facebook devoted to him all about scott spiker. you can see it here. see what people have been posting over the years and a lot of people saying it's such a tragedy for the entire country that this man had so much offer, so respected, doing so many great thing. if you're curious to see what the military is saying today, we're giving it to you right here on cnn.com. we'll continue to. go to the military's website, defenselink.mil. over the years cnn put a lot of coverage on michael scott spiker. i pulled up stories from 2003. this goes back to 2002 when the navy changed his status and raised to being a captain as well. pentagon considering clarifying him as a p.o.w. over the years one thing that was complicated about his story he was initially listed as having been killed and then later on that changed as there were new questions and new theories and new thoughts about what may or may not have happened to him. so his status actually as i'm seeing here changed several times over the years. missing in action, captured and back to being deceased. after all

it took 18 years for scott spiker. >> thank you so much for being online with us. a lot of people friends and family of scot, you imagine the thoughts they're having this morning. i want to talk to one of them this morning. coming from little rock, arkansas this morning. i appreciate you getting on the lines with us this morning. here we are some 18 years later. there's some closure here, but can you tell me after all of these years, not knowing for sure. have you and other friends and family always still held out a little bit of hope that maybe he was out there somewhere? >> yes, we did. all the evidence that we were getting seemed to suggest that scott was alive. and being held against his will. and, you know, we never sent out a search and rescue party. and if we had, you know, none of this mess would probably have been necessary, but some of those high school members and i, we got together trying to raise awareness for this, and tried to get the spiker bill passed which ultimately did. when he started having his m.i.a., captured i think was a thing. it helped u

>> reporter: spiker never answered.lane had been hit by enemy fire. >> i was told that his plane blue up in the sky. i had no reason to doubt that he was gone. my brother was gone. it was over. i was never going to see him again. >> reporter: but fellow pilot barry hull says that even if spiker's plane had been hit, there was still a chance he could have ejected safely. >> i specifically remember thinking that spiker is in the desert, he's angry, he's got sand in his boots and he's evading capture. but i clung to the thought that he was alive. >> reporter: but there was never any rescue attempt for scott spiker because he did not radio for help and the military assumed that he'd been killed when his jet blew up. even so, barry hull says a search and rescue team still should have been sent. >> the bottom line is this, if you go down no matter what they're supposed to go get you. >> reporter: when operation desert storm was over and the american p.o.w.s released, pentagon officials never asked the iraqis for scott spiker.

spiker was shot down on the first night of the gulf war, january 17, 91sa he naidhe was action . >> i wonder to myself if some kind of cruel prank, cruel joke. >> i'd also like to say hello to my wife joan, my son michael and megan. >> reporter: speculation th spiker may have been held captive. looking back admiral brooks says losing one of their own on his watch is the hardest part of his job. >> i strongly empathize with the air group commander who would have written letters and had to have told the family of what happened. very, very difficult thing to do. >> reporter: the navy learned from witnesses that a desert tribe had buried spiker's remains which is part of their culture. bones and skeleton fragments were recovered and send to rockville, maryland. >> thank you. >>> tax increases topping the sunday talk shows. obama officials refuse to rule out raising taxes to fund an overhaul of the health care system. tim geithner says the deficit will have to be reduced for the economy to prosper long-term. national economic council director larry summerrers says health care reform will h

he is calling spiker a hero and a patriot.nd president obama released a statement saying his thoughts and prayers are with the family tonight. >>> and a concert tonight, first, a deadly stage collapse at a madonna venue, now with the country music festival, the oscar winner lucky to be alive. and the health care battle going on, they're making their pitches. who may be forced to pay more taxes to help fund the changes? >>> and creating a big buzz and business at dealerships with customers lining up to cash in on the popular government rebate program. what you need to know if you're ready to trade in your clunker. >> so your x turned out to be a clunker. tonight you will learn how to cash in on your failed romance. >> your block of news is just getting started. back in three. don't you hate those clunkers? ntthn . >>> as lawmakers hope the health care debate continues working, part of the groups are squaring off on tv, taking their fight to the airways with a group of attacks. >> no matter what they agree on, if they do at all,

when he disappeared, spiker was a 33-year-old lieutenant commander who had a wife and two toddlers.is rang is captain and his kids are college age. reaction was bittersweet. >> i think joe anne arundel the kids and i am glad this is over for them and that they will be able to put this to rest. >> i am sure it gives closure to them. >> michael scott spiker, m.i.a. for 18 years, now confirmed as the first american casualty of the gulf war. nbc news. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> once again, not much left of those storms from earlier in the day. it was split in two. the northeast part of the state this morning and the southern part of the state this afternoon and evening. here is what is left. we have a few sprinkles over our area and a little thunderstorm active over the potomac river and the chesapeake bay. let's take a look at what happened here in baltimore. as much as was going on around the area, we just did not receive much rain at all with this. nor wind or anything else. at b.w.i. marshall, the high was 81. rainfall, only .15 i

in other news this weekend, the military has recovered the remains of lieutenant spiker. his fighter jet was shot down at the start of the gulf war and now we have the final chapter for wjz. >> the only american unaccounted for from the gulf war has been found. the remains were found buried in the iraqi desert. it really does mean something to us. i'm just sorry we couldn't bring him home alive. >> these are some of the last pictures of spiker. >> i'd like to say hello to my wife, joanne, my son, michael and megan. >> he was shot down in the first few hours of the war. defense secretary dick cheney announced his death to the world. >> there's been a single american aircraft lost that involves a single casualty. >> his body had never been found. three years later when the wreckage was found, a cockpit marines recovered enough bones and skeletal fragments to make a positive identification. >> the spiker family pushed the pentagon to find out exactly what happened, saying learn more about three american hikers currently being detained in iran. they were reportedly hiking whe

he went to high school with scott spiker and was involved with a group trying to bring closure to the mystery surrounding the missing airman. sunday she got the news she would not see her old friend alive again. >> it's a bittersweet ending. it's great that we have finally accomplished an ending, but it is birt sweet. >>reporter: he was shot down on the first night of the gulf war on january 17, 1991. his records found in 1993. no sign of the pilot. immediately after his aircraft went down, the secretary of defense went on television to announce the u.s. suffered its first casualty, but his status changed from killed to missing in action to missing-captured. sunday the military announced remains found last month in western iraq were that of spiker's. 1 senator said things should have been handled differently in 1991. >> we walked away from a downed pilot. it was done by mistakingly declaring him dead and they didn't go and search for him. >> there were many false leads about spiker's whereabouts over the years. one tip included the alleged finding of his initials scratched into a wall

spiker's jet was shot down on the first night of the 1991 war. we hear about this unexpected recovery. >> reporter: what the pentagon is telling us is that they were acting on information provided by an iraqi sicitizen in early july, and that led the u.s. marines stationed in western iraq to go to a location in the desert which was believed to be a crash site of captain spiker's jelt. >> for 18 long years, spiker's friends and family didn't know if the navy pilot was dead or alive, and there was always the possibility he was being held captive. here's what a former class mate had to say after learning spiker had in fact died in iraq. >> it's a bittersweetenedi endi. it's great we finally accomplished an ending, but it's bittersweet. if he was found alive, look what he's missed. his children are in college now, and what kind of life would he have led being a prisoner of war, and there was always speculation that he was tortured and beaten, so like i said, it's bittersweet. >> the u.s. state department says it's gathering information in assisting t

just yesterday his relatives were told that spiker's remains had been found.3 invasion a loud investigators to search inside iraq. they got new information from an iraqi citizen who told them that he knew of two iraqi who recalled an american jett crashing and the remains of the pilot being buried in the desert. marines were dispatched to visit the location in the desert believed to be the crash site. admiral gary rough head made the call to the spiker family last night once the positive match was made. he issued a statement that reads in part that the navy owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to captain spiker and his family for the sacrifice they have made for our nation. in new york, laura evans, fox news. >>> ey're still trying to find out what became of three americans arrested in iran. they detained three american tourists after they allegedly crossed the border from northern iraq. the authorities have asked for access tthe american amerts icanwe americans were hrir tpiur tny.e has been motived -- americans has been identified as joshua fatal of he will k

spiker's plane crashed on the first night of the persian gulf war back in 1991. he was originally classified as dead, but evidence was found that prompted his case to be reclassified as a missing or captured case. spiker's remains were found in a grave in iraq last week and confirmed by the defense department. his family has hired its own investigators. >> they are our remains. the remains can be tested for what happened to them. a lot of information even in old remains. and look at all of that. we do have our only sources on ground. including the ones from the u.s. government. and we've come this far. we'll get those answers. >> spiker's relatives believe he ejected from his plane. >>> a spokane, washington, man says that facebook has helped him find his brother. he saw a message from a man named dan newborn. they started chatting and realized that their friendship was more than just that. they were related. he always knew he was acodopted and that he had a brother but didn't know how to get in touch with him. >> quite amazing. if it wasn't for the internet, we

dna confirmed it was, in fact, spiker. >> thank you. spiker left behind a wife and two children who are now grown. >>> today, eunice kennedy shriver is being remembered as a fearless warrior who made the world a better place to live for millions of people. today's invitation only service drew family members, friends, politicians, and celebrities. >> reporter: they celebrated eunice kennedy shriver's life in song and scripture. her daughter maria told the mourners in cape cod shriver would also want the day to be a call for service. >> and she would ask each and every one of you to join her in making this world a more tolerant, just, and compassionate place. >> reporter: she founded the special olympics, inspired by her sister rosemary, who was institutionalized at age 23. shriver's 19 grandchildren pay tribute. >> thank you for teaching me to love and care for my brothers and sisters, the way you did with rosemary. >> reporter: eunice would go on to raise children. she was remembered for being a trailblazer and an early feminist, whethe

officials say captain spikers body was locate 18 years after his plane was shot down.is remains were found after receiving a tip from an iraqi citizen. >>> this recession's grip on your wallet may be easing. the economy is shrinking at a smaller rate than expected. it could be many months before the u.s. can claw its way out of the recession. >>> we will not have a recovery as long as we keep losing jobs. every american who wants a job can find one. >> republicans are talking health care and this morning, the president's plan to fix the health care system is not a good one. >>> republicans want health care that works, reform that provides better care for more people. the current proposals by the leadership in congress fall short. >> as congress battles, a medical miracle is underway here in baltimore. it saved 8 lives and made history. it triggered a nation-wide kidney swap. she got far more than she gave. >>> an experience that changed their lives. extending one. >> i had a kidney transplant. >> enhancing another. >> it's the most joyful thing i've done. >> a baltimor

scott spiker was originally declared dead. then his status was later changed to missing because his remains were never found. we will be talking with nbc's jim miklaszewski with more details from washington. >>> today we could have our first ever look at michael jackson's death. a british tabloid is publishing a photo that it claims is a picture of jackson's bedroom taken just after he died. all this as the lawyers are gearing up for tomorrow's courtroom showdown over the estate. msnbc.com correspondent courtney haze let joins us. good early morning to you. >> let's talk about the photo. what can you tell us about this? >> it's interesting. first of all, let's be very clear. nobody has verified this is in fact, nobody at nbc or msnbc has verified this is michael jackson's bedroom. i was with people close to the family who said they don't know. it shows a disheveled bed, allegedly the photo taken just after resuscitation attempts. there's some medical equipment strewn about. it's not the picture of chaos that you might expect t

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spiker was shot down on the fist night of operation desert storm in 1991. statement president obama said my thoughts and prayers are with his family and i hope the recovery of his remains will bring them a needed sense of closure. >> a tragic end to a country music festival in canada. lightning and hale toppled an outdoor stage killing a woman and injuring at least 75 others. >> reporter: they're the dramatic images in the seconds after this massive stage was swept to the ground, crews sifting through twisted metal trying to get to several people underneath. among them these twin sisters both on stage at the time, both hospitalized in the collapse. >> i just knew there was a lot of stuff on top of me, didn't know where i was, what was going on. i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: one woman d. friends are identifying the fatal victim as donna moore, crushed by a speaker when the stage came down. memberia was placed at a camp site while the man who pulled had your from the wreckage mourns the life of someone he never knew. >> i rolled her over, she was

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spiker's plane crashed on the first night of the gulf war in 1991.riginally he was classified as dead, but the military reclassified him as missing or captured. the department of defense said yesterday his remains were found in a grave in iraq last week. spiker's family says they're relieved that his remains were located, but they're still looking for answers. >>> some terrifying moments for passengers aboard a flight that experienced some extreme turbulence today. continental flight 128 was heading to houston. the crew was forced to make an emergency landing in miami. around 4:30 this morning, that severe turbulence began shaking the plane while at 38,000 feet in the air, just north of the dominican republic. 168 people were aboard. four people were seriously hurt. passengers say it was the worst turbulence they'd ever been through. >> i'd never seen turbulence like that. >> i really thought we wouldn't make it. >> reporter: along with the four seriously injured passengers, officials say 22 people were also hurt. they had mostly bumps and bruises. >

. >>> the family of navy captain scott spiker says it is relieved that his remains have been found, but they're still looking for answers about what happened to him. his plane crashed on the first night of the persian gulf war in 1991. e was originally classified as dead, but evidence was found that pmpisted h case to be d reclassified as missing or captured. spiker's remains were found in a grave in iraq last week and then officially confirmed by the department of defense this weekend. his family has hired its own investigators to look into what happened. >> there are remains. the remains can be tested for what happened to them. so a lot of information even in old remains. and we'll get all of that. we do have our only sources on the ground in addition to the considerable ones, of course, of the u.s. government and we've come thisfar. we'll get those answers. >> spiker's family has not determined how they'll honor him once they have his remains home. >>> coming up tonight, dozens of people injured because of turbulence on a flight headed to the u.s. >>> we'll tell you who's been named

and, of course, the hopes of the family was that captain scott spiker was going to be found alive.ur pentagon even went so far -- and i commend them -- that one of the first sets of questions on the debrief of any iraqi detainee, and especially the high-value detainees, that the question would be asked: do you know about an american pilot? and all of these leads turned up to be false. or they led to nothing. and so it was that we expected that what would happen to find the final evidence would be a bedouin tribe that would have been in the area of the iraqi desert at the time that captain spiker punched out, when he ejected, from his jet that was hit. the irony was that scott was not even supposed to fly that first attack wave. but another member of the squadron got sick, and he filled in. and either he was hit with a ground-to-air missile or somehow in the aerial combat of the darkness of that night and ejected from his airplane. and then the rest has been a mystery until a bedouin thought to have been a younger child at the time of 1991 remembered a pilot being buried, couldn't i

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. >>> the remains of navy pilot spiker is flown back to his hometown. tomorrow the former navy pilot will be buried and it will be a private ceremony. >>> in 30 minutes, a public wake for the late eunice kennedy shriver. thousands expected to attend on cape cod. a number of special olympic athletes will honor the woman that founded the program. massachusetts senator kennedy and the mother of maria died tuesday and she was 88 years old. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at noon, taking a look outside, stick around, your complete first-warning forecast coming up. here's today's stocks follow by last night's multimatch numbers. this fiber? i'd had my fill. then i found miralax. announcer: miralax is the only brand clinically proven to relieve constipation with no harsh side effects. you'll see. it's clearly different. restore your body's natural rhythm with miralax. >>> we're taking a look at a heavy cloud deck out l we've had a lot of moisture in the atmosphere, that's a lot of energy for rain showers. what we're going to deal with, a flash flood watch i

>>te afr 18 years of not knowing if captain michael scott spiker was dead or a prisoner of war, we have answers. the remains of the first american killed in operation desert storm have been recovered. >> today's announcement from the pentagon in is nearly two decades of uncertainty, and finally brings closure to the wife and children he leaves behind. >> of first american soldier killed in operation desert storm is now the last to come home. today the navy announced that the remains of captain michael scott speicher have been found and positively identifd. >> it is bittersweet. gregg's the navy pilot was flying and a combat mission on the first night of the first gulf war in 1991 when he was shot down. ins re for years, rumors pstersied that he s in 2001,caof e beus the uncertainty, his status was changed from killed to missing in action. many can only imagine what the family winter. >> i would think they assumed the worst and went on from there. i am glad that they finally were able to find remains. >> to not know, you always have hope. haen wn uyo find o t,utt i ope t,hat hope iss gon

. >> reporter: michael spot spiker's plane was shot down on the first night in the gulf war in 1991.er an hour ago, his remains were returned to his florida home. they landed at jacksonville naval air station at 3:15. the homecoming was set in motion after spiker's family pressed the defense department to find out what happened to his body. on august 2nd, he recovered enough to make a positive identification. >>> tomorrow, a hearst will drive speaker's body around to separate locations. he'll be buried at jacksonville memorial gardens in a private ceremony. >>> u.s. marines would regain control. the american military is trying to bolster security. ahead of next week's afghan presidential election. drew levinson reports for wjz. >>> at day break. taliban gunmen jumped back in the battle with u.s. they weres. militant fighters spent the night laying low. unwilling to challenge the american military. superior night vision capability. about 400 they weres, working with 100 afghan troops, launched a major offensive wednesday, to wrestle control of dahaneh from the taliban. >> this is one

you nay remember the erwere alleged sightings of spiker and his initials carved in to an iraqi prison. >> i wondered is there a cruel prank, a cruel joke. >> i'd like to say hello to my wife joanne and megan. i love you anmi >>. e reporter: the 3 looking back rear admiral brooks says losing one of their own on his watch is the hardest part of his job. >> i strongly empathize with the squadron and air group commander who written letters and have had to told the spiker family of what happened. it is a very, very difficult thing to do. >> reporter: 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> the navy has learned from witnesses that a bed win tribe in the area buried scott speicher's body. >>> new this morning, the celebration of the new g.i. bill the law takes effect this month and in a few hours, president obama will join bill sponsor jim webb to mark the occasion. 9 news now digital correspondent armando trull is live from george mason university with more. >> reporter: audrey, good morning. all of the men and women who went in to harms way after 2001 will have an opportunity to have their bachelors

tomorrow it will be driven by location associated with spiker's life. he will be buried at jacksonville memory garden in a private ceremony. >>> mourners are paying their final respects to eunice kennedy shriver today. thousands are expected to attend today's public wake at a church in cape cod. the founder of the special olympics passed away on tuesday at the age of 88. allison joins us now from centerville, massachusetts with more on the story. allison. >> reporter: so many people have been here visiting today. among the visitors, of course, clergy and members of eunice kennedy shriver's family. and many people from the special olympics, athletes who explain w kennedy shriver changed their lives. >> there is so much idealism in my family and eunice's life is such an example of the best of our country. >> friends and family today remember eunice kennedy shriver, the sister of president john f. kennedy. but she is perhaps more well known and respected for her compassion and drive and founding the special olympics. >> she was constant activity and she wa

today, the navy pilot scott spiker was laid to rest.housands lined the streets of jacksonville to salute the fallen hero. he had been missing since his plane was shot down over iraq. his fate was unknown until two weeks ago. the pentagon then said they possibly headed by his remains. the motorcade passed by the veterans' war memorial. it also passed by his school and church. the funeral service for scott spiker, a private affair for family and close friends. hundreds gathered to say goodbye to eunice kennedy shriver. she was a powerhouse in her own right and died tuesday at 88. she founded the special olympics and spent decades working to help people with disabilities. among the invited guests, joe biden, oprah winfrey, and stevie wonder. maria shriver eulogize term mother as a passionate humanitarian. she was sister to the late president john f. kennedy and the late senator robert kennedy. her surviving brother, ted kennedy, is battling brain cancer and was not in attendance. michael phelps making news again. the gold medalist was invo

navy identified the remains of captain scott spiker. we know that captain spiker's plane was shot down by enemy fire on january 17, 1991. this is confirmed. his mission was part of the first man strike of operation desert storm. the pentagon believes he was the first combat casualty of the war. joining me is jennifer griffin. jennifer, you broke the story this morning. how did you first hear that captain speichter had been found? >> i got a call at 6:00 a.m. this morning from a contact and that's when i heard that they had been spending the last week in anbar province unearthing the desert ground and they found bone fragmefragments. they were flown back to the air base and last night they made a confirmation and they had taken the fragments and done some dna testing. that's how they figured out it was captain speicher. this is an amazing journey. the last 18 years the family has been on a roller coaster. you remember captain speicher was first listed killed in action, then it was changed to missing in action. and it's been up and down w

and for nearly two decades, the fate of captain spiker was unknown.the navy chased his status over the years from killed to missing in action. and then to missing capture in 2002, because speculation that he may have survived the crash. >> we decided to form friends freeing him because there were so many conflicts and reports guarding scott. >> reporter: fueling speculation in 2003, a report that invest gay tors found what appeared to be spiker's initials, mms, scratched into a wall of an iraqi prison, but nothing panned out. the florida man pressed them for answers. >> walking away from the down pilot. it was done by mistakenly declaring him dead and then they didn't go and search for him. and that was a mistake. >> reporter: in july, an iraqi citizen told the u.s. sources he saw him buried. his remains were covered and positively identified. the announcement came on sunday, ending an 18-year mystery. >> it's great that we llnacofiy acshmpli finally accomplished an ending. and now it is bittersweet. >> upon hearing the news, president barack obama, h

spiker. + the battle over michael jackson's estate ads to court. steve rudin will come back with the full the >> whether you're looking for care for loved ones now, or for the future, the eldercare locator is your connection to information and services for older adults and caregivers nationwide. whether you have a mom in miami, a dad in denver, an aunt in austin, or are looking for services in your own neighborhood, call the eldercare cator at 800-677-1116. get information about transportation, senior housing options, employment services, financial assistance, home modification, and more! the eldercare locator is a free administration on aging. >>> there is a court battle over michael jackson's estate. one major hurdle was cleared last week with a custody agreement for his three children. >> at issue was the validity of michael jackson's will and who controls his estate. it is estimated to be worth more than $500 million. katherine jackson is challenging the executory remained in the document, accusing two others of keeping her in the dark. there a

the pentagon saying the remains of michael scott spiker have been identified.s shot down the first night of the first gulf war. the first american lost in that war. for two decades no one knew when he was alive or dead. the family expressed appreciation and sorrow calling captain spiker a wonderful father husband and navel officer who responded without hesitation when his country needed it. the wos may be over for the housing market. sales are climbing slightly with the construction of 20 percent the beginning of the year. i am lauren sivan. we head back to "huckabee." go to foxnews.com. >> mike: i am happy to.my next guest, all 21 of them. they are the huge happy family that is the focus of tlc show 18 and counting. >> believe it or not we have five little ones. it was much more difficult. but now we all work together as a team. >> in order to make a family dispute run, nobody gets to be a slacker >> mike: you know them from tlc. i noticed her personal friends from arkansas, jim bob and michelle duggar. great to have you guys here. welcome to new york. *applau

. >>> and spokesman for the family of pilot navy scott spiker wants to know how he died. he was shot down shortly after the beginning of the persian gulf war in 1991. he was the only american miss anything that war and disappearance prompted spec station he might be held captain. the navy announced yesterday his remains had been found. still ahead on "world news," a new study finds millions of children lack an essential vitamin. >>> why is a tiny town with no paved roads or stop lights getting a new million dollar ain't? paid for with your money. >>> and riding waves in a surprise place. surfing catches on in a place better known for shooting. to lower your bad cholesterol but your good cholesterol and triglycerides are still out of line? then you may not be seeing the whole picture. ask your doctor about trilipix. if you're at high risk of heart disease and taking a statin to lower bad cholesterol, along with diet, adding trilipix can lower fatty triglycerides and raise good cholesterol to help improve all three cholesterol numbers. trilipix has not been shown to prevent

another citizen apparently told marines he saw spiker's remains being buried after the crash.pdated on this breaking news. >>> to canada now where a stage collapsed in the middle of an outd door music festival, killing one person. police say 15 other people were injured at the festival in alberta. the crowd started to evacuate. that is when the stage came crashing down. police say emergency services helped rescue some people trapped under that rubble. >>> a man who caused a lot of nervous moments at la guardia airport has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. he's accused of bringing a fake bomb to the airport yesterday, and as we report, the fbi is now in on the investigation. >> hundreds of passengers were hurried outside by a bomb scare that disrupted flights for hours. >> it's sad that we live in a society that people are like that. >> at 5:00 a.m., passengers were just starting to arrive when suspect 32-year-old scott mcgann approached this security checkpoint. law enforcement said mcgann appeared intoxicated and was carrying a backpack. attached to his outsid

lieutenant commander scot speier was shot dow at the pentagon defense secretary dick cheney declared spiker dead. >> as of 0900 this morning washington time there's been a single american aircraft lost. >> reporter: but the u.s. military never found speicher's body until now. last week iraqi civilians led u.s. marines to speicher's remains. one iraqi said bedouins found him dead near the crash site shortly after his jet went down and then buried him nearby. military pathologists have now positively identified the remains as of this speicher. it's been an agonizer ordeal for his wife and their who children. senator bill nelson said initially the military gave up on speicher too soon. >> when a pilot goes out in harm's way, that pilot knows for sure that if he has to eject, that there's a search and rescue mission that's coming after him, and sadly that did not occur in the case of scott speicher. >> reporter: although speicher was declared dead, some evidence suested he survived the crash and was captured alive. his flight suit was recovered intact, and there were reports he may have been he

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brand new pictures of marines working at the site where the remains of captain scott spiker were found in iraq. officials made the announcement this week after we were told that the remains matched his dental records. here are the pictures. an unsolved mystery for nearly two decades. the fighter pilot crashed in the opening hours of the gulf war back in 1991. the captain was the only american who remained missing in action from operation desert storm, shot down while falling through with a combat mission. his body was found nowhere near the crash site. remember when the heads of the automakers showed up on capitol hill after arriving in private jets and the whole country went absolutely bonkers? lawmakers were all outraged that the executives of such cash- strapped companies would do such a thing. well, you have heard was looking for private jets now. if you guessed congress, you would be right. is there hypocrisy, or do they need jets to get the business done? making it all a bit easier -- now that's progressive! call or click today. shepard: congress knows how to travel in style. law

but right now, police are not identifying the victim. 18 years ago, scott spiker's claim was shot down the first gulf war. his remains were flown back to the u.s. and tomorrow, his hearse will drive by various locations associated with his life before his burial. >> eunice kennedy shriver, the founder of special olympics is being retired at a public wake- remembered at a public way. she will be merritt -- buried after an invitation only funeral tomorrow. >> far outnumbering dignitaries attending the wake for eunice kennedy shriver arden number -- ordinary americans, including a contingent of special olympians. >> my name is danny perinton and i want to say thank you to mrs. shriver for doing special olympics. >> she taught all of us and loved us. >> they have come from across the country, converging on the spaull catholic church at cape cod that many of the kennedy clan regularly attend. she inspired millions, including her own family, to help the helpless. >> she would spend 100 hours working in the home for the retarded. >> shriver was inspired to create the special olympics and work

today a motorcade carried spiker's casket through jacksonville, florida.housands of people lining the streets to honor him, there was also a service at the veterans memorial there. governor crist attended and spoke on be half of the floridians when he thanked speicher for his dedication to our country. >>> funeral services held for three members of a pennsylvania family killed in the mid air collision over the hudson river over the weekend. aboard the single engine plane that collided with a helicopter saturday. five italian tourists and the helicopter also died along with their pilot. nbc news obtain ad video you are looking at there p an italian tourist on a boat in the hudson shot that video. in a separate development in air traffic controller at a nearby airport and his supou superviso been placed on administrative leave. >>> a cargo ship that has been missing for more than twoeeks has been found off the coast of africa. the ship, arctic sea, disappeared after passing through the english channel july 28th. the freighter was carrying a russian crew of 1

missing navy pilot michael spiker's body has been found in iraq.ne was shot down the first night of the gulf war and almost two decades his family waited for answer and now the family says there is finally closure. the cash for clunkers program is running out of gas and fast and now the senate is in the driver's seat. the transportation secretary says the obama administration will suspend the popular program unless the senate agrees to another 2 billion dollars in funding. what are the odds of that happening? we've got a live report coming up later in the show. it's not the typical vacation you and i get. instead of a break from their bosses, and they're returning home, to get them. yeah, members of congress expecting to get an earful from their constituents this august recess, especially on health care and we've got some of the first footage that shows just how bad it could get for some lawmakers. caroline shively in live in washington with more. hi, caroline. >> hi to you, julie. a top senator and cabinet member got an earful from voters at a tow

michael spiker's body was found when an iraqi citizen led marines to his grave where he apparently had been buried. without a body some believe he had been captured. the president hopes the recovered remains will now give the pilot's family a sense of closure. >>> three americans who crossed the border from iraq into iran have been captured by iranian military forces. right now there are conflicting stories about how and why the hikers were arrested in the first place. according to the iranian state television stations there, the three were warned not to cross the border. the americans are from minnesota, a fee lance -- freelance journalist, and an environmental worker from oregon who was curious about his father's native iraq. today the swiss embassy acting for the united states is looking for answers on those three americans. >> i think there's a decent chance that iran will portray these three as spies. and leave it up to the united states or these three individuals to prove their innocence. >> family members hope the americans will not be used as bargaining chips. the father wrote

the remains of captain michael scott spiker will arrive in his hometown of jackson file.peicher, a navy pilot, was shot down on the first day of the golf war in 1991. his remains were discovered last month in iraq. >>> a wildfire that started on wednesday night is threatening 250 homes today in southern california's santa cruz mountains. it covered 1,000 acres near the town of bonny doon. 600 people were ordered to evacuate. >>> president obama heads to a town meeting in montana tomorrow to confront what he says are the myths about his health care overhaul plan. members of congress have forums scheduled today in at least seven states. in new jersey today, one veteran said he already has government health care through his va and he has to wait for fests and leave voicemail for his doctor. >>> an important recall this morning. little tikes is recalling more than 1.5 million workshop sets and trucks because of oversized plastic toy nails that can pose a choking hazard to young children. there's been one report of one child needing to be hospitalized. for more information on

. >> michael scott spiker, navy pilot, shot down over the -- over iraq on the first night of operation desert storm. and here we welcome him back to the united states of america. a solemn moment, an important moment, a moment that for this family, god bless them, has been long and coming. >> as you may recall, iraqi forces hit specher's hornet and they listed him as the war's first casualty. >> it wasn't until this month that his remains were positively identified. >> speicher's body arrived at the jacksonville naval air station. he'll be buried in a private ceremony tomorrow. >> his ex-wife and children there today to meet his casket. meanwhile, an infamous veteran of the second gifl war tonight defending the abuse of prisoners in abu ghraib. former soldier lindy england speaking out in an interview with the bbc. >> reporter: what is your view, your personal view about stripping people naked and degrading them? do you think that that's an acceptable thing to do to, as you put it, soften up detainees? do you think that's okay? >> compared to what they would do to us, that's like nothin

. >>> a body recently recovered in the iraqi desert has been identified as captain scott spiker, shotn on the first night of the 1991 gulf war, making him the first american to die in the conflict. for 18 years, friends and family members weren't sure whether he was dead or alive. >> it's a sad day but there's a sense of relief. and after all of the false leads and the ones who were making up stories and giving the family hope that he was alive, even those initials "mss" that i went to that prison cell and traced that with a pencil and paper. >> so we want to hear your thoughts on this story. post your comments on our blog at cnn.com/fredricka, or face book at fredricka whitfield cnn. we want to hear from you about this search for 18 years, and now a discovery being made and confirmation of the remains of that navy captain. >>> all right, we'll also have an interview with a woman whose brother's remains have never been found in vietnam. she now works to make sure that the search for missing troops never stops. >>> a manhunt is under way in israel after a masked gunman opened fire at a

we have reaction this morning to the story of the navy pilot, scott spiker.r 18 years of doubt has been difficult. his actions in combat and the search for him will remain in their hearts and minds. he was shot down on the first night of operation desert storm in 1991. eight years later and iraqi citizen led him to a grave -- led the u.s. military to a grave where he was buried. president obama says that this brings the family needed sense of closure. megyn: as we count down to possible health care reform on healtcapitol hill, a big part of it is a new look. comparative research, this is what it means. it could be coming to you very soon. lawmakers, not doctors, will determine which treatment is most effective. it will basically be a one-size- fits-all approach, critics say, to health care. our next guest has a special concern about it. our next guest is battling not hodgkin's lymphoma. her husband joins us as well. i know that you have been struggling and struggling with these illnesses. and you say that people are missing the point and that people are not t

. >>> the family of navy captain michael scott spiker, getting briefed by the pentagon brass.ains found in iraq are those of capta speicher. the family believes he might have survived the crash. the evidence suggestion he died on impact. like his family, his home town has kept his memory alive for 18 years. john zarrella talks to folks in jacksonville, florida, about sunday's big news. >> reporter: on an overcast monday, people stood solemnly holding american flags and paying their respects as the hearse the drove by carrying the remains of a marine corps private killed in afghanistan. >> we are here to honor this fallen hero. to let the family know that we care. >> reporter: in jacksonville, they continue caring no matter how many years go by. for 18 years, they kept alive the name scott speicher, navy pilot, shot down in the first night of the gulf war, never knowing when he was alive or dead. a banner still flies above a station. his name is etched on a veterans memorial wall. he will always be remembered. >> this would be the first gulf war when this was put up there. >> r