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Covered a lot of ground here today. sir. thank you so much for your time. i appreciate your time. >> thank you, jenna. jon: a heart-stopping accident caught on tape. take a look at an 18-wheeler left dangling over the side of a highway ramp. three people ended up trapped. how did this dramatic scene end? well get the latest from the breaking news desk. plus, its not even wildfire season, and some states already are battling massive fires like colorado this week. today researchers in south caro...

And pilots flying blind into our or nations capital. a couple of passenger jets land while the only air traffic controller on duty is asleep. and no end to japans nuclear nightmare. some workers at the damaged plant now overcome with radiation sickness as tokyo residents line up for bottled water. its all new, all live. its "happening now." jon: and welcome to the second hour. hello to you, im jon scott. jenna: im jenna lee, and were now learning french jets shot down a libyan war plane violatin...

Officials say the only controller at the tower there was sleeping on the job and wouldnt clear those planes to land, the pilots reaching out to a regional facility for help. listen to what they were told. >> so youre aware, the tower is apparently not manned, ive made a few phone calls and nobodys answering. so two airplanes went in over the past ten, 15 minutes so you can expect to go in as an uncontrolled airplane. jon: doug mckelway, live at reagan national airport, whats the latest on this? ...

No-fly zone, but we can confirm that a french fighter jet, rafael, destroyed a g-2, a military training jet used by the libyans, and it was near the town of misrata, jon. jon: and whats the latest with this coalition force? >> reporter: well, essentially what we know is that there were heavy strikes overnight. we know that 14 tomahawk missiles were used to fight against air defense systems. we had reported yesterday that those tomahawks, they were going to try and avoid using those tom tomahawks...

The water, cooling the reactors, we assume its going into the falls to cool down the rods and workers have been at the control center of reactor number one, a step towards getting power to thele cooing systems which will re -- prevent the reactors from getting hotter. people in japan looked at the unnerving footage showing steam riseing from reactors one, two, three and four, and pressure is also been rising in number one because of the amount of water theyve been pumping into the building. so t...

>> reporter: and the test begins at 2:00 eastern time. should be dramatic. jon? jon: we will be watching. jonathan serrie, live from south carolina. thanks. jenna: from that to this; chaos in the courtroom. what led to this wild scene? were going to show you, its our must-see moment of the day. plus, flying blind at one of the nations busiest airports? luckily, evens okay. how could this happen in were going to tell you. >> is there a reason its not manned? >> well, im going to take a guess an...

Pennsylvania has he has yet to decide when to schedule an election for replace john murtha, the 77-year-old died from gallbladder surgery. on the bottom a detective agency is joining the search for a missing new york city teenager, britney drexel is her name, she was last seen leaving a hotel in myrtle beach, south carolina. jon: in about 15 minutes, its america live with megyn kelly. megyn is live with a preview. >> hey there jon. a womans group is outraged about that tim tebow ad saying it p...

Jets. were also hearing as you mentioned about air bases, about 500 miles south of tripoli and another 1150 miles south getting pounded as well and some sustained air strikes and jon, the rebels do seem to be making advances as well. so there may be a slow turn to the side here. jon: so how is this no fly zone handover going to affect the -- going to affect the forces on the ground there? >> well, its a good question. the rebels tell us that theyre actually in contact with nato forces, so that w...

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