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we begin with the search for two convicted murderers who escaped from a new york state prison. investigators are questioning prison worker joyce mitchell about her possible role in this escape. a law enforcement source says mitchell planned to pick up the inmates after they escaped but for some reason later changed her mind. >> authorities say her cell phone was used to make calls. it is not clear if mitchell knew her phone was used. matt and david broke out of the clinton correctional facility over the weekend. mitchell's son has come to her defense. >> she's not the kind of person that's going to risk her life for or other people's lives to let these guys escape from prison. she definitely wouldn't have an affair against my father and definitely wouldn't be with an inmate. there's no truth to that. >> there's a report your mom went to the emergency room with a panic attack.

did that happen? >> yes. she was, in fact, in the hospital that evening. i don't know the exact details. i just know that she was having severe chest pains and she was concerned about that. >> that was joyce mitchell's son there. there is a manhunt underway. authorities are searching farms and fields near the clinton correctional facility in upstate new york. so far, reported sightings of the fugitives have turned up nothing. >> because of its close proximity to canada you have the concern these escaped inmates may have tried to cross the border. randi kaye has more on that side of the story. >> reporter: it seems the only person to have seen richard matt and david sweat was a man in his own yard. this is what he told us. >> i asked him what he was doing in my yard and i said get out of here and he said i didn't know

where i was. i was on the wrong street. >> reporter: no one is sure they have seen him since. authorities are concerned they may try to flee north if they haven't already. if they crossed in to canada, they may have done so here. the border crossing. it's an hour or so from the prison they escaped from. this is a high-security crossing so it would have been tough. the u.s. border patrol says officers are trained in imposter detection and fraudulent documents. >> we are looking at the vehicles and individuals, opening trunks, opening back of doors and a things so it is extensive. >> i assume your team has pictures at the ready. >> the photos in the primary booth, officers have them and know which they are looking for. >> there are 300 miles of border in this sector, a lot of it mountainous and nearly all of it heavily wooded. some parts of the border are so

easy to cross that authorities are at a disadvantage. the escapees may be looking at a place like this crossing the border. they would have an easier time. there are plenty of spots like this one open areas where you don't need passports or documentation to cross the border. watch this. here i'm in the u.s. i can keep one foot in the u.s. and put another foot in canada. this is the border right here. or i can simply walk in to canada, no questions asked. helping patrol these open areas are highly trained k-9s. >> if they stop a suspicious vehicle and think someone could be in the trunk, border patrol has a way of finding out. we asked aaron to get in the trunk of this car, hide in there so we could see how they do it. >> this german shepherd smelled trouble and alerted at the car's trunk. if this was the bad guys forcing

someone to smuggle them to freedom this may be the best hope of finding them. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> how exactly did these two men manage to escape? how have they managed to avoid capture for this many days? joining me now is former federal inmate larry levine, the found other of wall street prison consultants. thank you for being with us. this is clearly a brazen prison escape. you were in prison for ten years. figuring out an escape plan, is that something often talked about? >> every inmate, everybody in custody wants to go home. that's the goal. everybody has an out date. these guys, they really didn't have an out date. they knew they were never going

home. it's still a dream. you can see inmates that are walking along the fence line, that are timing the guards driving around in the truck. so it is on everybody's mind. how the hell can i get out of here? >> and, you know, police are looking at this prison worker, joyce mitchell. how easy is it to develop a special relationship with a prison worker? >> well, you are working with people sometimes for years on end. and the staff becomes complacent. you get in to, you know, friendship kinds of relationships with them. so you are not going to be able to really cure this problem. as long as you have inmates that are male and female and then you have correctional workers that are male and female, you are going to have flirting and you are going to have relationships. >> i want to talk about how these men got their hands on power tools. you were in a maximum security prison. is that correct? >> i was in high-security,

medium, low, minimum. i was at all the custody levels. >> did you notice any weak spots in terms of security when you were in there? >> what i notice is that the staff become complacent. they call them homesteaders. say you are in an institution for 20 years and you are working. you are too comfortable with your job. you start looking the other way. you are not following all of the security protocols like you are supposed to. that's going to lead to the inmates -- they are going to look for vulnerabilities. let's take a look at the situation in new york. she was a supervisor in a tailor shop where they were making clothing for government agencies. in the federal system i was at, they called that unicorps. where they made bulletproof vests for the border patrol, diplomatic bags for the state department. in this institution, she had

these two inmates with her for years. let's suppose there were with some clothing items that the inmates had brought back to their cell, or that were delivered there. and there were power tools inside of those. nobody would be any wiser. i wouldn't be surprised -- >> wait, it would be that easy? it would be that easy? >> she's a staff member. they don't suspect their own staff members are involved in activities. there's constantly -- they were what is called the honor unit. they had more privileges than other inmates throughout the institution. even though they were high security. >> larry, quickly, these men, they didn't have anyone waiting for them outside. they apparently escaped on foot. how surprised are you that we haven't seen any sort of car jackings or any home break ins? obviously they need to secure cash and food somehow. >> well, we don't really know.

i know they think they have them in northern upstate new york and think they have sighted them but we don't know if they had a contingency plan. for all we know, the area the marshalls and the police are staging their search in that could have been other people, that could have been some drug dealers with a duffel bag full of weed that's trying to bring it back and forth across the border. has anybody actually positively identified that it was them? i don't think so. i think -- my personal bet is these guys are far, far away. >> larry, thank you so much. we appreciate that. >> glad i could be with ya. coming up on the fifth day now they have been out. the big question, as i was saying, what are they doing for money? what are they doing for food? they must be having some sort of help on the outside. and that's the big we. >> look at the rap sheets. these are convicted men and they have done things before.

one man knows really what richard matt is capable of is a man named lee bates. >> these men are dangerous and in fact bates spoke with anderson cooper by phone. take a listen. >> better definition is evil. if -- it doesn't matter a religion, but if you wanted to take a picture of the devil, that's the efface that you would see. he'll use somebody until basically in his eyes their value is zero. and he'll turn on them. but the dangerous part, as everybody knows, is that this other individual, sweat, is a cop killer. they have something in common that says, you know, we're out and when they catch us we're done. their mind set will probably be they are not going to take a us alive. >> you can find out more about

how these two inmates escaped from the prison known as little siberia on our website when you are away from the tv, head to cnn.com. >> certainly fascinating. other news this evening, a senior u.s. official says the white house is considering sending 500 additional forces to iraq to help in the fight against isis. most of them would be there to train and to advise iraqi troops. there are currently just over 3,000 u.s. forces in iraq. >> this news comes as iraqi forces seek to retake the oil refinery from isis. one u.s. official says the fight is far from over and that isis still appears to hold about half of the city. further south meantime, more challenges remain. at least two people in baghdad are dead after a car bomb exploded on a busy street there. >> i want to show you this video. it appears to show the after math of the attack in baghdad. i want to warn you, cnn cannot

independently verify the authenticity. a cop car exploded in an eastern neighborhood. at least seven people were injured. u.s. officials are learning more about isis tactics which are getting, by the way, more and more sophisticated. >> it's not just what the terror group is using on the battlefield but whom. cnn's barbara star has more. >> reporter: in iraq, the bombs are getting bigger. much bigger. and the u.s. is trying to figure out what to do about the growing number of improvised explosive devices or ieds right from the first bomb-making step. some in congress are calling for the u.s. to do more to keep the explosive material ath itself from flooding in to the battlefield. >> you don't want ammonium nitrate. you don't want other element s of that process, the ied itself, to be developed because we

haven't shut down the smuggling networks. >> reporter: as iraqi troops now struggle to retake ground, like the baijii oil refinery, military officials say the mega-ieds are changing the battlefield pchl bulldozers and humvees packed with explosives helped isis grab control in ramadi, leaving iraqi forces to flee. below ground, isis operatives dig tunnels in multiple locations and pack them with explosives. cnn has learned the pentagon is looking at highly classified new sensors that could patrol overhead, sniffing out explosives, looking for indications of radio frequency or magnetic triggers. the idea, detonate the ied before it gets near iraqi troops. it comes as another isis tactic using women as operatives or couriers is getting growing attention. the u.s. special representative

on sexual violence and conflict described female slave markets where women are stripped, bought and sold. >> we have had a story where a woman where a woman has been sued because of a pack of cigarettes. he took her, used her for a while and got tired because they see them as slaves. >> reporter: she says they are used to lure more foreign fighters. but u.s. intelligence is looking at the possibility that some women who have joined isis maybe more important than first thought. some may even be working as couriers or involved in operations. these mega-ieds, a growing concern. theist wants to get the iraqis trained up to deal with them. it is very much worth remembering over 3,000 u.s. troops lost their lives in ied attacks in over a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan. barbara starr, cnn, the

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a key figure in the fifa corruption case is once again taking aim at the united states saying the u.s. cannot give him a fair trial. in an editorial in his own newspaper, jack warner writes and i'm quoting here, the world must never be duped by pro-american propaganda. the trinidad lawmaker says the u.s. is pursuing criminal charges against members of fifa because the u.s. lost the bid for the world cup. sort of retaliation. >> warner is accused of accepting millions of dollars worth of describes and face aing

extradition to the u.s. as a result. the bbc reports u.s. officials are investigating warner for allegedly diverting funds for haiti earthquake relief to accounts he controlled. meanwhile, another of the 14 men indicted in the investigation surrendered to italian police on tuesday. interpol issued a red alert warrant for alejandro. u.s. prosecutors say he paid fwriebs to secure media rights. the head of the football federation insists his country's bid for the 2022 world cup was clean. frank told sky news, they had no chance of winning because they didn't understand that votes were secured as a result of back room maneuvers. the latest out of south korea where a number of mers cases continues to grow by the day. officials there reported two more people have died from middle east respiratory syndrome, bringing the total of deaths to nine. the number of cases confirmed,

as you see on the screen there, has risen to 108. and 2400 schools remain closed. more than 3400 people remain kwaumpb teened either at home or in health facilities. cnn sbashl correspondent ivan watson is joining us from hong kong. we heard the number of confirmed cases is now at 108. given there is no treatment or cure for this, how are those individuals being cared for? >> our own dr. sanjay gup tarks our chief medical correspondent said that the best treatment is rest and rehydration. it does appear, according to the world health organization the people at most risk of suck qri people with medical conditions them most recent casualties are described as a 62-year-old man, 75-year-old woman. the woman had a bone-related

disease. the man was treated for alcohol-related liver disease. these are people whose immune systems have already been seriously compromised and that makes them more vulnerable to middle east respiratory syndrome and more vulnerable to other common diseases like the common cold which can often prove fatal to people who are already seriously ill. some of the measures the south korean government are taking are, for example, to require checkups of all people with existing cases of pneumonia to then follow up and try to find out whether they may also have contracted mers. other steps they are taking, it's important to note that all of the people who have contracted mers, all 108, they seem to have contracted them in hospitals. so the south korean government has announced that some 48 hospitals will now be described as safe clinics. 12 of them will be reserved for treating people -- i'm sorry, 16

of them will be reserved for treating people with confirmed cases of mers and 32 of them for people with suspected cases of mers. and they have gone on to close thousands of schools. though it's not entirely clear what -- that's a preventative measure. no cases of mers have been contracted in schools in south korea, thus far. zain. >> it sounds like what you are saying is that children might be -- and i want to emphasize the word "might," might be more susceptible to the disease given it affects older people with preexisting conditions. thousands of schools closed. is there a plan b in place for those children not being educated right now? >> that's a good question. basically it seems like the south korean government is trying to show it's in charge, it's being transparent and dealing with this outbreak.

for instance, we learned within the last hour or so the south korean president has postponed a trip to washington, to the u.s., to focus more on the mers outbreak in her country. so that is another example that the south korean government is taking this outbreak very seriously. the world health organization, however, has suggested that there's no need for any travel ban at all, for any trade ban whatsoever. that the main thing is to keep a close eye on this in the hospitals, to avoid potential expansion of this outbreak. we have to recall that among the thousands of people that have been quarantined, hundreds of people have been released. there are even a couple of contracted mers cases that have been released in korea since this outbreak began three weeks ago. >> the focus is really on the hospitals because the hospitals, you have to remember, is how the

virus spread in the first place. obviously the world health organization getting involved and giving their assessment there. ivan watson there in hong kong, thank you so much. torrential rain walloped provinces in southern and central and eastern china overwhelming the cities and villages there and setting off landslides. >> i want to show you this. this is a scene in a province where low-lying areas were flooded with water up to two meters or six feet deep. 350 people were evacuated from that region. fortunately no deaths have been reported so far. >> our meteorologist is joining us with more on this. we talked about this yesterday. we saw people wading through water. we talked about how difficult it is for so many people. how are things improving or getting worse? >> it's going to stay the same. this is an area not just impacting china. it is a 5,000 kilometer region here. 3,000 miles. you can put it over the united

states and it would expand coast to coast. as far as the uniform line of heavy rainfall. look at this and people arriving on roadways that have complete ly buckled. over 50 fatalities in recent days. quarter million people displaced by this. you can stretch it from portugal in to russia. that's how impressive the rainfall is here. guess what, heavy rainfall north of hong kong where this steady line of tremendous thunderstorms still expected to be in the picture. we talked about historic rainfall for the united states, especially in the month of may. noaa releasing some stats saying we had over 400 reports of tornados. that's the most we have seen in four years. the wettest m.i.a. on record occurred for texas, oklahoma and colorado. the second earliest landfall for

a tropical storm that was anna, you may remember a month ago. and they released this map which showed the entire united states as a whole was the wettest month in recorded history between 200 and 500% above norm nal the areas of green is how much we saw in the way of precipitation. the southwestern u.s. saw that. of course texas and oklahoma as we touched on saw that as well. a lot of wet weather for a lot of regions in the world in may, guys. >> helping this regions in drought as well. you are watching cnn. still to come, why the texas police officer caught throwing a teenager to the ground is no longer on the force. >> plus, another shocking video raises questions about the use of excessive force by police in central california. was this, was this violent response warranted? we'll talk about it coming up. leave early go roam sleep in

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>> thank you for stay ing with us here on cnn. >> let's give you the headlines at this hour. investigators in new york believe a prison worker planned to pick up two inmates who escaped over the weekend but later changed her mind. a source says joyce mitchell is cooperating with authorities. a massive manhunt in the meantime is underway for convicted murderers richard matt and david sweat. >> a senior u.s. official says the white house is considering sending 500 additional forces to iraq to help in the fight against isis. most of them train and advise iraqi troops. there are currently 3 ourks thousand u.s. forces in the

country. south korean officials are trying to contain the spread of mers. the president will postpone an upcoming trip to oversea theist response to the disease. a story you have seen bounce around since the weekend. the texas police officer caught on video, throwing a teenager girl in a bikini on the ground at a pool party has now resigned. eric casebolt has not been charged but his case remains under investigation. >> a lot of people have opinions about this. police were responding to calls about a fight when the incident occurred on friday. the police chief says his police department's policies and training do not -- do not support casebolt's actions in this video. >> eric casebolt has resigned

from the mckinney police department. as the chief of police, i want to say to our community that the actions of casebolt, as seen on the video at the disturbance of the community pool are indefensible. >> there's been some debate over wla whether the incident was racially motivated or not a white person who witnessed the incident said the officer was targeting black teenagers. however, a black witness said it was not a racial incident and that casebolt was trying to establish order. so some confusion there. another shocking police encounter caught on video. this one in salinas, california. even the police chief admits the images are horrific. officers beating a suspect who they say shoved his mother in to a busy street. >> police say they had to do it because jose was high on drugs and violently resisting arrest. [ sirens ] during the takedown, officers

struggled with the suspect and then whip out their batons. [ sirens ] this clubbing lasts nearly a minute. most of the incident caught on cell phone video. >> when you see it on film or on you tube and it's just like wow, that's a beat down. you know, it raises concerns. >> i think anyone who look s at that video without context would have concerns. >> reporter: the city's police chief says the cell phone video tells only part of the story. he says before officers arrived, 28-year-old jose threw his mother in to oncoming traffic and then began slamming her body on the street. according to the police report, he admitted to drinking and said he was high on meth. officers say the drugs gave the suspect super strength. the blows didn't appear to hurt him. they say he grabbed a cop's taser. >> when you make sense of how we got there and what the officers

were trying to get there. doesn't make it pretty but makes more sense. >> more experts disagree with the chief. >> when they are clubbing somebody like that, high or not high that's not going to accomplish what you want to do unless you are trying to make him unconscious. >> as for his mother, she was not seriously hurt and said her son is mentally ill. >> >> nobody was listening. they weren't hearing my son yelling for help. >> the salinas police chief is on the phone from california to talk about this. chief, your department under pressure because of this video. jose was reportedly violent before the cops arrived. still, though, if your officers have tasers available, why try to beat a man high on drugs in to submission? >> well, i think that is an important point you bring up. one of the challenges that we face with people making judgments solely on a little

video clip. in fact, the officers who responded tried to use their tasers three times before understanding that they were being ineffective on him. so they were used. in the course of the struggle, subsequent to the attempts to tase him he was actually able to reach up to an officer and physically tear his taser and the holster off of his gun belt. >> this man beaten to submission is latino. back in 2014, your department was involved in some four shooting deaths of coincidentally latino men. how are you and your force addressing concerns of locals there that generally speaking your force is heavy handed? >> one thing that we understand here in salinas, there's a long history of distrust between police and community members. in a community like salinas that happens to be 74% latino, we understand that some of that

distrust could originate locally or some brought from native countries and we are doing a variety of things and have ben before the officer-involved shootings of 2014 to work closely with the community and developed some strong ties therein. of course these incidents cause challenges and makes us refocus our efforts. >> we should note, i have read op-eds from newspapers where you are and people acknowledge that while there maybe these few and far between negative incidents generally speaking you need the police. these are brave men and women who risk their lives to keep everybody safe. do you worry about this incident and a short viral clip a that that message gets lost? >> i do worry about that. i worry about people making harsh and critical assessments based on limit information. in fact, i would take exception to your characterization that

mr. ve las coe was beaten in to submission. the fact of the matter is that salinas police officers responded to a violent man, presenting a dangerous situation. his mother and community at large. when they attempted to arrest him using verbal commands and tasers he violently resisted. the officers escalated their force in response to what he did. grainy video that doesn't give context to the event and this causes rifts in the challenges we face in our communities. >> what is the state of jose velasco today? >> our detectives interviewed him. he is in custody in the monterrey county jail. he has, as you would expect bruising to his arms and legs.

he has some staples in his head from a strike to the head and may have a fractured leg. he is otherwise okay. >> we certainly appreciate you providing more context in to this incident. kelly mcmillin the salinas police chief speaking to us from california. thank you for your time. >> thank you, sir. a u.s. man who was about to be released from prison after four decades in solitaire confinement will remain there for two more days. this after the louisiana attorney general's office was granted an emergency stay blocking the release of albert woodfox. the 68-year-old is the last imprisoned member of the so-calledening a goal la three. accused in the '72 killing of a prison guard. he spent 43 years in solitaire confinement, 22 hours a day in a windowless cell for a crime he says he didn't commit. he was convicted twice before but both of those convictions

were overturned. on monday a judge ruled he should be freed and not face a third trial. an appeals court trumped that decision approving a stay until at least friday. >> former u.s. house speaker dennis hastert once second in line'presidency appeared in court on tuesday amid reports and allegations he sexually abused former students. >> hastert plead ed not guilty to all charges related to lying to federal investigators about paying millions in hush money to one of the alleged victims. jeff zellny has more on his day in court. >> reporter: after 12 days in hiding, dennis hastert arrived in federal court in chicago to a spectacle. he fought his way through the biggest crush of cameras since his time as the longest serving republican speaker of the house. he's accused of paying millions of dollars in hush money to keep secret allegations of sexual

misconduct from his time as a high school wrestling coach. inside of court today he pleaded not guilty. he was ordered to sur render his passport, firearms and gave dna sample. he was released on $4500 bond and left the courthouse alone. not accompanied by his wife, children or other family members. >> how are you doing. >> paul butler said he expects hastert will plead guilty to avoid a messy trial. >> this is like going after al capone for tax evasion. the reason the department is bringing charges against a 73-year-old politician, who's out of office, has everything to do with the underlying allegations. >> reporter: the allegations are from four decades ago when he was a teacher in yorkville high school in illinois. the name of the person receiving hush money a former student, has not been disclosed. cnn has learned the fbi has identified at least three potential victims. >> the house is in order.

>> reporter: hastert is not charged with sexual misconduct. the statute of limitations on any such allegations would have long expired. he faces these two counts. illegally structuring bank withdrawals to hide $1.7 million in payments made to a person the indictment refers to as individual "a." and lying to the fbi about it. hastert allegedly said he was setting aside cash because he didn't trust the banking system. each charge carries a penalty up to five years in prison and $250,000 fine. >> our jeff zellny there. russian president putin is set to meet with the pope in a few hours from now. coming up, the issues and tensions between these two leaders. stay with us.

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president vladimir putin is set to arrive in italy. >> this will be the second time the two have met but the first meeting since russia annexed crimea. the ongo ing fighting in ukraine is expected to be a major topic of their meeting today. in fact, mr. putin is facing growing pressure from other world leaders to pull out of ukraine but the fighting there rages on and that despite a declared cease fire. >> there are fears the crisis in ukraine is the beginning of russia's expansion. here's our jim sciutto with more on that. >> reporter: these are the front lines of the war in ukraine today. ukrainian troops locked in battle with russian-backed rebels. the attempt to end the fighting here looks meaningless. president obama putting the blame on putin. >> does he continue to wreck his country's economy and continue

russia's isolation in pursuit of a desire to recreate the glories of the soviet empire, or does he recognize that russia's greatness does not depend on violating the sovereignty of other countries. >> like this russian fly by of a u.s. navy destroyer in the black sea last week, russia moves inside of ukraine, an increasing direct challenge to the u.s. u.s. forces are training ukrainian troops against russia's wishes. and nato warplanes are on rotation in the region. despite the show of force, large parts of eastern ukraine and all of crimea remain under russian control. 2016 presidential race heating up. soon to be candidate jeb bush blames failed u.s. policy. >> well with, mr. putin is a ruthless pragmatist, he will push until someone pushes back and i believe that's nato.

>> reporter: increasingly some of the european natos including lithuania, latvia fear they could be next. >> i think we have to assume we may see threats like this in the future. >> reporter: in the four months since the second attempt at a cease fire in eastern ukraine, more than 100 soldiers have been killed an the map of russian-controlled territory has grown. ukrainian officials telling the obama administration they need more help. jim sciutto, cnn, washington. you are watching "cnn newsroom." coming up, the desperate effort to save the life of a rhino youred in a brutal poaching incident. stay with us. yes, we are twins.

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hope is taking the world. bailey was found south africa after attacked by poachers for her horn. >> we have a report on the remarkable efforts to save hope's life. >> reporter: the first time this rhino faced a gun like this she

suffered unimaginable trauma. >> four or five minutes. >> reporter: now a team of vets try to save her to clean and dress the gaping wound where her horns once were to salvage what the poachers left of her face. where i am standing you can see directly through her nose she's so badly injured. the poachers dartd her because it is a silent procedure and hacked away at her horn with machetes and she is breathing mostly through her sinuses. >> start with that and see if it works. >> reporter: the team named her hope. when they found her four days after the poachers had she was in a terrible state, weak from blood loss and the effects of the anesthetic. >> infection had set in. flies laid eggs which had become maggots and had become to eat her alive. she's been through all of that. >> the team feeling their way here. there have been a handful of operations to save rhinos this

badly injured. the anesthetic must be closely monitored. the animal on they are feet periodically to keep the blood flowing. there's little facial bone left to work with. >> we will use the bone to forge it to the skull. >> a gruesome process. the wound must be moist so a protective mold is drilled to the remaining bone on her face and sewn to the skin of her nose. hope ripped the last coverunder nooet. the last one must have been unbearable. this must hold long er. it will take two years perhaps until she is heal ed and a harrowing process not just for hope but the vets battling to help her and others like her. >> being with the animals subjected to this brutality is an emotional experience.

partially because we are dumb struck as to the reasons behind it. i think the importance is that there's a disassociation between what is taken place on the ground and what animals are subjected to through poaching and illegal trade and wildlife and consumers on the other end of the world without realizing what they go through. >> reporter: hope's horns maybe in asia where especially in vietnam, rhino horn is considered to be a health elixir. this is reality, animals brutalized, species endangered and in trauma to feed the greed of consumers who do not see the harm they are doing. >> so heart breaking. we wish hope the best. turn to another story. a new video surfaced in to one of legendary aviators.

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