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Continue to explore over the next several weeks. jon: going to take you to another story now. its got a money connection, but its not all about budgets. its one of my favorite stories of the day, actually. a guy walks into a bank, hes got a gun and a plan to rob the place, but he picked the wrong bank. the suspect wasnt figuring hed run across the u.s. army soldier with four deployments under his belt, and when the gunman starts waving his weapon in the general direction of the soldier and his c...

So what does the guy do? he makes a run for it, darts out of the house sprinting past police carrying his child! well, police caught up with him quickly. they tasered the guy, took him into custody. were happy to tell you the little girl was not hurt. she is now with child protective services. jenna: running away never really works, right? not really likely. well, a nursing student vanishing without a trace in california. why investigators say her disappearance is very similar to a murder last y...

Of dulles airport just outside washington, d.c. sunday night at 10:44 p.m. it was bound for acragona, a 5000-mile fight across the atlantic. short eafter takeoff a passenger recline dollars his seat, the guy behind him got angry about that and he assaulted the first passenger, up front, a flight attendant and passenger tried to stop the scuffle and the pilot decided to turn the plane around. heres what he told air traffic controllers sometime after the incident was first reported. >> united 990 ...

Three times, jon. jon: all right, so youre in the bank with your kids, how did you know the robbery was underway? >> jon, it was just a surreal moment. i was standing at the counter, and i walked back to my children, they were sitting in some chairs. when the gunman came in, he started, you know, screaming demands, and i turned around. no one believed it was real, even my children. they actually drew attention to themselves because they started giggling. jon: oops. [laughter] >> once he started ...

Statements blagojevich has made, from "the view" to fox news and radio appearances coming and going from the courthouse and use them to beat blagojevich like a pinata. there is a risk in that. blagojevich is a likeable guy. the jury seems to like him judging by their body language. if you make him look white like a whipped puppy in front. jury they could feel sorry for him and impact their judgement. jon: it is a retrial after all. mike tobin. thanks, mike. jenna: today the first day of june mar...

My new favorite person. jon: thats a pretty cool story. the guy points the gun right at him, and he takes him down. jenna: and, daddy, did you get the bad guys? we should send him to d.c. hed be a little more effective. jon: with those arms? [laughter] jenna: well, we have a lot coming up. you know, today marks a very interesting day for the country, it is the official opening of hurricane season. not necessarily great news when weve had all the tornadoes and floodings weve seen, take a look at ...