that is certainly something that now they say they ll look at all their processes and make changes. there s one change, of course, that they have made, which is more a change to the flying resumes themselves. they have also adopt flooi g i flying rules themselves. they have also adopted the rule that there s always two people inside the cockpit to prevent someone from locking themselves in, which is of course what happened in this case. i ll talk with an aviation expert about that change this they ve announced in a moment. fred pleitgen in germany, thank you. at the scorched mountainside where the plane crashed, recovery teams say they are making good progress. that s according to the official coordinating helicopter operations in the french alps. you see how precarious the operations are as remains are removed there, airlifted to rescue aircraft. more will be deployed to the
they were involved in providing information to cuban government that led to the murder of u.s. citizens in a shootdown of the brothers of the rescue aircraft in 1996. airplanes that used to patrol straight to cuba, find people and save their lives, cuba government shot them down largely based information one of these spies provided and they will receive a hero s welcome in cuba. bill: does this suggest to you with two years left in the presidency that president obama wants to visit cuba and pay a visit to havana while the president can make a mark? i don t know what his intentions are. foreign policy is at minimum and may be counterproductive to the future of democracy in the region. i go back to the point i made a few moments ago. we imposed sanctions and human rights violators in venezuela but the people supporting those
wounded. despite little or no combat training chief etchberger single-handedly held off the enemy with an m-16 why simultaneously directing air strikes into the area and calling for aires cue. becau aires cue. because ever these actions he was able to deny enemy action to his position and save the lives of his remaining crew. with the arrival of the rescue aircraft, chief etchberger without hesitation repeatedly and deliberately risked his own life exposing himself to heavy enemy fire in order to place three surviving wounded comrades into rescue slings hanging from the hovering helicopter waiting to airlift them to safety. with his remaining crew safely aboard, chief etchberger finally climbed into the evacuation slim himself only to be fatally wounded by enany ground fire as he was being raced into the aircraft. chief etchberger s bravery and determination in the face of
calling for air rescue. because of his fierce defense and heroic and selfless actions he was able to deny the enemy access to his position and save the lives of his remaining crew. with the arrival of the rescue aircraft, chief etchberger, without hesitation repeatedly and deliberately risked his own life exposing himself to heavy enemy fire in order to place three surviving wounded comrades into rescue slings hanging from the hovering helicopter waiting to airlift them to safety. with his remaining crew safely aboard, chief etchberger finally climbed into the evacuation sling himself, only to be fatally wounded by enemy ground fire as he was being raised into the aircraft. chief etchberger s bravery and determination in the face of persistent enemy fire and overwhelming odds are in keeping with with the highest standards of performance and traditions of military service. chief etchberger s gallantry, self-sacrifice and profound concern for his fellowmen at
how many fatalities exactly, the report is five. we don t know if ted stevens was among them, jon. jon: dan springer reporting live from alaska. dan, thanks very much. it bears repeating, nine people we believe on that plane, five fatalities, as dan told you they have medical personnel on the ground, apparently the local emt s are on the ground, were will fairly soon after the plane crashed around 8:00 p.m. local time in alaska last night. they ve been through the victims throughout the night and attempting to give what aid they can. so far no other rescue aircraft have been able to get in there. they have c130s. j1 helicopters, h160s trying to get there. so far no luck, it sounds like the weather is just too bad. jenna: there is a map on our screen showing you where the area is in relation to