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The single engine aircraft wound up hanging from a tree 50 feet in the air in hanover, maryland. A student pilot and his instruct wear on board. A rescue team got the men down. Body suffered only minor injuries. R on board. A rescue team got the men down. Body suffered only minor injuriese on board. A rescue team got the men down. Body suffered only minor injuries. The new scandal involving an allstar pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Felipe vasquez has been accused of sexual assaulting a minor two years ago when the girl was 13 years old. Reporter twotime allstar Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vasquez behind bars accused of sexually assaulting a child. Police arresting the 28yearold reliever charging him with several crimes including solicitation of a child. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement began investigating allegations vasquez had a sexual relationship with a 13yearold girl whos now 15 after the childs mother said she found troubling Text Messages and let the ball player know her daughter was a minor. Authorities say vasquez first met the alleged victim at a stadium in pennsylvania and the girl found him on social media where police say it escalated from there, adding vasquez tried to perform sex acts with her inside a car and texted the victim an explicit video. Officers were able to identify vasquez by tattoos. These allegations are very, very serious. The term that was used earlier is heinous. Reporter the league placed vasquez on administrative leave, a judge denying bail. More charges could be filed. Three hunters are recovering from two separate grizzly bear attacks in. The. The first happened monday morning when a bear charged two men in the beaver head deer out e national forest. Ab hours later a bear went after two other hunters. Only one of them was hurt. Investigators are trying to determine whether the same grizzly was involved in both incidents. A coyote attack landed a british tourist a boston hospital. Jessica jones says she was trying to protect her friends dog from the animal. She says she punched the coyote in the face but not before it left deep cuts on her arm. Jones received rabies shots to prevent possible infection. She says it was all worth it. The coyote still on the loose. Just trying to protect her little dog. Coming up, remembering Cokie Roberts opening up about her mother. How a pioneer in the world of journalism was influenced by her mother, a trail blazer in the world of politics. Ndchildren. Babies too young to be vaccinated against whooping cough are the most at risk for severe illness. Help prevent this talk to your doctor or pharmacist today about getting vaccinated against whooping cough. All of us here at abc news this morning are mourning the loss of a pioneering journalist who we were honored to have called our colleague and our friend. This morning were opening up the abc news vault to Sam Donaldson on primetime live back in 1994 on Cokie Roberts and her tribute to her mother. Its a story about a remarkable woman who served in congress from new orleans, louisiana, just as her husband before her. In fact, a member in each generation of her family has been in Public Service in this country since the 1600s. Her name is marie coreen morrison clayburn boggs. Everyone calls her lindsay. She raised three children. A daughter who was the mayor of princeton, new jersey. A son who is this citys leading lawyer lobbyist. Another daughter, our own Cokie Roberts, who now tells her mothers story. Thats my mother. She managed the children, she also managed the campaigns. Every two years. She worked harder in this campaign than anybody else. This is for you from me. Over the years with soft, southern manners and sharp political sense, they moved as a couple to the center of power in washington. A broker between democratic factions, my father went into the congressional leadership as his friend jack kennedy went into the white house. But too soon the exciting days turned into sad ones, though an even closer friend took over the presidency. With the hoopla of the great society, president johnson called on my mother to help set up the head start program. My father called on her to help with his office. My sister and i called on her to help with each of our weddings where she did all the cooking for the more than 1,500 guests. My mother was the wife, albeit a politically skilled wife. My father was the power. Weve not done enough, we have more to do. Majority leader of the house with the very real prospect of someday becoming speaker, he went off in 1972 to campaign for a colleague in alaska. His airplane took off from anchorage and simply disappeared. Even as my mother expected my father to show up someday, the campaign to fill his seat began. The family knew who the candidate should be. Great pleasure to be here with all of hales friends. And she didnt hesitate. Once the governor called the election, i suppose like an old warhorse i simply got into the battle. And won easily. I hope ill be half as good a congresswoman as you expect me to be, thank you. She said she was carrying out my fathers work, but my mother soon set off to improve the lives of all american women, through legislation like equal credit, and by example, by showing a woman could do it in a series of firsts. I suppose all women, but mostly southern women, do what they do when they have to do it. You just dont think about whether you should be doing it or not. If youre called upon to do something, you do it. It was margaret thatcher, the former british prime minister, who said it. In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. Surely she had linsey boggs and Cokie Roberts in mind. Cokies mother passed away just in 2013 at the age of 97. Cokie said mothers are great inspirations. Her mother, the first woman elected to congress from louisiana. So she had a great inspiration. Her mother, a trail blazer in her own way, and she also did the same in this industry as well. Speaking of them being from new orleans, i heard on david muirs Program World news tonight, new orleans has definitely lost a saint. And looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. What are the three ps . The three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. A price you can afford, a price that cant increase, and a price that fits your budget. Im 54. Alex, whats my price . You can get coverage for 9. 95 a month. Im 65 and take medications. Whats my price . Also 9. 95 a month. I just turned 80. 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I dont trust new york city elevators, why i would trust this one . So true. So a duo of astronomers from university of cambridge and university of columbia have studied for years on a structure of building a space elevator. So they actually suggest that materials such as zylom polymer could allow us to build a tower or cable that could extend from the earths surface to a geostationary orbit. It wouldnt be anchored directly to our planet but it would be in our orbit so we could do whatever we were going to do with this space elevator. Ill just take the stairs. So do you hate your job . Are you looking for a new one . Florida has one for you. They are looking for 50 brave souls to hunt pythons. Thats right, its called python elimination program. And the program pays extra for snakes measuring more than 4 feet. Apparently they have a problem with these critters, theyre an Invasive Species so theyre looking for people to take them out. So this is like wildlife science. Yeah, if you species that were talking about you watch steve irwin and you think you can do a better job . Apply down in florida. You dont like snakes . I do not like snakes. My mother also doesnt like snakes. She yells at me every time i warn her we are putting images of snakes. So right now shes yelling at me. Trigger warning. Also in weird science, how about this. A loose horse trying to get onto a bus at a russian stop. I think the science here is that its the psychology of it, that its pretending to be human and get onto this bus. And they close the doors really quickly and said, nope, no seat for you. He was like, you know what, i like the metro anyways. Right. Im like, hey, how about you just hoof it, why do you need this bus . See how fast they close the doors. Hes like, i didnt want this anyway. Not today, not getting on this bus at all. More animal news. A pitbull is surfing usa. Take a look at this. What i love about this story is faith, the surfing pitbull, was a former stray dog that was found in a parking garage. And now he is discovering his true passion, surfing usa. This morning on world news now, tropical depression imelda swamping texas. The storm is drenching parts of the Lone Star State with up to 15 inches of rain, and thats not the only severe storm brewing. Also this morning, school threats. Two students are now in Police Custody for threatening to shoot up their schls. How authorities tracked them and whats next. For the first time, a state takes a major step toward cutting the number of children ban on flavored cigarettes. Will other states follow . And this is unburglievable, but its National Cheeseburger day. How to find deals or even free burgers ahead on this wednesday, september 18th. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us on what really is a sad day here at abc news as we remember our colleague, a mentor, and our friend, Cokie Roberts, who passed away yesterday at the age of 75. She was a force, a titan, really a pillar in political journalism, and she meant so much to us here at abc. This morning shes being celebrated by former president s, first ladies, and of course by us. Her impact really felt across the country, especially here at abc with a lot of people sharing personal stories about her character and just the kind of person she was. And we have tributes throughout the morning for our dear Cokie Roberts. We are going to do what she would want us to do, and that is tell you the news and also to have some fun doing it. We do start this hour with the Tropical Weather systems we are tracking. Imelda is drenching Southeast Texas right now. Category 3 hurricane humberto is gaining strength and expected to pass close to bermuda tonight, and Tropical Cyclone 10 which could reach the u. S. Next week. But the big concern overnight is texas. This system could bring as much as 18 inches of rain. The worst is expected around this mornings rush hour. Accuweathers adam del rosso has the complete forecast. Adam, good morning. Kenneth and mona, good morning. The tropics remaining very active. Weve got three systems were watching. We start with tropical depression imelda in the gulf bringing heavy flooding rainfalls to Southeast Texas. Some spots could see up to 18 inches around the houston area. Humberto passing north of bermuda later on today bringing heavy rainfall and hurricaneforce wind gusts to the east coast of the u. S. This is going to mean rough seas and rip current issues. Then in the midatlantic, tropical depression 10 likely strengthening into Tropical Storm jerry as we head through the day. This is going to continue to pass to the west. Very warm waters, strengthening further into a hurricane as it passes north of the leeward islands. In the west, residents north of Salt Lake City are being allowed to return to their homes even though the francis wildfire has grown to 365 acres. Officials believe the blaze may have been started by lightning. It smoldered until high winds fanned its flames monday. More than 50 large wildfires are burning in 13 western states. Former Trump Campaign manager Corey Lewandowski battled it out with House Democrats as they opened their first impeachment hearing. The president gave lewandowski his seal of approval before arriving at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills tweeting that his Opening Statement was beautiful. Lewandowski, a central figure in the Mueller Report, stonewalled ouhis many conversations with the president , engaged in combative exchanges. Abcs Pierre Thomas has the details. Reporter before the cameras, President Trumps former Campaign ManagerCorey Lewandowski clashing with House Democrats. This is a house judiciary, not a house party. Reporter flatout refusing to answer questions about his dealings with the president , referring to this letter from the white house, restricting the scope of his testimony, citing executive privilege. How many times did he direct you to deliver a message to a member of his cabinet . The white house has directed i thought disclose youre not going to stonewall me and my questioning. Reporter that did not stop house judiciary democrats from pressing to learn more about a key scene in the Mueller Report regarding potential obstruction of justice. President trump calling lewandowski into the oval office and dictating a message for delivery to jeff sessions. The goal, to get the then attorney general to limit the special counsels investigation. Lewandowski confirming the president made that request. Didnt you think it was a little strange the president would sit down with you one on one and ask you to do something that you knew was against the law . I didnt think the president asked me to do anything illegal. Reporter during a break from the hearing lewandowski took time to promote a pact encouraging him to make a run, a possible senate run in New Hampshire. Pierre thomas, abc news, washington. A couple of teenagers under arrest for threatening to commit school shootings. Police say an 18yearold girl told a coworker she wanted to gun down 400 people at her Old High School in mcalester, oklahoma. They found an ak47, a shotgun, and extra ammunition at her home. She is pleading not guilty and told police she was bullied at the school. A 16yearold from Fresno High School in california was arrested after threatening to shoot up the school. Police found two pellet guns at the teens home. New york is the first state to ban flavored ecigarettes. An emergency order goes into effect immediately. Only member thol and tobaccoflavored ecigarettes are exempted. Almost 40 of new yorks High School Seniors have used ecigarettes. Vape shop owners are considering a legal challenge to the ban. The votes are still being counted in israels election but it appears Benjamin Netanyahu is out of a job. A chief opponent is likely to get first shot at forming a government, but because israel has a parliamentary system and about a dozen parties will have to make deals to achieve a majority. The government is suing Edward Snowden in connection with his just released memoir. The new book tells how he came to reveal the mass collection of communications in the name of national security. The justice departments lawsuit against him claims snowden violated nondisclosure agreements publishing the book without giving the government a chance to review it first. The suit seeks to gain all the books proceeds. The United Workers Union says there has been progress in the strike against general motors. The pickett lines remain outside more than 50 gm facilities. Analysts say the strike is costing gm up to 100 million a day. A main Sticking Point between the sides is reportedly heal