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sunny hostin. great to have you with us. prison as a consequence of this fbi investigation. >> look, i think it's really premature to talk about whether or not he's going to be charged. whether or not he's going to trial. whether or not he's going to be convicted and whether he's going to go to jail. the bottom line here is that seconding is a federal crime and to be clear, the fbi is investigating anthony weiner and if he is convicted it could lead to 10 to 30 years. we don't know enough to even speculate as to where the fbi is when it weiner's probe. >> is there anything that the fbi could find in regards to hillary clinton that could potentially indict her or lead to some sort of criminal charges. >> again, very, very premature to even discuss it. it's so very speculative and i think what's really interesting is that the fbi has made it clear that they haven't even reviewed the e-mails yet. in my experience it is completely remarkable that an fbi director would talk about an ongoing investigation. of justice guidelines to

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sunny hostin right here at the table. we'll get to you in a minute. we begin with the dramatic american airlines fire on friday on the tarmac in chicago. boarded on takeoff. now the ntsb is investigating. want to talk to david kerley about this. we see the video from hector, a passenger on the plane. showing just how chaotic it was this those few moments as the takeoff was aborted. what have we learned since then? about what caused all this? >> they saw the fire and the flames. they wanted to get out of there. swhapd that 767 is on the runway. it's getting ready to take off. throttled up. the pilot hears a bump. it was the right and in the engine, you're compressing the air to explode it with fuel. and what happened was that the engine let go. a part in the compression session blew up. it's called an uncontained failure. parts hit everywhere. one part hit 3,000 feet away, another hangar. with the fire and the flames, everybody is coming out. the compress sant part was the problem. the question is, the good news i would say is look what happened. fuel

all right, sunny hostin. something you'll probably talk about on "the view" as well. you used to look at wonder woman as a positive influence. a positive role model. what's going on? what's behind this? >> people are upset because she's a is not real, robin. this is spoesed to be a u.n. campaign for gender equality. promoting gender equality and empowerment of women and young girl. the petition says, having strong living and breathing female role models is a critical aspect of empowerment of women and girls. many are saying, why not malala? there are plenty of live and who would become the face of this empowerment. why won't e woman? >> they just had an election for u.n. secretary general. did not choose a woman despite several candidates being put up. is there recourse? >> close to 250 people have signed this. and so i suspect that nothing is going to change, but i don't think they'll do it again. >> i think you're right. >> thank you, all. th dan. >>> the walking dead premier, amy thinks the show went too far. i had frequent heartburn, but...my doctor recommended pr