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All right. needs to go a little bit farther. hold on a second. do you see here? all right. now what we just saw was his head bounce off that arm rest. we do know the doctor has said he not only has injuries but he says hes got a broken jaw. thats going to have a price tag on it. lets hold it up right here in terms of where we are, all right? youve got breach of contract. what other causes of action, which is reasons that they will sue, do you see? >> there are multiple. now not only the breach b...

>> melissa: united airlines is scrambling to get out of a horrible night mare of a doctor dragged off of his seat from a plane. trace gallagher is live with more on that. trace? >> reporter: lets begin with the video of the man arguing. while dr. dow is confronting place, he reportedly is on the phone with his lawyer. very hard to hear, so watch and read along. play it. >> i have to work tomorrow. no, im not going. i am not going. you can take me then. i wont go. im not going. i stay right here....

Sorry its so short. a big news days. a lot to pack in. after that dragging, the drag on uniteds stock continues. politicians on both sides of the aisle are jumping into this mess. fox news correspondent trace gallagher has the latest on the dragging. trace? >> theres brand new video showing passenger doctor arguing with airport police just before he dragged off the airplane. while the doctor is confronting police, hes on the phone with his lawyer. its very hard to later so listen closely and rea...

>> reporter: passengers were horrified as they watched three chicago airport police officers board the plane and yank the man from his seat. police say the man hit his head on the arm rest. you could see the blood flowing from his mouth as he was pulled down the aisle. >> this is wrong. >> my god, look what you did to him. >> reporter: witnesses say the flight crew was trying to free up seats for united airlines personnel. >> once they dragged the guy off, subsequently the united employees come ...

This guy. hes an unidentified passenger in chicago. he got yanked out of his seat by chicago police, his head slammed into an arm rest. he was bleeding. the man said that he was a doctor, be fellow passengers hearing him say he needed to get home to his patients. you hear him screaming there. it seems united overbooked the flight and they asked passengers to surrender their seats for compensation in about order to make room for four crew members. when nobody volunteered, united says it was force...

We all have that nightmare airport story. few like this one, though. watch this. an unidentified and bloodied united airlines passenger in chicago sunday night, getting yanked out of his seat, dragged through the aisle of the plane by chicago police. at one point he slammed his head on an arm rest. he was bleeding all over his face, telling passengers that hes a doctor and just trying to get home to see his passengers, but apparently united overbooked this flight to louisville, kentucky, then ha...

Incident and one of the police officers involved is currently on administrative leave. all this started when united couldnt find volunteers to give up seats so crew members could travel from chicago to louisville on sunday. the man in the video was randomly selected, although witnesses say he refused to leave and law enforcement wagon called in. uniteds ceo released the statement, this is an upsetting event to us here at united. i apologize for having to re reaccommodate with these passengers. w...

More discretion. basically you dont have security having to come into a close quarters situation like in the coach section of an airline, which is really, really close. if you have any kind of physical altercation, its likely somebody will get hurt. when i was in law enforcement, ive been involved in situations not on airliners but we had to respond to private property to remove somebody that didnt go. if they physically resisted, we had to use some degree of force. i didnt see the police poundi...

By some accounts he was unconscious at this point when they drug him -- drug him down the aisle, if you will, and his face all bloody. then there was another piece to this whole thing. oscar munoz who is the ceo of united airlines put out tse tweets, then a statement to airline employees which certainly would seem to be to tone-deaf in which he essentially accuses this passengers behavior of really being behind everything that occurred on that plane. some passengers are now telling us that in fa...

>> i dont think anybody looks at that video and is a little disturbed that a human being is being treated that way. one thing people have to understand is that when there is a potential law enforcement matter, for the president to weigh in, pro or con would prejudice a potential outcome. clearly seeing another human being dragged down an aisle watching blood come from their face after hitting an arm rest or whatever, i dont think ther is a circumstance that you can t back and think this probably...