i'm talking about william potts. he's seen here on this plane. he has now been in the united states where he was born for more than two hours now. and moments after this chartered plane brought him to miami, federal officers swooped in. they took him away. here's the backstory. this guy is wanted for hijacking a plane on a flight from newark to florida. this was back in 1984. he smuggled a gun onboard, hiding it inside a fake cast he was wearing on his arm. >> i gave the stewardess a note to pass to the captain. then i ordered people to stay calm and asked people to stay calm and asked the stewardess to give everybody free drinks compliments of the revolution. >> potts then directed the plane to go to cuba where he has been ever since then. at the time, black panther, potts hoped to receive military training to ultimately overthrow the u.s. government. that wads his plan. instead, cuban authorities tried, convicted, and imprisoned him for 13 years. and now he's hoping that prison time in cuba will play into his favor as he faces charges here in t

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william potts is most likely the only fugitive here fighting to go back to his country. unlike many of the other fugitives who fled to the island, potts went to prison in cuba spending nearly 50 years behind bars for the hijacking. time he says he shouldn't have to serve again in the united states. >> my position is i'm free. i did the crime. but i did the time. i paid the price for that crime that i committed. now i'm entitled to a second chance. >> reporter: u.s. officials say potts still faces a federal air piracy charge. they assisting his return and arranging for u.s. marshals to accompany him to miami. potts says he wants to speak to the passengers and the crew of the plane he hijacked to apologize. >> i regret taking that plane and putting those people's lives in jeopardy. i didn't have that perspective at the time but i have it now and i carry it until the day, you know, that i die. >> reporter: when told by cnn of potts' apology, the captain of the hijacked plane said he would, quote, consider forgiving the fugitive. >>> coming up a yard sale to beat all yard sa

william potts returned from cuba where he served 15 years in prison for the 1984 hijacking. >>> a couple from wisconsin who were stuck in their car in a foot of snow for six days were rescued by a man that went looking for them on his snowmobile. they were stuck outside yellowstone national park. they survived on bread and water and wrote good-bye letters to loved ones afraid they would starve to death. >>> a tragic discovery in mississippi, a missing family found dead, a 7-year-old boy, his mom and stepdad and now a man is charged with murder. a live update from gary tuchman next. >>> in crime and punishment a man charged with murder today in connection with a murder in mississippi. the bodies on a woman, her husband and her 7-year-old son found shot to death. the family was missing since last friday until the grim discovery today. gary tuchman has the story. >> reporter: family members in mourning what happened to the family they loved. smith, her 7-year-old son jaidon and her husband were last seen in a dodge suv, however the suv was found overturned and on fire in a ditch last friday

william potts returned to face piracy charges. he diverted a plate to florida to havana. he was imprisoned by the cubans. he says he came back because he is home sick. he hoped the 13 years he served in cuba will mean a lighter sentence in the u.s. >> the judge kicked off the stop and frisk case in new york city says she wants back in. in a highly unusual request a u.s. district judge asked an appeals court to reinstate her to the case, sake she was unfairly removed. she was removed last week, after granting media interviews. she shut down parts of stop and frisk in september. >> under increased security, shoppers returned to the new jersey mall where a shooting erupted this week. the mall reopened wednesday. a 20-year-old gunman fired shots into the ceiling monday night and then took his own life. investigators say richard shoop never aimed the rifle at others. >> a rocket carrying the olympic torch blasted off today into space. >> we have lift off on a truly olympic leap. >> the torch reached the international space station and will be taken on its first space walk ever

and nbc's tracie potts is there with that part of the story. we saw the first usa aid plane is heading towards the headest-hit area. >> reporter: exactly. a lot of the supplies that are so desplatly needed are on the way. the u.s. sending in food. that should last 35,000 people for 5 days. we're sending $100,000 to assist with the efforts there. and we're told that a couple of surveillance planes that had been stationed in japan will be heading down to assist with the research and rescue effort there, along with what will end up being about 90 marines and sailors helping with that effort. back here at home. food and donations. and money. filipinos make up the second-largest group of asians in the united states. we saw this coast-to-coast. a 5k run in new york. another in l.a. prayers and donations at churches and communities all over the country. and they'll continue. >> thank you. >>> the typhoon and its aftermath is gripping the entire world. at the vatican sunday, pope francis led tens of thousands in silent prayer for the typhoon victims. a