blimp. so air safety a very serious concern at this hour. also tryinging to figure out the obvious question, what do they do to bring it down, to get it on the ground? >> yes. >> in a safe manner. no answer to that question at this moment. i'm told there is a fairly energetic effort between a number of federal agencies looking at all of the options. they don't think at this point it's about to lose helium anytime soon and drift to the ground. are they going to have to take military action and shoot it down? this is the same dilemma and i nomarry can talk about this in more detail you often have when there have been small private planes that lose their oxygen system, the pilot is unconscious and these planes pose a potential threat on the ground. but this is a massive, much larger than a small airplane. so they have to figure out a way to get it down, get it on the ground safely, not injure anybody on the ground, and not cause any damage on the ground. so shooting it down could theoretically

that's a blimp. that's a big blimp. i am just saying though that no one questions that, no one questions the cost, take it at face value. and it becomes untethered. and, man, when it becomes untethered, that's a big deal. don't get me wrong. no one talks about untethered spending in a host of other areas. an agreement that keeps the wastes going, that keeps domestic initiative, military initiatives unchecked. no one talks about that. here's my idea, america. answer to you if you think it's a bad idea, let bill o'reilly know. why don't we put all federal programs in a blimp. they'll get the attention because they're automatically untethered. a good many of them are never priced out. no one checks the sticker on it. but if they become untethered or floating around in the sky you have an image of a metaphor, work with me, america. all right. i mention this because this whole budget deal and echk that's going on, lunacy on the hill. but there are some voices of reason out there including this congresswoman, the democrat fro

there are two of the blimps. we are not exactly clear which of the two blimps broke free of the moorings just after noon today. there is one of the blimps that went in the air back in last december. so if you drive up i-95 for the past ten months and you fall a big wide blimp in the air, 80 yards long, that is one of the blimps. they are the jlens. this is what it looks like now. it's in moreland township, pennsylvania, north of the aberdeen proving ground here after taking f-16's for a ride as they escorted it through the pennsylvania air space and finally has it touch down near bloomsburg. and finally landed at moreland township. the blimps are designed norad tells us to look for 150-mile radius for airborne threats. it was unmanned today and on the loose for three hours before it finally landed and the helium ran out. that is the next chapter as we move forward. this chapter is closed. the blimp one of two here from norad at the aberdeen. it went on the loose for three hours. it's finally grounded about 150 mi

fox news alert now because well that blimp, that unmanned blimp is still on the loose. it's now hovering somewhere over pennsylvania. so the defense department is acknowledging that it broke free from a tether around 12:00 p.m. eastern time. somehow today in maryland. that thing costs over a billion dollars. it's able to monitor all different kinds of stuff. this is not your ordinary blimp that gives us broadcasts over football games. this is much more high tech situation here. somehow this breaks loose. it's now over pennsylvania. authors are actually asking you if you see it to call 911. what are they going to do about this? they have two fighter jets looming now trying to find this thing. are they going to shoot it down? >> well, that's the question, gretchen. can you shoot it down? we just talked to them and they say you can't shoot it down because it's built to withstand enemy fire. it's supposed to detect all unfriendly aircraft, whether manned or unmanned. it's supposed to be tethered even during hurricane winds and yet it broke free today. you have got two fight

the blimp is made by raytheon. so there will be big questions as to how it became untethered and whether it was ever really provided the kind of surveillance that the u.s. military had claimed it would. >> here is a weird thing. from what i'm hearing now, norad says we have the capability to remotely deflate this thing. question. if you have the capability to remotely deflate this thing. and it's dragging a string along and taking out power lines and uprooting guardrails, how about you deflate the thing? has anybody asked that question? [ laughter ] >> i'm sure people are asking that question as we speak, shep. it is possible, as you said, from eyewitness accounts this blimp is looking semi defaith fleeted at this point. it's possible it takes time to deflate and they're bringing it down at this moment. i know there were discussions in this building here in the pentagon about how best to bring it down, how safely best to bring it down to the ground. >> new photo of the thing. oh, look at this. it's fall and the tre

the blimp was not shot down. we are told the military had no real intention of trying to take military action to bring it down, but the planes we now know were armed as they tracked this blimp for some four hours from maryland to northeastern pennsylvania. what this perhaps tells americans is the alert status of planes that take to the sky, military planes, when there is a problem because obviously they would have had these weapons on board before they even took off. they would have been ready to go from their airfield near atlantic city, new jersey. so as they took to the skies they were armed. they were ready if it came to that, jake. >> barbara starr, thank you so much. now back to our politics lead. will tonight's republican debate launch a candidate into the top tier? i watched it happen in front of my very eyes at the last republican debate, so who could be poised to challenge dr. ben carson or donald trump and elbow his or her way into the forefront of the republican race for president? one of the candidat

i like blimp gate. the good news is no one was hurt when the blimp came down in two pieces in pennsylvania. it's one of two blimps tethered in maryland. military not giving way of the blimp's brother tonight. that's taken down. it's been grounded. what a day. let's look back at news and of course the blimp we chased. 12:20 p.m., maryland, a huge heelle yum military heel -- helium military blimp takes offer dragging steel feather behind ripping down power lines. at one point, 30,000 pennsylvania residents were in the dark. social media had a ball. a student whipped out his phone. >> it's going down. >> this military blimp is designed to track the sky for incoming cruise missiles. it's used extensively in iraq and afghanistan to provide surveillance as part of a $2.7 billion projectú by the pentagon. today it climbed to altitude of 15,000 feet. f-16 fighters were keeping an eye on it. it's designed to withstand hurricane force winds. the captain told have been news in february he had -- told cbs news he

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the f-16 jets did not fire on the blimp. it is not clear how the blimp went down. we are unclear how it got loose in the first place. the blimp is supposed to withstand hurricane-force winds. it will be interesting to see exactly how that blimp got loose. john and christine. >> first of all, boris sanchez standing in the rain. >> other, boris. i watched the developments yesterday. i thought it was a joke. i could not believe a norad blimp was loose. >> i wish i could remember the joke. one thing we know, at least we know it is a male blimp. our bosses aren't watching at 4:18. that made me laugh. >>> history this morning in the house of representatives. john boehner will step down. paul ryan will be elected to replace him. house republicans chose ryan to be the next speaker. it has to go to the full vote. ryan is pledged to unite the leadership. ryan says this beginning a new day in the house. >>> the full house passed a compromised budget deal to help ryan take the speaker's gavel. it aims to avoid a government shutdown through the year 2017. conservative opponents

it was right over top of me and it looked like you could reach out and touch the blimp. it's going down! >> reporter: the unmanned aircraft attached from its mooring in aberdeen, maryland. f-16s, along with curious residents, chased the run away blimp down to its final resting place over a hundred miles away. >> nothing like this happens around here. it's a rural area, so it's pretty awesome. >> reporter: thousands were left in the dark here in muncy as the blimp knocked down power lines along the way. officials say they are not out of the woods yet. >> it's a dangerous vehicle. it's still powered. >> reporter: authorities have set up a perimeter to keep people away and secure the blimp's state-of-the-art radar system. still in a test phase, the aircraft was designed to detect a missile attack. its tether was supposed to withstand hurricane force winds. officials will now try to figure out how it failed on what was an ordinary rainy day. pentagon officials have grounded a second test blimp until they figure out just what went wrong. >> hena daniels in muncy, thank you. >

somebody nearby got the blimp in the air and then showed us the traffic lights. the lights as you can see are out because the blimp caused so many people their power. tom roussey, abc7 news. leon: thank you, tom. the u.s. military spent billions of dollars on the jlens project. blimps that are technically called aerostat go in the air and stay afloat for 30 days at a time. they are capable to track objects the area the size of texas to protect against cruise missile attacks. the stat sheet says the tether is unlikely to break. it is made of material designed to withstand 150-mile-per-hour winds as you heard tom report. stay with us for continuing coverage of the unusual story. we will bring you update as we learn them on air and on online at wjla.com. maureen: the other big story tonight. storms gaining strength in the area. the storm watch weather team on severe weather alert. doug hill is tracking it all for us. doug? doug: right now we have cloudy skies outside the belfort furniture weather center in arlington. most areas seeing rain west of town. heavy rain.

. >>> runaway blimp. a high-tech military aircraft going awol floating away with fighter jets on its trail causing damage in two states. >>> body slam. the school's principal thrown to the ground by a student. the ruckus inside a cafeteria caught on camera. >>> and game two, the royals grabbing a commanding lead in the world series. the key moments and highligh. >>> well, good morning. the political dust settling after last night's third republican presidential debate. the mood, much more confrontational than in previous debates. maybe it was because the first imary and caucus is less than four months away. >> not that far away anymore. one of the sharpest face-offs was between florida rivals marco rubio and jeb bush, and there was no love lost between front-runners donald trump and ben carson. abc's bazi kanani joining us now with "your voice, your vote" from washington. bazi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis. good morning, reena. the establishment candidates who are trailing in the polls

that is how did this blimp break free from where it was tethered in aberdeen, maryland. they say it was secure, some people may say it wasn't thick enough, but they say it was a very solid line. as you know, that tether of line caused a lot of damage as the blimp drifted across pennsylvania, knocking down power lines and we're grateful and they are thankful no persons were injured in that and there wasn't a substantial property damage, but the mystery continues as to what happened. they don't know exactly what did cause this blimp to break away from its anchored position. >> rehema, state police are using shotguns today to bring this thing under control. we're hearing, too, it could take weeks to remove it. >> reporter: well, i think they hope it will be a lot less time than that and they were firing about 100 shotgun blasts at the blimp because where i'm standing right now, it's cold and very windy up here. there was concern at one point the balloon could lift off again and cause even more of a concern, so they wanted to take care of that, firing those shotguns blasts i

the blimp escaped from maryland's aberdeen proofing pennsylvania. hena daniels is in muncy. >> reporter: police have set up a perimeter as they try to keep people away from this billion dollar military blimp. this, as the pentagon begins their own investigation on how this unmanned air ship managed to break free and float away. federal and state officials are in northeast pennsylvania, guarding the remnants of a massive army surveillance blimp that broke free and crash-landed wednesday afternoon. matt lepke was at a gas station in the area as the drama unfolded. >> it was like the white blimp of death. it was right over top of me and it looked like you could reach out and touch the blimp. it's going down! >> reporter: the unmanned aircraft attached from its mooring in aberdeen, maryland. f-16s, along with curious residents, chased the run away blimp down to its final resting place over a hundred miles away. >> nothing like this happens around here. it's a rural area, so it's pretty awesome. >> reporter: thousands were left in the dark here in muncy

the other blimp has now been first blimp went up, we visited aberdeen. it's on its way up. we asked@ captain villa then about the tether which is only abouan inch thick. >> we reallll do not worry about the tether. there's a one in a million chance of that tether breaking. >> reporter: we asked him again today. do you want to revise that? do you regret it? >> no, i mean, that reallyy is what the published chance was and when you say one in a million, there is one. >> reporter: the army has long insisted the blimps present no danger to the public but the heavy tether dragg along the ound for miles, taking out power lines and damaging the greenhouse business where megan church works. >> it ripped the plastic in a couple areas but it ripped the pipe off the front, destroyed was hurt. >> repororr: ken hunter's grand kids live just the street from where it landed. >> what if it comes down on their house? away? i would like some answers. >> reporter: so far, though, the army says they do not have an answer to the question of how that blimp got away. and, s#ott, as for getting the

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the blimp is supposed with stand hurricane-forced winds. we had bad weather but nothing of that magnitude so this is something officials will be looking at. this could have been much worse than turned out. >> let's go to barbara starr monitoring developments from the pentagon. >> they, too, are saying there will have to be a full investigation into what happened, how it became loose, how it got untethered and whether or not this is a program that they will really decide to continue with. this is a program that is supposed to monitor 360 degrees over the nation's capital to look for incoming airplanes, low-flying cruise missiles and any air threat to this area of the united states, but this kind of technology really was first developed for the war zone for military basis in iraq and afghanistan they were having trouble keeping watch 24/7 over their perimeter. if this is not supposed to happen over the united states, this coming loose and drifting 200 miles in uncontrolled flight with no ready way to bring it down, i think it's fair to say th

a massive military blimp out of control. the blimp crash landing after a frantic chase by f-16 fighter jets. it was heading for heavily populated new england when it lost control and wreaked havoc on a pennsylvania town and cutting power lines to 30,000 people. the military kobt shoot the nearly $200 million blimp down out of fear the 7,000 pound air ship would have exploded. it landed successfully this evening. you can see it there. that was, let me say it again, nearly $200 million. loaded with high-powered radar designed to protect the east coast of the united states from enemy missile attacks. >> reporter: a high-tech military blimp tethered to the ground at an air base in maryland drifted away uncontrolled. norad jay lens is a highly sophisticated aircraft. it helium-filled blimp uses radar that can track missiles and aircraft for up to 340 miles away in any direction. it slipped from the moorings just before noon and began a slow drift north over pennsylvania. two f-16 fighter jets from a national guard station in new

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the blimp ran out of air and landed in a rural area. the blimp is part of a two-balloon system designed to protect america's eastern sea board and crfrom cruz missiles. it already cost more than $2 billion. >> if you saw the blimp that got cut lose from maryland today it's a perfect example of government. what we have is something government made a bag of gas cut lose destroyed everything in its path left thousands of people powerless but we had too much invested in it so we had to keep it. that is our government today who saw it adds a blimp. >> the military had teams on the ground now. they are recovering the blimp hopefully trying to get answers as well. >> they are on administrative paid leave. they were relieving him of his duties to refuse stopping him from engaging in dem stif religious conduct. he joined the marine combat veteran on the field to pray. they are considering legal action. >> the kansas city rules crush the new york mets in game 2's world series. >> fly ball, right field. royals up 2 games to nothing. >> the royals

helicopter to lift the blimp out of the forest. it's about 10,000 pounds and they want to clear away as much of the vegetation and trees as they can so they don't cause more damage as they lift it up and out. >> tom costello in pennsylvania, thank you. >>> concerns about taking statins that millions use to lower their cholesterol and the effect those drugs may be having on your flu shot. we want to bring in our medical contributor dr. natalie azar. do statins lessen the effectiveness of the flu vaccine? and what are people supposed to do? >> we are not sure yet. this might be a case of drugs having an unintended consequence. you have a good set of drugs. they have a negative outcome, we are trying to investigate it whether that's the case. these two reported studies today suggest perhaps the people who use statins could have a dampened response to the flu vaccine and also which could render them less effective. i think a really important message for people to understand is that this is far from definitive. this is more hypothesis-g

today what was being tracked was the blimp itself. around 12:20 p.m. ist somehow detached from its mooring at the army's aberdeen proving ground in maryland. it drifted north through pennsylvania for hours trailed by two f-16ss while military minds tried to figure on the a way to bring it down. it finally deflated deflated and landed in a wooded area in montour county, pennsylvania, in two parts, first the tail section then the rest of it. the blimp is massive, more than 230 feet long and flew with thousands of feet of its steel tether dangling below, drag along the ground, knocking do power lines and cause tens of thousands of outages. it was rainy and wind nemaryland today, but the tether, just over an inch thick, was designed to withstand hurricane-force wind. in february, soon after it was deployed, captain matt villa told us he had full confidence it wouldn't fail. >> no, no, there is absolutely no concern. i mean, we really do not worry about the tether. there's a one in a million chance of that tether breaking. >> reporter: but some who live nea

tina daniels shows us the day long effort to wrangle the blimp. >> reporter: the high tech blimp remains scattered in two pieces in rural pennsylvania while the united states military tries to figure out how it got loose. they know it broke free if it's anchor in aberdeen maryland and then drifted about 150 miles before coming down. >> we are now working on deflating it. you may have heard shot shots that's w we are deflater: the military "is woing on a plan to safely remove the blimp. the spokesman said it'll take a in the meantime state melissa long with united states army and national guard people are guarding the site because the blimp carries very high end radar equipment. >> for these we have been able to remove and some of the more difficult pieces. >> reporter: the unmanned blimp was still being tested. it was anchored by an inch thick tether designed to with stand hurricanes. several months ago a captain said there was a one in a million chance of it breaking wednesday was just an average day. cbs news. >>> the >>the blimp knocked out power lines in pennsylvania but tonight th

the blimp is called an aerostat. it had a tether that was supposed to keep it attached to the ground. but instead it broke free. but the tether was still there. you can see in this photo the line that the tether left in grass up there in pennsylvania as it moved along. well, that tether wreaked havoc with power lines in pennsylvania. another great shot of it in the air before it came down. it wreaked havoc. tens of thousands without power at last check in pennsylvania. reporting live, i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. alison: thank you for that. leon: is that craze or what? alison: something else. we don't know if weather played any part in the blimp breaking free. leon: true. but we do know that it did, we do know where the blimp went. meteorologist doug hill in the weather center looking at that. and also the chance for the storms moving in tonight. >> it could be isolated thunderstorm. at the moment just outside the belfort furniture weather center. first, there were no strong wind gusts anywhere around. certainly from

where the unmanned blimp came down. 3 the -tech blimp remains scattered in two pieces in rural pennsylvania while the u.s. military tries to figure out how it got loose. they know it t oke free from its anchor in abereren, maryland and then drifted about a 150 miles before coming down.natz full, shotgun blastssot: sot: captain matt villa, u.s. army (:21-:27)we are now working on deflating the aerostat. you may have heard shotgun shots. that is how we are deflating it.the military is working out a plan to safely remove the blimp, but a aspokesmamasays it will take a few days.(standup bridge: he daniels, cbs news, muncy, pa) (:35-:43)in the meantime..state police along with u.s. armand national guard personnel are guarding this site because the blimp carried very sophisticated radar equipment. sot: sot: captain matt villa, u.s. army for the easy pieces we have already been able to remove and some of the more difficult pieces wewere stananng guard.the unmanned blimp was still being tested . it was anchored ba an inch thick tether designed to withstand hurricane force winds. several months ago,

stacey sager is in the news room with more on where the blimp went down. >> the blimp is down in central pennsylvania right now. no one was hurt but nearly 20,000 people lost power there this afternoon. the aircraft, which is used for military surveillance, has cost our government more than $2 billion. and critics are already saying that's just way too pricey for a four-hour mishap such as this. >> it was like nothing we had ever seen before. >> reporter: high school student fisher taking this video in bloomsburg, pennsylvania, right after the power went out in his shop class this afternoon, and he thinks this norad blimp right outside was to blame. >> the lights started flickering until they completely shut off. we were confused, just walking around, didn't know what was going on. i think outside to watch it. i was just in our section of the school. >> what we know is the unmanned defense blimp called jalens broke free from its moorings in maryland around 12:30 today. nearly four hours later a norad spokesman tells abc news the blimp is down. but throughout the afternoon, two f16 fighte

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the helium-filled blimp... crossing over neighborhoods.. we were just like holy cow! that thing is enormous. military officials- unable to stop it ganyard there's supposed to be a switch that somebody on the ground, in an emergency can flip, that will do an emergency deflation and bring it down. in this case, they tried that switch but it didn't work the blimp, equipped able to search an area the size missiles and nearly 3-billion dollar system to defend the nation's

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now to the story of the runaway blimp. people looked up in the sky this afternoon and saw this floating above their heads. it's a military blimp that broke free in aberdeen, maryland. the blimp caused all sorts of havoc before police corralled it in northern pennsylvania and randy gyllenhaal, and they arrived on the scene a short time ago and tweeted this video of the blimp on the ground. he has more now on the e for thes to recover that mrichl. >> randy gyllenhaal here on the ground in anthony township, montour county, pennsylvania. it's getting a little dark, but i can show you the giant white blob that is in the woods beyond this crime scene here and you can see the police officers that have set up securing this area. we have members of the local fire department as well as members of the national guard here that are on scene, securing this site. think, the blimp took off from aberdeen, maryland and they're waiting for military officials to get to the scene so they can go down to the blimp, where it crashed and assess it