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>> and correct me if im wrong, as a result of this new development, the likelihood that there was a catastrophic mechanical error as opposed to some human getting involved and doing this, the likelihood of mechanical problem has dimmed. >> thats right. the mechanical structural has reduced and human increased. >> so where does that leave the investigation now, tom? youve led these investigations in the past. i know there is cooperation with the malaysians but there are a lot of questions out the...

Believe, and of course, youre not going to know this. its all speculation at this point, but im inclined to believe that when you add up all the pieces that we know at this point, that the airplane deviated from its course, the transponder was off, there was no communication, and without having the voice recorder, the cockpit voice recorder and certainly the flight data recorder, you dont even know who was in the cockpit or who was let into the cockpit. who was flying, whether there was a strugg...

Helicopters were flying in formation in southern afghanistan. and suddenly one of of the black hawk helicopters suffered some kind of mechanical problem they believe and it went down and made a hard landing. the problem here though is once that helicopter hit, those american forces aboard immediately came under heavy enemy fire, presumably from taliban. the u.s. military in kandahar dispatched a quick reaction and upon arrival those u.s. military forces engaged the enemy still on the ground and ...

Eitherred to off or, as apparently hes put it, zoned out. more on that in just a minute. first, federal investigators say the metro north train was speeding at at 82-miles-an-hour when several cars jumped the track. three times the speed limit in the area. the wreck happened on a sharp bend. its this curve right here along the hudson river. its translated to spitting devil. the speed limit into that curve right there drops from 70-miles-an-hour up here, to 30-miles-an-hour in here. you see, that...

Important because from the outside, you see this catastrophic fire, you see all this billowing smoke, yet we have all these survivors. well, theyre going to want to know how the folks got out in such a timely manner before the fire erupted in the aircraft. all of that is taking place right now, simultaneous cvr and fdr data being previewed and pumped back to the team, so that that will give them some idea if there is in fact a mechanical problem, they can start focusing on that as well. >> cvr, ...

afghanistan. they wont say whether its the type that contains highly classified information. security experts say if it is that drone, the u.s. military has lost a lot. >> the important point to take away here is that the iranians now have a very sensitive piece of american military technology in their hands. i hope that theres a self-destruct button attached to it. after months of bloody crack jouns against protesters, syria now says it will let observers into the country to monitor...

and good morning, everybody. its wednesday, october 5th. a very cool, crisp day here in the northeast. welcome to "american morning," everyone. >> lots of news to tell you about today. first, amanda knox is back on american soil. what a homecoming it was. knox touched down in seattle shortly after 8:00 last night, p.m. she thanked everyone who supported drew griffin was there. what was it like? >> reporter: before she even spoke, before anyone spoke, you could just see the relief on th...

Geck still, i mean, ths... that quite fast! steve: well, what if i told you i only ud one hand? ncr: geico 15 mites coul ve you 1 or moren car insunce. welcome back to the daily rundown. its the bottom of the hour, heres a quick look at whats driving the day. the u.s. military says an f-15 crashed in libya. the military says the jet was not shot down, but appears to have had some kind of mechanical problem. president obama is on his way to el salvador at this hour. we will address the escalati...

You have to change congress, you have to get the democrats out, get the balanced budget, cut spending and get free markets back to work. no one in fcal policy, treasury or anything is going to do that, it has to come from the people, people have to have enough and vote them out. jenna: mark wants to fire boehner, i think that is a good place to leave is very fair & balanced. thank you so much. hope to see you guys again. jon: just into the fox newsroom a bit of good news after that terrible plan...

In response to the doubts or fears or desires of others, but in pursuit of passion and hope and dreams that are all your very own. >> mrs. obama follows in the footsteps of civil rights icon dr. martin luther king. he spoke back in 1958. we turn to new york now where the probe is now under way. federal investigators are looking into the crash of a staton island ferry. 36 people at least injured yesterday morning. the vessel suffered some sort of mechanical problem. the captain said the ferry a...