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. they lost track of the flight pak path because they were looking at their laptops. mike, thanks for joining us. >> youre welcome. >> we know the faa is considering suspending or taking the license here. now youve got the pilots version, they are officially on record what they say they were doing which was on their laptop. >> well, i have a lot of problems with them on the laptop than if they had fallen asleep because fatigue is kind of an unconsciousness disregard where this is a conscious dis...

The context here is important to remember, that northwest air lines has, in the last year, been bought by delta airlines. there is integration going on. the crews have to prepare for that integration and ining at the gate, literally. northwest pilots have to adopt the delta flight book, full, understanding how delta does things. did that in any way contribute to this? we simply dont know. we do know not only did investigators talk to the crew, they have talked to the flight attendants and will b...

Attendants. it is interesting, the speculation on friday when the story took off, no pun intended, that the pilots had dozed off. but now it seems to be a combination of a bathroom break, some sort of a discussion with the flight attendants on board and the taking out of the laptops to discuss future scheduling and the like. and somehow, all of that adds up to over an hour of radio silence between these pilots and people franticly, at least some 13 times on the ground air traffic colors are trie...

Integrated into the iraqi security forces, there are those that want more autonomy away from the central government in the west and an bar and perhaps in the south as well, baz are a. we dont know all the details of whats behind this specific bombing, we do know there are groups which can benefit from the erosion of central government authority and we have to believe that is what it is directed at. >> general wesley clark, thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. we have got some breaking news...

For their own children now until a suspect is named. mark potter, thank you so much. autopsy is planned today for a multibillionaire connected to bernie madoff who was found dead in his florida mansion. jeffry picower wife found her husband body at the bottom of a pool on sunday. they are investigating the death as a drowning. the 67-year-old is accused of making more than $7 billion from bernie madoff. pilots of the plane that overshot minneapolis by 150 miles will now say they were not asl...

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Nbcs tom kos stella is covering this for us. do we know what happened up a there? >> we dont know. the ntsb has talked to the pilot and co-pilot and had an in-depth discussion with them ned in minneapolis and presumably got some answers but we are led to believe they were not, in fact, sleeping but distracted so that then begs the question what would distract a crew so much that for the better part of an hour and 15 to an hour and 20 minutes they simply tuned out the radio? is it possible that t...

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Industry, but other industries, as well. because it is a concern. but getting on with what we hear now, that it wasnt a sleep situation, first of all, i dont buy it. because one was an unconscious disregard. this is a conscious disregard. and i cant believe a distraction like this could go on for one hour. theres absolutely no place for it. >> in other words, you dont think that -- looking at your laptop computer and somehow having a discussion about your schedule could somehow distract you enou...