10.5 | Legal Docket · First Monday in October

Mary Reichard (0:05)

Good morning. It's the first Monday in October. That's the traditional start of a new Supreme Court term. Today, we have our team of legal analysts to help us understand the top cases we'll be following.

Nick Eicher (0:17)

That's ahead on Legal Docket. Also today, the Monday Moneybeat, David Bahnsen is standing by.

And later, The World History Book.

SPEAKER_3 (0:25)

How shall I find thy road through the wilderness, Lord?

Nick Eicher (0:29)

Cecil B. DeMille's epic telling of the Ten Commandments turns 70

Mary Reichard (0:40)

It's Monday, October 5th. This is The World and Everything In It from Listener Supported World Radio. I'm Mary Reichard.

Nick Eicher (0:47)

And I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning.

Mary Reichard (0:51)

Now news, here's Kent Covington.

Kent Covington (0:54)

New details about the co-pilot who tried to crash a commercial airliner last week en route to Israel are raising questions about how he was cleared to fly.

Officials say 29-year-old Hamam al-Hammami had been barred from flying in his home country of Oman over concerns about extremist views. Police in Australia are investigating whether he was radicalized while studying there. US. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, also praised the Israeli passenger, Yanniv Kayoun, who helped overpower the attacker.

Mike Huckabee (1:24)

He was a very humble, gracious guy. You know, he is the most non-heroic type hero, but he really is an incredible hero. Had he not acted, 174 people, including 30 children, would absolutely have been lost.

Kent Covington (1:40)

The Fly Dubai Airlines flight left Dubai for Tel Aviv last Wednesday, filled mostly with Israelis. The UAE says the co-pilot attacked the captain with the cockpit's crash axe and then tried to take control as the jet plunged. The wounded captain, Smit Mutchur, opened the cockpit door and passengers and crew tackled the attacker. The plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia where police arrested him and later transferred him to the UAE.

The US Coast Guard is turning to Sonar to search the ocean floor off the coast of Massachusetts for a missing air ambulance with six people aboard.

The medical jet vanished on Saturday on a flight from Bermuda to Boston. Over the weekend, searchers found something in the Atlantic near Nantucket Island. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Matt Lake.

SPEAKER_7 (2:29)

During the search, Coast Guard crews were successfully able to locate a debris field that's been now determined to be associated with the mission aircraft.

Kent Covington (2:37)

Crews have searched thousands of square miles, but the Coast Guard's response chief captain John McTamney said Sunday they were not giving up.

SPEAKER_5 (2:45)

We'll continue to search and saturate the area until we're at the point where we are confident that if there were any survivors remaining on the surface of the water, we would have found them.

Kent Covington (2:54)

The jet, operated by an Ontario-based air ambulance company, carried four Canadian crew members and two passengers from Bermuda.

Air traffic posted online shows the pilot reported electrical problems and declared an emergency as a storm loomed.

This was part of the tower's final message to the plane.

Nick Eicher (3:13)

Roger, you say you're coming in blind, is that what you said?

Kent Covington (3:18)

But there was no further response from the cockpit. Tracking data showed the jet plunged sharply from about 24,000 feet.

The US military has pulled its bombers out of a British air base it was using in the war with Iran. The Pentagon says all the bombers at RAF Fairford have flown home. British police last week arrested six men over a suspected plot at the base. Britain's prime minister links the plot to Iran. The Pentagon gave no reason for the shift, but says US strike power is undiminished.

Some Republicans on Capitol Hill are not thrilled with President Trump releasing the personal cell phone number of GOP Senator Tom Cotton in an effort to pressure him on a bill that would end twice a year clock changes. Republican Senator John Kennedy told NBC's Meet the Press, He can be tempestuous.

Mike Huckabee (4:09)

I don't think he should have given out Tom's cell phone number. I don't think that's going to help convince Tom.

Kent Covington (4:16)

On Saturday, Trump posted the Arkansas Senator's number to social media and told people to quote, call Tom on his cell phone.

Trump wants a Senate vote on the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight savings time permanent. The House passed it back in July 308 to 117

Donald Trump (4:33)

The House voted it more than 80 percent. It's been sitting up there and hopefully we can get Tom Cotton to move. Tom Cotton is holding it. He shouldn't be holding it. It's an issue that people want.