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Theory of the lithium batteries or a mechanical failure, the pilot would have been turning and and going to subang near kuala lumpur. that's their maintenance base. if the severity of the event, if he underestimated the severity of the event, geez, we're not going to make it where we're headed to beijing, let's turn around and go back to the mate nance base. they're not going to go back to kuala lumpur if they're not thinking it's a severe emergency. >> would that not have necessitated a mayday call or would that not be the sort of thing that rises to a mayday call? >> it definitely would have...

From the lithium batteries? >> they haven't said. but we do know they turned over the cargo manifest of this aircraft to the customs and border protection agency in the u.s., so their experts can look at this and determine if there is anything that raises suspicion. what we're told is that so far nothing else has raised any eyebrows or any suspicion about the cargo on this aircraft, wolf. >> evan perez, thanks very much. w quickly, mark wise, what do you think, could that have been a source of fire or catastrophic problem? >> i don't think you could rule it out completely. but the reality is, ...

Doesn't mean you don't show up on radar, you do, you're still a blip, but now you're an unidentifiable blip. one other thing i'll show you about the transponder, if you put it back on and if it was a hijack situation, someone's now in the cockpit with a gun to your head, it will send a signature. you reach down, enter a code. this is not that code, but it could go like this and now you're transmitting an emergency message that everyone on the ground immediately gets, alarm bells, you've been hijacked. the plane is not in your control. >> what's chilling you remember reading the 9/11 commission...

15 inches of rain. the situation is becoming increasingly desperate. it's remarkably dangerous for the people and rescuers. as you're about to see, a dam in big thompson canyon, just about lyons, is just one of five that's being overtopped with alarming veracity. look at that. that is a dam. normally it is not active. look at this. so clearly when that happens, everyone below is in a lot of trouble. that water is all racing downhill, straight for boulder, colorado. the city of boulder, colorado. george howell is in boulder right now with an accurate depiction of what things are looking like. t...

familiar, like cancun, acapulco, all of those places. in particular, people in mexico city wi city may be concerned, but there's been no violence in mexico city. the warning applies though those states that we're talking about and border states. and here on the map, we see the state of tamaulipas, that's a major state of operation for los zetas, and also the state right next to it is also one of the states of concern. >> if those are the areas you were thinking of heading to, which typically people vacationing are not, heads up. rafael romo, thank you so much. and now let's roll on. ...