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Barbara said, safety the biggest issue right now. >> i know it's flying low. this is what we're hearing from folks who have actually seen this with their own eyes. that said, we know the faa and norad are apparently working to make sure planes don't cross its path. i don't know how they even know what its path would be. your response to that. what do you think they're doing? >> well, there is visual flight rules. i'm hoping that the weather is still good. if the weather gets bad, there will be problems because there will be airplanes flying without the benefit of seeing what's in front of them...

Coming within two miles of an american fighter jet. the russians going after the moderates we backed on the ground and ours going after isis is a complicated story. it's not when you have the ability to fly at supersonic speed. moscow says the russian jet was trying to identify the american jet. the two look to set new flight rules in this conflict. bill: president obama make an about-face on the war in afghanistan. announcing he will keep thousands of troops in afghanistan beyond 2016. congressman mac thorn dem berry

Tonight. first, cnn has learned that smugglers got their hands on nuclear materials. enough to apparently build birth dirty bombs. and two f-16s diverted their missions when a russian fighter jet came too close as russia rapidly escalates rebel groups fighting the assad regime. we're covering these important stories from every angle. pamela brown has the latest on the frightening nuke sales and begin with barbara starr live from the pentagon. how close did those u.s. pilots get to the russian jet? >> well, good evening, erin. it was two f-16s headed to an isis target in eastern syria. what hap...

Against civilians. >> right now the museum is refusing to release the video to the media. >> faa telling u.s. airlines not to fly in the flight information region around the crimean capital to prevent hazard to people and aircraft. when they took over the airport they established new flight rules for the region which the faa says violates international law. >> your honor it is out the metal objects that just washed up on australia's western coast is not from the missing malaysian airplane. detailed pictures of the object were enough to convince investigators it was not a lead in that church. p...

I'm flying vfr. anybody who flies visual flight rules, if you want to use a transponder you squawk 1200. . a squawk code will be there. you will be told by the controller go to 0466. that's for radar identification and location. okay? who the plane is, where the plane is as far as altitude is concerned. above 18,000 feet -- and that's where this commercial flight was flying -- you have to have two of these. it's regulation. you're going to tell me both of they will malfunctioned? both of them happened to be turned off? somebody turned these off. that leads us to believe the plane was clearly m...