rageh almurisi kept yelling and pushing forward. a fight attendant tried to restrain him and then passengers helped. rageh almurisi attempted to break free and return to the cockpit door. >> they were able to subdue that passenger, place him on the ground and use the handcuffs the flight attendants have. they were able to put them on behind his back. >> reporter: passengers reported rageh almurisi shouted god and great but police wouldn't confirm that. rageh almurisi has a passport from yemen -- yemen. a spokesman says at no time was the door in any danger of being breached. reporting live, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we found a cousin of rageh almurisi here in the bay area. he once lived in vallejo. the relative told us rageh almurisi worked as a math teacher in yemen and came to the united states in search of a better salary. rageh almurisi liked to get into debates and win them. he says while he may be strong willed it doesn't make him a criminal. >> he is not terrorist. maybe they misunderstand him. >> the cousin told us

>> reporter: rageh almurisi parade here at this islamic center and lived in this house. his cousin told me he is in this country trying to make money to support a wife and children in yemen. >> reporter: rageh almurisi lived in this house. his cousin still lins here and says rageh almurisi was a math teacher in yemen and came here for a better life. >> came here to feed the family. used to be a teacher. >> reporter: his cousin looked for a job here but couldn't find enough work so he moved to new york last year. rageh almurisi is a good man he says but strong willed. >> when we do arguments, he likes to do arguments and win. >> that doesn't make him ainal he says. he says he doesn't have any details about last night's incident but suspected it may have come down to a language barrier. >> he says he hasn't been in contact with his cousin for some time and learning he was the man last night was the 1st word he heard about his cousin in months. >> more at 6:00, the added security measures since 9/11 that kept him out of the cockpit and what we gained and loss. >>> a new cal

rageh almurisi's attorney argued for his release saying he needs special mental health care. federal prosecutors argue he is a danger to the community. the judge agreed saying the allegations are serious. his relatives are disappointed that they are just trying to support him. >> we only want to help him. want to get him the help he needs. >> the judge will allow him to have a expert make an evaluation of him. he will be back in court at the end of the month. >>> police are investigating a murder of this man which happened early yesterday morning. that's where officers found luis enrique tavara on the ground with a head room. he died later. he was a respected member of the community. he was known as the church man because he always carried a bible and religious. the police is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. >>> today was sunny and breezy. temperatures on the mild side, 60s and 70s. 75 in fairfield. 76 santa rosa. temperatures were cooler today than yesterday. couple of exceptions. bay shores 3-5 degrees cooler. 66 in livermore. cooler along the

we are uncovering new details about rageh almurisi. officials say he carried a yemeni passport. his family members are speaking out about the incident. the family spokesman showed kron 4's haaziq madyun photos. >> reporter: this is video we obtained of rageh almurisi. the passenger recently taken into custody for causing a disinterruption on a sfo flight. he says his cousin is a math teacher from yemen. >> i don't think he knows anything about terrorism. i don't think he knows how to shoot a gun. >> reporter: he has an idea what may have triggered his cousin to approach the doors. >> i think they probably offended him and that's the reason he was up there, trying to complain about something, maybe he was being mistreated. i could see because i have been mistreated. he doesn't care about poptics. he is a regular guy. more into math than anything else. >> he is an orphan to came here a year ago. now his family is trying to find him. >> they are not releasing any information to us. >> reporter: haaziq madyun, kron 4 news. >>> temperatures up 3-9 degrees over yesterday and warmer we

this morning in federal court, it was revealed that rageh almurisi had been living in new york. he was traveling with i.d.s with multiple addresses and a california i.d. card. he had two postdated checks. one for $8,000 and the other for $5,000. prosecutors say he did not have any luggage checked or carry- ons. he said he was coming to the bay area to visit relatives in vallejo. but according to prosecutors, his relatives did not know he was coming from. rageh almurisi did not enter a plea today but is set to come back friday for a detention hearing. you can read that criminal complaint for yourself at ktvu.com. we've posted it along with our other coverage on the bay area news tab. and bun of the men who -- and one of the men who hipped take down the suspect will meet with the media at 5:00. >>> new information on osama bin laden's wives. pakistan said the u.s. will be granted to interview the widows. but the u.s. is still waiting for that access. it's believed they lived with the terrorist leader in that compound for several years. the women and several children along with a w

they restrained rageh almurisi. the plane landed. then police took rageh almurisi into custody. >> everything was in kind of a state of shock. you could definitely see toward the end there was a few people who did seem to be visibly kind of upset. >> reporter: police arrested him on suspicion of interfering with a flight. but because he has a passport from yemen and he was yelling in arabic as he stormed the floor, there was suspicion that he might have been trying to storm the flight. there's no evidence that he's tied to an -- tied to an organization of terrorism. that's what his family says. you will hear from them in about an hour. back to you. >> thank you, kraig. >>> 7:03. the investigation continues into the overnight shooting on delta deanza trail in pittsburg that left a man wounded. police are out there searching for suspects. >> so hopefully the people that came out here to collect evidence will gather something to give us some leads. >> now, it happened last night around 11:30 near crestview avenue and l

. >> reporter: rageh almurisi with a california i.d. and a yelmny passport spent the end of the flight in first class cuffed. >> he was shouting arabic terms and he was shouting allah. >> reporter: and the pilot got his jet down as fast as possible. >> american 1561 we're going to need priority handling on our arrival have a passenger conflict here. >> land as soon adds possible at san francisco. >> no one was overly panicky. >> reporter: there were tears and trembling afterwards. the suspect may be more mentally ill than malicious but who can tell at 26,000 feet. >> i don't care what his problem is. either way i don't know what his motives are once he gets through that door. >> reporter: this frequent flier feels good so many people sprang into action. >> post 9/11 there is that, hey, we're all in this together. >> reporter: and another sign of the times, flight attendants had to struggle to keep people in their seats afterwards because everyone wanted to take pictures of the guy with their camera phones. debora villalon, ktvu channel

. >> reporter: rageh almurisi with a california i.d. and a yelmny passport spent the end of the flight in first class cuffed. >> he was shouting arabic terms and he was shouting allah. >> reporter: and the pilot got his jet down as fast as possible. >> american 1561 we're going to need priority handling on our arrival have a passenger conflict here. >> land as soon adds possible at san francisco. >> no one was overly panicky. >> reporter: there were tears and trembling afterwards. the suspect may be more mentally ill than malicious but who can tell at 26,000 feet. >> i don't care what his problem is. either way i don't know what his motives are once he gets through that door. >> reporter: this frequent flier feels good so many people sprang into action. >> post 9/11 there is that, hey, we're all in this together. >> reporter: and another sign of the times, flight attendants had to struggle to keep people in their seats afterwards because everyone wanted to take pictures of the guy with their camera phones. debora villalon, ktvu channel

a judge ordered 28-year-old rageh almurisi to remain behind bars force now.r arks he's a danger to the community and a flight risk. the judge also said that rageh almurisi had no luggage or cell phone during the flight from chicago to sfo. at the same time, investigators say rageh almurisi has no known connections to a terrorist group. >>> the presbyterian church is now allowing, openingly -- openly day, noncelibate worshipers to be ordaned as ministers, and the debate caused a hot issue. presbyterian church usa has about 2 million members. >>> 7:52. for the first time former california governor arnold schwarzenegger is talking publicly about his split have his wife, maria shriver -- split from his wife, maria shriver. >> we both love eve other very meche. we have four extraordinary children and we're taking one day at a time. >> he thanked presents and family for their outpouring -- friends and family for their outpouring of support. >>> there's actually some good news this morning for nerds. don't look at me. [ laughter ] >> but the payout is out there for

cu - anchor --que fue lo que provoc a "rageh almurisi", nacido en yemen, a hacer lo que hizo? --investigadores federales analizan los antecedentes del sujeto, de 28 años. ---- sus acciones pusieron los nervios de punta a toda la tripulacion y pasaje. --blanca garza en vivo en el estudio nos tiene los detalles de como pasaron las cosas. cu - blanca --cesar... 10 minutos antes de que el vuelo de american airlines proveniente de chicago aterrizara, "almurisi" se paro de su asiento y se dirijio a la puerta de la cabina del piloto. ----en minutos, fue literalmente "tacleado" por un sobrecargo. take pkg -- almurisi tiene identificacion de california y pasaporte de yemen, un pais donde hay mucha actividad de al qaeda. ---- por eso es que esta amenaza a la seguridad de un vuelo comercial, causo mucha preocupacion. ---- se teme a un ataque terrorista como represalia a la muerte de osama bin laden, la semana pasada. --el incidente revivio viejos temores: primero, el pasajero se rehuso a obedecer las ordenes del sobrecargo de regresar a su asiento. ---despues comenzo a golpear la puerta

who tried to storm the koch bit now allegedly today a federal judge denied bail to 28-year-old rageh almurisi. he said he understood the charges against him, interfering with the flight crew. that's the charge. he carried no luggage on the flight and his california relatives were not expecting him. >>> an 18-year-old man thought to be suicidal but was found at the scene of a deadly crash near candle stick park this morning. he crashed his silver camry into a red pickup truck along highway 101, killing the 54-year-old driver who was outside that truck looking at it. chp investigators believe it was an accident, but they're still looking into the accident. his brother reported him missing early this morning. >>> it's now been eight months since the san bruno pipeline explosion. within the devastated neighborhood there are lives and homes being rebuilt. today, one family who lost a lifetime of memories broke ground on a new home. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez was there for that emotional groundbreaking. jodi? >> reporter: ranthe family has called this neighborhood home for some 37 years. this is