good evening and it's great to have you with us. here on a saturday night. we do begin tonight with two separate air scares. two separate flights, packed with passengers and crew, suddenly fearing that there were bombs on board. the cases unrelated, both frightening. this egypt-bound flight bound for new york city, suddenly military jets scrambled, escorting the flight as it was diverted to scotland after someone found a note in the bathroom saying a bomb onboard. it had a seat number. the other flight on frontier airlines, a passenger told a flight attendant there's a bomb in his backpack. the flight crew piling seat cushions on top of the bag, doing anything to protect passengers. we have both flights covered tonight, beginning with one still unfolding at this hour the one heading for new york city. investigators still on the scene tonight, and abc's nick schifrin is in london. >> reporter: flight 985 had been in the air for four hours when a passenger found a horrifying, handwritten threat. >> i found this note by the sink. it said, in english, i'll set this plane on fire. >> reporter: she told the crew the pilot head to the closest airport. they escorted the plane to glasgow. the whole time, she had to sit in her seat, not knowing the fate of herself and her 1-year-old daughter. >> very nervous. i'm traveling by myself with my daughter. i'm obviously concerned about our safety. i told one of the stewardess i don't know if this is a prank or what, and they said this isn't a prank. >> reporter: the crew tried to keep passengers calm, it didn't work. >> everyone's obviously very concerned. there's babies onboard. everybody's getting frustrated. >> reporter: whoever wrote the note left a possible clue, a seat number, 46d. police are questioning all passengers and crew, checking passports, trying to discover who threatened the plane. >> if somebody wants to be stupid enough to put themselves into a criminal position, and threaten an airplane, we have to respond. >> reporter: tonight, the passengers still don't know whether the threat was real. scottish police are treating this as a criminal not a terrorist incident. but for everyone onboard it was tense, and as she said, very, very scary. >> abc's nick schifrin leading us out. now to the other airline scare, this one in denver that frontier airline, forced to lane on the tarmac, after a passenger said that there was a bomb in his bag. abc's gio benitez on the brave flight crew jumping into action. >> reporter: last night's air scare started on a 6:30 p.m. flight from knoxville to denver. a frontier airlines plane, with 136 passengers onboard, was making its descent into denver when passengers say a man tells a flight attendant, he has a bomb in his carry-on bag. >> you could see all of the worried looks as soon as he said it. >> reporter: flight attendants took that bag from the man and brought it to the back of the plane, covering it with seat cushions. children onboard were moved to the front of the plane. passengers kept an eye on the man and tried to stay calm. >> from that point on, you know, we were just extremely scared and worried. >> reporter: the tension lasting about a half-hour until that plane was safely on the ground with fbi agents and the denver bomb squad already waiting on the tarmac. >> before you know it, authorities boarded the plane. removed him first. he left the plane in handcuffs. >> reporter: and law enforcements haven't identified the suspect, but say he's in custody. and he's believed to quote, mentally unstable. sources tell abc news they didn't find a device on that plane, but boy, david, that was scary. now to breaking news on the weather front this evening, record rains, nearly as much rain in parts of the south in just the last few hours, as they see in an entire year, dozens of rescues under way, abc meteorologist ginger zee on the pictures coming in tonight. >> reporter: tonight, more than 60 water rescues, dramatic flooding from missouri to texas. gushing through yards of springfield, missouri. flowing water almost overtaking this suv. as much as 9 inches of rain in southwestern missouri falling in just five hours today. and look at that hail, spiky and bigger than the computer mouse. north of des moines, iowa, streets overflowing with flood waters, and south of san antonio, texas, creeks and ponds went surging through the streets this weekend. and look at those officers. they're searching for those who are trapped. all of this almost after 17 inches of rain fell in just 36 hours, that's almost as much as the city gets in an entire year. >> and ginger is with us now. you were telling me this afternoon this is just incredible when you look at the totals. >> it is and it's not over. here's how much is going to fall, this is for tonight and throughout the next 48 hours, it's really southwest missouri that i'm concerned with, from kansas city to the south, to southeastern missouri and southern illinois, 2 to 3 inches, some places ending up with more than a foot. and look at this, david, we've got severe weather along with it. so it's just not only heavy rains, chicago is going to get severe storms tonight, damaging winds possible, isolated tornadoes, and this goes through tomorrow so the threat stays with it this weekend. >> ginger, thank you. now to the historic wildfires tonight, still burning in colorado. and just look at this before and after image tonight, all of that green in this neighborhood near colorado springs, those are trees and here's the after, giant areas of gray there, the trees now wiped out by the fires. the most destructive in colorado's history. tonight, at least two people are dead and a record 475 homes are now gone. abc's clayton sandell on the front lines from the start. and he's there for some difficult homecomings tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the battle of black forest is finally favoring firefighters. >> i'm seeing some very encouraging signs. >> reporter: progress, but some areas are still too dangerous to enter. frustrating more than 20,000 refugees who just want to go home. but tonight, some of the lucky evacuees are going back. we first saw this home thursday. makeshift sprinklers on the roof. it turns out it's the home of the shimshak family. today, they returned home to see their home spared. they're now unpacking the important things. the dogs, the clothes, the stuff ducks. >> i do some taxidermy on the side. >> reporter: and remember, mike and shirley trees, we found them frantically evacuating their animals thursday. even taking time to save a priceless family cookbook. some of these are 100 years-plus? >> hey, welcome back. >> reporter: tonight, they're home. feel like you dodged a bullet? >> more than once. >> we are so lucky. we know we are. >> we know that there are lots of folks that are not in our position, and so it's bittersweet. >> reporter: clayton sandell, abc news. >> bittersweet indeed. our thanks to clayton tonight. now to that breaking headline from iran this evening. that country has a new president. a cleric who just a week ago was considered a long shot, has tonight been elected iran's next president. what does it mean for the u.s. in iran? a rally today for the president-elect hasan rowhani. a 64-year-old moderate cleric who had campaigned as a centrist. vowing to respect social freedoms, gender equality. the key issue for iranians the economy. an economic noose as iran has refused to reveal more of its nuclear program. on the streets of iran just this year, we heard from frustrated iranians, their money, their currency, losing 80% of its value in one year. this young woman and her mother. 1234 it's day-to-day. >> yes. >> reporter: the iranian people. so many families telling me they can feel those sanctions. i want to bring in jonathan karl tonight, the obama administration late today responding to these election results? >> these election results certainly welcome news at the white house. in that statement the administration congratulated the iranian people and noted although this election took place against the backdrop of intimidation, censorship, the iranian people overcame those obstacles and showed they wanted to take control of their future. >> jon, this new iranian president is an ahmadinejad rival. so, is there any hope that there will be a more conciliatory approach to the relationship between the u.s. and iran? >> some hope, david. it's important to point out, all of the candidates in this election, including mr. rowhani, ran on platforms that were supportive, in favor of that nuclear program, and no matter how moderate the iranian president is, the real power lies with those unelected clerics. the most important person in iran remains the anti-american pro-nuclear program. >> jon in for george first thing in the morning on "this week." we'll be watching. and in syria tonight, abc news one-on-one with the rebels who will now be getting help from the u.s. when asked, will it help, here's what they told abc's alex marquardt on the syrian border. >> reporter: in a small cafe just minutes from the syrian border, we meet this man a founder of a brigade with 20,000 fighters that could soon be getting the small arms america is planning to send. will small weapons and ammunition make any difference in this fight? we have small weapons, he said, we need sophisticated weapons to destroy the heavy weaponry of -- attacking our homes. while syrian helicopters roam the sky, the superiority. what's the use of small weapons if we're being attacked from the air, he asked, what is the use of small weapons when scud missiles are landing all over syria? the big fear is that these weapons fall into the wrong hands, groups that are linked to al qaeda, is that fear justified? because of that fear, the regime has had a chance to attack us, kill us, he said, is that a good excuse from the strongest country in the world? a lot of frustration there, david, the top rebel leadership has thanked the u.s. for stepping up its military aid, but it's clear that the guys on the ground doing the fighting aren't satisfied. david? >> alex, our thanks to you. and this evening for the first time we're hearing from someone who knew the whistle blower well. who revealed this country's sweeping surveillance. abc's bob woodruff is in hong kong with new clues about what might have motivated the 29-year-old american to reveal so much. >> reporter: here in hong kong, edward snowden is still in hiding, and while he has not yet been charged with any crime, many here believe he's done nothing wrong. >> arrest obama! >> reporter: today, protesters took to the streets. here on the square, there appears to be a growing number of supporters of mr. snowden. in fact, some here even asked the u.s. government to apologize. >> he's not a hero or a traitor. he's just trying to do the right thing. >> reporter: tonight, the father of his girlfriend, lindsay mills, told abc news that snowden had very strong political beliefs and appeared frustrated over the way average americans could be spied on by the government. >> very shocked that he went this far with this information and this whole situation, but i kind of understand, knowing how convicted he is towards right, wrong and the american way. >> reporter: now, for the first time, some of those social media giants have released the numbers of how many users were tapped by the government. facebook has said about 10,000 of its records were requested, but pointing out that is a tiny fraction of its one billion mon monthly users. david? >> abc's bob woodruff in hong kong. and back here in florida, where they're still working to seat a jury in the trial of george zimmerman, accused of murdering trayvon martin. tonight, why it's been so difficult. and the one man who said pick me until they learned more about him. abc's matt gutman on this case from the start. >> reporter: tonight, mounting concern of jurors harboring hidden agendas. stealing their way on to the george zimmerman trial. >> a stealth juror is unbelievably dangerous, not only to the case but it's really devastating to the system. >> reporter: known as e7, one juror presented himself as the ideal juror, telling the court that he barely even heard of trayvon martin. >> so, certainly you have never been on one of those websites? >> no, no. >> or posted a comment or participated in one of those discussions? >> correct. >> reporter: a note to the judge. >> i don't need an explanation of what's posted. i just need to know, if that in fact is your posting? >> yeah. >> reporter: he was apparently an activist posting online rants against zimmerman. but the haggling over the jurors is set to continue this week. and there may be something else driving stealth jurors, excitement. >> this is a very high-profile trial, who wouldn't want to sit on it? you know, so we've got people who would love to be that juror, to be right in the middle of all that limelight. >> how do you sniff out a stealth juror? experts tell us, if a potential juror seems to give the perfect answer, david, they are probably suspect. >> all right, matt gutman, great to have you here in new york. we'll be watching you on "good morning america" tomorrow morning. to a royal birthday here, britain's queen elizabeth marking her 91st birthday. ray tended by thousands of well-wishers. among them, the duchess of cambridge among her last public appearances before the birth of the royal here in a few weeks. and noticeably absent, prince philip still in the hospital recovering from surgery. wishing him well tonight and wishing the queen a happy birthday. there's still much more ahead on "world news" this saturday night -- that headline from the heartland, the nazi next door. tonight, here, a new surprise that same neighborhood, that same street. and later here on "world news" -- how a coveted super bowl championship ring ended up in the kremlin, and the american team now 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"good morning america" first thing in the morning and jon karl in for george on "this week." i hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. from all of us here at abc news, good night. >> in at 6:00. breaking news. a billing scare after a small explosive is thrown at a business near union square. >> a deadly accident in the east bay, and growing concerns about safety at this intersection. >> in the south bay, excitement as the vice-president makes an unscheduled stop at a coffee shop. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. good evening, i'm ama daetz. we begin with a deadly accident near brentwood, one woman died and several people, including children, were injured. lisa amin gulezian has the latest. reporter: the crash happened this morning, but there's still a lot of debris out there. let me tell you what happened. first of all, woman, police say, was driving a dodge charger heading westbound, on marsh creek road. she ran a red light. a man any van carrying a family of six t-boned her. one of the cars came careening off the road and stopped here. the woman in the dodge was airlifted to the hospital in walnut creek, where the died. the husband and wife in the minivan war airlifted to the hospital and are in critical condition right now. that woman is pregnant. her four children were all taken to children's hospital in oakland. their conditions are unknown. >> anytime we talk about -- it's definitely a significant crash and something that is going to affect her family and her loved ones, and her friends and, it's something that we don't take lightly. our mission is to keep people safe. reporter: police don't know if the woman who ran the revved light was speed organ