there's two steven slaters.there was the steven slater, the characature that jay leno and everyone is making fun of. and here's a real live flesh and bones person. that changes things. the surprise is he's a lot different than we thought. >> larry: do you think maybe he should have come out sooner? >> no, i think we did this at exactly the right time. dan and i were in absolute agreement. you don't say one thing until the legal resolution is behind us. and as soon as we get out to california and sit down with you, this is what we did. >> larry: is there a book deal or a tv something going to happen here? >> we have signed with a book agent. >> larry: the life story of -- >> we're with the morris office, as the say. we're with a great agent at wme entertainment. and he has a co-writer. and i think publisher is going to be interested. are we allowed to talk about the title? we have this fabulous title. >> we have a few ideas. >> larry: i think just saying it you can copyright it right here. >> "cabin pressure." it

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in a plea deal yesterday, steven slater was slapped with a $10,000 fine and ordered to counseling and abuse treatment. if he completes the program he will get a year's probation. if not, he will go to jail. back in august slater cursed over the loudspeaker and slid down the emergency chute with a beer in his hand. you remember this? >> i remember this. i think he spoke for frustrated people. >>> our question of the day to you, what do you think about steven slater's punishment? >> send your comments to mornings@cbs5.com. or you can post your answers on our facebook page. we're also on twitter. and we will share your responses. >> so he has a $10,000 fine, he has to undergo counseling and substance abuse treatment and if he completes that he gets a year's probation. fair? >> all right. it is 5:26. word of a fire at an apartment complex in san francisco right now. we are going to have more on this in the next half hour. >>> plus, new developments in the case of a uc-berkeley grad still being held captive in iran. when they will be facing a judge. >>> what will become of this neighborhoo

this morning steven slater is here and we'll ask him about that.e will give us a play by play of the fateful day and tell us what was going on in his life leading up to that moment. >> of course the only thing i remember he grabbed a beer on the way out. >> we'll ask mim about that, too. >> coming up, all these stories about cell phones, should you keep them close to your head and could they be dangerous? there may other parts in danger, especially if you keep them in your pocket, when we come back. >> announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by subway restaurants. build your better breakfast and grab lunch to go, too. of [ male announcer ] a big day deserves a better breakfast. choose from a dee-licious lineup of our newest $5 footlong breakfast melts, like the sunrise subway melt. [ strahan ] subway. build your better breakfast. with the $2.50 breakfast combo. get a 16oz. cup of piping-hot seattle's best coffee and a savory new sunrise subway melt built fresh to your order for just $2.50. subway. build your better breakfast. introduc

and i even wore my steven slater. how -- they're driving me crazy.nnel my inner steve slater when i can't -- i can't even get ready for landing and cross-check? i have had it. i have had it. i got my blue moon. and i am blowing this popsicle stand. >> oh, good one. oh, come on. oh, man. a rough day on "world news now." i guess we're down a writer now. one of our producers has taken a leave from a certain jetblue flight attendant we all remember. >> i think you did steven slater proud. right now we found him. he's diving off the emergency shoot. >> be good. we have a lot of fun here on "world news now" of course every day. especially halloween now. and halloween gives us a perfect excuse to have even more fun than usual. >> and thanks to the team at jibjab.com we've put together a few halloween treats for our viewers. first up, the halloween rap. ♪ it's halloween and we're back for more ♪ ♪ we got goblins and freaks galore ♪ ♪ we go boo ♪ what up, ladies you can call me dracula ♪ ♪ take you to the crib and make you into a snack-ula ♪ ♪ a transylvanian

jet blue's infamous flight attendant steven slater talks about wh led to his dratic exit down a plane'srgency chute. ♪ >>> all right. here's the deal. world series game one get through it okay. >> right. >> what abou game two? >> not so much. each model looks like drizzle, maybe light rain by the time the game rolls around. these tomorrow. today looking at a few high clouds taking over our sunnyky as that syst approaches from the west. beautiful picture from mount tamalpais today. sky 7 hd. flying high over at&t park. you can see a lot of beautiful pictures of the city during the game tonight. because it will remain clear. 11:19 this morning. let's take a look at temperatures as a lot of mid to upper 30s this morning but rebounded to 60s, same thing monterey bay and inland. afternoon high clouds. temperatures a few degrees warm warmer tomorrow. low s along the coast. mid to upper 60s around the bay into the northay valleys. near 70 the south bay and east bay valleys. around the monterey bay, upper 60s to near 70. low 70s for salinas, morgan hill and hollister. that forecast for tonight'

steven slater had his day in court today and he pleaded guilty. he was contrite, and agreed to a deal that requires he undergo mental health and substance abuse counseling for a year. and tom, he also has to pay jetblue ten grand, the cost of replacing the emergency chute. >> tom: i hope he finds the help he needs, but an awfully expensive outburst at the end of the day, 10 grand. >> susie: it sure was. >> susie: that's "nightly business report" for tuesday, october 19. i'm susie gharib. good night, everyone, and good night to you, too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie. i'm tom hudson. good night, everybody. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> be more. pbs.

some steven slater is a folk hero. to others, he is a crazy flight attendant who had a very public meltdown. slater is saying it was just something he had to do. >> uhm, you know what? at the end of the day, why i believe that i probably did that was i knew that if i went out that front door, that i was probably coming right back. and i think when i look back on it maybe subconsciously, i needed to go in a way that i knew was final. >> oh, it was. slatedder was charged with three felony counts including criminal mischief and reckless endangerment. rather than facing a try he pled guilty, got a $10,000 fine. >>> since we're on this airline theme, i'm told that all right, fleet week is over here in san francisco but because of the world series games, the u.s. marine corps and the u.s. navy f-18 planes, they are going to perform fly-byes tonight's and tomorrow's games. first they will maneuver over angel island and alcatraz. will the beautiful weather last for two days and two nights? you're shaking your head no way? >> t

>>> and steven slater, the former jetblue flight attendant who famously resigned by sliding down an emergency chute tells his side of the story. i'm betty nguyen. his side of the story. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day! -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. caption colorado, l.l.c. comments@captioncolorado.com >>> it's been a long time since san francisco has had a winning team in this area. and we're so excited. >> get chills every time

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officials say steven slater cursed at passengers before he grabbed a beer and slid down the emergency plane chute. today he pleaded guilty to criminal mischief and agreed to undergo counseling and substance abuse treatment. if he does not complete the deal he will be have repercussions. >>> the white house is pulling out all of the stops to keep the becomic majority in both houses. joe biden will be rallying barbara boxer -- bar bow boxer. the president will appear at a fund-raiser for the democratic national committee and also campaign for kamala harris running for state attorney general. >>> the president's visit could make traffic in the city even more challenging than usual because of his arrival along with his motorcade and security is scheduled right about the same time the giants start playoff game number 5 at 4:30. san francisco police say they are prepared for all contingencies. >> we'll work with the coast guard, san francisco police, marin unit, our partnership with muni, department of traffic and safeguard that folks have a good time. >> president obama is expected to stay

>>> we're back at 7:43 with steven slater speaking out. jetblue flight attendant that cursed out passengers over the intercom. he avoided jail time by agreeing to undergo counseling for at least a year. i spoke to slater following his sentence and i began by asking him if he was surprised that so people at first applauded what he did? >> i think a lot of people were saying it's about time. they might not have necessarily agreed with the vehicle for this statement, but a lot of people sort of had a sense of, well, it's about time. >> we'll go back and talk more about that day in detail in a second. but when you look back, do you have regrets about that day, or did that reaction, that surprise reaction of, hey, good for you pal, you touched a nerve. >> at the end of the day, would i have chosen to make the same decisions again, probably not. >> any of them? would you have not shown up for work that day or would you have just not done certain things that day? >> it was definitely time to go and i shouldn't have allowed myself to get to a point

jet blue's infamous flight attendant steven slater talks about what led to his dramatic exit down a plane'ssame old failure from sacramento. job killer jerry brown. always more taxes, more spending, and more lost jobs. david harmer wrote an education plan titled "abolish the public schools." he even called our schools "insidious" and "socialism." as families struggle to raise their kids, to provide a good education, harmer bragged, "we can design a plan to dismantle them." david harmer is just too radical. we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts. endorsed for his "independence" by the contra costa times stockton record, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney and i approved this message. @@ ♪ >>> all right. here's the deal. world series game one get through it okay. >> right. >> what about game two? >> not so much. each model looks like drizzle maybe light rain by the time the game rolls around. these tomorrow. today looking at a few high clouds taking over our sunny sky as that system approaches from the west. beautiful picture from mount tamalpais today.

. >>> and everyone's favorite flight attendant, steven slater, appears in a new york courtroom today.later made headlines worldwide over the summer after he argued with a passenger, grabbed a beer and left the plane going down the emergency chute. >> everybody remembers that. >>> finally, our exclusive interview with maybe the most popular member of the 33 miners, mario sepulveda. >> super mario was the second man freed from the mine in chile. john quinones caught up with him during his first days back home. >> reporter: last week, the miners had agreed not to say much about those hellish days below. the first one to break that vow, mario sepulveda. that intrepid reporter who, for so many days, gave the world a view of the miners' life underground. this past weekend, mario was busy falling in love again with his wife. dancing with his daughter, scarlet. and in video he licensed to abc news, we see him reading the good-bye letter he wrote for his son, franco, when he thought he was going to die. "i will miss you, my son," he wrote. 'but i am tranquil and happy because as i leave this e

plus, remember steven slater the jetblue flight attendant who went nuts on that flight and slid downcy chute? he is ready to talk about it. he is going to be in our studio to finally, you know, give us a play-by-play of what happened that day and why and tell us all the stuff that was going on in his life that led up to that moment. so all that and much more coming up here on "the early show." by the way, how psyched are you for the world series? >> do you see my orange? [ laughter ] >> we are all ready for it. it will be a great series. thank you, maggie. we'll see you on "the early show" at 7:00. >>> big day in sports. right? one final preview as we get closer to game one of the world series. [ male announcer ] with jerry brown, it's just one dishonest smear after another. and another. just a dishonest politician, trying to hide his record of failure. the real brown plan? more spending on out-of-control state pensions. more favors for the big teachers union, blocking education reform. more job-killing taxes and regulations. more of the same old failure from sacramento. job killer j

steven slater. cursed them out on the pa system.asty. i could have found a more productive way than freaking out on passengers. maybe a hug could have solved the whole thing. next time i'll try to things through before freaking out. >> you are [bleep] you're sick. [inaudible] >> she was disrespected by daniel. also, i recognize there are many reasons why a person in a bad situation might turn to sex work. >> all right. an incredible gathering today. we all know it doesn't matter what we say or do today. matters what is reported about what we did or said here today. as we all know, there are really only two options in terms of reporting on a rally. either it was a tremendous success. [cheers and applause] >> or a horrendous failure. to show us how that works, we have jason joins covering our rally from both perspectives. >> look at them. >> jon, look at them. a vast swamp the america. freedom-loving patriotic americans brought together by the common optimist of a perfect future. walking around, meeting some of these americans, i have

steven slater spoke politely and calmly as he entered a guilty plea to a charge of second-degree attemptedttempted criminal mischief. under the terms of the deal, slater must undergo at least a year of counseling and substance-abuse treatment. if he completes the program to the judge's satisfaction, the top misdemeanor will remain and he will be sentenced to a year of probation. slater was initially charged with criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing. he underwent a mental health evaluation and it the alternative sentencing program. his case was transferred to mental health court, a special division of state justice where defendants are monitored and treated. >> bruton that is kron4 morning are monitored and treated. >> bruton that is kron4 morning nthis is your captain speaking. we are 14th in line for takeoff. looks like it's bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for a pillow! an extra bag costs what? i hate traffic! ♪ the white-collar brawlers dog, they wanted

steven slater pleaded guilty in a deal requiring a year of mental health and substance abuse counseling sign me up. >> i have changed my mind about what it's like being home because before i thought, hey, you're home with the kids. how hard could it be? it's much harder to go to work. but now, i know that it's so much tougher being home. you never rest. there is always something to do. and you always have to be on your toes, so to speak. there is always, you can't leave them for ten seconds because he'll climb up the furniture, up the stairs and open the ovens or finding knives. >> reporter: welcome to the utopian land of the do it all dad. sweden. here, the government gives both mom and dad equal parental leave. more fathers, 85%, take more time off when baby arrives here than anywhere else in the world. swedish men say their bosses expect them to take so-called daddy leave, and it would be frowned upon if they didn't. i admit i have a bit of a personal interest in this story. if i had this baby in sweden my husband and i could split up to 14 months off of work, jobs guaranteed at 80%