thank you, julie. in our related development on al qaeda leader was killed in yemen bay drone strike last night. he was on the fbi s most wanted list and was one of the most senior al qaeda leaders involved in the first failed underwear bombing attack. he met in yemen with the nigerian suspect that tried blow up a plane on christmas day in 2009 with a bomb that was concealed in his underwear. he was linked to the bombing of the u.s.s. cole in yemen. the drone strike that killed him was carried out by the cia and the u.s. military according to two u.s. officials. there is some newly released video of an american aide worker that lived in rockville, maryland. his name is warren weinstein. he was kidnapped in pakistan last august. he s asked president obama to accept the conditions for his release. the conditions laid down by al qaeda. reporter: it is important to know nbc news did k not verify where this video was produced. it is an effort being made by watching the video
inside the costa concordia as the ship takes on water while the captain cops an attitude. a sneak peek at the discovery channel exclusive video. and he s a guy on his way to becoming a ninja. see the punishing training that would leave most of us crying on the couch. we re going to get things started on this friday with a story that steven tells us is just astonishing. this story begins with a man buying a safe at a flea market. that man is 47-year-old james labrack. he bought this safe in canoga park, california for $45. took the safe home, couldn t figure out how to open it, shook it, decided i m going to sell it on e-barks. a man in tennessee bought the safe for $122.93. so if you re james, you re thinking i made out on this thing. some time passes and james receives a photo and a note from the buyer. i took this safe to a local welder. he opened it up and there was $26,000 inside. he sends him this e-mail and photo almost taunting james saying ha ha, look what i f
the ship takes on water while the captain cops an attitude. a sneak peek at the discovery channel exclusive video. and he s a guy on his way to becoming a ninja. see the punishing training that would leave most of us crying on the couch. we re going to get things started on this friday with a story that steven tells us is just astonishing. this story begins with a man buying a safe at a flea market. that man is 47-year-old james labrack. he bought this safe in canoga park, california for $45. took the safe home, couldn t figure out how to open it, shook it, decided i m going to sell it on e-barks. a man in tennessee bought the safe for $122.93. so if you re james, you re thinking i made out on this thing. some time passes and james receives a photo and a note from the buyer. i took this safe to a local welder. he opened it up and there was $26,000 inside. he sends him this e-mail and photo almost taunting james saying ha ha, look what i found. he writes the man back a
their plea bargaining talks. final agreement could come at any time. our bruce johnson first broke the story tuesday night at 11:00. he s here with me now. we ve been on the phone all day. what else have you learned? j.c., the talks could be taking place right now. before the day is out, prosecutors want be the councilman s signature on a plea agreement and sources say they want harry thomas jr. standing before a judge possibly as early as tomorrow. sources say much of the deal was already in place. councilman harry thomas has agreed to resign from the seat once held by his father, representing the residents of the heavy democratic voting ward five. he has agreed to admit to tax fraud but prosecutors want much more. the one harry thomas to admit he stole all or part of $300,000 that had been meant for youth baseball programs. you ll recall the fbi and i.r.s. raided the councilman s home in northeast d.c. late last year. they hauled off some of the items they say he purchase
house will act. that house republicans will do the right thing. as time runs out, there is still another hurdle. the senate cannot hold a vote during the holiday recess unless all 100 senators approve. and the vote was scheduled to happen around 6:30 this evening, but now we re learning the vote may be delayed for several hours and might not happen until late tonight. several house members and president obama have said they will postpone vacation until congress can reach a compromise. live on capitol hill, danielle nottingham, now back to you. thank you danielle. we are all waiting on that one. it will devote extra time to an upcoming case whether the federal healthcare overhaul is constitutional. now the high court plans to allot an unprecedented week s worth of time for all sides to present their arguments. that is scheduled for late march. virginia governor presented his two year budget plan to the general assembly today. the money committee and no surprise it incl