this hour two american hikers are now facing eight years in prison in iran. iranian state run television says josh fattal and shane bauer were sentenced today. the two have been locked up in iran since they were seized near the iraqi-kurdish border while hiking. a dramatic new security cam video of what happens on the streets of england and what happened during the riots in the uk. the footage showed masked, hooded troublemakers firing at unarmed officers. poli here in the u.s., the so-called west memphis three are enjoying their first full day of freedom after 18 years behind bars. the trio were released from prison yesterday after cutting a complicated deal with arkansas prosecutors. the men were convicted for the brutal killings of three cub scouts in 1992, a crime they have long maintained their never committed. an indiana community is saying goodbye to a hero. funeral services are being held for glen goodrich. goodrich died last week at the stage collapse last satu
case from new york. reporter: this is being reported by state run media and specifically a judiciary source talking with them tell iing the that the two hikers that remain in prison now, shane bauer and josh fattal, have been sentenced as you said to eight years. it is five years for spying as they put it, the words, cooperating with the american intelligence service. and three years each for illegally crossing the border into iran. now, this information, according to the lawyer, for the hikers, they have not officially he s not officially been told this yet, so he s still waiting for that and until then is withholding comment. and a third american was arrested with fattal and bauer. she was leased last year due to medical reasons. a military jet crashed to the at an air show in the united kingdom. it was one of the royal air force s precision aerobatic team, the red aeros. they were performing at a big aviation festival on the coast. no word on the pilot s condition.
children inside was swept away. flooding was so bad, rescuers couldn t see the vehicle until the water receded. we were right over top of the vehicle that unfortunately the victims were in and never knew they were there. the bottom of the boat would scrape against the top of the car. another person is still missing. police say 11 people climbed trees to escape rushing water that was nine feet deep in some places. in wisconsin, strong winds flipped cars and big trucks on to their sides. one man died when the roof of his trailer collapsed. the national weather service is sending crews to determine if a tornado touched down. more storms are expected today. we ll check in with jacqui jeras at the half hour. and striking verizon workers head back to work on monday night without a new contract. but the company and unions have agreed to keep negotiating until a new agreement is reached. negotiators say they have made headway on a number of issues holding up the deal. among t
family. take a look at this just released video. are london rioters firing at police helicopters. a live report in just a moment. severe storms strike the northeast, unleashing deadly flash floods and it s not over yet. the ohio valley could be next. but we start with the sputtering economy. president obama says there are steps we can take to spark the economy. watch. there are things we can do right now that will mean more customers for businesses and more jobs across the country. we can cut payroll taxes again so families have an extra thousand dollars to spend. we can pass a road construction bill so construction crews who are now sitting idle, can head back to the work site, rebuilding roads and bridges and airports. that s when the president s weekly address. ohio governor john kasich gave this morning s republican weekly address. the rebuttal, if you will. he says the real problem is leadership. white house correspondent dan lothian joins us now in martha s vi
shows how she fled to freedom. for the first time in almost two months she is calm and happy. [ screaming in foreign language ] reporter: it is eight weeks since she burst into a tripoli hotel full of journalists alleging brutal rape by gadhafi s forces. at the same time, capturing the world s attention was gadhafi s heavy-handed thugs tried to silence her. hotel staff put a bag on her head. another pulled a knife. journalists trying to protect her were beaten as she was led away. she has barely been seen since then. in a tunisian safehouse not far from the border with libya she met with cnn s khalil abdullah to tell him how she got away. translator: we left very normally, of course. i was wearing bring me that. it s a traditional tribal headwear, amaziriyah, which was given to me by my friend s mother. i was wearing it, and indeed you can t see anything apart from my