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Strongly to secretary of state nominee, rex tillerson, who is suggested a more aggressive strategy by the u.s. in the contested waters of the soult china sea. thats where china has built and militarized artificial islands. brian todd has more. >> theyve staked a claim to thousands of acres of what were b sabd bars and reefs. theyve used sophisticated equipment like these ship, pumping sand through those thin tubes to create islands, then built airfields with towering radar stations, krawieced po...

That question is did these drones prevent fire apparatus, fire aircraft from coming in and saving their cars? saving their property. the answer weve been told by forest officials is it could have contributed to it. they are looking at possibly about a 15-to 20-minute delay. five drones were in the air when this fire first started and they actually had aircraft up. that aircraft out of a safety precaution, had to dump their retardant and return back to one of the airfields. thats a lot of preciou...

Peter? >> reporter: gregg, the last time d.c. had a flyover like this was 1972. this mornings route will take planes from airfields in virginia across the potomac over the lincoln memorial, past the washington monument to the capital. that is it. a straight line. it will be brief by spectacular even though todays show is one of a kind experience for just about everybody in the beltway. it is going to be quite a throwback for men and women who served both in europe and in asia which is where this...

Mantra is to aif yetviate, navigate and xhouncommunicate. there appears to be no attempt to turn to a diversionary route. you can track it between 40 and 50 miles before impact placing it between two key airfields that this aircraft could have landed at. that is the first thing raising alarm bells. the second thing is we talk about incapacitation. also when you talk about situational unawareness of whats going on. a good case is the air france 447 flight. the black boxes were found two years lat...

He was obviously in a decent. the french president knows probably exactly what happens because hes been listening to air traffic control or they have reported what happened. there is probably quite a bit of dialogue going on, which were not getting now. unfortunately, so thats why im speculating. but it is very interesting, again, that the airplane didnt go in a direction where there were more airfields and away from the mountains. i dont know why. >> and was operating at an unsafe altitude of 6...

He could have landed. and when you look at the map youve got up there right now and the route from barcelona up to germany, you can see if he had gone to the west, there is dijon and other airfields he could have gone to. that is what is confusing. i dont have any of those facts. >> maybe it was a fuel issue. you brought up something else i thought was telling. this is an aircraft that is highly automated has the ability to fly and land successfully. perhaps the fuel took out the one engine and ...

Germany and barcelona. it went down 65 miles north of nice as you can see on the map right there. the president of france has called it a tragedy. we do understand search and rescue headed to the scene. the scene is hard to reach, a very remote area, very mountainous. let me ask you something, regarding the emergency on bopa board. if youre on board and the pilot makes a distress call, does the pilot tell the passengers whats happening? >> not necessarily. he doesnt want to panic them. hes got t...

In there to do a search and rescue. and they are still in that phase, the search and rescue rather than salvage. it is not a very long flight, probably 1:15 at the most. it wasnt fully loaded with fuel, im sure. and so thats why i dont think -- and with only 150 passengers, it could easily, in my opinion, handle it on a single engine. what im concerned about is, that he stayed on the course he was going, going through the mountainous region rather than turning off to the west or back towards -- ...

Leah: militants are pushing deeper and deeper into iraq targeting government strongholds. [gunfire] islamic fighters already control major parts of northern and eastern syria, now targeting only major northern city still in government hands. theyre trying to capture a major airbase in the eastern province and threatening to take over libya. joining me is fox news middle east analyst, walid phares. good day to you. >> good day to you. merry christmas. leah: merry christmas. this seems like a clas...

Facilities, especially in light of benghazi. >> you would think we would pay a lot of attention to that one. a billion got your attention. >> a billion for a build something a lot of money. anyway. catherine, thank you. >> thank you. >> this is a fox news alert. a 0 more u.s. military advisors arriving in iraq as iraqs vice president calls on parliament to meet with the new government that could be a crucial step towards blocking the add vapszing insurgency. will it work. john kerry warning the ...