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sot steve ganyard: this is a serious thing. you put something that creates fire and noxious fumes on an airplane? that's about as dangerous as it gets. faa tests have shown what consumer devices... and large shipments of lithium ion batteries (nats) can do on an aircraft. your voice your vote in the race for the white house.. and democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton will return to las vegas next week. her campaign tells 13 action news she'll be here next economy. no word yet on exactly when.. or where she'll appear. the u-s and russia are cooperating on a cease fire plan in syria.. set to take effect at sundown on monday. the date corresponds with the first day of the muslim holiday.. eid ( ) al-adha. secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart.. sergei lavrov.. say if the ceasefire holds for 7 days.. the u-s and russia will begin a coordiat target the al qaeda affiliate in syria.. the al nusra front. charges are now being filed in vegas just being above the century mark. being above the century mark. s

for more, let's bring in retired colonel steve ganyard. must have brought back memories. >> you're making me jealous. >> let's talk about what is happening. nato aircraft are conducting up to five intercepts every day of baltic sea. back in april, they came dangerously close to u.s. warships there. the russians are about to start their own massive exercises. what are they up to? >> a couple of things. putin knows that the baltics are weak. it allows him to flex his military muscles in ways that appear to rush yarn nabls. it covers for a weak economy. they provide a smoke screen for a potential invasion of the ukraine this fall. >> ben hodges, the commander of the u.s. army in europe said russia could conquer the baltic states quicker than we could get there to defend them. with all the military power of nato, why are the countries vulnerable? >> you look at the trer rain. saw how flat it was. that's optimum tang it would take too long to reinforce the baltic. the russians could be through and retake the balkans in three days or less. air p

for more, let's bring in retired colonel steve ganyard. former deputy assistant secretary of state. rine corps fighter pilot. must have brought back some memories, steve. >> you're making me jealous. >> let's talk about what is happening. nato aircraft are conducting up to five intercepts every day of these russian aircraft in the baltic sea. back in april, they came dangerously close to u.s. warships there. the russians are about to start their own massive exercises. along the borders of eastern europe. what are they up to? >> a couple of things. putin knows that the baltics are weak. it allows him to flex his military muscles in ways that appeal to russian nationalists. it covers for a weak economy. the real goal here may the ukraine. by tying down nato in the north, they provide a smoke screen for a potential invasion of the ukraine this fall. >> so even these exercises, tying up troops. everybody's focused up there. lieutenant general ben hodges, the commander of the u.s. army in europe said russia could conquer the baltic states quicker than we could get there to defend them. wi

samsung says they're investigating the incident, abc's steve ganyard joins us, steve, i want to read you something here. the federal aviation passengers not to turn on or charge these devices on board aircraft and not to stow them in any checked baggage. and, steve, people want to know should they be allowed on the planes at all? >> i think it's going to be kind of hard to ban lithium ion batteries. we always want things that last longer and want things that are smaller so you rely on lithium ion batteries so hard to say you can't bring them on airplanes. i think what the faa does need to do, go back and look at the regulation ion batteries and see if the safety standards but i think samsung, you know, they took a huge financial hit here and took a representational hit so i'm sure they'll spend a lot more time and effort to make sure their batteries are safe. >> steve, it's one of these on a plane and if it does explode what potentially could happen aboard an an airliner? >> they have the potential to bring a plane down and a fire in pilot's worst nightmare. we've seen two 747s be br