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Hes got to respond of not guilty which is usually the case or guilty which will be explosive and thats usually when we hear the suspect utter one or two words. he can talk to the judge if he wants. she will likely ask him questions as to his prison conditions and if theres anything that needs to be addressed. there are some unknowns that will happen during what is a routine proceeding. >> all right. well be watching closely. thank you. appreciate it. theres new details about the pilots of the ...

Aircraft was way too low and slow. >> we have a flying pilot, and we have two other pilots that are in the cockpit and they have a monitoring function. one of the very critical things that needs to be monitored on an approach to landing is speed. so we need to understand what was going on in the cockpit and also what was going on with the aircraft. >> reporter: the asiana flight crew was not tested for drugs or alcohol after the crash. as a u.s. flight crew would have been. the ntsb also confirm...

Monitor. we have a flying pilot, and we have two other pilots that are in the cockpit, and they have a monitoring function. one of the very critical things that needs to be monitored on an approach to the landing is speed. and so we need to understand what was going on in the cockpit and also what was going on with the aircraft. jenna: claudia cowan is live in san francisco with more on this story. whats the latest you can tell us about the pilots? >> reporter: well, jenna, whats still unclear h...

And the flying pilot that he was instructing had flown together. the relief first officer who was sitting in the jump seat reported to our investigators that he had 4,600 hours flight time. he estimated that he had 900 to 1,000 hours flying a 777. he flew f-5s and f-16s in the korean air force. he had flown to san francisco five or six times as the pilot monitoring. the fourth pilot who was serving as the relief captain was not in the cockpit for the approach. as i mentioned, he was seated in th...

The agriculture department says there is overlapping and duplication. but it is astonishing that four years after the end of a recession, four years into an economic recovery, you still have more people receiving food assistance than working full r full time. thats an astonishing picture of america right now. martha: stuart, thank you very much. well see you later. gregg: federal investigators say they will question two of the four pilots of the asiana airlines flight that crash landed in san fr...

Than the previous shelf life version. they will hit store shelves next week. brian will take the day off. alover to you. >> brian: investigators focusing on the pilots on board the flight 214 to try to determine what caused the deadly crash. were joined now by ntsb chairperson, deborah hersman, who has the latest on the investigation and also maybe some details on the two pilots who were submitted for interviews. thank you for your time. what could you feel comfortable sharing with us about the ...

Of the facts straight about who was the flying pilot in this leg of the flight. who was the pilot in command in the cockpit. and so weve got two captains here. we want to understand that. they did come in to san francisco, they were slow. we know they had a crash on the approach. we would expect in a two-pilot operation for there to be some redundancy and some monitoring thats taking place. we have to understand what went wrong on this flight. >> they were flying in very slow and very low. and c...

Was out of the cabin. and in the course of any investigation, they -- the investigators will look at the history of the flying pilot. in this case the copilot. they will interview his family. they will interview his friends. they will interview his coworkers. they will look at his medical history. they will look at his computer. anything to identify a motive for why he might have done this. or something about his personal or mental health. >> and when you look at the discussion kitty, about thes...

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