In other news this morning, an active duty soldier in federal custody this morning accused of trying to board a commercial plane while carrying explosives. sergeant first-class trey atwater going through a checkpoint in midland international airport in texas when a screener spotted suspicious material in military grade wrapping. atwater is now set for arraignment tomorrow. to new security concerns in the middle east. iran said it has test-fired a medium-range surface-to-air missile during a drill in international waters near the strait of hormuz. 20% of the world s oil exports travel through that waterway. iran has threatened to block passage if it is hit with more sanctions. another source of tension between our country and theirs, yet again. turning now politics. a big week ahead of us. one day ahead of the critical republican vote in iowa. mitt romney looks like the man to beat. yes, he does.
Please come forth and say something. what would i say to him? i would look the man in the face i would say how could you not be responsible for her? how could you not check on her at night? how could you not do that? heather: police say they have received about 500 tips so far. gregg: a u.s. soldier facing federal charges now for allegedly trying to bring explosives on board a plane. f.b.i. identifying that suspect, 30-year-old troy atwater. they stopped him yesterday morning at midland international airport in texas discovering explosives in military grade wrapping inside his carry-on bag. what he and his family had been visiting relatives and was on his way back to his base in north carolina. he will be arraigned on tuesday. heather: arm robbers killing an off-duty federal agent in
North carolina man is in federal custody charged with trying to board a commercial flight with afternoon explosive device. it happened saturday in midland, texas. tsa agents say they spotted a suspicious item in what they call military grade wrapping in the man s carry-on bag and arrested him, briefly evacuated the airport and declared an all-clear. no word on exactly what type of explosive he is charged with carrying. two more states made same-sex civil unions legal today this. is hawaii governor neil abercrombie signing the law a few days ago. hawaii and delaware make five u.s. states that now recognize same-gender civil unions. six other states and washington, d.c. allow same-sex marriage. all right. how about this one, banana sam is back. you may remember the squirrel monkey that was taken friday from the san francisco zoo. well, our affiliate ktvu reports
People if they know anything, please come forth and say something. what would i say to him? i would look the man in the face i would say how could you not be responsible for her? how could you not check on her at night? how could you not do that? heather: police say they have received about 500 tips so far. gregg: a u.s. soldier facing federal charges now for allegedly trying to bring explosives on board a plane. f.b.i. identifying that suspect, 30-year-old troy atwater. they stopped him yesterday morning at midland international airport in texas discovering explosives in military grade wrapping inside his carry-on bag. what he and his family had been visiting relatives and was on his way back to his base in north carolina. he will be arraigned on tuesday. heather: arm robbers killing
shooter. he s still at large in the park. we have other agencies assisting us with trying to apprehend him and meanwhile, we ve been evacuating visitors from the lower parts of the park and we ve got about 85 people who are staying put in our main park visitors center until we think it s safe for them to leave. but you already had a lot of people in the park, right, when this happened? yeah, it was a busy day. it was a sunny day with, you know, nice weather and the holiday weekend, of course, so people had come up to play in the snow and go snowshoeing and cross country skiing and so, yeah, there were quite a few people in the park when this happened. tell us what happened. we understand one of the park rangers tried to pull this man over. take us through that that s right. we had ranger dan komecha who tried 0 pull this person over. he refused to stop so ranger anderson set up a blockade with her patrol vehicle to intercept him and when he reached that point he jumpe