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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 theyre not so sure, leaving open...

Years earlier, right, that was 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. vinsens which shot down that civil...

Shooting at and thought they were shooting at one thing and it ended up being a tragic, criminal mistake. >> absolutely. a key thing in a war environment is everybody is on a hair trigger. the adrenaline is pumping. they are looking at how to score another kill. thats the mind set that you are dealing with. because you are dealing with that kind of mind set, the mistakes are going to happen. we had a similar incident involving the u.s. navy when we shot down the iran air jet in 1988 from tehran ...

Toward the front line. >> that tower there. >> suddenly we felt a lot safer. >> but not everybody feels that way. cameron abdurazad muhammad, the 25-year-old kurdish man working as an interpreter for the bbc, is worried about the journey. >> these jackets -- >> thank you. >> about three or four miles down the road, suddenly the convoys stop. you could see everyone get out and start inspecting an iraqi tank that had been blown inside of the road. >> scott sees an opportunity to get new footage of...

Ross almer, nice to see you. weve been getting your tweets here. ryan has them. do you have anything good coming in, ryan? >> f-14 flier 7 here is asking,s a the possibility of a military missile striking the plane been ruled out? >> we oh, gosh. give it a rest. >> the plane was jacked, flown below radar. landed in military base or other field. but why, thats my best, probably wrong guess. >> you know, ross was just talking about that, they could land it on a makeshift runway. its a big bird. i ...

A poll shows a steep drop in support. in june, he was 5 percentage points behind quinn. 47% said he should not drop out, 43% said yes and 10% unsure. in a juish orthodox church where he campaigned theres mixed feelings. >> flying as high as an f-14 and not listening to people on the ground. as a voter, that doesnt concern me. he didnt do anything illegal. >> being it happened after he resigned, it happened again, im a little bit doubtful about his sincerity and doubtful about his capabilities. >...

Asked if he should drop out of the race, 47% said no, 43% said yes and 10% are unsure. in a jewish orthodox neighborhood where he campaigned, there were mixed feeling. >> he was flying as high as an f-14 and not listening too much to people on the ground, these problems might have landed him. as a voter, that doesnt concern me as much. he didnt do anything illegal. >> i feel that being it happened after he resigned, im a little bit doubtful about his sincerity and doubtful about his capabilities...

Afghanistan. >> looks amazing. brokaw files. >> not too long after that, i was in an f-14 going up over afghanistan in the back seat. that was one of my favorite pilots, mike is jack who was a great guy. we spent 48 hours on the uss stennis and the war zone. 5,200 people on board doing their job 24/7. >> what is the effect on the body when you go from 0 to 175 in two seconds? >> thats not the big impact. the big impact is when you go come back. you go from 175 miles to zero. you just stop like t...

The 40 year regime. tensions stretch back to the reagan administration . peter doocy joins us with a look back at the string of violence that ignited american hostilities with libya. >> it is 25 years since president reagan called qaddafi the mad dog of the middle east. that gives you an idea of what things have been like in the country and even ooch before hand. 1981, qaddafi laid claim to a big chunk and the american f-14 had to hoot down fighter jet in self defense. our sixth fleet sailed ove...

Back from washington. >> reporter: it is almost 25 years since ronald reagan called muammar qaddafi the mad dog of the middle east and that gives you a good idea of what things have been like in that country, for all of this time and, even beforehand. it was 1981. when he laid claim to a big chunk of the gulf of sidra, an american f-14, ended up having to shoot down two libyan fighter jets in self-defense. five years later, our 6th fleet sailed over the imaginary line in the same gulf of sidra. ...