Consider this a violation of cuban air space. So cuba had to scramble a jet. We know the u. S. Had scrambled f15 fighter jets. We sent a couple pilots up there just to try to get as close to this small aircraft as they could to see what they could. And what they reportedly saw was the pilot inside of the plane in the cockpit, initially breathing. Then they saw the pilot slumped over. And then they saw frosted windows. We now have sound from one of those f15 fighter jet one of those pilots. This is precisely what he saw. See his chest rising and falling. This is the first time we could see he was actually breathing. And it may be a deal where compensating on how fast they descend he may regain consciousness once the aircraft starts descending for fuel starvation. Let me begin with rene marsh in our coverage here as far as what we know, the location of this plane crash. Rene, what are you learning . Well, brooke, we are getting more information from the faa. We know that as you reset the
We watched for hours as the airplane headed to florida, fly, on the west coast, and then stop respond so right there controllers, took off from rochester, headed to naples, which is right here, kapf is the airport there. It made the turn up there, which is expected, stayed at altitude and just continued to fly. It was right about somebody in the cockpit went silent. The military scrambled fighter jets to find and it they found it along this route here and when they crossed into the air space down here they had to stop following it. Along the way somebody looked into the plane. There are reports from somebody, presumably the fighter jet, that the planes windows had glassed over, suggesting maybe hypoxia set in, they lost pressurization, but there was never a call to a tower or anything. If it happened slowly that could have meant that nobody realized what was happening, they just fell asleep. I want to get over here to mark for details how all this went down. This is flight aware, which
Today saying its a good idea. Saying theres no way anybody was going to listen to an informed debate on immigration while House Republicans are scared of Tea Party Members before the election. But this is something the president vowed to do on june 30th before the end of the summer. Well, poppy, you have to be practical. Now, im one that supports total immigration, comprehensive Immigration Reform. Weve passed it in the senate. I voted for it. And, of course, i want to see it come about. Its the right thing to do. But weve only got two months until the election. And i think the president was correct to hold off. If we cant get the Congress Read specifically the house of representatives to move in the lameduck session right after the election, then the president needs to go ahead and use his executive authority to do as much as he can. I want to read you a response that we got from Christina Jimenez of united we dream. She said the president s latest broken promise is another slap to th
To dismantle this network, this force, that has claimed to troll this much territory so that they cant do us harm. And thats going to be our objective. Reporter but achieving that goal in syria with a government the u. S. Doesnt support remains a challenge. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle including republican frank wolf in the house and Democrat Bill nelson in the Senate Already are preparing legislation ahead of any president ial request to authorize u. S. Air strikes inside syria. So far, mr. Obama pledged no u. S. Ground troops will enter syria, stressing that the u. S. And an International Coalition will prop up partners on the ground there, like the relatively moderate Free Syrian Army to take the fight directly to isis. They have been to some degree outgunned, and outmanned, and thats why its important for us to work with our friends and allies to support them more effectively. Reporter now, president obama also compared the fight guess isis to the fight against al qaeda. Of
Her in cardiac arrest . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were follow two breaking news stories. Searchers are now racing to the site where a small plane crashed in waters off jamaica. It flew for hours unresponsive, past its florida destination, trailed by u. S. Fighter jets as it approached cuba. Well have full details on this story coming up. But first, a charter plane carrying American Military contractors has been ordered to land in iran on a flight out of afghanistan. Our correspondents and guests are all standing by for full coverage. Lets begin with Global Affairs correspondent elise labott at the state department. What do we know about this plane carrying u. S. Military contractors forced to land in iran . Wolf, this contract plane was flying from Bagram Air Base in afghanistan to dubai. It had about 100 americans and a couple dozen citizens from other coalition countries. The air control tower in iran contracted the pilots, told them their flight plan was out of d