Its a suspicioioshared by britain. Philip hammond British Foreign secretary we formed a judgment that there is a significant possibility that the russian aircraft was brought down by an explosive device on board. Britain, one of 3 countries stopping all flights to the airport where the plane took off. American aircraft have long been warned away from this area. Josh earnest White House Press secretary we obviously have a strong desire to get to the bottom of what exactly happened there. Noone is ruling out a technical fault as the cause the black box recorders are still being worked on. Bill neely nbc news cairo, egypt well the egyptians are really kicking back now. The government minister saying he simply doesnt accept the us theory as fact. But egypt has now fired the head of the airport from where the plane took off and investigators have found really lax security there. The russisis too dont accept the us theory. 23 russian tourist planes are flying into that airport today, but the
Good eveveng. Thanks for joining us, totoght. Im matt breen. sheila and, im sheila brummer. Ten years ago, work started on the first of a new breed of naval combat ship. The freedomclass Littoral Combat ship. matt for the last 19months, workers at a shipyard in wisconsin have worked to build the newest lcs, the uss sioux city. Last month, i got rare access to the shipbuilding process. And to see the ship, up close. The sioux city. So, right now, the crew can simulate reallife situations. Theyre not going to let us take the ship underway if were not ready, ralston said. Like navigation and propulsion. Four water jet engigis push the sioux city through the water like a jet ski. One of the most challenging things to learn is the very complicated engineering plant,ralston said. We want to be able to operate that as safely and effectively as we can. The crew can also prepare for worstcase scenarios. Making sure that when we do get the ship, that if something does go wrong like fire or flood
While today most certainly will not be a washout, a few hit and miss showers and possibly a thunderstorm will be possible throughout. Today will also be one of those odd days where temperatures will be warmer 60s in the morning before falling into the 40s and 50s this afternoon with some strong winds shifting to the northwest behind a passing cold front. See graphics. Wx timer 40 a suspect armed with a highpowered rifle has finally been taken into custody, after a nearly six hour standoff in which he fired on Police Officers and brought air traffic in san diego to a halt. No officers were injured in the brief exchange of gunfire, which broke out immediately after san apartment complex for a Domestic Violence call. Officials say throughout the day, the suspect fired random shots into the approach path used by pilots at the San Diego International airport, prompting the faa to stop all flights from landing. After several hours of negotiation, the suspect was finally taken into custody. T