francisco airport. when asiana airline president tried to ignore cameras and reporters while waiting at the gate, it set off a mob scene at the international airport. in korean, he said he was sorry. then airport security pulled him to safety back in customs. the korean press was disappointed he refused to make a statement. she just ran out of the airport. so i think it s not the right choice. reporter: before the airline executive left seoul, he tried to give his apologies to the father of one of the chinese students who died in the crash. he was pushed away. we saw the executives when we got off the flight. and you can sew the look on their face that they were deeply concerned about what happened. reporter: meanwhile, they had a briefing that talked about the experience of the men who piloted the plane. only three were in the cockpit during the landing. the pilot flying the plane was seated on the left. the instructor pilot was on the right. there was also a pilot i
fit the san mateo county coroner identified which victim of asian flight 214 may have been hit bay fire truck. coroner says 16-year-old tl kwan has injuries that could be caused by a fire apparatus. the body was found near the main part of the plane. her friend lee found near the sea wall the plane hit exploratorium police confirmed to abc 7 news that the department major accident investigation team is assisting federal investigators to determine whether fire vehicle struck kwan. it will be 2 maybe 3 weeks before an autopsy can confirm exactly how she died. now in the meantime as you look at new video released by investigators today the national transportation safety board safety board has wrapped up a second day of interviewing the pilot of asian flight 214. not only the pilot in training trying to land a 7 77 at sfo for the first time, the pilot who was training him was serving as an instructor for the first time. total flight time is 13,000 hours. he estimated he had a
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history to resign the post. he spoke in six languages and thanking them for prayers and support and adding in his german, that these were difficult days. the crowd in turn responded with respect and affection. in rome, where there is no shortage of must-see attractions, suddenly pope benedict is the main stay. this crowd was worthy of a rock star. his exit from his last public mass on ash wednesday turned churchgoers into paparazzi. the season of lent is now a celebration of the 85-year-old pontiff. the hottest ticket in town benedict s final audience on february 27th, the day before he steps down. 35,000 people have already requested free tickets says the vatican. but this extraordinary step creates an extraordinary problem. the church will have two living popes. there are lots of stories. reporter: author george wiegel. there are technically not two popes. he ceases to be pope on february 28th. i think he will make that work because he will simply retire into the deep
all the heat is overwhelming. tried to power through. felt like i was having a heart attack. how long the heat wave will last ahead. new this morning, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez hitting back. she s in a town hall in queens. her district in new york, yesterday. we re here, they sent me back to queens. i am happy to be here. once you start telling american citizens to, quote, go back to your own country, this tells you that this president s policies are not about immigration, it s about ethnicity and racism. and his biggest mistake was that he said the quiet part loud. he s been keeping it in here. this week it went out here. where are we going to go? we re going to stay right here. that s where we re going to go. we re not going anywhere. the congresswoman also retweeting a new article from the washington post that details the political crisis caused by the president s tweets. ocasio-cortez wrote that the article proved that the president is not a quo