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With misdemeanor assault. richard spencer had planned to be at that press conference today. he later tweeted out he wouldn't make it but he will have a press conference tomorrow. it will be interesting to see what kind of reception he gets there. >> doug, i understand you have new information on the helicopter crash that killed two state troopers. >> new video at least, this was obtained by tmz which shows the immediate aftermath of the cra crash. there are also still pictures of the crash which seem to show the tail section of the helicopter separated from the rest of the fuselage. the ntsb h...

Depressurize, and that hole will continue down the length of the plane. >> reporter: images of flight 9268 indicate a midair breakup, the tail section three miles from the main debris field. in the wreckage, you can make out the wings, the fuselage in front, noticeably missing the back of the passenger jet. in december 1988, pan am flight 103 was brought down by a suitcase bomb placed in a container with other luggage. the plastic explosives set on a timer exploded over lockerbie, scotland. the blast punched a 20-inch hole in the plane's left side just in front of the wings, the 747 disintegra...

Did it come from? there's a cargo. there's approved shippers. with approved shippers, these baggages that are shipped, they are not screened because the shipper takes full responsibility for those packages so they screen them on their side which is not within the safety umbrella of this security itself. that's that you notice that tom is talking a lot about the tail area and the tail section where the cargo hold is. that is where the repair was done after the tail strike as well. i'm still not over the fence as far as bomb versus bad repair on this tail section. >> and david, before we go, wou...

It is constantly reactive and like miles was saying, it needs to be more proactive. we need to look forward at things, not just reactive and that's this case. egypt is taking their part in just waiting to be reactive. i think that the prime minister making the move to do what he did is a proactive move and something needs to be done whether it's proven yet or not it was a bomb, he's being proactive about it and that's something that's rarely done in a security area in the aviation. >> john, i mean, the question of what kind of bomb this was, the size, all those details, one of the things i've ...

Airplane and the air loads on the airplane in flight will tear it up and i would guess from the wreckage that the bomb was in the tail section of the airplane and most likely in the belly because we see the crown of the airplane, the upper piece where the fracture occurred still in tact. so it was most likely it was in the belly forward out rear entrance doors and stressed the fuselage there and disintegrated. >> john, you're saying once there is a hole or explosion, one part of the aircraft, because the entire aircraft is supposed to bear the load overall of the pressures, once there is one o...