room filled with water. we re expecting to hear more testimony from crew members who were on the ship and eventually hear from passengers who will talk about their trauma trying to get off the ship. the captain is expected to take the stand in his defense sometime before the end of the year. thank you. our sixth story outfront jailed for a decade but tonight a free man. after ten years in prison for murder, a murder he says he never committed, 29-year-old ryan ferguson was released just moments ago. because last week an appeals court threw out his 2005 murder conviction. he was going to have to spend the rest of his life in jail. they say the prosecution withheld evidence. ferguson s been serving in a maximum security prison for the murder of a local sports journalist. i want to bring in david mattingly outfront. he s been following the story, been to the jail, met with ryan. david, i know as he s clearing through getting out of jail we ll be hearing from ryan in any moment directl
number symbol wising freedom and a proud day for many new yorkers, anderson? indeed. isha thanks very much. that s it for us here in tacloban. outfront next, president versus president. even if it takes a change in the law the president should honor the commitment. bill clinton s strong words for president obama. plus should you be on anti-cholesterol pills? some of these side effects are pretty significant. researchers say millions who aren t on the drugs should be. but are they really safe? and from bad to worse. we don t have homes, we lost our homes. and we have nothing to eat. we really need help now. the latest from the phillipines. let s go outfront.
but he s the third person to basically be arrested and charged with trying to aid al nusra already this year. one man in chicago, another man right here in suburban washington. one of those men was a former u.s. army veteran. he plea bargained down. i m told by some a legal officials that that is the likely case here, that that 15 years is basically used to sort of pressure these men into a plea deal, especially when you consider that sheikh doesn t have a criminal record. he will likely plea down to just a few years at that. wow, all right. must shock a lot of people. thanks very much to you, chris lawrence. our third story outfront, airlines bigger. the justice department has reached an agreement to allow american airlines and u.s. airways to merge. they have struggled to get this done for a really long time. this is significant. the deal makes the airlines take steps to help lower cost competitors and reduce their
they say they were looking forward to having him home for thanksgiving. but the way the courts were, they really didn t know that was going to happen until today. so they know that that wish has finally come true. and the father saying that he can t wait to play his son in a game of basketball. all right. thank you very much, david mattingly. our seventh storiout front, a new prescription for your heart. just hours agoing, new guidelines from the american heart association were released. it could mean millions of americans including you could have to start taking a statin. lipitor lowering cholesterol. 32 million americans are on statins. dr. sanjay gupta is outfront. sanjay, let me start off with, people have already sort of characterized statins a statin aday keeps the doctor away. sort of a tuck everlasting of drugs. but what is the significance of the new recommendation when it comes to the heart? first of all this is a
we don t have homes, we lost our homes. and we have nothing to eat. we really need help now. the latest from the phillipines. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, one president stands up to another. former president bill clinton taking on president obama s misleading promise about americans keeping their health care plans under obama care. here s what the president said. i personally believe even if it takes a change in the law the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they ve got. let them keep what they got. president obama has said i m sorry for the promise, but is he going to do anything about it? anything rectify the problem? john king is in washington. we begin our coverage there. john last week the