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Sterlings attorney. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. my pleasure. up next, deal or no deal? and where is the donald sterling drama headed? our own don lemon and rachel nichols are standing by. and a sudden blinding light in the cockpit. laser attacks and how they are being targeted. stay with us. youre in "the situation room." so what im saying is, people like options.

It is quite possible and thats why the fbi is cracking down. the latest example, a florida man now facing the possibility of federal time behind bars. blinding light from below, a seminole county sheriffs helicopter and two pilots inside targeted. this is what it looked like on the receiving end of this laser attack near orlando saturday. 19-year-old trevor rango now charged with a felony. >> he said he didnt have a good explanation, but you can see in the video he was actually running around an...

New york city and southern california are among the areas with the most incidents. listen as a plane is coming in for landing in 2012. >> we just got lasered up here. two green flashes into the cockpit. it caught the first officers eye. >> a dangerous distraction that in some cases have caused injury. pilots have been hospitalized because of burned corneas. laser strikes have never caused a crash, but the fbi fears it eventually will. >> if an aircraft were to go down in a neighborhood, a school...

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Thousands of dollars in award money may lead to arrests. thousands are targeting pilots flying airplanes, temporarily blinding them mid flight. >> your entire cockpit turns green. >> the fbi says because of a dramatic spike in incidents, theyre offering reward money for tips that lead to the culprits behind the laser attacks. 11 cities in san juan are offering up to 10,000 drars. >> its about 25% brighter than a flashlight flashing in your face. that could cause temporary incapacitation. >> the ...

Flight 521 from new york was landing at west palm beach airport. the pilot said someone on the ground tracked the aircraft, with a laser for about 20 to 30 seconds. this faa video shows what a laser looks like from an airplanes cockpit. the fda says a lasers beam, especially from a strong laser, can injure instantly. >> lasers will not physically hurt the airplane but lasers can temporarily blind the pilot and also just the effect of this, startling burst of light into the airplane cockpit. >> r...

Investigating. >> reporter: it happened as this plight from new york was landing at west palm beach airport. someone on the ground tracked the aircraft with a laser for about 20 to 30 seconds. this video shows what it looks like from the cockpit. the faa says a lasers beam can initial instantly. >> it can blind the pilot, at least it can temporarily blind the pilot. and just the effect of the this startling burst of light into the care plane cockpit. >> reporter: nationwide, theyre becoming incr...

Planes were coming in to land. the laser attacks on the in bound flights to new york city have increased 17% so far this year. the high-tech rollout for obamacare is looking low tech these days with a website a complete mess. is there a better way to go about this? we will analyze some of the options. >> and the step mother of a teenager accused of bullying a girl to the point of committing suicide. our legal panel on how the two cases might all tie together. >> and in a league of their own. h...

Story. >> reporter: it starts as a bright narrow beam of green light at ground level. but by the time it gets to the cockpit, this laser explodes into a blinding bright flash, a genuine hazard for pilots. >> you might think its fun but its extremely dangerous. >> reporter: this san francisco news copter captured this crime on tape, the second time in two weeks they were lasered. >> the guy was standing on his front porch and kept doing it over and over. >> reporter: police arrested the prankster...