Accommodation to young, Vulnerable People in exchange for sex. And hold on tight, as we mark 200 years of thrills since the opening of the first Roller Coaster. Our main story at five. The syrian president Bashar Al Assad has said claims that his armed forces were behind the chemical weapons attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun are a 100 fabrication. The us launched missile strikes against an airbase in retaliation for the attack, which it blamed on the syrian government. In his first interview since the chemical weapons attack, president assad claimed that that the us worked Hand In Glove with Terrorist Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for the american air strikes. Theresa may said the evidence against assads regime was clear. Keith doyle reports. Hes been in powerfor 17 years. He says he is fighting terrorists. The us, the uk and their allies say he is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of refugees. In his first interview since the Chemical Attack whi
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my son s seat, it was kind of, like, rickety, almost falling off. we were trying to push it in, hold it in longer. reporter: yeah. remember, the faa s scott brenner says this is a big deal because your seat on an airplane is your lifeline. listen. people pass out when they hit 4gs, these seats are designed so withstand 16gs worth of force, so when you look at crashes, it s very rare that you will see or almost unheard of that you will see a seat that s popped out of the aircraft frame. reporter: so you ve got maintenance crews and the faa that s on the ground checking these various 757s, and they ll probably look at all of them just to double check. you see the pilots walking there. there s been this ongoing dispute, thousands of flights have been canceled, thousands more have been delayed because of maintenance issues. the pilots calling in things like busted coffee pots and then calling out sick. american has threatened legal
good morning, christine. it s mont, october 17th. ali is off, carol is on assignment, and i m alina cho. this car crash, our hearts go out to the family of dan wheldon. we ll speak to say the a lot of about this. heart broken fans and drivers this morning. the tragedy on the track. indycar champion dan wheldon died in one of the worst crashes the sport has ever seen yesterday in las vegas. indycar going into the off-season how fragile life can be and how dangerous their sport is. some of the images of the crash you ll see may be disturbing. reporter: the last race of the year, dan wheldon s car sailing through the air, slamming into the catch fence and disintegrated. oh, multiple cars involved. reporter: a horrific 15-car wreck. video showing cars spinning out of control, bursting into flames and shooting smoke and debris into the air. cars in flames, wreckage, carnage. terrible. they just crumpled and caught on fire and everybody gasped. reporter: racers got th