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Accidents occur or begin at cruise altitude. takeoff and landing are the challenging points. this is going to be an interesting and difficult investigation. >> it does sound like that. 30,000 feet. that is kind of the calm area of flying for many pilots. that reportedly went down something like 6,000 feet per minute. will that kind of tell you that when the plane did go down, that it was intact, mink when it does hit ground, the debris field might be tighter than, say, if the plane broke apart during its dissent and trying to locate those boxes would be complicated? you will have to look at th...

He is the 4th memphis officer shot and killed in as many years. >> five nato troops are dead and five injured in a helicopter crash in kabul. an after can security officer says the military chopper hit the tabcable of a balloon befort hit ground. they are not releasing who was killed. officials say two on board were royal air force members. the head of the benghazi committee shutting down claims of a republican from south carolina. he claims the investigation into the attacks is taking sides. >> this has become a part shan investigation. i do not know the reason for the hyper focus on hillar...

Scored 200 kills. about 750 incoming rockets have hit ground and now the israelis, as we said, have suffered their first death. wolf blitzer with us now from jerusalem. wolf, does the failure of the cease-fire make it a lot more likely that there will be ground offensives which will likely result in many more deaths? >> i suspect the israelis will engage in some ground activity. there was a commando raid the other day, spent about 30 minutes on the ground, went after specific targets and then left. four israeli soldiers were left in that operation. i wouldn't be surprised if there were a full-...

>> shannon: after 23 years hosting historic events am way arena was demolished in approximately 20 seconds this morning in orlando, florida. the former home of the orlando magic was imploded to pave the way for new technology companies including those in the video game industry. >> shannon: this year we have already seen a number of deadly tornadoes. now, the national weather service has a new radar system could actually help save lives during the severe storms. elizabeth prann live to tell us how the new technology works. >> before meteorologists would look at the radar screen looking for swi...

hurricane irene, now officially made landfall as a category 1 storm on the east coast of the united states. the most up-to-date satellite image we can show you now of re irene, showing wear and tear, described as sloppy, not very well organized but starting to get more disorganized. you can see it there, it was a more organized storm over the past couple of days but as it's making landfall now and making its way up the east coast maybe not so much so. it has been lashing out at the carolina shoreline for the past several hours. that is where, again, it it has officially made landfall...