commercial airliner carrying 116 people has crashed in mali, northern africa.estions of what . jon: friends ministry has located the plane. the disc heavy rain was reportee area at the time. 110 passengers, six crewmembers onboard. amy kellogg live with the latest on that. reporter: the very latest is france

. >>> we have developing news out of northern africa tonight. another plane disaster. this time an air algerie flight. the plane with 160 people on board took off from burkina faso headed to algeria. 50 minutes into the flight, the plane hit heavy rain and the pilot asked to change course, then it fell off the radar. right now french fighter jets are searching northern mali for wreckage of this plane. about half of the passengers were from france. coming up next in nightly news, a look at the overall safety in the skies after this string of air disasters. >>> over to the middle east, renewed calls tonight for a cease-fire, this time from the united nations, which wants to move emergency crews into gaza to evacuate civilians from this school. it's operated by the u.n. as a shelter for refugees, but palestinians say israeli tank shells hit the building, killing at least 15 people. israel, though, claims the deaths were caused by hamas rockets. in all, some 750 people have been killed during the ongoing battle in the last couple of weeks. back in the bay area, students ar

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>> if concerns across the middle east and northern africa or even in asia escalate to a point where youd have a different kind of president in office then your domestic -- what you just said, though, is if you don't act globally thinks will happen to you locally. you have to think locally so you don't have the global problem. am i following you >> yes. yes. >> take the path of least resistance. >> eric is it still amazing 44% still would have voted for obama? >> his approval ratings are in the tank. so he was asked, matt wasn't ready. matt next time he invites you on here's the ideas. oil sector, capital sector where they need to brother money to build out their infrastructure. put clamps on all three of those sectors. sanctions work. that's how you do it. everyone hates boots on the ground. that's how you send a message to putin and the rest of the world. america means business and we will take your oil revenues away from you if we need. >> you don't think anybody thinks that now >> obama administration are trying to make nice every where. they don't want to pick a fight. >> this hasn'

commercial airliner carrying 116 people has crashed in mali, northern africa. a lot of questions of what . jon: friends ministry has located the plane. the disc heavy rain was reportee area at the time. 110 passengers, six crewmembers onboard. amy kellogg live with the latest on that. reporter: the very latest is france for minister has not confirmed what the ministry of defense had said that the plane was located near the town of gao in mali. all he would say is that it probably crashed. he did put forth a bit of important information, which is that the pilot had asked for a change of fruit when he was flying because of bad weather. but no distress signals went out at all, so whatever happened happen very quickly but it is not clear what happened, it is not clear how the plane crashed. the plane was air algerie flight 517 to the algerian capital, disappeared off radar 50 minutes after takeoff but it was hours before algerian officials announced it was a problem. it was apparently due to storming whether that deterred the route. this is the sort of airplane tha

recent data from the pew research center reveals christians in the middle east and northern africa face more criticism than any other area. >> thank you. president obama is spending his time on what he thinks is more important, more fund-raising, more vacation planning and more golf. joining me now is ainsley earhart. >> hi, sean. >> especially when they begin the ground invasion. he goes to a fund-raiser. >> today he's continuing to fund-raise. critics are upset with this, they feel he's putting the focus on winning the election in november instead of what's going on on this day in the world. today he's going to be in seattle. two events in seattle. the first one is at a reception at bruce and ann bloom's house. this is the family that paid $50,000 for barack obama's first inauguration party. then the presidential motorcade rolls across highway 520 bridge during rush hour traffic in seattle. to a dinner benefiting the super pac, a group that accepts unlimited donations, as you know to the home of the ceo of costco. tomorrow, heads to san francisco for a roundtable fund-raiser there. an

french officials say a missing passenger jet probably crashed in northern africa.

. >> reporter: most of the money has gone to al-qaeda's three main affiliates in northern africa, somalia and in yemen. >> they're going to use that money to launch attacks, and they launch attacks and they will kill other civilians. so of course i can understand completely the desire to save a life on one hand. it does result in the loss of more lives further down the road. >> the u.s. has negotiated for the release of hostages like the recent trade of prisoners for sergeant bowe bergdahl. >> if we don't do something, then this problem will just go on and on. >> reporter: groups independent of al-qaeda also have been getting ransoms from hostages are based in somalia and pakistan. we reached out for a response but did not get an answer. >> thank you for that update. just updating you on the top story of the day, two dozen palestinians were killed in a series of israeli airstrikes in gaza today. tony harris will have more on that at the top of the 6:00 hour. and there was big news about the news economy. it has grown stronger than a lot of economists predicted. i'm david shuster. "inside

he has now officially claimed a kingdom in northern africa so his little girl could be an actual princessthe guy says his seven-year-old always wanted to be a princess, always, all seven years so he researched where on the planet that could happen. he found a stretch of land on the border of egypt and the sudan which belongs to neither country. dad got the okay from the egyptian government to travel there, and when he got there, he planted a custom flag in the ground and claimed the land for his family, calling it the dipping -- kingdom of north sudan and want0s to apply for official recognition with other african nations. meantime, he bought his daughter a crown, and calls her princess emily. kennedy joins us now. and wearing her princess gown. >> i am. >> you do you feel. >> i think it's ridiculous and this type of indulgement is dangerous. when a girl says will i ever be a princess? the answer is, really, no, because i'm not going to kill anyone or and you don't have the right genes. on prom night and wedding night you feel like a princess. >> you think this is a dangerous precedence.

syria, northern africa, where oil shipments are disrupted again out of libya. all the way through to asia, where there's a lot of friction over territorial disputes there. this is a very difficult time for u.s. foreign policy across a wide array of fronts. it also speaks to the need for our allies to step forward. europe, in the case of ukraine, where ukraine is located, china, or japan in the case of asia. we need to encourage those global players to actually take a much bigger role here, and not just rely on the united states to be the policeman for the globe. >> john busy from the wall street. thanks very much. after six or so hours of breaking news coverage, we're going to return to regular programming at the top of the hour, after a quick commercial break. for all of us on the news deck, i'm shepard smith. stay tuned. >>> this is the fox news alert. i'm bret baier in washington. two major stories breaking at this hour. a missile hit a malaysian airlines commercial plane carrying 295 people, causing it to break up over embattled eastern ukraine. there are n

french officials say a missing passenger jet probably crashed in northern africa. french fighter jets looking for wreckage over mali. the air algeria flight dropped off radar. the pilots contacted towers and tried to change course because they were being hit by heavy storms and that's the last anyone heard of them. all right. when you look at this situation, here we have another plane, another missing plane assumed that it crashed. what do you make of it? >> i think the reason they're saying assumed is because they haven't found any wreckage. at this point, the airplane is long since out of fuel. unless it has landed safely somewhere and no one knows about it, it's pretty probable that it crashed somewhere. >> so talk about this part of the world. would they know if it has landed safely somewhere? >> probably not. in fact, we were just talking about that a minute ago. people believe when they hear it came off radar, it sounds sudden but in that part of the world there's almost no radar coverage of aircraft at all. in fact, some of the two-way radio communication is

. >> reporter: most of the money has gone to al-qaeda's three main affiliates, al-qaeda in northern africasomalia, and in the yemen. >> they're going to use that money to launch attacks, and they launch attacks and kill other civilians. of course i can understand completely the desire to save a life on the one hand, but it does result in the loss of more lives further down the road. >> reporter: the u.s. has negotiated for the release of hostages for the recent trade of taliban prisoners for sergeant bowe bergdahl but they have resisted paying ran some. >> if we don't do agree, then this problem will go on and on. >> reporter: david, we reached out to the state department for a response, but we did not get an answer. >> okay, roxana, thanks for that report. appreciate it. >>> big names politicians have joined a campaign. they tried to live on $77 for one week. that's the figure for $40 fo 40 hours of wage. they both quit the challenge early because they found it was impossible to live on such a small amount. let's talk to the former governor of ohio. governor strictland, thank you for join

. >> ifill: an air algerie flight disappeared in northern africa today with 110 passengers and six crew on board. the plane was flying from burkina faso to algiers, but it fell off radar over mali after the pilots reported heavy rain and asked to change course. later, the president of mali said wreckage had been spotted in the country's northern desert. nearly half of the passengers were french citizens. the rest came from a dozen other nations. >> woodruff: european monitors found more human remains in eastern ukraine today, where malaysian airlines flight 17 was shot down last week, killing 298 people. at the same time, two more planeloads of 74 coffins arrived in the netherlands. rohit kachroo of independent television news reports from the town where the bodies are being identified. >> reporter: for the victims brought here from the sunflower fields of ukraine, the people of hilverson do whatever seems appropriate. sobbing breaks the silence but the silence always returns. no one expects to become immune to the heartache here. >> we feel connected with all the victims because of the

africa and their mission has been expanding over the years because of the unrest particularly in northern africa. >> very interesting that plane landed in italy as well before germany. amy, thank you very much. we'll keep following this story. >>> the house appropriations committee releasing details of a bill to address the immigration crisis on the border calling for a total of $659 million for border security. immigration enforcement. humanitarian assistance and illegal immigration prevention. the house could debate the bill as soon as thursday because they're getting out of town. as the white house just pointed out, that doesn't leave much time to get it passed before the august time off. >> this administration more than three weeks ago put forward our own specific requests about what we felt like needed to be done and here we are three days before congress is prepared to leave town for the remainder of the summer and we see a preliminary proposal from house republicans. that is not acting with the sense of urgency. >> steven diamond is a writer for "the washington times" and my guest. are yo

when you look across northern africa, the concerns there. libya, and its proliferation of weapons. in the region. other places. egypt. it's starting to get concerning that we don't have a good handle on all of those weapons systems. we have programs to go after the weapons systems, they're called man pads. find them, destroy them, take them into custody. you're never going to be 100% in that effort. that's the concern. that's why aggressive intelligence operations around the world are so critically important. >> chairman rogers thank you so much for your time this morning. >>> so many hot spots all over the globe. and are the crises facing the president similar to those that sparked world war i? our experts break it all down on this special edition of "this week." beautiful, awesome, messy kids. they get stains like you wouldn't believe. this new tide ultra stain release & zap cap helps me get out pretty much any stain. can i help? awww. just kidding! new tide ultra stain release helps remove 99% of everyday stains. you would need like a bunch of those to clean this mess. [ kc ] yo

however, a white person -- they come from northern africa. >> the berbers? >> yeah. >> the berbers are interesting, too. ms. martinez is on the right track. she is saying these laws are trying to define what a person of african descent is, what a person of european descent is, and they certainly -- they say any appreciable amount, ascertainable amount of african blood are not what? are not white. are not white. it says that although the state laws vary, what the united states had -- sorry, i am not bringing that into contemporary times, because we do think differently about this today. it has only been relatively recently. i know you all think that means the last five years, but it has been in about the last 30 to 35 years or so. so, what does the united states have that was different from its neighbors to the south -- we had what was called the one drop theory. has anyone ever heard that term? do you all know what it meant? >> if they have just a percentage of black, they would consider black no matter who your parents are. >> are you a math major? >> no. >

the western world a democracy might be different than the view of sub-saharan africa, and even northern africa. so how do you get into talking about and knowing that we have multiple views of it? china, i'm not saying china is perfect but 600 million out of poverty. do we need democracy, that was kind of democracy when you also think about countries in the medieval times, i don't think they were not considerate where they were really looting their own citizens. so how do we grapple at all these ideas and try to make, to solve the puzzle? >> yeah. so fertile on the definition of democracy, of course i think if society does need to devolve their own ideas and their own norms but i think there are certain sets of common problems around the world and we are confronted by what we are taught but we were talking about democracy. i think the first thing to make clear is that it's not viable to have our concept of democracy that is only defined by majority vote election. that's not really a viable concept of democracy. i'll explain it. i think you already have in mind why, which is to be that a majorit

. >> the flight en route from the capital of burkina faso on is way to algiers in northern africa, 15 minuteses after taking off they lost communication with the plane. just before that they were told the plane needed to make a diversion because of poor visibility and because of risk of collision with another aircraft. it was after this that all contact with the plane, 116 people on board was lost. now, we know that the plane was flying over marlie at this time. there has been considerable conflict in that area. diplomats say, however, the insurgents do not have the weaponry to shoot a play flying at cruising altitude. however, the faa has issued warning urging airliners to not to fly over marlie. charlie? >> thanks. it took joseph rudolph wood nearly two hours to die after lethal injection was delivered. the process normally takes 10 to 15 minutes. jan crawford controversy adding to the debate over capital punishment. jan, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. this is now the third execution that's gone awry in six months. now, there's no question that these convicted killers commi

northern africa, two days after security got so bad in libya the u.s.t down the embassy in the capitol city of tripoli, the libyan government calling for international help. after a oil depot catches fire as rival militias battle for control of airport. everyone with three-mile radius of airport is ordered to get out. the u.s. closed its embassy in tripoli. they evacuated to neighboring tunisia under military es court. the state department said it will be suspended until security situation in libya is improved. >> into meantime in this country here at home, extreme weather causing major damage in parts of the south. possible tornado destroying 10 homes in tennessee. no injuries reported. in kentucky, meanwhile heavy wind toppling trees leaving many homes and vehicles damaged as a result. no confirmation yet on possibility of that being a tornado. no injuries either. meteorologist maria molina live in the weather center. it is active out there, maria. hello. >> good to see you, bill. good morning, everybody. a little unusual of this type of activity in t

the french military is securing the scene of wreckage in northern africa. one black box has been recovered and now the question why did the plane go down. welcome to "america's newsroom." i am bill hemmer. >> good morning, everybody. i am martha maccallum. they are saying essentially that bad weather is believed to be blamed but they cannot rule out the possibility of terrorism. >> amy kellog is live. what do we know? >> reporter: the reason terrorism can't be ruled out is it appears a fire began on the plane before it crashed so the debris needs to be tested for explosives. the plane broke into pieces upon impact. so it didn't explode in the air and there is no indication it was shot down so for those reasons investigators are tending toward the theory of bad weather but nothing can be ruled out at this point. the plane was an air algeria flight to algeria. it was travelling when asked to changing course due to bad weather and disappeared in the morning hours over molly that is an area that is populated by islamic militants. it was a drone that spotted the

thursday an air algerie flight became the third aviation catastrophe in a week after it crashed over northern africa in bad weather. 116 people were on board. that accident came just a day after 48 people died when a transasia jet crashed off taiwan. william mcgee is an faa licensed dispatcher. >> i've got to say i can't ever recall a week like this one. it's extraordinary to have three major tragedies around the world within seven days. >> reporter: malaysia airlines flight 17 was taken down over war-torn eastern ukraine. a rare but tragic reminder of the risk involved in flying over a conflict zone. hours later, the federal aviation administration banned u.s. flights over the region. then just days later, a rocket strike prompted the faa to temporarily halt flights in and out of ben gurion international airport in israel. >> there was a sense that in some cases you could fly over hot spots or war zones. i think that's pretty much been dispelled. >> there have been more than 700 airline fatalities so far this year. still mcgee says commercial aviation is the safest form of transportation. >> the fa

citizens out of northern africa. the united states has evacuated the american embassy in the libyan capital of tripoli. 150 americans, including 80 marines, were taken out by convoy in the middle of the night. they are now in neighboring tunisia. the embassy was never under imminent threat, but they say the move was as a result of increased fighting and fragility in the area. everything seems to have gone smoothly, but we are told the u.s. military operation involved two f-16s, a naval destroyer and osprey helicopters as well. congressman ed royce joins me now, he chairs the house foreign affairs committee. first of all, what more can you tells about that evacuation in libya? >> well, i talked to senior u.s. officials last night about it. what i can tell you is that there are so many militia involved on the ground today in and around tripoli. and one of those factions that's there is ansar al shari'a, which is the same al qaeda affiliate that carried out the attacks in benghazi against our consulate there. what you s

it's never been attempted with the seriousness that has happened, say, in northern ireland or south africa or other such intract i believe conflicts. >> how can they seriously be considered at a time when a battle is ongoing? surely you need the cease-fire first? >> of course. the cease-fire is required to stop the shooting on both sides, but if it only stops the shooting, it takes you back to the position of, you know, a year ago or five years ago which is an israeli siege and control of the palestinians and subjugation of them. the palestinians under the president of palestine of the palestinian authority took 20 years. for 20 years they've been negotiating with the israelis trying to seek a peaceful settlement. hamas has given them the green light. if you do this, hamas will respect it. there's been a consensus in palestine to try to get a peaceful negotiation -- peaceful outcome, but it hasn't happened. that has failed. also the israeli policy of every two years going in and attacking gaza savagely, what they have called mowing the lawn, that has failed. there needs to be a new approac

in iraq, the instability in the gulf, to afghanistan, and israel, and going through the northern coast of africasmemberment of a lot of those governments that were the fallout of the arab spring. and the focal point, israel, that's where they can coalesce around. when they're not fighting each other, that's what they look to. and hamas is around more than they' they've ever been. a lot of arms and capability have moved into gaza and thus into the hands of hamas from libya. >> and we've seen evidence of that. rocket fire from gaza has landed in bethlehem as well as hebron. what are your concerns about what unfolds in israel and gaza, and how that may bringmore anti more of the common enemy they have? >> well, any time that hamas expands the reach of their weapons, moved to a weapon that can reach jerusalem, and they fired weapons at demona. so, under the u.n. definition of nuclear terrorism, they've done that. but they have to stay strong on this. there's a split within the palestinian unity government. the total breakdown, because hamas is dedicated to the total destruction of israel. so, they c

fox news alert on another mystery plane dropping off the radar and this time over northern africa.ger plane heading north to algers when the signal went dead. petey deucey is live when -- peter -- with what details we know. >> reporter: we know the plane was last seen on radar over northern molly and that is a country where u.s. carriers have been told not to fly at low altitude because of in

in the wake of another air disaster this involved a air algerie plane that crashed over northern ma li and africa, calling all people on board. the specialist have now found the second black box of the doomed airliner. it could determine what caused the plane to fallout of the sky. the french president today met with families and parents to express condolences on behalf of the nation. nearly half on board were frefrp. he called for all bodies to be transferred to france and a memorial to mark the crash site. >>> back on u.s. soil, fire courthouse are hard at work battling the dangerous wildfires burning in western states. in california a fast- moving fire burned acre near sacramento. 40 homes had to be evacuated. one homeowner said she had only minutes to get out. >> the sheriff came to the door and said you have to evacuate now. how afraid are you >> i put it on a scale of 1 to hundred. i am scared. >> reporter: are you at that hundred? >> right now, yeah. >> in washington state twice as many homes burned as previously thought. a local sheriff said the largest fewer in the state's history destro

africa. >>> in northern nigeria, two more deadly attacks.ay two suicide blasts there killed at least 40 people. one targeted a prominent muslim cleric who has spoken out against the violent militant group boko haram. the other was an attempted assassination of an opposition politician. that attack happened in a marketplace jammed with shoppers. both men escaped unharmed. it's not clear if boko haram or another group carried out these bombings. but boko haram's terror was deeply felt on wednesday in nigeria's capital abuja. ♪ all we are saying, bring back our girls ♪ >> you're listening there as families some of the girls boko haram kidnapped some 100 days ago now marked the anniversary with heavy hearts and determination. many held a commemoration with members of the bring back our girls campaign. they've been meeting daily at the city's unity fountain since the more than 00 gi200 girls we kidnapped in april. the parents' say they'll keep pushing for the girls' rescue. >>> investigators in taiwan are trying to determine whether high winds an

we have a report from the northern city of kaino. >> reporter: in africa's largest muslim community they gathered in their thousands to mark eid, the holiday at the end of ramadan, coming at a tush u leapt time here -- turbulent some time. >>> violence blamed on boko haram left dozens dead. it did not stop the faithful showing up. this man came with his six children and he says it's more important now than ever. >> many people are here, due to insecurity. people are crying. they don't have money at home, at hand. all business, that's why we come for the prayer. we pray to bring changes >>> security was stepped up across the country. 50,000 troops, including counterterrorism units were deployed to control prayer areas. president goodluck jonathan urged nigerians to remain resolute and united in the face of those described as pervezers of anarchy. the instability put a dampener on what would have been lavish facilities here called sala. >> it's resolved that the sala should be low key and not much demonstration, all to do with the security situation. >>> the emir called off a festival, but

in northern ireland, apartheid in south africa, the anc was a terrorist organization, they changed their as being an organization that can change its stripes, to be someone that the israelis can negotiate with? >> jim, frankly, no. i mean, i see across the middle east and africa as well, and especially since the arab spring, what a lot of people inside the intelligence community are calling a sunni inti intive fadduh, you saw the attacks in egypt today, where people are becoming more radicalized and less likely negotiate. i just don't see it happening and the israelis having any confidence in hamas. we are going to be at loggerheads for years. i don't see an easy out on this. northern ireland was so much easier. >> it's just a sad prospect to imagine. i wonder if i could ask you just very quickly, rick what do you think would change that, a new leader on both sides? >> actually, if the israelis could be successful and get rid of hamas and replace it with a more moderate organization, someone could actually represent the will of the palestinian people, and i don't think hamas does that, y

africa. the air algerie plane crashed yesterday in northern mali, killing all 118 people on board. 54 of the victims were french traveling from burkina faso to algeria. the plane disappeared after the pilots asked to change course because of the heavy rain. >>> the international red cross is trying to find any remaining bodies at the site of the malaysia airlines crash in ukraine and they say they have come to try and lend some dignity, speed and thoroughness to a search that for the past week has allegedly had none of those qualities. >> they would like to see that to ensure that these remains are collected in a dignified manner as soon as possible. >> the emergency workers who had collected bodies under the water of armed separatists have left. even now european observers have and investigators from malaysia and australia are finding new pieces of wreckage. the whole area needs a thorough search. >>> marin county is trying to fill their potholes. this week county supervisors awarded contracts totaling more than $4 million. the goal is to chip away at about 50 miles worth of needed street a

this was last seen on radar over northern mali50 minutes after take off from ouagadougou airport. the search is northwest africa. it is the same type of plane used for flight 5017. the private airline has not been possible to make contact with the plane and was trying to figure what happened. france's transport minister asked air control to change the route because of the weather. heavy rain was reported in the area. half of the 110 passengers were french. swiss air says there were two pilots and four cabin staff. the flight probably crashed with no trace found of the plane. two french fighter jets are among the aircraft hooking through the area north of mali which is rugged. a french official says it is unlikely fighters would have the kind of weapons capable of shooting down a plane. >>> new this morning the remains of the victims from malaysian flight 17 are arriving in the netherlands. two planes carrying 74 coffins touched down in eindhoven a week since it was shot down killing all 298 people over ukraine mostly dutch. it could take weeks or months to identify all the remains. both russia and the ukraine d

algerie, flight 5017 an md83 flown by swift air, left burkina faso in africa and crashed 50 minutes later in bad weather. like ukraine, northern mali is a war zone. in june faa warned pilots warned to fly below 24,000 feet citing the risk of anti-aircraft fire to include shoulder-fired, man-portable air defense systems. it's not clear what happened to flight 5017, but it's the latest in a string of incidents. a fatal passenger plane crash in taiwan wednesday with 48 dead, u.s. flights temporarily suspended into tel aviv. the shootdown of malaysia flight 17 over ukraine, malaysia flight 370 remains missing presumably 1500 miles off the coast of australia. and a terror watch for all u.s.-bound flights. >> the fact that we've had a cluster of incidents does not materially affect the fact that our skies and the skies around the world are safe. >> reporter: the faa lists 63 countries including cuba, yemen, north korea and pakistan where u.s. airlines are prohibited from flying or subject to flight restrictions and warnings. the secretary of transportation today. >> as the situation on the ground changes in some of these parts of th

africa. the air algerie flight vanished over northern mali around 6:30 last night. disappearance wasn't made public until hours later. there is no contact with the plane since. >>> arizona's governor has ordered a full review of the state's execution process. joseph wood was said to be gasping and snorting for more than an hour after the process started. it's the third execution this year where inmates took far longer than expected to die. >>> and san jose firefighters on the scene of a school fire in the city's edenville area. crews called early this morning to davis intermediate school. the damage is confined to the attic of a roof of a multipurpose building in the school. >>> i'm anne makovec live in san francisco. the federal corruption case that links some unlikely suspects returns to court today for a status conference hearing. these are some of the men in play among more than 2 dozen other suspects. state senator leland yee, chinatown kingpin raymond "shrimp boy" chow, and former san francisco board of education president keith jackson who is accused of being

search teams in africa late tonight reported finding the wreckage of an air algerie flight in northern mali near the burkina faso border. the plane had 116 people on board. the plane took off from the capital of burkina faso for algiers and was flying over an area of separatist violence. but there was also a bad storm in that area, and reports that the flight crew had tried to change course. >>> a journalist with bay area ties is being held in iran tonight. the "washington post" says it has credible reports that jason rizion is one of four journalists being detained. he is from marin. he has dual american and irani citizenship. there are other two freelancers who have been detained. it is not clear why they have been detained. >> plans for a special tax district money to help build a private clubhouse, a clubhouse that is often offlimits to everyone who is not a dues paying member. but can taxpayers stop it? tonight we investigate the plan and what it means for anyone living in a special tax district here in california. >>> also ahead, mysterious dolls found in front of a southern cali

africa. investigators have recovered one of the black boxes from the crash site in northern mali. what we know right now is that the air algerie plane was traveling from burkina faso to germany. all 118 people onboard were killed. almost half were french nationals. >>> president obama's new plan to handle the immigration crisis is raising some eyebrows. mr. obama met with the presidents of guatemala, el salvador and honduras at the white house today. president obama wants to offer formal asylum hearings for undocumented children not here in the united states, but their home countries. he says giving the kids a chance to plead their case at home will prevent them from making the often deadly journey to the u.s. >> there may be some narrow circumstances in which there is humanitarian or refugee status that a family might be eligible for. if that were the case, it would be better for them to be able to apply in country. >> republicans say the president needs to focus on a plan to speed up deportations for the tens of thousands of undocumented children already in the u.s. the presiden

africa with 116 people on board. but crashed 50 minutes later in bad weather. like ukraine, northern mali is a war zone. in june the faa washed u.s. pie lights to avoid flying below 24,000 feet citing the rifbl of anti-aircraft fire. sister not clear what happened to the flight. it's a latest in a string of incidents. fatal plane crash in taiwan wednesday with 40 dead. u.s. flights temporarily suspended into tel-aviv. malaysian flight 370 remains miss. presumably 1500 miles off the coast of australia. and a terror watch for all u.s.-bound flights. >> the fact we've had a cluster of incidents doesn't affect the fact that our skies are safe. >> the faa lists 63 countries including cuba, yemen, north korea, and pakistan where u.s. flights are prohibited to flying or subject to resan francistric >> as the situation on the ground changes, our guidance, perhaps, will challenge. >> the chances are good your flight will land safely. your chancings of being killed in a plane crash anywhere in the world are roughly 1 in 4 million. in north america and europe it drops to 1 and 25 million europe. you could go 60,00

africa. french secretary of transport saying it disappeared over northern mali where militants are fighting theent and french forces. numerous french nationals were probably on the plane. the plane lost contact with traffic control 50 minutes after take off and it had 110 passengers and six crew. it is owned by swiss air and leased by air >> last night, you can see a lost shots were fired here. one was hit in the leg and the other multiple times. both were taken to the hospital before police arrived. >> a woman is charged with child endangerment and the children in protective custody after threing her children in the car while she gambled. the 37-year-old phaley nget was arrested on sunday after police and firefighters found her three-year-old and 2-year-old daughters unattended, strapped in the car seat, outside casino 580 in livermore. employees reported the kids were in the car 30 minutes to an hour. investigators say it was 75 degrees outside at the time and the temperature survive the car was 81 and rising. our reporter will have a report at top of hour. >>> a lawsuit has been filed agains

. >> in west africa, flight 5017 crashed into the desert in the northern participate the of the country. the plane disappeared from radar after take off while changing course to avoid bad weather. according to officials, nobody survived. the plane was carrying at least 116 people, 50 of them french. it's the third deadly commercial plane accident in just the last week. >> in virginia, a tornado killed two and injured 36 at a busy camp ground on the eastern shore of the chesapeake bay. the storm uprooted trees, overturned campers and brought heavy rains and baseball sized hail. the tornado passed over the camp ground twice, knocking down dozens of trees and power lines, tearing the roofs off nearby houses. the international weather service issued a warning 20 minutes before the touchdown but campers had only minutes to find shelter. >> that's some of what's happening around the world. >> fighting continues in ukraine boot on the battlefield and parliament as the countries prime minister stepped down. >> has the ukrainian crisis somehow emboldened vladimir putin. >> we are tracking the to

aviation official says the al algerie jet crashed from the -- from western africa to the capital city of algeria on the northern coast. the plane is actually operated by a private company, swiftair, that is based in spain. cnn's joe johns is in washington with more information on the crash. good morning, joe. >> hi, carol. that's right. the report is that this plane has crashed. it is flight 5017, an air algeria plane that left burkina faso, disappeared apparently over mali. we know very little about this right now. we do know there was a visibility problem, some reports that there were thunderstorms or thundershowers in the area, the pilot was told to change course when this plane lost contact with the tower. according to what we know there were 110 passengers aboard, two pilots, four crewmembers and people have been watching all this very closely because not only are there issues of flying in this part of africa, there's also a bit of unrest there in mali. so the report now is that plane, flight 5017, an air algeria plane, md-83, has crashed with 110 passengers on board plus crew. garl? >> joe johns reporting

africa. cnn has just confirmed the plane has crashed in northern mali, an area that we've seen firsthand on this program is home to al qaeda-linked militants. our joe johns is following that story for us. it's one of the many breaking stories we're covering around the world. phil black is in ukraine where there's no evidence of russian troops building on the border and karl penhaul in gaza to talk about the deadly explosion at a shelter. we'll begin with the algerian airliner. joe johns is live in washington. what's the very latest that we know? >> the latest guidance from authorities in mali is that the plane went down in a city called gou on the niger river. since that crash occurred in that country, malian authorities are beginning to open their own investigation into the accident. 1:17 a.m. local time. air algerie flight left ougadougou bound for aljeers. it was about to be a four-hour flight but 50 minutes after takeoff it disappeared over mali close to a zone of conflict between islamist rebels and the government. the faa had warned pilots to stay above 25,000 feet to avoid becoming a targ

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