aggressive and hostile to the hostages inside. five people. two women and three men were able to escape him. two women wearing lindt aprons. looks like they may have been employees of the coffee shop. you wonder if they knew a different way to get out or they would have a very good familiarity with that building and all of the locations. now it is heading into evening. the lights are off in the coffee shop and police are at this point waiting. is that where we stand now, tiffiny? reporter: that s right. police have the best negotiators in the world working on the case. they warned it may take time. their priority is to get everyone inside that building out safely. from what we know at the moment, no one has been harmed. one of the freed hostages has
to go. let s go over the president s schedule. he started in ohio. they are in milwaukee at this point waiting for the president. he s airborne heading in that direction towards wisconsin. iowa and virginia. he end up in virginia and northern virginia tonight. i ll be out there accompanied by the dave matthews band. i m looking forward to it. tomorrow sunday in new hampshire. florida. ohio. back to ohio and colorado. monday wisconsin, guess where, ohio after that. and then iowa before he finishes up in chicago where he will spend election eve. ohio we should mention nbc news and the marist organization yesterday put out their poll for ohio has the president up six. a whopping margin compared to what we ve seen in the past. our poll even has the president up two in florida. so the obama team certainly optimistic and down the stretch they come to keep that sports metaphor going. love it. thank you.
california. the highest point on the ride it stalled. no word on what caused it to get stuck there and how long it will take to get the riders off the roller-coaster. we are working to find out because we know they have been working on this for a while if in fact they may have gotten them down and we just haven t heard yet. meanwhile it is 15 stories tall at the highest point reaching speeds of 62 miles an hour while it s moving. they are trying to get them down here. can you image being at that highest point waiting for rescue because that thing is not bringing you back down on its own. 15 storr res tall. 12 people stuck. this is six flax discovery kingdom. we wanted to show you these pictures as we learn more. we will bring it to you. supreme court justice anthony scalia opening up about one of the most talked about in history
to conduct their investigation and make a decision and if this army staff sergeant did do something egregiously wrong he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent the law but i am sick and tired of the immediate.and politicians in washington publicly prosecuting our soldiers, sailors, and air men and marines. our veterans should receive the benefit of the doubt. neil: still, senator rubio, your thoughts on this. do you think that president karzai has made the situation worse by going so far as to call american reaction unforgivable. guest: well, again, and i think josh make as good point waiting until the facts come in but what we have read is stubbing and i have confidence in american military justice and the fact that the issues and the fact they are reported they will be dealt with. president karzai has been a difficult ally because the circumstances in afghanistan have been difficult. that is difficult engagement to be involved in and a lot of
saturday s nebraska game. that is part of the controversy. he said he s stepping down but not immediately, not until the end of the season. in a statement today he said paterno, who is the nearest thing to a secular saint in pennsylvania and hero to his players drew their praise today for his decision. i think as long as he s been here, he hasn t really ever made a wrong decision. he knows what he s doing. he s been doing it for so long. if he thinks it s best for the program, chances are it s going to be the best thing for the program. more and more as you ll see, people have doubts about his decision now not to immediately step down. here s former penn state legend matt millen today on espn. to be honest with you, and you can probably hear it, and i apologize to you, i get mad. it s it s pretty disturbing. it makes you sick. to see that this could happen to this level, if, in fact, it has happened, then, you know, there s a part of me that, like i mentioned earlie