that is a small rocket built by three students from georgetown, texas. the flight took part as a competition in the annual air show in paris, france. inside that rocket was a raw egg. now, the idea behind this competition was to have the rocket soar 750 feet into the air and then float back to the ground, all of this without the egg being damaged. well, that s exactly what happened, which was enough for kids from texas to win the entire competition. congratulations to them. pretty amazing. that is a soft little landing. isn t it? that is. now i want to say their names because it s pretty cool. brothers mark and matthew janecka and daniel kelton, are the ones responsible for the rocket who won. i remember [ rocket whistling ] no kaboom. there s no kaboom necessary because the egg made it all the way without kabooming. when i was a sophomore in high school, we had to be responsible for an egg. it was our child for all of a week. out of the, i don t know, 100
good morning. i m john muller. and i m diana perez. here are some of the top stories we re following this morning on world news now. u.s. officials are increasingly worried about the damage that former nsa analyst edward snowden could do to national security. snowden s whereabouts are a mystery this morning after he failed to make a flight from moscow to cuba. opposing lawyers paint vastly different pictures of florida gunman george zimmerman during opening statements. zimmerman is expected to take the stand in his own defense. testimony resuming this morning. anxiety is growing across south africa this morning as nelson mandela remains in critical condition. his ex-wife winnie mandela, their daughter, and family members have been spotted coming and going from the hospital in pretoria.
abc s tahman bradley has the very latest. good morning, tahman. reporter: diana, john. good morning. the obama administration is demanding russian officials turn over snowden. fbi director mueller in touch with russian officials so far no sign that moscow will help. edward snowden is believed to still be in russia after he did not board a flight from moscow to havana. the obama administration is urging the russians to expel him. we re following all the appropriate legal channels and working with various other countries to make sure that rule of law is observed. reporter: it s now believed that snowden is trying to seek asylum in ecuador, but the u.s. government is warning latin american countries not to allow snowden or allow him to pass through other destinations. the white house is not happy about hong kong letting snowden leave. this was a deliberate choice by the government to release a fugitive despite a valid arrest warrant. and that decision unquestionably has a negative
the elevator when the explosion knocked him off the edge. investigators still trying to determine the cause. how about this? a massachusetts family shaken up but okay after a bus crashes into the kitchen of their home. the impact knocked that house seven feet off of its foundation. wow. the bus driver was seriously injured in the accident. he was trapped for more than an hour. police in auburn speculate he may have had a medical problem which caused him to lose control of the bus. and it wasn t the greatest start to what was supposed to be a flight from reagan national airport outside washington to minneapolis. the delta jet veered off the runway and got stuck in a foot of mud. 160 passengers were safely taken off the plane. buses then took them back to the tell nal and another flight where they were able to board hours later. a major thunderstorm in central new hampshire sparked a lightning strike on a boy scout camp, sending two dozen scouts to the hospital. no one was hit
elevator when the explosion knocked him off the edge. investigators still trying to determine the cause. how about this? a massachusetts family shaken up but okay after a bus crashes into the kitchen of their home. the impact knowledged that house seven feet off its foundation. the bus driver was seriously injured in the accident. he was trapped for more than an hour. police in auburn speculate he may have had a medical problem which caused him to lose control of the bus. and it wasn t the greatest start from a flight that was supposed to be from reagan national airport outside washington to minneapolis. the delta jet veered off the runway and got stuck in a foot of mud. 160 passengers were safely taken off the plane. buses took them to a terminal. and another flight where they were able to board hours later. a major thunderstorm in central new hampshire sparked a lightning strike on a boy scout camp, sending two dozen scouts to the hospital.