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news -- britain is a fighter jet to divert an aircraft carrying 300 people from pakistan to northern england. the plane has landed safely. >> it said a royal jet to investigate an incident on board the plane. a two was flying from pakistan to england's manchester airport but was diverted their london. the plane has now landed and is being held. almost 300 passengers are on board. >> for the latest, let's go live to our london correspondent. what can you tell us about what happened on this flight? >> it is pretty much still uin e air, literally, so to speak. it was 10 minutes away from manchester, apparently, and was then diverted. essex police in the home office are now responsible. there are only media reports as to what could have been the cause. apparently a threat or threats came in, and the pilot had asked to be diverted to a different airport. the media also reports that it is not at the moment treated as a terrorist incident, but of course, we had been set a soldier being murdered here by someone with a terrorist background. there is definitely a sensehat security is particularly tigh

news -- britain is a fighter jet to divert an aircraft carrying 300 people from pakistan to northern england. the plane has landed safely. >> it said a royal jet to investigate an incident on board the plane. a two was flying from pakistan to england's manchester airport but was diverted their london. the plane has now landed and is being held. almost 300 passengers are on board. >> for the latest, let's go live to our london correspondent. what can you tell us about what happened on this flight? >> it is pretty much still up in the air, literally, so to speak. it was 10 minutes away from manchester, apparently, and was then diverted. essex police in the home office are now responsible. there are only media reports as to what could have been the cause. apparently a threat or threats came in, and the pilot had asked to be diverted to a different airport. the media also reports that it is not at the moment treated as a terrorist incident, but of course, we had been set a soldier being murdered here by someone with a terrorist background. there is definitely a sense that security is particularl

the memorial service will be held in his hometown of manchester in northern england.meanwhile, more arrest. two more people in custody with connection to the killing. a man and woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. the other two suspects were shot by police at the scene and are being treated in hospital. an act struck 1200 police officers have been deployed across london following that attack. a british airways plane has made an emergency landing at heathrow airport after a technical fault in an engine. this video was taken by a passenger on board that flight as it came to land. it briefly closed runways at heathrow, europe's busiest airport. runways have now reopened but there are still delays. hey roadside bomb has killed five soldiers in southern thailand. an army spokesman says muslim insurgents are expected to detonating the bomb. it is what in one of three southern states that has suffered years of violent unrest. more than 5000 people have been killed since 2004. the fatal shooting of a taiwanese fishermen by the philippine coast guard has

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heads to northern england for a look at whether the once mighty british industrial complex really is showing signs of recovery. britain and france are pushing to be allowed to supply weapons to the syrian rebels and what the e.u. arms embargo on the conflict torn country lifted the sanctions expire on friday and for now most european union members are strongly against arming the al-qaeda linked opposition this comes as top russian and u.s. diplomats prepared to discuss final preparations for next month's international conference on syria says syria has the latest. we have the u.k. and france who are aggressively pushing for a lifting partial lifting of that embargo on syria in order to send arms to the rebels say you kill your foreign secretary. to get the other e.u. members to agree with him that arming of the a moderate is arming the so-called moderate rebels in syria also france's leaders have been particularly aggressive in trying to lobby the other leaders to be on board in fact today. leading newspaper also published a report saying that serious forces loyal to bashar al assad

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memorial day weekend starting with tomorrow we do have some rain left over in the northeast, northern new englandast to the southwest, southern california as well. rain continues in the pacific northwest on into memorial day weekend. on the east coast gorgeous weather with the extreme northern new england area showers through the plains and on the >>> hey, good friday morning, 9:31, i'm christina loren. beautiful clear skies over san jose. cloud cover clinging to the keist line. that will clear out. lots of sunshine on tap. warmer day, 3 to 5 degrees from yesterday. 78 for fairfield. 72 comfortable up in wine country in napa this weekend. as we head through the next several days, things will change. clouds will increase expecting showers late monday into early tuesday. >> the best thing about this banner guy, he misses us by about five seconds. he can't hover, i don't know what the problem is. >> we have our own banner plane. >> it's cool we have our own sea plane. >> al thanks a lot. >>> coming up next we'll get some toys for summer for grownups. these things are pretty incredible, we'll give th

northern new england, it is pouring rain north of boston up by i-95. showers still in the forecast. that cold air is coming our way. it will be a raw day today, especially with hardly any sun. a slight chance of a storm around dallas. as we go around memorial day weekend, the only concern, new england is rainy saturday. the middle of the country, can you believe it is snowing in western new york? >> i can't. i'm impressed by how you run over there without tripping, keep your breath and do weather. >> renaissance man. >>> thanks, bill, coming up, the woman alt the center of the irs scandal suspended after refusing to answer questions about her role in targeting conservative groups. when we come back here, he's back the water cooler. he's been called a hero for freeing the kidnapping victims. now he has delicious but not nutritious benefits. we'll be right back. ♪ [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone r

saturday, to tomorrow, there is a chance for mountain snow in parts of northern new york and northern new england. this is unusual late spring snow possible above about 1,000 feet. there could be some power outages with the snow falling on the leaves, possibly bringing down power lines. chance for severe weather there in the northern plains. also looking at the threat for severe weather pushing off a little bit farther to the plains but not moving very fast on sunday. still a chance for mountain snow in the green and adirondack mountains in the higher elevations. on monday, memorial day, it will be warmer in the northeast. ann, that looks like the best day to be outside in the northeast. >> all right. good information, chris. thank you so much. >>> turning now to moore, oklahoma, at the end of a trying week. five days after a massive tornado hit that community, police have removed the last checkpoints closing off the affected areas. residents are picking up the pieces and nbc's kate snow has a moving interview with some of the teachers at plaza towers elementary school where seven children were k

that happened and involved a warden being held hostage for some five hours in a prison in northern england on sunday by three muslim inmates armed with knives threatening to kill him. they were espousing radical islamist aims. he was badly beaten, but they saved him and another warden was injured. something like one in five inmates in prisons here in the u.k. are muslim. on the other side of the coin, watchdog group is saying 200 anti-islam attacks over the past week or so. authorities are cautioning calm on all sides. >> megyn: thank you. >>> new details on the targeting at the irs of conservative groups. up next we'll speak speek with the president of a group that was singled out over its support for israel and ask why she thinks her group ran into trouble to the point where filed a lawsuit. and new rulings in the george zimmerman trial. this will go to trial on june 10th. they sought a delay and it was denied. new developments as major blow to the defense but we will be joined live by george zimmerman's attorney about his new plan going forward and what may have been an important but ov

keeping soaking rain in place across much of new york, northern new england.days. this system has staying power going to keep rain in place through much of new england on through the holiday weekend. many spots. 2 to 4 inches expected. severe weather in place across portions of the plains too. again, texas panhandle, hail, damaging winds, isolated tornado. john, diana. back to you. >> thank you, jim. >>> now to london and that suspected terror attack in which a british soldier was hacked to death. police have taken two more suspects into custody. we have gotten a first look at the moment police arrived. on the scene. abc's lama hasan reports. >> reporter: the final moments of the showdown captured on a cell phone. listen as eight shots ring out. >> reporter: police gunning down the two suspects in the street after their brutal attack on 25-year-old lee rigby, an afghan war vet and father of a 2-year-old. who was brutally stabbed and beheaded in broad day light. >> the only reason we have killed this man today is because muslims are dying daily by british soldi

here in middleton, a town in rockdale, outside manchester, it's up here in northern england.ace inside london. no one thought for one minute it actually came from this street. the family of lee rigby, just a short distance from here, they've asked for us to respect their privacy. some of the neighbors around here are prepared to speak, and they've been telling us about how they came across this news, and what their feelings were when they first heard it. take a listen. when you heard earlier today that this guy was a local, and an officer here, what went through your mind? >> it made me sad when i realized who it was. devastated. to think it was one of my neighbors. >> what's been the reaction of the local community here? >> shock. >> as i said, the family haven't been prepared to speak to us. but they have issued a statement, this coming from the ministry of defense in britain. they say this, all he wanted to do when he was a boy was to be in the army. he wanted to live life, to enjoy himself. his family meant everything to him. he was a loving son, husband, father, brother,

we're going to start off on a wet note, northern new england, a rainy friday, it's going to be a rainyoon it will finally improve there. and then over the holiday weekend, we will see a chance of scattered showers and storms on saturday and on sunday. especially here into nebraska and iowa. in the southeast you're in for a great holiday weekend, enjoy. e . but, it turns out all i was missing was miracle-gro potting mix. it's got what a plant needs like miracle-gro plant food that feeds them for up to six months. you get bigger, healthier plants, guaranteed. who's got two green thumbs thanks to miracle-gro? ah, this gal. boom! with the right soil, everyone grows with miracle-gro. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while tak

all that we know so far is that a house in lincoln shire in northern england has been raided by policey are investigating there and the police have confirmed that that action is linked to the attack here yesterday. but as of yet, very little information except for the fact as already mentioned that the victim was a serving soldier based in the barracks very near to where he lost his life. very little has so far been confirmed and the police have issued a statement asking people not to speculate until more information has been relieved, mika. >> fair enough. anabel roberts, thank you so much. >>> up next the must read opinion pages. you're watching "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. ♪ [ jennifer garner ] why can't powerful sunscreen feel great? actually it can. neutrogena® ultra sheer. its superior uva uvb protection helps prevent early skin aging and skin cancer, all with the cleanest feel. it's the best for your skin. neutrogena® ultra sheer. ♪ there you go. come on, let's play! [ male announcer ] there's an easier way to protect your dog from dangerous parasites. good boy. fetch! tr

northern plains. a decent day from d.c. to new england. as we go through the week end, the northern plains best chance of severe weather, then the mid-atlantic, i think, from virginia, north carolina, to d.c., rain could move in saturday and be with you all day sunday. >> oh, that's too bad. >>> paging chad ocho cinco johnson, if you're watching, the police want a word with you. >>> and lottery fever sweeps the nation. we'll by a ticket. >>> and pat robertson's bizarre advice for a woman whose husband cheated on her. "first look" is back in three minutes. >>> when i was going to school, there were demonstrations against the vietnam war, forced busing for racial equality. we had big issues but we got through them because we believed. we had people inside that building that cared about kids. public education, teachers, an american value. t sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1

northern plains. slight risk of strong storms in the northeast. rain in new england>. ountry. >>> hey, thanks, al. good morning to you. the time is 8:35. look how quickly that fog is clearing in san francisco. we still have mid level clouds overhead. we will see full sunshine before the day is done and a warmer afternoon as a result. 75 on the way to livermore. 74 today. napa, 62 in san francisco. meanwhile right about perfect in san jose. 71 degrees here. as we get into the upcoming weekend, temperatures will soar. close to triple digits over the course of the weekend. >>> >> hey, we've got some excitinge news for you. all you transformer fans out there, listen up. the battle continues in orlando. that's right. a new mega attraction, transformers the ride 3-d debuts an universal orlando resort july 20th. -- june 20th. we invite you to come with us to the opening. the sweepstakes, go to today.com to enter. it's that easy. what do you win? you get the grand package for four people to universal orlando resort, includes round-trip airfare, hotel, complimentary free park

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. >>> check on today's weather, significant melting for all that snow in northern new england.he nation. strong afternoon thunderstorms could threaten a large area from texas to the great lakes. expect showers in florida and showers in the northwest. >> temperatures only inhe low 60soseat 74 for both boston and fargo. don't you know. >> don't y >>> all right. well, here is a sure way to know that your wedding party is simply too big. patricia and frank were taking pictures at a lake in georgia when their 13 bridesmaids and groomsmen -- oh no, oh, no! >> yeah. the newlyweds fared the best, having been at the end of the line. managed to jump to dry land with the bride's train getting wet. that's good. the bridesmaids threw their dresses in the dryers. the groomsmen ignored it and danced away until they were dry. can you imagine? >> i cannot. >> is that a bad omen? >> i think it is a good omen. if your wedding day, worst thing you can imagine happens to you wearing a beautiful wedding dress -- >> christening, reborn. how's that? hallelujah. >> your wedding is baptized your marriag

in the northeast, 7 1/2 inches of snow fell yesterday in the greens and the whites up in, northern new england. today still gloomy, still below average and still windy making it feel raw in the northeast. you can thank this dip in the jet stream for that. but we will see improvement coming as early as tomorrow and really by the end of this upcoming week. today temperatures running well below average. 15-20 degrees below average. fast forward to next weekend and now we're talking summer. 92 in burlington. 88 in boston and new york city heading up to 88 degrees by next week. meanwhile across the midwest we are feeling summerlike or at least late springlike with showers and thunderstorms, some with heavy rain, and that will be one of the biggest storm threats. the risk for severe weather, hail, damaging winds. there is a tornado threat tomorrow as well. and the threat for storms extends way up into the midwest. by tuesday the middle of the country stays active. the southeast hangs on to high pressure. beautiful weather the entire memorial day weekend today and into tomorrow as well. high pressure

we have cool temperatures in the 40s across some of our northern suburbs extending all the way to new england there are 60s in ohio, charlestown, west virginia. our air mass is coming from the north and east, not the west so the warmer temperatures are going to stay at bay. locally we're down to 42 in reston. germantown is 40. 44 haymarket. 43 in dumfries. apple blossom festival in winchester, it's going to be great weather for that. looking at just a pretty sky this morning. you can't really see it but it's a pretty sky out there, clear and chilly, 52 degrees at national with a northeast wind, barely measuring up at 3 miles an hour on the humidity 77%. look at the warmth. denver 25. i was checking out some of the snow totals. i think it was a 25-inch total towards loveland pass from yesterday's snow which has pulled into the central and high plains, mississippi valley. lighter snows obviously here than the mountains. so we're watching winter's potentially last gasp. we have been saying that for a while with may snow pulling into the plains. across the lower mississippi valley, there's an upp

we have people if south africa, somalia, cameroon, israel, england, northern ireland, germ, thailand -- germany, thailand. we have a teacher in taiwan who is teaching her elementary students about the letter. they are going to read the letter on the 16th, and then the students are going to write letters back to dr. king which we'll be receiving. so i said all of that to ask you to talk about it, because you conclude the book talking about the place that the letter has not just in birmingham history or american history, but in world history and in freedom fighting all over the world. >> there are two complimentary impulses at work in the letter. one, the man who's a fighter for his people. at birmingham he says i'm here because injustice is here, but he's here because fred shuttlesworth is here and black people are suffering. but he never forgets that he's here because universal humanity suffers. so there's nothing that he's doing in birmingham, and in particular -- or not in particular, but also in the letter from birmingham jail that's not in his sermons on lazarus. because this sin

the rain has kicked up through northern new england and it's raining now and probably won't stop untilbout sunday afternoon. i want to show you western new york. it is 40 degrees and raining in buffalo and white on that map, my radar is showing some wet snow! yes, snow! it is mixing in right now in western new york. it may get even worse. that cold air continues into saturday night. my computer is predicting snow in the higher elevations of the higher mountains. some of the ski resorts, how crazy is that going to be? take you through your holiday weekend forecast. again, the northeast, the airports won't be as bad as yesterday because the rain is lighter but not a pretty day. middle of the country, not looking bad. chance of a storm there around dallas. now into the holiday weekend, rainy. like a nor'easter type storm on saturday in new england. typically thunderstorms in the midwest and i don't think see too many tornadoes. the southeast is probably the place to be this holiday weekend. low humidity. sunny. beautiful and warm. we are still dodging those showers, though, on sunday in a

ohio river valley, sunny and hot out west and sunday, sunday, look for more rain into the northern new england dry at times, have to watch that for fire danger, 90s inland around livermore, mid-90s and a few upper 90s possible for saturday. temperatures cool again into early next week. >>> now to "today's beauty" and the hottest new trends, if i say wet stains or ingestible, are you thinking beauty aisle? al? >> here to show us which new products are worth the money is beauty and style expert jen. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> seems like every time you walk past the drugstore there's new stuff out there. >> yes, the beauty industry is innovative and great and confusing but you think what on earth is that and do i need it. these are interesting new categories we're seeing starting off with the wet stain, innovation in color cosmetics for the lips. it's basically a lip gloss and also a stain so it's light like a gloss, blasting power of stain. this is amazing. >> not sticky or gummy. sometimes lip gloss can have a yucky feeling. >> stain like what you use on your deck in. >> sounds lik

literally going from northern minnesota down to the texas, new mexico border. maybe an isolated tornado in new englandy. so conditions are ripe. but it's the area of red that's the tornado alley, it's the same spots that were hit about a week and a half ago. it includes the oklahoma city area, includes the moore, oklahoma, area. telling people in this region, make sure you review your safety plans in case a tornado heads to your area. including a populated area, oklahoma city to moore, down to norman, to wichita falls. tornadoes between 4:00 to 10:00 today. but i think the heavily populated corridor right around 6:00 this evening local time. right around the dinner hour we'll be most concerned for those people there. it'll be a big story on the mississippi river. but brian, first, we have to get through another tornado outbreak in the next two days. >> yeah, i drove from dallas straight up 35 too, i know that area well. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, "morning joe," president obama, governor christie spending another day together. the wider implications of this particular partnership. when we co

to new england you will see heavy showers, but there's a new threat area, and that is really the threat that we saw earlier in the week. here in northernas, western oklahoma. the main threat is large hail, up to tennis ball size. and this will affect more when we saw that massive f 5 tornado push through. we do not need my more rough weather, but it does look like it will be possible, especially through the afternoon hours here as you push through your thursday and that low continues to linger. we'll continue to watch that through the coming days. in the pacific northwest, rainshowers here for you and snow possible in the higher elevatio elevations. to the east, warmer temperatures. it's cooling off behind that front as it pushing through new england. let's look at europe and really a few areas we want to talk about here. italy, rough weather for you, austria, and you 100 kilometer winds. look at western russia. we have seen cloud cover there and it has been unstable. i want to show you a video from just south of moscow. look at this tornado. residents in russia experienced this highly unusual natural phenomena for this region. strong

northern plains. >> some of the warmest weather of the spring from washington all the way into new england.he northwest. 85 in honolulu. >>> a bit of craziness and ingenuity, that's why this is our "favorite story of the day." a group of guys hoping to raise some money. >> they made the world's biggest slip and slide loop. one guy tried it out. >> oh. >> mm -- didn't go quite as well. ouch, ouch, ouch. that looked like it hurt. >> goodness, gracious. another guy pulled by a truck. made it all the way around. whoa. not for the faint of heart. don't try that at home. although they did. yeah, you need what is that -- >> centrifugal force? >> yes, need something to make it around the loop. >> no, no, not so much. >> they needed a better engineer. i can tell you the first part of the slide, it is not steep enough. you have to make it a steeper, bigger incline so when you are about to hit the loop you are going faster. >> what is going through the guy's mind when he is being pulled by the truck. >> hope the truck stops in time. so i don't get grass burn. >> exactly right. >>> coming up, turning a

england. we are going to keep an eye out for severe storms in the northern plains today and again tomorrow. heavy downpours, damaging wind gusts and also some larger hail and then that warmup will start to spread into the northeast by sunday but monday is when it takes hold well into the 60s and 70s. still looking at the threat of stronger storms from the dakotas down into northern texas. we'll also see a few scattered showers. not too stormy back into chicago. also southern florida will see pop-up thunderstorms as well. the heat is all down south where highs through the holiday weekend should top out well into the 80s and 90s. that's where all of the hot air is hiding this holiday weekend. that's a >> here's a look at today's high temperature aaron tround the ba. exception to the rule, santa cruz today, 72 degrees. mid-70s inland around the north bay and east bay. expect some cooler temperatures tomorrow with morning drizzle. and still a chance for showers monday afternoon. turning warmer for the second half of the week. 80s returning but not till the start of next weekend. >>> that's your

england. r.t. london. user briefly tonight now scott iraq first there at least three people have been killed dozens injured in a series of explosions in the northern city of kirkuk a suicide attack on the office of the kurdish patriotic party yet union was followed by a blast of a checkpoint and security control in the southwest of the city two and three more people have been killed in the attack on a police station the city from the injured. a cargo ships crashed into a control tower in genoa in italy it killed at least seven people two more still missing the accident happened as the vessel was heading out of port about thirteen with thoughts of being trapped inside that tower at the time. sometimes to get from a to b. you really have to dig for a solution literally in this next case of the story a group of russian workers certainly go with the flow using two huge excavators to cross a fast moving river. has got the story. it really seems like one collab just look at the key there are so many people there and amazingly they're not just standing there for a bus right there actually crossing the river using these to ask invaders so for some it can

england states. watch for down trees and perhaps power irns. across the southeast, nice weekend. rain showers, up 'into the or northern plains.ar 80 degrees. but take a look at the upper temperatures into the northeast. low 50s in boston, low to 60s around san francisco. on sunday, we've got some rain showers you up in the pacific northwest and also the northeast. 83 though for atlanta. 81 in kansas city. 7 r 87 in denver. memorial day, we will have showers and storms out in the parts of midwest, iowa, 83 kansas city. on tuesday rain showers and storlz. once again extending around minneapolis and chicago, and down into areas like denver and albuquerque as well. wednesday, this is a day where we could see severe weather in the parts of the plains states. we'll be watching that across the west coast. phoenix at 88. 71 for salt lake city. by next thursday things are dry with temperatures in '86 in new york and 90 in washington, d.c. "wake up with al" at 5:30 a.m. hey, have you guys heard about probiotics? for digestive health? yes and did you know that trubiotics is a daily probiotic that helps in two ways? it supports digestive

northern parts of p.a. and then eventually that rain works in to parts of new england, as well as in to the northeast as we view for today, this is where the rain will be, another 2 to 4 inches in some spots. ridge of high pressure, and then south and then for california, they're still getting some showers out there. that's good news for the fires that are burning. we're at a 50% containment. high temperatures today, in the 70s, as well as in the 60s. still very cool in the south, and speaking of the south, and of course, you have the big race at talledega, had some images for you of the rain. of course the rain caused a lot of problems out there. there were delays of nearly 3 1/2 hours. luckily they have that new air titan system and this is the super blow dreier basically and it speeds up the drying time by 80%. a lot of upumbrellas. the good news is the new dryer has a smaller carbon footprint. >> the super blow dry er. >>> president obama sending ohio state grads off into the real world with a dare, to do better and be better. he also talked about citizenship in his commencement speech yesterday. >> we