killer is in custody. what helped catch him is good detective work plus a savvy citizen watching the media coverage of monday s mayhem. law enforcement took no chances arresting diaz in los angeles this morning. i m sure they walked up with guns drawn but there was no fleeing, there was no flight. fremont police detectives have been on the hunt for diaz since monday morning when he plowed a delivery van into motorcycle officer patrick brower. when the 43-year-old officer spotted the van, diaz saw him but chose instead to ram into him dragging him against two lanes of traffic and pinning him against a light pole. the officer survived but with a leg wound. knowing he was out of the l.a. area and l.a. p. d. this intel vince on him, there was a prediction where he may flee to. those locations were being watched closely and officers saw diaz walk into a los angeles home he was known to visit. he continued to watch the house. about 5 a.m. this morning he came out of the h
unite in that hospital room. we beat t odds. amber alert executed perfectly. abducted o the street last night, a short time later the statewide notification goes into effect. a deription of the girl and the suspect is broadcast. the mother plea hits the airwaves. all sheants is her daught home and please safely. surveillance video of the kidnapper s distinctive chevy truck is located and broadcast. this morning it is spotted by a citizen who saw it on tv. he followed the truck. the short time later he saw elissa stick her head up. evidently she had been on the floorboard or laying down on the seat. the citizen es the car to cut off the truck. elissa jumps out. less than an hour laterhe suspect is in custody. not like charl lien glass. the girl found dead two months later. her father mark is president of the beyondmissing, inc. and advises parents to talk to their children however young. kids should always check with their parents before ey go someplace. that they
except for the fact this story has a decidedly different ending, that s and what happened in fresno. it was the highlight of my career seeing elise aand her mom unite in that hospital room. we beat the odds. amber alert executed perfectly. abducted off the street last night, a short time later the statewide notification goes into effect. a description of the girl and the suspect is broadcast. the mother s plea hits the airwaves. all she wants is her daughter home and please safely. surveillance video of the kidnapper s distinctive chevy truck is located and broadcast. this morning it is spotted by a citizen who saw it on tv. he followed the truck. the short time later he saw elissa stick her head up. evidently she had been on the floorboard or laying down on the seat. the citizen uses the car to cut off the truck. elissa jumps out. less than an hour later the suspect is in custody. not like charl lien glass. the girl found dead two months later. her father mark is
as far as hov are concerned, the won t help you out. they are headed southbound and route 1 is a big old mess. that is not a good option for drivers to bypass these delays. a lot of people have that idea. sticking with i-95, we have a lane open but major damage done as far as afternoon rush is concerned. founately it was in the northbound direction so rush ur won t have too much of a hang-up to get beyond this issue. after you guys. thanks. during the mornins heavy rain, we saw a number of trees fall in the area. a huge tree fell on river road near ridge feel road. traffic was backed up early this morning. a similar problem in arlington this morning. this time a tree fell on top of a car on south frederick street here. crews remove the snapped trees and put the branchs into the shredder. the rain stopped late in the morning and we do have a short breakfast. will it last? meteorologist chuck bell is here now with the story. how about it? it is a break inhe actual r
overseas. jim maceda has more from london. in addition to the u.s. travel alert, now we re learning that japan has joined in. it has issued a travel alert as well. so all japanese thinking about or on their way to any country in europe. also, we know about the latest british travel alert. raising its level of threat for brittons traveling or living in france or germany, raising that from general to a high alert. now, this puts great britain in line with the other countries that would be potential target is in any al-qaeda attack. that would include france, germany and the united states. we have underline that it s a high level, but not a critically high level. there is no sense at all there is an imminent threat on the horizon. unlike the previous alerts, these are nonspecific. there is no specific warning to any one from the united states, britain, japan or other countries to avoid any other country or avoid coming to europe. simply, once you get here, to be particularly v