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Russia of intercepting a u.s. aircraft. alex marquardt is outfront. >> a brazen challenge. this russian destroyer according to the u.s. navy coming within 100 feet of the uss chancellorville. the american sailors recording the latest deadly provocation by the russian military. taking place in international waters in the flep sea south of japanese island. okinawa. the russian action came as the u.s. cruiser was trying to land a helicopter on its deck given it less maneuver ability. >> you have to...

Reporting, what the u.s. naval vessel was doing, it was recovering a helicopter so that is why it had to maintain the course. barbara starr, thank you very much for your reporting on this. im sure we will talk to you again soon. joining me now is retired navy rear admiral john kirby. lets throw this picture back up. i want you to tell people what you see here. >> clearly you have the cruiser on the right of the picture, moving at a pretty deliberate speed as barbara reported, recovering helicopt...

American sailors recording the latest potentially deadly provocation by the russian military. the incident taking place in international waters in the philippine sea, just south of the japanese island of okinawa. the russian action came as the u.s. cruiser was trying to land a helicopter on its deck, giving it even less maneuverability than usual. >> you have to be on a set course and a set speed to the winds across the deck are safe for the helicopter to land. >> reporter: boxed in, the captain...

In the world. >> a select group of 30 athletes race a section of the river known as jacobs ladder. an expert level class 5 rapid, the fastest time wins. the race begins one big drop. >> for a lot of people, the ramp looks intimidated. once you are out there, theres no turning back. >> and if the rapids werent hard enough, racers have to paddle through a set course forcing them to make difficult moves. >> you have to go on either side of the gate or going around it coming back upstream. >> they m...

Championship has become a premiere kayak competition. >> all the best kayakers in the world here. olympians are here which we have wanted but not winning every round. its cool to see other athletes doing well against the fastest known people in the world. >> a select group of 30 athletes race a section of the river known as jacobs ladder. an expert level class 5 rapid, the fastest time wins and the race begins with one big drop. >> for a lot of people the ramp looks intimating once you are out n...

Near daily stabbings around jerusalem and west bank. does the israeli government have a set course of action to try to curb in violence? >> yes, were interested in trying to get things back to normal as soon as possible to deescalate the situation. obviously weve beefed up security to protect our people and tourists trying to make sure especially this christmas passes peacefully. weve also calling on the palestinians to do more to reign in thir extremists. wed like to see the palestinian authori...

They really follow no set course. very few rules. they make both cars and pedestrians fair game. you need to watch out if you see these guys coming. were "up all nightline" to one of the craziest bike races you are ever going to see. >> reporter: dubbed alley cats. nightline got a special invitation to go inside this punk rock tour de france to see what compiles these guys to risk life and limb for mere bragging rights. ♪ hes grabbing on to a motor bike right now. >> whats do you think of this...

Airlines flight 370. malaysias prime minister is now saying this was no accident. calling did instead a deliberate act. he also says somebody purposefully disabled the planes communication systems. and that the boeing 777 continued flying for more than six hours. maybe eight hours. after losing contact with the ground now this means the investigation is expanding. with a massive search effort. now focusing on two possible flight paths. looking as far in and out north as the border of kazakhstan ...