very much. harry, can t discuss this without passion, that s what it brings out in us, why the tape is so important, why the discussion is as well. coming up in the next hour, we will speak with daniel herbert, the attorney for officer jason van dyke, who is now charged with first-degree murder. we will ask him the questions. mick? breaking news in the escalating situation overseas after turk i shot down a russian military plane. we are just learning russian special forces have rescued the surviving pilot. let s get straight to becky anderson, live in istanbul with all the breaking details. becky? reporter: that s right, michaela. the russian defense ministry just confirming that the second pilot of that su-24 jet shot down by the turkish military at the air base in syria, his colleague, you will recall, was killed in the air by fire from the ground as he tried to parachute to safety on tuesday. and that is according to the russians. now, exclusive video obtained by cnn shows the w
have actually moved him closer to the coalition in some bizarre watch ambassador thomas pickering, thank you very much for the perspective as always and the best for thanksgiving to you and your family. thank you, chris and the same to you. all right. we are following a lot of news this morning. we have head lanes for you. let s get to it. unrest erupting in chicago. hundreds of protesters take to the streets. officer jason van dyke faces first-degree murder charges. abused his authority. i don t believe the force was necessary. on the ground, why do they need to shoot any more? turkey, like every country, has a right to defend its territory and its airspace. was the turkish military justified in shooting it down? a new manhunt under way across europe for this man. believed to have dropped off one of the bombers who attacked the stade de france. something going on in the mosques, there s something we don t know about. the country is too good for this. this whole
understand why this has take an year before there were any charges at all. for that insight, exclusively this morning, daniel herbert, attorney for officer van dyke. thank you, sir, for taking the opportunity. what can you tell us about what officer van dyke says and believes was happening that night? well, first of all, i m a little bit limiteds as to what i can speak to regarding what was going on with my client because of the pending case. however, i can indicate that the reason my client, jason, fired his weapon that evening back in october 2014 is that he truly was in fear for his life as well as the lives of his fellow police officers. when you see the video, it does not show any of the normal indications of threat that we have come to associate with deadly action by police. what do you see? well, i think i saw the same