A scary but spectacular sight above russia, as the sky begins to fall literally. This is amateur video taken of a meteor on a collision course with earth. At least 500 people, were hearing numbers that are higher than that, but at least 500 people were hurt when the huge chunk of space rock crashed into a remote region over russia. Wisdom martin joins us from the newsroom with more of that spectacular video and the damage left behind. I know some of this story is now fluid, wisdom. Youre right. Scientists estimate the meteor that fell weighed about 10 tons, and struck at super sonic speeds. This is more video taken as the meteor broke apart in the atmosphere, leaving behind a trail of smoke and that sonic boom. Military Spokesman Says 20foot wide crater was found where some of the fragments hit. Explosions like the one that you just heard shattered glass across the region and Authorities Say thats what caused so many injuries. Hospitals were flooded with people all morning long. Most people suffered minor cuts and scrapes. But at least 43 had to be hospitalized. It prompted a Quick Response from russian political figures. The Prime Minister speaking at an Economic Forum said the meteor shows the whole planet is vulnerable. Tony . Wisdom, thank you very much. Astronomers say that Meteor Strike is unrelated to a close call from a 150foot astroid that will buzz by earth later today. It will miss our planet by only 17,000 miles, but its closer than many communication and weather satellites. Experts say if a rock that size were to make impact with the earth, it would wipe out 750 square miles. To another big story we are following. Relief in alabama as thousands of Cruise Ship Passengers reunited with family members and can enjoy the first hot shower in days. Imagine that. They were stranded on board a Carnival Cruise ship for nearly a week in what some describe as nightmarish conditions. Sherri ly is live in the newsroom with the latest now. Good morning. Good morning, allison. Now passengers from the triumph are in hotels or on buses headed home, relieved to be off the crippled cruise ship. Theyll get a full refund and 500, but for many people, thats hardly enough to make up for enduring such a horrific ordeal. The triumphs horn blasted loudly as four tug boats pulled the ship to shore. Sounds of cheering passengers and family members filled the night air, celebrating as the ship docked in mobile, alabama. More than 4,000 people delighted to reach dry land after being stuck on the ship with no power since sunday. Im not angry, im so happy to be home really. Reporter some say the conditions were so bad, many took their mattresses out of the rooms and slept on the open deck. Cabins flooded. Ankle deep in sewage. It was a mess. Everybody was, you know, using buckets to do what they had to do. Absolutely horrible, having to smell other peoples, the urine, the feces. Reporter despite the ordeal, many are relieved its over. How does it feel . Wonderful, i have a cold diet coke in my hand. Best part is seeing my valentine. Uhhuh, its valentines day with hot mama hair. Reporter carnival says its doing all it can to get the passengers back home safely, providing hotels, bus services and charter plane flights. They have also issued an apology. I know the conditions on board were very poor. I know it was very difficult. And i want to apologize again for subjecting our guests to that. We pride ourselves in providing our guests with a great vacation experience, and clearly we failed in this particular case. Its good to see some of those people making the best of a bad situation. The ship does remain in the port in mobile, alabama. It will be taken to a ship yard for an assessment. The National Transportation safety board has opened an investigation and dozens of planned cruises aboard the triumph canceled. As you can imagine, it will likely be out of service for a while. Allison . Yes, it needs to be thoroughly checked out. Thank you. Turning now to serious news, in south africa prosecutors say theyll pursue a premeditated murder charge against oscar pistorius. So far, they havent explained why. The olympic sprinter learned of the charge during his First Court Appearance today, where he openly wept. The 26yearold will be held in a police station. Yesterday authorities found his model girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, dead inside pistorius home. She had been shot four times in the head and the arm. A 9millimeter gun was also found at the scene. He made history last summer by becoming the first double amputee competing in the olympics games. Authorities say the charred body found in the cabin is that of christopher dorner. Dorner was identified by his dental records. Authorities say he killed four people while on the run in retaliation for being fired from the l. A. P. D. Making headlines close to home, the search is on for a killer after Alexandria Police ruled the death of a 94year old man a homicide. He was found dead inside his holly street home on wednesday in what appeared to have been a violent attack. No arrests in this case yet. Police have arrested a woman for robbing the home last november. In capital heights, family and friends gathered to remember a 71yearold disabled woman found murdered in her home on saturday. Gerladine mcintyre was known as a friendly woman. Police have been combing the community, looking for leads in the case. We should soon learn more about the recent sealed hearings in the chandra levy murder case. After two and a half hours of sealed hearings yesterday, the judge said partial transcripts with some redactions will be made available in the next week. Senate republicans delay a confirmation vote for president obamas choice to head the pentagon. But the confirmation of chuck hagel is still expected to go through. Senate republicans say they need to know more about hagel, but they are also insisting that the white house come clean on the u. S. Consulate attack in benghazi in september. With evidence mounting, they say the president was disengaged. The president says all questions have been answered. This white house has stone walled, delayed and denied. Nothing could be further from the truth about us not running out of questions. What is true is he wont answer any. Its shocking that my republican colleagues would leave the nation without a secretary of defense with all the things we have going on in the world, including a war. Hagels nomination is expected to eventually get through. Republicans say they will not block an up or down vote after they get back from vacation in 10 days. Today president obama heads to chicago to continue pushing Economic Reforms he laid out in his state of the Union Address earlier this week. Before he leaves the white house, the president will honor 18 americans with the president ial citizens medal. That is the second highest civilian honor. Six of the medals will be given to the adults killed in the newtown, Connecticut School shooting. Of the 12 living, several are from our area. Ma korea gomez founded mary maria gomez founded Marys Service to serve underserviced communities. Janice jackson of baltimore is the creator and Program Director of women embracing abilities now. The nonprofit mentors women and young ladies having, who have varying degrees of disabilities. And a world war ii veteran. We say congratulations to all of them. President obama keeps a busy schedule, we know that. Even the commanderinchief owes his wife a date on valentines day. Ahead at 9 00, how the first couple celebrated. First, live to the Sunshine State, i cant even say it, but the Sunshine State, where the Washington Nationals will take the field for spring. 9 10. Well be right back. 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Couple of days here in florida already, and getting to work as defending nl east champs. Been fun. Good to see the guys again. Offseason you go your respective ways and get ready to prepare for the season. Always good to come back, see the guys and get the juices going on. Reporter you and drew storen taking off to london . Yeah, we decided to get away for a little bit after the long season. Something i wanted to do for a long time. Go see what europe was all about. We got to see a soccer game over there, which was reporter they get a little crazy. Yeah. Experience in itself. But, you know, it was a fun trip. Reporter you are, you were at least, roommates with drew last year. Were there words said between you guys . We were consoling each other. It was a tough loss. Not the way you wanted the season to end. But we were all in it together. Obviously he was out there for the last little bit. But, you know, a long season. Lot of winning to get to that point. It was kind of devastating for everyone. Reporter tough way to end. But lets not forget all you were able to accomplish. Talk about the expectations. I know Davey Johnson has put out there, world series or bust. I think were fired up regardless of anything else. We dont need more motivation in what happened last year and to have that kind of ripped away from us a little bit. We want to get to the promised land, obviously. We had a little taste of what the postseason was all about, and so were excited to kind of take that next step this year. Reporter also you welcome in a new closer, soriano. You talk about this stacked bullpen. Were excited about what we got down there. We were pretty good last year and were going to be even better this year. So were excited. Our whole team from top to bottom is pretty special and we realize that. Its a long season, so we kind of keep our nose down and keep working hard, because its a long season. But were excited about it. Reporter we should mention, happy birthday. Turned what 28 yesterday . Yeah, 28. Reporter went out to the dinner with the guys . Yeah, kept things simple. Reporter good stuff, man. Best of luck out there the rest of spring. Tyler clippard, everybody. Theyll have a practice coming up at 10 00 you get going . Yeah. Reporter very good. Dave, there you have it. A sample of whats going on here this week. Guys getting to work, day two of workouts and the players, the position players will be reporting today as well. Scott, let me ask you this, because i know you got down there yesterday, and the report is bryce harper is not just better, but bigger. Can you talk about the weight gain of one bryce harper . Reporter well, you know, young guy, 20 years old. Able to pack on that muscle weight that you and i both long to do. Yes. Reporter what hes able to do in four months, packed on 10 to 15pound of muscle, dave. Hes a big man now. Hes grown up. But yes, all muscle and he says he expects maybe to trim down to about 220, so a lot of that will be shed through cardio and what not. Yes, he and strasburg who gained about 10 pounds of solid muscle. Both guys talking about maturing in the offseason and establishing a lot more dense muscle mass. Thats what i do, too, scott, i like to trim down to 220 before the show every year. One last question, you talk about this town, and we throw around 100 wins like its no big deal. The expectation level for this team, thats still a gaudy number to reach each and every year. Do you sense these guys have any of that pressure, like all of a sudden the target is now on them . Reporter well, they all talk about having the target on their back, but i think they almost enjoy it. I think they like what Davey Johnson throws out there, world series or bust scenario. They feed off that confidence that comes down from the manager and everybodys got it. Why wouldnt they postthat number . 98wins last year. Expect to be better this year. Moved werth to right, and harper over to left. They add soriano to that bullpen. Unstoppable 789 combo. So i think that thats a reasonable expectation and theyre looking forward to, and its better to have these type of expectations that seem to be somewhat unrealistic than maybe the alternate. Scott smith, get flip flops, and well see you all weekend long here on fox 5. This is what were talking about, expectation levels through the roof, and they dont mind it. Yeah. Which is good. Not a bad way to be. You make a good point, and i was saying its not easy to do. No. Its not a given that its going to happen. Weve never done it. We hope. And all of a sudden, were going to win 100 games. I like it. See the prize and go for it. I dont know what the big deal is about harper, i put on 20 pounds. Are you going to hit homeruns, though . No. Its 9 20. Just about 9 20 on this friday morning. How to make your relationship with god stronger without sacrificing the one that you have built with your boyfriend. What is this about . Thats my question. Im tackling that tough topic of sex and religion. Wow. In todays ask allison. Im doing it wow. All right. Plus, virginias newest multimillionaires say they wont let wealth change them, except for one bigupgrade. First, good morning holly. Reporter there she is, princess tiana on the ice. Some of the many disney characters that are in town now for disney on ice treasure trove at the Verizon Center where we are live and coming up live were going to get a behind the scenes look at how they bring this all together so they can deliver the magic to you and your family. Stay with us for that. Cant wait, holly. Check it out. 9 21now before we take you to break. Beyonce fans, tickets to her july 30th d. C. Show go on sale in about 40 minutes or so. Tony im already trying. Im already trying. Act fast, tony. All of you, too. Tickets to the first show sold out in less than a minute when they went on sale monday. Come on, pick up. Were not going, folks. Be right back. a fredericksburg man and his wife were likely smiling through their 80mile commute to work this morning. Just a few more trips and they will never have to do it again. Dave honeywell has cashed in his winning power ball ticket for 217 million. Yep. He purchased the ticket at Richmond International airport super bowl sunday. It was a tense flight back home after he realized he had the winning numbers. Minneapolis i actually found this you put on your arm. I typed my long sleeves or whatever, and put the ticket in there. But i kept checking it on the way home. Its got to be there. Dave and his wife are federal workers. We love that, too. He says hell retire in about a month and a half after he wraps up some projects at work, which is really good for him. Wonderful. Hes not just leaving folks high and dry. She plans to retire in the next two weeks. But the plan is to build a nice big home that they can just retire in. Fantastic. Wish them the best. I love it. Thats great. Dont get me wrong, i wish it was me. Of course, me too. But i love it for you guys. Still ahead in our next half hour, we are solving some musical mysteries with a little help from one of the worlds most famous great danes. And the crew, right . Were going to check in with fred, daphne, velma, shaggy and of course, scooby doo himself. My throat really hurts. Well be right back. Some things wont last 25 years. Ah woof some things will. woman 3 days o of walking to give a Breast Cancer survivor a lifetitime thats definitely a fair trade. It was such a beautiful experience. jessica lee and its beautiful woman why walk 60 miles in the boldest Breast Cancer event in history . Because your efforts help komen serve millions of women and men facing Breast Cancer every year. Visit the3day. Org to register or to request more information today. It was 3 days of pure joy. And its beautiful [ woman ] looks like another glorious week in florida. That. Was. Awesome. [ female announcer ] how do you make your Family Vacation this epic . Go to visitflorida. Com. Some things wont last 25 years. How do you make your Family Vacation this epic . Ah woof some things will. After a quick trip to georgia to talk prek education, which was very cute, i dont know if youve seen it, him talking to the kids, president obama flew back to washington, d. C. For a valentines day dinner. The first couple dined at the minibar. The president jerked earlier this the day th