Tonight, the heliumfilled blimp is on the ground in pennsylvania but it caused havoc from the heavens and became a social media sensation. Heres chip reid. Reporter the unmanned blimp housing a state of the radar system. After a threeyear test period its supposed to track the skies over the atlantic for incoming cruise missiles. Today what was being traraed was the blblp itself. Around 12 20 p. M. Ist somehow detached from its mooring at the armys Aberdeen Proving Ground in maryland. It drifted north through pennsylvania for hours trailed by two f16ss whileilitary minds tried to figure on the a way to bring it down. It finally deflated deflated and landed in a wooded area in montour county, pennsylvania, in two parts, first the tail section then the rest of it. The blimp is massive, more than 230 feet long and flew with thousands of feet of its steel tether dangling below, drag along the ground, knocking do power lines and cause tens of thousands of outages. It was rainy and wind nemar
Grounded while thigh try to figure out how the first one got away. Pelley down in the woods, chipeid thanks v vy much. Tonight, the candidadas for the republican president ial nomination are debating for the third time, and for the first time, donald trump is not the frontrunner. He was surgically removed from that spot by dr. Taylor ben carson. Makeis in boulder, colorado. Reporter ben carson arrived at the debate, the center of attention, surrounded by reporters, carson said he welcomes more scrutiny and does not fear the debates focus on economics. Consistent with his lowkey temperament that contrasts with trump, carson said if attacked he will not fight fire with fire. Basically, im not going to get into a bunch of fights with peopoe about personalities and individual chats. I think thats silly and thats not what were here for. Reporter trump has lost momentum, a topic he raised tuesday in iowa. When you get the numbers up, iowa, please . This is r riculous. cheers and applausus i
Why the officer is not facing charges. And donald trump falling behind in the polls and proving hes not too proud to beg for votes. Please do me a favor, let me win iowa. Ben carson surges as the candidates take center stage at tonights big republican debate. Is he about to deliver a knockout blow or will donald come back . And we do say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. Big buildup to tonights big debate. A lot at stake. But you have baseball, debate tonight. Lots of big showdowns. Well start with that world series kickoff. The royals take the mets in 14 innings, all kinds of ups and down ending well past 1 00 a. M. On the east coast and the few minutes of blackouts had fans everywhere in a frenzy. T. J. Holmes is at kauffman stadium. In kansas city. An unforgettable night last night for the right and wrong reasons. We had a classic here on this field last night. While people were focused on the power hitting and pitching we had an outage that left millions of viewers
Over fill the stadium. Built by prisoners, mind you. That seats more than 11,000 people. And lets ride. Wow reporter its an odd mix. Both animals and inmates released from their respective confinements to duel it out. Its both a crowd pleaser and a bit unsettling. The atmosphere reminds you of a state fair. But then theres the guard towers and razor wire. Even the Mississippi River fools you. It meanders its way around this former slave plantation in a very tranquil way. Until you notice the alligators. All right, here we go. Live cow milking. Reporter this place is a nevernding stream of contrasts. Youre not sure whether to cheer or jeer when youre here. Hes digging somebody a grave. Reporter the competitions arent what youd expect at a regular rodeo. Dont move. Reporter take convict poker. Four inmates sit nervously at a card table. A very restless bull picks out a target. Here we go. Reporter he can either take out the whole card table at once or he picks the inmates off one by one.
Sounds, support isis, or at least they think rule by isis is preferable to having their city taken by a shiite army backed by a corrupt government in baghdad. Bottom line, this is not going to happen anytime soon. The two major factions of islam opposed to each other there around mosul. Liz palmer, thank you very much. Every day three children are killed and 470 injured in car crashes, and its often because they were hit by the front seat. Kris van cleave has our investigation. Reporter 16monthold Taylor Warner was riding in the back seat of her familys minivan five years ago when it was rearended at 55 miles an hour. I looked and i realized that there was blood coming out of her face. I knew that Something Else was wrong. Reporter taylor was in her car seat behind her father. His seat broke and struck taylor in the face, killing her. And it was all because of some stupid car that we thought was the safest thing we could, you know, get for our family to protect them. Reporter crash tes