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Chicago city council is having a hearing on that. they are aviation police. that's what the material is. whether they fall under some sort of chicago port authority, i don't know, but aviation police, i don't know what their arrest powers are. >> it's united planes. >> why they have not been charged with assault and battery is beyond me. that clip on a sidewalk -- >> those police officers should go to united gate agents and say, this is your problem. i'm not going to beat somebody up so one of your employees can get on a flight, they can get in a car and drive. >> i understand oversold flights...

Claims byrd and smathers were looking men nansing. one of the men threatened him and both car doors opened. it was believed that one of the men had a weapon. he fires at least 12 shots, hitting byrd eight times including four shot in the back michael smathers paralyzed. no gun, no weapon was found in that track. kendall called nine. >> was anyone shot? >> two feel were shot. >> where is the gunman now? >> i am the gunman. i'm the security officer. >> what happened? >> he threatened to shoot me. >> security officers don't have arrest powers and don't report to the public.

Menacing. one of the men threatened him, he says. and both car doors opened. kendall claims he felt his life was in danger and believed one of the men had a weapon. he fires at least 12 shots, hitting byrd eight times, including four shots in the back as byrd crawled under the truck. the shooting left byrd dead and michael smathers paralyzed. police say no gun, no weapon was found in that truck. kendall calmly called 911. >> there was a shooting at club rol-lexx. >> was anyone shot? >> yes. >> where is the gunman now? >> i'm the gunman. i'm a security officer. >> reporter: by and large, many s...

"self-serving." >> no nonsense and fast talker. inside look at the former vietnam vet presiding over the case today and healing the community. sanford this morning watches and waits as they pull together and try to move forward. "newsroom" begins right now. we want to take you right now to the criminal justice center in sanford, florida, to courtroom 5-d. we expect george zimmerman, the man who shot and killed trayvon martin, to walk into the courtroom any time. with him will be his attorney, mark o'mara handling this case pro bono asking the judge to post bond and to walk free heu...

The earthquake and tsunami. america's top nuclear regulator is just back from japan answering questions on capitol hill right now. he promised to take action if the japanese pointed to short comings at the united states plants. this is leading to a question of nuclear storage sites for spent fuel to get them away from reactors. the syrian president did not deliver on government reforms in a speech to parliament today. there was wide speculation that he would rollback the 1963 emergency law which gave also broad arrest powers. protesters have demanded reforms. >> translator: we are now with o...