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Transponder goes silent. >> when you turn that off, it's like lights are out. so there's no more voice communication. >> and no signal to air traffic control with the plane's location, speed and altitude. >> it could have been physically turned off. there could have been a circuit breaker pulled. or there could have been a catastrophic failure on the plane, which caused an electrical disruption. >> then the 777 makes an unexpected left turn, heading quest and way off course. >> what we see is a quick turn, almost 180 degree turn back toward land. >> according to a source close to the investiga...

>> reporter: at 1:21 a.m., the plane's transponder goes silent. >> when you turn that off, it is like lights are out. and so there is no more voice communication. >> reporter: and no signal to the air traffic control with the plane's location, speed and altitude. >> it could have been physically turned off. it could have been a circuit breaker pulled or there could have been some catastrophic failure on the plane which caused an electrical disruption. >> reporter: and then the 777 makes an unexpected left turn heading way off west and off course. >> what we see is a quick turn and almost 180-d...

Coordinates for the turn around not being pre-programmed and all that. however, they simply might be trying to get ahead of the news and properly brief the families if, in fact, they are holding this briefing for at least to some of the chinese families that's pretty typical operation for the ntsb. they hold those daily family briefings in the united states when they work something. but i would think it would be a significant development if they would call a press conference and perhaps they have been able to identify one of those pieces of wreckage. you certainly wouldn't call a press confere...

Airplane that's never been picked up or vacuumed in the normal manner. >> the reason we're saying this about this particular scenario that we're talking about now with the plane dropping to 12,000 feet is because, according to our pilots and all of our safety people here, all of our investigators are saying this points to some sort of catastrophic emergency failure of the airplane. the pilot, co-pilot trying to get the plane to a new runway that's long enough to support a landing. and also trying to get to an altitude where they could clear the cockpit of whatever air or gas or whatever it is ...

protestant denonnation in the world is a cult. i think he's a good moral man but those of us who are good followers of christ should prefer a competent christian to a competent nonchristian like mitt romney. >> well, reverend jeffress leaves a huge baptist church and we should note that he also supports romney's rival, rick perry, for president. bill bennett today joined the debate, linking the minister's comments about romney and mormonism to bigotry and questioning the pastor's political wisdom. >> and i would say to pastor jeffress, you stepped on and obscured the words of perry a...