i don't know prince bandar was a member of george bush senior's family. he was constantly in their house and they in his and he loved it them, i think. he implied they loved him. i never actually asked george bush senior is bandar like a son to you but there was clearly a very close relationship there. and bush sr. was president when the u.s. did send troops in in 1990 to saudi arabia to protect them from saddam hussein, troops in kuwait to evict him from kuwait. at a time when they were very worried. saddam hussein might move on in. that was the high watermark of u.s./saudi relations, 1990, when we defended them. there have always been ups and downs in this relationship and we are clearly in a down now and it will be interesting to see when king abdallah dies, if his more moderate policies remain in effect in the kingdom, if they are accelerated in any way or if there is an attempt by the conservatives to clawback the little bits of progress that have been made on openness, opportunity for women. i think, given that the saudis are the highest per capita

the flight was diverted to bandar abbas and has landed in dubai. the cause for the diversion is being examined. we know it landed at terminal 2 where it was supposed to in dubai. and it landed just over nine hours ago at 3:00 a.m. local time. and the spokesperson said at no point were the crew and passengers held at bandar abbas. and as i note brd before, they d this was a bureaucratic issue. now, fly dubai, it's interesting, this was a charter flight, natalie, but it's a very fast-growing carrier. it ordered $11 billion at the dubai air show in 2013. so it expanded rapidly. it has a lot of cargo flights hired by the u.s. department of the military and the pentagon to have these flights. we know there was better than 140 passengers, 100 of them american. so an initial alarm when this took place, but all seems to be coming very clear right now that there was confusion because the flight left so late from afghanistan, natalie. >> yes. i guess so. well, it comes at a sensitive time, too, with the u.s. and iran making public statements of cooperation b

>> well, prince bandar, who was the ambassador to the u.s.at the time of 9/11, asked for the 28 pages to be declass find when the bush administration withheld them, saying we stand charged with 28 blank pages. we can't respond to the charge. bandar's wife, as it happens, is one of the people that is mentioned in maybe not... i can't say about these 28 pages, but in those two people that helped the hijackers, one of them, omar bayume and osama bosnon, bosnon was receiving money. his wife was receiving money from bandar's wife supposedly for a medical condition. the suit against the saudis alleges that some of that money found its way into the hands of the hijackers. the f.b.i. wasn't able to establish that. >> brown: all right. all right, lawrence wright's article "the 28 pages" is in "the new yorker." thank you so much. >> it's a pleasure, jeff. thank you. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. president obama in the main picked up support at home and abroad for the fight against islamic state militants in iraq and syria. the

so iranian air controllers ordered the plane to land at bandar abbas or iranian fighter jets would be scrambled. the state department tonight is calling all of this a bureaucratic mix-up. but tell that to those americans on board. there's late word tonight that these americans are already in the air on their way to dubai and out of iran, brian. >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon tonight. thanks. >>> the u.s. and nato allies announced a new coalition today aimed at defeating and destroying those isis militants in iraq and syria. word of this new effort came on the last day of the nato summit being held in wales. our senior white house correspondent chris jansing there again for us tonight. chris, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. world leaders came here facing a whole series of daunting problems including that new priority, the unexpected rise of isis. so meetings were added, adjusted and in the end the unanimous opinion was that isis poses such a significant and growing threat that degrading its ability to do harm just isn't enough. the day began with an awe-inspiring d

flight plan when the plane entered iranian airspace, it was ordered to land in the southern city of bandarr be forced to land by fighter jet. it's dubai-based, and they say the company would likely have to pay off iranians in order to leave. the plane and passengers may also have to spend a day or two in iran before they're allowed to leave. these charter flights require specific u.s. military orders and are not open to the general public. for now at the live desk i'm scott mcfarland. >>> nbc's stephanie goss sets sail to find out why so many shark sightings seem to be happening this year. >> that is a huge white shark, dude. that is a huge white shark. >> reporter: this has been dubbed the year of the shark, and so far ida parker and kristen ore have the story of the year. >> i look over to talk to her, and it came completely out of the water and flipped her over. >> reporter: what came out of the water was a 14 foot great white. no wonder ore sounded terrified in the 911 call. >> we're back in the water, and there's a shark. >> reporter: calling from her cell phone out on the water ore h

. >> prince bandar on years ago and i said the word we have, you will push your young people to blow up the world. tunneled deal you don't do it inside. he said that was bull. his term, not mine. this is what the countries do. the president did something remarkable that we rarely see. normally they're speaking, when the president come to the u.n. they're speaking to americans. the folks out there are just promises. he was speaking directly to the leaders. he was calling them out unlike any president since george bush. >> what is it, dollars and cents, the deal we cut. he says i'm going to be keeping tabs on you guys. i want concrete steps to sign this. >> and he didn't specify. it is a complicated relationship. obviously, now in term of the oil, we got a lot of oil and that's a card that previous presidents haven't had to play and it is something they worry about. the world's depend yenlts on saudi oil is going to wayne and therefore, people will be less tolerant of that behavior. >> you can use that card against russia. >> here's two things that might be working. nobody wants to hea

defense officials say shortly after leaving bagram airspace, the aircraft was order to land in bandar abbas. the aircraft was delayed on the ground in afghanistan and the company failed to file a new flight plan. it was not forced down by iranian fighter jets as first reported. the company said it's sending a new aircraft to pick up the american passengers. it's unclear why they can't use the first plane. >> okay. interesting. jennifer, thank you. up next why the job market may be going in the wrong direction. first here's what some of our fox affiliates across the country are covering. in miami a memorial service was held today for strength sotloff, the american journalist behead by isis terrorists. sotloff's parents live in that area. fox 42 in omaha where the nebraska supreme court heard arguments on a case involving the proposed key stone pipeline. at issue is whether the legislature improperly gave the governor authority to approve the project instead of the public service commission. and this is a live look at people friess our affiliate there, fox 13. the big story there tonigh

you recall prince bandar the same way he was former ambassador to the united states. he was always deeply involved and symbolically, when you put the royal family in there, it sends a very strong message. i think what's also encouraging, the united arab emirates are involved, qatar is involved. especially since the arab emirates and qatar and the saudis have had some tension with each other. that's good we have a unified gulf league effort. >> ambassador jordan, it seems to me quite a distinction to look at the pictures of the pilot there, the crown prince in the cockpit as part of that bombing mission this week and compared to the 15 thugs who were on the airline back on 9/11. >> it is a contrast, and i think it's important to make this contrast. those 15 hijackers were not representative of saudi arabia. the son, the crown prince in the cockpit is much more representative of what the government and the royal family are trying to accomplish. they've spent really a decade now trying to live down the fact that there were 15 saudi hijackers making those attacks, and i t

it was forced to land in bandar abbas. >>> gentlemjamaken authorities oil slick may be the site of an unresponsive plane. renee marsh has more. >> reporter: a search mission under way right now for this small plane after it crashed 14 miles after the coast of jamaica. it took off from rochester, new york around 8:45 this morning bound for naples florida. on board, larry glazer and his wife jane. he told air traffic control there was a problem but did not declare an emergency. he was cleared to descend to 25,000 feet but asked to go lower. >> we need to assess down to about 1-8-0. we have an inch cation that is not correct with the plane. >> we need to get lower. >> about an hour and 15 minutes after takeoff, the pilot stopped responding to radio calls. u.s. military f-15s tracked it along the east coast of florida. one fighter pilot looked through the window. >> right before i left, it was the first time i could see that he was breathing. >> the pilot was slumped over and the plane's windows frosted. boast are signs the pressure may have escaped, leaving the pilot without enough oxyge

they're trying to get clearance to leave but we understand that flight is still on the ground in bandar abbas, iran. >> thank you so much. we're going to stay on top of the story. as new developments come, we will share them with you. turning now to our other world news lead, after enduring withering criticism that he's been not forceful enough when it comes to confronting isis, president obama delivered closing remarks at the nato summit, seemingly designed to end any questions about his resolve to wipe the terrorist group out. isis of course, the islamist group that has taken over chunks of iraq and syria. they've already beheaded two innocent americans among their many, many atrocities. now more than a week after the president admitted to not having a strategy yet to deal with isis in syria and two days after causing a flap with his remark about making isis a manageable problem, he now says he's got countries lining up to help take isis out. our senior white house correspondent jim acosta joins us from the site of the nato summit in the wales. it seems like the president knew this wa

the flight operated by fly dubai was ordered to land in band bandar abbas on its way from bag ram airfghanistan to dubai. since it took off late the flight plan didn't match the records. air controllers ordered the plane to land or fighter jets would intercept it. now back the "hardball." >>> welcome back. vift details emerged about the lane closures on the george washington bridge which almost a year ago today set off a legal and political domino effect in the christie administration. the bergen record says the police officers were told to shut up by high level officials after they raised alarms about the scheme they saw being undertaken. the record ares reporting is based on the string of police testimony provided to new jersey lawmakers investigating governor christie. it reports during the closures a police officer radioed that the closures were creating hazardous conditions on fort lee streets. shut up, a port authority police supervisor at the bridge allegedly replied. the officer was visited in person by two officials to reinforce the message to shut up. to date the new jersey

might again force after john mccain and lindsey graham went over to saudi arabia and urged prince bandar to increase their funding for some syrian rebels if that's the case to mccain and graham have saw blood on their hands. it's it's a good theory i don't know what what is clear is that we have a double standard in the middle east saudi arabia is kind of. don't go near them they're exempt they're making gradual progress towards women being able to drive they behead a lot of people but that's an internal matter i mean it's absolutely disgusting the way we fought on and scraped to the to the saudis. i think what happened is when we started the war in iraq there was no al qaeda there al qaeda entered in our province. ok there was. damaged or derailed by the anbar uprising because al-qaeda was too extreme for the sunnies and now al-qaeda has been replaced by isis an isis is is a weird it's an amalgamation of the original saddam hussein bassus party military people who are good militarily and well organized combined with the preachers the. the extreme islamist religious people who proclaim t

the plan was forced to land in bandar abbas, not in ta ran. >> that's right. we understand they're still trying to work this out, get clarence to take off. we understand that plane still is on the ground at this moment, wolf. >> as far as you know, any direct communication with the americans on board? >> not that we know of right now. it's being held between the u.s. and iranian officials. trying to get that clearance but as soon as we understand what's going on, we'll let you know. >> stand by. i want to bring inning pentagon correspondent barbara starr monitoring the story, as well. what are you hearing over there, barbara? >> these are somewhat routine, if you will, contract flights between afghanistan and dubai. they are not run by the u.s. government. u.s. planes do not fly through iranian air space. so this would have been a plane, our understanding it is a charter called fly dubai, a dubai aircraft. these charter flights bring contractors in and out of afghanistan all the time. the question is, of course, what the jobs may have been that the u.s. person