sebold took very seriously b.o.p. made up every 10, 1956 when he became an american citizen and pledged i absolutely and entirely renounce all fidelity to any foreign state or sovereignty. i had nothing to do with hitler anymore he later said. i was an american citizen. so when he was contacted by regime officials as promised several months after arriving to his mother's home's sebold initially refused the startling offer to go to the united states as an agent for the german military espionage service. go there yourself he told them that dr. gassner as the man called himself proceeded to threaten sebold describing the clothing he would be wearing when he was laid out in his casket. in fear for his life's sebold went through the month of august to think over the plan the month of august of 1939 perhaps the most momentous month in world history, debatable. on august 23 to hit the solemn pact was announced which gave hitler the opportunity to invade poland without worry of interference from the great power in the east an

john. >> it is no minor miracle that sebold survived. we turn to our science and technology editor jacob ward. jake. >> it is a small exclusive club of very, very lucky pee people o have survived supersonic disintegration. peters sebold survived temperatures at 50,000 feet, and he was doing about 660 miles per hour at the time, mach 1. the president of this club and it's not really a club i'm just kidding but i mean it's an amazing group of people who have survived this kind of thing. the person who was luckiest in doing this was a test pilot in 1966 named bill weaver who survived a break up of a sr 71 blackbird spy plane. it came apart at mach 3.48, the plane disintegrated around him. he has no memory how he got out of the plane or what happened. it is similar to what sebold is telling investigators. he came to drifting towards earth. his co-pilot as is true in the virgin galactic crash, didn't survive. it is a miracle that you would fly out of this vehicle and not be killed. he is lucky to be alive. >> what lessons do we take from this

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. >> let's talk about the second pilot, peter sebold, he is recovering in the hospital, alert and we'retalking to his family and doctors. virgin galactic boss richard branson salutes both of these pilots' braver why i. >> and most importantly our thoughts remain with the families of the brave scaled pilots and all those who have been affected by this tragedy. the bravery of test pilots generally cannot be overstated. nobody underestimates the risks involved in space travel. as i say that we owe it to our test pilots to find out exactly what went wrong. >> now investigators say the debris field spans five miles and as indicated by those photographs and the pieces on the ground, the space plane likely broke apart in the air and we hear the investigation could take up to a year. >>> the u.s. and iraq, they're trying to determine what has happened to dozens of men and boys in the heart of an isis stronghold there in western iraq. >> a sunni tribal leader tells cnn isis kidnapped the clansmen in anbar province, yanking some from their beds and now it's feared they've been taken to their deat

pilot peter sebold was thrown free of the rocket fired spacecraft before it broke apart.o unbuckle his seatbelt before the fall to earth and his parachute opened automatically. his co-pilot was killed. his ship is designed to fly tourists to the edge of space. >>> right now a spacecraft is sitting on an icy comet a galactic first. they are trying to determine the condition of the lander, so far so good. nbc's kieir simmons has more on the historic journey and what they hope to discover. >> reporter: a stunning achievement on a spacecraft that cost about a billion dollars to make and sent to space 10 years ago. that vessel floated down to this comet. millions and millions of miles away it put out harons and mostly cloudy to grasp the surface of the comet meaning it is beginning to measure things like gases and the quality of that surface. it is already sending back signals and scientists are going to find that kind of evidence crucial. it's the first time they have been able to land on a comet and may discover things about the beginning of the universe and may be able to b

they say the second pilot identified at peter sebold parachuted to the ground. the spaceship does integrated at 45 thousand feet over the mojave desert. >> space is hard. and today was a tough day. >> space end thus yaft in less than a week. virgin galactic over california's mojave desert friday. it the federal aviation administration said the incident occurred just after the craft separated from the plane that carried+++ billion 50,000 feetan the air. -- ♪ with kaiser permanente, you'll connect with your doctor any time, anywhere. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. ♪ become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ femalsave hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic. choose $300 in free gifts with tempur-pedic. even choose 48 months interest-free financing on the new tempur-choice. the triple choice sale ends soon at sleep train. hey john,whoa!k it out. yeah, i was testing to see if we really can turn any device in your house into a tv. and the tablet worked just fine. but i wanted to see if the phone would work as well.

peter sebold. he's hospitalized.s said to be alert, speaking, and we're happy to report recovering from his injuries. >>> well, it's been more than a month since 43 students just vanished in mexico. now there are accusations that one town's former mayor may be responsible. and protests fueled by mistrust are growing by the day. cnn's rafael romo has the latest on the search for the students. >> reporter: a group of volunteers preparing for a search mission. their goal is to find 43 students from a rural teachers college who have been missing for more than a month in southern mexico. >> translator: our role is not to confront the government or the criminals. we're just here to add our numbers to the search. we want to make that clear. >> reporter: officials say the students were on their way to a protest in the city of iguala when they were abducted by police officers working for a criminal organization that had infiltrated the local government. the iguala town mayor, his wife and police chief, are allegedly on the ru