Isis says it shot down over syria. One of the groups that monitors postingic es like this, they say that their analysis indicates that the type of plane isis shot down and that youre seeing the wreckage of here is one of these. Its a variant on a russianorigin mig fighter jet. Russia has been the main arms supplier to syria for decades. It would make sense at one level that if it was a Syrian Military jet, it would be a russianorigin aircraft like this. That said, the footage that isis posted on line today, it does show, as you can see here, it shows a lot of Component Parts with instructions written on them, aparent pli in english. Nbc news has not verified this content. And im not enough of an aeronottics expert to testimony you what each one means. If the reports about what happened here are accurate, if this was a syrian war plane conducting air strikes against isis, near the isis headquarters in eastern syria, if thats what happened, if isis was able to use antiaircraft weapons to
Unconscious passengers who were on board. Is he breathing . I can see his chest rising and falling, right before i left, it was first time we could see he was actually breathing. It may be a deal where depending on how fast they descend he may regain consciousness once the aircraft starts descending for fuel. Its believed the two passengers lost consciousness potentially due to deappreciate yourization and condition known as high poxia, his son ken confirms to cnbc, that mr. Glazer and his wife jane were the only passengers on board. Joining me on the phone is retired nbc news correspondent and aviation specialist, bob hager. The first thing that came to mind when i heard this was Payne Stewart, the golfer who died in a similar situation where the plane actually lost pressurization and was escorted to a field out in the plain states in the u. S. Is that what happened here, that theres a depressurization in the cabin and the plane eventually crashes. It looks like that is what happened
Was very unexpected news. The context is that republicans need a net gain of six seats in order to win control of the u. S. Senate. And move Mitch Mcconnell up the ladder from minority leader to majority leader republicans control of the house is not in jeopardy in these elections barring some act of god, and republicans cannot dislodge president obama from the white house in this election, but they really can try to win the senate, that is the big enchilada at stake this year it will have huge consequences for the country and for the rest of the obama presidency. Republicans have been focussed on the senate singularly. They have potential ways to gain the six seats they need in order to take over the senate. The republicans do appear at least the odds look like they will. They appear to be on the way to flipping senate seats from blue to red in the three states that are marked on this map right here. West virginia, south dakota and montana. Nothings set in spoken. Thats the way the od
It exploded big time in washington today. The first attack came from the left as code pink showed up to protest a Senate Hearing with defense secretary chuck hagel and general Martin Dempsey of the joint chiefs. Would you please not take advantage of the freedom of this place . Will you please remove this lady from the room. This disruption is not helping [ gavel banging constant ] we need to get out of iraq, out of syria, stop the bombing im glad we can hear her. Then came a more damaging assault from the hawkish right as john mccain struck hard at president obamas strategy of having the Free Syrian Army carry the ground attack against isis. If we were to take assad off the table, wed have a much more difficult time forming a coalition. But i think what youre hearing us express is an isil first strategy. I dont think well find ourselves in that situation, given what we intend to do with you dont think that the Free Syrian Army is going to fight against bashar assad, who has been decim
Hell, youre going to have to go to syria. These are evil barbarians, they cant be negotiated with. Were going to have to squeeze it out of existence. The International Community has an obligation. The European Public is dead set against nato doing anything. The west post iraq is very wary. The isil threat is a regional threat. Regional partners will be critical. We need the sunni arab countries there to step up. Not only a military strategy, but a diplomatic strategy. Put inside syria and iraq, political systems that work. Its going to take time. The al qaeda threat to the United States is as direct and is as real as isis. The world faces many dangerous threats. The pressure to act is only increasing. With the washington drumbeat for a new war in iraq and syria growing by the day, antiwar protesters marched outside the nato summit today in newport, wales, where president obama, british Prime Minister David Cameron and other nato leaders tried to come up with a strategy for what cameron