from a private plane. the search is under way from a man who fell from an open door with no parachute. the pilot s may day call reveals the tense moment. mayday, mayday, mayday. i have a door ajar. i have a door ajar and a passenger just fell down. you said you had a passenger that fell out of your plane. that s correct, sir. he opened the back door and he just fell out of the plane. the coast guard has not confirmed whether the pilot s call was legitimate. it s not clear how many people were on the plane. the missing person s name has not been released. police have not indicated foul play. there is more foul play from toronto major rob ford. the latest meltdown on live television. he denied he asked to perform a sex act on a female coworker. his direct quote is too explicit for broadcast tv. he held a news conference to apologize with his less than happy looking wife at his side. i ve been under tremendous, tremendous stress. the stress is largely of my own makin
cluded several thousand college students. new data shows the u.s. is falling badly behind when it comes to college graduation rates. in a single generation, we ve fallen from first place to 12th place in college graduation rates for young adults. reporter: 11 countries, including canada, korea, and russia, are now ahead of the u.s. in the rate of young adults getting college degrees. education secretary arne duncan told abc news, this is a wake-up call. we got a little self-satisfied. and other countries have, i think, outworked us. they have outinvested. they have taken this more seriously. reporter: president obama has set an ambitious goal. raise college graduation rates from today s 40% to 60% in just 10 years. to do that, the nation s community colleges and four-year institutions would need to produce an additional 8 million graduates by 2020. we can retake the lead. the single most important thing we can do is to make sure we ve got a world-class education sys
and threatening the most famous music city landmark. we ll have the latest on this unprecedented flooding. announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, this is nightline, ma 4th, 2010. good evening. he is a husband, the father of two children and a newly naturalized american citizen. bum as of tonight, faisal shahzad is an accused terrorist, charged with attempting to explode a car bomb in times square. as we learn more, the contradictions seem to multiply. why would a man who benefited so much from this country tie to kill so many of its citizens? our chief investigative correspondent brian ross has been following developments from the moment shahzad was taken into custody late last night. brian? reporter: martin, shahzad almost got away with it, but once in custody, authorities say he not only admitted his role in the times square bombing attempt, but provided important details of his traini
attempt, but provided important details of his training and financing from the taliban in pakistan. until recently, 30-year-old faisal shahzad seemed to be living the american dream. a wife, two children, and a suburban connecticut home. for neighbors, he was an immigrant from pakistan who had betters himself through education and hard work. they had little picnics in the backyard. they were always to themselves. the wife looked happy. her web page was filled with baby photos. she loved her tv shows, everybody loves raymond and friends. under a photo of her husband, he is my everything. trash discovered outside faisal s home today list schools in saudi arabia and pakistan. he had degrees from the private university of bridgeport in connecticut and worked as a junior financial analyst at a stanford, connecticut, firm. last year, he became a u.s. citizen. they seemed normal to us. i mean, there was nothing like, you know, they were danger to anyone or anything. re
3-1 pitch. kennedy hooks its hard, foul. one strike away from jumping over .500. [ cheers and applause ] a couple thousand folks making lots of noise. [ cheers and applause ] bob: 3-2 to kennedy. in the air, out behind second base. fighting sun maybin. [ cheers and applause ] series over. and the marlins take 2 out of 3, 2:50 today. a 9-3 verdict over the nats. more in a moment. big news! we have another way to help you save. oh, really? how? by bundling. if you get your homeowners and auto insurance together, we give you even more savings. ooh! big bundle. [ chuckling ] home and auto together. it s like peanut butter and jelly. oh, or like burgers and fries. or pickles and ice cream. unicorns and glitter! no? bundling to save you more. now, that s progressive! call or click today. johnny: hi, everybody, johnny holliday with ray knight. the marlins win 9-3 and again, ray, the pitching wasn t there. ray: he threw his first 18 pitches, 17 of them were fast balls and he