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residential neighborhood. exploding into a fireball. the medical jet carrying six people, including a child. the plane crashed a few feet away from where i'm standing, the narrowly missing this strip mall. >> cars and houses burning, debris in the street. this morning, investigation into what went black boxes discovered from the plane and helicopter that collided in midair. the clues they could hold as they prepare to pull up the fuselage from the potomac river. we learn more about those lost. an entire family who dedicated their lives to figure skating. >> whit: breaking news. hamas frees the first american hostage kidnapped during the october 7th massacre along with two other men. the jub late in tel

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israel. gio is anchoring from washington with the latest on the deadly midair gio. >> gio:, hey, guys. behind me, the potomac. we have been watching as they move crews into place to lift the plane's wreckage out of the water. navy barges are expected to join as well. this morning the ntsb saying all of the black boxes from both the american airlines plane and the black hawk helicopter have been recovered. that helicopter's black box is especially critical. we're going to look at that and remember the lives lost. for one of the victims, the day of the crash was also her 33rd birthday. so many tragic stories here, guys. >> janai: so much tragedy in dc, gio, where you and whit were covering the story. also more tragedy up i-95 where we begin with breaking news in philadelphia, the scene of another plane crash. a medical transport jet carrying six people, crashing into a busy neighborhood, exploding into a fireball overnight.

here right now is a live look over the area where you can see that massive debris field. this is thanks to our station, wpbi's helicopter. you can just see that debris littered around the street where there are businesses and homes nearby. the extent of the damage is extensive. abc's stephanie ramos joins us live there now. good morning to you, stephanie. you came from dc, stopped in philly just after we learned about this plane crash last night. >> stephanie: that's right, janai. that medical jet coming down in this northeast philadelphia neighborhood like a lawn dart. no one on board survived, and several people on the ground were injured. >> it is a whole plane right there burning, y'all. >> stephanie: overnight, a massive inferno in northeast philadelphia after a medical transport jet crashed into a residential neighborhood. >> the plane just crashed into the plaza. >> i just saw a plane basically hit the buildings and just the explosion happened and i seen

the skylight up. >> stephanie: chilling surveillance video capturing the moment it happened. you can see an explosive fireball in the night sky. before the jet plummeted to the ground. >> keep moving! keep moving. >> all black smoke covering everything, the houses ended up catching on fire down there, and there were plane pieces everywhere. >> stephanie: the small plane a jet rescue air ambulance carrying a pediatric patient, her mother and four crew members according to the company. the child had just received care from a children's hospital in philadelphia. all six on board heading back to their home country of mexico with a stop in springfield, missouri. the jet taking off from northeast philadelphia airport shortly after 6:00 p.m., crashing just moments later. dramatic images capturing the fiery aftermath of the crash, a massive blaze in the streets, buildings and vehicles engulfed in flames. first responders and emergency

vehicles rushing to the scene. the plane crashed a few feet away from where i'm standing, narrowly missing this strip mall right here. you can sigh poee police vehicl up around the area. they set up a massive perimeter stretching blocks in each direction. stanley james iii was in the parking lot of the mall when the crash happened. >> as we're looking around, literally the whole parking lot was shaking. it was like a train wreckage, like a real loud car accident or something almost. >> stephanie: the cause of the crash is still unclear. the ntsb is now leading the investigation. members of the faa also arriving on the scene overnight, along with governor josh shapiro. >> tonight we also saw the best of philly. we saw neighbor helping neighbor. we saw pennsylvanians looking out for one another. >> stephanie: guys, this area is a densely populated residential neighborhood, packed with row homes. many of them caught fire. residents right now are being urged to stay out of this area

for now. gio. >> gio: just unbelievable to have two major crashes back to back like this, just days apart. stephanie, thank you for your overnight reporting. we are going to turn now to the tragedy here in washington. we've been watching as they moved crews on to the potomac to begin pulling the wreckage out of the water, and now we are learning that the black box from the helicopter has been found intact, and that is a critical piece of this investigation. this morning salvage teams on the potomac river will begin the painstaking process of pulling the american airlines plane out of the water. sources tell abc news many of the victims' bodies are said to be trapped inside. >> first and foremost we need to make every effort to make sure we are recovering every one of the people that peb issued accident. >> gio: crews scanning with sonar to make sure every body is recovered. these images obtained

exclusively by cnn show one of the clearest views yet of the black hawk helicopter there on the left moments before impact. investigators recounting the final minutes before the american airlines jet started its descent wednesday night. at 8:43 p.m., the pilots told to land on a shorter runway. the black hawk helicopter now making its way up the potomac river. at 8:45 p.m. air traffic control alerting the helicopter to that jet's approach. at 8:47 p.m., asking the black hawk pilots to confirm they see the jet. >> pat 25, do you have crj i sight. pat 25, has aircraft in sight. request separation. >> gio: seconds later the collision. on friday the ntsb said it found the black box from inside the army helicopter. early data shows the black hawk was flying above 300 feet when it should have been under 200. we are learning more about the 67 people killed in that midair collision. the army now identifying two of the three soldiers in that black

hawk. 28-year-old staff sergeant rian o'hara from georgia, a ten-year veteran who served in afghanistan. and 39-year-old chief warrant officer and pilot, andrew eaves, from maryland. in the plane, biology professor lindsey fields. she was heading to dc to advocate for science education. 33-year-old attorney sarah best. the day of the crash was her birthday. 11-year-old alydia and 14-year-old everly livingston, known for their instagram handle, ice skating sisters, along with their parents donna and peter. our dc affiliate wjla spoke with the sisters in 2022. >> when you get older what do you want to do with skating? >> go to disney on ice. >> how about you? >> be in the olympics. >> gio: on board, ice skater corey haynos and his parents stephanie and roger. their family saying corey had his sights set on the olympics. just some of the 67 people lost here, and there are also questions this morning about air

traffic control. we've learned one controller was doing the job of two. that's typical when there's less air traffic, but this change happened 40 minutes earlier than usual the night of the crash, and was the warning to the black hawk too late or specific enough? that's why the black box from the helicopter is especially important, because investigators will be able to hear what was said in that cockpit right before the crash. was there any confusion or were they looking at the correct plane? we know the ntsb is pulling that data right now in their lab, whit. >> whit: it is critical to get that information for future safety in aviation. gio, we will check back with you in a bit. thank you. we turn to our other breaking story this morning out of the middle east. hamas releasing israeli american hostage keith siegel and two other hostages after nearly 16 months in captivity. abc's foreign correspondent britt clennett is following all of the developments from tel aviv. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. i am at the hospital which soon will receive keith siegel.

he is expected to stay here at least four days, keith becoming the first american israeli to be freed in this cease-fire. this morning american israeli hostage keith siegel finally back on home soil after 15 months in captivity. 65-year-old siegel, the first american to be freed in the break through cease-fire and hostage deal. in the ruins of the port in gaza city, siegel seen on a stage flanked by masked and armed hamas forces. hamas staging an orderly handover after criticism of their thursday hostage release. supporters watching in tel aviv. she is here as american israeli keith siegel is handed over to the red cross. on october 7th he was taken from his home alongside his wife, aviva. she was released in the cease-fire of november 2023. finally this morning, the end of a long and agonizing wait. aviva and their son, shea, watching from a tv at the base as keith was handed over by hamas. she told me last september how

she has been dreaming of this moment. >> and i just can imagine keith coming out and me just screaming and jumping on him, and i will be just the happiest person in the whole world and keith, from the minute he comes home he is going to be the king. he's going to be the king of the world. >> reporter: now that day has finally come. hamas releasing two other hostages this morning, a separate event in the city of khan younis, bringing yarden and bibas to a stage before handing them over to the red cross. the two have safely returned to israel. many followed the story of the beebate family since the october 7th attacks. he is the fare ther of the two youngest kidnapped. his wife seen clutching the month old and 4 year old. their fate is unknown. in exchange for this morning's three hostages, 183 palestinian

prisoners also freed from israeli jails. the cease-fire allowing for crucial medical evacuations in gaza. for the first time in more than eight months the rafah crossing reopening to allow sick and wounded palestinians to get treatment abroad. in the north, displaced gazans making their way to what is left of their homes. the u.n. saying nearly half a million people returned to northern gaza since the crossing reopened in the past week. the siegel family releasing a statement saying they are filled with indescribeable excitement, thanking the president, saying their hope lies with you that the others are returned home. janai. >> janai: aviva and their son will be back with their father again. thank you so much for that. back here at home, the white house says 25% tariffs are going into effect on goods coming into the u.s. from the country's biggest trading partners, also the closest, in mexico and canada. what impact will that have on your wallet?

abc senior white house correspondent selina wang joins us from washington. >> good morning to you. this could have a huge impact on consumers. remember that president trump campaigned on lowering costs for americans, but these tariffs could have the opposite effect. it could increase prices on everything from avocados to tequila, cars, electronics, clothes and more. this morning president trump is gearing up to impose steep tariffs today on america's biggest trading partners, a move that could raise prices at the grocery store and the gas pump. >> there could be some temporary short-term disruption and people will understand that. >> reporter: trump campaigned on lowering prices for americans but admits now that his tariffs could cause disruptions. the president hitting canada and mexico with 25% tariffs and 10% tariffs on china, blaming those countries for illegal migrants and drugs coming into the u.s. and for america's trade deficit with these trading partners.

>> they've treated us very unfairly. >> reporter: experts say american families could pay $830 more on average this year because of those tariffs, with higher prices for fresh produce, alcohol, clothes, electronics, cars and more. and those tariffs on oil and gas company hike prices at the pump by as much as 70 cents per gallon. i pressed the white house on those higher prices. >> reporter: can you guarantee the tariffs won't increase prices for americans including at the gas pump and grocery store? >> i think americans concerned about increased prices should look at what president trump did in his first term. >> reporter: studies have repeatedly shown his first term tariffs hit american companies and consumers the hardest, and trump's move threatening to spark a trade war. canada's prime minister says they're ready to hit back. >> if tariffs are implemented against canada, we will respond. we won't relent until tariffs are removed and, of course, everything is on the table. >> reporter: so tariffs are taxes on goods that u.s.

companies and importers pay and then they largely pass on those higher costs to you as consumers. janai, some companies are also warning this could put millions of jobs at risk here in america. >> janai: the impacts remain to be seen. those impacts remain to be seen. we are learning new information about president trump's fans to fire fbi agents. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: janai, sources are telling us that the trump administration is compiling a list of fbi agents to fire or force out. we're told that the administration is specifically looking into people who worked on investigations targeting president trump and anyone who they believe can't be trusted to carry out president trump's policies. in response to this news, the fbi agents association is calling this outrageous and dangerous. janai. >> janai: all right. thank you for that. whit. >> whit: now we turn to prosecutors reaching a plea deal with a man accused of flying a drone into a firefighting plane as the palisades fire was raging

in southern california. abc's irene shaw joins us with details. good morning. >> good morning, whit. the palisades fire was one of the biggest disasters in los angeles history. every single resource was essential to saving lives and property and suddenly a major firefighting tool was grounded for five days. officials are charging the drone operator that hit the super scooper, an aircraft that can hold up to 16,000 gallons of water. he pled guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft. according to officials he went to a parking garage on january 9th, two days after the fire broke out and launched but he lost sight of it before it crashed into the super scooper and left a hole in the wing. he has agreed to pay for all damages, roughly $65,000, and is agreeing to community service in the form of wildlife relief. he also faces up to one year in federal prison. meanwhile, the atf's national

response team has finished collecting evidence and is running tests and investigating what caused the palisades fire that destroyed almost 7,000 homes and left 12 people dead. as of a few hours ago both the eaton fires and palisades fires are 100% contained. janai. >> janai: that is a silver lining there, zohreen. thank you for that. the first parents to be held in the u.s. criminally responsible for a mass school shooting by her son is now asking for a new trial. jennifer crumbley, the mother of oxford high school shooter ethan crumbley, is asking a michigan judge to order a new trial for her, saying prosecutors failed to disclose details about two witnesses. she was convicted last year of involuntary manslaughter after her son killed four students with a gun his parents had given him. she and her husband are the first parents of a school shooter to stand trial and to be convicted. gio. >> gio: gentleman nan, now to head injuries in the nfl as the league announces a significant

drop in concussions during the 2024 season. abc's ike ejiochi joins us with more. >> good morning. this represents a record low for the 2024 season, and the nfl is pointing to recently implemented safety measures. the league says there have been 182 concussions this season, down 17% from 2023. these stats go back to 2015 and they include all practices and games in both the preseason and the regular season. now, the nfl is pointing to several factors, improved helmet quality and the mandatory use of guardian caps for most players during training camp and regular season practices. they want to cut down on the dangerous impacts on the field like those sustained by miami dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa who is seen in a defensive position after a hit. it allows only the kicker and two returners to move until the ball hits the ground or a player in the landing zone or end zone.

the outcome, returns increased and average speed of players slowed down. it lead to lowest number of extremely strains since 2018. they want to relose helmet impacts when players collide at more than 15 miles per hour. guys, the nfl says changes to the rules on punting plays could be coming next. janai. >> janai: it sounds like the changes that have come made a big difference. thanks for that. it is time for a check on the weather and somara theodore is looking in hawaii. >> somara: they saw 16 inches of rain in hawaii. the winds brought down these trees. now, the same atmospheric river is getting ready to pump moisture into northern california. san francisco is getting rain. this guy, the wind blows his umbrella back but helps him in the end. this is what in place as a result of the atmospheric river. we have the avalanche alert for parts of the northern sierra and nevada there. timing on this throughout the

weekend, we could see copious amounts of rain coming down in a short time. 5 to 10 inches of rain. more of a warmer system so we will see rain even in high elevations close to lake tahoe. you look at the next six days, this ends up being up to 4-plus feet of snow in sierra navrat sierra nevada. they need it but >> somara: and that's a look at

your local forecast. >> janai: gio, i hope you are staying nice and warm. >> gio: i'm trying to, somara. let's share happier news now. astronaut suni williams is making the most of her extended time at the international space station. williams breaking the record for the most total spacewalking time by a woman, making her ninth spacewalk on thursday. she was joined by fellow astronaut butch wilmore. williams and will more have been at the iss since june. you will remember they weren't able to come back on the boeing starliner after technical issues and they're now set to return with spacex in march. so quite the long saga for all of them, guys. >> whit: yeah. well, if you are going to have a delay -- >> janai: you might as well make use of it. >> whit: break some records. exactly. get your money's worth out of the trip. thanks, gio. still ahead on "gma," caught on camera. a terrifying blast means a close call for sanitation workers. >> janai: scary stuff. what football fans will be spending their money on ahead of

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welcome back to >> whit: welcome back to "gma." let's look at some of the big stories we're following on this saturday morning. happening now, president trump

announcing six americans detained in venezuela are on their way home. their release comes after trump's crisis negotiator met with venezuelan president nicolas maduro in caracas on friday. he was there to convince the leader to take back deported migrants who have committed crimes in the u.s. >> janai: also right now, scary video shows a sanitation worker narrowly escaping injuries after a discarded oxygen tank exploded right there in a garbage truck. police in columbus, ohio, say the explosion was so loud it set off the city's gunshot notification system. >> whit: and the fda is raising a chocolate recall to the highest risk level. the agency says chocolate and yogurt covered products from callie farm may have undeclared ingredients including nuts and milk that may cause serious consequences, even death in some who are allergic. you can find more information on our website.

gio. >> guillermo: >> gio: i'm here in the nation's capital because on wednesday night an army black hawk helicopter collided in midair with an american airlines plane, plunging into the potomac river, killing 67 people. just last night a small medical flight carrying a child, her mother and four other people went down in philadelphia near a busy mall. so let's go ahead and bring in abc news contributor an aviation analyst john nance. john, good morning. thank you for joining us here. we know the weather has been rough in the northeast. in philly it was rainy with a low cloud ceiling. planes with usually deal with that, but as a pilot it must make flying much more difficult. >> it does make things difficult but it was a takeoff. a weather situation with about 700-foot ceiling and visibility under that ceiling, it was pretty good, about four or five miles. it reentally doesn't have much potential to interfere, especially to the point of a catastrophe. >> gio: and we've seen, john,

from that video how fiery that crash was. we're told the plane had just taken off with a full tank of fuel. that really made things worse, didn't it? >> it most certainly did. a full tank of fuel and an impact like that, almost straight down at the very last, spread the fuel, atomized the fuel, if you will. jet fuel does not explode like gasoline does but it can burn very rapidly and very, very hot. you have a lot of other structures on fire in the vicinity of the crash, and that's exactly what happened last night. that's why it looked like such a holocaust. >> gio: yeah. i mean it really was tragic. john, while we have you, let's talk about the crash here in washington, of course, on wednesday between the army helicopter and the american airlines jet. the black box from the helicopter has been recovered and it was found intact, and that is a very big deal. how important will that be to the investigation? >> i think it will be critical. certainly what it will give us is the knowledge of what was being said in that cockpit, why

the aircraft or the helicopter was actually aiming directly at the airliner, and obviously not understanding what they were looking at, is going to be one of the key elements here. how did they make the decision to do that? how did they make the decision to go to 300 feet, or was it just accidental? there are a couple of things here that will have to be reconstructed in terms of flight dynamics very, very carefully. with this box and the one from the american airlines flight, both of them, the cockpit recorder and voice recorder, there should be enough to reconstruct it down to milliseconds. >> gio: john, it was critical to find the black box from the helicopter because we're talking about the black boxes from the american airlines plane, if the pilots there in the plane didn't even know the helicopter was coming -- we don't know that for sure -- but if they didn't see it coming and had no idea and didn't even know it hit them, it wouldn't tell us that much more. that's why the black box from the helicopter was so, so

important, right? >> that's correct, gio. the main thing here is to try to get inside the pilots' minds and figure out what they were seeing, what they were translating into the direction they've got the chopper going, which was directly into the side of that aircraft. but obviously they wouldn't have done that on purpose, so what misunderstanding was there? was it when they reached out -- not reached out but basically answered the controller and said, yes, we have the traffic in sight, but they didn't? maybe they were looking at something else, and the altitude. it becomes a major factor here because the corridor is supposed to be 200 feet. >> gio: and we know that one of the black boxes there on the american airlines plane did get some water intrusion, so the ntsb is working on that to get that moisture out and try to recover that data and that voice data as well from those black boxes. but, again, the black box from the helicopter has been recovered intact. john nance, as always, thank you so much for your insight this

morning here. as we've been saying all morning long, there's so much happening now with the weather. so let's go back to somara theodore with a check on that. >> somara: hey, gio. we talked about the rain out west and the temperatures. houston, texas was in for a beautiful sunset, but believe it or not it is feeling agency good as it looks. temperatures potentially breaking records. 79, monday. 80s by tuesday and wednesday. a big talker will be grand junction where the highs can reach up to 68 degrees, a daily record high there of 58. they can blow that record out of the water there. atlanta

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>> whit: we are back on "gma" with a look at the top political headlines. joining us from washington this morning is senior white house correspondent selina wang and abc contributing political correspondent rachel bey. good morning to you both. we appreciate it. selina, let's start with you because president trump is dealing with the tragic plane crash we have been covering in washington and it is just the second week on the job. his response though getting a lot of reaction. >> yeah, whit. so president trump did hold a press conference the day after the tragic plane collision, and he started out with a message of unity, the country coming together in this time of anguish, but from there he quickly moved on to political attacks. he claimed without evidence that diversity hiring practice were partly to blame for the deadly collision. he accused his predecessors of hiring air traffic controllers based on diversity goals and not

on qualifications. when the president was asked if he had any proof, well, he didn't have any. democratic lawmakers are outraged and the former transportation secretary pete buttigieg is blasting trump's remarks as despicable. he said that as families grieve trump should be, quote, leading, not lying. whit. >> janai: rachel, let's bring you in now. another major headline, the tariffs scheduled to go into effect on canada, mexico and china. what are republicans saying about this, rachel? >> janai, look, as with a lot of controversial policies with donald trump republicans are saying something very different publicly and privately. publicly they're saying, look, the guy is a great but republicans are frankly worried about prices going up. it is beyond that. they are worried their constituents will be doubly hit, not just with higher prices but

lower incomes. think about people like senate majority leader john thune from south dakota. a lot of farmers in his sate export things like soybeans, other crops and beef to other countries. they will be hit. their incomes will decrease. the question is what will they do about it, if anything, on pushing back on donald trump. >> and we're waiting on more details. we'll stand by for that. selina, what more are you learning about trump's unprecedented move encouraging millions of federal workers to quit their jobs by offering buyouts? how can this all play out? >> guys, this is unprecedented but president trump sees it as him fulfilling his campaign vow to slash the size of the federal government. earlier this week his administration offered roughly 2 million federal workers the option to resign and continue getting paid for several months. but if even a fraction of the workforce takes the trump administration up on this offer, it could send shock waves through the economy and it could

lead to disruptions of critical federal services. in the wake of that tragic plane collision there are concerns about how it could impact the faa. as you guys know from covering this story, the faa has been dealing with a critical shortage of air traffic controllers for decades. so in response to this, the air traffic controllers union is saying that they are concerned that this could impact public safety if enough of their experienced workers were to resign. >> janai: rachel, one last topic we want to touch on before we let you both go, president trump's plans for reining in government spending. there was recent confusion when a key medicaid website was down temporarily. what is the latest on that? >> yeah, janai. my white house sources were saying that was never supposed to go down, that was a mistake. karoline leavitt, the white house press secretary, at one point during one of her briefings said seven times that individual benefits would not be impacted when donald trump goes after sort of waste and fraud in the u.s. government. but i have to tell you we are

going to get more information on this next week. the house republicans are going to be releasing a budget, and i am told from my sources in the house that they've been talking about everything from work requirements for food stamps, cuts to obamacare subsidies, cuts to medicaid as well. now, a lot of centrist republicans are pushing back on this privately, saying it would be basically political suicide, that they could lose their house majority if they go after low and middle income earners, these people that some of them voted for donald trump. they're looking for an ally in trump himself. there's a hope because of the chaos and confusion that the white house dealt with this week over potential cuts that maybe he will side with them. >> janai: all right. abc contributing political correspondent and senior white house correspondent selina wang and rachel bey. thank you both for being with us this morning. still coming up here on "good morning america," the big business of the big game. a look at how much we'll be spending and the deals for meals on the super bowl coming up. coming up.

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event. more than 203 million people expected to watch the kansas city chiefs take on the philadelphia eagles in new orleans, but a super-sized game means super-sized spending. >> we are going to see a lot of spending this year, and that includes parties at home, hosting, attending parties and also going to bars and restaurants. >> fans expected to shell out a record $18.6 billion on the big game, about $91 per person. more than 80% of that on food. chicken wings still rule the roost, nearly 1.5 billion wings are expected to be consumed super bowl sunday. you can score 20 free wings at appleby's if you spend $40 online. and if pizza is on the game day menu, 7-eleven has a buy-one-get-one free offer if you order on the app. with a super bowl ticket averaging more than $9,700 on seatgeek, most fans will be watching from their televisions. >> we love to watch our game on a huge screen, and so you will

find great deals, especially on previous generation models. >> like this 85-inch samsung smart tv, on sale at best buy for $700, a $400 savings. fans also splurging on team merch to the tune of $2.6 billion. swifties may be stocking up on chiefs' apparel, but phillies' gear is flying off the shelves. fans ready for the rematch, hoping to eagles can avenge their loss to the chiefs in the big game two years ago. >> fly, babe. >> it is going to be epic, and it is not just the fans, guys. companies are paying top dollar to be a part of the big game. this year a 30-second ad reportedly sold for a record $8 million. >> whit: wow. hey. >> janai: that's a lot of money for not a lot of time. >> whit: all of the pictures of chicken wings makes me so hungry. i'm going to eat this must go if you show me more. >> janai: thank you so much, alexus. the pizza, too. we will be right back.

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