steven slater and t-shirts. you see images people and posting the online this one says see that door? seen a bear?. one right here is a cartoon same proper technique for exiting aircraft. you like to check out slater star status online visitor whats on the web section on www.kron4.com. >> is another wild st is one of ohio's a tantrum over mick nuggets. check out this video you can see this woman reaching for the drive-through window slugging one woman and then another. happen on year's day but please today just released this video you're the woman has said was told because of the it was breakfast time in the pits were not being served. that did not sit well with the customer so she threw a fit. you can see the employe is battling with the woman tried to close the windows so the drive through eventually she pulled a bottle from marquardt and threw it to smash in the drive-through window. the woman was sentenced to 60 days in jail and ordered to pay damages. >> of live look good side for the golden gate bridge we

t-shirts, even a song. in the flight attendant and a hero ♪ >> reporter: it's even reached into the white house where press secretary robert gibbs made a tongue in cheek reference to later. >> there's no truth to the matter that i've added inflatable exit to my office. >> reporter: jetblue wrote on their blog, sometimes the weird news is about us. you can't make this shtick up. but anger on the job is real. job satisfaction is the worst it's been in two decades. >> he really is a symbol and a representation of people's frustration in the workplace. >> reporter: but prosecutors aren't so understanding. they say slater's impulsive exit could have hurt someone on the ground. and for that, he's no hero. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >>> in suburban chicago an unusual sister act. three sisters gave birth within hours of each other in the same hospital on friday and saturday. two girls and one boy. what are the chances of that? their obstetrician says it wasn't planned that way. to add to the happy news,

stephen slater's spectacular exit from his job as bond websites and free steven t- shirts. kron 4 kimberly stock model will join us with the on- line story but first victim of the office explains what the fuss is about. >> he swung his tie off he was happy he said i quit my job i've done with this. >> steven slater's resignation from chaplin yesterday ranks right up there with a fictitious all news anchor howard deals a meltdown in the 1976 movie network. >> i'm as mad as hell and i'm not going to take this anymore. >> first later the final straw was a passenger who support him when he told her to remain seated after the jacqueline flight from pittsburgh landed at jfk in new york. >> that was very strange no one gets on the intercom and swears. >> slater got to beers from the galley deployed the escape chutes and slid his way into a front page of new york tabloids. >> didn't think he was going to get trouble. >> it to jet blew 25 is to report and gives the time it reaches home and according to one newspaper hot a bed with his partner. >> neighbors say the please left him li

from 140,000 facebook fans to the "free steven slater" t-shirts, even a song. ♪ flight attendant and hero... >> reporter: it's even reached into the white house where press secretary robert gibbs made a tongue-in-cheek reference to slater. >> there's no truth to the rumor that i've added an inflatable exit to my office. >> reporter: so far jetblue is trying to play this for laughs, too. writing on their blog: but anger on the job is real, according to a recent survey. job satisfaction is the worst it's been in two decades. >> he really is a symbol and representation of people's frustration in the workplace. >> reporter: but prosecutors aren't so understanding. they say slater's impulsive exit could have hurt someone in the ground. and for that he's no hero. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> hill: still ahead on the "cbs evening news," the town where differences bring people together. but up next, a city with plenty of jobs and what you'll need to do to get one. that send messages through the body. that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i l

the "wall stre journal" reports another passenger on that flit says steven slater is t one who instigated the confrontation. the school teacher says when the woman in front of her asked slater where her bag was showed she blurted out an expletive. he looked disturbed before that opening overhead bins and slamming them shut. another paenger said slater was used for her when she asked for a wipe to clean up a spilled coffee. his ex-wife. >> i find that hard to believe. steven is san absolutely consummate flight attendant. he is a professiona he always has been. he's thrown a number of years and was born to fly. >> jetblue officials are not corporating with the investigion. a charge the company denies. >> check this picture from south beach -- i'm sorry, emeryville. what we're looking at, possibly some shado, bright spots on the buildings in downtown san francisco. >> could that be sun? >> could it be! it's almost here where the warming trend. we'll talk about how that's going to affect the weekend and there's a day game at at&t park. the forecast for that, too. >> a fire rescue caught on vi

he does not want federal monitor if that doesn't become an issue, then it is a >> what about t stevens? >> fla., this guy scott was a former ceo of a company that paid $1.7 billion in fines? >> it was for medicare fraud this is an issue that republicans tried to use against him in the primary. it did not go anywhere. the test that we have to see is whether independence can be played by these kind of arguments. he is one of several very wealthy candidates wherehe money got them in but the money can become their biggest weakness. they get attacked from that front. we don't know how independence might respond to those kind of candidates. >> the democrats looked out on this because scott is the weaker of the two candidates because of his financial history and problems. ironically, on the senatorial side, i think the republicans had a break because meeks, the guy who was the establishment candidate who was a reasonable candidate, democrat, won against -- ran against the greene. meek will split the democratic vote with charlie crist which means you will likely get a rubio as a result of that

cocoalicious 46 says, someone get me two heinekens and a steven slater t-shirt. others are calling him their new hero. >>> time is 6:09. we want to check in with felipe who's in for mike, taking a look at our morning commute. >> a really quite commute this morning. nothing really to complain about. let's give you a look at your speeds coming down the peninsula. northbound 280 as well as northbound 87, free and smooth and clear. let's give you a look also at your maze coming out of the caldecott tunnel, says zero, but really on obstructed making yard way through there. oakland, northbound traffic on the right side of your screen. 880, 60s, all the way up and down 880 as of yet. the bay bridge, the metering lights are still off this morning. one more shot of your golden gate camera. the sun starting to peak out. a little bit of fog. you'll be using your windshield wipers this morning to wipe off some of that drizzle. rob will tell you more about what that means later on in today's forks. >> leather on, he's right here, right now. >> felipe has 60s on the roads, i h

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their home fighthe toughest fights, stevens wore an incredible hulk necktie. in 2008, he narrowly lost t -election, just days after being convicted on federal convictharges. charges.sure every moment i spent here representing alaska. the land and the people that i love. love.porter: the conviction would later be tossed out, but by then, stevens was already back home. ted stevens was 86 years old. >>> now, to the economy. and official confirmation of what so many americans are feeling every day. the federal reserve said that the recovery is slowing down. and took action to pump it up, laying out a plan to put more money to work. the big question, will that be enough to prevent another recession? here's david muir. >> the fear is, what's going on in this economy? >> we are counting down the minutes until the release of the fed's statement. >> reporter: and when that statement came, the fed made it clear today, it is concerned about the slowing pace of recovery. >> today's statement was about a worried a statement i've seen since, well, we were back in recession.

courtroom this morning wearing a t-shirt, shorts and a smirk. >> does mr. slater admit he snapped this morning? >> i can't say what he tells me and didn't tell me. but i found him gentle. >> he said he reached his breaking point when an unruly passenger hit him in the head and didn't apologize. so he got on the intercom, started swearing and in a police confession had these parting words, "to those who have shown dignity and respect these last 20 years, thanks for a great ride." >> there were a few of us waiting to get off. i looked at them and said, did this just happen? did he just swear at a passenger on the intercom? that never happens. i thought that was the end of it. >> i will his triumphant exit that can be heard on this radio report traffic. >> it was intentionally deployed. >> slater activated the emergency inflate only chute and slid down to the tarmac, but not before grabbing some beer and his bags. his mother blames the passenger who she says left a bruise on his head. >> i think he just had a very small meltdown, and i think he deserves to be

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i went to booker t. washington high school. steven is being just ingenuous when he talked about ray nagin and his comments about a job that city. his reference was the fact that the planning commissioner, whoever they were, were planning to make large areas that were originally black or residential areas such as part of pontchartrain park, make them green areas and there was a feeling that those who had the wherewithal were planning to push the african americans out of the city and that is where reagan was coming from -- where re-was coming from. as far as those in jefferson parish, i know a number of those people were getting quite a bit of money from state road home program. i wonder as i travelled through the orlin is visiting some of my friends in the city, what was happening with those people who had those homes and could not come back? host: when did you leave new orleans? i graduated in 1957 and my parents lived in new york. when i went away to college, i made new york my residence. my mother still lives there. she is 93

, not to the promotion of himself, but t you. it took a lot of eort, but ted was clearly the right man for the job. former chiefs of staff remembers being taken a back on his first trip to alask with ted. when he showed up at ted's house to pick them up at 6:00 in the morning, he learned that had had arctic on to the briefing book he had been given the night before, read all the daily papers, and had already been on the phone to washington for a couple of hours. by the end of the trip, he said he needed a vacation for billing for two weeks what ted stevens had beedoing for 39 years. ted would say that he worked so hard because there was always so much work to do. alaskans did not have the benefit of centuries of infrastructure and development. and he did everything he could to make sure the rest of his colleagues knew about it, first hand. most lawmakers in washington, when you meet them for the first time, they might invite you to join tm for dinner somewhere around town. ted stevens invited you to alaska. he wanted us to apprec

though steven slater was all smiles earlier in the day, sources say he was anything but happy. it all happened when flight 1052 from pittsburgh to jfk was landing. a female passenger stood up to get her things from an overhead compartment while the plane was still taxiing, according to sources. as he approached the woman to tell her to sit down, one of her bags hit him in the head, leaving a mark. slater asked for an analogy. instead the woman swore to him. he then got on the p.a. system and said to the expletive expletive, it's been a good 28 years. >> they come in all shapes and sizes. >> people can be abusive to airline attendants. i just feel bad for the guy. >> reporter: after effectively quitting, sources say slater then grabbed two beers from the galley, pulled the emergency hatch, slid down with his own luggage, ran for his car and drove him. neighbors say he high-tailed down what is normally a quiet street. >> all i see is a gentleman in a jeep flying down the block running, and parked the car and ran into his house. slater has been charged with criminal mischief, crim

i went to booker t. washington high school. steven is being just ingenuous when he talked about ray nagin and his comments about a job that city. his reference was the fact that the planning commissioner, whoever they were, were planning to make large areas that were originally black or residential areas such as part of pontchartrain park, make them green areas and there was a feeling that those who had the wherewithal were planning to push the african americans out of the city and that is where reagan was coming from -- where re-was coming from. as far as those in jefferson parish, i know a number of those people were getting quite a bit of money from state road home program. i wonder as i travelled through the orlin is visiting some of my friends in the city, what was happening with those people who had those homes and could not come back? host: when did you leave new orleans? i graduated in 1957 and my parents lived in new york. when i went away to college, i made new york my residence. my mother still lives there. she is 93

. ♪ [ female announcer ] high speed internet from at&t. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepwor >>> federal investigators looking into the plane crash that killed former alaska senator ted stevens are focusing on the weather. it's too early to know what caused the crash that killed stevens and four others but they're studying weather patterns to see if overcast skies, rain and gusty winds caused a plane similar to this one to slam into a mountain southwest of anchorage. four people survived the crash, including former nasa administrator sean o'keefe. it's been a rough start to the day on wall street. (bells ringing) >> the dow plunged more than 245 points on fears about the u.s. economy. and it's still right about there. a new report from the commerce department finds america's trade deficit which measures exports versus imports is as large as it's been in nearly two years. and, again, the dow is down about 240 points right now. meantime a new government report says personal income for california workers fell by $40 billion last year compared to the previous year. that'

switch to high speed internet from at&t and get one-hundred dollars back via promotion card. and alaska plane crash that killed former senator ted stevens new pictures of the scene on a remote alaskan mountain. you can see the treacherous flying conditions late yesterday the former senator and four others were killed in the crash. the pilot flying over the site said it flew into the side of the mountains 40 degree slope. federal investigators are looking into the cause of the crash. the latest on the oil spill crews drilling a relief well in the gulf have 30-50 ft. to go before they reach the ruptured well. the drilling has stop for now as a tropical depression is taking place in the gulf. hurricane center said it could strengthen into a tropical storm later today. finishing the well will supposedly finished and the threat of another will leak. did it a federal fishing banned was lifted. the latest court decision 2010 of farm group is endorsing meg whitman for governor. the group's president says its members support women's proposal to reduce business regulations and desire t

ted stevens -- trekked up here to ted stevens' vitation. th were impressed by t magnificence of the scenery and just how much of alaska as progress is the direct result of this remarkable man. he poured himself into this place, treating it like one of his children. and to the people of alaska, i assure you, uncle ted. whatever it took to make sure that your concerns were known and that -- uncle ted did whatever it took to make sure that your concerns were known and met. it was a privilege discern -- to serve alongside him in the senate. we missed him for the past two years and we agreed with -- ive with the stevens family. his legacy will last as long as the flag is flown. >> thank you, senator mcconnell. ladies and gentlemen, i am happy to present to you the honorable daniel k. in a way -- inouye. he is the senator from hawaii. >> my dear friends, we arrived in anchorage last evening after a six-hour journey from allied -- all white. i must say that it was a sad journey. the plane was quiet. believe it or not, no one drank. there were no m

everyone, everyone knew ted stevens. he is an omnipresent reality. from t airport here in anchorage to the remotest villages, atnds contribution to alaska are as fast as the state itself. it is hard to imagine that any e man ever meant more than any one state then ted stevens. of course, it did not have to be that way. once he's been the a little time in washington, tune noticed that some senators with a double . they can play one role in washington and another bk in their home states. they can use their job in the senate as a platform to reach a national audience beyond their own constituents back home. and for four decades, ted stevens was a living, breathing antithesis to that approach. in his view, if it was not good forlaska, it was not good, period. [laughter] as a young man, netiquette baltic it that 49 star on the flag. -- ted all tickets at 49th star on the plight. he helped transform alaska into a modern state. he came to washington with a mission and he was faithful to that mission to the end. and every alaskan here and across the state sh

even more negative light on the flight attendant turned folk hero steven slater. the "wall street journal" obtained a memo from the chief operating officer. he says no one has yet supported slater's version what triggered monday's infamous incident. he had a confrontation, cursed out a passenger and exited via an emergency chute. several passengers have come forward saying slater was rude and acting erratically throughout the flight. >> california democratic congresswoman maxine waters is defending heavy publicly over accusations of ethics violations. karen traverse reports from washington. >> accused by the house ethics committee of a classic conflict of interest, veteran california congressman maxine waters was adamant in her defense. >> i have not violated house rules, didn't influence anyone and did not gain any benefit. >> she's been charged helping to eastern federal bailout money for a bank her husband had a stake in. he's the secretary high-profile democrat this month to face ethics charges. charlie rangel is accused of 13 violations including failure to p

this afternoon, former jet blue employee steven slater said he wants his job back. honestly. he swore at a passenger over the intercome, grabbed two beers and slid down the plane's emergency chute. this afternoon, slater thanked everyone for their support and his attorney went on to clear up some confusion over an injury he suffered on board. >> during the close of loading in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. steven came over to assist and either the bag or the overhang hit him in the head. at that point he suffered an injury. >> slater has been charged with criminal mischief and has become a bit of a hero, with 200,000 new friends on facebook. >> he may have to do some time.

has spawned websites in free stephen t- shirts. here is the online part of the story but first week's level of the fuss was about. >> he swung his tie off, he's happy i quit my job well done with this. >> steven slater's registration from jet blew ranks right up there with the meltdown of power deals and the 1976 movie network. >> i'm as mad as hell and often take this anymore. >> was later the final straw was with a passenger who support him. >> at the very end is were get off the plane he got on the intercom and made this announcement that is for passenger. but that was just very strange. but no one gets on the intercom and sweaters slater >> then grabbed two years from the galley deported to escape chutes and plunged his way into the front pages of new >> york> according to one newspaper have been to bed with this part he did or hop into bed. but police left him little time for romance. >> excel in know cops came down the block detectives, but so axelrod the bank base about surrounded the house. >> bill set at $2,500, he pleaded

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switch to high speed internet from at&t and get one-hundred dollars back via promotion card. justin of the kron 4 news room federal investigators arrived at the scene of the plane crash that killed former senator ted stevens and four others they said the head to the scene that there today the family engine was loosely attached to the frame and a win was folded back at a 45 degree angle and slowly penetrated the fuselage. they interviewed the four survivors but much was wait until their health improves the cause of the crash is still under investigation. live in the newsroom kron 4 news. >> the president of the cells a firefighter's union said the recently offerednine layoff of 9 firefighters. >> less engines we had a month ago and one less truck and of course our capacity as last that was before. san >> as a fire chavis said his department will make do but concede to the layoffs of 49 firefighters could have an impact in a worst-case scenario. >> there's the potential that there will be some incidents that will occur the same time will be stretched perhaps even make a spin an

now steven slater is charged with felony that could carry a seven-year prison sentence. he pled not guilty. so why does everyone love him so much? >> he's angry, he's swearing at people, he's got the t-shirt, we found a replacement for simon cowell. >> reporter: believe it or not, slater was a happy worker, writing recently on an aviation blog, i fly because i love it. and he was a stickler for jetblue's baggage policy. off a blog slater called himself a bag as in zpi about carry-ons. i am letting down all those who cooperate. remember he says it was a passenger breaking the luggage rule that sent him over the edge or down the chute. >> it sets a horrible precedent. we don't want employees all across the country looking at this guy like a role model. there's an 18-year-old in my hometown of philadelphia who identified herself and told the local newspaper that she works at mcdonald's, and that if she were going to quit her job she'd stick a roach in somebody's salad. is that what we want? ♪ take this job and shove it >> reporter: but for us frustrated americans, slater

you know, we've seen all kinds of extreme weather this year and t some are saying the planet is having a climate breakdown. is global warming the reason? >> we'll begin with the backlash that is brewing against that folk hero flight attendant steven slater. the escape artist said thursday he hopes to return to work on jetblue but passengers on that storied flight are now coming forward with their own stories. in just a moment we'll hear from one young woman who says slater should never be allowed to work on an airplane again but andrea canning brings us the latest. good morning again, andrea. >> good morning, elizabeth. another day, another steven slater story. some passengers are questioning whether the passenger slater said he argued with even exists. it led to him getting hit on the head which caused his tirade. at a press conference outside his home he stuck by his story. >> thank you all so much. it's been amazing, the support and the love and the -- everything that's been brought to me. >> reporter: steven slater had few words about just what happened on that fateful flight but h