back to the days of shipping captains and they are the captains of their own ship. at 30,000 feet, they are the authority figure, what they say goes, and they re responsible for all souls on board. so when the horror stories emerged from yesterday s jetblue flight, it sent a chill through the flying public. an airline captain going berserk, telling passengers to say their prayers because they were going down. thanks to a brave first officer, other crew members, and passengers who moved fast and with incredible force, we re reporting nothing worse tonight than a bizarre episode and what we might learn from it. we start off again this evening with tom costello in washington. good evening. hi, brian. the criminal complaint released this afternoon said captain osbon showed up to work late on tuesday. he missed a flight briefing and then became increasingly erratic as the flight left for las vegas. from the criminal complaint, we re learning much more about the actions of 49-yea
that that police report is a fabrication. reporter: the official police report says zimmerman s back appeared to be wet and was covered in grass as if he had been laying on his back on the ground. that zimmerman was also bleeding from the nose and the back of his head and that he was given first aid in the back of a police cruiser. his attorney has said his nose was broken, his head slammed against the concrete, and says the new video doesn t provide any new evidence in the case. the video is very grainy and i m not sure it has as far as being able to see the injuries that were recently sustained and then later cleaned up. clearly, the report shows he was cleaned up before he was taken in the squad car. reporter: in an interview with the orlando fox affiliate zimmerman s father said martin threatened his son who acted in self-defense. trayvon martin said something to the effect of your going to die now or die tonight. reporter: now police, the justice department, f
we want u.s. oil companies to be doing well. we want them to succeed. that s why under my administration, we ve opened up millions of acres of federal lands and waters to oil and gas production. we ve quadrupled the numb of operating oil rigs to a record high. we ve added enough oil and gas pipeline to circle the earth and then some. just yesterday, we announced the next step for potential new oil and gas exploration in the atlantic. so the fact is, we re producing more oil right now than we have in eight years and we re importing less of it as well. for two years in a row, america has bought less oil from other countries, than we produce here at home. for the first time in over a decade. so american oil is booming. the oil industry is doing just fine. with record profits and rising production, i m not worried about the big oil companies. with high oil prices around the world, they ve got more than enough incentive to produce even more oil. that s why i think it s time they g
behavior behind him. he ll talk about it as he joins us live today, thursday, march 29th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning, i m savannah guthrie. ann is on assignment. this morning folks are looking very closely at that video of george zimmerman and what it may tell us about his claim of self-defense. that s right. zimmerman told investigators he was repeatedly punched, his head slammed into the sidewalk, and the official police report does say that he was given first aid. but does new surveillance video from the sanford police department back up or contradict his claims? we re going to hear from both sides coming up straight ahead. also ahead, some chilling new details in the murder of a vermont mother and teacher. a married couple is now behind bars, charged in connection with that killing. coming up, what they allegedly did to lure the victim out of her home.
star in a new sitcom. as he puts his anger and erratic behavior behind him. he ll talk about it as he joins us live today, thursday, march 29th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning, i m savannah guthrie. ann is on assignment. this morning folks are looking very closely at that video of george zimmerman and what it may tell us about his claim of self-defense. that s right. zimmerman told investigators he was repeatedly punched, his head slammed into the sidewalk, and the official police report does say that he was given first aid. but does new surveillance video from the sanford police department back up or contradict his claims? we re going to hear from both sides coming up straight ahead. also ahead, some chilling new details in the murder of a vermont mother and teacher. a married couple is now behind bars, charged in connection with that killing. coming up, what