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On the runway. some can see whats going on. what you saw on the right-hand side of the screen looked a lot like it could be the northeast as well, but it wasnt. it was kentucky. this weather system that has 90 million americans in its cross hairs has kentucky in the cross hairs too. if you plan to go down that roadway or just care about those on the roadway on that screen, they are stuck. some of them for upwards of 14 hours. those are the two weather stories. also want to get back up to new yor...

Factors here that may have contributed to this incident. and then lastly i would say about the md-88, this is from the md-80 series of planes built by mcdonald douglas. then boeing bought mcdonald douglas. a very very respected workhorse of a plane thats been around for the better part of 30 years. this particular subset the md-88, was specifically requested by delta. so the md-80 family as a whole came out, you know starting in the 80s or so but delta specifically asked their version of it the ...

It was a small wedding but its incredibly emotional not to be there. >> reporter: this winter has been so bad for travelers and its cost them big. nearly $3 billion this season alone. brianna? >> sunlen serfaty, thank you. chad myers is in our severe weather center. chad, why are so many airports still backed up. sunlen called it the hangover. >> you know, it is. because all of the pilots that are there may not be with the equipment that they need to fly. pilots are assigned and classified and q...

Storms in what was left of their homes. residents, he said, seemed confused and eager for any information that i had. in atlanta today a routine flight turned scary for people on board a delta flight out of pittsburgh. an md-88 with more than 40 passengers and 5 crew members on board caught fire shortly after landing at hartsfield-jackson international airport. the airline says nobody hurt. george howell of our affiliate wsb talked with one of the passengers on board. >> reporter: emergency cr...

On board a delta flight out of pittsburgh. an md-88 with more than 40 passengers and 5 crew members on board caught fire shortly after landing at hartsfield-jackson international airport. the airline says nobody hurt. george howell of our affiliate wsb talked with one of the passengers on board. >> reporter: emergency crews responded to delta flight 2284 from pittsburgh after officials say the brakes overheated on the taxiway causing a fire. >> they kept telling us they were assessing the situat...

>> eric: there were terrifying moments for dozens of passengers when a delta plane caught fire as it landed at heart field johnson airport in atlanta, the md-88 had just arrived from pittsburgh. and 43 people and five crewmembers were on board and when the plane landed authorities say a couple of the tires blew. and, then the brakes overheated. and witnesses say it caused smoke and flames as you can see. coming from the rear of the plane. while it sat there on the taxi way. >> a big bank and a b...

former honduran president got a boisterous welcome home from thousands of supporters today. returning to his home land two years after being ousted in a could you plea coup. he urged supporters to pursue peaceful democratic change. zelaya ha been in exile in the dominican republic but reached the deal with the hon dour ran government which allowed him to return. out with the food pyramid. in with a dinner plate. that is the brand new icon of healthy eating that the agriculture depart...

he urged supporters to pursue peaceful democratic change. zelaya ha been in exile in the dominican republic but reached the deal with the hon dour ran government which allowed him to return. out with the food pyramid. in with a dinner plate. that is the brand new icon of healthy eating that the agriculture department is going to unveil this coming thursday. whats prompting the makeover and what does it mean? well tell you about that ahead in this newscast. and a quick sports note f...

Hes on his way to doing a lot more. i think the president has a very good story to >> heather: one thing we can agree on is the economy will definitely with an issue. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> bye-bye. >> gregg: fox news alert. further information about that hard landing at hartsfield international airport in atlanta. flight 2284, pittsburgh to atlanta, an md-88 aircraft, 43 passengers, five crew onboard. apparently, when it landed, hard landing the brakes overheated. the b...

As well to try to reconcile the militants with the rest of the country. now, at the same time theres been attacks across the border in pakistan as well in weeks since osama bin ladens death also targeting american, nato and pakistani troops and installations here as well as in nato supply lines. a very complicated picture caught in the middle ordinary afghan and pakistani civilians and of course international troops as well around 200 troops killed in afghanistan so far this year. stan grant, cn...