cody, wyoming. after about 25 minutes she landed and text ed them. and then a second push. though none of them knew it, a huge forest fire was is there. smoke billowed to her revised flight path. on her way to greybull airport. hard to see through the air. white knuckle landing. the message you got was it wasn t as easy. right. she let me know she got a little disoriented but things went well and she was on greybull and was going to go ahead and taxi over. she tested she ate lunch, refueled and because one runway was closed for repairs, she used an alternate runway, heading in a different direction. still, the last leg was the easiest. the flight plan called for her to follow the big horn river
because he sees some image that offend him. congressman ted lu, thank you for your time. thank you. we re following breaking news out of stockholm, sweden. video shows pedestrians running after a large truck ran into a crowd and crashed through a department store. at least two people were killed, several others are injured. sweden s prime minister says everything indicates that this is a terrorist attack. and now a manhunt is under way for the suspect. eyewitnesss describe confusion as smoke billowed from the crash site. today s attack is just the latest in a series of vehicle-based terror attacks across europe, coming just two weeks after a similar incident in london. straight ahead, gorsuch gets through as trump s nominee, and he is officially confirmed to the supreme court. we ll get reaction from across d.c. and find out when gorsuch will officially get his robe to the high court.
all right. time now for the must read opinion pages at 46 past the hour. we have a great one by ann applebaum we ll get to. sticking to his travel plans at risk of looking bad. this is interesting, especially given the parallels that are being made. as smoke billowed from the downed malaysian jetliner in the fields of eastern ukraine on thursday, president obama pressed ahead with his schedule, a cheeseburger with fries at the charcoal pit in delaware, a speech about infrastructure and two splashy fund-raisers in new york city. the potential for jarring split screen imagery was clear, and yet white house aides said no
but after that avalanche scare, they didn t finish it. if they had made it to the top, the nine-year-old son would have been the youngest person to ever do so. critics say those kids never should have been there in the first place. that little girl, 11 years old. terrifying moments caught on camera, a pregnant woman is forced to jump from the second floor of a burning building. look at this. that poor thing, how scary. that was at a movie theater in turkey. the theater was evacuated. the pregnant woman got stuck on the second floor and she jumps as smoke billowed from the windows. bistanders were table to catch her with a sheet and piece of cardboard. she was taken to the hospital and the mom and her soon to be baby are both doing just fine this morning. how frightening. and you ve got to take a look at this. this is such a fun story. it could be the worst wedding picture ever and it is going viral this morning. tyler faster of spokane,
good tuesday morning. we will begin with the latest from kenya. smoke billowed over the shopping mall in nairobi as security forces mounted their push against the terrorists. as the siege entered the fourth day, we are hearing from those who managed to escape. karen travers is following the developments. good morning, karen. good morning, john and diana. witnesses described a terrifying chaotic scene on saturday. and yesterday president obama said the u.s. will do all it can to support the kenyan people. after a tense day, kenyan officials say they are in charge of the westgate mall. we have fully cordoned the building. so that makes no room for escapees. reporter: authorities believe all hostages have been released. gunfire, explosions, and billowing clouds of smoke as kenyan military forces battled with al shabaab militants holding hostages in the mall. as many as 15 members of the al qaeda affiliate stormed the mall