and in that case they believe because of a fire caused by lithium batteries. earlier this year another cargo plane ship crashed not u.p.s. but another plane in afghanistan crashed because of a cargo shift inside the plane that caused significant weight imbalance. we don't know the cause of this crash yet. the ntsb has a go team now on the way to birmingham. they should be on the scene sometime this afternoon. as of now the police and fire department have the cash scene cordoned off. they are investigating the crash. 6:00 a.m. eastern time, 5:00 central. it appears the pilot and co-pilot died. we will have more as we get it throughout the day. >> tom, thank you for that update. right now israelis and palestinians holding first formal peace talks in jerusalem in nearly five years but starting on shaky ground. despite israel's release of 26 palestinian prisoners yesterday,