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Lady's plane has had to return to andrews air force base because of what we're told are mechanical issues. according to the pool, a few minutes after takeoff there was some smoke and a burning smell and the plane is on the ground safely. let's go live to peter alexander at the white house. peter, what happened? >> stephanie, that's the best that we know at this moment right now. the first lady on board one of the u.s. aircraft has landed back within the last minute or so. we were first alerted to a situation on board her plane within the last 15 minutes. we were told of what was described to t...

Astronaut, and it was the second stage of the booster rocket that seemed to have a technical malfunction. i listened to the broadcast as it what going on, and it was amazing to hear how calm the astronauts were when they learned the rocket was malfunctioning, and then it seems the parachutes deployed and landed 250 miles away from where the rocket took off. there's helicopters on the way to the site, and the astronauts are alive and in good condition. there are crews on the scene right now. russian paratroopers on their way to get to the site as fast as possible. just a quick word, though, the...

Not this is something the astronauts initiated or the spacecraft initiated themselves, that they were able to get off the rocket as it was malfunctioning. the russians continuing to get us information. we're getting it as it comes along but it seems as though these two astronauts -- i wouldn't say they got lucky but they appeared to be extremely relaxed. >> is nasa in touch with the american astronaut now? >> i am not sure whether nasa is in touch with the american astronaut, but nasa put out information saying they know the astronaut is doing okay. while all of this was going on, when they no...

Vehicle that was malfunctioning, parked off the side of the road. the dry grass set ablaze there. of course the landscape doesn't help. very elevated terrain, hilly terrain across this region, that helps to exacerbate the situation, and we often say the fire speed tends to double with every 10 degree increase in slope. if you've got a 30 degree slope, 24-mile-per-hour winds, take that up to a 40 degree slope you actually double your wind speed and the fire travels in the same general direction as well, upwards of 48 miles per hour. this is what's made this fire so difficult to be able to conta...

Experienced similar. now the state department is saying a number -- they're not saying exactly how many -- have also felt they've experienced something similar. so they've been taken out and flown back to the u.s. for more screening. so the state department has gotten a team of doctors to go over there and try to investigate this. again, there's been no explanation. for a while the state department was insistent that these were attacks. they were calling them acoustic attacks down in cuba. but for the last two months or so, it seems like they've started referring to them as incidents instead o...