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If we can't turn things around very quickly. that's the core of the party, the people supporting trump, walker, rubio, carson. this is what they want to hear. this is what they believe. he's giving voice. >> it is interesting. he's getting people to listen without shouting, which is what donald trump is doing literally and figuratively. he's on the media constantly. i want to look at what donald trump has done here. it's remarkable. his favoribility numbers a reversal from may. may, 63% unfavorable rating now 61% favorable. jason, i was in iowa in july, at the midpoint. people were listening t...

Mary sciavo to that it's very rare for an airplane to go down mid-flight. let's bring in david soucie 95% of these aircraft when there's crashes go off on takeoff or landing. and david soucie germanwings, 2008 and 2010 there were reports of flights that had toxic gases go into the cockpit and have you ever heard this information? is it relevant? >> it isn't at that point. but the airbus 320 as mary was saying is so rare that something would happen mid flight like this the airbus 320 is one of the most reliable aircraft. it's been around for so many years with a very good track record. so it's ...

Obviously -- [ inaudible ] they're confirming 142 people with six crew. >> what we're hearing, "reuters" is reporting on the story right now. it was going from barcelona right there in the tip of spain, to dusseldorf in germany. we're showing you a picture now, mary because you can't see it of an a-320, the type of commercial aircraft we believe we're dealing with we want to know what we can about the safety record of that type of aircraft and if the reports are accurate and that the plane went down in prov nampb ceance france that would be the mid point. >> i flew on over here so a widely use...

Your expertise with us sadly with all the stories we cover on cnn. what does it say to you that mid flight is where a problem occurred? >> well you know ordinarily you would say it just doesn't happen at that point. but in the last year we have seen it happen in the mid flight point for two -- and if you count the last couple of years, we had the malaysia 370, and mid flight and at altitude at 30,000-plus feet. something happened and we had the russian shoot-down of mh-17 at altitude. it's a very -- odd and an unusual thing to have a flight that they were over very mountainous terrain, you can...

Question why two aircraft could have should have fallen out of the sky in what is traditionally, if you look at the last month's safety numbers, the cruise part of the flight is by far the safest part. so you're looking at just going to throw them out there, you're looking at structural failure. something dramatic happening to the aircraft. you're looking at all of those sort of incidents that could be involved. >> richard, we do understand that the french authorities must be getting information about what happened on this because they have confirmed that there was a distress call from this ge...