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>> what conclusion can you draw about how these fractures and these injuries were caused? >> one impact on a very hard, flat surface. thats my opinion. >> reporter: dr. spitz said the science showed russell adkins had been telling the truth. dana had hit her head on the road after falling out of a car. and the original autopsy, which identified three small abrasions on her elbows and shoulder, proved that. >> the abrasions were significant to him, that abrasions to the elbows and the shoulder ar...

Feet deep. so very heavy, small objects will sink well into that silt. an object with a large, flat surface will not. it will sink slightly. a very heavy, small object would sink, so a lot depends on how the airplane is broken up, whether its remained in tact or being shattered. that will play a big part. >> certainly will. jeffrey thomas, thanks to you as well. thanks to our panel here in d.c. were going to stay on top of this story, obviously, for our viewers. still ahead, were going to show...

Range to glide quite some distance. >> it had the ability to glide depending on altitude. >> assuming you have someone in control of the airport a. in theory you could or would try to set it down on the water. the miracle on the hudson is the perfect example. that was done with an air bus 320, a much smaller aircraft. this is considered to be a jumbo jet. here are alerts youre trying to get. the plane is trying to tell you, if youre this low, why dont you have the landing gear down. the reason i...

Thing. youre not knock out. anyone whos ever fallen and hit their head hard knows what im talking about, the stunning effect. but -- you know, you hit your head hard, you understand what it means. >> there has been some discussion in the testimony about punctate abrasions. let me show you exhibit 66. are there punctate abrasions evident in this photo? >> right here. you can see little reddish markings. that indicates that there was impact with with a surface, flat surface, that was not really sm...

>>gretchen: 43 minutes after the top of the hour. a damaging day for the prosecution in the george zimmerman murder trial in florida. one of their key witnesses switching sides now. live from the courthouse. melissa, what can you tell us? >> good morning. yesterday a very busy day in testimony. one of the people that stood out was a medical examiner from jacksonville. she analyzed pictures of george zimmerman after the shooting took place and she said that she did not believe, in her medical opi...

Last night. right here, going over the brooklyn bridge, there is a perfect site line, not only for the protesters, but everybody covering the protesters, for the scene everybody was gearing up for on the brooklyn bridge. right on that line of the bridge is what everybody refers to as the verizon building. now, its not actually verizons headquarters, as the folks at the "village voice" pointed out today, verizon just has couple floors there and their name on the top of the building is essentially...

Scene everybody was gearing up for on the brooklyn bridge. right on the sight line of the bridge is what everybody refers to as the verizon building. now, its not actually verizons headquarters, as the folks at the "village voice" pointed out today, verizon just has couple floors there and their name on the top of the building is essentially a giant ad for that company. this is what it looks like. its a big, flat building that has a big flat surface on it facing the river with a big, flat surfac...

Coming over the lake and theres nothing to block it. no trees. flat surface, the winds will be higher. the case this morning. 37 in chicago, saginaw gusting now to 43 so those are impressive gusts. leaves on the tree, thats where we could get downed tree limbs. a breezy day today but not like our friends dealing with it in the great lakes. showers, a few around buffalo and well have a little in the catskills and maybe drizzle from new york city to hartford but that will be about it. our friends ...