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And what they have got. >> rick gillispie, how does this change the investigation, if at all? >> i dont think it changes the investigation at all. were following leads. i hope theyre also following other leads. id want to know more about the emergency landings that the pilot was practicing. there are emergency landings and then there are emergency landings. id like more information about that. >> what do you mean there are emergency landings and then there are emergency landings? >> okay. so let...

Months after gm settled the case, a recall fiasco. now another potential danger. carfax tells gma, more than 3 million used cars from different manufacturers are being sold right now with open recalls. and if you dont check, you might never know. 23-year-old damian snow says he bought this recalled 2004 pt cruiser from the los angeles dealership. >> they told me everything is fine. it has no mechanical problems. checked out and nobody told me there was a recall on this car. >> reporter: and ther...

Well, a poll finds that 35% believe it was crashed by mechanical problems. 22% believe it was crashed by pilots. and 12%, destroyed by terrorists. and 9% say it landed safely. has anything changed your mind? les? >> im with the 35% that think its honestly a mechanical problem. i would like to see us head in the direction of more specific

When abcs jonathan karl asked if moscow isnt the geopolitical biggest foe, the president was dismisses ive. >> russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. not out of strength but out of weakness. russias actions are a problem. they dont pose the number one national security threat to the united states. >> the president then said he was much more concerned about a nuclear weapon going off in manhattan. he also admitted that there was little the west can do to f...

Rational thinking, what could have presented that caused this aircraft to be in this part of the world, that far off course, if the gyrations are true, if theyre not true, how could that have happened? we have gone through explanations. some absolutely not really plausible. and some -- weve had some validity. electrical fires, mechanical problems. fires in the cargo bay. people being -- intruders into the aircraft, the cockpit, the crew. you know, each one really has to be looked at. i mean, if ...

Morning talked about how they interviewed 100 witnesses in regards to the pilot and co-pilot. they didnt say they found anything but who knows. >> right. plus on the altitude again earlier on a week ago we had reports that the aircraft climbed 45,000 or 43,000 and then descended down 5,000. so all the ti attitude of this plane has been somewhat of a mystery. it has pretty much been all over the flight levels, up and down, et cetera. there have been cases where airplanes have porpoised when theyv...

Its bad weather. they cant take off right away and youre there for a specific period of time and they announce we got to return to the terminal because the flight crew has to get off the plane. >> why dont they ever tell you the truth about why azo2u hand cancelled? this makes me crazy. they come up with some bogus lie like mechanical problems and then you see the crew leaving because they cant do any more overtime. >> this is what you learn by digging into this. its partly because the truth is ...

Hes heavily sedated, on a breathing machine, still in critical condition. the other student shot by a classmate, 13-year-old kendall sanders, is expected to be released from the hospital. >> lets hope that recovery does continue. new questions this morning about a fatal black hawk helicopter accident in georgia. one soldier was killed, two others injured as the chopper slammed into the ground during a routine training exercise. officials are calling it a hard landing. now were learning the sol...

The microscope. seven cars jumping the tracks in new york killing four people and injuring more than 60 others. think plan to be here for 7 days they were teetering where the harlem and hudson rivers meet. was it a track problem? a train problem a mechanical issue human error? could speed be a factor. the engineer at the controls said he tried to apply the breaks but dont r couldnt slow down. >> we will interview the train crews in the next day or two.

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