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Fighters who still may be inside the city. >> our intention, of course, is to prevent them from getting out. so, the first part of all of our operations is to isolate the areas where we are -- where attacks are taking place by our partners, enabling capabilities so we dont let anybody get out or get in. >> reporter: the marines are equipped with m 777 that can fire shells up to 25 miles away. these combat marines will try to protect local forces advancing on the city. even more u.s. troops could...

>> jon: hard to believe, but it has been three years since malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared over the indian ocean. family members of those on board holding services around the world today in memory of their loved ones. >> it is about us all coming together today and remembering that this is not over. it cannot remain a mystery. >> jon: the boeing 777 finished after shortly taking off from kuala lumpur, malaysia, heading to beijing. the planes last contact with air traffic control took pl...

>> bret: james, thank you. lets get some more on the supreme court pick, ed whelan is president of the ethics and public policy center, he clerked for the late justice antonin scully appeared we have the president of the american constitution society. thank you for being here. ed, first to you. do you think, knowing what you know here and what you hear from capitol hill that democrats are prepared to move forward with a filibuster to try to block this nominee? >> the early signs that i see are t...

Lets get some more on the supreme court pick, ed whelan is president of the ethics and public policy center, he clerked for the late justice antonin scully appeared we have the president of the american constitution society. thank you for being here. ed, first to you. do you think, knowing what you know here and what you hear from capitol hill that democrats are prepared to move forward with a filibuster to try to block this nominee? >> the early signs that i see are the opposite, number of demo...

>> bret: james, thank you. lets get some more on the supreme court pick, ed whelan is the ethics and public policy center, he clerked for the late justice antonin scully appeared we have the president of the american constitution society. thank you for being here. ed, first to you. do you think, knowing what you know here and what you hear from capitol hill that democrats are prepared to move forward with a filibuster to try to block this nominee? >> the early signs that i see are the opposite, ...

With iran. i know deal making and let me tell you, this deal is catastrophic for america, for israel and for the whole of the middle east. >> now boeing knows they have an uphill battle here so they are sort of putting their lobbying message out in a language that mr. trump may understanding with making it all about yes, u.s. jobs. the boeing statement saying todays agreement will support tens of thousands of u.s. jobs directly associated with production and delivery of the 777 and nearly $100,0...

With iran. i know deal making and let me tell you, this deal is catastrophic for america, for israel and for the whole of the middle east. >> now boeing knows they have an uphill battle here so they are sort of putting their lobbying message out in a language that mr. trump may understanding with making it all about yes, u.s. jobs. the boeing statement saying todays agreement will support tens of thousands of u.s. jobs directly associated with production and delivery of the 777 and nearly $100,0...

Disappointment. you have to understand these people take a lot of pride in what they do. they are making the presidents airplane. so the mere notion he could cancel the order in a casual tweet is insulting. >> the majority that ive talked to said that trump really doesnt know what hes talking about. >> reporter: boeing employees weighing in on trumps war of words with the company. >> i think a lot are disappointed right now. hell yeah. >> i was dumbfounded about why -- why he would say something...

Investigators to conclude the plane crashed in the indian ocean. in june, a piece of the planes wing, called a flapper-on, watched up on the coast of tanzania. analysis shows the wing flap had not been deployed before the crash, another sign no one was in control in those final moments. >> you would deploy the flaps by lowering it, slowing the plane down. >> reporter: bob hepp, a flight instructor, took us to demonstrate what the pilot should have done if they planned to successfully ditch the 7...

Light on it. a 777 captain. les, thank you for being with us. is it just a case of a short runway? >> i have been in and out of laguardia several times during the course of my career. it is a challenging airport. a short runway relative to most major airports. last night as we know in the northeast, we had a very, very nasty cold snap that had snow associated with it. at this particular time it was rain. we had a slick runway. you have to be on your game. im not implying the crew did anything wr...