hey, good morning. right in the middle of the week. it s a busy one. morning sunshine, i m robin meade. for some of our viewers, it s like, do i really want to get out of bed. a rough and dangerous storm is slamming a good part of the country. seven states under blizzard warning. why is the swine flu so deadly. some scientists think they figured it out. what spilled the beans on people who cheated? their cell phones are giving them away. i know you are worried about the latest on the blizzard in the midwest. this is the most serious airport security breech since 9/11. the government posted, on the web, the secret guide of how do get pags security. they call the information outdated. the critics are not buying it. it gives up everything. it s a playbook for anything you want to know to get through the screening process with the iding systems, who gets exempted, certain screening procedures. it has way too much information on there. one example describes the corners the
good morning. i know a lot of you are up early, probably getting the kids ready for the costume parade at school today. i m robin meade. welcome. here is what s going on now. a sixth person is charged in a horrifying attack on a girl outside a homecoming dance. one suspect told a family member why he just stood there and did nothing to stop it. it was only a matter of time, yet someone has created an iphone costume that actually works. those of you standing there with foil trying to fashion something out of it right now are like, ooh, that puts my little foil costume to shame. first, happening right now, an intense search for nine people missing off the coast of southern california, they disappeared after the collision of a coast guard plane and marine helicopter. it happened a little after 7:00 local time, 25 meals east of san clemente island. weather conditions are good but survivors will still be at risk. the water temp right now off the coast is about 64, 65 degrees.
well, good day to you health care and it carries on in the senate. expect the senate to add in the part that caused so much controversy for the hel care reform bill. that s right. the public option. there s a break in the story of the 18-year-old that turned up in new york and didn t know who she was. why the whole thing may have happened. michael jackson album is out in most of the world, so expect some lines as the double cd hits stores today. what some are saying, though, about how well sales will or will not do. all those stories this morning for you. hope you have a good day. first off for you, more bad news for president obama as he contemplates more troops in afghanistan. just hours ago we learned of two deadly helicopter crashes in the country. in all at least 14 u.s. citizens died, in one of the incidents nato says a chopper crashed in northwestern afghanistan. u.s. troops and civilians died in that incident. in a separate accident two different helicopters col
well, hello, good morning sunshine. how are you on this monday? i hope you re doing well. i m very happy to see you, i m robin meade. a massive wildfire sent thousands of families scrambling to safety, unsure of what they are going to come home to. why today could be the turning point that the firefighters have been waiting for. more kids than ever face some kind of autism. we ll look at why there s such a sudden increase in the number of cases. and new details on the suspected extortionist who started david letterman s on-air confession. how their lives intertwined. a dangerous wildfire is burning outside of l.a. thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate. look at that tape. the fire is only 20% contained. yesterday the crews went door to door rounding up people evacuees grabbed what they could and stuffed it in their cars. grabbed everything we can think of, clothes, family albums. clothes and valuables. we evacuated last night. 7500 acres are scorched. t
good morning. it s friday. i m natasha curry in for robin meade. she ll be back on monday. stay tuned for that. a few hours from now we could find out if the president s pitch for the u.s. to host the summer olympics was enough. his promise, if the committee chooses chicago. late night host david letterman reveals he was the victim of a $2 million blackmail plot, what he says a man threat ended to do with information about letterman s affairs. a man who is deaf and mute couldn t hear the cries for help and couldn t shout when his apartment caught fire. hear how he was able to get his mother, fiancee and baby girl out alive. president obama hopes he has convinced olympic leaders to have the world s biggest sporting event in chicago. while you were sleeping, he wrapped up his pitch to the international olympic committee in denmark. he and the first lady told personal stories about chicago. the president said if the city is picked to host the 2016 games, his hometown and ame