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On cnn that typically its the weather that determines the fire. but now its the fire thats determining the weather. this reaches up to altitudes where the plane flies, 40,000 feet in that anvil, and, throughout the thunderstorm, they even had rain yesterday at a command site. its the lightning that poses a threat. theyre not going to get enough rain with the dry weather and the conditions to help the firefighters much. this is an animation. see the white plume at the end of the animation here? f...

Refusing to leave the building. there is no confirmation of the latest threat, but security officials here are taking it very seriously, and we were standing with secretary rumsfelds security detail who, as soon as they got the report, were running into the building and we were herded away, but they have set up an alternative command site somewhere in the area. the pentagon set up a crisis team to deal with this situation. but, so far, the latest reports are that another plane of some kind may h...

House. the u.s. capitol has been evacuated. obviously the pentagon has as well. well go to mik. mik, what is the latest from the pentagon? >> reporter: katie, security officials here at the pentagon have not only evacuated the building but theyre clearing the entire area. security forces have reported that they have received information of another plane hijacking. that its about 20 to 25 miles out of washington, d.c. headed in this general direction. the secretary of defense, donald rumsfeld, a ...

Latest threat but security officials here are taking it very seriously. we were standing with secretary rumsfelds security detail who as soon as they got the report went running into the building. we were herded away. but they have set up an alternative command site somewhere in the area. the pentagon has set up a crisis team to deal with this situation. but so far the latest reports are that another plane of some kind may have been hijacked and headed in this direction. katie. >> we also should...

>> i am sorry. there is no confirmation of this latest threat. security officials here are taking this very seriously. we were standing with secretary rumsfelds security detail who as soon as they got the report went running into the building and we were herded away. they have set up an alternative command site somewhere in the area. the pentagon has set up a crisis team to deal with this situation. so far the latest reports are that another plane of some kind may have been hijacked and headed i...

Evacuated as well as the white house, the u.s. capitol evacuated, and obviously the pentagon has as well. mick, what is the latest from the pentagon? >> katie, security officials here at the pentagon have not only evacuated the building but theyre clearing the entire area. security forces have reported that they have received information of another plane hijacked, that is about 20 to 25 miles out of washington, d.c., heading in this general direction. the secretary of defense donald rumsfeld a f...

As soon as they got the report went running in to the building. we were herded away they have set up an alternative command site in the area. the pentagon has a crisis team to deal with the situation. so far, the latest reports are that another plane of some kind may have been hijacked and headed in this direction. >> we also should tell you, mick, this is tom brokaw, the faa says all international flights headed to the united states are being diverted to canada. this at a time when there is an ...

Jews, christians and -- if assad was to fall, then it would descend into the kind of violent sectarian violence we saw in iraq after the fall of saddam hussein and much like we saw across yugoslavia after the death of general tito. that is a concern in itself, shep. >> shepard: jonathan hunt. what a complicated world all of a sudden. good to so you. rebels in libya. remember the not war there they are reporting significant gains against colonel moammars qaddafis forces in the not war. >> were le...

If you will, and the r.e.a.l. space act allows us focus on going to the moon again. >> also on the radar, also involving more legislation, the space shuttle is retiring, as you know, the four shuttles going to los angeles, to florida, washington, and new york city. you support a new bill that would bring one of the shuttles to houston. why is that so important to you? >> you know, i think we should all be in the business of looking forward and looking at a new mission for nas, but at the same ti...