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Are in the safest time we could be in for commercial aviation in the united states of america. and worldwide. thats because of all of the advancements weve made. it looks right now like this problem, this tragedy came from some pretty horrific pilot error. of course, the federal -- the federal agencies investigating would say that we need to sit back and wait and we certainly do, but certainly all signs including some of the things theyve been saying in press conferences right after the crash su...

George zimmerman said on that hannity interview, as i said, that it was gods plan, you know, that veil a sour note. when you look at the evidence, like the fact that the gun was holstered inside his waistband, behind him, the gun is black. the holster is black. its a dark night. and supposedly, trayvon martin saw it and reached for it. which seems almost a physical impossibility to me. >> but they really havent -- you know, youve noted that, and i think its a great observation. they really haven...

And supposedly, trayvon martin saw it and reached for it. which seems almost a physical impossibility to me. >> but they really havent -- you know, youve noted that, and i think its a great observation. they really havent made note of that in the trial, at least thus far. >> i hope the operative word is "yet." >> three great analyses, thank you so much for being here. lisa bloom, alex ferrer and myrna white. coming up, what happened in the final moments of that asiana flight that happened in s...

Together in closing argument by the prosecution. but it is an interesting point, i think, about the evidence and the way that it is coming out in the courtroom. >> msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom, thanks for your time and thoughts. the court is now in recess until 1:30. when we come back after the break, there are new indications that pilot error may have contributed to saturdays deadly asiana airline crash in san francisco. well get the latest on the investigation and victims on flight 214 next ...

One system was down. they changed the runway. here again, you never want to jump to conclusions too early, but it seems that everything is pointing towards pilot error, including the statement from the lead investigator for the federal government that said he was well below the 158 miles per hour that he needed to be to prevent the stall. >> yeah. thats correct. deborah hersman the chairman of the ntsb i think somewhat perhaps uncharacteristically so quickly said yeah, he stalled the plane. i ta...

Approaching. that activated four seconds prior to impact. there was a call out for a go around from one of the crew at 1.5 seconds prior to impact. and the call out is a -- is communication between the crew that they want to go around, that means they want to not land but apply power and go around and try to land again. that call came 1.5 seconds before impact. yes, maam? [ inaudible ] >> based on those reportings, are you finding -- preliminary findings pointing to pilot error? >> the question ...

Airport. give this is latest. >> reporter: hi, fred. what we can tell you at this hour is investigators are aggressively searching for clues what happened here. as you said, those flight data recorders have been recovered and shipped to washington d.c. and data will be extracted and hopefully that will lead some clues. at this point, nothing has been ruled out including pilot error. the airlines ceo says apparently there was no problem with the engine or no mechanical problems with that airplane...

You have fog and condition. but on this day, to the naked eye, weather was not factor right? >> weather not a factor and frequently you do get overcast weather and fog here at sfo, when that happens they close down a couple of runways that was the immediate speculation that weather played a factor. but that speculation was immediately put to rest when people said that it was a clear sunny day here, all four runways were operational, traffic going in and out, normally. so, weather we can take tha...

Suggests there was some sort of pilot error. we want to make it very clear at this point the ntsb is not drawing any conclusions, at least publically, based upon the information they got. they say all things at this point are on the table, but of course pilot error is going to be one thing they are going to be looking at very closely. >> dan simon, thank you very much. we are going to talk to a pilot now. dan rose is here with us, former military pilot, private pilot now and aviation attorney. c...

Make any conclusions. at this point, one would think they are going to be looking at pilot error very closely. >> dan simon at san francisco international airport, thank you very much. two teenage girls died in the crash. more than 300 people survived. some walked away unharmed while 182 were taken to hospitals. the most critical are at san francisco general hospital. the citys only level 1 trauma center. kyung lah joins us from outside the hospital. what is the latest there? >> we got the lates...