u.s. officials say there are indications he was on the scene at time. asiri is suspected of making the underwear bomb that was worn by a nigerian man that was worn on a flight to detroit on christmas day 2009. he is also behind the failed plot to put bombs disguised as printer cartridges on planes last july. samir kahn was considered he used to live in charlotte, north carolina at one point. molly graham spoke with people who knew him and asked how she was able to track down kahn last november but the federal government could not. we started off by ringing the door bell of samir kahn s parents house. no answer. so we talked with jabrile huff, the spokesman of the family. you can imagine if it was your child, a number of emotions, embarrassed. frustrated. reporter: he said the ideology that samir wrote about was wrong. he said samir was dangerous but he wouldn t take the next step. was samir a terrorist? that s a good question. he definitely was a terrorist suppor
said he s really going to try and get as much done as they can, try to wrap this search and rescue up by the end of the day. you know, christine, you re from the midwest. you ve heard tornado sirens, you know what it s like. sometimes as a viewer i wonder what sing to gained from continuing to what s to be gained from continuing to cover these things. take a look at this damage. it s hard to comprehend. there are cars crumpled like tin cans. no foliage on any of the trees. there are no houses. these were all houses. for mileses as far as we can se these were supposed to be houses. the one building standing there is the medical center and even that is mostly destroyed. so it s hard to believe that there were survivors of this, but there were. the fact is there were survivors. 17 people were pulled from the damage and they re hoping to pull more today. but there are a lot of people who just managed to dodge the worst of it by chance. two rescuers because of the
it is tuesday, may 24th. we re getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that we re talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. good morning. what are you seeing there? good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you it s a good morning in joplin. it simply isn t. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. let s begin this morning with some breaking news, however. president obama in london this morning, is announcing that he will be coming here. he will be visiting joplin this sunday as soon as he gets back from his european trip. the president says he wants the folks here to know the government will do absolutely everything they can to make sure that there s recovery here. 30% of joplin is gone. it s decimated. right now hundreds of police, fire fighters, national guardsmen, other volunteers are searching for survi
airplanes and viable economically for the airline and they will not get rid of them. reporter: airplanes are getting safer and more fuel efficient because newer the plane more mileses per gallon and president obama said the military is upgrading the fleet, too much and he hopes private carriers will keep up. the air force is aiming to get half of the source was jet fuel . i am directing the nave yedepartment of agreculture to work with the private sector to create biofuels to power jets and trucks and commercialers. using numbers in 2010, there were a total of zero deaths on commercial airlines in the u.s.. harris. harris: peter, thank you very much. more airline trouble in ohio where a plane was forced to landd after four passengers
this is live pictures from a chopper, kdfw, our fox affiliate, texas, 30, 40 mileses outside of dallas, texas, 8:00 a.m. this morning, waxahachie, somebody attempted to rob the vintage bank and we are getting word there may be hostages inside the bank, and as a precaution, the local school nearby, is on lockdown and the children who arrived there, were escorted into the building and all the doors have been locked and it is well protected now by local police, and they are trying to sort this thing out. we have no idea if there are any injuries, but potential hostages inside the vintage bank, during the course of a robbery. we ll continue to advise as we get details. this state may not be near you but a political outcome in washington state could impact you and your family, the reason? remember, wins could determine the balance of power in the united states senate and the