hours before a strike on gaza rains down two miles from the airport. sugar daddy, that's how one lawmaker described the president when it comes to immigration. i'm going to throw the brakes on that rhetoric and talk solutions, real solutions with members of both political parties. in trial on venezuela, how the case against lopez is shining a bright light on a country that may be rich when it comes to oil but poor when it comes to freedom of speech and toilet paper. it's thursday, the 24th of july. good morning. i'm jose diaz-balart in new york. we begin can breaking news this morning. another plane crash in an unstable part of the world. according to reports, the md-83 operated by madrid-based swift air from faso to algeria lost radio contact 50 minutes into the flight. that's a northbound route in

western africa off maly. there are no details wa wha caused the crash or whether the passengers and crew members survived. we'll be continuing to monitor for updates. let's turn to the first focus. an investigation under way in arizona after it took two hours for an inmate to die last night provoking discussion on the lethal injections. joseph rudolph wood is a convicted double murder. his guilt not in dispute. but witnesses say he gasped 600 times in two hours. like a fish taken out of water said one. it took so long for wood to die, his lawyer had time to file an emergency appeal to state and federal courts to stop the execution. the arizona department of corrections says he was deeply sedated throughout the two hours and that its medical team checked on him eight times.

arizona governor jan brewer appeared to be cautious in her statement saying in part "i'm kbernd the length of time it took for the administered drug to complete the lawful execution of the double murderer. one thing is certain, he died in a lawful manner and by eyewitness accounts he did not suffer. there was little sympathy from the family of joseph wood's victims. >> everybody here from what i heard said it was excruciating. you don't know what excruciating is. what's excruciating is seeing your dad lying in a pool of blood and your sister in a pool of blood. that's excruciating. this man deserved it. i shouldn't call him a man. he deserved everything he had coming to him. >> the drugs used to execute wood were the same combination used in ohio in january in the execution of dennis mcguire. he, like joseph wood, appeared to gasp for breath and took 25 minutes to die.

this was also the first time arizona used these particular drugs. the aclu is now calling for a moratorium on all executions in the state. joining me now is a reporter for the arizona republic who witnessed the execution and enterprise editor for the tulsa world who witnessed the botched execution earlier in the year. this was the fifth execution you've witnessed. officials say wood didn't suffer. what did it seem like to you? >> well, i don't know that we can say he didn't suffer. he was unconscious. but who knows if there were pain. i'm wondering if an autopsy will show that. it was disconcerting to see that he was clearly struggling for breath for at least an hour and a half before he finally stopped gasping. >> when you say he was having difficulty breathing, how would you describe that? was he snoring? some say he was so deep in a

coma-type state that he was actually snoring. how would you describe what you saw? >> the microphone was turned off in the room. but every now and then when the doctor would go and check, he would make an announcement over the microphone and then you could hear in the background a snoring sound that's so loud i couldn't imitate it. it was a sucking sound, sort of like you'd hear from a swimming pool when the water is getting low. very, very loud. it was constant. it was like a spasm. his mouth would open then his chest would move, his stomach would convulsion. it was like a piston that kept going and going and going. i know we sat there the witnesses and said to each other, it doesn't look like he's going to die. i wondered if anyone was going to come in and stop it. as you said, this is the fifth i've seen and it usually takes about ten minutes. >> and no convulsions? >> and no convulsions. i mean, usually you see nothing. it looks like nothing.

that's why they use lethal injection. it looks very easy. i do think that how we execute people has a lot more to do with the witnesses than it has to do with the victim. >> that's an interesting point. >> nobody likes to see this. but the fact is that the question is whether this is the correct way to do this. ziff a, this is the third prolonged execution this year. you witnessed the clayton locket execution which is the most controversial one giving us a background on why states are using these often untested drugs. why are they using these drugs and why the combination to determine how quickly these people will die? tell us a little bit about that. >> well, states are having trouble getting drugs that have proven effective in past executions. i've witnessed three other executions before clayton locket's. you know, the drugs that were

previously used can no longer be found in enough quantities and so they're looking for alternatives. ma daz lamb is the common denominator in ohio. the experts have said it is a sedative, not an anesthetic. probably not appropriate to truly anesthetize someone before a proper drug is given to kill them essentially. oklahoma has it in the protocol. oklahoma used it on clayton locketh for the first time. arizona, same situation. ohio, same situation. it's also been reported to have a problem in florida. i think they're going to have to re-examine whether this drug can be used in executions effectively. >> you can't exactly test it beforehand. how do they determine what combinations they can use? on who and how? >> that's one of the problems. you have prison officials and in some cases prosecutors sort of trial and error and using what

other states are doing with very little help from medical officials who don't want to be any part of the process. >> it's very complicated. we're going to talk more about this in this hour. i want to thank michael keefer and ziva bran stater for being with us. >> there are valid considerations for the victims' families. there are legitimate questions about the lethal drugs as well. the results of a poll this morning show how split the opinions really are over whether or not states should continue to move forward with the death penalty? >> i want to put it to you on our facebook page. that's facebook.com/jdbmsnbs. where do you stand on this debate? now to the middle east where u.s. flights are clear to flight out of tel aviv airport. overnight, the faa lifted the air flight after assessing the situation. four hours after the ban was lifted, five rockets from gaza

were intercepted by israeli defenses in the air over tel aviv and the nearby towns, two miles from the airport. nbc's martin fletcher joins us live from tel aviv. martin, good morning. do we know what led to the faa's decision to reverse course? >> well, they said they would reassess the situation and came to the conclusion that it was safe for the planes to fly into israel. now the european airlines are following suit. the person that the israeli media is pointing to is the former new york mayor, michael bloomberg who flew in last night -- yesterday on a plane. he claimed he was -- that it was safe to fly and safe to land in the airport. he was very upset with the f.a.a. for introducing that ban. even if he didn't have a direct effect on the actual decision,

the israeli media anyway is saying at least he directed attention to that unfair ban and as a result of him being here, partly, it was over thrown. bloomberg and israel getting some of the credit. >> martin fletcher in tel aviv. thank you so much. we'll take a quick break. but redskins training camp begins today with no signs the team is looking to change its name. it's not just the pros where this is an issue. >> hundreds of students with war paint yelling scalp them or the commentator saying a wild party of redskins on their way to sack the quarterback. all of these actions, along with many more, hurt my heart. >> we'll talk to 15-year-old dakota franklin. >> the mh-17 crash site still is not secure. can you believe it? how soon can investigators get to the scene? we'll talk about that.

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terror watch list rules revealed. the major passport delay and a reprieve for an undocumented mom. let's zoom through some of today's top stories in taiwan. officials blaming bad weather for the plane crash that killed at least 48 people on board. 10 people survived yesterday's crash but their condition is unknown. the plane was trying to land in heavy rain and strong winds left behind from a typhoon. trans asia has been involved in eight incidents since 2002, including this one. if you're waiting on a passport or a visa to travel overseas, you're going to be waiting a bit longer. the state department's database for issuing the documents crashed resulting in may major backlog. millions of people could be

affected. the federal government is dealing with another issue this morning. the leak of the terror watch list rule book. among the guidelines leaked, it also says irrefutable evidence or concrete facts are not necessary. civil liberties say the rules are too loose and put people under suspicion. the system has built-in safeguards and responses to changing threats. president obama is wrapping up his three-day trip to california with a fundraiser and an economic speech in los angeles today. the president has been forced to change his message ever so slightly to include a pair of international crises in the middle east and of course in ukraine. some have criticized the president for raising money during this very difficult time. protesters in california greeted president obama calling on him to take a more active role to bring an end to the fighting in gaza. the mother of a fallen u.s. soldier will be allowed to stay in the united states despite

deportation order and two drug convictions. maria cordova crossed into the u.s. illegally in the 1980s, earned her green card but was deported for her first drug conviction. she returned without paperwork to be with her four children who are u.s. citizens. one of the children died in an ied attack in afghanistan. the attorney for the family says the children are overwhelmed by the decision to allow her mother to stay. >> it's very, very grateful to all of the service members who called on her mother's behalf. really on jenny's behalf to request the immigration honor her service and her sacrifice by respecting her mother and allowing her to stay here. >> cordova will be able to stay in the u.s. for a year and can reapply every single year. new numbers from the middle east where palestinian officials say 738 people have been killed in the israeli offensive in

gaza. 32 soldiers and 3 civilians have been killed. we spoke with one who slos his family, his pregnant wife and two little children. >> i did my best to raise my children and to have -- to prepare them or to -- to let them live a peaceful life. all of a sudden i lost everything. i lost the memories, i lost the plans, i lost -- i don't know. i lost everything. >> you lose your family, you lose everything. let's bring in former ambassador and white house middle east adviser mark ginsburg. >> sure. >> when you see this young man talking about you lose everything when you lose your family, we can all relate to that. does this protracted situation have consequence that israel may

be seeing in the future, a lot more rejection to what it's doing and the time it's taking it? >> there's no doubt that this conflict, which is just one more example of a conflict that never seems to come to an end. only perpetuates the extremists on both sides. that's the real problem, jose. for a person like that who lost his family, for the tragedy we're seeing in gaza the families who lost their loved ones. the extremists are trying to hijack what essentially is a solution that has to ultimately end this conflict. we understand. my foundation that works in gaza, works in israel understands one thing, unless the status quo is changed, the million and a half people stuck in gaza in prison will not have a better life unless circumstances change. that means lifting the siege but also have hamas demilitarized so it can't fire missiles into israel. israel has to find a way to provide better economic for the people in gaza.

both leaders, whether it's president abbas or prime minister netanyahu have to step back and say why did the negotiations fail? because if they fail, extremists hijack and they ultimately achieve their goals. >> this is gut wrenching. those are houses and people's lives and dreams and aspirations for their families and themselves. when that happens and little kids die and women, innocent women and children die, it doesn't matter who you were before this. after that, you are going to be a sworn lifelong enemy to the people who did that to you. how would that reality happen every day, how can we expect to ever see any kind of peace? >> because there's no alternative, jose. there's no alternative. these people have got to find a better life. the people who have lost their loved ones in this conflict will never forgive what happened. there's no doubt about that.

but for every person who has lost their life, there's a person alive who wants a better life for themselves. they want to raise their children with dignity and freedom. they want to have a better life. they want a country to call palestine. be rid of the occupation. they want to live in peace and not have missiles rain down on them. that's why secretary kerry's mission is so important right now. >> let's switch over to ukraine, the developments of the shootdown of a malaysia plane and more planes coming down over eastern ukraine just yesterday. the investigation, it's all in the details. meanwhile, we saw yesterday right here on this broadcast how the first bodies were being brought to the netherlands. how can the world react to this if indeed there is a head of a sovereign country, ie, putin behind this incident? >> jose, i just came out of russia about a week and a half

ago. i was there at a conference speaking in st. petersburg. i want you to understand one thing. what putin cares most about is the public opinion within his country that russians support what he's doing. they've been drinking the kool-aid from this crash that his government's controlled media has been feeding to them. what we should be doing is doing less to worry about putin. he's a kgb thug who is responsible for what has happened here either directly or indirectly. >> idolizes stalin among others. >> we need to reinstitute an effort to reeducate his public that what has happened is their culpability. the blood is on their hands. >> actually my dad used to say in the old days, much of the time public opinion is based on published opinion. when you control much of the media in russia as he does, the public opinion that is being created there is of -- look towards the past, learn from the soviet empire, the greatness of it. we need that back.

how do you penetrate that crowd when you control the media? >> let me tell you, i wish i had a good answer for that, but i don't. we had radio-free europe doing that during soviet times. at the same time, the economy of russia is not doing that well. we have to do whatever we can to undermine this capacity for him to control that media. he's brainwashed the public there into believing the most nonsensical things that we've seen coming out of this crash. it's incredible. look, we have to hold him responsible. he cares about his own personal image abroad. it's most important that we do that to destroy in effect that image that he's tried to create for himself. >> ambassador mark begins bergberg thanks for being with us. there are dueling plans. we'll talk to a democrat and a republican. we'll have an update on a 7-year-old girl from honduras who came to the u.s. looking for her mommy.

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and under the immigration laws and it's a way to relieve the suffering of children. >> in washington, both houses, republicans and senate democrats unveiled the responses of the president's request for $3.7 billion to deal with the crisis. both are offering less money than the president wants. let me bring in someone who has been vocal on this issue in washington. republican congressman from wisconsin shawn duffy. how are you? >> i'm doing well. thanks for having me on. >> you support the spooeding up of the deportation process, sending them back quicker. how should they be treated once they cross the border? >> first of all, it's important that we send money to the border. we're talking about that. make sure we're taking care of the kids and getting their medical needs met but have an assessment done more quickly to get the children back home to their families. i think that's important to note, if we don't do that, jose, this is the start of the crisis. the message will be sent to the families in central america that

the rumors they've heard are true and they'll get amnesty if they send their children on a dangerous journey where they're getting raped, abused murdered. if we don't quickly process them back home, it will continue. we can't have a policy in america that encourages this dangerous travel by these children by parents. >> who should be screening and how should these kids be screened in here's an issue. you know this, congressman. if you're a 10 or 12-year-old kid that left el salvador, went through mexico, saw horrific things happening to people that are trying to get to the united states just like they are, and then you're in front of a guy with a hat that looks like a military person and he's asking you questions, when you come from countries where that person is a threat to many people, you don't have the expressions and the freedom to tell him what has happened to you. who should be dealing with these kids and who should be deciding

whether these kids should be allowed in or snout. >> we want to hire more judges to help process and assess the kids. but the story you just told about that horrific journey that child took, if we don't send them back to their families, more kids will come and experience that same horrific journey. >> what about the ones with family here? >> that's part of the assessment. what we really have to get to is a holistic approach. look at what we do in colombia. we partnered with the colombian government, provided aid for economic opportunity, helped them fight crime and have had huge successes. the administration knew this crisis was coming for years and they've neglected central america. the money they've sent, much diverted to solar panels. let's focus on guatemala, el salvador, honduras. partner with them and help them fight crime and make sure they buy in to this new process that can breed a better central america, a better trading partner and a better ally for america. >> congressman, this is a side

story issue but i wanted to bring your impression. one of your colleagues from alabama used this language to describe this president on this crisis. >> this president promised them all sorts of free goodies, free health care, free food, free transportation and free entertainment. until that stops, you cannot anticipate that people around the world won't try to break into america because america is going to be their sugar daddy. right now the president of the united states is the world's sugar daddy. >> congressman, do you think any or many of these kids, 12 years of age or under are coming to this country for free goodies? >> i listen, i think they're coming for economic opportunity. i think they're coming because the president with regard to the dreamers cents a message that the children will get amnesty if they come to the american border. the house through marco rubio in the senate was working on a dreamers' bill to help those

kids with no fault of their own. but the president jumped ahead of the congress and republican marco rubio and did it through executive action. yeah, the president has some blame. i wouldn't call in this regard the president a sugar daddy. i would say the kids are coming for economic opportunity. that leaves us the opportunity to help with economic development and help them tamp down their violence so there isn't a great pull into the american border. >> economic opportunity but then if you take into consideration honduras, probably the most violent country in the world, the gangs in el salvador cutting heads off and in guatemala, in the mountains they come in and the cartels will kill everybody if they're not part of that. it's not just economic opportunity. we have a 12-year-old kid who comes 1500 miles by himself with the telephone number of his mother sewn in the inside of his jeans, you know, it's just -- doesn't it seem to you that this whole conversation of using the terms sugar daddy, when you're talking about little kids that

saw their mother or their brother killed by gang members and do this, just -- i don't know. i mean -- >> listen, terminology is important. they're coming for economic opportunity. jose, we can't be part of a message that says, send more kids on the dangerous journey. i've prosecuted child sexual assault cases, sexual rape cases. and to think that we're putting little girls in the hands of coyotes, drug dealers, gang members to put them at that kind of risk on this journey is absolutely unacceptable. i have to be compassionate about how we treated kids when they're here. treat them fairly. we can't send a message that more kids should make that journey. >> the cost benefit analysis that those parents are taking, congressman, when they know the kids may be subjected to that. imagine the cost benefit, what they're willing to do to have their children have a different life. >> absolutely. that's why we have to work on violence and economic development. one more point. >> okay. >> substantial up tick in

violence that meets the thousand percent increase. it hasn't been the uptick in violence, it has been the president's statements that lead them to believe they get amnesty. we have to have a holistic approach that deals with the children and the compassionate the border and helps the countries deal with their crisis in their countries through economic development and tamping down the crime. >> congressman sean duffy, thank you for being with us. the president has sent a team to assess whether a national guard deployment would help to handle the immigration crisis at the border. meeting with -- to discuss the surge of undocumented kids. republican senator marco rubio weighed in on the crisis last night on fox. >> i agree we need to be humane. that's what americans have always been. that's why we're so concerned about how children are being treated while they're in our custody. but what would be inhumane is to

allow you this to continue. the only way you're going to stop this from continuing is, in fact, if people are returned to their home countries. >> and you know, it's interesting because the issue of being returned to your home country is separate than what you do with the kids that are here and when they first arrive. how do you deal with them before you decide whether to return them to their home country? let me bring in a member of the texas house delegation. he's with us this morning. how are you, sir? >> i'm doing fine, thank you. >> thanks for being with us. >> what are your take on senator rubio's comments? do we have the resources here and continue to pour monday sboi this situation? >> i wasn't privy to his comments. but i think what we really need -- i think one important thing is to recognize 90% of the children are coming to be reunified with their parents. we need to support the requests to give the customs and border protection and health and human services the funds they need to

continue to support and maintain the children while they're in their custody. you know, then, of course, there's longer term issue, many that we'll have to address in the future. >> congressman, the 2008 law says border patrol hands any kid from central america or mexico and canada over to hhs, is that something that should be changed? >> no. i think we should keep the 2008 victims trafficking act intact. every single member of the house and senate that was here in 2008 supported that law. the purpose of that law was to protect children from trafficking. and i think obviously the surge of children that we've had show up here recently is something we have to address, but i don't think the answer is to rush to change that law before the august recess. >> congressman, tomorrow the president is going -- president obama will be meeting with the presidents of el salvador, honduras and guatemala. with what would you like him to tell the presidents from the

central american countries where the majority of kids are coming from? >> let me tell you something, jose, before we began to address this issue, i represent a district right along the u.s./mexico border and across the from our border is the state of -- for the last year and a half, we have been working with some of our federal agencies to make sure and draw attention to the fact, if you look at the state department warnings, it used to be we could go there day in and day out and we had a cross-border culture. it's not like that anymore. we've made some progress. the mexico city has begun to address that issue. i think when it comes to central america, it seems to me that this country, for quite a while, has been neglecting these issues in central america and mexico. we need to work together as a region to support economic development in central america and mexico. and i think there's one thing we can all agree on.

whether it's in central america, mexico or in a thousand cities across this country, according to dea statistics, the presence of cartels, we have got to have a comprehensive approach so we can wipe out those cartels. >> fill moan vela. key points you bring up. we'll be talking about that. you hit the nail on the head of the responsibilities that these drug cartels are having in this crisis. i thank you will for being with us and see you soon. >> thank you, jose. the political wrangling goes on. there's a piece of good news for one family struggling to make the desperate journey to the u.s. on our debut broadcast, we brought you the story of amy who came to the u.s. looking for her mother. all i have is a piece of paper with her name. and she knew she was in north carolina. a u.s. border patrol tells nbc news amy was reunited with her mother last weekend. she's happy, healthy and fully immunized.

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an update on the breaking news from the top of the hour. airport officials say they've located the wreckage of air algerie that crashed on the way to burkina faso. it was based in a desert region in mali. no word on whether the passengers and crew members survived. opposition leader leopoldo lopez will have to wait to continue his trial. he's accused of inkrieciting violence in february. no cameras allowed in court for his first hearing yesterday. his political party is reporting lopez has to return to court in august. no decision was made on lopez, but there was good news for the opposition. one of the four student protesters detained along with lopez was released yesterday. this photo from opposition's twitter page shows newly freed marco in the middle giving a

thumbs up. joining me now. venezue venezuela's former ambassador. >> listen, the government there says you, president opposition and they've named you, are involved in a series of attempts to topple that government, even in your case to be a part of the conspiracy to kill the president. >> well, during 16 months of government, he has already have 16 attempts according to him of owe he owe never ever presented any proof. >> they presented some e-mails that you pa lirapparently -- >> the attempt to kill him is what the situation in venezuela, the inflation, the violence like no other place in latin america. >> what are all the protests really about and why is he in jail? >> the following was said.

lopez will pay for his crimes. he already order his execution before his trial has even started. so that's it -- that tells you exactly how they have it. >> let me ask you this question. it's troubling to some, to many. this is venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world, more than any middle east country. there's no toilet paper, no paper to print newspapers on. how can the richest country as far as oil in the world not have toilet paper? >> well, we give to cure everyday hundred thousand bottles of oil a day. $120 billion in -- to buy accommodations. the regime bought 2/3 -- who vote for this military government which is given our sovereignty to cure. because of the -- >> ambassador, the government there and support certificates say that really what this country and this regime has done, starting with president

chavez is change the focus away from the rich, people like you, and have been focusing all of the interest of the country into the poor people. that's what they say. >> you know, in a country -- >> you're part of the problem they say. >> 60 million people voted. if we got almost 8 million votes, we would be really a super power. that's the reality. >> thank you for being with us. >> jose, thank you so much. former ambassador to the united nations from venezuela. appreciate your time. coming up, the 15-year-old who is telling the world why the name redskins hurts his heart. we'll talk to him next. ♪

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lots of schools across the country have the exact same name. it's had a profound impact on my next guest. his full name is dakota franklin kicking bear brown. dakota, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> in a speech, public speech you described what it feels like when your football team plays a rival school that uses the name redskins. describe what you see happen at those games. >> yeah. so like i said in my speech shall one of my biggest school rivals are the redskins. they've always had just this obscene amount of school pride and these outrageous game time routines. you know, some of the routines consist of war bonnet clad drummer on top of the announcer booth who does the stereotypical drumbeat after every touchdown. the fans have a tomahawk chops and the cheerleaders dress in

skimpy outfits. all these actions along with many others, they really hurt with all the fans around me. i almost feel ganged up on. >> let me ask you this. a new poll of washington area residents says 65% of them want to keep the redskins name for the pro team and the team says it's not an offense but a unifier. a lot of people say, yeah the tomahawk is dorky but it's tradition and they're not doing it out of spite or negativity. what do you say to that? >> i mean, to that 65% who want to keep the name, you know, all i have to say to them is that their team pride shouldn't outweigh the cultural identity and the traditions of a native people. especially our native teams. i kind of want to walk you through what it's like to be a native teen. a lot of people don't know this. we have the lowest graduation rates, the highest dropout rates, most likely to suffer the beatings at another -- at the

hands of another race and we have the highest suicide rates among any ethnicity. >> let me ask you this. what changes, if you want to mention native americans in the name of the branding of your team as you know warriors are great people to look up to. what kind of thing would you be comfortable with as far as a name? >> you know, i'm not really comfortable with any names that depict native americans. you know, if it were up to me, there would be no race-based mascots used as logos or mascots. >> thanks so much for being with us. really appreciate your time. >> yeah, thank you. gliefrjts t the mystery atop the brooklyn bridge. scary or a stunt? white flag, american flag, what's going on? we'll talk about that when we come back. [ male announcer ] people all over the world know us, but they don't yet know we're a family. we're right where you need us.

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number three, just three years later, 1977, george willie earned the name the human fly for scaling one of those towers. a throwback tom brokaw has the report. >> thousands of people on their way to work gathered below in disbelief and no doubt they had the passing thought that the man up there on the building must be at least crazy. >> at least, right? number four, another man you can probably call crazy, stuntman david blaine, he's performing an electrifying act at pier 54. spending three days and nights in the middle of one million volts of electric current. ow. number five, back to ground level in the same year. to a few blocks away from right here, grand central terminal when travelers got a surprise flash mob style from the group improv everywhere. they froze in place in the usually hustling and bustling terminal. got new yorkers to take a second

look as i've seen it's a feat in itself. let alone getting 34 million views on youtube. that wraps up this hour on msnbc. thank you for the privilege of your time. news nation is next with craig melvin filling in for tamron hall. >> good to see you in the flesh. congrats on the new show. coming up next on news nation, we continue to follow the latest breaking news of the air algerie flight. there's been a development in the last few moments. also, i'll talk to a reporter who witnessed what some are calling yet another botched execution in arizona yesterday. i'll be joined live by the mother who was arrested for leaving her children in a hot car while she interviewed for a job. all that and lots more in just three minutes. news nation up next. ♪

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good thursday morning. i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall. this is news nation. we begin with breaking news that's beginning to feel like a familiar drumbeat. another plane, an air algerie flight vanishes from radar. officials from the airport where it departed. those officials are saying that wreckage has been found. tom costello joins us live from washington with more on this breaking news. tom, what do we know at this point? >> good morning, this involves the algerian national airline. air algerie, flight 5017 flying from burkina faso to algiers. 110 passengers on board, 6 crew members. officials saying a plane has in fact crashed. wreckage found. we're trying to get more information on exactly where. this plane left at about 1:17 a.m. local time. schedule to alive rife -- arrive at 5:10 a.m. the transport minister saying the plane asked to change its

route because of a bad sandstorm in the area. the airline says almost half of the passengers were french citizens. we're told this was an md 83 an older model plane flying over mali where fighting continues in the north. they do not believe the fighters had shoulder fired missiles, but they also say -- experts think they do have shoulder fired missiles. they do not think anybody there has the potential with the firepower to bring down a plane. two french fighter jets based in the region have been dispatched to try to assist in isolating all of the wreckage and niger has dispatched planes to the area. this particular flight was operated by a spanish company, swift air. that company has a relatively clean safety record with five accidents since 1977. a total of eight deaths. air algerie itself, has really a rather checkered safety record. but, again, at the moment no sign of