Have any idea what caused the crash . The short answer to that is, no. Speculation centered on mechanical and technical problem, the copilots daughter has said that her father told her even before the plane took off that the pilots were concerned there was a problem. The plane took off in early hours of the morning, when it reached 31,000 feet and 400 noters the pilot called air Traffic Controllers said he had a technical problem and wanted to make an Emergency Landing then flight traffic shows that the plane dropped about 3,000 feet to 28,000 and slowed from 400 to 93 knots then all contact was lost. Now, immediately following that, the affiliate offered here claimed that they brought the plane down killing what they called russian crusaders as pay back for russian involvement in syria. However, that group is known to have missiles that are only capable of going 20,000 feet. What they cannot rule out is possibility of a woman. Interestingly, the search area has now been widened. It wa
Trail in des moines. Senator, i want to start with the news this the United States sendinin 50 special Operations Forces into syria, is that enough . Well, its an important start to what i think, from tactical perspective, broader issue, what is the strategy . Has to involve more coordination with the kurds and sunnis. Without robust antiisis sunni coalition. I do think its important tactical step forward, needs to be backed up with increased airstrikes. I dont have problem with tactics of it. The numbers might even have to be larger at some point. But i think bigger issue can they arrive at strategeg thats why i think Administration Still struggling to outline. Dickerson special forces in seary but the russians are also operating in syria do you worry theres any conflict there . There is always that potential. One of the things that concerns us is that there is airstrike of some sort that may end up hitting forces that are americans embedded alongside, one of the issues that people bu
Pragmatically in order to keep the government running in order to keep the economy growing have to take some actions. Well see if he can get the support that john boehner found so difficult. Dickerson he talked about bold vision. And when he offered bold vision in his budget years it was often a big target for democrats. Isnt that a recipe if hes going to offer bold vision for more fighting over ideology . If hes going to offer as he says Movement Conservative bold visions, thats correct. Were not for changing Social Security as it exists today. Were for strengthening it. Not for making medicare a voucher program. So, some of those bold vision, is that he talks about are things that are worthy of a good debate we think win that debate with the american public. On the other hand to the extent to sit down work collaboratively to solve problems, one of those is comprehensive Immigration Reform hes already taken that off the table because they dont trust the president. Im not sure what tha
Ahead on face the nation. Good morning, welcome to face the nation im John Dickerson. Weve got lot of political news to get to but we start with an update on what caused a Russian Airliner bound for st. Petersburg from egypt carrying more than 200 passengers to crash in the Sinai Peninsula early saturday. Cbs news correspondent allan pizzj in cairo, do authorities have any idea what caused the crash . The short answer to that is, no. Speculation centered on mechanical and technical problem, the copilots daughter has said that her father told her even before the plane took off that the pilots were concerned there was a problem. The plane took off in early hours of the morning, when it reached 31,000 feet and 400 noters the pilot called air Traffic Controllers said he had a technical problem and wanted to make an Emergency Landing then flight traffic shows that the plane dropped about 3,000 feet to 28,000 and slowed from 400 to 93 knots then all contact was lost. Now, immediately followi
Russian plane that crashed in egypt and killed 224. Plus, well have roundtable to analyze all the news its all ahead on face the nation. Good morning, welcome to face the nation im John Dickerson. Weve got lot of political news to get to but we start with an update on what caused a Russian Airliner bound for st. Petersburg from egypt carrying more than 200 passengers to crash in the Sinai Peninsula early saturday. Cbs news correspondent allan pizzj in cairo, do authorities have any idea what caused the crash . The short answer to that is, no. Speculation centered on mechanical and technical problem, the copilots daughter has said that her father told her even before the plane took off that the pilots were concerned there was a problem. The plane took off in early hours of the morning, when it reached 31,000 feet and 400 noters the pilot called air Traffic Controllers said he had to make an Emergency Landing then flight traffic shows that the plane dropped about 3,000 feet to 28,000 and