watching what they re doing, having them remove the oil from the pipe which they ve begun doing and they will have to remove that part of the pipe and examine it to figure out why it ruptured and figure out what needs to be done so this doesn t happen again, kate. that investigation clearly is going to continue and take a little while now. stephanie, thank you so much. we ll get back to you as we can. new information, though, after the break, we re going to have new information on a breaking story off the top about the flight that had a direct threat coming to it. some reports it was a chemical weapons threat. an update on the status of that investigation right after this. i m caridee. i ve had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most of my life. but that hasn t stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara® it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. .stelara® helps me be in season. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections
starts relieving pain faster and kills more types of infectious bacteria. when you pick any 3 participating products get a free all better bag. available at walmart. an update on the story that we brought to you as breaking news at the top of the hour regarding the air france flight that was brought into jfk investigated over a threat on that flight. we ve learned, cnn has learned a number of threats had been received today, according to sources close to the matter, against airline flights in general, none of which have proven legitimate so far. that s important because you take that in light of the environment that they re receiving the environment of the day and for that air france flight, escorted to jfk by fighter jets, one source tells cnn that was because the flight didn t respond right away to authorities who were reaching out to it regarding some of those threats. important to note, though, at this moment, the source says there is a very low level of
long day for everybody involved in this. that s absolutely right. that long day is already under way. to remind our viewers the flight landed safely at jfk airport around 10:16 as jean casarez was reporting on the nature of the threat, still looking into it, the flight coming from france and was and landed in jfk but they scrambled two f-15 fighter jets to, as a precautionary measure to bring that plane in to jfk. that threat and the nature of it being investigated as we speak. tom, mary, thank you so much. you re welcome. of course coming up for us, who to blame? who is to blame for the rapid rise of isis? iran pointing fingers right now at president obama. his defense secretary, though, saying just over the weekend that iraqi troops have shown no will to fight. what does this all mean most importantly, what does this mean for u.s. strategy there? sunday dinners at my house.
chad, thanks so much. you re welcome. that is all for us. thank you so much for joining us at this hour. legal view with guest star kate bolduan begins now. this is cnn breaking news. hello, everyone. i m in for ashleigh banfield today. welcome to legal view on this memorial day. thank you so much for joining us. we start with breaking news, though. the air force says it scrambled two f-15 fighter jets as a precaution this morning after word of a threat on an airliner from france headed to new york. they say it was an air france flight headed to jfk. nor rad says law enforcement received the threat. jean casarez following all of this. it s happening right now. well that plane has not been given an all clear but did land safely at jfk about 10:17 this morning. law enforcement has been searching that plane and according to the north american
southwest airlines in buffalo niagra international airport, the pilot after landing just a short time ago requested canine detection unit to come on board the plane. they are searching the plane right now. no irregularities were found. that plane is being reboarded for its next flight. we did get word from the fbi. they issued a statement to cnn. we want to read that for you. it says out of an abundance of caution, air france flight number 22 which started it all this morning, was escorted to john f. kennedy airport by u.s. air force fighter jets following a phone threat. the plane has landed, has deboarded. there were no incidents or hazards reported on board. the plane has been cleared. and there was another flight. american airlines flight earlier today from birmingham england, to jfk. it landed without incident.