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Since this jet went missing, and this morning, malaysian officials are admitting theyre simply not sure what happened in the cockpit. It is not clear, they now say, if the final word spoken to air Traffic Controllers came before or after the planes data reporting system was shut down. That is a reversal from malaysian officials. This morning there are new reports that the planes turn off course was preprogrammed in to the flight computer. One of the key questions was, were those coordinates entered before takeoff or after the jet was already in the air . The other question, who entered those n...

This is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Im lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. Theres such deep anguish for families of those aboard airasia flight 8501. Debris and even bodies of some of the victims themselves retrieved from the java sea today left little doubt about the fate of the plane and the 162 people on board. A blue suitcase, an oxygen tank, what appears to be an undeployed emergency slide are some of the items officials have now confirmed came from the jet. The debris from the airbus was discovered off the west coast of borneo, roughly in line with the plane...

As to what has happened. We have the Associated Press quoting egyptian authorities saying the plane has crashed. However, there is not confirmation specifically to that. There have been various reports. Interestingly, this is an area that is heavily covered by radar from a multitude of Different Countries in the region. So even if egypt radar or egyptairs radar was not working properly, it would have been corroborated by multiple different sources in that area. Lets go to our aviation specialist with nbc news, tom costello. Tom, with a long good morning to you, i know youve been up following t...

Ground staff in the vicinity of the plane being interviewed by authorities. We learned there are smoke alerts aboard the plane minutes before it crashes into the mediterranean sea, with 66 people on board. Searchers find seats, aircraft parts, suitcases and human remains. Thats according to egyptair and greek officials. The plane disappeared early thursday flying from paris to cairo. U. S. Officials tell cnn their initial theory is the plane was taken down by a bomb, though they caution theres no smoking gun, which doesnt stop guess who from telling the nra this. I have been looking at airplan...

Killers and gang members can come into our country, if we dont change it, well have a shut down. Well do a shut down and its worth it for our country. I would love to see a shut down if we dont get this taken care of. Garrett hake from capitol hill. Last i know there was not a big chance. If there was no continuing resolution, there seemed to be a sense of getting something done, but there was an absence of something firm on immigration, and the president says what he just said. Tell us what it means. It has no basis in the legislative reality of whats going on on capitol hill right now. The d...