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And general of dereliction of their duty and further finding that they were "solely responsible for the success of the japanese attack." >> other heads individual have rolled, the performance could not have been exemplary because the attack succeeded. >> the u.s. fleet in the fill fine pines and u.s. army in the philippines. >> mac arthur received notice of the attack 7 hours before they themselves were hit. he had the opportunity to remove all of the b 17 flying for treasure bombers so that the...

Completely unredacted signed by the president and sent around the world accusing the admiral and general of dereliction of their duty and further finding that they were "solely responsible for the success of the japanese attack." >> other heads individual have rolled, the performance could not have been exemplary because the attack succeeded. >> the u.s. fleet in the fill fine pines and u.s. army in the philippines. >> mac arthur received notice of the attack 7 hours before they themselves were ...

100 miles per hour. no landing gear. you have to keep the nose up until the very last minute or it could flip. you have to make sure neither wing tip catches the ground. that could pull the plane apart. according to greg cohen, an american passenger on board, this pilot did it so well that it was actually more frightening getting off the plane than the actual landing, listen. >> it was more scary getting off the plane than it was on because you jump out the plane door on to that slide and you tu...

Everybody has cues on when to do their thing. >> still there are mishaps. since their inception in 1953, 23 pilots have died in crashes. while in the last 65 years, 25 blue angel pilots have lost their lives. the biggest loss of life for the thunderbirds came in 1982 during a regular training exercise in the nevada desert. four planes were lost and four pilots killed. an air force investigation concluded that the lead pilot lost his bearings putting his plane into a dive too close to the ground ...

you isle ask the former pakistani president musharraf in he knew osama bin laden was hiding in his homeland and if he knows terrorists may be holed up in pakistan right now. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." first, a powerful reminder today, if they dont reach an agreement in the next 11 days, all hell could brea look. standard & poors is warning the nation could be shoved back into recession very soon after the august 2i deadline passes with the clock ticking and stakes ...

A planeload of passengers got all shook up, shaken at jfk airport last night. you are going to see why as you watch this video. you are going to see a massive airbus 380 which clips the smaller plane. in fact, the smaller plane does a little bit of a tail spin, and the big jets wing tip clipped the tail of the regional delta flight, and both were damaged and both were full of passengers. no one was hurt, but here is someone who was on board. >> weer were just waiting. we were kind of having chat...

Big air france jet hit the back of us or something. >> engine or airfrance jet hit the tail and pushed it around the other way. >> reporter: it is known as the worlds largest commercial aircraft. according to the national transportation safety board now investigating what happened. the airbus was carrying 510 passengers in and crew at the time. the reege until jet, 66 passengers and crew. the airbus is large enough the entire length of the smaller jet can fit on one wing of the aircraft. mark we...

Considerable investigation about this. but when you think about the fact that both pilots were probably doing exactly what they were cleared to do, and the clearance was not adequate, then you have to begin to question who is really at fault here. this huge airplane can only be flown at certain airports because it is so incredibly large by comparison with most commercial airplanes. and the ability of the air france pilot to actually see his wing tip is impossible, cant see it from the cockpit. i...

What military role do you anticipate they would play? >> well, i would hope they would play the same role that the saudi air force played in the first gulf war, which is that their wing tip to wing tip along with our french and british allies. that are very, very advanced capabilities. the f-16s that are flown by the emiratees are among the most advanced that we sell. they get a lot of training. theyre capable of doing this. it wont be an issue of pilot skill but political will. >> well see if t...

Bill: lets go, right? that could be yours. it is your personal hovercraft, and could ride on water and land and that thing is airborne, too and does it all! joe is the associate editor with popular mechanics magazine, good morning to you. and roll the tape, man! i want to see it. how cool is this: and how does it work. >> i mean, it is really take advantage of an aerodynamic phenomenon called winging ground effect where the air is trapped between the ground and the wing, and, it forms on the win...