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>> and resign, retire or get fired. new concerns growing about possible retaliation against senior. >> fbi officials. >> we're following these major. >> developing stories. >> and many more, all coming in right here to cnn. >> news central. >> thanks so much for being with us this afternoon. i'm boris sanchez with brianna keilar in washington, d.c., where we are waiting to hear from the white house and federal and local authorities as investigators try to piece together how an american airlines jet and a military blackhawk helicopter collided over the potomac river, killing 67 people. right now, we know the faa has indefinitely closed helicopter routes near reagan national airport. and as you can see on your screen in these live images, it remains an active site. we also have new videos that offer a different perspective of wednesday's crash, and we should warn you, they are difficult to watch. you can see the plane approaching

the runway as the helicopter flies in from the left before the collision. both of them immediately crashing into the river below. >> and this video appears to be. surveillance from the airport. >> showing both. aircraft above the water. >> moments before impact. there's also new reporting. >> from. >> the new york times. >> that is putting. >> the. >> blackhawks movements right before the crash into sharper focus. all of this as recovery efforts continue, with 14 victims still missing. cnn's rene marsh is live for us at reagan national airport. rene, many developments still happening here. where does the. >> investigation stand? >> well, brianna, starting with that new york times reporting that particularly troubling, considering that the times is reporting that this helicopter that was supposed to be flying at a low altitude, no higher than 300ft, may have been flying at a higher altitude, it just indicates, if true and if

confirmed, that the pilot of the blackhawk was not following the flight regulations for that airspace. in the moments leading up to that midair collision. but that information about the blackhawks altitude will certainly be a data point on the black boxes when investigators retrieve it. we do know they have not yet retrieved the blackhawks black boxes. they have, though, retrieved the black boxes from the commercial passenger plane. it is now in the ntsb lab. they have opened it and they have begun the process of starting to do a readout of of the information on those black boxes. we believe that it will take a couple of months before they get the full picture. but the ntsb has said that they will be giving a preliminary report in about another 30 days. you know, this the search and recovery efforts continue today. but as far as the other aspects of this

investigation, the air traffic controllers are going to be critical in this as well. i am told that the ntsb has not yet had an official interview with those air traffic controllers. at least that was as of this morning. but they have begun the process to do that. and also they just don't want to talk to them about what happened on that day. but investigators will be looking at the lives of these air traffic controllers in the last 72 hours. how much sleep did they get, what sort of medications they may be on? they're looking at the full picture. brianna. >> all right, renee, thank you for that. and as we do, wait for the white house press briefing to get underway, we are getting some new reaction from president trump a day after he claimed, without evidence, that diversity initiatives might be partly to blame for the deadly collision. >> cnn chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is live for us at the briefing room right now. jeff, what did president trump say? >> well, and, brianna.

>> we are going to hear from white house press secretary. >> karoline leavitt any moment now. >> but certainly this is the second. >> white house briefing that she has done, and she is taking the podium now. we'll take our seats. >> thank you. >> how are you? >> nice live shot. >> good to see all of you. happy friday. it's great. >> to. >> be back with you. >> i want. >> to provide an update on president trump's actions in the wake of the catastrophic air collision that tragically claimed the. lives of 67 people at reagan national airport on wednesday night. everyone in this white house continues to mourn the victims and keep their friends and families in our thoughts and prayers during this unimaginable time. first, within moments of the. >> collision. >> the president and his newly appointed team were in immediate communication. the president was briefed on wednesday evening following the crash again on thursday morning, and he has continued to receive updates as recovery efforts continue on the

ground. the president, as you know, took time to address the nation yesterday afternoon to deliver accountability. president trump swiftly signed a memorandum directing an immediate assessment of the federal aviation administration to ensure the federal government is maintaining the highest personnel and policy aviation safety standards. the memorandum directs the secretary of transportation and the faa administrator to immediately review all hiring decisions and changes to safety protocols made during the prior four years, and to take all necessary corrective actions to achieve uncompromised aviation safety. the review will include a comprehensive assessment and reversal of any deterioration in hiring standards and aviation safety standards and protocols during the previous administration. aviation safety was addressed by president trump before this tragic collision even took place. on his second day in office. the president signed a

memorandum to immediately stop biden. hiring programs and return to nondiscriminatory, merit based hiring. and in 2018, during president trump's first term, the department of transportation announced it would put an end at that time to use the biological questionnaire that was introduced by the obama administration, which punished skilled applicants. president trump has long led on the issue of aviation safety, and he will continue to do so. he will continue to deliver on the promises he made to the american people. at record speed. the senate has already confirmed eight of president trump's exceptional cabinet nominees, including most recently transportation secretary sean duffy. as you of course know, epa secretary lee zeldin and interior secretary doug burgum, who is scheduled to be sworn in later today. we expect the senate to continue quickly, confirming the remainder of president trump's well-qualified

nominees in the days ahead. earlier this week in the east room, the president proudly signed the laken riley act into law, surrounded by lincoln's loving parents and sister. this common sense bipartisan law mandates the federal detention of illegal aliens who are accused of theft, burglary, assaulting a law enforcement officer and any crime that causes death or serious bodily injury. like the animal who murdered laken riley in cold blood, this was the first piece of legislation president trump proudly signed as the 47th president of the united states, and it will guarantee that lincoln did not die in vain. as lincoln's mother, allison, tearfully said during the signing event. president trump said he would secure our borders and that he would never forget about lincoln. and he hasn't. he's a man of his word, and we trust that he will fight for the american people. those are the words of lincoln's mother, and we will never forget them. so to help lock up even more criminal

illegal aliens, president trump signed a memorandum this week to detain them at guantanamo bay. this action will expand the migrant operations center at naval station guantanamo bay to full capacity to provide critical, extra detention space for high priority criminal illegals. our brave ice agents continue to arrest more and more of these types of individuals every day, and communities across our country, and i have more updates for you. on january 27th, 2025, ice chicago arrested a citizen of guatemala who has been convicted of solicitation to meet a child disturbing and sentenced to 24 months probation. on january 28th, 2025, ice atlanta arrested a citizen of south korea who has been convicted of nine counts of possession or control of material depicting minors in sexually explicit conduct, conduct. on january 28th, ice new york arrested a mexican national previously charged by the state of new york for

attempted murder and possession of a weapon and assault. and on january 28th, ice philly arrested a citizen of mexico who has been convicted of possession of child pornography. our message is simple if you are a criminal, illegal alien, you will be arrested and deported. on another important matter, the nation's report card was released this week and the news is not good. it showed that u.s. students had record low reading comprehension scores last year. its national school choice week, and in part of the president's commitment to education, he just left a round table in the roosevelt room, a focused on this issue with leaders from across the country. the national report card showed that 70% of eighth graders were below proficient in reading, and 40% of fourth graders did not even meet the basic reading levels. this is completely unacceptable to the president, and he continues to take aggressive actions to address this

education problem in our country. he signed an executive order this week prohibiting federal funding of the indoctrination of our children, including radical gender ideology and critical race theory in the classroom. the president believes american education should focus on cultivating patriotic citizens who are ready for the workforce, and this action will help get schools back on track and defend fundamental parental rights in education. the president also signed a school choice executive order expanding educational freedom and opportunity for families and in lighter news, but in exciting news, after announcing our briefing room changes on wednesday, this white house has received more than 10,000 submissions from individuals across the country who are eager to join all of you. we might have to make this room a little bit bigger to do that. um, who want to participate in our new media seat at a future briefing? so in this seat today, we have the ruthless podcast they humbly

started by entertaining small audiences on capitol hill. but after four years, this program has become one of the most influential podcasts in america. they previously reached number one on the charts and earned over 25 million downloads as they deliver political news with a humorous touch. the hosts are josh holmes, michael duncan, comfortably smug and the man joining us today, john ashbrook. so with that, i will take your questions. john, please kick us off. >> thank you very much. >> you know, caroline, in. >> your first. >> briefing, the media went after. this administration for deporting illegal immigrants they claimed were not criminals. my question is, do you think they're out of touch with americans demanding action on our border crisis? >> the media out of touch. i think the media certainly is out of touch. and i think that's proven by a number of things, john. number one, there was a new york times poll that was released prior to president trump's inauguration by the new york times, which, of course, is a legacy media outlet that

showed that 83% of americans support deporting the individuals that you mentioned illegal immigrants, criminals, especially those who have committed heinous crimes in the interior of our country. and i received a very actually interesting statistic on this front from ice this week, 97% of the deportations that this administration has made thus far are of individuals who had a removal order from the previous administration, but were never removed from the interior of our country. so this shows that the previous administration was actually defying our laws. and all this administration is doing is simply following the laws, the immigration laws of this great country. thanks for the question, john. anything else? >> no. >> that's it. okay, great. peter. >> thanks. >> if president trump. >> is telling. >> us that. >> air traffic control towers are staffed with unqualified. >> controllers, these. di hires who never should have been brought on, then it's.

>> not safe to fly. >> commercially, is it? >> the president was asked to answer this yesterday, and he believes that it is still indeed safe, and americans should feel safe traveling our skies. with that said, two things can be true at the same time, and we certainly have seen the deterioration of federal hiring standards at the federal aviation administration. and the president wants to increase those standards. he wants pilots in this country who have the great responsibility of flying american citizens by the tens of millions every single day, to be chosen for that position based on their merit and their skills. and so the administration will continue to prioritize. >> this was the air traffic controller. >> in the dca tower on wednesday night, hired. >> or not fired at some point because of his or her race. >> that investigation is ongoing. and so when we have updates on the exact individuals who were involved in the collision, including the air traffic controller, also the pilots of the helicopter and

others, we will confirm those. i don't want to confirm names from this podium today. we're not in a position to do that. but i will say the president has still rightfully pointed out that there has been problems with the aviation industry over the past several years, and this started under barack obama in 2014. >> and when the president says on truth social, the black hawk helicopter was flying too high by a lot, it was far above the 200 foot limit. that's not really too complicated to understand, is it? is he suggesting a helicopter malfunction or a crew error or a crew doing this intentionally? >> no. the president is simply stating what he said in that truth social post, which is that the helicopter was flying higher than it should have been, which is one of the reasons that led to this collision. and the other reasons for that are still being investigated. and i will let that investigation play out. kelly. >> some of our colleagues. >> have obtained a memo from the. >> defense intelligence. >> agency that talks. >> about not. >> holding any. activities or

programing related to black. >> history month. >> to be in line. with the president's views on diversity, equity and inclusion. does the president plan to have a proclamation about black. >> history month. >> in his first term? each of the four years of his term, he did so and called on those in government to. >> have programing. activities and celebrations. >> is he going to do that this year? >> yeah. the president looks forward to signing a proclamation celebrating black history month. i actually spoke with our great staff secretary. it's in the works of being approved, and it's going to be ready for the president's signature to signify the beginning of that tomorrow. >> if an agency. >> is calling off. >> those kinds of. >> activities in an attempt to be in alignment with the. >> president's views on. >> dei and other things, should they adjust that now and have. >> those programs. >> and make those celebrations however they see fit in the office? >> the president is leading here at the white house, and i'll leave it to the proclamation that he will sign very soon. mary, great to see you. thanks for having us. so i wanted to follow up on the gender

executive orders mentioned. first of all, we know that president trump has taken a bunch of steps to protect children from irreversible transgender procedures. is he interested in backing congressional legislation on this point? and does the trump administration have interest in investigating doctors who perform these irreversible procedures. on kids, such as. a double. >> mastectomy on a minor girl? >> well, the president has already taken a very strong stance on this issue this week with the signing of his executive order. a few executive orders in this space. first, he made it the official policy of the federal government that there are only two sexes, male and female. and we have directed all federal agencies to comply with that policy. as for congressional legislation to support the president's agenda in this space, and certainly ending the mutilation of young children, the chemical castration of young children, which is a barbaric practice that the vast majority of americans do not support for young minor children. certainly, the president would support congress's efforts, as he has already made that very clear

this week. jennifer. >> on rick. >> grenell's trip. >> to. >> venezuela to meet with nicolas maduro. is there anything you can share on timing on that, what his agenda is, what the mission of that trip is? >> yes. so i can confirm that ric grenell is in venezuela today. i can confirm that ric grenell is going to venezuela or is in venezuela with very two immediate directives from the president of the united states. number one, ric grenell has been instructed to identify a place and ensure that repatriation flights of tren de aragua members of venezuelan nationals who have broken our nation's laws will land in venezuela. as i said at this podium a few days ago, we expect every nation on this planet to cooperate with the repatriation of our citizens. and so ric grenell is in venezuela to ensure that can continue. and number two, rocío nahle is in venezuela to ensure that all u.s. detainees in venezuela are returned home.

that's his mission. and i will provide a readout after this trip on bob menendez. >> can you tell us if anyone has approached the white house or the president about a pardon or commutation? >> i have not been part of those those discussions. if they have, i am not sure if they have, but i won't speculate on potential pardons that may or may not happen to my awareness. the answer is no. justin. >> hey. um, friends at reuters are reporting that the president has made a decision on the canada and mexico tariffs, but that they won't actually be implemented until march 1st. i was wondering if you could confirm that and talk through some of the things. >> i saw that report, and it is false. i was just with the president in the oval office, and i can confirm that tomorrow, the february 1st deadline that president trump put into place at a statement several weeks ago, continues, the president will be implementing tomorrow a 25% tariffs on mexico, 25% tariffs on canada and a 10% tariff on china for the illegal fentanyl that they have sourced and allowed to distribute into

our country, which has killed tens of millions of americans. these are promises made and promises kept by the president. >> the president yesterday said that last night he was planning to discuss whether an exemption would be made on oil imports. do you have any information on what decision he made there, or will there be exemptions at all offered under this? >> i don't have an update or readout for you on the exemptions, but those tariffs will be for public consumption in about 24 hours tomorrow. so you can read them then. steven nelson. >> thank you very much for joining. >> i have. >> three. >> questions, if. >> that's all right. i'd like to ask you about press freedom and then about two economic matters. sure. on press freedom on. >> tuesday. >> you announced plans to roll back the more restrictive press. badge policy with biden white house. but there's a different anti press freedom policy. i wanted to ask about the biden white house. >> adopted a. >> mysterious prescreening process for journalists allowed into large event spaces that in the pre-pandemic bay's first

term, were open to all journalists on campus. this effectively limited the diversity of reporters present and blocked the asking of questions that large segments of the american public wanted answered. >> in what i believe is her second briefing, just confirming some major news. in fewer than 24 hours, the white house is set to enact a 25% tariff on mexico and canada, a 10% tariff on china. though the white house would not provide clarity on whether there would be exceptions for certain things levied, essentially saying that that would be coming as the order is rolled out tomorrow to levy those tariffs. this is in line with a vow that president trump made a few weeks ago. she also at the top of her remarks, made clear that the president has received multiple briefings on the situation with the mid-air collision over the potomac insisting that the president is right in questioning whether dei policies played a role in what happened. she did say, though, to a

question about specific evidence that that is the case, that at this point in the investigation, the white house has no indication that anyone involved in what happened was either hired or recruited via dei policies. so the president's assertion there remains one that has no backing. >> it's sort of having it both ways. but she's also trying to stress that air travel is safe, right? which is what officials really want to drive home here. she stressed his remarks previously that air travel is still safe, but by his logic, if di threatened the performance of someone or if it's something that you can attribute the cause of this to, at least in part, which there is no evidence of. but if you buy into that, then that's something that he hasn't taken care of, because this is something that happened on his watch. therefore, you would think that problem would still exist then, and not just at reagan national but again, his claims are based on no evidence. we do have to stress that at this point you can't have it both ways. when you're

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president trump a couple of days ago, essentially saying that dea played a role in this accident. >> and yet also she said something else, right? which was that there aren't specifics to indicate that. so kind of having it both ways. >> the investigation is still ongoing. she said they have not yet processed who exactly was involved, whether air traffic controllers or pilots of the commercial airline or in the black hawk helicopter. so it's tough to square that. >> exactly. two things that really can't be true at the same time here. and then earlier this morning he wrote this on truth social quote, the black hawk black hawk helicopter was flying too high by a lot. it was far above the 200 foot limit. that's not really too complicated to understand, is it? joining us now to discuss are sean prusiensky, who is a former accident investigator and commercial pilot and now an aviation studies professor at ohio state university, and vincent shou chew, who's a former air traffic controller.

sean, at this point in time, just take us through what you understand about the altitude, the routes and where these aircraft were and perhaps where they should have been. >> well. >> so as. >> everyone is starting to understand this. >> picture of dca. >> this is very congested airspace and this is very normal. >> that the. >> military helicopters use. >> the potomac. >> this is a. >> flyway that that they use on a routine basis. so there's. nothing abnormal about the regional jet. swinging around to use runway 33. something that. >> the ntsb, of course, is going to look into is the altitude of the helicopter. there may be a good. >> reason why they were higher than normal. >> we don't. know what was going. on in the cockpit of the helicopter. and we're going. >> to need to listen to that.

>> cvr to find. >> out why. >> that might have been. >> earlier today, a pilot speaking to cnn's pam brown said that he wished that the blackhawk pilot could have had stronger communication with the air traffic controller that the atc could have perhaps been more specific when asking the pilot of the blackhawk, as we've now heard in that audio, about which plane they had seen, which plane they had visual separation from. when you hear that audio, when you hear those details, what do you think about that communication? could it have been more thorough? >> well, the only thing that stands. out is, um, as a former airline pilot, usually when traffic is called. >> to you. >> is they will give a direction where it is, um, like the, like the hands on a clock. so 12:00 or 1:00 or. a position. >> like that.

>> so that's the only thing that might have been helpful. now, usually when controllers. do it the way that this was done, usually they're implying. that the the target or. >> the airplane. >> um, is basically right in front of you. what we don't. >> know is. >> was the helicopter. >> when. >> they said, you know, that they have the traffic. was it this airplane or were they looking beyond it? and they saw another airplane, and that's the one that they thought the controller was talking about. we need to listen. the ntsb needs to listen to the cvr and the helicopter. that's going to be that's going to give a lot of information to the ntsb to understand what were the discussions that were going on, what did they see? what were the at about 400ft? we don't know. there might have been a good reason why they felt the need to climb a little bit higher. were they having mechanical problems?

were there other issues? we can't speculate right now why they were at that altitude. we do know that they are normally lower, that they are normally around 200ft. >> um, and sean, i just wonder, we know that this is an issue, right? of the it's like swiss cheese kind of lining up. right. you have holes. um, what are the different holes that you were looking at that have lined up here for essentially the ball to drop through? >> well, i think one of the things that really stands. >> out, i meant vincent. vincent. sorry. can you answer that? >> i have to say. >> the question again, please. >> when you're looking at the different things that line up for the ball to drop through, right. this is sort of an alignment, essentially, of mistakes. that's so often how we see these things. and there's a lot we don't know at this

point. it's a very complex situation. but i do wonder what questions are coming up for you as you are looking at the potential alignment of those. >> um. >> well, listening. >> to the tapes. >> that everyone. >> else has listened to and as. >> i. >> said last night. >> it appeared to me. >> that. >> um. >> everything he'd. >> done. >> the controller. >> did. >> was proper. >> he didn't sound rushed, he didn't sound panicked. um, and then also on top of that, there was no urgency from the pilot. so he assumed that the pilot was. >> um. >> um, talking about the. >> same. >> airplane he was talking about, and none of that seemed to bring really any sort of alarm to anybody. the pilot sounded calm and said, he's seen the airplane moving right up to it. um, it appears. and again, i haven't, you know, i've never been a pilot, but it appears that if the letter of agreements or whatever agreements they have with those, uh, with those helicopters and the military, that they have to stay at a certain altitude and the controllers are assuming he's going to, you know, do as he's they agreed to do. and

unfortunately, if that's what happened, then that's the final hole that was filled, unfortunately. but from my point of view and everything i've seen, um, from, from my, my background and my experience, it didn't seem to me from the controller point of view or the pilot point of view at that point. um, that that the holes were lining up until the last minute, until they either climbed or misidentified the wrong aircraft, which is which, you know, can happen. >> vincent and sean, we very much appreciate your perspective. thanks. thank you both for joining us. thank you. we are also learning more about the victims lost in this tragedy. our breaking news coverage continues after a moment. >> kobe didn't want to be one of the all time greats. he wanted to be the best. >> he may. >> be the one to self-sabotage everything he's ever wanted. >> that's when the black mamba. >> was born. >> kobe. the making of a legend.

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said, referring to the fact that he was concerned about her answer. he does sit on the intelligence committee, and just a single republican. no vote on that committee could imperil her nomination from even getting to the senate floor. so that is a serious concern. then there were other lawmakers who aren't on the committee who were watching this hearing. senator john curtis, a freshman lawmaker from the state of utah, said this. i leave today's hearing with more questions than answers. some of her responses and non-responses created more confusion than clarity and only deepened my concerns about her judgment and what they will mean for this vital role. >> boris and lauren, what about rfk jr. yeah, this was another really important moment in yesterday's hearings. >> bill cassidy, who serves on both the senate finance committee and the health committee, repeatedly asked rfk essentially to just say that vaccines were not causing autism, something that has been

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written plans detailing how they'll get rid of jobs and offices linked to die. but as the white house runs away from diversity programs, most companies actually remain committed to finding the value in recruiting employees from different races, genders, classes, religions and other backgrounds. let's bring in cnn's nathaniel meyerson. nathaniel, tell us what companies are saying about the benefits of die so. >> brianna. >> as we. >> all know. companies are in the business of making. >> money and doing. >> what's best for their bottom line. >> and they've. >> decided that dei initiatives are good for their profits. there's some research from boston consulting. >> group that shows that that diversity. >> and dei initiatives. >> are good. >> for profits. >> they also help companies attract a wider range of talent. so you're looking to hire, you know, minorities, women, veterans, people with disabilities. you're trying to find the best talent from a wide pool. and then dei initiatives

also help them develop products and services that customers want. i want to take a look at what costco had to say about dei, because i think it's really telling. costco said that i.t. diversity having a group, a diverse group of employees is good for its treasure hunt shopping experience. so that that when you go to costco and you look for those unexpected items, costco is saying that you find them because it has a diverse group of employees. >> that's really interesting. but what about companies that are making changes to die, like walmart, like amazon, like mcdonald's? >> yeah. >> brianna, we've heard a lot about companies kind of backtracking on dei and making these these changes. but when you really drill down at what's happening, the changes are actually pretty minor. they're making some cosmetic changes. maybe they're changing language or or metrics. they're not abandoning their commitments to try to expand diversity and find the best talent. in some cases, they're doing it to try to kind

of get the right wing pressure off of them. and when you step back and actually look at the broader base of companies, most companies are still committed to dei, 97% of fortune 500 companies still have dei statements on their websites. and that's according to the heritage foundation, which is a right wing group. >> it's really interesting. i find the dei department, maybe it's got a different name. nathaniel meyerson, thank you for that report. and minutes from now, as i mentioned before, dc officials and this is a live picture coming to us as they are preparing to give this. they're scheduled to give us an update on what is now a recovery mission on the potomac river. we will be live at reagan national airport. here's a live picture of the river. obviously, some adverse weather conditions that they are dealing with there now. we'll be back right after this. >> listen to. >> chasing life. >> with me. >> doctor sanjay.

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