the vigils that we saw nightly have turned into celebrations as the community continues to collect birthday cards for him. his family reports he s in good spirits, playing with his favorite toy dinosaur, laughing, eating, joking, and we spoke with the county superintendent who says he s the type of little boy who loves you even if you don t love him back. he was running around the hospital room, putting sticky notes on everyone that was in there, eating a turkey sandwich, and watching sponge bob. reporter: now, sheriff wally olson tells us they re planning a birthday party for this little boy as soon as he s ready and they ll give him all the cards and cake that he wants. shannon, back to you. the answer to a lot of prayers, elizabeth. thank you. all right. more ahead on the breaking news concern drone strike policy under president obama. one that seems very similar to the policies that created such serious outrage under president bush. we re going to ask former double play chi
him on december 22. to our knowledge, that s the only real contact we had. i ve heard rumors throughout the community this and that, but, you know, as far as me having contact with him, i believe the only contact was the menacing charges. steve: joining us from midland city, alabama, sheriff wally olson, thank you for telling us the story of what went down yesterday in the bunker. thank you. thank you. gretchen: what a relief for that sheriff as well. can you imagine being in charge of that situation? he had the f.b.i. s help, but wow. for the last week it have a positive outcome, everyone can be relieved. steve: i didn t realize tomorrow is his birthday. that s great happy ending. brian: are you allowed to build a bunker like that on property? steve: yeah, sure. brian: don t you have a permit? i have to get a permit to put a shed up. but a secured bunker?