. >>> colorado authorities could soon file criminal charges in that balloon case. we expect to hear more at a news conference. thursday, it was feared that 6-year-old falcon heenie was in this balloon. speculation has mounted that it was all a publicity stunt. >> we have made some significant progress in this investigation. obviously, we are conducting interviews as we speak. we have been conducting interviews since noon. we've had investigators here as well as at the house. we're in the process of drafting and completing drafting, and object taning some search warrants and we do participate at some point in the future there will be criminal charges filed with regards to this incident. >> sheriff's deputies were seen entering and leaving the heene family home, they took several boxes and computer with them. the boy's parents were questioned for several hours yesterday. >> i was talking to the sheriff's department just now to further things along. we're doing well. >> richard heene and his wife insist their fears that their son was in this balloon were genuine and n

colorado army national guard sent out two helicopters. the helicopter flights alone cost about $14,500. the black hawk was in the air for nearly three hours and costs about $4,600 an hour to fly. it costs 700 bucks for the other helicopter to be airborne for about an hour. >>> here's a check of sports. you know the saying take the money and run? i wonder if oklahoma sam bradford wishes he would have done that. he turned down millions from the flfl for one more season with the sooners. right now that move is not looking so good. in oklahoma's opener against byu, he was slammed to the turf, hurt his shoulder, misses the next three games. bradford returned last week and looked great, but yesterday the sooners' rivalry game, he is slammed to the turf again. who knows how long he'll be out and maybe how much money it will cost him. >>> meantime, his replacement landry jones gets intercepted not once but twice. texas wins 16-13, the longhorns stay unbeaten. >>> baseball game two of the american league championship series, yankees aink aelz, al.

there is a rule in colorado, this is for our people that are not from colorado media called rule 3.6 and 3.8 and the district attorney constantly reminds me of these. he did so again last night. we are not allowed under these rules to talk about the results in a scientific evidence that is presented. we're not allowed to talk about whether, in fact, a polygraph examination was administered. if a polygraph was administered, we're not allowed to say whether it proved truthful or deceptive and if anybody made any confession, we're not allowed to comment on whether anybody confe confessed. that's the status of where we're at. what i will say is that based on the interviews that were done yesterday, we obtained enough probable cause to execute search warrants at the house last evening. what we were looking for in particular were computers that might contain e-mails, phone records, financial records, any sort of media recordings, videotapes or cd. any contracts or any other documents that might relate to a reality television show or plans to have such a reality television show. those searc

colorado army national guard sent out two helicopters. the helicopter flights alone cost about $14,500. the black hawk was in the air for nearly three hours and cost about $4,600 an hour to fly. it costs s 700 bucks for the or to be airborne for an hour. >>> fighting between rival gangs led to a gun fight for hours in rio de janeiro. a dozen people were with dead including two police officers by the time it ended. the police who died were with on board this helicopter that caught fire when it's hit by gun fire. chopper eventually crashes into a soccer field. rio was recently selected for the hostcy for the 2016 summer clps. >>> if you're traveling for thanksgiving or christmas, don't plan on last-minute deals. experts say that unlike last year when airlines slashed fares after a sharp drop in travelers, this year ticket prices are already on the rise and not only will you pay more for a ticket but many airlines are also hitting you with a $10 peak travel charge. >>> the new york yankees have the highest pay roll in all of sports and it's

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trfs a huge effort out there in colorado. people that responded to the scene, people investigating, trying to figure out what happened to him. all this resources poured into this investigation today. do you think there should be any repercussions for that? >> you know what, we're there to support the civil authorities, to make sure we can provide them with the support that they do. we reacted quickly. everybody reacted quickly. i wouldn't want to second-guess anybody hand have us not gone up and have that boy been injured, or worse, even killed. i think everybody reacted appropriately with the information that we had. and i hope that we wouldn't change anything. it's not the fault of anybody that reacted that this boy actually went up and hid in the attic. but i think that everybody responded as we would expect them to. and if it happened again, we wouldn't do anything any different. >> job well done. and again, it's nthink about th moment, if you were watching this live, hen that craft landed and you saw those officers respo

he explains. >>> colorado police now say that colorado couple made up that story about their son floating away on a homemade balloon all for a shot at reality tv stardom. now, richard and mayumi heene could be facing criminal charges. nicole collins joins us now outside the family home in fort collins, colorado. i imagine, a massive line of reporters with you trying to get a glimpse of the heenes. have you seen them at all today? >> reporter: actually, you're right, brooke. there is a long line of reporters here. we've noticed it turn a lot towards, a lot of entertainment networks are coming out later as the day goes on. yet we have seen richard heene. came out of the house briefly, went back in without answering questions. there's a note on the door that says they're no longer granting interviews. while the heenes aren't granting interviews, their attorney is and expects his clients to be charged by tonight or tomorrow morning. >> absolutely no hoax. >> reporter: richard heene, the father who claims he believed his 6-year-old son falcon was floating away in a homemade balloon thursday st

. >>> a colorado family is recovering from a scary encounter with wild bearses. a few weeks ago, grandma sally was shocked to find a bear in her bedroom. she quickly fought back with the first weapon she could grab. >> and here was this this big bear. i was screaming and she went up on her hind feet and i grabbed one of these pillows and i just slung it at her. >> and it was good she did because it worked and the bear ran away. her son also spotted a bear cub inside the house. he tried to catch it, but ran into the much larger mother. the bears raided the kitchen before police drove them out with pellet guns. >>> on the cbs "moneywatch," stocks in asia skidded lower this morning and ross palombo is here in new york with details. good morning. >> reporter: between morning. asian markets fell sharply this morning after yesterday's weak reports about u.s. jobs in manufacturing. the nikkei closed down 246 points. that came after wall street's dramatic ripple dimg et losses on thursday. the dow sank 203 points, the nasdaq dropped nearly 65, all of this following news

ryan spilborghs scores. 2-1, colorado. the rockies go on to win, 9-2. this team left for dead, until skipper, jim tracy, took over. they clinch a playoff berth. they still have a shot at the division, as well. >>> nhl season-opening game between the caps and the bruins. alex ovechkin, get up by alexanr semin. nasty wrister there. it's 3-0, in the third. ovechkin strikes again. lights the lamp for a second time. two goals and a helper. a 4-1 win on opening night over the bs. >>> wnba finals, game two. phoenix mercury, indiana fever. mercury won game one. second half, here come the fever. ebony hoffman, bumping 2 bucket. tamika catchings, one rebound shy of a triple-double. fever even the series, 93-84. >>> jeremy and vinita, now back to you. >>> a colorado grandma has a good story to tell her grandchildren. how she chased away a momma bear. >> sally raven described what happened as she was in her bedroom the other day. >> i heard the door open. i thought, it's got to be yoo-hoo, the dog, you know? and here was this big bear pip was screaming. and she wen

it breaks into her colorado home. how she scared it away. >>> family and friends say goodbye to a glen burnie father of three who was killed while fighting in the war in afghanistan. he was just 29 years old. i'm weijia jiang in glen burnie. that story is straight ahead on wjz. >>> startling study. more and more children are being diagnosed with autism. why the number is growing drastically. >>> it is 5:28. 67 glorious, dry degrees. welcome home, everybody if you're just getting back. >>> a local family gathered today to say final goodbyes to a local soldier killed while fighting in afghanistan. wieja jang has emotional words from family and friends of sergeant bradley bowie. >> they say aside from his family, there was nothing he loved more than serving his country. with the precision that defines them, soldiers from the green beret marched one of their own into the parish. family and friends gathered. a medic, sergeant bohle was one of those killed when their hum vee was hit by a bomb in afghanistan. >> we're a very

. >>> folks in colorado are getting more than their share of cold. the temperatures already dropping into the teens at night and snow is everywhere. dave delosure shows us how people are coping with it. >> never expected this much snow. >> reporter: expected or not, what residents of wellington got out of this storm measured just under a foot of snow. >> you blink and the weather changes. >> reporter: robert iford wasn't plan i planning on shoveling snow this soon. >> i had to go buy this one actually. >> reporter: like his neighbors, he woke up this morning to something he wasn't planning on. >> was i expecting it? not really. i was expecting a skiff, but it's all good. >> looks nice. i like the snow. except that now it's getting heavy. >> reporter: there's a difference between this and this. >> i like snow. i don't like driving in it. >> reporter: neither did people in the metro area. >> spinout accidents and i don't have my snow tires on yet. i was a nervous wreck. >> reporter: the snow that started around 5:00 am was slick. ice led to this, pile-

. >>> folks in colorado are getting more than their share of cold. the temperatures already dropping into the teens at night and snow is everywhere. but dave delosure from affiliate kusa shows us how people are coping with it. >> we weren't expecting this much show. >> reporter: expected or not, what residents of wellington got out of this storm measured just under a foot of snow. >> you blink and the weather changes. >> reporter: robert iford wasn't planning on shoveling snow this soon. >> i had to go buy this one, actually. >> reporter: like his neighbors, he woke up this morning to something he wasn't planning on. >> was i expecting it? not really. i was expecting a skiff, but it's all good. >> it looks nice. i like the snow. except that now it's getting heavy. >> reporter: there's a difference between this and this. >> i like snow. i don't like to drive in it. >> reporter: and neither did people in the metro area. >> spinouts, accidents and i don't have my snow tires on yet. i was a nervous wreck. >> reporter: the snow that started around 4:00 a.

. >>> take a look at an early taste of winter in colorado. this is part of a storm hitting several western states. hundreds of schools an businesses were closed in denver yesterday because obviously the snow is creating problems on the road. >> it's important that people know that they're not out of the woods yet. as the roads give the appearance of starting to clear off or they look like they may be just wet or slushy, that's the time when it might be the most precarious. >> this storm is causing problems this morning. let's check in with meteorologist bob van dillon who is talking about a blizzard warning. where is that? >> right now across eastern parts of colorado, northwestern parts of kansas and nebraska, too. all this white is coming down, it's snow. the radar painting in the blue is rain. you can see the snow shield itself beginning to wind down just a touch. the upper level support from the heaviest snow is beginning to move away. i don't think you'll see the heavy snow last much further into the mid afternoon hours. the counties sha

take a look at this early taste of winter in colorado. this is part of a storm hitting several western states. hundreds of schools and businesses were closed in denver yesterday because there was so much snow. it's also creating problems on the road obviously. >> it's important people know they're not out of the woods yet. as the roads give the appearance of starting to clear off, they look like they're wet or slushy, that's the time it may be most precarious. >> that is too mid-february looking, wasn't it? the storm forced a lot of flights out of denver to be canceled yesterday. they will try to work at a full schedule today. what are the chances it's going to happen, though? bob van dillen, good morning. >>> still some flurries out there but look at this. we have blizzard warnings for eastern colorado, the northwestern part of kansas into nebraska, too. all the pink shaded counties popping up. the red shaded counties winter storm warnings. heavy snow again right now. should taper off this afternoon and falls apart a little bit. get a lo

live, colorado. the whole country on pins and needles. a little 6-year-old boy's life hanging in the balance and a beautiful silver space-like balloon soaring through the clouds. tonight, it apparently all ends in felony charges. that's right. police, sheriffs, national guard, volunteers, the faa, even a whole airport and commercial carriers trying to save the life of a 6-year-old boy. falcon heene. who his brothers and his parents say is trapped inside that homemade balloon, racing through the sky. eyewitness reports emerge that something or someone falls thousands of feet to rough terrain near the colorado rocky mountains. after 60 miles of terror, the balloon lands. no boy. was he dead? was he injured? was he lying down some ravine with every bone in his body broken? oh, no. he was hiding in the family attic the whole time. blurting out on national tv, it was all, quote, for the show. on not one but two morning shows, that same child so nervous he vomits. when asked the same question. bombshell tonight. just released, distraught, seemi

. >>> an early surprise in colorado led to a big headache for a lot of people. take a look. can you see what caused this massive pileup? some of the drivers didn't, and that is where the problem started. >>> this was the scene -- this fight turned into an all-out gun battle in toledo, ohio. people had already scrambled out the door. unbelievable. a few minutes later a second camera captured several people outside firing into the bar. amazingly, no one was struck, even though as many as 20 shots were fired. police are trying to identify the gunman and figure out what started the shootout. >>> a teacher who grabbed the wheel of an out-of-control school bus only to die when it crashed in a ditch is being hailed as a hero. officials from the utah school say heather christianson grabbed the wheel after the driver lost control on an idaho interstate. christianson tried to get the bus back on the road but couldn't do it. she was actually thrown out of a window, and she was killed when it rolled over. more than a dozen students were taken to hospitals. authorities say the bus driver

adams county, colorado. east of denver international airport where this balloon that was untethered in the back yard of a home in ft. collins colorado, came loose and floated in a south easterly direction for a little over two hours. >> about two hours. >> about two hours. coming into this farm field and we kept saying gee, best case scenario it would be landing not in an urban area. >> that all seemed to be coming together. it didn't seem to make a hard landing. everything seemed to be coming together. >> and the breaking news -- that is the only thing that matters, boy not inside balloon. nothing else matters. it became a curiosity. the fate of this balloon became a curiosity. >> now it seems to be turning into a search and rescue now to find where is 6-year-old falcon? now they have to find this child. this process continues for the parents, for his other siblings and these rescue workers to regroup. so now what do you do? how do you find this child? we have reracked the video to show you how it came down

the whole balloon boy incident, colorado authorities say, was a hoax. last thursday you may have been among the millions all over the world who watched what they thought was a run away balloon with a little boy inside. investigators say they believe 6-year-old falcon heene's parents orchestrated it so they could get a reality tv show. the sheriff says the couple is used to being on stage. >> after the fact, we have since learned, as many of you have, that these people are actors. not only have they appeared in several reality television shows and on uh-uhtubes, we have since determined, in fact, they met together, the way that they met and established a relationship was in acting school. >> now, authorities say that an interview that the family did on cnn's "larry king live" was a turning point. at one point, falcon seemed to suggest the incident was for a show. the heene's have repeatedly denied it was a hoax, but their neighbors are still outraged. >> i felt extremely betrayed. i'm angry for my kids. you don't upset children and you don't use your own

live, colorado. the whole country on pins and needles. a little 6-year-old boy's life hanging in the balance in a beautiful silver space-like balloon soaring through the clouds. tonight, it apparently all ends in felony charges. that's right. police, sheriffs, national guard, volunteers, the faa, even a whole airport and commercial carriers trying to save the life of a 6-year-old boy, falcon heene, who his brothers and his parents say was trapped in that homemade balloon racing through the sky. eyewitness report emerged that something or someone fell thousands of feet to rough terrain near the colorado rocky mountains. after 16 miles of terror the balloon lands. no boy. was he dead? weighs injured? weighs lying down some ravine with every bone in his body broken? oh, no. he was hiding in the family attic the whole time. blurting out on national tv it was all "for the show." on not one but two morning shows that same child so nervous he vomits. when asked the same question. bye-bye, reality show. hello, cell block. >> so it was an experime

he's a student at colorado state university. in that paid interview i was telling you about, he said he worked for richard heene for about two months earlier this year. thomas told the website he ended uptaking down heene's reality show proposals, writing them down for him. one of them sounded a lot like what happened last week. >> the idea that they had proposed was sort of re-enacting the roswell ufo phenomenon. that they would launch this weather balloon and i guess make people believe that it was a ufo and exploit that controversy as a way to promote this television show. >> kind of close there. thomas also saying, robin, the proposal they discussed at that time did not involve the kids, though. >> you know, investigators reportedly called thomas in to hear his story firsthand. it looks like they've been going forward with criminal charges against the heenes, or they intend to can be anyway. >> intend to, right. the sheriff plans to recommend at least three felony charges against heene and his wife including conspiracy, cont

lower parts of colorado, too. it's an upper level low that's now beginning to get moisture underneath it. we had the cold air in place already. check out denver. light snow being reported at the airport with about a mile and a quarter visibility. it's down due to that. it's going to pile up today as well. 10 to 18 inches of snow. northern parts of new mexico, northern parts of colorado. 4 to 8 inches of snow south of denver. the winter storm watch for the northern corner of kansas. it's going to move through the rockies. but it should turn to all rain for you central kansas, oklahoma, too. heavy shield of rain now developing across central texas. that is steadily moving in towards the dallas and ft. worth metro areas. we're watching that. amarillo, here's your radar picture. a couple of flashes of lightning. not looking at severe weather today but heavy rain. 1 to 4 inches of rain over the next 36 hours. between today and tomorrow afternoon, watch for that rain to continue to pull in through dallas and towards lou

there's a little change in that in colorado. if they work to plan a crime together, she could be forced to testify. anything else regard iing the crime, she is not forced to testify unless she chooses to testify. that's the issue, whether she chooses to testify in this case. >> paul, i would say that putting all this together and the charges they are facing, possibly they were -- this could be called planning a crime? >> it could be. it's going to be fascinating to see where the husband and wife ultimately come down. this would not be the first time, in my experience that husband and wife charged with a crime, having different interested stake decide to turn on one another. this is going to be fascinating. >> you know what, paul, you are absolutely right. it is going to be fascinating. i hope the district attorney's office out there does the rilgt thing, brings criminal charges in a quick manner. i want to go back to nia joining us by phone in denver. nia, what is the sentiment, if you will, of the people in denver now, knowing

a couple in colorado got hitched underwater, i've seen this before. tammy and ron go changed vows submerged in a tank at denver's downtown aquarium. the pair wore scuba gear and oxygen masks. they came up with the idea after winning a crash course on scuba diving from a local radio station. >>> in this economy it is not

according to that sheriff, colorado does not charge for searches. however, if they find out that this is a hoax, which would have to be proved, in a court of law, then they could seek reimbursement. brenda wade, you're the psychologist. what do you make of this family's behavior? >> you know, jane, they would have to be not just mad scientists but professional actors to pull off those 911 calls, to pull off the way that they handled this entire thing. i don't believe this is a hoax. i believe it was real. i believe something happened and they thought their son was inside that balloon. are they perhaps media seekers, quite possibly. is he a parent -- >> you think? you think they might be media seekers? pitching a reality show to tlc, appearing on "wife swap," videotaping themselves at play, putting it all up on youtube? >> all of that may be true -- >> think they might be publicity seekers, brenda? >> they could well be publicity seekers, jane. i think we have some evidence. but there's in evidence, that i can see -- look, this guy has emotional prob

live, colorado. the whole country on pins and needles. a little 6-year-old boy's life hanging in the balance and a beautiful silver space-like balloon soaring through the clouds. police, sheriffs, national guards, volunteers, the faa, even a whole airport and commercial carriers trying to save the life of a 6-year-old boy, whose brothers and parents say is trapped inside that homemade balloon. eyewitness reports something or someone fall thousands of feet to rough terrain near the colorado rocky mountains. after 60 miles of terror the balloon lands. no boy. was he dead? was he injured? was he lying down a ravine with every bone in his body broken? no. he was hiding in the family attic the whole time, blurting out on national tv it was all "for the show." on not one but two morning shows that same boy so nervous he vomits when asked the question. breaking tonight, a stunning confession blows this case wide open. we learn the mom confesses to police it was a hoax from the get-go. the heenes forcing their little boys to lie on tv and to poli

don't go away. >>> this is larimer county, colorado. and there is a little boy in this aircraft that you're seeing right now. a 6-year-old boy. and they're down to about 6,000 feet. what they're trying to do is get to this child. he floated away from his family's home on an experimental aircraft. >> okay. turns out this whole balloon boy story was a hoax. back with me are lisa bloom and brian balthazar. and joining us to discuss this and more is talk show host, wendy williams. okay, wendy, you're no stranger to publicity yourself. >> no. >> so what did you think of this story? were you drawn to it? >> yes. and so was my house full of people at the time. you know, one of the rare times after work we were entertaining, every tv was glued to it. and something smelled a little rotten when they found the boy and the boy was upstairs. you know, upstairs in a box in the attic. and then i had seen "wife swap." it used to be part of my regular lineup on friday nights when it came on regular tv, came on network, i was familiar with this family. a

shannon is calling us from colorado. where in colorado? highland ranch? is that close to where all this happened? >> about an hour south. >> okay. go for it. what do you think? >> well, i think the 911 calls sound genuine but it's so much easier to fake the emotion over the phone. personally their reactions on tv to me scream bad acting. par what i expect from somebody on trashy reality shows. i don't buy it. >> not at all? >> not at all. >> leah is calling us from alabama. all right. the sheriff says, hey, we believe it we called in other people who also spoke with the family yesterday their emotions seemed on point. their affect seemed right. what do you think is going on? >> i really think that we're a country that we can be so feeling in one moment and so unfeeling in the same breath. i really think, how quickly we forget, those of us watching it yesterday. i mean our hearts were like when that balloon started coming down i can't imagine how many people were just praying for a soft landing and then when he wasn't in there we started thinking, oh my go

colorado plays a three-game set in l.a. this weekend to close out the season. >> new touch of gray lets you keep some gray hair. touch of gray for the generation that swore it would never get old. >>> as if the mets season couldn't get worse, up 4-3 in the ninth, against the loney nationals, francisco rodriguez gave up a grand slam, walk-off home run tos you tin mentionwell. bring out the brooms, the nationals swept the mets for the first time in washington and won in dramatic fashion 7-4. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> have you ever heard why george w. bush refused to honor harry potter author j.k. rowling? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus a 7-year-old teaches us all a little bit about civic involvement as well as a little about duck safety. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." i'm meteorologist ginger zee. we're beginning with a strong storm out in parts of the plains and great lakes heading towards chicago. if you

colorado up 1-0 after one. more of the same in the third. atkins sliced one into the corner. rockies put up four in the inning and won 9-2. they clinched a lot least the wild card and are two back of the dodgers in the west. they play a three-game series in l.a. tonight. cabrera gave minnesota a 7-1 lead with a double that scored three. college football, eighth ranked oklahoma will be without quarterback sam bradford without a week. he is nursing a strained ac joint. he will be sidelined against number 17 miami. opening night in the nhl. reigning mvp ovechkin put on a show against the capitals. he made boston pay for the mistake. caps up 2-0. bruins learned their lesson and were all over ovechkin in the third. scored a second goal of the night. caps won it 4-1. overtime in the extra frame. josh picked up the loose puck and scored with just 13 seconds left in o.t. canadiens won it, 4-3 ##. back to baseball. chris carpenter picked hup is 17th win of the year. first major league home run. what a doozy, a grand slam. sixth rbi for carpenter. move over, albert pujols, chris carpen

so they're not feeling it in colorado. but cash strapped states could make money and they want to see it legalized across the board not just for medicinal purposes. we want to know, is the federal government getting too soft on prosecuting drugs and maybe you think this is a long time coming and this is a first step towards decriminalizing, decriminalization, long word of the drug. what do you think? is this the beginning of a really slippery slope? do you think the administration has something else in mind? call us at 1-877-tell-hln. or you can e-mail us at hln.com. i think this is going to be a lively conversation. >> this is a serious subject. i can't wait to hear your phone calls, though. i can't wait to hear them. >> we're going to screen them, so don't try to get -- >> from the sup partyporters as well as those against it. >>> the health care reform is the hot topic in washington. last night joy behar talked about the so-called public option with jean gar raf low. i'm wondering how the democrats are going to do in 20

colorado authorities say that the heenes carried out a hoax involving their son and a huge balloon. well, they could face several felony charges including conspiracy. but some say that that is taking things too far. >> we need to not get carried away. there was a false police report made. that's a misdemeanor. to turn it into a conspiracy and taking the kids away, i think we need to be very careful before we're throwing people in jail for a ridiculous but still mostly comic stunt. >> richard heene has spent time in jail before. we're digging into his arrest record in less than ten minutes here. >>> a flu outbreak is forcing some schools to close. right now an elementary school and two middle schools have canceled classes for a few days. about 40% of the kids have a fever, cough, and sore throats. many parents support the closings. >> they're germ factories. they come home with everything. pencils in the mouth, crayons in the mouth. i think it's a right kigs. >> crews are going to be cleaning the schools. they should reopen as early as friday. >>> remember the woman who died in polic

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yesterday zazi was indicted for lying to agents in colorado. he will face up to eight years in prison if convicted. >>> good friday to you. those are the headlines we're following. i'm richard lui in for robin who is on assignment on this day. >>> we've been asking for your thoughts, by the way, to the news that just came in about an hour and a half ago that president obama had been awarded the nobel peace prize. here are some of your comments just so far. roland, thank you for this one. shouldn't he end the war before he gets a peace prize? and then there's chad. congrats, obama, for frying to make the world a better place and not use our might to bully other countries around. thank you so much for your comments. keep them coming, by the way, whether you agree or not. we'll be sharing those with you this morning. >>> the ucla student is in stable condition after a fellow student allegedly stabbed her in the throat. police say the attack happened in a chemistry lab yesterday. a witness says the teaching assistant applied pressure to the woman's

this thing flying across colorado. you saw it live here on hln. but now many people are asking questions, was it a publicity stunt? maybe a hoax on the part of the family. during a televised interview this morning, falcon was asked why he hid in the attic of his family's garage while people thought he was floating in the balloon. then on cnn's "larry king live" last night, this is what falcon said, word for word, you guys said we did this for the show. but richard heene says that falcon was just misunderstood. listen to this explanation. >> right when he had answered, i've got this thing in my ear, i could hear you, i couldn't really hear what he was saying. it was asked to us again. then i heard it more clear what wolf was asking. so after the first set of interviews in the front yard, i told everybody to come in, my wife, the kids. i thought that they were behind me. and i ended up walking to the garage, opened up the garage door and falcon is climbing in the joist showing the media -- the garage door is wide open. and there's like 30 guys out t

there's a little change in that in colorado. if they work to plan a crime together, she could be forced to testify. anything else regarding the crime, she is not forced to testify unless she chooses to testify. that's the issue, whether she chooses to testify in this case. >> paul, i would say that putting all this together and the charges they are facing, possibly they were -- this could be called planning a crime? >> it could be. it's going to be fascinating to see where the husband and wife ultimately come down. this would not be the first time, in my experience that husband and wife charged with a crime, having different interested stake decide to turn on one another. this is going to be fascinating. >> you know what, paul, you are absolutely right. it is going to be fascinating. i hope the district attorney's office out there does the right thing, brings criminal charges in a quick manner. i want to go back to nia joining us by phone in denver. nia, what is the sentiment, if you will, of the people in denver now, knowing th

warren bank in michigan, jennings bank in minnesota and southern colorado national bank in colorado the latest banks to go under. the closure is costing the fdic close to $3 million. we take you back to cavuto on business and other breaking news in 30 minutes. i'm jamie colby. neil: no clunker cash, no cash for cars. auto sales plummeting in september, general motors with a 4 45% plunge as the p penske folks pulled the plug to buy g.m.'s saturn business. we hate to tell you that we told you so, but this is what happens when you incite uncle sam into your house. charles was among the first to say this was going to be horrible. >> it's great when you sell things to the government because you can get them to pay you $1,000 for a hammer. when you say this is my partner, everyone says no way. it is unfortunate that we are frinding out the hard way. another better example would be the program that has the richest guys in the world going to buy distressed assets and taxpayers will take all the risks because that's the only way the government can get the rich guys involved. it's time after time

regulators closing banks in michigan, colorado and minnesota. experts blaming bad loans and the worst financial climate in decades for the 98 bank fame of the year. closures don't come cheap this year's failures have cost the fdic fund 25 billion dollars. you ever her the name of bernie madoff? of course you have. the scandal is far from over. now it looks like the family members could be in some trouble themselves. the court appointed trustee in the madoff case is now going after madoff's brother, sons and his niece. the trustee is suing them for 199 million dollars he says they used the family business like a "piggy bank." what is the family worth and where will the case go from here? let's ask the co-founder of maxfunds.com. you and i talked about this madoff case in the past now it seems a new dimension with the court appointed trustee going after the family assets. can he do it and what is available? >> can he is a legal question. currently the family is supposedly not guilty. only bernie madoff says he knew anything about it. the sons and

and leftover snow in wyoming and colorado. high fire danger in southern california. scattered showers in the northeast. >> highs in the 60s from boston to baltimore. 74 in st. louis. 63 in chicago. and 56 in minneapolis. phoenix climbs to 92. sacramento 84. a wet 59 in seattle. 65 in portland. and 62 in salt lake city. >>> coming up, why today's communist celebration in china has outraged people in the u.s. >>> the end of the line for one brand that was one the future of general motors. >>> a truly amazing rescue, as a good compare tsamaritan pulls a >>> a truly amazing rescue, as a good compare tsamaritan pulls a 4-year-old from a burn owwww.... (announcer) not just sinus headache... but pressure... and congestion. (announcer) you need a sinus medicine ooohhh... that rescues you from all three symptoms introducing new sudafed pe® triple action™. for more complete relief from the sinus triple threat. get more complete relief. with new sudafed pe® triple action™. also find sudafed® behind the counter. but those days came and went, and the cigarettes remained. b

. >>> it was a jaw-dropping fine for a couple of teenager negligence colorado. what they first thought was just a rock turned out to be part of a mastodon's jaw. after finding it near a stream, the boys checked on the internet, where they discovered it was something more. scientists at a denver museum say the beast roamed the colorado area some 100,000 years ago. impressive. just a reminder, be sure to tune in to the cbs primetime lineup. >>> mastodon obviously had dental visits. >>> coming up on eyewitness news at 4:00. environmental footprint. a new york family stops shopping and riding in a car for a year. how they managed and what they learned. >>> deadly debate. nine more u.s. soldiers die in afghanistan. and the pressure on president obama to change strategy is growing. >>> it's a mild afternoon with some clouds and? sun. get -- and some sun. get your updated forecasts and stories. >>> click wjz.com. [ female announcer ] there are few guarantees in life. here's one for your skin that's clinically proven. olay professional pro-x wrinkle protocol is as effec

and leftover snow in wyoming and colorado. high fire danger in southern california. scattered showers in the northeast. >> highs in the 60s from boston to baltimore. 74 in st. louis. 63 in chicago. and 56 in minneapolis. phoenix climbs to 92 sacramento 84. a wet 59 in seattle. 65 in portland. and 62 in salt lake city. >>> coming up, why today's communist celebration in china has outraged people in the u.s. >>> the end of the line for one brand that was one the future of general motors. >>> a truly amazing rescue, as a >>> another general motors brand is about to disappear. be eliminated, after a deal will collapsed to spin off the company. once advertised as a different kind of car, saturn was created to compete with japanese imports but never made a profit. 13,000 saturn employees is affected. >>> bank of america is searching for a new ceo, now that ken lewis is stepping down. the embattled ceo says he is leaving voluntarily, after more than a year of controversy, over bonuses and big mergers, including the acquisition of merrill lynch. the investigation into lewis'

western colorado and wyoming, towards utah as well. over the next 48 hours, you're looking at snow basically the heaviest around central colorado, in towards northwestern nebraska, parts of minnesota, too. over the next couple of days something we're watching pretty closely as we watch it move into the dakotas. a tough couple of days. more coming up in a little bit. >> that snow in the denver area, bad for drivers but skiers getting excited. >> already. they're loving it. >>> the discount airlines they're at it again. you will not believe how low some airfares are going this winter. that's good news in a bad economy. >>> and a woman who used to be a writer on david letterman's staff makes scathing accusations about the working conditions. >>> president obama is expected to decide in the next few weeks whether he will send as many as 40,000 more troops to fight in afghanistan. now, just this week, 24 families learned that their sons or daughters won't be coming home alive. richard lui joins us with now with new details about some of tho

colorado. a couple tying the knot, under water. at the downtown aquarium. in denver. tammy parker and lon heaton taking the plunge in front of friends and family, who looked on, from the other side of the big tank. [cheers and applause] we're told the two won the wedding in a radio station contest and had to take a crash course in scuba diving and that's the fox watch across america. >> julie: what is scarier, a nuclear armed iran or the h1n1 virus, according to the latest poll it is iran by a long shot. and 77% of those asked, say they worried and are worried about iran developing nuclear weapons. 42s are concerned about the epidemic hitting the u.s. and we asked you about much, much more, though including the economy, and the deficit, and of course, what you think of the job president obama is doing. >> concerns overrun away government spending, a ballooning deficit, and the ongoing debate over health care. they continue to keep america up at night and this according to the latest "fox news/opinion dynamics poll," as the government's fiscal year kicks off, more than

check this out. 18 huge pumpkins competed in an annual weigh-off in colorado springs. a forklift moved them to the scales. this year's winner came in at exactly 1,000 pounds. the second-place pumpkin was no slacker either weighing 954 pounds. >>> wildlife officials in florida are taking bold action against owners of exotic pets. but some say that's unfair. >> i don't feel like the state has any business getting into my affairs. >> how a little girl's death, though, caused officials to crack down and urge people to pu turn their pets in. >>> an unregistered python killed a 2-year-old florida girl earlier this career. officials are pushing to get exotic animals out of people's homes. florida state law requires owners to have permits, but officials say they can't take any chances with this latest crackdown so people turned in their pets over the weekend, with no questions asked. >> when new legislation even gets mentioned on tv, people tend to misunderstand and start to release animals. >> some of the other concerns are that people have run out of space to house their gro

. >>> people in colorado seeing winter weather way ahead of time. it was hit with a mix of ice and snow yesterday. two inches of snow fell in denver, forcing a baseball playoff game between the rockies and the phillies to be postponed. >>> and pope benedict xvi is recognized five new saints including a priest who worked with lepers. the pope says the five new saints achieved sainthood by going against the flow of society. >>> that's a look at your headlines here on hln this sunday. i'm holly firfer. >>> president obama is in the process of deciding whether or not to send more troops to afghanistan, but there's more to winning the war than strategy. christiane amanpour tells us about one man's efforts to educate pakistani children. >> reporter: greg mortenson's career has been all about war and peace. how are you? we met him surrounded by guns and guards. he's been kidnapped by the taliban and frequently receives death threats. yet despite the danger, greg mortenson remains undaunted. he's committed to giving an education to children in both afghanis

. >>> well, another round of bone chilling weather for colorado today. friday, a record-setting 26 degrees was reported at denver international airport. in summit county, colorado, two to four inches of snow caused a few fender benders on the roads and some drivers said we weren't prepared for the winter-like weather. why should they be? it's the beginning of october. let's get explaining from bill karins. how did that happen? >> gloves come off in october. >> i guess so. >> northern rockies when the snow season starts. it's not that -- if it snowed in denver early october it would be a little unusual. but it didn't. >> all right. liking it for the ski -- >> most of the snow melts anyways. takes a little while for this to stay on the ground. another snowstorm on its heels and this one will probably be bigger. anyone with plans heading into jackson hole or maybe even to yellowstone, the national forest, that area is under a winter storm watch and that area could pick up six, maybe even some spots in the higher elevations 12 inches with this next storm. so

planned the attack for next april 20th exactly 11 years after the columbine high school killings in colorado. >>> here's something you probably didn't know so i'll tell you. health insurance companies are exempt from federal antitrust laws but if top senate democrats get their way, they may not be much longer. senate democrat leaders announce a bill that would revoke the industry's exemption. it would mean greater federal regulation for the health insurance industry. insurers trade group calls it a political ploy to distract attention from the issue of rising health care costs. >>> a little girl speaking of health care denied health insurance for being too little. the her parents told affiliate kmgh in denver that she's perfectly healthy. here she is. she's 2 years of age. she weighs 22 pounds. united health care says she doesn't weigh enough. it says most insurers have guidelines and standards are based upon the cdc and other medical sources but her parents were floored. >> just because a child is above the 95th percentile or below the 5th percentile doesn't mean they're unhealthy. it means

utah and then eventually in and across the colorado rockies as well. temperaturewise waking up, cool pocket of air. temperatures only into the 20s, 30s, 40s. just like winter. >> thank you, rick. i guess it's bound to arrive sometime. >> you bet. >> the mother of a newborn baby kidnapped in tennessee has been reunited with her son but only briefly. yesterday maria garolla got to hold her week old son before he and her three other children were taken into state custody. the department of children's services said the children were taken for safety reasons but didn't elan rate. the important thing is the baby was found alive and well. >> so proud this evening of the men and women who served tirelessly day and night to make sure this happens. >> a 39-year-old alabama woman is under arrest in this case. her boyfriend says she told him the baby belonged to a cousin who had to go to jail and that she was adopting him. >> the healthcare reform debate is entering some unchartered territory. the senate finance committee has pretty much wrapped up work on its bil

some leftover snow in the mountains of wyoming and colorado. >> just 55 in colorado springs, 69 in albuquerque, a wet 59 in seattle, st. louis climbs to 74, detroit 65, fargo 53, 60s from boston to baltimore and 87 in miami. looks like it will be in the 70s in vinita, oklahoma. >> is it on the map? >> no, but i'm just guessing. >> a general. it's that time of year, time for stories about mazes. the first one we've had in a while. creative juices are flowing as corn mazes become more and more elaborate. >> that's because they're using cutting edge technology to carve that out. this is entitled "lost in space" to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. the 21-year-old who designed it used a farm tractor equipped with gps and an on-board computer. he creates the pathway simply by driving where the computer tells him to. >> that's cheating, isn't it? >> kind of. >> he says it takes about four or five hours per maze and says it is just like a video game. >> i prefer the old fashioned way. >> i do, too. >> i do, too. ♪ how could i know, how could i see, feeling like lost in space ♪