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Literally my entire life. you're up there watching it come down. what went through your mind? >> ready to start the next battle. that's over with and we need to move on. our entire outlook is about respecting people universally. today is the anniversary, july 10 1968 equal protection under the law. how can a person who look like i do and you do have equal protection under the law with the symbol the universal symbol of bigotry, hatred and white supremacy flying on state property? we don't care about it flying in your yard in front of your bank, in front of your hospital. the state has no busin...

Manager of san marcos, texas, about 50 miles northeast of san antonio giving an update as to the missing. and actually, the number has changed. before air, it was 12 people missing and he now has confirmed that at least in the san antonio, san marcos area, now 11 people missing. but the statistics have been really nothing short of remarkable. the pictures even more so. take a look at your screen, this is wimberley, texas. we talked about the death toll from these storms at 18 in the united states, in texas and oklahoma. 31 in texas, oklahoma and mexico all told. look at the power of the water,...

I don't think something like this would rattle him. it was a pretty typical flight even though there was bad weather. i am leaning toward there being some kind of other mechanical issue that could have been enduced from the weather they were flying through. >> which means the pilot himself would have been fighting his own plane to keep it flying. >> right. and one of the problems with the fly by wire airplanes, i was speaking with some commercial airline pilots today who fly the a320, if it ices over you don't have reliable information. there are things you can to the do. the airplane will not...

To get it to slow down when in fact they were already slow. that what's caused the deep stall situation where the power on aircraft is moving through the air yet not enough over the wings to s tos to keep it flying. >> they were different planes though. >> both aircraft were of the same type certificate data sheet. this is the basis faa gives manufacture to issue. air bus 330 and 320 were manufactured on the same type certificate so subjective to the same testing levels and performance information. there are similarities between the aircraft. >> chad you wanted to ask something? >> david i kno...

Are going into chad. and i would also add, just to remind your viewers, these 80 folks going to chad are maintenance personnel. they operate the aircraft, to keep it flying, they're security personnel to protect the aircraft and the personnel that are there and other support personnel. these are not combat infantry troops, these are troops there to support the reconnaissance mission. >> lastly, admiral kirby, given the drone operators out of new mexico and place like that operating drones on the other side of the world, why is it necessary to deploy 40 u.s. troops and 40 support personnel to c...