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Hezam al murisi may have been trying to test airport security when they flew from amsterdam to chicago. their check bags wound up in washington. officials say the luggage contained "suspicious items" including cell phones and watches that were taped to plastic bottles as well as knives and box cutters. efforts to save 393 trapped chilean miners finally got under way this morning. rescuers began drilling the rescue tunnel. it is a process that could take more than three months. rescue workers a...

News in the morning. we have some breaking developments right now in the efforts to save 393 trapped chilean miners. finally drilling has started again. early this morning they began drilling that rescue tunnel. it was delayed. it is a process that still could take more than three months. rescue workers are also making plans to begin sending down hot food as well as sandwiches. until now the men have been surviving on liquids. in about ten minutes well speak to homer hickham, a former astronaut ...

One of the miners had a very special proposal for his girl. jessica andest ban have been together 25 years, have three children and two grandchildren but they never got married in church. now in this dingy cabin, the miners are calling it refuge 33, esteban has had time to think. in a letter to jessica, he proposed they have a full catholic wedding. "please keep praying that we get out of this alive. and when i do get out, we will buy you a dress and get married. good-by good-bye,est ban rojas."...

Goodbye, esteban rojas. jessica, of course, said yes. i read what he had to say and it made me shout with happiness, she said. on sunday, families had the first chance to speak one-on-one to their loved ones. it was mines minister lauren goldbond himself who dropped the phone line into the ground. this is what the rescue workers are calling the umbilical cord. this is how theyre keeping the miner, trapped 700 meter, or 2,200 feet underground, alive. a metal cylinder dubbed the carrier pigeon tak...

Meanwhile, well look at his piece. >> reporter: they are been together 25 years, have three children and two grand children, but they never got married in church. now in this dingy cabin, the miners are calling it refuge 33, esteban has had time to think. in a letter to jessica, he proposed they have a full catholic wedding. please keep praying that we get out of this alive. when i do get out, we will buy you a dress and get married. good-bye, esteban rohas. jessica, of course, said yes. >> tran...

On sunday families had the first chance to speak one on one to their loved ones. it was mines minister lawrence goldborne himself who dropped the phone line into the ground. this is what rescue workers are calling the umbilical cord. this is how theyre keeping the miners, trapped 700 meters and 2,300 feet underground, alive. a metal cylinder dubbed "the carrier pigeon" takes down food, water, clothes, letters, and now a phone line. each relative had only about 20 seconds to speak. "i was the las...

Mine. youre online and we are too. josh is following whats hot. >> this volcano has erupted after 400 years. two people have died, more than 30 how ,000 are displaced. we have all the details here. >> and president obama is expected to make a live statement with the economy this hour. lets start with our lead story. final preparations are under way right now to start drilling a rescue shaft for 33 chilean miners trapped underground for three-and-a-half weeks now. the process is expected to tak...

Get in . . . and drive one. as children are starting school and as we know, state budgets are shrinking, we decided to look across the country this week at back to school 2010. we start with a surprise. a public school in los angeles being labeled a taj mahal. david wright takes us on a tour. >> reporter: the robert f. kennedy community school boasts an ornate auditorium, fine art murals and a faculty dining room that the superintendent says is better than most restaurants. cost of constructio...

America and democracy. they were cheering for a shiite cleric. >> in america, we were so -- as americans, we were so eager to have reflected back to us the supposed glory of the war. i mean, the fact that it was a flag tied to 9/11 was perfect given what the american people wanted to hear at that point. it bore no relation to reality. and just as -- just as there was no connection. >> it was literally put on the statue. a 9/11 flag strapped across his face. >> its such a perfect met forfor what ...

Across the united states. we are here hours after the president was because we still have to file our stories. you know, the problem is -- were in los angeles. its now 1:00 a.m. eastern time and were finally going to get to go to bed. were not going to go out to dinner. were going right to bed. >> beautiful blue sky. >> sunrise over l.a. >> see the sky? beautiful in seattle. >> they decided to put the protest right behind the live shot. >> beautiful downtown seattle, washington. if youre lucky w...