and we're here to assure the american people that we are —:= 7 z to going to going to leave ahiha eh ahiha eh lgéhghh " ' unturned ahiha eh ahiha ehlhhhhhh " unturned in ahiha eh ahiha eh [hhhhhh " ' unturned in this stone unturned in this investigation. we are going to conduct a of this thorough investigation of this entire tragedy, looking at the years — in sight of the nation's capitol. along the potomac river. we begin with breaking news — investigators have recovered

boxes, from the american airlines plane involved in wednesday's crash at washington national airport. that's according to our us media partners cbs news. these are live pictures from the potomac river between thecommercial aeroplane and a military helicopter. both crashed into the river, just outside the nation's capitol killing 67 people. there were no survivors. to the airport after flying in from witchita kansas last

army blackhawk helicopter. years and the first since 2009. while it's not clear what caused this accident at this point, the new york times is reporting that was, "not normal" for the time of day or the volume of day — that's according to our us media partners cbs news. inman became emotional speaking about the victims

later today, we will briefing the families. we formally try to this before formally try to do this before a media but in this aimiedia event. but in this they're arriving. case, they're still arriving. our assistance our family assistance specialists are already working ;§q;e;;€:l§;li5t5 are already working with local sgyegcgiaglists are already working with local officials others to assist them -=—= their efforts to support 7-7 thatis by accident. let 7 accident. let me 7 accident. let mejust this accident. and let mejust reiterate what the chair said — loss of life in an aviation reiterate what the chair said — loss of is e in an aviation reiterate what the chair said — loss of is veryan aviation reiterate what the chair said — loss of is very unusual >n reiterate what the chair said — loss of is very unusual in the =-— united states. and our heartfelt sorrow goes out to 7 affected. everyone affected. it effects it affects everyone around us. it affects everyone around there are lot people us. there are a lot of people hurting today. we will out hurting today. we will find out what we will do it what. happened; tale will deli.” ” ’ and will do it here's ros atkins.

helicopter collided over the potomac river. flight pattern. but right before the crash, air traffic control speaks to the helicopter, referring to it as pat—25 and the plane as crj. this is the audio. in other words, the helicopter

i don't �* if you saw earlier happened, there was a git oh the in collision on the approach in the 33. in the seconds before what had happened, wouldn't there have lastly, would we expect planes and helicopters to share we definitely would. in the us. it's just five miles from the white house. flights in a relatively small area.

unusual, but something went terribly wrong. why did this helicopter and plane collide? that question still requires an answer. ros atkins, bbc news. the amertican airlines plane, with at least 15 of the passengers being athletes, coaches and family on the tight knit skating community. skating champions of tomorrow. in wichita had been an amazing experience. but this picture was the last he posted.

confirming, tragically, what many within the figure flight 5319. jinna han. so too had fellow skaterjinna han. this will have long reaching impacts for our skating community. in 1994, won world championship gold in pairs for russia they'd been helping to develop young skaters

amid reports that a quarter of all passengers might have you keep on trying. and move forward. it's not easy, but that's what we all have to do now together. please join us now in a moment of silence, as we think tributes paid today at the european figure skating and talent taken too soon. laura scott, bbc news. in a news conference on thursday at the white house,

president donald trump held a moment of silence for the crash victims.he also placed blame on former presidents obama and biden, and claimed without evidence to the crash. an executive order, directing the faa to assess might have a role. let you know a role. we'll let you know that. but we want most that. but we want the most competent people. we ca re race the are. ~ racethe are. ~ , what reee—chey'eref h their lives last if lost their lives last night. if you — lost their lives last night. if you aren't confident that dei had any— you aren't confident that dei had any role, why bring it up? well, — had any role, why bring it up? well, all— had any role, why bring it up? well, all i'm talking about is well, all i'm talkingabout is and we in corn—aetense, and we want in in particular the... in that particular we have have the position, we have to have the most people in our most competent people in our country, because we're talking

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should have thought that they should have seen it. senior aviation official as acting head of the faa. who has worked at the faa for 20 years. my colleague caitriona perry spent the day reporting talk to us a bit about what you've been told about this investigation and how it's going to unfold?— going to unfold? well, catriona. _ going to unfold? well, catriona, - you, i going to unfold? well, . catriona, - you, first, going to unfold? well, - catriona, - you, first, for catriona, thank, you, first. for victims and remembering the victims and our go out to the loved hearts go out to the loved ones. we lost mary landers and i've been from some of i've been hearing from some of those family members. so first

and foremost, we are working to —— -e that assistance 77 that assistance that 77 provide that assistance that people of course, the people need; of course. the needs to people need; of course; the needs to be on the focus needs to be on the {grove then the ntsb recovery, but then the ntsb really needs to conduct that mall? needs; ee eenduet'that " " ' " ' fact—finding needs to? needs tofbe investigation. it needs to be transparent. it needs to be ina way z in away people 7' 7 tb 5 tapas; av; done in a way people have confidence in the i do confidence in the outcome. i do have confidence in the i have confidence in the ntsb. i with them when they worked with; them when eheg”* w” ”"' and worked wieh; ehem when eheg”* w” ”"' and still investigated and still continuing, the collapse of the bridge in baltimore. 7 bridge in baltimore. so key bridge in baltimore. so getting to the so that getting to the facts so that we can make that we don't e kind of tragedies these kind of tragedies happen again. was avoidable. again. this was avoidable. getting the facts as to getting ehefaete ah�*owhae ~ wrong is essential. you {size—fig, you were one of only four who held out when was a vote on the ehefe was a eeee en'ehe’ bill for the aviation 7 federal aviation because you had administration, because you had concerns about the pressure airport was already

that this airport was already gnger efforts to it busier than it is. you even busiersthan; itsis; do you is airportjust think; is reaganairoo-“t est capacity think; is reaganai-“oortjust capacity at this time? beyond capacity at this time? beyond it is definitely beyond capacity. there too much ' was; 7 wt whether or not that congestion. whether or not that was a factor in collision was a factor in this collision or not is a separate that 7 that is 7 thatis that? and that is something that the ntsb should look at. but as you last year, senators and warnerfor virginia cane and warner for virginia and opposed one of the re—authorisation bills it allowed for because it allowed for even more planes to land in this very air space around very limited air space around reagan national airport. 7 the most congested already the most congested airport in the when airport in the country. when you look at the times planes ;t° ; ; zto in ' eto inthe ; eto instheair: eto inztheairzbefore land, they have to hover they land, they have to hover for longer times on average at they land, they have to hover for airport imes on average at they land, they have to hover for airport imes any iverage at they land, they have to hover for airport imes any othere at this airport than any other airport in the country. so,

congestion a problem, and as congestion is a problem, and as we review public safety overall, i think we should gyerall, i think,we should look that factor as well. whether at that factor as well. whether or not that ends up being connected to this particular collision. _ connected to this particular collision. connected to this particular coll await the outcome d we connected to this particular coll await the outcome of are connected to this particular coll await the outcome of the e;;;e e as, they they said 30 days, ntsb report. they said 30 days, they'll issue their preliminary report, but notwithstanding that, we did see president trump seek to pre—judge some of those findings earlier on when made comments. he described as his opinions on what happened. and he seemed to had happened. and he seemed to the for this — some lay the blame for this — some of it anyway, at the feet of air traffic controllers. i mean, many working in mean, many people working in this airport would be constituents of yours. did constituents of yours. what did you the constituents of yours. what did uvqu the president news conference that news conference on television, live, and i was ; 7 ; appalled that

% 7 7 vtrump'wouldtake this president'tru mp would'ta he this of tragedy moment of tragedy and it. momentof tragedy and it. start pointing politicise it. start pointing fingers at different people without any basis for doing so. in fact, he conceded, in response to a question — he had response to a question h he had basis for making those no basis for making those claims. and yet, he and irresponsibly did that. i think that he owes the families of the an i l that he owes 7 7 l 7 that he owes the 7 l 7 that he owes the country think that he owes the country an apology. because we need to 75 to m? to the: we don't get to the facts. what we don't need is trump political out of this 77 77777 7tr7agedy. awful tragedy. in recent awful tragedy, in recent days signing awful tragedy, in re( orders 5 signing awful tragedy, in re( orders 5 doting awful tragedy, in re( orders 5 do with how awful tragedy, in agencies 5 do with how awful tragedy, in agencies are io with how awful tragedy, in agencies are funded. ow federal agencies are funded. just going back to operation . is recovery operation, which is ongoing in the river—here ~ ;; ~ ; me, and ongoing in the river—here ;; h ;; ; me, and obviously ongoing in the river—here h h h ; me, and obviously most behind me. and obviously most the victims — their remains of the victims — their remains have yet to be recovered. are you confident that there are enough resources to allow the ygriousation do what they variousation to do what they have to do bring

have to do to bring those people back to their loved mm ones? i'm not at this point in time. ones? i'm not at this point in time- and — ones? i'm not at this point in time. and one _ ones? i'm not at this point in time. and one of— ones? i'm not at this point in time. and one of the - ones? i'm not at this point in | time. and one of the ongoing issues with the faa that issues with the faa is that they don't have adequate levels s7taffing overall. they need of staffing overall. they need to hire more people. i don't whether president trum - 's know whether president t5"e5 freeze prevents federal hiring freeze prevents from hiring people at the them from hiring people at the faa. but other measures that them from hiring people at the faa. buttthe measures that them from hiring people at the faa. buttthe measure hast you know, the president has called for around the country in terms of freezing federal funds has had a very harmful impact communities overall. impact on communities overall. we need to look at staffing levels at the faa. the lgvgls at the faa. the other that alarmed many of thing that has alarmed many of us is president trump's ushis president trump�*s add station's desire ushis president tronnp�*s add station's desire to minute station's desire to politicise what has been a service. and merit—based civil service; and something through something called schedule f, try to replace merit—based federal employees who are based on

who are selected based on qualifications and experience with political appointeesment with political: appointeesment i don't think wants and ! don't think; anybody wants hacks in very political hacks in very important positions of public important'positions of public that's a sg that's a separate issue forward, but it does — fave imo 7 7 have implications in 7 7have implications in all —= instqheétiér}, 77 7 77 final question, senator we final question, senator — as we said at the it's a sad and tragic day the whole fer the whole efethh�*sd ; ~ ;; and fer the whole efethh�*sd h hh hh and particularly fer the whole eftthh�*sd h hh hh and particularly in this states and particularly in this what impact do you area; what impact do you think; ; going to have here? ~ it's going to have here? in the immediate you know, people are putting their arms around those who their arms around those who their loved ones, lost their loved ones, providing assistance. i will say that it was really gratifying to see the first say that it was really gratifying ti from the first say that it was really gratifying ti from throughout the responders from throughout the area come together. i talked to the mayor of this morning to the mayor of district of

the district of columbia, mayor she was grateful for bowser, she was grateful for the resources maryland sent to with rescue and help with this rescue and now recovery operation. i've been in touch with the governor in touch witht�*he governor of this is a case where maryland; this is a case where all this together. one for all and7all for and 7i'm just heartened and7i'm just heartened to this7i'm just heartened to this7regio7nt heartened to this7regio7n cometened to this7regio7n come7t7ogether see this region come together in this terrible moment in this really terrible moment for so many families. around the world and across the uk.

israel still lists 82 captives in gaza, of whom around 45

prisons, after an initial delay following what israeli the handover of hostages in southern gaza. hostages to the surging crowd. 80—year—old gadi moses, his face contorted in pain, dependent on his captors for protection. and 29—year—old arbel yehoud, lost in the crush of gunmen after 15 months in captivity, the short walk to freedom —

together. you are defeated today by our resistance and disappointed. you were defeated, and we won, even though the houses are gone. injabalia refugee camp, a separate ceremony for kidnapped soldier agam berger, highly controlled and choreographed. jibes at israel's military units hung on the stage. it's felt like something is missing inside of us, of our hearts.

reunions here seen by many as a triumph for hamas... ..seen in israel as the price it pays to get its hostages home. defended their records during separate confirmation hearings on thursday.

while mr kennedy, president trumps pick to lead the department of health and human services, faced more questions about his anti—vaccination stance. conspiracy theories and being supportive of the january 6th us capitol rioters. here's one of the combative exchanges from mr patel�*s hearings. you know, so you know, so you understand i'm asking you understand what i'm asking you. can you say the words, 7 biden 77 7 7 biden won 7 7 biden won the 7 7 biden won the 2020 7 election. " —*:hh—*f%f of e1711!!! election." —*:e—f%? of united states. understand this. i understand this. there's - i understand this. there's a - ican i can say the trump won. i don't — donald trump won. i don't like to it. but i must say

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they stayed silent". of an internal review into brand's time as a radio presenter. labour mp joe powell, who leads the parliamentary obtained independent expert professional tax and legal remember you can find more on all the days news at our website, bbc.com/news.

compared with some of the rather couple of weeks, things for the next few days look a good deal quieter. pushing its way eastwards, but it is a very weak affair, it may linger for some of these eastern and southeastern coasts but there will be some sunny spells. across the southwest of england, scotland not doing badly either, temperatures around 6—10 degrees. now, during friday night we will see

will linger across central and eastern parts of england. and another zone of cloud pushing in towards northern ireland later in the night. for some on saturday morning. now high pressure to the east of us, of cloud across the central and eastern parts of england, some misty conditions for a time as well. with for sunday is, yes, a band of clouds and bits and pieces of rain, but nothing too significant. and either side of that weather front — northern ireland,

for example, northwest scotland, eight, nine degrees will not feel too bad. weather around once again. some rain at times, particularly up decent spells of sunshine.

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