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Severe injury. in the middle moderate injury, and in the tail you would have been good if you were wearing a seatbelt. >> since the front of the plane basically got blown-out does that mean the fatal seats were what, rows one through seven in. >> yeah, about row 4 to row 10 was completely destroyed. gregg: wow. and seat 7a was catapulted straight out of the plane? >> like you might see in this kind of thing there was a giant debris field, several of the rows spread across the desert. gregg: some...

Listen. >> the brace position dummy did the best. although we did see some ankle injuries, and it depends on how you put your feet. and, um, that could be true for any of the dummies depending on how you had your feet. but basically the idea is to have a small distance between you and the seat in front of you so that you dont develop a velocity and high-impact forces. >> yeah. because if you sit up, you get that whiplash effect and debris which is deadly. the curiosity plane crash airs sunday, t...

Into the desert to see what happens when a plane goes down and determine the safest places to sit on board, with dozens of cameras rolling inside and out. joining me now is survivability expert tom bart. great stuff weve seen the video. tell us how you set this whole thing up, and i presume the pilots jumped out in the nick of time out the back. >> the pilots were a okay they parachuted out. our job was to really instrument the whole airplane with a whole bang of cameras and sensors so we could ...

Ultimate terror, a sudden, horrifying crash. this stunning made-to-order catastrophe was done for the discovery channel show "curiosity plane crash." all to better understand what really happens to people on board. >> well see maybe a broken ankle. >> reporter: injury biomechanics expert dr. cindy burr says the crash dummies tell the story. bracing for impact can save your life. what should you do? put your head -- >> put your head down. hands over. >> reporter: hands over your head? >> just pul...

It depends on how you put your feet that. could be true for any of the dummies depending on how you had your feet. the idea is to have a small distance between you and the seat in front of you so you dont develop a velocity and high impact forces. >> if you have are your seat straight up all kinds of spinal injuries also happen, right? >> yeah we saw severe spinal injuries as well. gregg: simulated a woman holding an infant on her lap which is by the way how a lot of folks with babies travel. wh...

Against obama and tipped the election in obamas favor. not me who thinks it, the pretty itself looking at itself maybe we havent been the fairest. bill: juan youre squinting when she is talking there. >> giving me a side eye? >> i think shes on target when she says if you ask reporters, are they more likely to be democrats or republicans, theyre more likely to be democrats and liberals not any question. the other side of this if you ask owners, ask editors theyre more likely to be republican. i ...

And assume were all dummies and are going to buy it. its just impossible. you cant cut taxes by $5 trillion over the next decade, spend $2 trillion more on defense than is budgeted, and then think no one is going to have to cover it. and youre not going to increase the deficit. of course youre going to increase the deficit. its far worse than anything that the reagan administration did when they quadrupled the deficit. its worse than what george w. bush did when he cut -- when he had two deep ta...

Loophole causes trouble with me. what theyre talking about for the average person working out there, loopholes, how about your homeowner mortgage deductions which everybody lives for. its the only charity you get. charitable deductions. what are the churches going to do when theyre told no more write-off. talking about being anti-religious. if romney gets his way and cuts charitable deductions, these churches will close. look at this. charity -- the other one is state and local. you dont have an...

Mr. president, you run your campaign or not? did you tell biden not to say that was a terrible thing to say about the chains? did you tell stephanie cutter not to choose someone being a felon? did you call anybody on the carpet? no. mr. president, are you trying to think you can fool everybody? he is in deeping deep trouble. >> he is not being asked the tough questions. he is not being held to account for any of this behavior, including his vice-president-- the media -- monica, is in his pocke...

Your campaign or not? did you tell biden not to say that was a terrible thing. did you tell stephanie cutter not to accuse him of being a fellon? no. you -- are you trying to just think you can fool everybody? the answer they get is in deep, deep trouble. >> hes not being held to account. the president is not accountable for any of the behavior including that of the vice president. >> the media is in his pocket. theyre extensions of the president. >> of course they are. when it comes to joe bide...