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Family. i feel for her two kids, her husband, the community that she lived in. i cant imagine what theyre going through. >> the southwest hero pilot, captain tammie jo shultz issued a statement saying she was, quote, simply doing her job. with me now, the first female f-14 tom cat fighter pilot in the u.s. navy. welcome and and thatthank you s for your service. >> it was a privilege, brooke. thank you very much. >> when you first found out that this hero pilot was a former navy fighter pilot, yo...

Whether he he was a naval aviator. we were walking down toward the f-14. its very cool walking down anywhere in new york city or anywhere in america with him. >> of course, you were mentioning his year and how it changed his age with his twin brother. his twin brother who is married to gabby giffords. >> thats right. mark kelly. this morning there is finally positive news in the battle against the wildfires that have devastated californias wine country and deadliest and most destructive in the s...

Change in tactics for democrats because for the first time in eight years they are on the outside looking in. >> bret: peter, thank you. missouri democratic congressman william lacy clay is suing congress over the removal of constituent artwork from its capitol hill display. the painting showed a pig in a police uniform. pretty you may remember we covered this. clay and his republican colleagues alternately took down and rehung the painting for a few days before was permanently removed. clay cal...

Because for the first time in eight years they are on the outside looking in. >> bret: peter, thank you. missouri democratic congressman william lacy clay is suing congress over the removal of constituent artwork from its capitol hill display. the painting showed a pig in a police uniform. pretty you may remember we covered this. clay and his republican colleagues alternately took down and rehung the painting for a few days before was permanently removed. clay calls that arbitrary and unconstitu...

That has been a concern of mine especially when i was a former commanding officer of a cruiser in the persian gulf, with the iranian navy. on many different occasions it was a possible transport of nuclear proliferation or missile technology control elements via the c to iran or to other places. thats a very good concern. i think think it is a welcome change to look at this policy. >> and quickly, you talk about harassment. they have the small boats, which they have been harassing warships. coul...

1988. when the russians shot down a civilian aircraft five years later in 1983, president reagan addressed the nation and said no other country does things like this. then when the united states did it five years later, the pentagon did back flips to explain how understandable this whole thing was. what was concluded to be a hostile aircraft. it wasnt a hostile aircraft. it was a passenger jet. the commanding officer of the u.s.s. vincennes which shot down that civilian aircraft, the commanding ...

Believed to have been killed. now, the iranian government, the military is saying the plane was shot down by missiles, that they came from u.s. forces in the persian gulf. the defense department in washington has said so far it knows nothing about the plane being shot down by missiles. it cannot even confirm the plane was shot down. >> throughout the morning, military officials were certain that u.s. naval forces in the persian gulf had shot down an iranian f-14 fighter jet. now theyre saying th...

Passenger plane that was taking off from a nearby airport in iran called bondar abas. for whatever reason, the crew of the u.s. navy ship looked at that civilian airliner in the process of taking off and decided instead that it must be an iranian military f-14 fighter jet coming down at them. they got the size wrong, they got the speed wrong. they got the trajectory wrong, they got the type of aircraft wrong almost by an order of magnitude. and that navy ship shot that civilian airliner down and...

Passenger plane that was taking off from a nearby airport in iran called bondar abas. for whatever reason, the crew of the u.s. navy ship looked at that civilian airliner in the process of taking off and decided instead that it must be an iranian military f-14 fighter jet coming down at them. they got the size wrong, they got the speed wrong. they got the trajectory wrong, they got the type of aircraft wrong almost by an order of magnitude. and that navy ship shot that civilian airliner down and...

Shot down by missiles, that they came from u.s. forces in the persian gulf. the defense department in washington has said so far it knows nothing about the plane being shot down by missiles. it cannot even confirm the plane was shot down. >> throughout the morning, military officials were certain that u.s. naval forces in the persian gulf had shot down an iranian f-14 fighter jet. now theyre saying theyre not so sure, leaving open the distinct possibility that a u.s. missile may have been respon...