tragedy on the runway as a passenger plane this russia bursts into flames on a hard landing. at least 40 have died. the susquehanna deploying an aircraft strike route to send a message to iran. >> the day his fixer michael cohen is due to report to prison, president trump says robert mueller should now not testify before congress. we'll hear from some of the survivors of the 737 that skidded off the runway in jacksonville. plus nasa is shooting star, the photographer who captured truly out of this world images over the past 30 years. right n. good morning, a passenger

plane bursts into flames midair leaving at least 40 people dead and dozens more missing in moscow. the plane caught fire after attempting an emergency landing at one of the major airports. investigators are trying to piece together what went wrong. joining us from london with the latest is sarah harmon. do we know anything about the victims on board? >> good morning, bha a nightmare. 40 dead in this horrific incident. this was a regional russian flight from moscow to the northern northern city. so it's thought that most of the passengers are russian. however, there are reports of one american being among the dead. just this morning, the russian wire service started reporting they recovered both black boxes from the scene of this incident. now we haven't been able to confirm that, but it's probable they could have found the black boxes and work will begin to discover what went wrong. a survive the fiery crash.

escaping emergency slides. it's unclear exactly what went wrong. the pilots issued a distress call almost immediately after takeoff. the plane turned back making an emergency landing. 30 minutes after it left the airport. this was a rush jet and investigators are going to be closely examining video, interviewing survivors and combing through what's left of the plane for clues about why a passenger plane turned into a fireball. >> thank you. shipping out, the u.s. is deploying crier strike group and a numb of bombers to the middle east. this comes in response to a number of troubling warnings from iran and threats to u.s.is. national security adviser john bolton issued a statement announcing the deployment of the u.s.s. abraham lincoln strike

group. the deployment is to send a clear message to the regime is a that any attack on united states interests or allies will be met with unrelenting force adding that the u.s. is not seeking war with the regime but prepared to respond to any attack. the white house is in for a major day of deadlines and showdowns. a decision is expected to be made about the tax return returns. william barr could face contempt of congress if he doesn't hand over the mueller report. the president reversed course on how he feels about mueller testifying. >> that's right. he reversed course during a a tweet overnight. so here's a little b president trump had to say. as recently as last friday, he said that it should be up to the attorney general william barr as to whether or not robert mueller appears on capitol hill and testifies before lawmakers.

but in a tweet overnight, the president appeared to reverse course saying robert mueller should not testify, no redos for the dems. so as you can imagine, a lot of democrats are upset about that. chuck schumer accusing the president of trying to mueller. this comes as democrats and members of the house committee are trying to work out an agreement to get mueller to testify. they are looking at a target date of may 15th to hear what the special counsel has to say. so all of that is playing out as democrats have issued this new deadline for attorney general william barr to turn over a less redacted version of mueller's report and make that available to all lawmakers. they want to see that as well as the underlying evidence. and the chairman is threatening to hold b or if he doesn't put forth a good faith effort to work with members of the committee. now the other dead line is the fact a that michael cohen is reporting to prison today to begin that first day of his three-year sentence. in part for lying to congress.

a lot to watch. tiger woods will be the at white house today. the nation's highest civil yan honor. michael cohen is waking up man before he b three-year sentence in federal prison. the president's former lawyer is due to report to an institution in new york this afternoon. for more on his last hours of freedom and what's coming next, we're joined by kathy park. >> reporter: good morning, time is up for michael cohen. today the former fixer for donald trump will be starting a new life as a federal prisoner. but this weekend cohen took full advantage of the life he's leaving behind. michael cohen walking around manhattan enjoying his last hours as a free man. >> did you think when you started working for donald trump you'd end up in prison?

>> he snaps at a reporter. >> moments later he's shaking hands and posing for a photo with a fan. sentence for tax evasion, campaign finance crimes and lying to congress, all while working for donald trump. in an interview with a new yorker, he doubled down on his former boss asking how come i'm the one that's going to prison? i'm not the one that slept with the porn star. ko her honor will serve his sentence here in new york in the prison's minimum security camp he will join the situation from jersey shore, convicted of tax evasion. and billy mcfarland, convicted of fraud. >> they come in and they are nobody. they are another number. >> reporter: jac prison as a case manager. >> you are told when to eat whrks to wake up, when to go to bed and counted five times a day. >> reporter: just 70 miles from his park avenue apartment, but a

cohen is supposed to surrender before 2:00 p.m. today. >> thank you. set is severe storms in the south are delaying investigations into a plane skidding off a runway. it was unable to stop skpended up in it a river. >> reporter: the first look at the harrowing aftermath of the boeing 737 that slid off a runway and into the st. john's river during a storm friday night. 142 people were on board. retired navy commander bob gibson was one of them. >> on impact everything went flying. the plane lost power. then the accident. thunderstorms brought the

investigation and clean up to le river? >> the tanks were breached when the aircraft wintd through the sea wall. >> reporter: investigators retrieved the flight data recorder and according to the ntsb we now know the pilots wanted to land on a different runway facing the opposite direction. >> the cockpit voice recorder will give us a lot more information on what the crew was thinking. >> reporter: the cockpit recorder, which has the recording of the conversations between the flight crew and air traffic control, is in the tail of the aircraft still under water. >> investigators hope to pull the plane out of the river as early as today. controversy at the. for the first time in the 145-year history a winner was disqualify ied. officials ruled that the race's initial victor maximum security was disqualified after blocking other horses from being able to

pass. the decision garnered a tweet from the president. here's ron mott. >> maximum security wins the kentucky derby. >> reporter: the run for the roses turned thorny moments after maximum security crossed the wire ahead of 18 other horses in the biggest race of the year. jockeying for position is common in a field this large. >> there is an objection that's been posted on the board. >> reporter: after a delay of 20 minutes racing stewards disqualified the apparent winner for interference. you can see it right there for the first time in 145 kentucky derbies. the crowd shocked. >> those horses were all affected by the interference. therefore, we unanimously determined to disqualify number 7. >> reporter: that meant a 65 to 1 long shot claimed top prize of $2 million returning handsome payouts to anyone daring to pet bet on him. >> it's bittersweet.

i would be lying if i said it was any different. >> reporter: but the co-owner called it the most egregious disqualification in the history of horse racing. even the president tweeted. it's not the kind of feel good story the derby usually produces and comes as the sport deals with sagging popularity and two dozen horse fatalities this winter. >> it's not the best timing to have that happen, but it is the safest thing for the horses and for the jockeys to try to make ure that the riders know they course no matter the quality of the >> repte fans touring the stables largely agreed with the stewards. >> i have no regrets on how they called it. i think they did the right thing. >> reporter: thoseans who bet on maximum security lost an estimated $9 million because of the disqualification. the question some are asking, what has horse racing lost. >> that was ron mott reporting.

millions of americans are hoping for a town it recover after multiple rounds of severe weather. a woman in florida dared to peek out her window at the very moment lightning struck near her home. you can see the moment debris went flying. the winds reaching up to 105 miles per hour. they were strong enough to flip a bode upside down. terrifying to see that lightning strike. >> very scary. we're joined now by bill karins. what's the latest? >> this week is is a repeat o. nothing like florida lightning strikes. they are close. let's deal with the threat this afternoon into this evening. mostly talking about areas of north texas and almost all of kansas inclouding the kansa city area. yesterday a little mini outbreak.

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space travel is challenging and for three years one man has been pouresponsible for documeng incredible moments at nasa. keri sand ertz has more. >> reporter: behind every one of these stunning fphotos is is a medicine who would rather not be seen. for three decades bill has been nasa's earthbound man behind the lens. on this day, we're with him in virginia for a lift off to resupply the international space station. >> i want to make sure i'm not exclusively on the rocket. i want tt flam as well. >> do you feel pressure? >> absolutely. >> it's go time. >> we have engine ignition. we have liftoff. >> as the rocket leaves the at bill is on the move. his wireless field office the back of his suv.

>> now the race begins. >> yes, sir. >> you have to get it out. >> yes, sir. >> his first high definition images hit the news wire on social media six minutes after lift off. >> we have two more carts we have to upload. >> his other pictures from 30 13 remote cameras positioned before lift off. the shutters automatically triggered by the roar and vibration of the rocket's engine. from lift off to out of sight on this day, his camerasapred 1,765 photos. over the decades he's documented nasa's every step. even from inside an active volcano. >> you have been just about everywhere that nasa operates. except up there. are you gog? do you have a way to make that happen? >> rte frutruly a photographer to the stars.

>> i have a feeling he will make it to space one day. >> next step in his career, only way out f going is up. >> avengers continues its global domination. the blockbuster pulled in $145.8 million domestically in his second weekend. it's reached $2.2 billion globally. avatar still remains the all-time champ. the new >> coming up on "today," jennifer lopez is life on the plaza to kick offer the summer concert series. >> thank y ou"eargly

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monday morning. taking a live look at the bay bridge in the distance. rain overnight. what's in store for our morning. for that matter, the rest of the week. starting it out right. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. >> wet roads. some people heard thunder yesterday. lightning with storms that rolled through. we can see the clouds hovering over walnut creek. most of the rain has moved on. maybe just a few areas of mist and drizzle. temperatures start out in the mid-50s by 11:00. we'll look at all our microclimates in the day d.