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Economy when were just start to go get the recovery back on its feet. >> megyn: well leave it at that. >> thank you. >> megyn: fox news alert on a regional airport in illinois getting ready for what is described as a possible crash landing by a small plane. well, you cant really say that. worried it can be a crash landing. a dangerous landing, but were trying to get the details and exactly whats going on with the plane. trace gallagher has been tracking it, trace. >> reporter: yeah, its an lear ...

This is the longer of the two runways at the airport so the plane will have to make a decision. the pilot will have to make a decision whether thats adequate and im sure hes advised by someone on the ground and get back to trace gallagher for the latest hes gotten. trace? >> and just two things to point out. if you go to the bigger airport, your runway is around the 10,000 foot marks to give the pilot more time to slow that plane down as it comes across and to pick up on what the helicopter pilo...

Force on the side of it. >> oh, yeah, they take the high ranking officers around the country to go to bases for inspections, things like that. and its a normal part of the air force. its a normal branch that does these things. >> megyn: when, if the problem is simply with the front wheel of the landing gear, is there a way of not putting that down, but putting the rest of the landing gear down or would that cause more harm than good? >> no, theyll just go ahead and put it down normally. i mean, ...

Can we say get it off the table, shes a gulf stream, lear jet, phony hypocrite. is anybody more phony than this guy? >> and-- >> hes such a phony, this g guy. >> whats amazing, the true believer over at current tv idealist idealistic, that hed go down there. al gore has a reputation for many years being hypocritical in the words of his staffer, b-ser, and into hlear jet from the limousine. >> capitalism, never has anyone made so much money on a failing enterprise. no viewers, but managed to make...

♪ megyn: new details about the small plane crash that killed mexican-american singer jenni rivera. mexicos top transportation official saying her lear jet plummeted 28,000 feet in just seconds, slamming into the ground nose first at 600 miles per hour. rivera and six members of her entourage were killed instantly. it may take days to recover the wreckage and identify the remains. jenni riveras style of music was very popular among latin music fans. she was just 43 years old. >> well, there is ...

As a southwest airlines plane almost collides with a lear jet at a busy new york. we are live with that story. >> a lear jet went right over our head [ elevator bell dings ]

>> reporter: it was the first officer onboard the flight to yelled at the captain to stop. thankfully he did. just short of that runway edge where that lear jet took off. none of the 85 people onboard either one of those planes was injured. but a couple dozen feet here or there and this would have been a different story to tell. megyn: rick, thank you. the republican race for president may come down to this. the south carolina primary in just 10 days and it may be the last chance for mitt romney...

Jet accident that killed his wife in anchorage. >> stevens and his wife were returning home to plan for the wedding of their daughter later this month. >> reporter: his run in the senate was historic, holding a seat from 1968 to 2009, longer than any other republican. but his political career ended in scandal. narrowly defeated after he was found guilty of corruption. >> i look only forward, and i still see the day when i can remove the cloud that currently surrounds me. >> reporter: the convict...

$200 million. cnns elaine cho said that came from your tax dollars. >> reporter: a $100,000 jewel-encrusted belt buckle, even allegations of hired prostitutes for employees. its a list that reads like a bad b movie. the man behind all of it? business executive david brooks. hes now accused of stealing millions of dollars in company money. and you wont believe where he got that money, to pay for an over-the-top lifestyle. luxury cars, a lear jet, lavish vacations. prosecutors allege that david br...

George upton was born in california. his arrest record dates back to 1968, goes up to 22-page rap sheet, 38 arrests. no fewer than eight convictions here in nevada. in california, in florida, idaho, missouri, oregon, washington, the sort of crimes romanticized in "catch me if you can" but his victims were not banks, they were real people. >> fraud, schemes, thefts, auto thefts. >> reporter: things based on lies? >> hes a predator. everybody that he comes in contact with, he lies to. >> reporter:...