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Joining us now bret baier the anchor of special report. jenna was asking this question last hour. elect built, what does it mean? >> reporter: that is a great question, jon it depends on who you ask and what the criteria are and the different polls. elect twho will beat president obama in the general election. there are a numbr of things this the poll that are interesting, the new washington post abc poll. 7 in 10 people are saying that republicans hear that it was more important to support a ca...

Versions of those drones. one u.s. naval commander saying some likely would be deployed in asia. are we trying to get eyes in the sky over china? joining us now a retired u.s. navy captain chuck nash, a fox news military analyst and a guy who took off from aircraft carriers hundreds of timesment what do you think about this idea of putting unmanned craft on aircraft carriers, chuck? >> well, jon its something that will take a little bit of time. the navy is running as you say an experiment, kind...

During the prosecution of the war, the place to try them is in a military tribunal. i applaud the administration for taking 180-degree can turn with regard to the position they had taken previously. jon: but how is what they did so different from what richard reid went on trial in federal court for attempting to do? >> >> well, i think theres substantial difference here. reid was actually captured in december 2001 before the system that is now in place in guantanamo bay was established. guantana...

>> well, its not clear whether its symptomatic of the age or symptomatic of just the use of the aircraft. but i think what the faa and the ntsb are going to have to do is figure out whether this, these faults are limited to this type of aircraft, the 737-300, or whether its a prod wither issue. and i think well get to that sometime today or tomorrow. i think thats their top priority. jon: the 737 is, as i understand it, still the most popular, the most used aircraft out there. more of them out t...

Come up with another solution. desperate measures, really, in rather desperate times and no indication of really how theyre going to stop this, nor or actually prevent other leaks from taking place. theyve got what is some form of dye into some tanks in some parts of the plant to see if that can trace where the waters coming from, but so far no luck. it seems everything they try just doesnt appear to be working, and they appear to be running out of options. people are now saying whether its time...

These types of issues than the civilian courts. jon: michael sullivan, thank you. >> thanks, jon.it jon: well w be right back. ♪ [car horn honks] our outbacalways gets us there... ... sotimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪

Jenna: breaking news coming out of d.c., we also have this breaking news on southwest. southwest is canceling at least 70 more flights as the airline checks for cracks in that fleet of 737s. were glad youre with us, im jenna lee. jon: and im jon scott. a 5-foot hole rips open in the passenger cabin of a southwest jet at 34,000 feet. now safety inspectors are finding more cracks similar to those suspected of causing fridays mishap forcing the airline to ground several of its planes. peter goelz i...

Remain open for the foreseeable future, and we dont know how long that lasts. jenna: as you so rightly point out, we cant speculate. we dont know how this will play out politically, but its an interesting situation considering all the facets, bret. certainly a lot more to talk about today for you, "special report," 6 p.m. eastern time. we look forward to seeing you at 6 p.m. eastern. jon: and right now brand new stories and breaking news. more cracks found in southwest airlines jets raising new ...

Feeling was at least on the military side that pretty quickly there would be federal court indictment in the southern district of new york. once we got to december 09 and then january of 2010, my understanding is that there was not an indictment at that time, so the military made the decision to withdraw the prejudice the military charges against the men. in sort of laymans terms what this means is that the military was able to preserve their position so that perhaps in the future if case came b...

Everything holder -- eric holder gives the go ahead, im sure theyve already done their paperwork months if not years ago to tibet this thing started right away. i think we could have a trial within 60-90 days. jenna: and then we would see a resolution before the tenth anniversary? >> a trial would start, i would think within 60-90 days theyd have to give notice to defense counsel, give them their time, but, yes, i think we could have a verdict before the anniversary of 9/11. jenna: just some tim...