former honduran president got a boisterous welcome home from thousands of supporters today. returning to his home land two years after being ousted in a could you plea coup. he urged supporters to pursue peaceful democratic change. zelaya ha been in exile in the dominican republic but reached the deal with the hon dour ran government which allowed him to return. out with the food pyramid. in with a dinner plate. that is the brand new icon of healthy eating that the agriculture department is going to unveil this coming thursday. what s prompting the makeover and what does it mean? we ll tell you about that ahead in this newscast. and a quick sports note for you. barcelona defeated manchester united 3-1 today to capture european financial s biggest prize at london s wembley stadium. americans call it soccer, but true fans know regardless of what you call it it s a huge win victory for barcelona. just hours from now president obama will be on the ground in joplin, missouri
he urged supporters to pursue peaceful democratic change. zelaya ha been in exile in the dominican republic but reached the deal with the hon dour ran government which allowed him to return. out with the food pyramid. in with a dinner plate. that is the brand new icon of healthy eating that the agriculture department is going to unveil this coming thursday. what s prompting the makeover and what does it mean? we ll tell you about that ahead in this newscast. and a quick sports note for you. barcelona defeated manchester united 3-1 today to capture european financial s biggest prize at london s wembley stadium. americans call it soccer, but true fans know regardless of what you call it it s a huge win victory for barcelona. just hours from now president obama will be on the ground in joplin, missouri. it will be his first look at what s left of that devastated city. 142 people lost their lives in last sunday s terrible tornado, another 100 are still missing. yet amid thi
minutes, it was about 38,000 feet at the highest point and began to fall towards the ocean. the two pilots who were in the cockpit were joined by the third pilot, the senior pilot, who came into the cockpit had he was on a rest break, never took the controls over, but did direct ac it tifrts in the cockpit area, but they were never able to regain control of the aircraft and it went into the ocean. kiran? jim bittermann for us on the latest with that and as these new details emerge. just such a tragedy of what happened. thanks so much. it s been a mystery for now two years. every detail is so interesting. the fact that they recovered after all that time in the ocean is pretty amazing. intact and readable the data from the flight data record jeer sarah palin says she has a fire in her belly to beat obama and she s climbing in the polls, but will she run? and a potential danger may force thousands of pools to stay closed this memorial day weekend. we ll tell you all about that
because it sounds like they were very confused and maybe have had some sort of spatial disorientation. should we ask questions about the fact that captain had gone to take a rest? that is a normal course of business when you have an international flight. the captain will typically make the take off or at least be up in the cockpit when the take off is made. they get to altitude. he will take his rest break so when they get to destination, he is fully alert and he will make the landing at the other end. in this particular instance, there was no sense or threat of any kind of emergency or even a level of concern until the airplane started to get into this violent weather that caused it to roll, actually almost 40, 45 degrees, and the big altitude. the captain did make it up to the cockpit at the request of one of the no one flying pilots. it is unclear whether he actually got into a seat but there is a discussion between
and welcome to american morning. it is friday, may 27th. the beginning of a long holiday weekend for many in this country. that s right. hopefully the beginning of some nice, calm, summer weather which we have not seen. we haven t seen. it s not going to be a great weekend for those in joplin, missouri. the search for the missing there continues. the state officials are releasing a list of 232 people who are still unaccounted for, a list they concede may not be entirely accurate. the death toll right now stands at 126. we re getting a look at some dramatic new video when just after the tornado struck. watch as aaron cox and his fiancee brook mckinsey watson race to find aaron s sister amid the destruction. let s take a look. look at this. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh, aaron. oh, my gosh. right through here. i don t know i don t know where we are. i don t know. i don t know where to go. we have to keep going this way. don t step on any of this. c