afghanistan. they won t say whether it s the type that contains highly classified information. security experts say if it is that drone, the u.s. military has lost a lot. the important point to take away here is that the iranians now have a very sensitive piece of american military technology in their hands. i hope that there s a self-destruct button attached to it. after months of bloody crack jouns against protesters, syria now says it will let observers into the country to monitor what is going on but only if the arab league agrees to drop sanctions against syria. the u.n. says more than 4,000 people have died in sirrian protests this year. once again, southern california is bracing for powerful, dangerous santa ana winds. we re talking gusts hitting 60 miles an hour in the mountains. that s happening today. 50 miles an hour in los angeles, ventura counties. what has it been like to deal with santa ana over the past week? cold, number one. scary and going to bed re
and good morning, everybody. it s wednesday, october 5th. a very cool, crisp day here in the northeast. welcome to american morning, everyone. lots of news to tell you about today. first, amanda knox is back on american soil. what a homecoming it was. knox touched down in seattle shortly after 8:00 last night, p.m. she thanked everyone who supported drew griffin was there. what was it like? reporter: before she even spoke, before anyone spoke, you could just see the relief on their faces. first the attorney addressed the crowd. if the if there were questions. mom and dad addressed the crowd? any questions for them? no. everybody just wanted to hear from her. amanda knox, and when she came to the podium, she said she had to remember, i have to speak in english now. i m really overwhelmed right now. reporter: after spending four years in an italian prison, amanda knox could hardly believe she was back home in seattle. i was looking down from the airplane and it seem
events like this? and have there been recent events at air races that should make us worry about them in terms of their safety? well, this is really the only type of air race of its kind in the world. there are other types of high-speed events, the redbull pylon racing. this type of race is really one of a kind. there have been a lot of safe guards built into this racing over the years from lessons learned from past incideacciden. you can never mitigate the risk to zero because, you know, when you have an aircraft moving at 400, 500 miles an hour, things happen very quickly. the altitude of the aircraft is very low. so any kind of reaction time that the pilot may have or if you have a mechanical problem may not allow the safety margins that are typically built into the normal part of the racing course. we re told that this was a vintage aircraft that crashed. a p-51 mustang.
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$32.5 million to the government and that is a record. it settled investigations into toyota s recalls for stuck accelerator pedals and faulty steering mechanisms. the new fine is in addition to the $16 million penalty toyota paid in a separate investigation. it was a frightening trip for dozens of passengers when their greyhound bus erupted into flames along a busy interstate highway near indianapolis. the driver managed to stop and all the passengers got out. some climbed out through the windows. a mechanical problem may have caused the bus to overheat. another bus took the passengers into indianapolis. the annual nativity scene at a north carolina church is incomplete this morning. someone has stolen the baby jesus right from the manger. what is especially upsetting is that this nativity scene was in memory of someone special. the family of an elderly woman who died two years ago donated the scene in her memory. now they are hoping the thieves will be moved by the spirit of the s