Hearing an explosion around 9 00 a. M. This morning. That explosion turns out to be an aircraft. That was the f15 belonging to the Massachusetts Air National Guard. Weve got a photo we can show you of a smoke plume that was seen shortly after this crash occurred. A Massachusetts Air National Guard reports losing contact with the plane around 9 05 this morning. Shortly before that the pilot reported an inflight emergency crash y have located the site and this is a picture of a Massachusetts Air National Guard f15 c, a singleseat fighter. The 104th fighter wing on a crosscountry flight to receive an upgrade. So far theres no word on the condition of the pilot. We understand the hope is he is ok. We are awaiting word from the military this an. Abc 7. Chris, thank you for that report. In the meantime a former Baltimore Police officer could be spending time behind bars after he pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty, he killed his then girlfriends jack russell terrier. This morning former
Longlasting peace. Were live in jamarcus with the a lot of pef good morning, everyone. Welcome toer earl. Im christine romans. Im john berman. Its wednesday, august 27th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Up next, a he jaddist fighting alongside isis in syria. 34yearold Douglas Mccain was killed near the city of aleppo. Mccain became radicalized. He is not the First American to join forces in syria, the government estimates there are more perhaps hundreds will try to join groups there. Reporter john and christine, the american Douglas Mccain killed in syria, said to be along id isis. His family notified by our u. S. Government, telling jim hutto they had not known he was part of the world going on there. U. S. Counterterrorism Officials Say he is one of the americans they were keeping an eye on that they were investigating for possibly joining militant groups. And if he had attempted to travel at any point perhaps come back to the United States, he would have been subject to additional scrutiny.
Gunshots that ended Michael Browns life. Cnn cannot independently verify the authenticity of the tape and has asked the fbi for a confirmation of their interview with the man who made the recordings. And i want to bring in now ben crump. I want to get his reaction. He is an attorney for the family. Ben, thank you for joining us this evening. What do you think, if this is indeed the video, what do you make of this video . How does this change or help or hurt your case . Well, don, i think its consistent with what the witness have reported to have happen in the tragedy that claimed the life of Michael Brown that afternoon. They talked about it being multiple gunshots, and they talked about he stopped and then put his hands up. But then the officer kept shooting. So i think this is very consistent with all the witness testimony that we have to date. We are still waiting to get the statement from the Police Officer. They still havent given us anything officially, you know. They went and th