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For three hours, tempers flared on both sides. >> this is a very carefully planned effort on the part of radical islamists. >> its called islamophobia. pure and simple. >> reporter: new york citys landmark preservation commission took it all in as it considers the fate of this 19th century building, two blocks from ground zero. it designated a landmark the original building will remain. if not, american-muslim groups will tear it down and move ahead with plans to build an interfaith community ce...

>> reporter: new york citys landmark preservation commission took it all in as it considers the fate of this 19th century building two blocks from ground zero. if designated a landmark, the original building will remain. if not, american muslim groups will tear it down and move ahead with plans to build an interfaith community center and mosque. >> i do feel that it would be a terrible mistake to destroy a 154-year-old building in order to build a monument to terrorism. >> reporter: the meeting ...

Everybodys got to be good at something, right? paul baldwin is good at handcuffs. the 49-year-old new hampshire man now has 154 arrests to his credit or discredit. there he is. most recently, monday night, when police say baldwin stole budweiser from a convenience store, baldwin just finished a one-year stint for stealing $1.99 can of beer. the guinness book of world records does not list a category for most arrests. so baldwin will have to settle for random moment of the day.

Each and every one of them has been signing in to books of condolences. there is also more development now on the investigation. its the russian investigators who have gotten their hands on the two black boxes before handing them over to the polish team and the russians now confirm based on their initial analysis there is no indication of technical fault or mechanical problems in that 154 aircraft. the pilots were indeed warned about low visibility coming in, about 400 meters, roughly 1300 feet,...

Investigation. its a joint polish/russian joint team. they are focusing most of all right now on obviously the two black boxes but specific conversations between the pilots and atc, air traffic controllers. they understand at this point that there were no or could come to the conclusion early on that there have been no obvious technical faults or mechanical failures. the pilots were indeed warned, according to black boxes that there was low visibility, 400 meters. thats about 1300 feet in heavy ...

That he is competent enough to be able to make this kind of landing in this kind of condition. but, unfortunately, these kinds of pressures sometimes clouds the judgment of the pilot. >> yeah. how about the aircraft? much has been made its a 26-year-old aircraft. this particular model has been in six crashes the last five years. how much does that weigh in your mind in terms of the investigation and putting a reason as to why this happened? >> well, the tupolev 154 has not enjoyed a good safety ...

Torn apart, fuselage from flight 154. and up here, across the road, take a look, is the direction that the plane was coming in over this way, coming in across this road here. this is where it begins to hit the tops of the trees again. if you look down this bank here, you begin to see all these bits of broken wood from the trees, where the plane is beginning to head as its coming down. heres a little bit of torn fuselage on the ground. and already some flowers are being laid here. and if you look...

Make the determination of whether this is going to be a safe landing or he must divert to an alternative airport. minsk was offered to him, moscow was offered to him, but of course the delegation was destined to go to the smolensk airport so they could get to this ceremony. this weighed heavily on the shoulders of the pilot and i believe played a significant role in his decision to make this landing. >> yeah. and in terms of this plane, 26 years old. it doesnt have the cleanest of safety records...

Russia has suspended adoptions until the u.s. agrees to better regulate them. our big breaking story this morning, the president of poland dead along with his wife and many others of the polish government after a plane crash in the western part of russia. it was in smolensk, the western part of the country. phil black, what else have you been able to find out? >> reporter: this russian tupolev 154, the jet carry the polish president and the group of 89 or so high-ranking officials was on final...

Played a key role in the solidarity movement, and he was widely admired in the united states as a leader dedicated to advancing freedom and human d digni dignity, end quote. we are learning more about the plane that was involved in this crash and what was taking place as the pilots were attempting to land the plane with polands president inside. richard quest is in london following the story for us, and the question is how this happened, what happened, what are you hearing, richard? >> it is a s...