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a beam of green light like this burned 30-year-old medic michael pruett, one eye so badly burned he was rushed to the hospital. >> you wouldn't think of a little green laser as having the power to bring down an airplane full of people but you could end up killing 400 people. >> reporter: we've shown you before how laser flashes can disrupt flights. look at how a simple $50 laser pointed at a small plane a quarter mile away can obscure the windshield. pilot steve robertson was hospitalized after a cockpit laser attack. >> it felt like i was hit in the face with a baseball bat. >> reporter: some pilots advocate wearing protective goggles but the federal aviation administration does not recommend or require that. >> you take the vision from a pilot, that aircraft's ability to land is compromised. >> reporter: incidents have risen drastically with more than 3,000 cases last year and already 75 just this month. the fbi has launched an anti-terror task force to deal with this. david, pointing a laser at an aircraft is considered a federal crime. >>> next to the flu widespread in 40 states and

michael peruto was severely burned when a smartphone on the ground shined a green laser into the cockpit hitting him in the eyes. prue pruett suffered a severe burn forcing him to make a landing so he could be rushed to the hospital. >> it can produce such a high amount of energy. it can be permanent damage. >> reporter: it's been on the rise with at least 75 reported this month after more than 3,000 last year. >> pilots are extraordinarily vulnerable to this because there's nothing that you can wear that will flash close. >> reporter: the suspect could face a penalty of up to $250,000 and five years in prison. >> interfering with flight crew is a federal crime. the fbi has looked into these and located some of them, arrested. several have been prosecuted. >> reporter: still many are not aware with the risks of a laser. >> you wouldn't think of a laser bringing down an airplane full of pilot. you could end up killing 400 people. >> you take the vision from a pilot, that aircraft's ability to land is greatly compromised. >> reporter: and the passengers on board are all lucky to be alive b

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michael holmes, is in baghdad now. we also want to talk to nicholas burns, former ambassador to nato, professor as well at harvard in cambridge, massachusetts. michael, i really want to start off with you here. you're on the ground, we've heard about these numerous explosions time and time again. where were you, where was the crew, how close were you? >> yeah. a couple of those bombs were not that far away from where we stand right now. a mile or two. you know, it just went on and on today, suz. i can't tell you. at last count, we had nine explosions around the city today. seven of them were car bombs. two of them were ieds. there was an attack on a funeral up in ba cube rah, a school teacher's funeral of all things. a man died yesterday. security forces say they stopped another four car bombs before they were detonated. our death toll at the moment, it goes up all of the time. our figure at the moment is 49. i've seen figures in local media as high as in the 70s dead. and more than 100 wounded. and, you know, as you can imagine, when we're talking car bombs, the wounds are horrific. and, you know, i did a story a couple year

lets bring in our spy panel, michael kay, ministry of defense, doug burns a former federal prosecutor and brook goldstein attorney and director of the law fair project. great to see you spy panel. brooke, let me start with you. the first thing the president said he's going to change today. you've got to go back to the fisa court to go and look at someone's personal information. this is pre9/11. >> i think it's a positive move on his behalf. a lot of critics are critical because of the secretive. he says he's releasing to fisa court. we see inconsistency in the messaging. eric holder gave a press conference saying it's going to be unlawful to collect data on anyone because of their national origin. in this speech president obama referenced al qaeda in yemen as justification to collect data on them. total inconsistency on messaging. >> you see it the same way, doug? you're an attorney as well. how does the fisa thing work? >> i think positive move, my colleague stepping up to the microphone and say we're going to moo changes. we're going to change the way we distribute it and how it's s

marines burning bodies. cnn's michael holmes is reporting from iraq.s. we want to warn you, they're graphic. >> reporter: the deadliest fighting iraq has seen in years. in recent days al qaeda-backed militants have been battling iraqi security forces for control of fallujah and ramadi. this is the territory the u.s. marines fought and dieded to capture during the iraq war. now u.s. officials tell cnn they're investigating these photos taken in 2004. the website tmz published the photos and turned them over to the pentagon last week. tmz was told they were taken in fallujah. it appears to show u.s. marines burning the bodies of dead iraqi insurgents. in one photo a marine is pouring liquid on a body, the same body in flames and this picture of a marine kneeling next to a skull. there are many more. >> this looks really bad, but we don't know exactly what was happening and we don't know what the circumstances were. >> reporter: u.s. military officials can't tell us what unit these men were in. they're trying to determine their identities. rue says the 20

blinded this medevac helicopter with a laser pointer. 30-year-old michael pruitt, a medic with the air evacuation team, was severely burned early friday when a suspect on the ground shined a green laser into the cockpit hitting him in the eyes. pruitt suffered a severe burn to his right eye causing the chopper to make an emergency landing so he too could be rushed to the hospital. >> the light energy can produce such a high amount of energy, and that can be permanent damage. >> reporter: incidents of lasers being flashed at pilots have been on the rise with at least 75 reported this month after more than 3,000 last year. >> pilots are extraordinarily vulnerable to this because there's nothing that you can wear that's going to flash close, so to speak, when it sees one of these things and not let your eyes see it. >> reporter: the suspect could face a penalty of up to $250,000 and 5 years in prison. >> interfering with a flight crew is a federal crime, so the fbi has looked into many of these laser incidents over the last several years. we've located some of them, arrested. several have been prosecuted. >> reporter: still,

michael bloomberg. >> about 900 campers have fled a large bushfire that has rooted out a popular vacation spot in australia. the lays is burningout of control about 50 kilometers from australia's third-largest city, brisbane. the nsa scandal was big news in 2013 and at the beginning of the new year, the story is not going away. >> it has taken a new and disconcerting twist as well trade tech giant apple has denied it helped u.s. spy agencies hack into iphones. >> earlier this week, a german news magazine reported the nsa developed a bug to allow american agents to access and control iphones around the world. these spyware allows the agency to divert text messages, intercept voicemail, and operate the phone's microphone and camera to intercept activity. >> apple says it did not help the nsa access products and is not aware of any backdoors allowing access. >> 2014 is beginning with an international push to get the u.s. to and the nsa spying activities. that includes some of the planet's most well-known rights groups like the american civil liberties union. >> now spurred on by those revelations of edward snowden, the aclu has f

michael eaves, and that is a look at sport. >> it's one small step for virgin galactic and a bigger leap for the future of commercial space travel. richard branson's company ran a test with the rocket burn lasting 20 seconds, commercial space flights will begin in august. >> it's been two years since the wreck. "costa cordia." 32 were killed when the massive cruise liner crashed on rocks and capsized off the italian island of gillio. cleaning up the mess has been difficult and the salvage effort is far from over. >> a sombre commemoration of the "costa cordia" shipwreck on its second anniversary. two years after the crews line ercapsized off the island of gillio, 32 passengers lost their lives and were remembered. >> the island's mayor says it's important to remember the tragedy, but he looks forward to putting it behind him. >> we will be relieved to see it go away. it shouldn't have happened in the first place, let alone on an island like this. >> many survivors observed a minute's silence in the room where the trial on the shipwreck is ongoing. >> i'm getting fed up with the politics of "costa", we weren't the persons with the problem, we were the persons near to death. a firm like t

michael finney. the story ahead on seven on your side. >> crowds gathering to get a peek of the floats before the rose parade. we'll give you a >>> here is a fire that burned east of san jose. today was intentionally set. began on quimby road, spreading through dry grass, prompting cal pier to call in additional hand crews investigators have determined the fire was deliberately set inside one of two cars. >> oakland police will weep an eye on a protest tonight and vigil tomorrow. occupy oakland planned a vigil that will march to north county jail. they plan to set off fire works. opd tells us there will be officers working to make sure it did not get chaotic. >> we want to have a safe environment for anyone who wishes to have freedom of speech march >> tomorrow, friends, family, supporters will hold a vigil that starts at noon. he was shot and killed by a bart officer five years ago. organizers say it will be a celebration with music and speeches >> whatever plans are for new year's eve they probably don't include replenishing bay area blood supply. that is what some people did today to honor a local girl. a powerful community response. >> not the typical

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burn. joanne. kind of -- well, any way. he just built his cat's bunk beds. congratulations. it's tv's andy leavy. and he's so british, he sleeps on the left side of his bed. michael kay, editor at large. and if brains were a tent, campers would spend cold nights inside him. sitting next to me, tucker carlson. >> hey greg, loved you in "happy days." classic. [ laughter ] >> tucker, i know you do that website. is this the right one for my sweater? >> no. you need more contrast between the shirt and sweater. >> you guys know your collars, right? >> right. >> can we start over? >> her cheering hat turned to jeering. a raiders cheerleader has filed suit, claiming the team pays less than minimum wage and docks their meager earnings for tiny violations like bringing the wrong pompoms to practice. the raiderettes make $125 for each of the team's home games. and according to lacey t., this comes to less than $5 an hour when you include rehearsals and charity events. i wonder if she says the purpose of this lawsuit is to have the raiders change their policies and procedures and to treat them from here on out with respect. >> the number one goal i hope to come out of this l

burning. if you or someone you love has afib not caused by a heart valve problem... ...ask your doctor about reducing the risk of stroke with pradaxa. >>> developing now, republican congressman michaelimm has now apologized for threatening to throw a reporter off a balcony moments after the state of the union. the new york congressman had originally defended his actions but significantly changed his tune when questioned by nbc's kelly o'donnell just a short time ago. >> i was wrong, it shouldn't have happened. and i called michael scotto and he accepted my apology and we're going to go to lunch and put it all behind us. >> i'm a human being and sometimes your emotions get the better of you. and the bottom line, it shouldn't happen, you shouldn't lose your cool. that's why i apologized. when you're wrong, you're wrong. unfortunately when you're that type of person who has a lot of passion, your emotions can get the better of you. >> this all started last night when reporter michael scotto questioned congressman grimm about alleged finance violations. he said he, quote, overreacted as you heard. it's an encounter that's since gone viral. take a look. >> since we have you here, we have

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