welcome back to bbc news. we juggfing welcome back to bbc news. we juggling two big stories arejuggling two big stories here on the through next few hours. hostage and prisoner releases we are seeing in the middle 7 fang” : z: s and we have seen some of pictures in the . pictures in the last . while nictures in the last . while nictu also i the last . while nictu also this last little while and also this story washington, the story from washington, the major story of the day, with that american airlines passengerjet that american airlines passenger jet colliding a fhelicopter. 77 fhelicopter. that 77 helicopter. that is military helicopter. that is the potomac river where officials and recovery officials and recovery officials and recovery officials and workers have been officials and workers'have'been overnight. 300 officials and workarshavs'asan overnight. 300 also "if" car—"ht 70" 3'" 7 ~ ~ sf" there at 7 there at the there at the river sacs—kiss car—"ht 70" 3'" "w ~ ~ sf" there at the river in conditions, 7 conditions, they have 1 working 7 7 working around 1 working around clock been,working around the clock bodies now. telling us that the foicials talling'os that this operation has now turned a recovery operation. to a recovery operation. they have recovered 28 have already recovered 28 bodies from plane and bodies from the plane and one from the helicopter and of course those works and efforts continue. let me show you the ,

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pilots who experienced pilots who knew what they but they what they were doing but they were doing recertification out for this night—time they had condition. we know they had vision goggles them, night vision goggles with them. else appeared to be everything else appeared to be fairly normal. we also have that recording which we are still working to absolutely verify but this is coming from website that to collect a website that tends to collect these types of communications between air traffic controllers, people here at reagan airport and that audio with the military communication with the military warning them, asking helicopter warning them, asking them, do you have vision on thatis them, do you have vision on that is very close this plane that is very close by? they responded, affirmative. that is all we know. there communication know. there was commanication that helicopter, �*oi’ �*or not 77 7777 777 7�*7o7r7not they knew them whether or not they knew they were close by to a plane. they seemed to they had vision on it. there is going to some questions about .. ..- . .. conversation as well but that conversation as well but you at some the other you look at some of the other things here and you look at some of the