today, tuesday, august 10, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. what a wild story. we ve heard of out-of-control passengers on a plane, but this was a case of an angry flight attendant who apparently had had enough on that jetblue flight at jfk airport right here in new york. yeah, his name is steven slater. he apparently got into an argument with a passenger who was trying to get luggage from the overhead bin while the plane was taxiing. words were exchanged. that s when slater grabbed the intercom, let loose a few profanities, grabbed a couple of beers, deployed the plane s emergency slide and use it had to slide away. coming up, a man onboard that flight. by the way, one of my pet peeves when you re taxiing after landing and the flight attend apts say stay seated and people stand up and do things like that. we ll talk much more about that. also ahead, is there