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And a touch-and-go runway landing. everything is going well until the crew nears the final sequence. the bomber sweeps in low above the runway, and holland enters into a tight, steeply banked turn. >> thats fantastic. look at this. >> as spectators look on, the airplane banks past 90 degrees [ bleep ]. >> oh, my god. no! >> oh, my god. >> the b-52 nose dives and explodes. >> my mom collapsed next to me and just kind of couldnt take the shock of the moment. >> oh, my god. >> but the only thing i ...

No! >> oh, my god. >> the b-52 nose dives and explodes. >> my mom collapsed next to me and just kind of couldnt take the shock of the moment. >> oh, my god. >> but the only thing i could think of was run toward the crash and run toward dad. >> an enormous cloud of smoke and fire billows into the air above the crash site which is just 50 yards from the bases nuclear weapons storage area. >> there was no secret that there were weapons there. you dont want to crash a b-52 into a nuclear weapons sto...

Missiles onto that b-52. they accidentally loaded onto that plane, six missiles with live nuclear warheads on them. the b-52 pilots, clueless about what they were carrying, flew down to louisiana, landed at barksdale and left their six live nuclear missiles sitting unguarded on the tarmac in louisiana for nine hours, until somebody finally realized, oh, my stars, these are not what we think they are. that cost the secretary of the air force the and air force chief of staff their jobs. nuclear op...

As you know, knowing a countrys full inventory of weapons is key in the negotiations with syria and iran. and i was reminded of that in a section of your book, where in a scene you say is reminiscent of the james bond film "thunder ball," four hydrogen bombs went missing after an air crash. >> this was in spain. a bomber collided with a tanker that was refueling it. the tanker blew up the crew members were incinerated. and the four hydrogen bombs were released from the b-52. one of them landed h...

And were ready to work for you. live from american news headquarters. hello. im giuliani julie banderas. a member of al-qaeda released and he is the former deputy commander of the taliban. the police captured him in a joint operation with the c.i.a. in 2010. the government leaders say he is free to meet with anyone he chooses and will be provided with tight security. new report says the u.s. came alarmingly close to nuclear disaster in 1961. the "guardian" newspaper quoting recently declassifi...

Senator john mccain about his support for a military strike. >> who are we fighting? were not fighting assad. were fighting russia and iran. >> drop a bunker bomb from a b-52 and take him out and cut off the head of the snake. >> and why do we think that we should be the police always? >> how do we sort out who the good rebels and the bad rebels? >> lawmakers around the country were hearing similar sentiments in their home districts this week. the president is back in d.c. preparing for a primet...

On the presidents trip to russia, thank you. military planner, keeping their options open. >> our tom foreman and retired major general spider marks look at some of the strategies the u.s. could unleach if the president goes ahead. >> hey suzanne, hey, victor. what we know about this plan, most of all is is that its still evolving. we talked about the idea of ships coming into the mediterranean, unleashinging a barrage of cruise missiles into syria. but missiles can be launched from not only s...

Thank you very much. thank you for the members of the audience. appreciate all the great questions. lets turn it over to anderson cooper right now. his show starts right now. see you tomorrow morning. good evening, everyone. we begin with breaking news. abc news is reporting that president obamas national security team is preparing for a military attack in syria much bigger than most anticipated. the most surprising part of the report, that a strike could include an aerial bombardment fired fr...

Bombers could be options considered or used in any air strike on syria. so it is part of the planning process. they say that does not fund mentally change the overall parameters of the mission. in other words, this official was telling me that yes, targets on the ground are continuously changing. they are adapting some of the options to fit those new targets but he predicted that a lot of these options would continue to change because they see continued movement on the ground, but he does not se...

And another developments this morning, all nonessential united states personnel, diplomatic personnel, and their family members, are being ordered to leave the embassy in lebanon. officials are saying this is a move because of the situation in neighboring syria and the unspecified potential threats to those people. also, irans supreme leader is warning the u.s. will, quote, definitely suffer if president obama orders a military strike against syria. and "the wall street journal" is continuing ...