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Jets flying in and out of seatac and some of the major international airports. one thing that is interesting to keep in mind, just for the public that had flown, that are used to these airports and kind of the ins and outs of commercial flying, if you think about it, if a mechanic were to try to hijack an airport that was sitting at a commercial gate, there is no way that a mechanic could make his or her way into the cockpit and then somehow, you know, back the plane up from a gate. it doesnt ha...

No real intentions upset, extracting it. we know secretary of state pompeo was heading there on jul. what do we make of their relationship with that kingdom? >> i dont think we got anything from a singapore meeting. i think we got a photo op which served kim jong un more than attend us and president trump, without speaking to mattis, the south korean president, decided, we will suspend our military exercises over there, which a lot of people dont know, every time we put a plane up, the north kor...

Airfield. >> one clarifying questionn terms of who was notified, who was in on this, one of the things admiral stavridis just mentioned is the issue of the russian government, obviously the most important ally to the assad regime, and also a big military presence on the ground in syria. do we know if the russians were given a heads-up about this? >> we do not. all we know on that, rachel, is there is this deacconfliction le that is used quite frequently because both american aircraft and russian...

Caught in malta. but our circumstances, the egypt air flight that was hijacked by a man diverted to cyprus. and that case, suicidal explosive belt turned out to be fake. these guys had hand grenades, going to blow the plane up in the egypt air flight case, this guy was upset about a broken marriage, wanted to see his estranged wife and could be politically motivated. we are waiting for more information on that. molly: a strange way to get your message out. thanks. gregg: joe biden reflecting on ...

Know, we just dont even -- it doesnt even make news very often because for the most part, they slide into the mud and nobody is injured and you have a lot of people asking questions about how this happened. and what will happen now, of course, is youll have both the faa and probably the ntsb, but surely the faa will take a look at exactly what happened in the cockpit, how fast was the pilot coming in, did he or she hit that runway early enough? or did they hit it too late? and as a result, didnt...

Coming in, did he or she hit that runway early enough? or did they hit it too late? and as a result, didnt have enough runway space at the end? but the chances are -- >> did we lose tom there? sounds like we may have lost tom on the audio there. thats live footage right now from the runway, if youre just joining us, laguardia airport, where the charter plane, the 737 that flies governor of indiana mike pence, of course, the republican v.p., just skidded off the runway during a rough landing. you...

>> keir simmons, we will let you go and continue your reporting. obviously a continuing and breaking news situation there. secretary of state john kerry in paris today met with french president hollande. after hollande had called international response to isis incoherent and divided in his speech yesterday. the french in general are dismayed over what is widely considered to be a defensive reaction by president obama yesterday. >> reporter: how could the u.s. expectations of the west be so wro...

Hybrid explosive, that means ones that ripped as jimmy was saying. it opens up the side of an airplane, the zipper effect. doesnt take much explosives. if they wanted to make sure the plane went down, they could get it around security and have a baggage handler simply put it in the tail of the plane, use a lot of explosives to make sure the plane came down. weather whether it was a vapor or barometric switch i dont think well ever know. i have to emphasize how easy this is once youve got staff o...

Theres still a person whos in critical condition. this plane is an older plane, from the 1950s, a hawker hunter jet airplane. the pilot just unable to maneuver, to pull the plane up in time, and really just some horrific video coming out of this. people filming it. as you see, theres that moment of impact, theres a large fire ball that goes up. paramedics on the scene say that the majority of those casualties were people in their cars, traveling on that highway. it has been closed. and the inves...

This is a simulator, we dont allow that to happen. >> richard, you and i were watching that. you had the same situation in simulators. >> the instructor will not even countenance the idea. they dont even want to think about it. dont want to try it. not only that, there have been times in the simulator i got into trouble and the instructor wont just switch it back. hell take the controls, and theyll fly it out. its a mental blockage. they dare not go to the idea that this isnt real. >> ron, its i...