and nasa is monitoring this, said to be the size of a 12 story building, a football field. it s big. that s the point. it was the thing that hit russia was the size of a bus. this is much bigger. it s expected to come closer than even some of our communication satellites and trace gallagher live in los angeles with more, trace. reporter: and nasa says that the meteor that exploded over russia today and the satellite, the asteroids blazing by earth in about 20 minutes are completely unrelated and call it nothing more than a cosmic coincidence, one came from the north and the other one came from the south and yes, we are tracking that asteroid. you can he see kind ever the nasa satellite right there. it doesn t look like it s moving fast, but it is. this asteroid, nasa says, is moving at 17,000 miles per hour. and we re tracking this one, but they also point out there are 10,000 other of these big flying objects in earth s vicinity and we only know about like a thousand of them.
know county sheriff. two deputies wounded. this is possible they were patrolling together. the idea is not out on parol alone. the reason with have had to widen out the shot. they brought law enforcement in the area. they believe he is located in a cabin. we are erring on the side of caution and we don t know what will transpire in the ensuing moments or hours. but right now, it would appear that we are in a standoff situation that authorities have the upper hand. they cut off access to that area. i m trace gallagher live in los angeles. continuing breaking news coverage of what you see in middle of your screen. a standoff in the san bernadino mountains involving
camp. now governor richardson has freed americans from north korea before. and he believes he is the man to do it again. listen. i have been to north korea several times. negotiated with them in the past. with success. and my hope is that we get an assessment of north korea under the new leadership there. but governor richardson also acknowledges that he is not in control of this trip. the entire itinerary was set up by north korea. shep? shepard: trace gallagher live in los angeles. you hockey fans can rejoice after months of bickering and losing nearly half a season. the national hockey league and its players have reached a tentative agreement to end the lockout. both sides yesterday announced a deal to save what s left of the season. all of the teams and players still have to officially sign off on a contract. it looks like they will drop the pucks 12 days from today. now something people actually care about. we are 45 minutes away from
search. listen. we have information that they have relatives not just in mexico but also in california including arizona. they don t have one location they call home. they seem to move around all three areas. police say there is a chance the mother could be facing charges here that s kind of on the back burner now. they want to find this girl and get her into a doctor, shep. shepard: trace gallagher live in los angeles. thanks. the millionaire software mogul has been on the run from police claims he slipped out of the country. he was in belize tell the. he is in john mcafee the founder of the well known antivirus company of his name. investigators in belize say he is the person of interest in a shooting death of his neighbor. that neighbor had reportedly claimed about mcafee s dogs. then somebody poisoned those dogs and then the neighbor who did the complaining turned up dead. that all happened in a short period of time last month. and now in a news blog
dared to defy the drug cartels. she volunteered to be the mayor in a town under siege when everyone else was too afraid. she kept up the fight after not one, but two assassination attempts by the drug lords. but the story does not end well. trace gallagher live in los angeles with more of the trace? reporter: this really is, megyn the epitome of tenacity and dedication. this woman is being called the hero for the 21st century. her name is maria santos, 36 years old, she came the a mayor of a city outside mexico city in 2008 because nobody else would. she stepped down last year to run for congress so she could continue to fight the cartels. she lost that election. she has been missing for two weeks and now her body has been found along a desolate road. the cause of death was a blow to the head. but her legs and hands were bound. she had been stabbed and there were clear signs of torture. this was the third time she was attacked by drug gangs.