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Into a rocky cliff. >> this pilot died serving the state. >> reporter: the cause is not known, but the tragic crash of tanker 81 is again focusing rn efigs. is again focusing the wings of this '50s era tanker tore offunin 2002. the crew was killed. california's planes were built for the navy more than a half century ago. but the state's fire chief insisted the overhauled planes are air worthy. >> the aircraft go through a very aggressive maintenance program. >> reporter: firefighting pilts the extremes. >> this comes with a lot of danger, too. >> yes, it does. the biggest thing for us and ever...

Very much. let's bring in mary schiavo and david soucie and former faa inspector. thanks to both of you. a couple of common sense questions before we get into the frenzied forensics. david soucie, battery life. why are we guessing? everything has a use by or sell by date these days. why don't we know when the batteries stop? >> what they're certified nor is 30 days. with any certification you have to have a safety margin or faker and that factor is expected time could go as long as 35 days. what's making it questionable for me is the information that we received about the fact that they weren'...

we're bringing you the news from a to z. it's nasty out there. tropical storm debby just stalled over florida's panhandle. it's smacking that sunshine state it with high winds and heavy rain. look at the pictures. boats getting smashed around and it's going to get worse before it gets any better. forecasters are saying the sl - slow-moving storm could dump another foot of rain on florida over the next couple of days and then spawn more tornadoes as well. that storm is already blamed for one death. florida's governor has declared a statewide emergency. look at you. you found how bad i...

That's influenced their decision making and their practices. i think they're going to have to take a fresh look how they made decisions over the last decade and where the safety margin to the extent we may be at risk at home. >> dr. ed lyman, at some point we will talk about happier things. so far it has been a bummer every time i talked to you. you really helped us, helped me understand it, and helped make it clearer to the audience and i am really grateful for that. >> thank you. congressman dennis kucinich is on "the ed show" tonight. he said president obama authorizing military action in...

Harder to ultimately cool. >> i know this is not over, it is not time to step back from this, but we are having a review, 90 day review of u.s. nuclear facilities, then a larger comprehensive view. then a step back to look at what's happening. do you feel this uncovered a fundamental flaw, fundamental understatement of risk in reactor design and in disaster planning? >> yes. i would say that is our sense. i think in that era of complacency after three mile island, chernobyl, regulators in the industry may have become too comfortable with the idea we're never going to see that type of accident ...