admirals in the u.s. navy were not happy about it. dives onfirst cumberland and florida ended, customer's people first turned over the artifacts to the college of william and mary. under the expectation they would go to some agency associated with the college of virginia but high the united states navy. at the time, the navy did not have a permanent process which meant they had no way to educate historians about their ownership. that -- thus, cussler expressed surprise at finding out the navy wanting the artifacts back. it became a bitter battle. for months, he refused to turn over the artifacts. much like a plunderer, he argued that because he was the one to get the artifacts, they were his and he could give them to do whatever they wanted to. only through the intervention of the navy's judge advocate core and the navy museum did those artifacts eventually go back to the navy. cussler never began -- never forgave the navy for its intervention. he wrote a dyspeptic account of the seizure of the artifacts. tension with vitriol, he blam

there will be a number of investigations by the u.s. navy, the u.s. coast guard, and a number of japanese authorities. it's really unclear yet who was going to have the jurisdiction in leading this investigation, christine. >> certainly so many questions, how such a high-tech piece of equipment could have just been, you know, rammed by a container ship. thank you very much. we know there are a lot of questions to be answered still. >>> bill cosby's legal team preparing for round two after a judge declared a mistrial in the comedian's aggravated indecent assault trial. jurors deadlocked after six days of deliberations. a result cosby spokesman, andrew wyatt, considers a major victory. >> mr. cosby's power's back. it's back. it has been restored. the jurors, they used their power to speak. the legacy didn't go anywhere. it has been restored. for all those attorneys who conspired like gloria allred, tell them to go back to law school or take another class. >> gloria allred, of course, one of the attorneys representing cosby accusers. cnn's jean casarez s

>> reporter: right now, the u.s. navy is saying there are no fatalities. but they're still working to confirm there are no overboard sailors. and the japanese coast guard helping out. david? >> thank you. >>> we're also following a breaking headline out of minnesota tonight. a verdict in a case that caused national outrage. a police officer acquitted on all charges in the shooting death of a black man after a traffic stop. the aftermath screamed by his girlfriend on facebook. eva pilgrim on the verdict, and the reaction now pouring in. >> reporter: tonight, a family outraged after a minnesota jury acquitted the officer who fatally shot philando castile moments before this infamous video was live streamed on facebook by his girlfriend. >> he's licensed to carry. he was trying to get out his i.d. and his wallet out of his pocket and he let the officer know that he was, he had a firearm and he was reaching for his wallet, and the officer just shot him in his arm. >> reporter: the st. anthony police officer holding that gun, then 29-year-old jeronimo yanez. ca

navy -- this is an 1889, the this is in 1889, this is the first time the u.s. navy worked on how to we fight together as a squadron? opposed to single ships. this is one of the reasons i find this time fascinating. things are changing very, very quickly. combat in the age of sail largely involved being at either point-blank range, or at the very most, perhaps at 300 yards. contrary to what you might see in the movies, wooden ships don't really sink your it being, you know, made of wood. era navalf premodern warfare was to disable the other ship, which they would do very effectively by shooting at the rigging and kill everybody you could on the decks, right question mark so you could board them, kill everybody else, and capture the ship. sinking the ship was not really what these folks were out to do and that's not really what the weapons were designed for. now, occasionally, you get a spark down into a powder magazine or something, and the ship might blow up. the generally, you captured these things. industrialization is going to change that. couple things are

the u.s. navy's torpedos needed more depth than that to work. the pacific fleet assumed they needed that much too. if the fleet was tied up at its home port, it would be safe. .... would be safe. nobody seems to have wondered whether the japanese, who also knew the depth of pearl harbor, no one seems to have wondered whether the japanese would tackle the problem rather than simply accept and they did tackle it and they solved it. that was going to be japan's main point of attack, that fleet was indeed bonged for the philippines to the dutch east indies for singapore, all of which japan did attack in the next few days. many in the japanese navy wanted to confine to that part of the world and prefer to leave the pacific fleet alone. and if it came forth to stop japan's conquest after america had declared war, they preferred to deal with american fleet on their side of the pacific ocean. and besides these japanese naval officers argued, a surprise attack on pearl harbor would be enormously risky for japan. and attack fleet would be at sea for days.

. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. navy confirming casualties aboard the uss fitzgerald. a helicopter filming the destroyer's battered midsection, as the navy says it limps to port at a crawl of three knots an hour. those red hoses appearing to dump water overboard. >> the video that we're seeing shows that this ship is clearly in danger. it's taking on water, it's low in the water line. >> reporter: the seventh fleet, saying the collision happened in open water 56 nautical miles southwest of its base in yokosuka, japan. the navy says its destroyer, built to counter ballistic missiles, was hit by the acx crystal, a container ship well over two football fields long, and the larger of the two ships. >> both ships are supposed to get out of each other's way but in general the larger ship would have the right of way. the larger the ship, the harder it is to steer, though. >> matt, what do we know about the condition of the sailors and the concern about the ship taking on water? >> reporter: right now, the u.s. navy is saying there are no fatalities. but they're still working

he made for the u.s. navy about the june 1942 battle of mid way. the film presented a victory and vivid color to an american public eager for some good news. first, we speak with author mark harris about john ford. >> author harris focused on the five books. heart atta mark harris, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> what can you tell us about the work of ford? >> he's the most respected before the war. between 939 and 941, he went on an unmatched terror in hollywood making the grapes of wrath and how green was my valley and drums along the mohawks. just a set of movies that gave him the reputation as one of the most intelligent and serious minded directors. he was also the most precious of the five directors i wrote about in realizing that war was inevitable and three months before pearl harbor, ford was already in uniforms. he also understood that hollywood need tobd prepared. he gotten the navy to agree and almost a year before the award and let him create something that came to me known as the field photo unit. he recrui

the gauge mint of the u.s. navy. the u.s. army is not engaged in these wars they have a few thousand soldiers but that's all. they u.s. air force is not engaged in these wars they have a few aircraft but the u.s. navy is very largely engaged in the pacific there they're active moving both in the north pacific between japan and korea and in the south in the in the western pacific south china sea all the way through and so the if you look at where american action is it's about ninety percent nine zero percent in the pacific but the difference in the percentage is that there is a question of pushing pushing and counter pushing as opposed to shooting is chewed that the small american presence in the middle east involves shooting but it is very small indeed right now the the chairman of joint chiefs is actually in afghanistan and they're planning to send four thousand more troops there were many more dead than there reduced and they want to send four thousand in a probably hopeless effort but four thousand troops an

navy. here is what is so concerning at this hour. the u.s. navy confirming that the ship is now -- has now taken on some water. the ship is listing. the japanese coast guard is on scene rendering assistance. the u.s. navy says that there are some u.s. navy personnel who are injury. they are trying to determine that. we're getting some new pictures in, i believe, right now of what is happening off the coast of japan, on japan's southeast coast, as the japanese coast guard say rival on scene at first light to assist this u.s. navy warship. you can see it listing there. there is a merchant ship it collided with. we don't know how that happened. we don't know the status of the merchant ship. the navy is seeking more details at this hour, and we are told this is now a major incident. the ship is not in danger of sinking, the navy emphasizes, but families are being notified, wolf, about this incident. >> not in danger of being -- of sinking at this point. i'm told -- i'm looking at the information we have on the "uss fitzgerald." is usually has a c

the u.s. navy did not think its own ships could change -- stage a long-distance attack in japan. we couldn't sail that far ourselves and we couldn't fail this far either. this is called mirror imaging. you measure someone's capabilities by your own. if our boys can't do it, their boys can't do it either. that made it easy to think the belanger report did not outline something that was likely to happen, it outlined something that possibly could happen. it was like kicking a box or covering your bases. this view of japanese inability proved literally fatal in a very specific regard. going to get slightly technical for a moment. the torpedo dropped from an airplane weighs nearly a ton and as a result, it needs a good bit of water damaged of function, it levels off and races to its target. as i mentioned, pearl harbor was quite shallow, 45 feet. the u.s. navy torpedoes needed more depth than that to work, torpedoes dropped from an airplane. the pacific fleet assumed japanese torpedoes dropped from an airplane needed more than 45 feet too, so if the fleet were tied up at its home port

the u.s. navy is requesting help from the japanese coast guard. they are conducting a head count amid reports the ship is taking on water. we begin with matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. navy is confirming injuries and several are missing from the uss fitzgerald. the showing the imagined midsection, and the navy says it is limping to port at just three knots. >> the video that we're seeing shows that this ship is clearly in danger. it's taking on water, it's low in the water line. >> reporter: the seventh fleet, saying the collision happened in open water 56 nautical miles southwest of its base in yokosuka, japan. the navy says its destroyer, collided with the acx crystal, a container ship well over two football fields long, and the bigger of the two ships. >> both ships are supposed to get out of each other's way but in general the larger ship would have the right of way. the larger the ship, the harder it is to steer, though. >> matt, what do we know about the condition of the sailors on the ship and concern about the destroyer taking

the u.s. navy was patrolling and ensuring freedom of navigation in the south china sea when they came upon us, and they extended their grace to stranded strangers. strangers. reporter: you bring up military influence on your life, you worked in national security intelligence. briefly, what did you do? >> i worked worked in national security at f defense -- both rumsfeld, and gait. i worked on counterterrorism, and strategic planning. reporter: so now you work -- you serve in the armed services committee. what do you think you will bring to the committee? >> you now serve on the armed services committee. what changed position on the committee? >> it is extremely helpful to have had the experience that i had, because i understand how budgeting works, how focusing on -- providing resources for our war plans. it helps me it really get to work serving the men in uniform who served this country. speak do committee members the best way we can. background, the return as soon as seeking that out and le

navy warships off the coast of yemen. u.s. marines had pulled out and shudder the embassy months before when a blood he civil war tearing yemen apart. the withdrawal slowed the fight against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> one of the most lethal branches of al qaeda and its proven itself to have ambitions to attack our country. >> in 2009, they sent a man known as the underwear bomber to the u.s. with the aim of bringing down a u.s. airliner. in 2011, the u.s. drone killed the radical american born muslim cleric who had been directing and planning attacks on the u.s. since president trump has taken office, air strikes against al qaeda in yemen have more than doubled. there have been more than 80 air strikes this year. u.s. special operations forces have returned in small numbers in two ground rates. ryan owens was killed days after president trump took office. although this comes as a civil war which many see as a proxy fight between saudi arabia and iran rages inside yemen. the saudis launched a surprise war against the

navy pilots that were involved in the battle. the battle of midway took place from june 4th to june 7th, 1942. this talk from the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, was part of a daylong symposium to mark the battle's 75th anniversary. it's 45 minutes. >>> our first speaker today

america was the -- the u.s. navy was patrolling and ensuring freedom of navigation in the south china sea when they came upon our ship and they extended grace to desperate strangers and that's why i'm committed to this country. >> you bring up the military influence on your early life. your previous background was in issues of intelligence and national security. briefly, what did you do? >> i worked at the department of defense for the secretary of defense on national security. >> which secretary? >> i worked for both rumsfeld and gates. >> what kind of work did you do? >> i worked on military to military relations, so security cooperations between our country and others. i worked on counterterrorism. i also helped work on strategic planning for the department. >> you serve on the armed services committee. what influence from your previous career do you think you'll bring to your position on the committee? >> well, it's been extremely helpful to have had some experience with the department of defense serving on

the sail loft is the headquarters for the u.s. navy band. it was in 1916 that the 16 piece band from the battleship uss kansas was ordered here to the washington navy yard to augment a 17 piece band from the presidential yacht, mayflower. the mayflower was permanently docked here for whenever the president wanted to go on excursions up and down the potomac to wine and dine different politicians or dignitaries. they would take the mayflower out and have the navy band on it. to make that band larger, they took the band off the uss kansas and made them bigger and they were permanently stationed them here at the navy yard. and they needed a place to practice. in the place where the commandant told them to practice was by the coal pile. he said it is a perfect open space for you, go to the coal pile and you can practice there. the band members said that does , not suit us. they started asking around the navy yard and finding an open place for them to hold their practices and they ran into workers from the sail loft. unlike what its name really sa

navy pilots that were involved in the battle. the battle of midway took place from june 4th to june 7th, 1942. this talk from the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, was part of a da

the u.s. navy and marine corps developed doctrines for the central pacific based on the principles of massive firepower. jima, acalled iowo three or four days of bombardment and then the landing took place. that is not what they did it normandy. if we were the british, the conducttended to operations based on the principle of surprise. they went in with stealth, under the cover of darkness. they were going in against the continent, so they had to have a different amphibious warfare doctrine. we had two different approaches. we have been u.s. navy and marine corps doctrine and the british amphibious warfare doctrine. what they tried to do at normandy was to merge that into an operational doctrine. what happened is ultimately neither one of these doctrines, bot doctrinesh that they had, the british doctrine were better than what they came up with. that is the thesis and that is the argument we want to make today. however, let's see if we can -- start this discussion. class?ere we last the strate

and thank you to the u.s. navy for this fabulous commissioning ceremony and thank you to usa for building such a great and worthy ship, thank you very much . [applause] >> you know this morning we heard how appropriate it is to name a ship after a woman possessing the courage and grit of my wife, former congressman gabrielle giffords, the characteristics that she exemplifies, toughness and resilience are after all the same attributes that you'd seek in a warship, like gabby this ship will face down some lethal threats, but it will persevere through adversity and will leave our lessor adversaries in her great giant wake out of the back of the ship. however, those of you know who know gabby best knows this, what connects her most to the uss gabrielle giffords is not 418 feet, 50 knots, maybe more than that but we can't admit it it's not her shallow draft, nor the four engines that let this ship turn on a dime, it's not even back by's -- gabby's name. it's simply this, it's the crew, the crew, the men and women a

navy destroyer is rimmed off the coast of japan. the search for missing u.s. soldiers. >>> divided nation. the shooting of a congressman brings momentary unity. underscores political antagonism and the violent power of words. >>> fantastic voyage, the high-tech world, the ending of a journey around the world using only the wind, the waves and the stars. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with jose di diaz balart. >>> good evening, i'm kristen welker in for jose tonight. it was a dramatic outcome to a court case that gripped the nation. a pennsylvania judge declared a mistrial in the sexual assault case against bill cosby. the jury was deadlocked on its sixth day of deliberations. this case has forced difficult questions about race, consent and the power of celebrity. ron allen starts our coverage tonight. >> reporter: for bill cosby, neither vindication nor conviction. the jury deliberated 52 hours, longer than the entire trial. unable to agree whether cosby drugged and sexual assault

that's the container ship on the left, the navy destroyer on the right. that's what they look like on a good day. this is the damage they've both sustained after this collision. we're told another u.s. navy destroyer of the same class as the fitzgerald, the u.s.s do you by has been zachd to the scene to help. two navy tugs are being dispatched as soon as possible to the scene. in terms of injuries and potential loss of life here, the news is worrying. we're told that at least one u.s. service member on board was med evaced on a helicopter. into tonight we've been having a hard time getting a clear indication as to whether they were other u.s. nav sailors hurt or missing in this incident. we know that japanese coast guard and the u.s. navy have both been very actively involved in what is a pretty beg response effort. a u.s. official told courtney could you bee the service member who was evacuated after this happened, an additional seven u.s. sailors are unaccounted for. and that is very worrying news. again, this happened off the coast of japan about 65 mi

the u.s. navy says three of the sailors were airlifted off the u.s. navy destroyer, including the ship's commanding officer who are being treated at a local hospital. dozens of others were wounded and hurts but remain on board. sixteen hours after the collision it went back into port under its own power but assisted bite talks. divers inspected the damage which extends below the waterline. the navy will search the flooded compartment, drained the water and look for the missing sailors. the fitzgerald was recently assigned to a strike group to join others with the north korean area. it is part of the u.s. missile defense ships needed to shoot down potential north korean missiles. currently the forecast in japan is for rain which will hamper search efforts sgregg thank you very much. >> arthel: the with bill cosby failed. the 79-year-old comedian may not be off the hook. the prosecution is pledging to try the case again. rick is live with the courthouse in pennsylvania. >> a tough day for the prosecutor. a disappointing outcome for the accuser and a som

this is the uss fitzgerald. it's a u.s. navy destroyer. that's a large ship. it's about 500 feet long. there's nearly 300 crew on board. as can you see from these images, the fitzgerald has sustained some pretty serious damage. it got that damage when it collided tonight with this other ship. this is a japanese container ship, a commercial vessel. you can see it's addition the damage to the container ship is comparetively lighter. it's to the front left side of the contair ship. the port side of the bow. these two very large ships apparently collided with each other about of 60, 65 miles off the coast of japan in the middle of the night local time, 2:30 a.m. local time. that's about 1:30 p.m. east coast time in the united states. we're not sure exactly why this collision happened. things like this do not happen very often. i mean, it's a big ocean. and these are two immense and modern ships. but nbc's excellent pentagon producer, courtney cuby, who has been on this story since it first broke, she tells us the fitzgerald suffered significant damage, as you can

there was a this where a reporter said the u.s. navy for the first time did not have an aircraft carrier at sea for the first time since world war i. part of that is because it took 13 months. so it wasn't lost to me when i came into the job a year ago that sees the ability to get it out on time. it is critically important. so back to my original comment. one, we need more people, clearly. it can't be only about the people. there are a couple of other things we'll have to do here. i have to have the capacity to do the work. i have to figure out ways to train the work force. kids today are coming in. they learned differently than we learned. the typical time line to get a worker from the time they can go down and do something useful on the ship was about five years. we'll have to make an investment than we are getting it today. many of our shipyards, some of them are several hundred years old. a lot of them designed to build ships in the early part of the 20th century. they are really not set up to handle maintenance the way it shou

the plants his flag in the fort and declares the u.s. navy has captured fort anderson. it's the only incident in the civil war for the united states fortcaptured a confederate from united states army. on february 22, 1865. just two days after fort anderson was evacuated. wilmington fell in and robert e. lee surrendered his forces. he was forced to abandon petersburg in early april and retreated westward. he was forced to surrender by u.s. grant on april 9. that was only about six weeks after the fall wilmington. most historians focus their or inion on virginia terms of the seaport in charleston. wilmington played an incredibly important role during the war. not many people know about fort anderson. they hear about the forts guarding wilmington during the civil war, to hear about fort fisher and understandably so. the site of the two largest naval bombardments of the war, the largest amphibian operation in american history up until world war ii. we have this great earthen fort that is very important in guarding the city. we are here at the historic site of the national t

david martin is at the pentagon. >> reporter: how a top-of-the-line u.s. navy war ship could be t-boned by a less maneuverable containership remains inexplicable, but the result is indisputable: seven american sailors dead and the u.s.s. fitzgerald limping into court. the vice admiral, joseph commander of the fleet, had to fight to keep the ship afloat. >> the damage is under the water line mostly, and it's a large gash near the keel of the ship. >> reporter: the japanese coast guard said the "acx crystal" plowed into the "fitzgerald" at 1:30 a.m. a web site shows the crystal making a sharp change of course at exactly that time, as if it had run into something and was coming about the see what it was. the container ship had a crew of only 20, and may well have been operating on autopilot. the fitzgerald and its crew of 300 was outbound. its bridge watch would have included an officer of the deck, radar operators and lookouts. they should have been able to see the crystal tomming from at least ten miles away. that would leave plenty of time to alter course

navy sailors hurt or missing in this incident. we know that japanese coast guard and the u.s. navy have both been very actively involved in what is a pretty beg response effort. a u.s. official told courtney kube the service member who was evacuated after this happened, an additional seven u.s. sailors are unaccounted for. and that is very worrying news. again, this happened off the coast of japan about 65 miles off the coast of japan. it happened in the middle of the night local time, about 1:30 p.m. east coast time in the united states. we are several hours into this rescue effort now. you can see some of the damage. you can see the damage. it appears clearly on the container ship. the damage on the fitzgerald is both above and below the water line. it's turning into a large response. again, that very worrying news for those unaccounted sailors. we'll keep you posted over the course of the evening. courtney kube is nbc's pentagon producer and she's been reporting aggressively on this since it happened. we're going to be in touch with courtney kube over the course of the hour

but the bottom line will be that the u.s. navy will want to know what happened to its warship out there. there are very strict rules that govern passage in these commercial lanes and they're going to figure out who violated it, if there was any violation, and how to prevent this in the future. >> and we now know that the seven who were missing, now confirmed dead. but this process now under way to notify next of kin. >> yeah. this is one of the worst things that can happen. this underscores the sacrifices that the men and women of our armed forces face every day. this was not a battlefield in afghanistan, a battlefield in iraq, syria, this was a rather routine transition from one place to another. they were heading for port, they were heading for home in yok is on uka and it's one of the things our men and women face every day. >> what can you tell us about this u.s. warship itself? basically, what would its mission have been in that part of the world? >> this is the arley burke class destroyer. there's still some of them bei

did the information about that come into the hands of the u.s. navy by this time, or was that sort of so far away and obscured that they really didn't have a feel for carry operations in that cape matapan battle? >> i think there's no question that nimitz had information with that, that that kind of information was being shared even before pearl harbor very informally by -- you've got to remember roosevelt and churchill are together for the conference in 1941. and even -- there's this tremendous -- king at this particular point is in charge of these convoys in the north lantic. so i think there's these close building relationships between the american and british navies at that particular point. one could argue that why wasn't more attention paid to perhaps what was done at sinking the italian navy. yes, sir. >> it's very fortunate we had three or four carriers at this time. i'm interested in the process during the 20s and 30s, then when the decision was made to build these carriers. it was a period of some isolationism, america debated what to d

the u.s. navy says the bodies of seven missing sailors were found in the wreckage of the u.s.s. fitzgerald in the sleeping quarters. the u.s.s. fitzgerald suffered extensive damage when it crashed into a container ship four times its size. three sailors were injured as well. investigation continues into why they collided. >> seven soldiers were wounded in an attack in afghanistan by a soldier. the taliban praised the attack but didn't claim responsibility. >>> welcome news for congressman steve scalise critically injured when shot in a baseball game. his condition has been upgraded to serious. he underwent surgery today but is more responsive. >> a few hours ago, his aides shared more new, saying rng steve is watching lsu baseball rooting for a win. >> 58 people are now presumed dead in the fire last week. ooh see protesters banging on the doors of this building before storming in. the tower had no sprinkler system, one staircase and no fire escapes. the building underwent a $13 million refurb isht last year. a lot of anger to prime minister teresa may. she met with them on frid

since the end of the civil war, the u.s. navy has claimed and held ownership of both. over the passage of time, we have lacked the resources to protect these aquatic graveyards. in the 20th century, virginia waterman looted and pillaged these shifts under the guise of claiming and fishing. today, we are on the verge of losing the wrecks, i think on the face of the earth exists -- this naval action in the atlantic. plunder of the wrecks was allowed by the organizations entrusted to their care, the u.s. navy. sad story,ll this let me introduce you to these ships. it is logical to begin with the uss cumberland. the fable ship sunk during the battle of hampton roads. prior to destruction, cumberland was one of the finest vessels in the federal fleet. it served in the navy for about two decades. in the 1840's, cumberland took part in three mediterranean cruises. sent56, the navy cumberland to the new york navy yard were workers converted it to a fluke of war. after the ships fitting, a cruise off the coast of africa, african slave trade. by the time the civil war began in 1

years for the u.s. navy. the uss fitzgerald colliding with a cargo ship off the coast of japan. three sailors injured and seven still missing. the damaged ship towed back to its home port and investigators piecing together what caused that crash. matt gutman has the latest. >> reporter: tonight us ships and aircraft scouring the busy waters off japan for those seven missing sailors. but officials say they could also still be trapped in the wreckage on board the ship. >> we've still got an active search and rescue going on for our missing shipmates. >> reporter: now, a mystery emerging -- multiple maritme trackers show hooking this giant u-turn friday night minutes before nearly t-boning the uss fitzgerald. abc news has reached out to the owners but so far no response. three crew members, including the ships commanding officer medivaced, others treated on board. the collision with the 30,000 ton acx cyrstal in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes seemed to gut the ship's midsection. but the navy sai

but in the u.s. navy, the captain its held responsible for everything that happens aboard his ship. anthony. >> david martin, thank you, david. >>> tensions between the u.s. and russia are rising. after the u.s. downed a syrian jet yesterday. washington and moscow are backing different sides in syria's civil war which has dragged on now more than six years. holly williams has the more on this. holly. >> reporter: anthony, the u.s. coalition says a syrian regime, su-22 fighter jet dropped bombs close to u.s. backed forces on the ground southwest of raqqa. now those forces are fighting against isis, they're supported by u.s. troops, and the bombs were so close that the u.s. sent an f-18 to shoot down the syrian jet. the first time that happened during the syrian civil war. now, russia which backs the syrian regime has retaliated by saying that it will now track all u.s. coalition aircraft as targets, russia it is shutting down cooperation to prevent midair collisions. though general dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said today the two countries are still communicating and

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the u.s. state department warned of possible attacks on western diplomatic missions in this area. attacks have become more frequent around the capital as french troops and the u.n. peacekeeping force have battled jihadists. we will continue to follow the developments and bring you the latest. arthel: the search for seven missing american sailors taking a tragic turn. the u.s. navy calling off rescue efforts after divers find bodies inside the "u.s.s. fitzgerald". the grim discovery coming just one day after the navy destroyer collided with the container ship off the coast of japan. lea gabriel is live in the new york city newsroom with more. >> reporter: the navy is in the process of notifying family members of the seven sailors presumed dead. the crew had to fight to save the ship and took 16 hours to get back to home port in yokosuka. three had be airlifted after the collision, that included the commanding officer who was in a state room which was destroyed. take a listen to how the navy com

navy in honolulu, hawaii. the u.s. navy began what turned out to be the largest sea and air search for a missing aircraft and history. they search for over two weeks. >> she was all ready well-known when she went missing during an attempt to fly around the world. >> in a 10 year period she skyrocketed. she was the equivalent of a rock star in her day. the last flight she made was a 1937. of course, she did not complete that flight. >> reporter: she almost completed the trip but the plane went down in her remains were never found despite numerous searches in the pacific>> they use battleships and air carriers and they over flew the island while they saw some people have probably lived there, they did not see any evidence of immediate or recent activities. and certainly no evidence of anyone on the island. there are many other theories out there for >> reporter: it is believes she may have landed on an uninhabited island. >> some having her go to other islands to be spying in the 1937 time era. some have her landing on a