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An american airlines mechanic tonight is accused of sabotaging the navigation system of a plane loaded with passengers. our brian todd is over at reagan national airport outside of washington for us. brian, what are you learning? >> reporter: wolf, we have new information tonight on what the mechanic is being charged with and a possible motive and new questions being raised over whether this mechanic could have had the single-handed ability to bring down that plane. the american airlines jet was...

Phil mudd, as you know, "the washington post" is reporting it was the president himself who took a sharpie to that graphic. youve worked at both the fbi and cia. what should officials over there in that briefing have done in reaction to that? >> well, in the briefing, nothing. you got to zip it. look, if you speak publicly in the midst of that briefing and embarrass the president, thats what we used to call a career limiting move. do not embarrass the president in public. immediately after the b...

The democratic candidates talked about cutting the defense budget. now all of a sudden are crying wolf that the defense budget was cut. they just dont like to build the wall lets be honest. >> are you crying wolf maria? does he have a point. >> no because here is the difference. when democrats are looking at overall defense budget and planning for overall defense budget there are ways and areas to cut it that are not going to hurt the military families, the children, the people who are now count...

Category 5. never heard about category 5s before. were rebuilding the whole place. and were doing a job. >> now, we should point out, just in the last several minutes, wolf, a top homeland security adviser to the president has just put out a statement, the white house has just released this statement. it does not say in this statement who drew on the map, but this top homeland security official appears to be taking some responsibility for presenting the president with information that resulted i...

Damage dorian left behind in the bahamas. the prime minister calls it generational devastation. the death toll is at least 20 and expected to rise as stunned survivors face chaos, urgent rescues, and relief efforts are starting to gear up, hampered by the destruction of an international airport. our correspondents, analysts, and guests will have full coverage of the days breaking news. lets begin with our own brian todd. hes in charleston, south carolina, for us right now. brian, whats the lates...

On the island as well for taking us in when we were stranded there. and thats the extraordinary thing, they continue, having lost so much and been through so much, just being so kindhearted. and hopefully that resilience and their nature will get them through this. >> very important words. paula, based on what you saw, do you and the experts over there in the bahamas expect the death toll to rise? >> reporter: absolutely, wolf. and i can tell you anecdotally, wolf, just speaking to people, that ...

>> great to be here with you. >> this is an important evening for all of us. as you know, scientists already are telling us that were seeing the consequences of the climate crisis right now, but well cross whats seen as a massive tipping point, a massive tipping point if the world warms more than 1.5 degrees celsius or 2.7 degrees fahrenheit. weve already warmed up the planet 1 degree celsius since the industrial revolution. were now more than halfway there. what would be your first step to addr...

Species list. how would you deal with the question of what career creatures to protect and save. >> im strongly favor in favor of the endangered species act. always supported the endangered species act and do anything to reverse some of the suggestions that the president has made recently to repeal it. or to water it down. the wolf in minnesota what you are referring to, is a situation where they actually made the numbers in a big way to get off the endangered species list. and we have tried and...

What do sophisticated, advanced societies do? we solve the problems on the ground. >> would you eliminate some s s subsidies for fossil fuel or all subsidies? id get rid of them all. why would you leave any of them? [ applause ] i have to say, wolf, its even darker than this because you know how theyve been spending some of their money, their billions of dollars in profit? on a misinformation campaign to the american people, and theyve taken our legislature hostage. they have the fossil fuel lob...

Would you ban all fossil fuel exports from the united states? >> well, i think we have to stop subsidizing the industry. i dont think that includes banning exports. if our industry, which is going to be around for some period of time is competitive enough to export to another country, i wouldnt stand in the way of that. >> are you in favor of a carbon free america? >> im in favor and my plan has us getting there in the next 30 years. >> do you support a carbon tax and how much should it be? >> i...