president obama says the christmas day attack aboard an airliner bound for detroit has been lynched to a group with ties to al qaeda. he says the group has carried out other attacks in other places. this man, a school official, was killed on a trip to mexico. what police and his family say about the attack. and this. living in a time of people reconnecting on facebook and my space and that sort of thing, but actually coming together physically for something that was really a special memory. they re adults now, but 20 years ago they were third graders who made a pledge with their teacher. how they took a break from their new year s plans for a special reunion. welcome to hln on this saturday, january 2nd, 2010, the first weekend of the new year. hope you re having a great one. washington police are investigating an incident between two nba players who reportedly drew guns on one another in a locker room standoff. joe carter is here with this bizarre story. good morni
. he drew a cartoon that sparked protests world-wide and last night escaped and attempt on his life. what police are saying about a controversial artists who work earned him death threats across the globe. president obama points the finger at an attempted airline bomber on u.s. soil, who he says gave this man his marching orders and what the u.s. is doing about it. what did this man do to create a security scare at this snarpt how he has some passengers seeing red. you re watching hln, i m holly firfer. police in denmark say man with ties to al qaeda tried to kill a cartoonist who drew a controversial sketch of the prophet mohammed. authorities arrested the somali man at the home of kurt westergaard last night after he broke inside. police say westergaard was able to flee to a safe room along with his 5-year-old granddaughter. officer officers shot the suspect after he alleged threatened to kill them with an axe. he s charged 1/42 counts with t murder. westergaard dre