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new concerns about the health of pope francis. a fever forcing him to cancel events. new insight from the reporter who interviewed him face-t-to-face jusust yesterday. the u.s. coast guard joining an urgent search in the bahamas for an american teen, who went overboard while celebrating his high school graduation. the critical shortage of more than a dozen cancer drugs patients being turned away from their chemo treatments whats behind all of this and celine dions major announcem...

this incredibly important work and for sharing with us. >> thank you, yasmin. thank you. >> we have got a lot more coming up, everybody. youre watching msnbc, our second hour starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey everybody. i im yasmin vossoughian. if you are just joining us, welcome. if you are sticking with, us we are thankful for that. so, we are continuing to keep our eye on capitol hill. a deal on the debt ceiling could come at any moment. those on both sides waiting to find out wh...

2.5 million passengers today alone, amid questions of whether the system can handle it after last years summer travel meltdown, and the roads are just as packed. plus, imagine if this was your pilot locked out of the cockpit climbing in through the window. also tonight, well show you the terrifying new video. a passenger apparently opens an airplane door midair. the wind whipping through the cabin. how it was able to happen. the new deadline just announced when the u.s. will defaul...

Deterring all the other passengers and crew on the airplanes. >> reporter: airline officials say the plane carrying 194 passengers was several hundred feet above the ground, when a man in his 30s, seated in the exit row, was allegedly tinkering with the handle, and eventually opened the door. >> how could a passenger open a door like this while the flight is still up in the air? >> it could be open in the last few seconds of flight so that should, on landing -- if your plane may end up off the s...

Asiana airlines flight moments after a man allegedly ripped open the planes emergency door minutes before landing. >> it is recklessly endangering all the other passengers and crew on the air plane. >> reporter: airline officials say the plane carrying 194 passengers and was about 700 feet above the ground when a man in his 30s seated in the exit row was allegedly tinkering with the handle and eventually opened the door. >> how could a passenger open a door like this while the flight is still up...

Promotional avenues of staff restructured Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 22: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) Anshul Garg today enumerated various significant measures for the general welfare of the Shrine Board employees which include enhancement of hardship allowance for 1450 employees posted at Higher Altitudes, promotion of 131 employees of various groups, restructuring of various cadres for latter promotional avenues, one time relaxation in qual...

Transporting at higher altitudes. the stinger missiles, the sa-7, sa-9, man portable sa-14, those have a service ceiling of around 10 to 15,000 feet, which isnt halfway to what the altitudes at what the air transit is at. so taking that into consideration, obviously, i think aircraft will avoid flying over syria at the moment for all the news that pervades at the moment and it seems that the airways path is taking it north within the sinai air space up into the mediterranean into cyprus, turkey,...

Ntsb investigation with a party system, with getting all the people, all the experts from power plants, from everywhere they can, putting them together. thats a great, great thing to happen. i dont know how many people listened to that whole process. but its wonderful to see. and i was also encouraged by the fact that theyre utilizing every aspect of the data making their assumption. lower altitudes, higher altitudes. theyre looking at every aspect. and i was very encouraged by it. >> and im sur...

Aviation consultant, both experienced captains of boeing 777s. if it was flying faster earlier, explain the significance of that? it means it used more fuel earlier? >> the faster it goes, the more fuel it is going to burn. at higher altitudes, the airplane has less resistance and i capable of going faster with the assumption it was at 35,000 o 35,000 feet on itst contact that we know of. thats where all the calculations began, from the point where we knew the airplane was last. all the wings th...