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Right now msnbc, 14 americans are dead, at least a dozen more injured, after three helicopters crash in afghanistan. this as the white house debates whether to send thousands more troops into the battle there. state of emergency. swine flu virus is spreading and now the white house is trying to speed up treatment and protection, but the big question -- is there enough vaccine to go around. did they simply lose track or fall asleep? two northwest airlines pilots are questioned about what really happened during those 80 minutes of lost contact in the cockpit. good morning. i'm monica novot...

Nbc's tom kos stella is covering this for us. do we know what happened up a there? >> we don't know. the ntsb has talked to the pilot and co-pilot and had an in-depth discussion with them ned in minneapolis and presumably got some answers but we are led to believe they were not, in fact, sleeping but distracted so that then begs the question what would distract a crew so much that for the better part of an hour and 15 to an hour and 20 minutes they simply tuned out the radio? is it possible that they were on the wrong frequency? there is questions about whether air traffic control gave them th...

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Industry, but other industries, as well. because it is a concern. but getting on with what we hear now, that it wasn't a sleep situation, first of all, i don't buy it. because one was an unconscious disregard. this is a conscious disregard. and i can't believe a distraction like this could go on for one hour. there's absolutely no place for it. >> in other words, you don't think that -- looking at your laptop computer and somehow having a discussion about your schedule could somehow distract you enough for an hour when you're there in the cockpit. >> for one hour? >> right. that's what they're...