ever been crashed. i don t believe the plane has ever been crashed. it just doesn t make sense to me and i don t feel like that is the right answer. it s a crazy situation that we consider a hijacking to be a glimmer of hope because somebody had actually used those words base the alternative is that they are just missing, like perhaps forever. at least if it s a hijacking, we have some confidence that there s a reason for it. that is the girlfriend of philip wood, an american passenger on board the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. she, along with philip s family, are holding out hope for some sort of miracle ending. good morning be everyone. it is tuesday, march 18th. the missing flight 370 still dominating the headlines. we have new details on what may have happened inside the cock t cockpit. also we are hear more from families of the missing passengers. many are speaking out and many feel the same way that they are still alive. we also will be turning our attention t
i m carol costello. the legendary singer telling howard stern who he thinks is really to blame for the 9/11 attacks on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, september 21st. welcome to american morning. good morning to you, and to you. it is a busy week. breaking news. freedom coming for two u.s. hikers held priter in in iran. they could be out with the half hour. right to mohammed jamjoon covering this. what s the latest? reporter: well, ali, we ve heard from a lawyer from the the two detained hikers tells us a second judge in iran has signed the paperwork, the bail paperwork for josh fattal and shane bauer. the lawyer says now he can take that paperwork and start the procedures to free them. he expects they will be free with the half hour. also, iranian news agency saying they will be handed over to swiss embassy officials in about half an hour from now. ali? we ve had false starts on this the last
registered to oman where the two americans are headed. in fact, we re being told they re just about perhaps 20 or so minutes away from landing in oman, and then another part of the story. there s a timing to this whole release. coincidence or not. this came as iran s president mahmoud ahmadinejad entered united nations building in new york. let s go straight to mohammed jamjo jamjoom. how close are these two americans from touching down where you are? reporter: well, brooke, we re here at the royal airport. armani officials are saying that the plane should touch down within the next 20 to 30 minutes. we also learned from the families of josh fattal and shane bauer that the families are indeed here, that sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was detained along with the two men and the fiancee of shane bauer, she s here as well. they re eagerly awaiting the reunion. we do not see any of the families yet or any of the hikers. but clearly there s a sense of anticipation he
morning. shane bauer and josh fattal convicted of spying and entering the country wasted no time leaving it as soon as they were officially bailed out. mohammed jamjoom joining us with the latest. mo? well, carol, we heard from u.s. official that josh fattal and shane bauer have been released from a prison there, but we re also hearing they re still in the prison. our sources in iran say they don t actually know if they left evin prison yet. imany official a a ay officials make sure they are free. released a statement by press tv that their detention sentence has been commuted and they have been released on bail, a lot of speculation is once they are released, they will head to iman. . the reason there is that speculation is it played a part in securing the release of sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was released last september. om omani government officials aren t confirming this. they did go into the prison earlier today and we re awaiting word when and if they
released from a prison there, but we re also hearing they re still in the prison. our sources in iran say they don t actually know if they left evin prison yet. imany official a a ay officials make sure they are free. released a statement by press tv that their detention sentence has been commuted and they have been released on bail, a lot of speculation is once they are released, they will head to iman. . the reason there is that speculation is it played a part in securing the release of sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was released last september. om omani government officials aren t confirming this. they did go into the prison earlier today and we re awaiting word when and if they will leave the country and in fact, they will be headed to muscat, oman. if you wanted to look at the politics behind all that and look at the relationship between oman and the u.s. mohammed, are you still connected with me? all right, we ve lost connection with jamjoom, apologize for