Flags to remain at half staff until monday. It is friday morning. We are going to take your calls and reflections on Nelson Mandela. Our phone lines are open. Republicans, 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. And our line for independents, 202 5853882. Mail,an send us an e journal cspan. Org or you can send us a tweet, cspanwj. [video clip] i am not a saint unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. I am one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Nelson Mandelas life. My First Political action, the that thing i ever did involves politics was a protest against apartheid. His works and his writings. The day he was released from prison, a gave me a sense of what human beings can do when they are guided by their hopes and not their fears. Globe, iany around the cannot imagine my own life without the example that Nelson Mandela set. As i live, i will do what i can to learn from him. President as he paid tribute to Nelson Mandela and the tributes coming in from
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Now. We know that these two fighter jets dispatched from norad tracked this plane as it was unresponsive over southern florida, then over the ocean. But those planes had to break off as the plane headed into cuban airspace. Keep in mind, airspace is about 12 miles from the coast. So 12 miles out from cuba, the american planes broke off. Were told that cuban military plane, at least one, maybe two, intercepted the plane at that point as it was over cuban airspace but it now looks like it is near the edge of cuban airspace and perhaps potentially headed back into the ocean, over the ocean or over the gulf there. The concern here is that the plane may have run out of fuel. We dont know much, if anything, about the situation onboard. There is widespread speculation among norad as well as the faa that the people onboard are unresponsive. That they may have succumb to hypoxia or there may be a medical emergency on board. If it is hypoxia, it is extremely difficult to concentrate, assuming yo
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
At noon today. Nbcs mark potter has the very latest out of miami. Sources have said that alan gross, a 65yearold sub contractor for the usaid has been released on humanitarian grounds. He is being flown to the United States. He has been imprisoned there for five years after being sentenced to 15 years by the cuban government. Gross claimed he was in cuba providing internet equipment to allow the Jewish Community to contact the world in ways that are hard to do in cuba. The cuban government claimed he was involved in activities counter to the cuban government that he was providing military equipment. He was arrested convicted and sentenced to 15 years. The five years in prison have been very tough. He has deteriorated in terms of his health. He is said to be in very poor health. Hes lost a lot of weight. Hes missing teeth. He is in quiet bad shape. Theres been pressure from the u. S. Government to release him and that has happened today on humanitarian grounds. Recently, president obama