37 minutes past the hour on this american morning. more safety problems for qantas airlines. this time, 352 passengers are stranded in bangkok, the flight they were on, the 747, had engine problems. apparently burning fuel too fast. now, also, the flight from bangkok was headed to sydney had to be turned around. also, another problem earlier this week, quantities as it flight was lost cabin pressure. apparently plunged 25,000 feet. then november 4th, an engine explosion on another qantas a-380 plane. they were forced to make an emergency landing in indonesia. there s good news for gabrielle giffords who suffered a gunshot wound to the head. doctors are saying that she s progressing, quote, at lightning
old. five missing americans found safe after being lost at sea off the coast of the philippines. the group left guam headed for the philippines but never made it. the boat became stranded after having engine problems. authorities did not identify the five or where they are from. the next big political gathering is the political action conference. several high profile groups are skipping the conference in part because of the inclusion of a gay group though that is not the only reason they are objecting. the president of the family research council joins us live from tucson, arizona. thank you for joining us today. shannon: how ar today. tell us why you won t be a part of cpac this year. we have not been a part for the last three years because of what we feel is a leftward grip away from the core conservative
coldest temperatures. we ll see temperatures in hartford down around 7 or 8 below zero. boston goes down to zero, providence one below zero, the coldest they ve been and the first time below zero in six years. this cold air mass will hold in for a day or so. then we re going to be tracking the storm, as i mentioned earlier, alex, we don t have the track etched in stone. the latest american model takes it out to sea. we ll discard that and go with the european, but that one takes it so close that the big cities will get mostly rain. we re three days out. it s a wednesday, wednesday night into thursday morning. we ll fine-tune that for you on the weather channel and figure out, alex, who gets what as far as rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain. back to you. okay. for which we thank you. you had a lot of zeros in there, mike. wow. thank you. five americans lost at sea have been found safe on their boat after they became lost sailing from guam to the philippines. a rescuer says the 38-f
new york and boston. but that s going to change a few more times, alex, between now and wednesday as the track changes. best bet is sit tight be prepared and we ll keep you updated here on msnbc and also the weather channel. it s cold this morning right now, alex. 10 degrees. 10 degrees here on the lakefront. yeah, i ve got weather.com up right now checking a lot of different things across this country. thank you very much, mike seidel. stay warm. five americans lost at sea have been found at sea after they became lost sailing from guam to the philippines. a rescuer says the 38-foot catamaran developed engine problems in rough seas. he says the woman and four men on board are all in fine health. rescuers are now escorting that boat to its original destination in the philippines. after weeks of infighting and uncertainty there is new hope for the government in afghanistan. legislators held a series of last-minute talks with president hamid karzai to try to avoid an angry showdown
a sure bet for all snow and some areas will get a lot of snow. indeed. thank you very much, mike seidel, for braving it for us. five americans lost at sea have been found safe on their boat after they became lost sailing from guam to the philippines. a rescuer says the 38-foot catamaran developed engine problems. all aboard are in fine health. rescuers are now escorting that boat to its original destination in the philippines. our world view this morning begins in pakistan with a deadly passenger bus crash. 30 people were killed when it crashed into an oil tanker. survivors say both vehicles caught fire so quickly that most passengers didn t have time to escape. in northern germany, a river is close to reaching record levels after weeks of snow and ice, rising temperatures and heavy rains triggered flood warnings in many regions. crews are using sandbags and pumps to push the water back into the river. another company has pulled its ads from the controversial, new mtv show