Other countries. Let us know on twitter and facebook. Have a great weekend. Anderson starts now. Erin, thanks. We begin with explosive new allegations in the rape case turning the small town of steubenville, ohio, apart. Two High School Football stars are charged with raping a teenage girl in a string of parties this summer. An alleged crime where social media then played a part. They show kids laughing about the alleged rape, saying things that are too crass to even say here. But two starkly different narratives are emerging. One puts heavy blame on witnesses for not coming forward and on a community that tolerates bad behavior by local sports heroes. The other says theyre exaggerated, the charges unfounded, and the rap on steubenville unfounded. Susan, you spoke to the attorney for one of the accused, i understand. What did he tell you . Thats right. This is the attorney who represents 16yearold trent mays, who is one of the two defendants in this case. And he tells me that on august
Tweet me, high handle is ali velshi and have a great weekend. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good afternoon. Im Martin Savidge. Thank you very much for joining us this hour here in the cnn newsroom. Hugo chavez is fighting for his health interesting way of putting it according to venezuelan officials. The 5yearold leader has a severe lung infection. His fragile health has a lot of people wondering whether he will be able to go through with his inauguration next week. Moments ago, venezuelan lawmakers elect elected a president of that countrys National Assembly. Joining me is Senior Latin Affairs Editor rafael romo. This National Assembly election is really crucial. Tell me about it. It is crucial because it ensures continuity. Those people who are loyal to president chavez at least have the certainty that whatever happens and there are two possibility scenarios either the Vice President or the president of the National Assembly in this case the man who was just reelected, would have
Over stolen iphones. Tonight, the simple app that helps to protect yourself without going that far. And the Close Encounter caught on tape. The polar bear. The photographer who wanted to get close who was not expecting this. Shes coming closer and closer. See what happens when the 1,000pound bear tries to break through that glass. Good evening. On this saturday night. Great to have you with us here. We begin tonight with that unruly arling passenger trying to create a real scare in the air. Witnesses say that he was drunk. Over my shoulder, heres what the crew did, turning to duct tape to trap him. The passenger was on a flight from iceland to new york. Witnesses say that he was drinking his dutyfree liquor, allegedly claiming the plane would go down. Passengers holding him down as the crew trapped him with the tape. Thats just one case tonight causing real concern. The other concerns an captain, when authorities smelled something troubling on his breath. Abcs lisa stark tonight on bot
Breath. Abcs lisa stark on both fronts tonight. Reporter you might call it instant justice. This man got so drunk and so belligerent on his flight, that fellow passengers ducttaped him to a seat and strapped his mouth shut, after he allegedly choked a woman and screamed that the plane was going to crash. The Icelandic Air flight was heading from iceland to new york, the airline tells us he was restrained by passengers and crew and was monitored for his own safety. Police took the drunk passenger to a hospital, he was not charged. Reportedly because passengers did not want to come forward. In minneapolis, it was a pilot who allegedly had too much to drink, way too much. American airlines captain Kolbjorn Kristiansen was caught by chance. Tsa and other officers smelling a whiff of alcohol as kristiansen was waiting for an elevator. By the time Airport Police arrested him, he had completed preflight checks for his commuter flight to new york and the 53 passengers were getting ready to boa