oscar ortega hernandez. it turned out he recently taped an appeal to oprah winfrey asking to be interviewed about what he considered a corrupt government. now, in the message ortega hernandez characterizes himself as a modern day mesiah. >> there is still so much more that god needs me to express to the world. it's not just a coincidence that i look like jesus. i am the modern day jesus christ that you all have been waiting for. >> meanwhile, ortega hernandez was in federal court today. we sent matt jablow down to the scene of his crime to tell us what happened in front of the judge. >> reporter: derek, it was a brief but revealing court proceeding today where federal prosecutors began laying out their case against the man accused of trying to kill the president. eight pages of charging documents presented in federal court in pittsburgh today paint a vivid and disturbing portrait of oscar ortega hernandez, the idaho man now accused of trying to assassinate president obama. >> the subject, mr. ortega hernande

he was arrested yesterday and as ortega-hernandez hits to court today in pittsburgh, a lot of questions surrounding his mental health. oscar ramiro ortega-hernande ch assassination when he appears in court this afternoon. police arrested the 21-year-old at this pennsylvania hotel wednesday, nearly a week after shots were fired at the white house. >> he wanted to know why he was being taken into custody. he did not have any identification with him. >> reporter: officials say or teg a-hernandez left his drive's license and assault rifle and spent she will casings in ab abandoned car after a shooting on friday night. the president and his family were out of town. the police combed south lawn for bullets. one of them cracked a window on the residential level where the master bedroom is located but didn't get past bullet-proof glass. ortega-hernandez was apparently obsessed with the president and the white house. authorities are looking into his mental health and say there are signs he believes his alleged attack was a personal mission from god. businessman monte mccall recently met ortega-h

we also have audio, as you mentioned, of ortega hernandez begging oprah winfrey to allow him to come onto her show. let's start with what happened in federal court in pittsburgh yesterday. yesterday in court, 21-year-old oscar hernandez was charged with trying to assassinate the president of the united states officially. according to court documents, police found a semiautomatic rifle inside ortega hernandez's vehicle with a scope and a range of well over a mile. officers also recovered ammunition, including three loaded magazines and nine spent shell casings. the car also contained several additional boxes of cartridges. one witness said ortega hernandez wanted to hurt president obama and referred to him as the anti-christ and said he needed to kill him. earlier this week, secret service visited idaho state university and collected video of ortega hernandez. according to reports, ortega hernandez recently contacted a mass communications student there and asked him to record him for submission to the oprah winfrey show. hear now some of that audio. >> we have to live in fear of getti

ortega hernandez did not resist. >> he was not armed. >> reporter: the 21-year-old ortega hernandez is believed to be from idaho but apparently came to the dc area in the past few weeks. he is said to have a history of mental illness and a criminal record that includes assaulting a police officer. this man who recently met ortega hernandez says the alleged white house shooter compared president obama to the anti-christ. >> he seemed very sincere in what he believed. but he did seem rather troubled. >> reporter: the arrest of ortega hernandez came on the same day that the secret service says they found a bullet that shattered a white house window but was then stopped by bulletproof glass. another bullet was found on the white house grounds. tests are now being done to determine if the bullets came from the assault rifle found in ortega hernandez's car which police say he abandoned immediately after the shooting. >> the white house is a knock out for all of these nuts who want to kill the president. >> reporter: an author wrote a book about the secret service. despite the fact that a gun

well, ortega-hernandez is in federal custody right now.e's waiting extradition back to washington, d.c.. now according to these charging documents, ortega-hernandez had problems with the government. had issues with the president. so much so that he quote allegedly needed to kill the president. and he insisted that he wouldn't stop until it was done. ortega-hernandez was caught in pennsylvania five days after he allegedly shot at the white house. and this was last week. but in a bizarre development, we find out that a man videotaped ortega-hernandez basically begging oprah for a job. and he believed himself to be jesus. >> you will see that these people likeness tray da plus talk about one male -- nostradamus talk about one male in clear english as if they were trying to send a message through time but when i first saw that, there was no doubt in my mind that the message sent through time was solely for me. >> my reaction was just like what is going on in this guy's head? obviously off his rocker and he's not there. >> reporter: well, that

he did seem rather troubled. >> ortega hernandez's family reported him missing last month.s a long history of minor run-ins with the law but so far, has not been linked to any radical groups. susan mcginnis for cbs news, washington. >> sources say ortega hernandez was not on the secret service's radar before friday's shooting. >>> making news now at 5:51, a group claiming to be army defactors is joining the antigovernment protestors in syria and is killing soldiers loyal to the president. meanwhile, the arab league has given syria three days to stopped. >>> the tunnel linked two warehouses in san diego and tijuana. when officers moved in on the american side, they seized 17 tons of marijuana. >>> a new mexico tv station reports former governor and presidential candidate bill richardson is under federal investigation. according to their sources, a state employee accused the democrat of sexual harassment and was paid a settlement. it is that settlement amount came from campaign money, that's a violation of federal elections law. >>> let's take another look at our question of

ortega-hernandez was apparently obsessed with the president and the white house. authorities are looking into his mental health and say there are signs he believed his alleged attack was a personal mission from god. businessman monte mccall recently met ortega-hernandez and said he compared the president to the anti-christ. >> he was very sincere in what he believed, but he did seem rather troubled. >> reporter: ortega-hernandez family reported him missing last month. he has a long history of minor run-ins with the law, but, so far, has not been linked to any radical groups. the last shooting at the white house was in 1994. a colorado man fired about 30 shots from a semiautomatic rifle. that was an assassination attempt at president clinton. that man now serving 40 years. betty? >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you, susan. >>> president obama has wrapped up his visit to australia, after promising the united states will remain a force in the pacific. the president left for bali this morning. earlier, though, during an address to the australian parliament, mr.

ortega-hernandez faces life in prison. back do you. >> thanks surae chinn live outside the white house this morning. now check out this video making the rounds on the internet. occupy protestors in san diego actually pay tribute to ortega- hernandez. >> i think we should have a moment of silence and solidarity for the person that they said was from the washington, d.c. occupy. that maybe why did he feel the need to shoot the white house window today? >> police have said ortega- hernandez was not participating in any occupy demonstrations. >>> two weeks after the scandal at penn state began, allegations of sexual abuse at another big school. syracuse has put a men's basketball assistant coach on leave while police investigate allegations gunmen him. that man bernie fine has been at syracuse for 35 years, he's accused of molesting a former ball boy at the university and he is now 39 years old and he tells espn the abuse happened at the university, at fine's home and on team road trips. jim boeheim says they were selected in

. >> oscar ortega hernÁndez, el joven hispano acusado de querer asesinar al presidente hablÓ. > de loslemÁn, lÍder zetas arrestado. >> ocupantes wall. sexuales en el siglo >> ocupantes wall. sexuales en el siglo xxi. >> serÁ un poco mÁs adelante nos tiene un informe los e hechos que el joven tuvo que involucrarse. >> el pasado 11 de noviembre respondieron a uno y automÓvil y disparos contra la casa blanca,identificaron al testigo 2 que a pasando por la avenida constituciÓn y dijo haber escuchado el sonido de automÓvil oscuro minutos despuÉs los oficiales realizaron en el Área y encontraron un vehÍlo negro abandonado, cerca dea avenida constituciÓn. los investigadores revisaron el vehÍculo eontraron un rifle semiautÁtico, adicionalmente descubrieron varias casas de municiones incluyendo cajas de 7,6. el vehÍculo abandonado coinciden con los testigos y estaba registrado bajo el nombre de ortega hernÁndez. las autoridades seÑalaron que saliÓ en el honda. ortega fue detenidopor la policÍa, esto ocurriÓ cuando 10 horas antes de los disparos la policÍa respondiÓ a un sÁbado por un individuo

ortega hernandez sat at the defense table during the brief hearing in a blue jail jump suit. his words were yes, sir when the judge asked if he understood the question by the government? his lawyers have until friday to file a response to the government's motion. >> paul wagner tonight. >>> syracuse university fired the coach at the center of a sex abuse scandal. we are hearing from the latest accuser. the latest in the investigation is coming up. >>> pope benedict sued for not wearing a seat belt. what is the deal with that.  >>> he is expected to walk out of an aruban jail tomorrow. a judge ruled that prosecutors cannot hold gary giordano of gaithersburg. he has been held in the death of robin gardner. he said gardner was swept out to sea while the two went snorkeling. prosecutors will try to block the release. >>> another college campus is reeling after a long time coach is fired amid accusations of sexual misconduct. syracuse university dismissed bernie fine. we have more. >> reporter: assistant basketball coach bernie fine fired amid claims of child molestation after

he is oscar ortega hernandez and here is what happened. on friday, some wpsz said they heard some shots fired outside the white house in the area of constitution avenue and two vehicles speeding away. -- some witnesses said they heard some shots fired outside the white house. investigators found an abandoned vehicle with an ak-47 inside and some information that led them to believe that

monty mccall recently met ortega hernandez. he said the suspect compared to the president to the anti- christ. >> he seemed very sincere in what he believed but he did seem rather troubled. >> reporter: ortega hernandez could face charges of attempted assassination and possessing a dangerous weapon. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >>> this is not the first time that the white house has been targeted. in september of 1994, a maryland man crashed a stolen small plane on to the south lawn. and then seven weeks later, a colorado man opened fire with an assault rifle. spraying the front of the white house with up to 30 shots. >>> well, there will be competing rallies today on the campus of virginia tech. one in fave every of expanding gun control. the other in favor of protecting gun rights. of the group, virginia citizens defense league will be in blacksburg. they want the state to allow college students with permits to be allowed to have guns on campus. on the other side, survivors of the 2007 shooting rampage at v

que no le importaba su vida, ni los adultos, pero le preocupaban nuestros hijos. >> nos parece ortega hernÁndezcurrido que requieren hacerle con comentario en cÁmara. la bomba, marÍa hernÁndez, nos dijo simplemente que su hijo no estÁ al hosco. es todo lo que tenemos desde idaho falls. >> muchas gracias por la deformaciÓn. vamos a pasar ahora a mÉxico. las fuerzas armadas tirÓ fuerte golpe al cÁrtel de drogas de los zetas con la captura de 14 pesos presuntos miembros en veracruz y cuatro mÁs en coahuila. se desmontÓ la red de comunicaciÓn que supuestamente se utilizaba para el y los movimientos tras sufrir es. estudiantes, maestros y administradores de una secundaria en la violenta ciudad juÁrez participarán de un simulacro de tiroteo. segÚn la directora del centro educativo propuesto fue mostrar al personal, reaccionar. el pasado mes de agosto 1 tiroteo en una esfera primaria de esa ciudad dejÓ un muerto y cinco heridos. un alto funcionario del gobierno federal mexicano afirma que el crimen organizado intentÓ influir en los resultados del reciente proceso electoral del estado de michoacÁn para

authorities say this man, oscar ortega hernandez of idaho is mentally ill. and may have deadly intentions. in a statement released last night, the secret service revealed that a bullet fired last friday on the washington mall less than 1,000 yards from the white house, may have hit the president's home. after the incident, authorities found this car containing an assault-style rifle and empty shell casings. the suspect had fled. but police linked the car to ortega hernandez. >> this is a man who discharged a rival in downtown d.c. i think that speaks volumes. and we're going to need to speak with him to find out just what he was thinking. >> reporter: ortega hernandez has an extensive criminal record, from domestic violence to drug charges. abc news has learned that evidence from family and associates suggests that ortega hernandez is fixated by the white house. authorities suspect he has been visiting the washington mall for weeks. and they are fearful about what he may try to do. before the shooting he was detained by local police at an abandoned house. >>

cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> this is 9news now. >> oscar ortega hernandez and getting grilled tonight by the secret service and the fbi. federal agents suspect he is the man who shot up the white house last friday night. bruce leshan reports, ortega turned up in a small college town where apparently he has a friend. >> the secret service and the fbi had been distributing this picture of ortega to hotels around indiana, pennsylvania. where ortega had stayed weeks ago with a friend. when state police picked him up in the lobby of the hampton inn, he was cold and wet and wearing exactly the same clothes as in the picture. >> he was patiently waiting in the lobby when we arrived. he did not make any comments other than that he wanted to know why he was being taken into custody. >> investigators at the white house carefully checking a window in the yellow oval room just outside the president's bedroom. the secret service says around cracked one window, but the bullet was stopped by the ballistic glass. they found another round outside. they suspect

the suspect in the shooting, oscar ramiro ortega-hernandez oscar ramiro ortega-hernandez has a long history of minor run- ins with the law. the bizarre shooting happened friday neat. sources say a man fired a semiautomatic rifle from his car as he drove west on constitution avenue, about a third of a mile from the white house. multiple shots were heard before the car and gunman sped away. five minutes later the car was discovered abandoned seven blocks away near the lincoln memorial. inside the vehicle, police say they found an assault rifle between six and ten spent shell casings, and a driver's license belonging to ortega-hernandez. sources say he was not on the radar of the secret service before the shooting but investigators believe ortega- hernandez, who is from idaho, may have targeted the white house due to a hatred of president obama. businessman monty mccall who recently met him, said ortega-hernandez compared the president to the anti-christ. >> he seemed very sincere in what he believed but he did seem very-- rather troubled. >> reporter: the white house has been targeted before.

oscar ortega-hernandez recently got help from an idaho state university student for creating a video from the making a difference segment on the oprah winfrey network. investigators traveled to idaho to get copies of the video, and some of the audio has been posted online. for most of the 40-minute speech, hernandez preaches an anti-government message and calls america's leaders bullies. >> wove to live in fear of getting nuked because of what our government has dragged us into. i mean, think about it. we were never given a choice on what to do about this oil crisis. we were only given one choice, and that was to fight, or war. >> hernandez made his first court appearance in pittsburgh yesterday and could be transferred back to washington today. investigators now say as many as nine bullets hit the white house. >>> the secret service is now protecting her man cain. cain's campaign asked for the protection, and homeland security along with congressional leaders approved the request yesterday. they determined there were, what they call credible threats against his life which warranted

. >>> overnight a bizarre videotape has surfaced of oscar ramiro ortega hernandez. he seems to have had a big problem with the government but wanted to work with oprah. >> you will see people like nostradamus talk about one male. >> reporter: it's the 48-minute rant on video. >> i am the perfect candidate to be casted on your show. >> reporter: he begs oprah winfrey for a job. he has a beef with the government and with president obama. he believes he's jesus. >> i am the modern day jesus christ that you all have been waiting for. so i ask you, oprah, better yet i'm begging you, oprah, please cast me onto your show, oprah. >> reporter: ramon bailey agreed to video ortega on campus at idaho state university after they randomly met at the gym. >> my reaction is what is going on in this guy's head? obviously he is off his rocker. he is not there. >> reporter: court documents show ortega hernandez allegedly wanted to kill the president and insisted he wouldn't stop until it's done. secret service found nine shell casings, but two rounds hit the white house. one of which

the secret sfrts office up there in indiana had passed out picture of ortega-hernandez. he had stayed there before. oscar hernandez was staying in pennsylvania when stoov recognized him because of those pictures as the white house shooting suspect and they called police. witnesses say the hotel looked like an armed invagdz as law enforcement moved in to arrest ortega hernandez. then there was a bomb scare as police searched a bag he had with him. but they did at one point evacuate the search for the hotel as they searched. >> and five troopers rolled up and got out all their guns and rifles and big am mow and stormed in the front door. the next thing i saw, they told me to run away, yelled at me to get out of the front door. >> i get to the window and i'm like, okay, something is going on. so i'm telling him, get out of the parking lot. go into the bus. >> we are told that he actually fired those shots while driving down constitution avenue. they're saying that that is probably about as far as the weapon can actually shoot. they're still searching the white house for the

announcement that they are going to put gps chips in all the children which is exactly according to ortega hernandezof thing the antichrist would do. then, thursday a break. an employee of a hampton inn in pennsylvania recognizes or are taiga hernandez and calls police. they swarm on the hoe he tell and capture him. >> mr. ortega hernandez is currently in the custody of the united states secret service. >> judge jeanine: was this the random act of a madman or part of a more sinister plot? a former secret service agent who was on a presidential detail in washington, d.c. all right, dan, thanks for being with us this evening. this guy is obviously a good shot. he hits the white house nine rounds across what is equivalent to more than 8 football fields hits the window in the residence and breaks it and but for the bullet proof glass behind it, it would have gone through. >> we are assuming he was aiming for are that specific window right there. we don't know that yet. not a bad shot from 800-yards. you are not inaccurate by sayinging that. >> most of the shots were around the second floor which is the

su primo, josÉ soto, que describe a ortega hernÁndez,1 hermano, dice que no estÁ para enfermo. >> georgia amigos que le llevaban drogas, esto dice otro. hizo cambiar mucho. pero nunca era estiÓn de ver a los 70, ni da hac >> ortega hernÁndez tuvo en otros encuentros con ofrecida a s Últimos aÑos pero soto y siete fuer ofensas menores y que surimo estaba si obsesionado con las prediccion mÁs restantes del mundo. >> se asustÓ mucho cuando escuchÓ de 2012. mucha genteque saque el mundo se va a acampar que eso y Él decÍa que no le importaba su vida, ni los adultos, pero preocupaban nuestros hijos. >> nopace ortega hernÁndez dicen estar tan consternados porque ha ocurrido que quieren hacerle con comentario en cÁmara. la bomba, marÍa herÁndez, nos dijo simplemente que su hijo no estÁ al hosco. es todo lo que tenemos desde idaho falls. >> muchas gracias por la deformaciÓn. vamos a pasar ahora a mÉxico. las fuerzas armadas tirÓ fuerte golpe al cÁrtel de drogase los zet e 14 pesos ura presuntos miembros en veracruz y cuatro mÁs en coahuila. se desmonÓ la red de comunicaciÓn que supuestamente se ut

he is oscar ortega hernandez and here is what happened.n friday, some wpsz said they heard some shots fired outside the white house in the area of constitution avenue and two vehicles speeding away. -- some witnesses said they heard some shots fired outside the white house. investigators found an abandoned vehicle with an ak-47 inside and some information that led them to believe that this car is connected to ortega hernandez. he has been missing ever since even though there is an arrest warrant out for him. he does have a criminal history mostly minister midwest of drug charges and assaulting a police officer. it is up clear whether the shooting here has been linked to ortega hernandez. back to you. >>> president obama has begun a quick visit to australia. the president and australia's prime minister spoke to reporter after he arrived in canberra today. the president's trip is focused on economic and defense ties between the u.s. and australia. president obama is the fifth sitting president to visit australia. >>> bridge county police inv

they say ortega-hernandez "needed to kill him." it found an assault rifle, three loaded magazines, nine spent shell casings, a box of ammunition, a baseball bat, and brass knuckles. >> there are a lot of crazy people out there. >> security is crazy. no one would think that would happen. >> the 21-year-old is accused of pulling his car over on constitution between the white house monument -- between the white house and the washington monument. >> this is that is a prize were people are very frustrated with the things that are happening. -- this is not surprising. >> over the past year, his opinion and comments regarding the president than the government had gotten worse. he stated that he was "preparing for something." the president, of course, was not hurt. he was not at the white house. arlington police had approached him earlier in the day after someone called about a suspicious person. after going through these documents, he was not breaking the law, but they did ask to search his car and he would not let them. ortega-hernandez

we are getting a look at i anew have you had i don't of oscar ortega hernandez.de at idaho state university when he was trying to get an audition on oprah. >> you see, oprah, there is still see much more that god needs me to express to the world. it is not just a coincidence that i look like jesus. i am the modern day yeek that you all have been waiting for. because the government has been fighting, or should i say buggying these other countries for their oil, our freedom is at stake. -- i am the modern day jesus christ that you all have been waiting for. >>> police in new york are investigating allegations of sexual molestation against the long time assistant basketball coach at syracuse university. two former ball boys say that bernie fine molested them for years. the school has placed fine on administrative leave. >>> washington redskins face ago big test on sunday. dave ross is back with more. dallas week is a big deal in washington. >> everything is kind of like do you think they're not going to make it. >> night be the quietest dallas week i can recall in 1

the video is giving us moreen sight into oscar ortega hernandez. he has now been charged with trying to assassinate the president. let's get more from tom fitzgerald. >> reporter: good morning development months ago, daniel oscar hernandez asked another student to videotape a message to oprah winfrey. we are now getting new insight into the man who has been charged with trying to assassinate the president. towards the end of the 45- minute long tape, oscar ortega her nan daze makes what may be the most startling claim in his appeal to oprah. >> you see, oprah. there is still so much more that god needs me to express to the world. it is not just a coincidence that i look like jesus. i am the modern day jesus christ that you all have been waiting for. >> reporter: he never mentioned president obama but he did lash out at the government accusing the feds of waging war for oil. >> because the government is fighting or should i say bullying these other countries for their oil, our freedom is at stake. >> reporter: the idaho state university student who r

police arrested 21-year-old oscar ortega-hernandez in pennsylvania. u.s. police issued a warrant for his arrest shortly after shots were fired at constitution avenue last night. police found weapons leading them to hernandez, including a semi automatic rifle. one bullet hit an exterior bullet proof window and the other is an outside wall. tracee wilkins has more on how he was arrested and -- >> as soon as the fbi and secret service got involved in this case, they started retracing his steps and notified the staff there. the possibly of him returning, handed out pictures and it looks like he did go ahead and return to that hampton inn. 21-year-old oscar ortega hernandez was saying at the hampton inn in pep pen when some guests and employees recognized him and called police. law enforcement moved in to arrest ortega hernandez. >>> then there was a bomb scare as police searched the bag that he had with him that turned out to be unarmed. the third floor of the hotel was temporarily evacuated. >> i think we saw the guy when we pulled in in the morning. and it w

. >> flying bullets struck the white house and authorities believe that this man oscar ortega hernandez of idaho, is the one that pulled the trigger. the secret service suspects it will -- ortega is mentally ill and recently fired an assault rifle at the white house from roughly 800 yards away. investigators say one bullet hit a window but was stopped by bulletproof glass. another bullet was found locked in the white house exterior. >> it does not take anything for someone who is specialized in weaponry to get a shot fired off at close range. >> police have connected ortega- hernandez to an abandoned vehicle found on constitution avenue after witnesses reported hearing a gun go off near the white house. inside police would find an assault rifle and shell casings. forensics have yet to link the bullets found at the white house to those in the car, but sources say they are connected. >> i certainly saw enough police cars and different things last night, but then again if radicals really want to do something, they will find a way to do it. >> police are still looking for ortega-hernandez.

foster ortega hernandez was arrested yesterday.ed in the -- it happened in a hotel about one hour outside of this bird. a hotel clerk recognized him from a photo and called police, ending a five-day manhunt. >> he did not make any comments other than he wanted to know why he was being taken into custody. >> four days after shots were fired, secret service agents discovered that two bullets hit the white house. one of them cracked a window on the residential level. president obama was not home at the time. he has an arrest record in three states but has not been linked to any radical organizations. >>> funeral arrangements being planned for a local student killed by a bus on the campus of james madison university. we are live in fairfax when -- where jane lang once attended. >> those who knew the 18-year- old said that she had two passions -- dance and her friends. we spoke excellently with the young man who took her out on a date just hours before her death. walking to dance practice with a dinner she had picked up four friends, sh

park police issued a warrant for ortega hernandez's arrest after shots were fired in in the d.c. last friday night right near the white house. witnesses reported seeing a vehicle speed away from the shooting. police found the vehicle crashed a few blocks away and say they found evidence connected that vehicle to ortega-hernandez, including a semi automatic happened b gun, but he was gone from the scene. on tuesday, two bullets were found on white house grounds. one hit a bullet proo glass window and another struck a wall. they are not conclusively connecting friday's shooting incide incident, but he is facing very serious charges if he is connected to that shooting. the obama family has not home at the time of the shooting. >> tracey, thank you. >>> president obama is on his way to bahli right now for a meeting with leaders from southeast asian nations. the president left australia two hours ago he announced plans to send as many as 2,500 americans into a training hub. >>> for the first time, newt gingerich is leading a poll. gingerich surged from 12% to 23%. herman cain is third

ortega-hernandez was actually stopped by police before the shooting happened.d in arlington, virginia, which is quite near d.c., at about 11:00 on friday morning. someone had called him in as a suspicious person apparently, and police pulled him over. the complaint says he refused to let officers search his car, a black 1998 honda accord with idaho plates, but police did take his picture. they noted he was wearing a black hoodie that had l.a. logos on it. it was later that night when witnesses reported hearing multiple shots fired near the white house and then they saw a car speeding away. a few minutes after people heard the shots fired, somebody spotted a black 1998 honda accord parked on the lawn of the u.s. institute of peace on constitution avenue. the u.s. institute of peace, incidentally, is a conflict management center that was created by congress. a witness that night says that they saw the driver on the lawn of the institute trying to restart the car and then the driver got out and ran away. investigators searched the vehicle. they say they found a ro

. >> reporter: 21-year-old oscar ramiro ortega-hernandez made his first court appearance thursday inttsburgh, pennsylvania. he's charged with trying to assassinate the president or presidential staff. investigators say the idaho man drove to an area near the white house last friday and fired an ak-47-style weapon from his car. one bullet hit the exterior of the mansion. another round cracked a second- floor window of the first family's living quarters. authorities caught up with ortega-herndandez, five days later, in a hotel lobby, about an hour later. >> the white house is not commenting on the shooting, the arrest or who was home at the time. the president and first lady were on their way to hawaii. >> reporter: authorities are examining ortega hernandez's mental state. they believe he has an obsession with the president and white house. >> reporter: idaho businessman, monty mccall, recently met ortega hernandez and said he compared president obama to the anti-christ. >> he seemed very sincere in what he believed. but he did seem very troubled. >> reporter: others who knew ortega h

oscar ortega-hernandez is expected to be extradited back here to the district of columbia. however, at this point, tony and allison, it's not clear exactly when that transfer will take place. back in to you. >>> thank you. >>> meanwhile, in the race for the white house, presidential hopeful herman cain is the first of the republican presidential candidates to receive protection from the secret service. he says he has received death threats, though he won't talk about the specifics. candidates can request the protection before the nomination. >>> newt gingrich seems to be the latest flavor of the month. a new poll shows he has a double digit lead in iowa. he's also feeling heat about his past divorces, personal spending habits and outside work. that includes a contract worth over a million and a half dollars paid to his consulting firm by freddie mac. >>> president obama makes headlines today. the president defending secretary of state hillary clinton to the country formerly known as burma. he says the world is detecting flickers of progress there on the road to democratic r

. >> oscar ortega-hernandez. he is suspected of using an ak- 47 style rifle and firing shots at the white house. the secret service discovered two bullets. one of them breaking the historic glass on the third story residential level but stopped by protective ballistic glass just behind it. investigators photographed on the balcony inspecting the area. >> tait police personnel responded to the hampton inn and took mr. hernandez into custody without incident. >> pennsylvania state police found him here in indiana. a hampton inn about 100 miles outside of pittsburgh. to understand what led authorities here, let's go back to the shooting incident last friday night. shots were fired from constitution avenue near the white house. ortega hernandez's car found abandoned. officers found the rifle inside it along with evidence that indicated he recently stayed at the pennsylvania hampton inn. >> he went to locate his friend, maybe the person he was staying with. >> was that person still in the hotel? >> they were not. >> i

he is oscar ortega hernandez. and friday, just outside the white house, constitution avenue, witnesses reported hearing gunfire and seeing two vehicles speeding away. a short time later, a vehicle was found abandoned. inside that canada, there was an ak-47 assault rifle and according to law enforcement, there was information that would connect that vehicle to ortega hernandez. this man has had several run- ins with the law before including in some western states utah and idaho he has been arrested previously on drug charges and assaulting a police officer. we do not know why police believe he is connected to this specific incident. also a question is whether or not the two bullets found here by secret service yesterday have been linked to that rifle found in the abandoned car but certainly very interesting. they will be following up on that. again, the manhunt continues for ortega hernandez. reporting live outside the white house, i'm stacy cohan. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the president in the meantime is in

oscar ortega hernandez rambling on about being jesus christ and railing against the u.s. government. the video made but a student at idaho state university in an attempt to get ortega hernandez on oprah. it was never submitted. >> he went in front of a judge yesterday in pennsylvania. let's get more now from fox 5's tom fitzgerald. he is live at the white house with more. >> good morning. that man, an idaho man has now been charged by federal authorities with attempting to assassinate president obama. the federal judge in pittsburgh read the charges against him. people who know him say that he not only thought he was jesus christ but believed that president obama was the antichrist. now, in the 45-minute rambling tape, ortega hernandez rails against the federal government and claims to be jesus christ. in fact, he also goes on to appeal the talk show host oprah winfrey to help get that message out. >> i'm begging me, oprah, please cast me onto your show, oprah. it is so crucial that the world hears god's word for the fate of mankind, for the fate of me seeing my son grow