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Of the jet. other pilots in the air at the time say they did not see enemy fire. seven u.s. military aircraft were launched from their bases in the mediterranean to take part in the recovery. two u.s. carrier jets flew cover for the mission and defense officials confirmed dropped two bomb to separate the pilot from suspected enemy approach. the downed pilot was back on board two hours after rescuers launched from the marine ship. the second airman landed in opposition held territory and hid in a...

Down. not enemy fire. its under investigation by the u.s. the flight crew ejected safely, both are back in american hands. president obama said that using force in libya has already saved lives there. hes in el salvador where he sat down with cnns juan carlos lopez who asked him about providing military support to the opposition in libya. heres his answer. >> obviously were discussing with the coalition what steps can be taken. i think that our hope is that the first thing that happens once weve...

East, europe, north america, beyond, you know, saying what do we do, how do we g out of this? what happens next? >> overnight, the allied forces lost a fighter jet, this missions first. a u.s. f-15. experienced an equipment malfunction in a raid on anti-aircraft defenses in eastern libya. a military spokesman says it was not due to enemy fire. both crew members ejected and are safe with minor injuries. on the ground in eastern libya, rebel forces forced heavy fire from the west. loyalist snipers...

Good morning, it is 26 minutes after the hour, welcome back to "american morning." >> we want to update you on a lot of stories. breaking news out of libya. u.s. fighter jet. one u.s. fighter jet, f-15e has crashed near the libyan city of benghazi. the two crew members ejected safely when their aircraft experienced an equipment malfunction were learning. it was not hit by enemy fire and both crew members are safe. theyre reported to only have minor injuries. the aircraft itself based out of engl...

Earlier today at the egyptian interior ministry building in cairo. it started after thousands of ministry workers and policemen staged a protest there to demand better working conditions. protestors denied setting that fire. more than $1 million per missile, the cost of operations over libya are piling up. but how much is the u.s. really expecting to spend? thats next. slap! slap! slap! ] ow, ow! [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums ...

That was fun and informative as well. thank you, richard. see you soon. >> thank you. >> be sure to join christine romans for "your bottom line" every saturday and "your money" saturdays and sundays. checking the time right now, 22 minutes past the hour. heres some other top stories. a u.s. air force fighter jet crashed in libya today. u.s. officials said it went down because of an equipment malfunction, not enemy fire. officials say both crew members, a pilot and weapons officer, ejected fr...

Enemy fire. but it was an f-15e. right now were hearing from the u.s. military that one of the crew men has been rescued, recovered as they say, and one is in the process of recovery. theres a look at what the f-15e strike eagle is. again, it went down earlier today and were getting new details about it. and well continue to follow it for you this morning. >> we were just speaking to retired u.s. general -- army general spider marks who said, look, this has always been part of the military plann...

Air defenses. the pentagon is not saying that at all. and the first early indications are that this was not as a result of enemy fire. thats what we know from the pentagon. but, of course, libyan state television trying to already claim this is some kind of victory on their part. christine? >> and nic, its no surprise that the gadhafi would try to use this to show how in charge gadhafi is. no surprise there. if theyre still looking for this other crew member, i mean, were told by retired general...

Deepens. more smoke spewed from reactors two and three at fukushima nuclear power plant, but the main concern today shifts now to reactors one and two. tokyo electrics president says the damage to those two reactors is worse than they thought. seawater pumped to cool the reactors has been corroding and danching the components and repairs will take longer than they first thought. on a positive note, though, technicians were able to restore power to the control room in reactor three, which has bee...

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