destination. that didn't happen last night. breaking news right now. at six, a rescue effort turns into a recovery mission after a mid-air tragedy. a passenger plane collides with a military helicopter at washington, dc's reagan national airport. the aircraft plunged into the icy waters of the potomac river, and we now are getting our first daylight. look at the aftermath. we're live in the nation's capital, tracking new information out within the hour. this is today in the bay. and a good thursday morning to you. i'm marcus washington, and i'm laura garcia. we want to get right to that breaking news out of washington, dc. we have a live look at the potomac river, where last night, an american airlines plane collided with a military helicopter. the american eagle flight was on approach from wichita, kansas, carrying 60 passengers and four crew members. we also know there

were three people on board the helicopter. cameras caught that crash. if you look closely here, you can see the moment that jet and chopper collide. both aircraft plummeted into the river there. now, the military says that the black hawk helicopter was on a training flight within the last hour. d.c. area first responders updated the investigation. at this point, we don't believe there are any from this accident. and we have recovered 27 people from the plane and one from the helicopter. the district office of the medical examiner has a lead on reuniting these bodies and these people with their loved ones. new details are emerging about the moment of impact today in the bay's alice barr is live for us in washington this morning. and alice, emergency crews there. they've been working throughout the night. temperatures there, veryrigid. searching the potomac for those victims. what can you give us the latest at this moment? marks and laura. so

the sad update within just about the past hour and a half is this is no longer a rescue mission. it is a recovery mission. the chief of dc fire and ems said that they do not expect to find any survivors from this crash, and that so far they had pulled as of this time, about an hour and a half ago, they had pulled 27 bodies from the passenger plane and one from the helicopter. that's out of a total of 60 passengers and four crew members that were on that passenger flight. american airlines regional jet coming from wichita, kansas. and then there were three soldiers on the military helicopter. obviously, they have promised to remain out there and keep searching in order to recover all of the bodies and reunite them with their families, and then trying to get to the bottom of what happened here and how this all went so terribly wrong. well, alice, i mean, is there any indication at all about, you know, seeing the military helicopter or the pilots of the

american airlines flight? you know, them knowing that they were going to collide, that they were on the same course. so we have now heard some air traffic control audio and all the officials in this press conference were very clear that everything was standard up until the moment that it was not that the helicopter was on a standard flight path. it's very common to have military helicopters flying up and down the potomac river in this area. this passenger jet was on a standard flight path. in order to land. he had apparently been told to move to a different runway, but that, we're told, happens very commonly. that was all communicated clearly. and then there was a moment when the you hear the air traffic controller telling the helicopter, do you see the jet? do you see the jet? and something in that moment goes wrong? let's let you hear a little bit more tragedy in the air and in the water. i just saw a fireball and then it was just

gone. so i haven't seen anything since. they hit the river after a passenger plane collided with a u.s. army black hawk helicopter near reagan national airport, sending both aircraft plunging into the potomac river and touching off an urgent search. they are now at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. at this point, we don't believe there are any survivors from this accident, and we have recovered 27 people from the plane and one from the helicopter. the plane now in pieces in the river is an american airlines regional jet coming from wichita, kansas, with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard, three people on board the black hawk helicopter on a training flight, according to a u.s. military official. i think officials offering condolences and promising answers. we will not rest until we have answers for the families and for the flying public. you

should be assured that when you fly, you're safe. new audio showing air traffic controllers asking the helicopter pilot if he sees the passenger jet and telling him to pass behind it. then you hear the reaction from the control tower. american 472 wall street gia one star 32017. as details begin to emerge about who was in that passenger plane, u.s. figure skating confirming that several coaches, athletes and family members were returning from a training camp for top juvenile figure skaters. families who had gone to the airport for reuninions. now facg devastation amid a search for answers about what went wrong. alice barr reporting there. so, so many people are asking, how could this crash happen? fully answering that question will take some time for some early clues. consumer investigator chris chmura spoke with a local retired airline pilot. they discuss cockpit technology as

well as dc's very busy airspace. i'll use the term helicopter highway. that's how retired airline pilot doug rice describes the everyday scramble of airliners and government helicopters on the potomac river. air traffic controllers ordered jets and choppers to maintain their space near what is regarded as the country's busiest single runway. we develop a trust that people are going to follow the rules. so what went wrong? investigators will comb the wreckage and likely use clues from the so-called black boxes, flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders. we asked rice what investigors might hear on the pilot's voice recorders in the final few seconds, just before and after the collision. all of a sudden, there would be an impact of some sort. they'd be fighting for control and as i said, they've got maybe five seconds after impact with the air, their aircraft, before they impacted the river. as for

technology, rice noted that modern aircraft are equipped with a traffic collision avoidance system called tcas. but rice suspects the low altitude of the collision about 400ft kept it quiet. the problem we're going to hear about tonight's accident is the fact that the tcas is inhibited below 700ft, so it will not give a warning. chris chmura. today in the bay, there are many rapid developments on this unfolding search and investigation. this morning, as we get updates, we'll give them to you. stay with us for the very latest. you can also stay up to date by downloading our app. it's free and available on all smart devices. we are also following breaking news out of the middle east. hamas is releasing more hostages that were kidnaped during the october 7th attacks on israel. today in the bay's bob redell joins us live this morning and bob, israel's prime minister, there, condemning the way in which some of those hostages have been released. you are correct. good morning to you, marcus. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has

condemned the, quote, shocking scenes during the release of these hostages, including that of agam berger. she is a 20 year old israeli soldier who was paraded in front of a large group of people, including hamas militants, on the in the gaza strip, as she was released earlier today and handed over to the red cross. this is video of berger reuniting with israeli defense forces after 482 days in captivity. and this is an image tweeted out by the israeli defense forces of her finally reuniting with her family in israel. now, this is video of the release of the other hostages overnight in gaza. again, another large group of people surrounded the red cross vehicles, wit some, if not many in the crowd shouting at the hostages. netanyahu says scenes like these are, quote, further proof of the unimaginable cruelty of the hamas terrorist organization. he is demanding. mediators put an end to these scenes of intimidation. hamas has released a total of eight hostages over the past several

hours as part of a cease fire agreement with israel. the group includes three israelis berger, who i already mentioned, plus a 29 year old woman and an 80 year old man, and then also five thai nationals who had been working in israel when they were abducted during the october 7th attacks back in 2023. this is video of a van arriving and inside arriving inside israel with one or more hostages inside overnight. they will eventually, if not already, be reunited with their families later today. israel is expected to release 110 palestinian prisoners in exchange for those eight hostages. hamas has released a total of 15 hostages since the start of the ceasefire hostage deal that went into effect on january 19th. 33 more hostages are expected to be released over the next several weeks. as part of the first phase of this agreement, including an american who we have confirmed is supposed to be released this saturday. reporting live bob redell today in the bay. so good to see and hear more people

being reunited with their family. bob. thank you. it is 609 on your thursday morning as we take a live look outside downtown san jose. back here in the bay area, a very chilly start to the morning. kari is also tracking some possible rain in our forecast, and it's much needed at this point. we know that the month of january trended so dry that at this point we're running a lot of rainfall deficits, and so we're starting out with another dry morning cool temperatures. we're in the low 40s for walnut creek and upper 40s for san francisco, while san jose begins the morning at 50 degrees. and we will see a lot of clouds throughout the morning. and san francisco going from upper 40s to low 50s for the afternoon, it will be another chilly day. 55 will be the high temperature there in napa, 55 degrees and 57 in livermore, with san jose's highs in the upper 50s tomorrow, temperatures remain the same, but then we'll start to see that rain coming in. so we'll talk about the timeline and how this may affect your weekend plans

coming up. mike, you're starting with something in san jose. yeah. kari heard about a car fire. jerry, over there in the operation center did move the camera. we see some flashing lights. i don't see flames. that's good news. word of the car fire. it may just be an overheated vehicle, but this is north of 880. just off of that 280 interchange. let me show you where that is. as you're coming down through the south bay, you're coming north through the south bay. it's right up here. so coming off of 17, transitioning to 880 right there. the northbound side stopped up right at 280 itself. there is another crash reported as well in the area north of 280 right around saratoga. so watch for the activity. but the first slowing for 101 there has cleared. the rest of the bay is a standard commute with building out of hayward. back to you. thanks so much, mike. 611 for you this morning. while many are looking forward to super bowl sunday and a couple of weeks excitement already kicking off for the next year right here in in the bay area ahead for you, a unique opportunity for local businesses to cash in on the football frenzy. yeah, that one will probably have the 49ers.

meanwhile, san francisco's trouble means it may be cool to live and work on the peninsula in the east bay for young people out to the futures this morning, see what wall street is up to. look like tech stocks going to do well and a snowboarder gets lost for days in the snowy mountains of southern california. the story of his survival when we return. keep it here. you're watching today in thbay.e

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that it said it thought america was winning the fight against inflation. president trump, of course, unhappy with that. but the head of the fed, jay powell, says the fed is independent from the white house and he has not talked to the president. tesla says sales and profits are down, but still very strong. but tesla says they're down because it keeps lowering the price of its cars. meta says it's going to pay millions to donald trump for kicking him off the platform. zuckerberg has been trying to curry favor with the president. speaking of meta, the software company snowflake has taken some of meta's office space off its hands, subleasing a staggering 773,000ft■!s at an office complx

in menlo park, now 773,000ft■!s. that's like 9 to 10 city blocks, or about two ikea stores. now, why do we care? well, you heard me mention it's in menlo park. some commercial real estate analysts, the one who deal with the really big offices, say the peninsula, the east bay are running way ahead of san francisco when it comes to new tenants. san francisco still filling empty spaces. well, particularly with ai companies. but the suburbs, so to speak, are growing faster the more established companies, you know, the snowflakes of the world who just signed a mega lease down in menlo park. they've got a need for just a bigger campus setting sometimes, you know, that's just not available in san francisco in terms of the scale. karma bills resort offices, he calls them office buildings, he says, are more than just cubicles and a coffee machine, but something more like you might find in a hotel or maybe even a first class airline lounge. they're

looking no just for a place for productivity, but really a place where they can socialize, build community, a place where they can take care of their physical and mental health, you know? and these types of services have typically been, you know, isolated to literally the hospitality industry and hotels, you know, that's where you go to find these things. and now we're realizing that, you know, there's no reason why you can't implement these same features in not just your apartment buildings, but also your office buildings as well. remember, you're competing for employees. there are a lot of companies say, hey, you got to come back to work. there are a lot of companies saying you don't have to. and a lot of employees will say, well, if you're making me come back, i'll go work for those guys. but, you know, maybe if the office is nice. yeah, a lot of people have, you know, the free food and then the gyms and a lot of people say the gyms are better than some of the ones you have around here. so. yeah. right. oh, yeah. yeah. dry cleaning. they've got a lot of there's a lot of perks apparently we apparently have a gym, but i don't know where it is. i'll show you. i know where the free food is. it's hard to

work out, though. and be ready for news all the time, too. all right. it is 617 right now. super bowl 60 coming to the bay area next year. and if you want your business to get in on the action, the time to come up with a game plan is now. bay area host committee is working with the nfl and the san francisco 49ers to make sure local businesses get a chance at securing some of the work that's going to happen. there will be multiple contracts covering everything from food and beverage to construction and maintenance, event promotion, as well as support and security and transportation. super bowl 60 source program is taking applications from businesses based in the bay area's nine bay area counties, plus sacramento and yolo county. they're looking for businesses that are 51% diverse, owned by minorities, women, veterans, people with disabilities, or those who identify as lgbt, lgbtq plus. deadline is fast, though. it's tomorrow, but you can apply at super bowl 60. suppliers.com and spring training is now just about two weeks away, and mlb executives ironing out the final

details before the a's opener in their new temporary home over in sacramento. commissioner rob manfred yesterday joined a's owner john fisher to examine the renovations over at sutter health park. now, the woris needed to bring the m minor leae park up to major league standards. and if you're thinking about attending the march 31st home opener with the cubs, the team says the game is already sold out. more than 74,000 people signed up for that lottery. capacity is more like 14,000. well, snowboarder who was lost for two days in the snowy mountains of southern california, is recalling just how he survived those frigid conditns over the weekend. malachi garcia was supposed to be on a day trip in wrightwood, but his trip turned into a fight for his life. he says he got separated from his group while snowboarding and realized something was wrong when the terrain changed. garcia had no winter coat, food or camping supplies. he just had a hoodie, boots and a phone that he says

wasn't working. he says he always kept moving to stay warm and stayed hydrated by drinking water from a stream the first night. i just said a little prayer and i was like, okay, i'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that, you know, i give myself the best chances. rescue crews say a walking path in the snow helped lead crews to find him eventually. on tuesday morning, garcia says he's grateful to be alive and is recovering. talk about a fighter, man. wow. wow. i know that's all you can say. wow. survival shows in his future now. yeah. and a coat, hopefully. and a coat. bring a coat. that's the mom in me, right? you don't just go out with a hoodie. you know, a lot of teenagers these days, they don't want to wear those coats. but it's been so cold. it has been cold. and i've had to, you know, dress my kids with a light jacket in the morning and then a thicker coat over that and hope they bring it home. right. yeah, that's been the issue. so we are going to have these cold mornings that shape up to be a

not so cold day. and we're taking a look at our current temperatures that are in the low 40s in danville. and it's 43 in napa as well as 41 in sonoma. not as cold as it has been thanks to a layer of clouds. let's check in on the drought monitor, because we know that we do have rain coming, but it's been so dry that we are starting to see drought conditions. drought conditions worsening in southern california. so pay attention to this area in orange. that is a severe drought around the los angeles area. as we get the update of the drought monitor today, we are seeing the expansion of a moderate drought reaching very close to the bay area. but as we take a closer look, it is just to our south and we are still abnormally dry as we get into the weekend with this storm system that could finally bring in someeneficial rain and hopefully even knock out the abnormally dry conditions. here's a look at the forecast. with the rain arriving early tomorrow morning at 8:00, we are looking at some pretty

widespread rain for the north bay and then making its way across the rest of the bay area into the afternoon. this weekend we see waves of rain off and on throughout the entire weekend as well as early next week. so once this storm system moves in, this atmospheric river will be basically waving back to the north and south at times giving us some rain, at times lifting farther to the north. but it finally pushes through and there's another storm system right behind that for next wednesday and thursday. so a lot of wet weather coming our way. the possibility of anywhere from over five inches of rainfall to about 1 to 2in for the rest of the bay area. and as we go into the month of february, it looks like it's going to be a very wet start, which is actually typical for this time of year. mike, you've been tracking a burning suv. yes. sounds dramatic. no injuries and the fire is out. we didn't catch the live fire. we did catch the crew arriving north 880, just off the 280 interchange. this is in san

jose. and that may disrupt a part of the south bay commute. although the speed sensor is okay. you saw the stopped up lights there as traveling through the northbound direction now slows for 101. that's typical traffic back to you. thank you very much, mike. we want to take you back to breaking news in washington, dc, where divers have now recovered at least 28 of the 67 victims in last night's midair collision involving an american airlines plane and a military helicopter. the plane was on approach to reagan national airport this morning. first responders are now calling it a recovery effort with no survivors. at 630, we'll have a live team coverage, including the impact at sfo. with a closure still in place at reagan national airport. 623 for you right now. doctors growing frustrated next year on today in the bay the region. they want more face to face time with their patients. and when the perfect time to book your appointment is. much more news ahead for you this morning.

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details on the midair crash in our nation's capital. that's where american airlines plane with 64 people on board collided with a military helicopter carrying three people. there are no survivors, and it is now being called a recovery effort. here is a live look for you at that scene this morning. so far, we know at least 28 bodies have been retrieved. cameras caught the tragedy as it happened last night. the american airlines jet was just about ready to land when the collision happened. authorities say everything was fairly standard protocol before the crash, with a helicopter conducting a training mission this morning. we have team coverage, including an aviation expert standing by to answer some questions, and our ginger conejero saab monitoring the continued iact at sfo. but first let's go to kris sanchez. she's in our newsroom this morning with the new details that we have from that about the victims there. well good morning to you, marcus and laura. so in just the last few minutes, there was a press conference out of boston in which we learned who some of those youngest victims

were on the passenger jet. here's the ceo of the skating club of boston. of those 14 skaters, six were from the skating club of boston, two coaches, two teenage athletes, and the athletes moms. skating is a very close and tight knit community. these kids and their parents, they're here at our facility in norwood. six, sometimes seven days a week. it's a close, tight bond. and i think for all of us, we have lost family. if you have kids who play youth sports, you know that it is a very tight knit group. now, we just also got a briefing at 430 this morning in which we were told that this is now a recovery mission and no longer a rescue mission because of the very, very cold conditions of the potomac river. this video you're seeing here on your screen is the moment when

that army blackhawk helicopter carrying three crew members and the american airlines regional jet carrying 64 people, collided as the jet was approaching for landing. at t this morning's briefing, the chief of dc's fire and police said 300 rescuers worked through the night. these responders found the extremely frigid conditions. they found heavy wind. they found ice on the water. at this point, we don't believe there are any survivors from this accident, and we have recovered 27 people from the plane and one from the helicopter. the national transportation safety board is leading the investigation into why the two aircraft collided on what was a clear night at reagan national airport. the u.s. army confirms that the blackhawk was on a training mission in recorded audio. you can hear the air traffic controller asking the blackhawk crew if they see the crash. that's a term you're going to hear a lot. that's the

regional jet. then telling the blackhawk to go around, though a former pilot said there was also a lot going on at the same time. sierra flight matsui five happened at the same time. the video shows that an aircraft is taking off as well, either from runway three, 3 or 1. and so the pilot of the helicopter could have mistaken the location of the aircraft for the aircraft taking off or lost the aircraft in sight because of all of the background lights. very, very difficult. not a lot of time or room for error. now the flight was arriving at reagan national airport from wichita, kansas. no official identification of the passengers and crew on board, but again, usa figure skating confirms issuing a statement reading in part, these athletes, coaches and family members were returning home from the national

development camp held in conjunction with u.s. figure skating championship in wichita, kansas. we are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims families closely in our hearts. russian state media confirmed that two russian skaters and coaches were also on board. and as i mentioned at the top of this report in just the last few minutes, we now know that at least 14 of those skaters, parents and coaches came from the same skate club out of boston. so a very tight knit group. both aircraft have been located in the potomac river. the regional jet is in three pieces in about waist deep water. so a lot of work ahead and a lot of questions this morning. laura. no doubt. so many questions here. and really. and they need to analyze what exactly went wrong. aviation analyst mike mccarron joins us live now this morning. mike, thanks for joining us. this is such a tragedy, something that hasn't happened in this scale in the u.s. in years. it's now been

about 12 hours since it happened. what are investigators likely focusing on trying to determine at this point? are you able to hear me, mike? i can't hear you. okay. you know what? we're going to work out that situation with mike and his audio. he's an aviation expert here in the bay area known for following so many things. we'll continue to follow this as the investigation continues. they're looking for the black boxes. we understand. this morning in the icy waters of the potomac, as well as some of the bodies that have been left behind because of this tragedy. all right. well, we know a lot of people have been talking about this. hundreds of those flights into and out of reagan national airport are now canceled. this is all in the wake of the ongoing closure. but we did hear from passengers who arrived from there last night before that airport shut down. today in the bay ginger conejero saab live for us at sfo. and ginger, i know many of those passengers there, understandably just in shock by what's going on and what's happened. yeah, that's right. marcus, those passengers

who arrived last night, who left not long before that crash happened, understandably shaken up by what they saw some passengers this morning that we spoke to have mixed emotions. some say, you know, this is something that is a rare occurrence. it doesn't change the way that they feel about flying. others feel a little bit more on edge about it. but here at sfo it's business as usual. we're seeing one of the flights leaving for dca at 835 is now showing on time. that's after confirmation from authorities that the airport is back up. open for travel 8 a.m. our time. but those images, what we've been seeing from that is creating shock and confusion. a lot of questions from here in the country and really around the world. i want to show you that video again of the mid-air collision that was caught on camera. that's when that black hawk helicopter and american airlines flight collided. now, passengers that arrived here at sfo last night, they flew out of reagan not long before that

crash took place. i want to have you listen to some of that reaction when they came in. i think an hour or two in, i remember getting the news alerts. i saw people in, like sitting next to me, like looking it up as well and trying to figure out what was going on. it's honestly terrifying. like, i like, i'm still in shock that this happened, like how close it was. you. now, as chris has also mentioned, the ntsb is now the lead agency in the recovery efforts around this crash. now, authorities also confirmed that reagan national is deemed safe to reopen for air travel. as i mentioned, that happens at 8 a.m. our time earlier this morning, john potter, who is the ceo of the metropolitan washington airports authority, reassured passengers that it is fly to safe. it is safe to fly into dca. it's been determined that we can open that airport

safely. the recovery effort that's on our property is on the waterfront, our primary runway, one 119, will be open. it's away from any activity. we're going to have a secure area around that. so all are comfortable that we can get back to operations. so there is the reassurance that it is safe. however, we spoke with a passenger who said that she was supposed to be on a flight going to dca this morning. she took it upon herself to change her flight and fly into dulles, because she expects that there will be a backup from the from the closures and the cancellations overnight. and so she took that upon herself. she also said that as a passenger, she feels like there's a lot of energy right now, a lot of sad energy, tragic energy that's there. and so she made herr own plans. you do want to check with your airline to see the status of your flight. despite the airport now being reopened. for now, we're live at sfo. ginger

conejero saab. today in the bay. no surprise that her feelings there. but it's just so tragic there. all right, ginger, thank you. we want to bring in meteorologist kari hall. now, we know that this time of year, there are very icy conditions in that area as well. the temperatures that they're dealing with in this recovery mission because a lot of crews remain on the scene. yes. so a lot of crews on the scene dealing with an air temperature of 41 degrees. but the water temperature in the potomac is only at about 35 degrees. and there were even some chunks of ice there in the river that we're dealing with. as we are seeing the weather conditions look overall fairly good, though, though we know that the sky was clear at the time of that crash and also the wind is calm, which remains calm at this hour as we are still going to continue to monitor those conditions there. and we will, of course, have more information as we get it, as we continue to watch the recovery mission there. here in the bay area, we are watching this storm system approaching, which will have a

big impact on your weekend plans. we're going to start to see showers coming into the north bay as early as 8 to 9:00 tomorrow morning, and then making its way across the rest of the bay area into the afternoon to evening hours, and off and on. rain in the forecast throughout the weekend, with times of rain throughout saturday into sunday and also continuing into next week. so we are going to see this possibly changing some of those weekend outdoor plans and just getting to work this morning. what can drivers expect out there? mike. yeah. kari. we're looking, of course, at the bay bridge toll plaza. we have a pretty standard bill for most of the bay, a bay bridge itself and the east shore freeway showing your traditional thursday traffic flow. that means it's there, but it's lighter than tuesday for sure. the buildup out of richmond showing up, and now a little more slowing toward walnut creek. watch 680 past 24, heading down toward danville. just subtle changes there. we will have a concert tonight over at the oakland arena. so note that traffic will head over there between 6 and 8 to get into the concert, but they do the lowercase thing. but that's

a k-pop band that will be inside getting out later on that evening. we have the bill typical south of there out of hayward and across the san mateo bridge, south bay. happy to report that we have that earlier car fire has been cleared again. no injuries. north 880 has some flashing lights, but at least traffic has cleared up north of the 280 interchange. back to you. all right. thank you very much. we continue to follow the tragedy over the potomac with a military helicopter crashing into an american airlines flight. aviation analyst mike mccarron joins us live once again. this is such a tragedy, something that hasn't happened to this scale in the u.s. in years. it's been about 12 hours now since this collision. what are investigators likely focusing on right now trying to determine at this point, as well as this recovery effort that's underway, are two main things right now, are going on. first is the recovery of the victims to make sure that they are reunited and taken care of, and their families get some closure on that end. but the second thing is recovery of the aircraft and the helicopter. they want to look at the

everything about the aircraft, the airframe, the collision impact, and then of course, get the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder out of the regional jet. and that will give them a ton of information. as far as the what was being said in the cockpit at the time and the all the parameters that the aircraft was flying at when the collision occurred. so videos clearly show the fireball in the sky. we saw the moment of impact. at what point do you believe that the american pilots actually either on on either aircraft, knew that there was some trouble and any chances that they had to react? we heard one aviation expert saying, bright lights in the sky. that's a real possibility. but the light problem, anytime you're flying at night over a large metropolitan area, you can lose other aircraft in the horizon because they blend in with the lights coming from the ground. it's very bright area. i don't know if either aircraft knew what was happening at the time. maybe at the very last second

had no chance to take any evasive maneuvers. when you're traveling, the aircraft on approach is probably doing about 150 miles an hour, the helicopter around 100 miles an hour. you know, a second. you're traveling several hundred yards. so you haveery quick reaction times, and they may have not had any chance at all to make any evasive maneuvers. yeah. we'll see what will happen with the investigation as it is ongoing. aviation analyst mike mccarron, thank you so much for joining us. we'll have more news right mmmm... planet oat's so creamy and not watery like- exactly! and unsweetened has 0 grams of sugar. and don't forget, it's an excellent source of calcium. ♪♪

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our breaking news. president trump getting updates from the pentagon on last night's tragedy in d.c. as we've been reporting, dozens are feared dead after american eagle jet and army helicopter collided and crashed into the potomac river. scott mcgrew joins us now. president trump asking a lot of questions that people are asking. i think a lot of people are asking, but we need to wait for investigators to do their jobs. the first presidential communication about the crash were those questions why the helicopter was there? what happened? the airplane was on a perfect line of approach, he wrote, lights blazing. why didn't the helicopter turn? why didn't the control tower tell the helicopter what to do? not good. about 20 minutes ago, though, president trump did publish a more traditional

message expressing sympathy to the families. if you're old enough, you recall this is not the first time an airliner has plunged into the potomac in january. it's not the first time a president has gotten involved. in 1982, an american hero was created when a passenger named arland williams, who survived the crash into the freezing river, kept passing a rescue rope from helicopters to other passengers over and over until he drowned. a bystander, lenny skutnik, jumped in and saved others. you can see the woman he's saving already underwater video from our nbc station in washington. they did a retrospective on the crash. here's the president at the time, ronald reagan, just two weeks ago, in the midst of a terrible tragedy on the potomac, we saw again the spirit of american heroism at its finest, the heroism of dedicated rescue workers saving crash victims from icy waters. and we saw the

heroism of one of our young government employees, lenny skutnik, who, when he saw a woman lose her grip on the helicopter line, dived into the water and dragged her to safety. it was ronald reagan talking about that tragedy that started the tradition of american presidents inviting heroes to the state of the union and taking a moment to recognize them. other news, president trump says he wants to transfer as many as 30,000 migrants to guantanamo bay as they go through deportation, the same naval base where america holds accused terrorists, though there is a place that's used to process cubans and haitian migrants rescued at sea. you know, that is something that the white house is working on to use resources that we currently have there at guantanamo bay. so we'll go through the process. the worst of the worst is where that could be utilized. so that potential is there. we know we need the infrastructure. we're

going after these guys. a new homeland security secretary. president trump also signed his first bill, a bill that would make it easier to deport foreigners here illegally who break even minor laws named the laken riley act after the young woman murdered by an unauthorized immigrant who had been previously arrested for shoplifting. robert kennedy jr. faces a second confirmation hearing today. it's quite a day for hearings, not just kennedy, but kash patel to head the fbi. he wants to shut down and move fbi headquarters. tulsi gabbard to run us intelligence. she's been questioned heavily in the past for her support of edward snowden and syrian leader bashar al-assad. senators had tough questions for kennedy yesterday. kennedy has been a lifelong pro-choice on abortion, pro-choice as recently as this past summer. but he says he'll support trump's anti-abortion policies. and there were past statements from him about things like lyme disease, which kennedy has said in the past was a

bioweapon engineered by the military. there's no evidence of that. the hrings continue today, and we will continue to follow. all right. now to a live look at the sunrise peeking through the clouds. this is overlooking dublin this morning. kerry has got a look at our forecast. we've had so many cold mornings. nice afternoons. and now a little rain in the mix. when is that? yes. so finally we are going to get some rain. take a look at how large this storm system is. that's approaching the bay area. that's the center of the low there. and it's drawing in some deep tropical moisture coming in all the way from hawaii. you know what that means? it's an atmospheric river. so we are going to see this coming in starting tomorrow morning in the north bay and an atmospheric river. once it gets that tropical moisture, that enhances the amount of rainfall that we get. so we are getting some much needed rain, but all coming at once as we see this targeting the north bay and just kind of waving up and down, as they typically do along the california coast, and then pushing through with another

storm system right behind that, moving in nex wednesday and thursd. so we're about to enter into a very stormy weather pattern after once again, a very dry january and looking at some rainfall totals could reach anywhere from an inch and a half in the tri-valley to over five inches of rain in parts of the north bay. while we get all that rain, the sierra getting snow in just this weekend, we could see about 1 to 2ft of snow and much more next week, with a potential of up to 71in of snow in kingvale. as we go into the start of the month. that once again is also much needed at this point. so we are looking at one more day of dry weather today, a mix of sun and clouds and highs inland in the upper 50s, and temperatures stay mild as this rain moves in and continues into early next week. san francisco will be in the mid 50s today, partly to mostly cloudy and more clouds with off and on rain into the weekend. mike, you were checking on the bridges? yeah, we're looking at first, of course, at the bay

bridge toll plaza. we still have movement. it continues to build. but look, the 880 overcrossing not yet stacked up. so that's that's pleasant news if that's where you're headed. a smooth drive down the east shore freeway, a break tapping from richmond all the way through berkeley and at the richmond bridge. that's where the focus has been for the last 10 or 15 minutes. highway four shows more traffic pushing down through pleasant hill into walnut creek. 680 does slow right toward that 24 interchange, but 24 and 680 past that scene seemed like they're at speed. 880 shows the build out of hayward, now in toward fremont, as well as across the san mateo bridge. typical patterns for the push to the peninsula. peninsula is clear. south bay does show the build. typical. back to you. thank you very much, mike. 653 happening now. we are still awaiting an update from sunnyvale police surrounding a deadly crash. it happened along lawrence expressway around 6:00 last night. no other information is being released at this time. traffic in both directions was being diverted between homestead road and benton street for several hours. the cause of that crash is still under

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welcome back. we are moving forward with the latest on multiple breaking news stories. we begin with the tragedy in the skies over washington, dc. an american airlines passenger plane collides with a military helicopter at washington, dc's reagan national airport. this is a look at what appears to be the moment of impact captured on surveillance video. the overnight search mission, unfortunately, is now a recovery

operation. we have a look at the potomac river, where crews are right now trying to recover bodies. at this hour. we know 64 people were on board that american airlines flight. that includes several u.s. figure skating coaches, athletes and family members. three people were on board the military helicopter. officials say there are no survivors. we're absolutely heartbroken for the family and loved ones. of the passengers and crew members, and also for those that were on the military aircraft. our focus right now is doing everything that we can to support all of those involved. and also the psa airlines team. no black boxes have been recovered from the crash scene yet, which will be critical in the investigation. we've just learned president trump is expected to address the nation surrounding the tragedy at 8 a.m. as we get updates on the search and investigation. stay with us for the very latest. you can always stay up to date with our app. it's free

and available on all smart devices. and breaking news this morning out of the middle east, where hamas has released more hostages, kidnaped during the october 7th attacks. in all, eight people were released today. that group includes three israelis and five nationals working in israel when they were abducted. in exchange, israel later today is expected to release more than 100 palestinian prisoners. the agreement calls for about three dozen more israeli hostages to be released over the next several weeks, including an american this saturday. and the today show is just ahead with more on both of these breaking stories. in the meantime, you can catch everything and keep watching today in the bay wherever you stream, including on roku and pluto. live at eight r you this morning. lights. camera. action. the ceo of cinequest joins us live to talk about an upcoming festival in san jose. one last quick check of the forecast before we go. we have another dry day and a cool start. mild afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds. rain arrives

tomorrow. we'll see that off and on into early next week. and pretty predictable commute. right now the build up at the richmond bridge there. you see the reason for those slow sensors? no problems on the span. just getting there is a little issue. and vasco road now over the half hour mark as they leave contra costa county head south to 580 and alameda county. well that's what's happening here on today in the bay. stay with us because today's show starts next. that's right. we'll of course have a special report, most likely from nbc news, with the president addressing the nation at 8 a.m. have a great thursday morning. good thursday morning. we're following major breaking news. a fatal air disaster in the nation's capital. >> there are no survivors from a mid air collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter.