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Evacuated as well as the white house, the u.s. capitol evacuated, and obviously the pentagon has as well. mick, what is the latest from the pentagon? >> katie, security officials here at the pentagon have not only evacuated the building but they're clearing the entire area. security forces have reported that they have received information of another plane hijacked, that is about 20 to 25 miles out of washington, d.c., heading in this general direction. the secretary of defense donald rumsfeld a few moments ago was refusing to leave the building. we ran into the chief naval officer, the top nav...

As soon as they got the report went running in to the building. we were herded away they have set up an alternative command site in the area. the pentagon has a crisis team to deal with the situation. so far, the latest reports are that another plane of some kind may have been hijacked and headed in this direction. >> we also should tell you, mick, this is tom brokaw, the faa says all international flights headed to the united states are being diverted to canada. this at a time when there is an unconfirmed report there is another hijacking. all takeoffs were stopped but planes were in the air ...

Jews, christians and -- if assad was to fall, then it would descend into the kind of violent sectarian violence we saw in iraq after the fall of saddam hussein and much like we saw across yugoslavia after the death of general tito. that is a concern in itself, shep. >> shepard: jonathan hunt. what a complicated world all of a sudden. good to so you. rebels in libya. remember the not war there they are reporting significant gains against colonel moammar's qaddafi's forces in the not war. >> we're led to believe that's the sound of the latest nato air strikes in tripoli. nato officials also rele...

If you will, and the r.e.a.l. space act allows us focus on going to the moon again. >> also on the radar, also involving more legislation, the space shuttle is retiring, as you know, the four shuttles going to los angeles, to florida, washington, and new york city. you support a new bill that would bring one of the shuttles to houston. why is that so important to you? >> you know, i think we should all be in the business of looking forward and looking at a new mission for nas, but at the same time, there's something about legacy and art and loss. i don't think any city equates to houston in te...