and is back in the u.s. this morning after a week long drug bust nightmare. 42-year-old yanira maldonado was arrested last wednesday by mexican soldiers after they allegedly found nearly 12 pounds of marijuana under her seat on a bus traveling from mexico to arizona. maldonado spoke briefly with reporters after her release. i want to say thank you first to god because i m free now. and he sent me good people my way. and i m very grateful that i m free that for my family, my children. you can see her making her way across the mexico border into the u.s. here. a judge released maldonado after reviewing surveillance video that showed her and her husband carrying only blankets, water bottles and her purse on to the bus. more violent weather in the heartland. the national weather service confirms at least one tornado touched down after dark in the tulsa oklahoma suburb of broken arrow. no reports of injuries and the
don t think that the attorney general holder is going anywhere, anytime soon. i think he s very close to the president, but the president was very, very upset about the, not just the ap case, but the james rosen case. and he really wants changes in policy. and this on whether rules are applied consistently and confide confidently. ruth marcus, thank you so much. an arizona mother is now back on american soil after being released from a prison in mexico. yanira maldonado was released late last night. she was arrested last week after police say they found almost 12 pounds of marijuana under her bus seat. i m very grateful that i m free. someone put that in there and i sat in the wrong seat. maldonado was cleared after security video showed she only brought bottles of water and blankets on board the bus. [ musick ] i knew there were a lot of tech jobs
yanira and her ry yanira holding her pur remember, the judgedunt 6:00 p.m. friday to issue the judgment. friday to issue the judgment. still it does come as a surprise. you can believe it is a welcome one for this phoenix family. you bet. lana, burns me up. this could be me. getting on a bus. suddenly, i see f wer ied . and at a minimum will be fined for that. but it is possible they could face greater charges. gary maldonado was saying the guards were asking for a bribe charges will be pursued against them. gary, the husband of yanira, we are talking about, he wa originally targeted. what s the latest on him? ehat s the latest on him? going after gary.
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0 nbc s miguel almaguer has more on maldonado s road to freedom. reporter: after nine long nights in a mexican jail, yanira maldonado has her freedom, reunited with her husband, he says her nightmare is over. i m very grateful that i m free. reporter: as yanira and her husband gary were returning from a funeral last week, their bus was pulled over at a military checkpoint. more than 12 pounds of pot were discovered under two seats, including the one where yanira was sitting. someone smuggled those in there and i sat in the wrong seat. reporter: on thursday, maldonado s attorney prevented a key piece of evidence to the judge deciding her fate. surveillance video taken at the moment yanira and gary stepped on to the bus. it showed exactly what i hoped it would show, what we brought on to the bus. the images show yanira with a purse, two bottles of water, and what appears to be two blankets. just before stepping on to the washington, d.c.. the letter, in essence, complains