finished. they re going to be doing some pressure tests to determine that there are no leaks. want to make sure everything is done and this thing will officially be declared dead. also, we are following a story out of california. a disturbing story right now, where officials say 13 people are missing and they fear they may be on a suicide pact mission. among the missing is this woman, reyna maresol chicas. eight children are among the missing. two husbands of the missing alerted the police on saturday. the children missing are between the ages of 3 and 17. authorities say the group left behind notes indicating plans to commit mass suicide. there were notes, we re going to go meet jesus, as you said, we re going to go meet our relatives, who are deceased, looking forward to it.
his father had died in a helicopter accident in southeast asia. only at age 29 when the air force declassified his father s story did he learn the truth. i was stunned that, in fact, he wasn t killed in a helicopter accident. it was the first time i knew of anything of his heroic deeds. reporter: during the vietnam war, the u.s. military wasn t supposed to be in laos. it was a neutral country. so etchberger and others shed their uniforms and posed as civilians to run a super-secret radar installation on a laotian mountaintop. in 1967 and 68, lima guided bombing of vietnam. in march of 68, north vietnamese soldiers scaled the tall cliff and attacked. the technicians were attacked. etchberger picked up an m-16. it s foggy.
united nations general assembly will be meeting here. perhaps she will try to lobby for the release of her companions. back to you, t.j. susan candiotti for us in new york on the story. we appreciate you, as always. thanks so much. want to give our viewers a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. including in afghanistan, where nato says afghan and coalition troops have killed at least seven insurgents during a joint operation in the eastern part of that country. among the dead, a suspected taliban commander. meanwhile, a bombing in southern afghanistan killed two nato service members. also, pope benedict xvi is wrapping up his four-day state visit to the uk. the pontiff publicly apologized for the sex abuse scandal that has rocked the catholic church. meanwhile, uk authorities have released six suspects arrested friday on suspicion of possible terror activities. that s after a search of several homes and two businesses apparently turned up no evidence of wrong
ashamed he was for what happened. so that is, perhaps, one way he tried to reform the image of the church on this trip. but probably wasn t enough for critics. at the same time that he was meeting with victims, protesters took to the streets, saying that really they need more than apologies. they want to see action they haven t seen it yet. another big story is the fact that six people were alleged in an alleged terror plot and it seems that wasn t necessarily the case now. that s right. they made six arrests on friday, but they released all six men on saturday night and early sunday morning, released them without any charge. and there s no explanation what or if there was any terror-related activities that in fact these men were involved with. we simply don t know. according to the uk law, of course, they can arrest any suspected anyone suspected of terror-related activities for up to 28 days without charge.
from ms. turner. she wrote to us saying her district has ads on the sides of buss to assist in the cost rather than the community paying more in taxes, or in this case, paying directly for buses. what s interesting about that story is we saw that about a year ago. one school district putting ads on the side of buses. and at the time, people thought, no, school buses should not have ads. i think as these budget cuts continue, perception on that might shift over saying, well, maybe not such a bad idea. paying $400, $500 per kid to ride the bus, that is just absurd. i know things are tight, but people can t do that. plus, the little ones, elementary school kids shouldn t be walking. the older ones, no problem, but the little ones can t walk. carl, thank you so much. appreciate you. coming up, we ve got a conversation about islam. and we re having this conversation with deepak chopra. she s going to be joining us live. there he is, standing by for us. he has a new book on the subject.