mother's little helper ♪ >>> the stones sang about it in 1966. and parts of mother's little helper still ring true today unfortunately with some times deadly circumstances. >> scary story. the government says deaths from prescription drug abuse have quadrupled since 1999. shelly slater of our dallas station met one mom who swears by her pills, but as she learned, they do take a toll. >> reporter: heather moore juggles a lot, a 3-year-old, a 1-year-old, a full-time job, and a husband away in the army. right afte

here he is with his friend and hiking partner neal peckens from herndon. the two men met at a virginia- maryland regional college of veterinary medicine. over the years they've taken several hiking trips together. these guys were relatively experienced hikers but were reported missing on friday when they failed to catch their flight home. here they are with the rescue team that spent days looking for them. about 50 people searched for them in terrible weather, high winds, limited visibility and nearly two feet of snow on the trails. here's glacier national park spokeswoman denise. >> it's high fives and goose bumps down the arms. it's just so wonderful to know that they're fine and doing well. >> reporter: the big question this morning is still what happened. how did they -- did they get lost? how and where were they found? so far the national park service has not released that information, but doesn't really matter much to friends and family. all they care about is that their loved ones are home safe, are coming home safe and sound today, especially since