your response to some of the ntsb's claims?> the center wing tank vapors could have exploded, but this is not news. boeing knew this. they design their tanks to always assume the have explosive vapors in those tanks so no weight high-voltage can get into them as have their design. the wires that go to those lines is talking about are protected by a nylon sheet and prevent it with a varnish. -- surrounded with varnish. issue of the naval exercise that was taking place kristina borjesson kristina? that in the circumstantial evidence piled. we don't discuss it because it is not hard evidence. and that is why we are submitting this petition, because it is something that should be examined further. >> what was going on at the time? >> there was a military exercise going on at the time in the area. they had activated some warning areas there. there were all kinds of vessels out there. but again, we don't go there because we don't have any hard evidence. >> so why call to reopen this? >> because it needs to be looked at. because the a

the ntsb guys say this stinks. they claim that there is no evidence of the missile strike fbi team and others manipulated the evidence to make it look like there wasn't one and when in fact it might have been. jim ca lstrom said they went there with the assumption of a missile strike. we were in high alert in 1996. they were suspicious of the event. their agenda is to tell the truth. that is what they are going to say if they are engaged in a cover up. the cia point to the cia animation saying this is how it happen. the nose of the plane broke off and the remainder of the plane 200 witnesses described going up in the air it was the remainder of the plane. and others say they is ridiculous. the plane would not have continued to ascend. it defies the laws of physics and that's why they are presenting the findings to the ntsb. they have a petition to reopen the case and investigation which they are going to do. the ntsb will review the evidence and proof that their conclusion was flawed. and they will vote on it. >> i

callahan ntsb ntsb callahancalln . >>> this is being called a case of modern day slavery. three suspects arrested for alledgedly holding a mentally disabled woman and her daughter captive in an ohio apartment for more than a year, forcing them to perform manual labor, feeding them dog food, and threatening them with snakes and pitbulls, in conditions described as, quote, simply subhuman. prosecutors say the suspects also collected the woman's government benefits and beat her, all in order to get painkillers for themselves. the mother of one suspect calls the allegations lies. a defense attorney calls it ludicrous. want to bring in cnn's legal analyst paul callhan and defense attorney midwin charles. i don't even know where to begin here. i feel like we just started getting our heads around a house of horrors with three young women who had been kept as captives for ten years and then comes this. let me start with this. paul, the first set of charges that you see as a potential that these three could face? >> well, what's unusual about it, i'm starting to wonder about ohio,

most of the fuselage reassembled at an ntsb hangar outside of washington, d.c. without the wings, tail or cockpit. you can actually see where the plane came apart. you can see the dark smoke parts behind the rip in the plane's body, and ahead of it, the front part is clean, and that is where the first class section and cockpit fell off. the explosion was here. in the center fuel tank. i'm really struck by the size. you could really park a couple of cars in here. >> the fuel tanks are the size of about a two-car garage. >> is the center tank below the passenger area is rarely used. >> how much fuel was in here at the time of the flight? >> the fuel tank was basically empty and 50 gallons is what they calculate to be the residual amount. >> only a thin layer of fuel on the bottom, but the fumes were more than enough to bring down the plane. >> that is the stuff to ignite and rapidly burn. >> ntsb investigator shows us what happened. >> this takes place in a matter of a second? >> very much less than a second. >> when the tank exploded brenna and crista were right

the fbi and ntsb are two separate agencies.iminal jurisdiction under title 18 of crime aboard aircraft or destroying american flag aircraft. the ntsb is the investigative agency for the crashes and things like that, mechanical, electrical failure, pilot failure, things like. that we both have our jurisdiction and rules. we operate under the rules of federal procedure. we operate under the rules of evidence collection and chain of custody. so it's not unusual to have fbi agents in the hangar and looking at bringing things down to a laboratory back and forth. >> when he says video surveillance sees three fbi agents in the hangar up to what he thinks is hanky panky. >> if my people were there 24/7, if they thought hanky panky was going on i would have knowledge of that and if it took place it had good reason. we had a whole team of lab tech nixes that looked at evidence around the clock. at the peak, john, i had 1,000 agents on this investigation. we took the missile theory, the possibility of a missile brought down the plane very

why didn't the ntsb find what you found?y involved in the cover-up, is that what you're implying? >> that's what i'm implying. >> reporter: in the years after the crash, he acquired from the ntsb a copy of the electronic information from twa 800's flight data recorder. nibert says when he had it analyzed, he found four seconds of information were missing. when you say missing, do you mean erased? >> that or edited. >> reporter: coming up next, why won't questions of a coverup go away? why did so many people see what looked like a missile? >> i know what i saw that night, and i know it went up in the air, arced a little to the right, and then there was a big explosion. uh-oguess what day it is!is?? huh...anybody? julie! hey...guess what day it is?? ah come on, i know you can hear me. mike mike mike mike mike... what day is it mike? ha ha ha ha ha ha! leslie, guess what today is? it's hump day. whoot whoot! ronny, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? i'd say happier than a camel on wednesday. hu

we had the ntsb laboratory, the faa laboratory. we had -- we spent days and months dredging to get the plane off the bottom of the ocean. we looked at every piece of this airplane multiple times. three times minimum, looking for all the different scars and pitting and different characteristics in the metal of a bomb or a missile, any kind of a missile inside or outside. >> you saw no scars, no pitting, nothing that would indicate there was any kind of missile contact or anything that would pierce that plane, and that's why you stand behind that conclusion that there could not have been any kind of missile that would have brought it down? >> well, not just that. we had a lot of agents working this. consider this, the night that this happened, the next day we had hundreds of agents. what just happened is all of long island shore facing south and the ocean out there became a crime scene, a potential crime scene. so there was literally thousands of people that have to be interviewed immediately in the criminal investigation. all these

why didn't the ntsb find what you found?re they involved in the cover-up, is that what you're implying? >> that's what i'm implying. >> reporter: in the years after the crash, he acquired from the ntsb a copy of the electronic information from twa 800's flight data recorder. nibert says when he had it analyzed, he found four seconds of information were missing. when you say missing, do you mean erased? >> that or edited. >> reporter: coming up next, why won't questions of a coverup go away? why did so many people see what looked like a missile? >> i know what i saw that night, and i know it went up in the air, arced a little to the right, and then there was a big explosion. [ male announcer ] with free package pickup from the united states postal service a small design firm can ship like a big business. just go online to pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. we'll do the rest. ♪ where over seventy-five percent of store management started as i'm the next american success story. working for a company hourly ass

why didn't the ntsb find what you found? they involved in the cover-up, is that what you're implying? >> that's what i'm implying. >> reporter: in the years after the crash, he acquired from the ntsb a copy of the electronic information from twa 800's flight data recorder. nibert says when he had it analyzed, he found four seconds of information were missing. when you say missing, do you mean erased? >> that or edited. >> reporter: coming up next, why won't questions of a coverup go away? why did so many people see what looked like a missile? >> i know what i saw that night, and i know it went up in the air, arced a little to the right, and then there was a big explosion. i was having trouble i was having trouble getting out of bed in the morning because my back hurt so bad. the sleep number bed conforms to you. i wake up in the morning with no back pain. i can adjust it if i need to...if my back's a little more sore. and by the time i get up in the morning, i feel great! if you have back pain, toss and turn at night or wake

you say there is solid evidence the original ntsb finding is untrue.t is that evidence and what are you and your colleagues saying happened to that plane? >> witnesses say a missile shot down that and physical evidence supports that but in terms of penetration, nitrates found on the aircraft. when we reconstructed the interior of the airplane, which is a job i supervised, we found there was no correlation between the victims, the infor your and for that matter, the explosion which suggests a high degree of separation of parts or explosion. in addition to that, after pain stakingly filing requests and suing the fbi, the cia and trying to get factual information that should have been made available to the public, we were able to analyze the radar data. at the time of the explosion, there were particles of debris and matter traveling at mac 4 coming out the airplane. >> you said the fbi with the help of the cia and your help of the bosses at the ntsb manipulated evidence, doctored evidence and covered up a crime or something caused by the united states mi

it wasn't just the ntsb, the fbi as well.know what took this plane down? >> well, chris, look, there had been initial indications of witness statements that there may have been something shot at the plane. what you had is the fbi, the new york office was headed by jim callstrom, a well respected fbi official. this is post the initial world trade center bombing. these are people, the new york office had deep expertise in counterterrorism investigations so the fbi comes to this from a counterterrorism perspective. they were looking to either confirm or eliminate terrorism as a possibility and so they looked at all of the forensics. they looked at all the witness statements. they went through all of this and they felt pretty confident i think based on talking to them, i was in the justice department in washington at the time, they really did feel like they had eliminated the possibility that this was a, an act of man, someone in terrorism or a crazy person who tried to take the plane down. >> no group ever came forward to take c

how long would it take the ntsb to reopen the investigation? >> well, as it stands right now, we know that the ntsb says they have not received this petition. but if and when they do and we expect that they will receive it, it takes roughly 60 days before they come to a determination, although there is really no hard and fast deadline. it could take longer than that. but on average 60 days. >> we'll see, renee marsh reporting live from d.c. this morning. >>> it's hard to imagine, but for the second time in six weeks, the story of an ohio woman and her daughter now free after accusations they were held captive inside a home for more than a year. pamela brown is in ashland, ohio, with more on this disturbing details. good morning, pamela. >> well, good morning to you, carol. so many disturbing details in this story. authorities say the suspects preyed on this mother's vulnerability and used her daughter against her as a way to keep her as their personal slave and it was all uncovered after a simple shoplifting incident. inside this house an ohio

i'll ask a former ntsb official. that targeted them. but there's new reasons to doubt claims that the irs was involved in partisan scheming. >>> and growing outrage that the u.s. is about to talk peace with the taliban, only hours after they took credit for killing more americans. wolf blitzer is off today, i'm jake tapper. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, you're in "the situation room." >> we begin this hour with demands for a new investigation into the whorrific mid air explosion of a twa jet, it happened 17 years ago off the coast of long island. killing all 230 people on board. a new documentary is giving new life to the theory that a missile might have caused the crash and the film, six retired members of the original investigative team break their silence and they challenge the ntsb's official finding that wiring in a faulty fuel tank was to blame. >> what would your analysis have been? >> the primary, primary conclusion was the explosive forces came from outside the airplane. n

this is unusual in normal ntsb investigations.he fbi treated it as a criminal event for the whole time they were in charge of the hangar which was about 15 months. martha: what's the motivation? you must have thought about it this 17 years and you must have some idea about why. jim kalstrom, the fbi assistant director at the time. he said a friend of mine's wife was killed on that plane. nobody wanted to know the answer more. he said we pursued the missile issue in and out and every which way on this. what do you say to that? >> well, initially the fbi was very sure they had a terrorist event on their hands. and it was after the fall of 199 that they began to feel there may be another possibility. it was during this time that they had the cia do an analysis for them. and the cia came up with the resumed climb which quite frankly did not happen. martha: why do you say that did not happen. they say that's the explanation why people on the ground saw something that looked like a missile. they are saying the explosion had already happ

. >> the fbi and ntsb are political animals.atever it takes to cover their political rear ends. >> reporter: but there's never been any substantiation of evidence of an external explosion. and 16 months after the most thorough and extensive air crash investigation in u.s. history, the fbi announced no evidence had been found of a criminal act. the probable cause, an explosion of flammable fuel and vapors in the center fuel tank. as far as the eyewitnesses who thought they saw a missile, investigators explained that after the explosion, the front of the plane plunged into the water, but before that, the back after continued climbing, which could have appeared to look like a missile in the night sky. the man who led the investigation at the time was robert francis. >> a missile doesn't hit an airplane and you recover 98% of the airplane and still not see a single scratch or indication on the airplane that a missile hit it. >> reporter: but a new documentary will try to convince viewers otherwise. the documentary's conclusion, it w

it involved the ntsb, fbi, ntf, cia, everybody was in on this. were many witness claims, people thought they saw what looked like a missile headed toward what they thought was an airplane. this plane was 12 miles over the atlantic ocean. how good is visibility? that's number one. number two, there's scientific data to suggest that in fact what people saw was after the plane exploded, there was an initial thrust in which the plane kept climbing for a few seconds before the whole thing went down because of course you have engines on the wings and the propulsion continued. the bottom line is the ntsb and fbi and explosive experts found no evidence whatsoever of an explosion from the outside in. all of the evidence suggested an explosion from the inside of the center fuel tank out so now you have got this documentary, this film which is going to be on cable channel is going to revisit the conspiracy notions and suggest either a huge coverup involving hundreds of people or a botched investigation involving creme dela creme of investigative agencies in

her leadership has made the ntsb a better organization, and we're proud to welcome her today. susan fleming, who is director of physical infrastructure issues in the government accountability office, is with us as well, the third witness. she has been a member of the gao staff for some time. the gao to, as you know, is appointed by the comptroller general of the united states, the head of the gao is the comptroller general who's appointed for 15-year term by the president from a slate of candidates whom the congress proposes. and the united states general accounting office is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for the congress. it's often called the congressional watchdog, and we welcome you, ms. flemingings today. thank you for being here. so let's begin with mr. szabo. >> well, thank you, chairman blumenthal, ranking member blunt and members of the committee. i appreciate this opportunity to testify. rail is an extremely safe mode of transportation, but with i personally know firsthand the impact that train accidents can have on families and commitments. communiti

the film makers plan to petition the ntsb to reopen the investigation. in a statement the ntsb left that possibility open if new evidence is uncovered saying investigators and staff spent an enormous amount of time reviewing, documenting and analyzing facts and data. our investigations are never closed and we can review any new information not previously considered by the board. >> renee, how do they explain the timing of this? why is this just coming out now and do they believe this is some kind of cover up? >> i just got off the phone with these investigators, these former investigators and i asked that particular question, why not? why not blow the whistle several years ago when this was under investigation? one said there was this culture of intimidation at the time. one said he had a family to feed and he was afraid he may lose his job. all these investigators have retired. they feel they are able to freely speak. on the issue of a cover up they were asked that question several times. they were pretty vague. we asked who would be responsible for thi

the ntsb said today it would review any petition it receives but the agency also said "while the ntsbstigates issues that have already been examined, our investigators are never closed and we can review any new information not previously considered by the board." joining me now, hank hughes former senior accident investigators with ntsb and one of the people featured in the documentary making the claims. i know according to the press release and information out there, this documentary has solid proof there was an external detonation. why hold this information to reveal in a documentary? why not reveal it now? >> well, i think an interesting aspect of your opening remarks might be addressed first. you talked about two criminal investigations. at the time it occurred, it should have been civil aviation accident investigation. the question of why would they believe it was a criminal act, for the first several days they kept saying it was a missile. with regard to the examination, we violated our own protocols that have been well established. parties to the investigation were excluded fro

now the injured truck driver is out of the hospital and the ntsb is looking for answers. the community's efforts to get back to normal. >> reporter: one week after his truck collided with a train in rosedale sparking a powerful explosion, john alban, jr. is out of the hospital. wjz was told to go away at his house in essex. >> he had a neck brace and stuff on. he's a good man. he serves the community. he volunteers at the fire department. he's been down to the fire department for a long time. >> reporter: near alban's trucking business a checkpoint remains. you can see where the accident happened. there were no lights or gates at this private train crossing. the ntsb is looking into the crossing but refused to release any updated information on the investigation. a spokesman said the federal agency would do so wednesday, including details on attempts to interview alban and a time line of events. >> if you look at this hallway now it's back to good old days. >> reporter: businesses have suffered severe damage and are making significant progress getting back on track. >> ha

that's what the ntsb thinks the witnesses may have seen.e was one really good witness who had a front closeup view. here's his account with david mattingly. i'm sorry. apparently the clip is not in the system. what i can tell you, david maclaine was a pilot on a flight from new england to trenton. the explosion happened right in front of his eyes. he saw two red things. but he didn't see anything else. nothing approaching the plane. just the explosion. >> if you've talked to this documentary, you know, filmmaker multiple times, just quickly, because you are so intrenched in this story, what's the likelihood the ntsb finally listens to this fwi and says, all right, we'll reopen. >> my guess on a scale of 1 to 100, zero. they've looked at this before. they haven't found anything. if he has any new evidence it certainly was not in that clip, the trailer from the movie that was made public to cnn today. >> pulitzer prize winning reporter jim polk. a pleasure, my friend. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you as always. >>> coming up nex

now, the ntsb reveals new information about the rosedale crash.tioning of the truck driver. >>> a picture perfect in our area, but some wet weather is headed our way. the details ahead in the wjz first warning weather forecast. check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. >>> ravens nation comes to the white house. >> the super bowl champions reunite for a visit with the commander in chief. >> hello, everyone. i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here's what people are tagging about don't. >> a historic day for ravens fans. the super bowl champion ravens reunite f for one more time for a

late this afternoon, the ntsb bed a new update on the investigation. wjz is live there in rosedale. investigator mike hellgren stays on the story. mike? >> reporter: and vic, gathering evidence is a very detailed process. the work he at the scene is almost done. a big chunk of what they want to do involves interviewing the truck driver. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board has yet to interview the driver of the truck. john alban, jr., was released from the hospital just days after his truck crashed with the train. investigators are still trying to make arrangements to ask him questions as he recovers. the agency also revealed its crew on the ground will be leaving the scene by friday. they've completed a comprehensive inspection of the truck and scanned the crash site. and they will use that scan to do a computerized recreation of the-- re-creation of the accident. >> if we see areas that need to be improve, we did and will issue safety recommend sations. >> reporter: some say underbrush has grown closer to the track. and they are concerned whether it affected wheth

because of the possibility of it being a terror attack, the fbi joined the ntsb to investigate.termined it was not a criminal act, four years after the accident, ntsb released its conclusion, flight 800 blew up because of faulty wires sparking vapors in the center fuel tank. >> there was gross mismanagement of the evidence, of witness statements, and other scientific facts that should have been appropriately considered and they weren't by either the fbi or ntsb. >> reporter: hank hughes is one of four investigators taking part in a new documentary, calling the initial findings flawed and driven by an agenda, a massive coverup for unknown reasons. the evidence shows external explosion, likely caused by a missile. >> this provides facts that disprove the initial theory, proves beyond any reasonable doubt, a detonation, not fuel air explosion, caused this crash. hard evidence proving that. >> there's no reason to cover up anything. >> reporter: jim kolstrom who led the investigation says the documentary is preposterous. he says the fbi exhaustively examined the possibility of a mis

joined the ntsb and investigating the crash. 16 months later, the f.b.i. a criminal act and four years after the accident, the ntsb released its conclusion. flight 800 blew up because of faulty wires, sparking vapors in the center fuel tank. >> there was grass mismanagement of the evidence -- gross mismanagement of the evidence and other facts that should have been appropriately considered and they weren't by either the f.b.i. or the ntsb. >> rick: hank hughes is one of several former crash investigators taking part in a new documentary calling the official finding the flawed and driven by agenda, claiming a massive cover-up for unknown reasons. the film makers say the evidence shows there was an external explosion, likely caused by a missile. >> this documentary presents the facts that disproves the official theory and proves beyond any reasonable doubt, that a detonation caused this crash. hard radar evidence proving that. >> there is no reason to cover up anything. >> jim, who headed the f.b.i.'s new york office at the time of the crash, and led the cri

the ntsb, a separate organization that does the civilian end of these investigations.ctrical, pilot error, those things. they drew the conclusion of the center fuel tank exploding. >> sir. do you have any explanation as to why these former investigators now retired seem to be suggesting there was a cover-up. they were directed to say that this was an accident when they thought the explosion came from outside the plane. do you have any idea? have you talked to them? >> not to my knowledge. i think it is preposterous frankly, jake. you know, i understand now just from the little bit i read in the paper that they are retired. if they felt that way back then they could have come to me. i was someone desiring to get to the bottom of this thing, believe me. i had a reputation for not pussyfooting around. yet it seems they have waited until they have their pensions before they became whistleblowers. it's a bunch of bull crap. i don't understand it if they felt that strongly. ntsb and the science they brought to it, for them to disregard something that was important or correct

they want the ntsb to reopen the investigate.hile the ntsb rarely reinvestigates information already examined, our investigation is already closed. >>> president obama is in germany where he'll make a speech at the brandenburg gate. but he spent last two days involved in high meetings. brianna keilar live in berlin. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you christine, you know when an american president comes to berlin to give a speech, the bar is set very high, and the aim of this speech of president obama's is to be a grand speech in the vein of what you have seen in the past several decades, as american presidents have come here to berlin. berlin's post-war historical significance makes it a place where we've seen american presidents really kind of do a status check on the state of the free world. and that is what president obama is aiming to do society with a forward look. he'll be talking specifically about the u.s. wanting to see a reduction in nuclear weapons. so he'll be talking about wanting to negotiate with

the fbi does not record their witness tesmony like the ntsb does. like that,nd everything was highly compartmentalized. arm and there were otherssues. the investigation was undermined by tainting evidence. a lot of problems. lou: do you believe your documentary will result in the reopening of the investigation and finally get clarity and honesty in what happened, why, and resolve the matter? >> i think it is definitely possible that the evidence i there. if the evidence was there there will look at it again, and they ho they do. >> and the ntsb is a really great institution. up until- had a fabulous reputation. really did, and they know what they're doing. lou: it remarkable professionals with a very tough job. and an unpleasant run. thank you for being with us. the documentary is going to premiere on wnesday, july july 17th. we will put this up on our website. wednesday july 17th at 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the epics premium channel. we thank you again. appreciated. thank you. we wish all the very best. again, i hope you will come back and we can

do you think this investigation by the ntsb should be reopened? >> i think the n.t.s.b.is request as they do all requests, but the answer is no. from what i've seen and what i've heard, i looked into the press conferences, there is simply in their requests. i'm frankly disappointed in congressman wolf to shall for issuing a press release first without discussing the facts with either the ntsb or anyone else who was involved in the investigation. >> eric: this documentary that came out, six former investigators, senior people who worked on the case. they had one of top twa investigators. they are talking about serious men with experience claiming that there is evidence there may be some type of external debt nation outside the plane. are they on to something or are they misguided? >> they are not senior investigators. i have not frank hughes for his entire career he was a highway investigator that was sent in the second wave of workers. let me answer your question. what they are doing is simply cherry picking random facts. for instance, china lake research lab, country's

the documentary suggests a coverup by the cia, fbi, and ntsb. producers believe an external explosion brought the plane down. >> they had some political agenda to show this was an accident, regardless of what the evidence showed. >> ntsb stands by what it says with a very thorough investigation. former investigators filed a petition to reopen the case. >>> the man who made men's warehouse into a household name is no longer with the company. >> you're going to like the way you look. i guarantee it. >> today the fremont-based board decided to out the famous founder, george zimmer. the power struggle, and the show shoes someone will have to fill. >> reporter: since the early '70s, he has been the voice and the raspy voice guaranteeing you're going to love the men's warehouse. but as of today? no more. >> reporter: for the past fou decades, as his hair has gotten lighter and lighter. >> i guarantee it. >> reporter: he has continued his guarantees. >> you're going to like the way george is out. fired. and men's warehouse is giving no explanation why.

and are petitioning the ntsb for a new review. the film "twa flight 800" premiers july 17th -- the 17th anniversary of the crash. electric car company tesla is recalling some model "s" vehicles. it effects 260 cars made between may 10th and june 8th of this year. and involves a defect in the mounting bracket of the rear seat. meanwhile... later today an online demonstration will show how tesla drivers may quickly replace batteries, mid trip....the stock rose 1% yesterday, ending at: $104 dollars. fedex earnings hit a bump in the road. the delivery company topped profit expectations -- sales dipped as international customers put the brakes on spending. the company intends to cut its annual budget by $1.7 billion in the next couple years by reducing the work force. the ceo says the bright spot of the business continues to be its ground services. four mortgage lenders still need to improve foreclosure standards.about a year ago the nation's five biggest lenders signed a $26 billion settlement because of blatantly improper foreclosure

the government dismissed them as, well, crack pots, but now some former ntsb investigators say they might be right. twa flight 800 crashed minutes after takeoff from new york. all 230 passengers died. the crash was bramed on an electrical short circuit but a new dock cue meantly suggests a government cover up. >> they had some political agenda to show that this was an accident. irregardless of what the evidence showed. >> the ntsb stands by what it says was a thorough investigation. former investigators have filed a petition to reopen the case. >>> san francisco cup couple dubbed the landlords from hell pleaded guilty to felony charges today, and wait till you see how they tried to get their tenants to move out. kip macy and his wife nicole glued locks shut. at one point there was a mistierous tire in the building. they soaked their tenants' bed and clothe ring with ammonia. they burglarized the apartment, even sawed a hole in the floor not once but twice. the second time, the tenant was ready. >> he actually saw the saw coming up and trying to saw through, and at that point, his friend t

with regard to the latest ntsb finding and recommendation, metro-north has acted on it immediately. they are taking both technological and procedural aspects of their protocols to prevent any future incidents. i'll commitment to know for taking action well in advance of any ntsb findings, and working with transportation technology center, doing extra inspections in increasing the right-of-way inspections, exploring solutions to better employ safety. and i'm convinced that together connecticut duty, metro-north and ntsb will work together to significantly and even more improve the code and safety of our right-of-way and our service. i appreciate the time and appreciate any questions at the end of it. >> thank you, commissioner. and now ms. teel. >> thank you, chairman poe missile, ranking member blunt and senator johnson. i'm pleased to their toshiba expense. missouri has a long history with railroads, from chain seeds build the first mississippi river railroad bridge crossing, to the jesse james gang robbing trains, today's unit trains carrying oil from northern hydraulic fracturing

. >> reporter: the former investigators today petitioned the ntsb to re-open the investigation into the case. the director said today it was a thorough investigation then but if there is anything new or erroneous to consider, the board will do so. they're alleging allegations of a cover-up all the way to the white house. >> i was working at the white house then in the situation room, meetings with the ntsb or the fbi, never any hint of any kind of a cover-up that i saw or heard. do you know why they're coming forward now? >> the new film is out and they're trying to promote th >>> we head overseas now to berlin and a stretch of hallowed ground where american presidents have made history. kennedy, reagan and candidate obama. today he returned to talk climate change and nuclear arms. what a difference five years makes. look, then and now. the crowd is much smaller today in part for security reasons. on this sweltering day in a challenging week for the president, the comparison was inescapable. jonathan karl is in berlin tonight. >> reporter: battling a blazing sun and 90 degree heat, pres

the fbi, atf, cia and ntsb all launched investigations.ic teams recovered then painstakingly reassembled the plane, investigators came to a different conclusion. an electrical short had touched off a fuel vapor explosion in the 747's senter fuel tank. the missile sightings had likely been an optical illusion. >> you report an explosion is that correct, sir? >> yes. it blew up in the air and then we saw two fireballs go down into the water r were now, a new film claims the government ignored or covered up witness accounts and radar evidence of a mills. hank hughes was an ntsb highway investigator called in to help on twa 800. >> i believe that the twa flight 800 exploded as a result of an explosion exterior from the outside of the aircraft there's no physical evidence to support that the center fuel tank exploded. >> reporter: hank hughes is one of just six people making you the allegation. the others include a twa investigator, investigators from the pilots and flight attendants' unions, the chief medical examiner and outside forensics con

the ntsb will not investigate because the model is considered experimental. >>> in his weekly addressger's day weekend, president obama talk spoke about the importance of fatherhood. >> i try everyday to be for michelle and my girls what my father was not for my mother and me and i have met plenty of other people, dads and uncles and others without a family connection who are trying to break the cycle and give more of our young people a strong, male role-model. >> mr. obama praised the single parents and say it's important to have both parents involved in the values of responsibility analogy tess. >>> hundreds rallied in hong kong to support the man behind the national security agency leak. edward snowden. protesters near the u.s. consulate demanded that snowden not be extradited of the snowden fled the u.s. and believed to still be in hopping kong. the 2-year-old told a chinese newspaper thursday that u.s.ip technologist agencies hacked1,000 targets including hundreds in hong kong and mainland china. >>> late today former pgh closed captioning brought to you she spoke on the final ni

the investigators urnled the ntsb to open the investigation of what brought twa 800 down. now a group of whistle-blowers is questioning the ntsb's findings that the fuel tank explosion was the cause. they are suggesting that the explosion did not come from inside but from outside of the plane. >> turn to the left. >> started to look up in the sky, i see something that is going across in my line of sight. >> i can see something behind the tree line like my thumb go up in the air. >> i saw what appeared to be cheap fireworks. >> there was a streak of light. >> i saw the white light going up in the sky. >> this rocket went up in the air. >> i seen a white light. >> someone shot off a flare going up. >> and they are live in the west coast with more. >> trace? >> and now the families of the victims of the flight 800 that the weighing in on the allegations. joe lost his wife and two daughters on flight 800. he had a late business meeting and he's been involved in the investigation for 17 years and thoroughly satisfied with the findings of the ntsb and fbi but he is willing to li

ntsb investigated.y said there was some faulty wiring, there was an explosion in the center fuel tank. however, a number of whistle-blowers have come forward. these were once -- once upon a time these were actual investigators on this particular case. they waited until they were retired, and now at least one of them says you know what happened? this was brought down by a missile. >>gretchen: there are six whistle-blowers. it's interesting why it is just coming out now. the ntsb said we never officially close all investigations, so we may relook into this. you would think they are going to be forced to tell exactly what they knew. was it some sort of an outside source? some place in new york city, some place in the surrounding area that would have been responsible for shooting this down? if so, who and why? >>brian: james cowster ran the investigation. >> the explosion of the centering fuel tank they determined was an explosion that went lower than the speed of sound. anything faster than the speed of so

they came forward and complained to him and the ntsb leadership and nothing was done.ed talked about testifying before the u.s. senate saying they were banging on records with a hammer and coming in the wee hours of the night and luggage tags changed and i can go on and on and i don't want to take too much of your time. james ca lstrom is once again misleading the country. >> you do not know where the missile came from? >> what we can say, we believe it is consistent with a proximityimmy fused miss ail and investigation looked for was contact missile that leaves different signatures. that would not be existent in it was context. the evidence is consistence and eyewitness and radar data and metal evidence confirm that. >> thank you for joining us today. we appreciate it and it is intriguing documentary indeed. >> it was my pleasure, thank you. >> the coalition of iranian groups called the council meet nothing paris today trying to encourage regime change in the country. joining us with more on the event is amy who joins us now live. >> hi, uma, umbrella group ncri is ho

the ntsb is looking into the crossing. a spokesman said the federal agency would do so, including details on attempts to interview alvin and time line of events. >> this hallway is back. >> businesses that suffered se severe damage are making significant progress getting back on track. >> hard to believe it's the same place. >> it was the plumbers apprentice school a week ago. now the shattered glass is gone. >> to be here a week later and i know everybody is okay, this building is coming back together, it will come back. it will be something i'll always remember. >> part of the review includes blood testing and the check of cell phone records for the truck driver and the train operators. in rosedale, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> crews that repair the $120,000 in damage done to the tracks, the environmental clean up tonights. >>> hundreds of trucks find themselves outside fed-ex field to play road check 2013. they were directed off the beltway into the parking lot. they were inspected for safety, driver qualifica

the one fellow, the hank guy from ntsb, he's not even qualified as an aviation investigation.investigates truck accidents on highways and he was brought in because they're shorthanded. they're good people. they tried hard, but it's not within their capability to be metallurgist sthoos one sentence. >> in fairness to the family and everybody, everybody who thought there was a coverup 17 years ago should have come forward. why wait 17 years saying now there were thousands of people involved in a coverup. >> epics. you can judge for yourself. july 17th. they're running the documentary. >>> now to the george zimmerman case, with no blacks and an all female jury, the prosecution already face add tough climb to conviction today. in a minute i'll tell you why that became mission impossible. ♪ ♪ chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for boat insurance. geico, see how much you could save. folks have suffered from frequent heartburn but now, thanks to treating with prilosec otc, we don't have to suffer like they used to. [ bell dings ] ♪ [ horse whinnies ] getting hear

. >>> welcome back to the morning news the ntsb says it could take six months to determine the the cause of that deadly air crash. thousands watched in horror as the plane fell to the ground killing a pilot and wing walker, witnesses say the plane must have stalled and did not have enough air speed. >>> the design is supposed to get more support. they will spend more than $30 billion which include 20,000 extra border agents and new drone technology. it will include how much they will bible to pay in fines and back taxes until that you arable to get a green card. once again this morning, we are on the u.s. supreme court, watch. >>> live at the supreme court, the decision may come down beginning at 7:00 a.m., kyla? >> good morning dave, the cloud is much smaller and you can take a look at the crowd behind me. >> reporter: no more than 15 to 200 people were -- 150 to 200 people were in this line and every ten minutes they take in about 50 people. they have been here between 10:00 and midnight last night and that's a far cry from the dozens who camped out for days. most people i spoke with w

. >> ntsb crews have continued their examination of the site. they are interviewing witnesses in roseville. they have yet to interview the truck driver. we retraced the route taken by truckust drive -- the driver. according to the train and event recorder, the locomotive started the first of three horn blast 17 seconds riordan to -- prior to impact. this is the same direction that the refuse truck was driving the day of the crash. you will note the rail crossing sign to the right. just before reaching the tracks, there is a slight incline. if he looked to his right, he could see the tracks through trees and vegetation. well before reaching the tracks he would've had a clear, did beer. investigators,sb the camera on the lead locomotive capture the truck approaching the crossing. three seconds before the crash, the front of the truck reaches the track. the train struck the right axle of the truck. the driver got out of the hospital sunday. he has not responded to requests for an interview. he now has an attorney who declined to give his name or an