the 235-foot delta four heavy rocket took off from vandenberg air force base.his is just north of santa barbara. took off literally about 20 seconds ago. it is carrying a massive top secret spy satellite for the federal government. analysts say the satellite is probably capable of snapping pictures detailed enough to distipping wish the make and model of a car hundreds of miles away. let's stay on this and listen in. >> one minute 25 seconds, match one. 1645 feet per second. >> first motion time. >> roger. >> roger, first motion time of 18:03:00.224. >> pressure holding nicely. >> pretty fascinating to watch this happen. again, a rocket launch that just happened within the last minute or so from vandenberg air force base north of santa barbara, certainly a story we are keeping our eye on this morning for you. >>> now to developing store news overseas, the five permanent members of the u.n. security council are meeting informally to talk about a resolution to would authorize the use of military force against syria. meanwhile, amateur video reportedly shows the u

a 23-story tall delta 4 heavy rocket was launched on wednesday from california's vandenberg air force base. the classified payload is expected to be a billion-dollar spy satellite. >>> starbucks is selling a swarovski encrusted mug. >>> and a popular television commercial selling insurance was the inspiration behind this in florida for this business. they actually brought no man the camel to work. the occasion? hump day! well, we know that was yesterday, wednesday. today is thursday. but it happened yesterday. >>> straight ahead, a shocking new report suggests aaron hernandez was using angel dust. plus all your sports highlights, next. >>> now let's get the latest in sports for you. they finished just short of midnight. defending champ andy murray biting at the bit after a four-hour rain delay to britain's almost flawless against michael yodra. straight sets for murray. rolling stone magazine out with a comprehensive write-up on aaron hernandez citing unnamed sources. it says he used angel dust. he was convinced also that his life was in danger and carried a gun wherever he went. no c

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. >>> a massive rocket, in fact, the largest ever at vandenberg air force base was launched into spaceay. >> 4, 3, we have ignition of the rs68 engines. >> the delta rocket carried a secret spy satellite, but the launch was no secret. it was seen for miles. the delta 4 is 23 stories tall. the last time one of them lifted off from vannedberg was from 2011. this time, the three main engines were ignited one after the other to lesson the impact. >> when temperatures could climb back into the 90s, and the outlook for your holiday weekend. >> only on >>> more now on tonight's bay bridge closure. for many people, today was a last chance to drive into history. a ktvu viewer gave us this video. she's been driving across the bridge twice a day for more than two decades. but this trip this afternoon was her last across the old eastern span. >>> now to the south bay where police say they've been waging war on taggers. the problem isn't new, but it's not a victimless crime. only on 2, jeanine spoke with a disabled veteran who was beaten, and hospitalized after confronting taggers. it was one month

. >>> a massive rocket, in fact, the largest ever at vandenberg air force base was launched into space. >> 4, 3, we have ignition of the rs68 engines. >> the delta rocket carried a secret spy satellite, but the launch was no secret. it was seen for miles. the delta 4 is 23 stories tall. the last time one of them lifted off from vannedberg was from 2011. this time, the three main engines were ignited one after the other to lesson the impact. >> when temperatures could climb back into the 90s, and the outlook for your holiday weekend. >> only on 2, from vandalism to vicious attack? >> broke my nose. >> why he says taggers put down their spray paint and went after him. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to find big savings on the things you need. just make a straight line to safeway. your club card gets you deals you can't find anywhere else. load up the cooler. your favorite pepsi products are just $2.47 a 12-pack. charmin is $11.99 for 24 double rolls. and make it a giant scoop. breyers ice cream is only $2.88. real big deals this week and every wee

a delta for heavy rocket is scheduled to lift off from vandenberg air force base in southern california later this morning. the in our boat is in charge of the u.s. intelligence gathering satellites. it's a joint venture between lockheed martin and boeing to provide space launch services to the u.s. government with their atlas and delta rockets. the nfl players association has filed a grievance against the new england patriots to collect $82,000 an offseason workout bonuses that it says it all to former player karen hernandez. --aaron. the 23 year-old was dropped from the team after he was arrested in june on suspicion of killing 27 year old odin lloyd in massachusetts. the association says hernandez earned $82,000 in bonus money for attending off- season activities with the patriots from april to june while recovering from shoulder surgery. that money had not been paid when hernandez was arrested and his contract terminated. >>darya: prosecutors say they won't file criminal charges against former nba star scottie pippen for fighting with an autograph seeker. authorities say the autogra

it's unmanned, delta four, heavy blasting off from vandenberg air force base in california.d. look at that thing soar. america's most powerful rocket, 23 stories tall, three hydrogen-fueled engines. you see there, it's the sides of a pickup it's the size of a pickup truck. good looking sight, though, going into the sky. martha: boy, historic celebration in our nation's capital yesterday marking 50 years since the inspiring march on washington and reverend dr. martin luther king's historic "i have a dream" speech. and president obama, of course, was not the only high profile speaker there, he was joined by some big name celebrities. there's a great shot of oprah winfrey standing there. it was a little rainy, as you can see. also a rousing speech by the oscar winning actor and entertainer jamie foxx. but here's a question that some people are scratching their heads about today, because notably ab sent was a man by the name of tim scott who happens to be the only african-american who currently serves in the united states senate. but senator scott did not get the chance to share

. >>> the largest rocket ever to take off from vandenberg air force base is well on its way to outerf with a bang, carrying a spy satellite on a classified mission. expected to reach orbit by the weekend. >>> the army psychologist who gunned down fellow soldiers at ft. hood sentenced to death. hasaun acted as his own attorney and barely put up a defense. now on track how to become the first american soldier executed since 1961, abc's katie mccullough was there as the families had their say. >> reporter: it has been nearly four years since michael cahill and 12 others were murdered when major nidal hasan opened fire at ft. hood. his family is finally able to talk about justice being served in the form of a death sentence for hasan. >> the best thing for that man is to be forgotten. we need your head with that. >> the house of grief is a very large house. and there is a lot of rooms in there. this court-martial is one of them. and it's a door we get to shut today. >> reporter: cahill was a centerpiece of the prosecution's closing statements to the panel of 13 who decided hasan's fate.

they are brandon vandenberg, branking banks, javoian mckenzie and kory vaby. charged with five counts each of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. this alleged attack happened in this dorm. this happened back in june. the alleged victim, a female vanderbilt student who police say was unconscious at the time of the assault. nashville police are signaling, too, that others could be involved. >> we are not ruling out the possibility of additional charges. as we in part examine what role other persons may have had in this incident. >> want to bring in brian haas, crime and court reporter for the tennessean newspaper. brian, welcome to you. when it comes to the stat stus of these four guys, these four players, are they still on the team? are they in police custody? where are they? >> all four players were quickly kicked off the team and banned from campus once details started to trickle out. this was before the arrest. since the arrest, all four have been arrested. three of them are still in jail as of at least about an hour ago. one of them

brandon branks, cory batey, and brandon vandenberg are all charged with rape and battery. >> that's prettystly, it's kind of sad. these are the guys we look up to. >> i don't think it's fair to take what happened in the past few weeks and pass that on to the rest of the team. >> the school noticed four football players acting suspiciously on a dorm surveillance video. >> we are shocked and saddened by the allegations that such an assault has taken place on our campus. >> reporter: authorities filed additional charges against two of brandon vandenburg's friends for their alleged roles in the coverup. police continue to work the case and say their main focus is the victim. >> everything we're doing here is for her so that she can have justice. >> three of the four former football players charged with rape are expected to be in court tomorrow morning. boyd, meanwhile, is free on bond. he has been suspended from the football team while the legal process runs its course. kate, chris? >> all right, alina, thanks so much for that update. thanks. >>> now to impact your world. actor rein wilson is

them and continued to put more of these ground-based interceptors into silos in alaska and four in vandenberg. and then to try and make them work. because, they were in a rush to get this work done. and so these gbis have been in, essentially in development while they have been in operational status. and, this is part of the reason that secretary gaetz and in april of 2009 decided to pause in the deployment of further gbis. on the one hand here we were 2009 and there was no north korean nuclear-tipped icbm nor an iranian one. and we were at the point of having 30, ratio 30 to zero, interceptors to threat missiles. advantageous position to stop and try to fix some of these problems. now there are actually two batches of gbis. one batch has a lot of problems. one doesn't. and, the president in march, i believe it was, late march, made the decision to proceed so the ballistic missile defense review of 2010 reflected the commitment of the administration to be prepared to continue to grow the homeland defense posture over the longer term if we got clear evidence that the threat from north korea or