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>> they're going to approach the plane. approach preferably the surviving crew members, i believe all of the crew members did survive. >> yeah. >> and witness statements from passengers as well as social media videos and photos that we've seen from passengers. >> they are -- i mean, they have to have spoken to the pilots already, right? to the crew members? >> pretty standard procedure. again, each airline has a different procedure when it comes to what happens to their pilots after an accident, whether they allow their own investigators to speak with them first, whether allow the fbi or ntsb....

Appear to be again looking at the pictures and ending on the -- in the medium between 28 left and 28 right. what we are now hearing of course from the hospital, those casualty numbers that you mentioned, we know people got off the plane and we see many people running away from the aircraft and those who are taking photographs and tweeting them thereafter. but the size and severity of the fire that destroyed the upper fuselage, removing the tail at the same time, that does suggest that this is going to be in the high end and it would not -- we're talking about some serious injuries if not loss ...

It collapsed and slid and then started to slide and pivot. it was counterclock wise. then the wings caught on the tarmac there. then they flew off and just about -- the whole inside of the cabin went orange. all right. that was an eyewitness. i want to bring in dr. todd curtis who is an aviation expert and also the founder of air safe.com which has been in existence for how long? >> since 1996. >> you sat and heard the ntsb press conference and also heard from the eyewitnesss to this. it is really soon to speculate as to what happened, but what is your assessment from listening to these folks?...

You see the podium there, all the microphones, and the reporters and photographers all huddled around awaiting the mayor and other city officials to come out and give the press conference. helping me out here of course i am in new york. richard quest is in london. rene marsh is in washington. dr. todd francis joining me here in new york. he is an aviation expert and also the founder of air safe.com. also in washington is robert francis who is the former vice chairman of the ntsb and investigator and dinah magna is in seoul, south korea. i want to go to robert francis. we've been talking to you...

next year. but here's the thing, folks, both parties want this. they agree that there should be an extension of this tax holiday. the problem here is that house republicans refuse to settle for the two-month band aid, the two-month extension that has already been passed by the senate. listen. >> our house gop negotiators are here and ready to work with their counterparts in the senate. >> he's not lucy, i'm not charlie brown. we're not falling for that football stunt, again. okay, lucy and charlie brown. that's what we've come to now, kate. it can be silly season up there sometimes. ...