susan candiotti is outside of the courthouse. susan, bring us up to date. reporter: fredricka, the latest information we have on the suspect in this case, pedro hernandez, is that he is not being held in jail at this time. instead, he is at bellevue hospital in new york, which is a very highly regarded public hospital, which has an equally highly regarded psychiatric unit as well. we are told that he is being evaluated. he is not under a suicide watch, according to police officials, at this time. so right now at the courthouse, we are waiting to find out when a hearing might be scheduled. this would be the first appearance for mr. hernandez at which time we expect that prosecutors will be announcing exactly what he will be charged with. now, it was flagged yesterday by police that they expected the charge to be second degree murder. but it will be the first opportunity we have to see him in court if in fact this appearance does come today as expected. fredricka? susan, ye
charged today in a 33-year-old missing child case that set off a national movement. police in new york say pedro hernandez confessed to killing 6-year-old etan patz back in 1979. prosecutors are expected to charge hernandez with second-degree murder. etan disappeared on his way to school. of it his first time walking to the bus stop by himself. historic meeting in space happened about an hour ago when the space x dragon linked up with the international space station. check it out, see how it went down. capture is confirmed. [ applause ] congratulations on a wonderful capture. you have made a lot of folks happy down here over in hawthorne and right here in houston. great job, guys. houston, it looks like we got us a dragon by the tail. private spacecraft is bringing clothes, supplies, experiments to the space station. it has been exactly one week since the jury in the john edwards corruption trial got the case. they are still deliberating. four women, eight men hav