moment when the truck hit me. there was nothing i can do. the driver here was clearly at fault, but the insurance company kept saying, we're not going to pay. we tracked dow surveillance footage proving the driver was on his phone when he crashed. but even then, they kept saying, they're not going to pay. they're not going to pay. they're not going to pay. but the brothers fought for me. and at the end, hey, everybody, i'm zinhle essamuah. my co-anchor kate snow is off today. and "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, monday, february 17, 2025, battered by storms. heavy rain unleashes deadly flooding across kentucky.

thousands of people are still without power. the rescue and clean-up efforts are under way as another storm takes aim. deep cuts and major agencies feel the impact of the trump administration's cuts. what we know about the moves plus the latest focus on elon musk's government efficiency. all the buzz. new studies show young people are consuming dangerous levels of caffeine. how they're getting it and the signs to watch out for in your kids. and isn't that special? we're celebrating all things "saturday night live" as the show marks 50 years on the air. a look back at the iconic performances and this weekend's star-studded affair. thanks so much for joining us on this presidents' day. we are going to begin this hour with the growing devastation from the deadly storms that swept through the south. authorities now say at least 11 people are dead after heavy rain triggered flash flooding across kentucky. but they warn that number could go up as emergency crews continue their search and rescue efforts across the area.

in other parts of the south, crews are just getting a chance to assess the damage from a suspected tornado in alabama. across the region flights are canceled. more than 100,000 customers are still without power. and now the next winter blast is moving in. nbc news correspondent kathy park joins us from one of the hard-hit communities in kentucky. kathy, you've been out talking to people about these recovery efforts. what are they telling you? >> reporter: hey, zinhle, good afternoon to you. so, many residents are heartbroken to see their community this way. and they tell me they're still reeling from the floods of 2022. you see right now conditions have improved significantly. thsun is out. the rain has moved on. and the water has receded. but now look what it's revealing. this town at one point, we are in hazard, kentucky, in the downtown area right now. this was completely under water. and now this is what we're looking at. a big clean-up ahead.

lots of mud, obviously. and a lot of these businesses in town had to be evacuated this weekend, but the bright spot in all this, zinhle, is the fact that we are seeing volunteers. over to my right here, these are high school athletes, football players. they've been out here all day, cleaning up, rallying around this community. take a listen. >> they've never seen anything like this before. >> last time it was hit like this was '87. none of us was alive. >> we're all just one big family. everybody coming together. it's always been like this around here. >> reporter: and, zinhle, back out here live in hazard, kentucky, i want to point out just how high the water got. we're told by some of the folks who were in the area during the height of the storm, the water actually rose several feet high. the water line coming right here along this window.

the governor of kentucky earlier today mentioned that this is still a search and rescue phase at this point? at one point there were over 1,000 res skies this weekend, just in a 24-hour time period. and every county in the state of kentucky were impacted by the floodwaters. and the danger really isn't over yet, zinhle, because, yes, the rain has gone, it's out of the area. now they're bracing for round two of winter weather. bitterly cold temperatures. it's a race against the clock to clean up before that next system moves in. zinhle? >> important people are vigilant as the storms continue. kathy park, thanks so much. the trump administration is moving fast to reshape the federal government. they made more sweeping cuts over the holiday weekend. the union that represents the federal aviation administration employees sa about 300 workers have been fired. among them, mechanics and safety specialists.

there were also firings at the centers for disease control, about two dozen employees were let go. they include so-called disease deteors who were in charge of responding to outbreaks. all of it comes as an administration official tells nbc news an irs worker affiliated with elon musk's department of government efficiency is seeking access to a system inside the internal revenue service. that system, of course, houses sensitive taxpayer data. joining us now, nbc news white house correspondent aaron gilchrist tracking this from florida near president trump's mar-a-lago estate. why do they say this sensitive irs data needs to be accessed? >> reporter: the white house is reinforcing what they've been saying all along about trying weed out waste, abuse and fraud. we've now seen the irs has an employee who is affiliated, attached to the doge team that's been going through all the federal agencies, so many trying to find those very things.

in this case, we understand a person from the administration does have the legal authority and the security clearances they believe necessary to get into this system, the data retrieval system that houses information like taxpayer identification and retirement account information, all sorts of personal information for taxpayers. the white house, when we asked them about this person, did put out a statement that effectively said, waste, fraud and abuse have been deeply entremplged in our broken system for far too long. it takes direct access to the system to identify and fix it. so, zinhle, in this case that seems that is the goal in this case. >> they are trying to hire them back those that were fired who oversee nuclear weapons. walk us through what's going on. >> reporter: these were people at the national nuclear security administration, a part of the department of energy.

they were part of the people that received notifications last week across the government that their services would no longer be retired. at some point someone in the administration realized that some of those people were still needed. so, there was an effort the next day to try to reach out to those people and say, we're rescinding your termination letters. the problem is, once they were cut off from government email, there was no way to contact those people. the administration said to other folks, let them know we're trying to reach them and we want them to come back to work. elon musk talking about the work his doge team is doing, he expected there would be mistakes made by the doge team, but that he would move quickly to try to fix those mistakes. >> in general there's been a lot of quick, rapid movement here. many of these firings in washington have been challenged in the courts. one case appears to be making its way to the supreme court. what should we know about that?

>> reporter: our justice team has been able to get a filing we expect to go to the supreme court as soon as tomorrow from the trump administration. it fired the head of the office of special counsel. this is the ethics watch dog office of the federal government. hampton dillin gechlt er sued to get his job back saying he had been improperly fired, wasn't given cause for that firing to the extent the law requires. he was reinstated to that position. that was appealed by the trump administration. the appeals court said we won't overturn that. the filing we've been able to see is one that appeals to the supreme court and the explanation that the justice department will give with this filing is that this effort by a lower court judge usurps authority of the presidency, his ability to manage the executive branch and that the supreme court should overturn the ruling on those grounds, zinhle. >> aaron gilchrist, thanks so much. the man accused of killing

the ceo of united healthcare is getting closer to having his day in court, but luigi mangione is talking directly to his supporters from behind bars. those statements come as a new documentary just out today is closely examining the murder of brian thompson. here's nbc news correspondent sam brock. >> so, we are now hearing directly from luigi mangione, an unusual development, legal experts say, for a defendant who has not even gone to trial yet. with all the headlines and public intrigue surrounding this se, it's one more curveball just days before mangione is about to return to court. >> reporter: accused killer, luigi mangione, speaking out from inside a jail cell for the first time. in a message to his supporters on a new website, mangione in his own words writing, i am overwhelmed by and grateful for everyone who has written me to share their stories and express their support. while it is impossible for me to reply to most letters, please know that i read every one that i receive. his defense team launching the

website on behalf of their client to provide accurate information about his cases and dispel misinformation. >> it's uncommon to hear from a defendant behind bars like this because most defendants don't generate this level of public interest. >> reporter: mangione now bolstering his counsel ahead of his court appearance later this week. while awaiting trial at a federal jail in new york city. >> not guilty. >> reporter: adding a court appointed death penalty legal expert to his team after pleading not guilty to several charges, inincluding first-degr murder in the furtherance of terrorism and the federal count of murder using a firearm, that could result in capital punishment. in the midst of the brewing legal battle, a new investigation discovery documentary "who is luigi mangione" is out today on max. all about the murder of health care ceo brian thompson. featuring new firsthand accounts about the accused gunman at the center of it all. >> it's like a normal, happy-go-lucky kind of 26-year-old guy. i don't know what would motivate someone like that to do

something like that. >> reporter: ahead of the ivy league grad's upcoming court appearance, money from supporters now pouring into his legal fund, reaching nearly $500,000. some reportedly from health care professionals, according to organizers. >> one doctor who donated says, quote, i applaud luigi for his courage, heart, and passion. >> reporter: the notoriety and extra resources could come in especially handy for a defense team, say legal experts. >> the money he's able to raise is a benefit to the defense. in a case that otherwise, to outside observers, appears to be a really difficult one for the defense to win. >> reporter: and mangione will be back in court this friday for a pretrial hearing on that first-degree murder charge in the furtherance of terrorism. that's the state case. a reminder, he's also facing parallel state and federal case. the federal one picks up in march. back to you. >> sam brock, thank you. coming up, growing fears of a measles outbreak. cases more than double in one texas community alone. why the virus is spreading so

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welcome back. top u.s. and russian officials are set to hold talks tomorrow about ending the war in ukraine. secretary of state marco rubio arrived in saudi arabia earlier today ahead of those meetings. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy says he will not take part in these talks. zelenskyy told "meet the press" moderator kristen welker he will not accept any deal. >> i will never accept any decisions between the united states and vush that about ukraine. never. there is no leader in the world who can really make a deal with putin without us about us. >> nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent richard engel reports from ukraine. >> reporter: there have been more russian attacks here in ukraine, according to the ukrainian military. russia fired nearly 150 drones, primarily targeting this country's infrastructure. there have been widespread power outages here in southern ukraine, particularly cruel tactic in winter months when people have to go down into

shelters, they have to go to heating centers to try to find security and warmth. ukrainians are also watching with mixed feelings and a degree of trepidation as president trump is intensifying his efforts, as he describes it, to end the war in ukraine. here in ukraine, people want the war to end. they don't want to continue to live in the freezing cold, to live in bomb shelters, to have drones flying over their head and missiles and rockets on a daily basis. but they are nervous that president trump is too much in a rush. that he is cutting ukraine out of this process. that he and president putin will cut some sort of deal at ukraine's expense. there is an old expression in diplomacy that if you're not at the negotiating table, you are on it. and ukrainians worry that they are on the table right now and that russia and the trump administration are carving up this country. negotiations in saudi arabia are

set to begin tomorrow. secretary of state rubio has already arrived in saudi arabia. the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov, due to lead the russian delegation. the ukrainians are not taking part in these initial talks. it is just being held between president trump's senior foreign policy team and the russian side. there will be separate negotiations held later between the ukrainians and another of president trump's envoys coming to ukraine later this week. after that, , there are suppose to be joint discussions. so, it is still relatively early in this process. ukraine hasn't been cut out completely, but ukraine is worried that that could happen as it watched that call between president putin and president trump and sees these talks starting in earnest in saudi arabia as it watches from the

sidelines. >> thank you. a woman has now dropped her sexual assault lawsuit against music mogul and rap superstar sean carter, better known as jay z. it comes after nbc spoke to the accuser and her father and discovered inconsistencies in that account. here's nbc news entertainment correspondent. >> reporter: jay z able to declare victory after the case was dismissed without prejudice according to a filing in u.s. civil court in manhattan. the lawsuit was on behalf of an adult woman who said she was raped in 2011 following the mtv music video awards when she was 13 years old and went to an after-party. what made you want to come forward and talk today? >> because i think that i've been quiet long enough about what i've been through. >> reporter: the jane doe accuser, a 38-year-old mother from alabama spoke with nbc news in december and asked us not to

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an nbc news daily i'm janelle wang. today is presidents day, and people across the nation and in the bay area are using this holiday as a day to make their voices heard. we've seen hundreds of people meet up in san francisco. organizers say the goal is to demonstrate against president trump and in the name of democracy. protesters are also calling out tesla ceo elon musk for his role in trying to cut federal spending and shut down federal agencies. nbc bay area's bob redell joins uss from outside a tesla dealership in dublin with more. protesters are also calling out tesla ceo elon musk for his role in trying to cut federal spending and shut down federal agencies. as you can see in this video from over the weekend, a small number of people protested outside this tesla dealership here in dublin and at other tesla showrooms throughout the country to try to stop people from buying musk's electric vehicles to send them a

message. on the peninsula, a number of people held up signs and they stood on the sidewalk outside the tesla dealership there in palo alto. president trump has appointed musk to lead the department of government efficiency, also known as doge, to cut what he and musk says is wasteful spending by the federal government. many people question musk's true intentions. they have criticized doge's lack of transparency, and they believe musk has access to and continues to access the private, personal and financial information of american citizens. so this afternoon, a group called 50/50 one is calling for 50 protests in 50 states. one movement with protests scheduled at lake merritt in oakland. a tesla dealership in s.f. and at the circle of palms in san jose to call for an end to the threat of mass deportations and other actions by the trump administration that they say are fascist, illegal and anti-democratic. and we're coming to see that it's much bigger than immigration, that we can't fight this issue by issue.

and the trump 2025 is not just another administration coming to power. this is a whole fascist agenda and a remake of society. back to elon musk and tesla. san jose state professor who specializes in tech, expects tesla sales to drop here in the united states. as a matter of fact, according to the california new car dealers association, tesla sales dropped 11.6% in q4 of last year compared to the year before. and tesla sales in europe have declined sharply. we reached out to tesla for comment, but have not yet received a response. here in dublin, bob redell, nbc, bay area news. thank you bob. one person is in jail after an altercation with police that led to officers firing multiple rounds. it happened last night near san leandro in an uninrporated area called ashland at 1/64 avenue and east 14th street. authorities say just before 9 p.m, police were searching for someone connected to a vehicular assault. no one was hurt, but the suspect was taken into custody. it's not clear yet why officers fired. a

well known camera shop in berkel is asking for the community's help after a break-in. it happened early sunday morning at looking glass. photo located on fifth street. shop owners posted these photos to their website and check out the damage. t the owner say thieves rammed a car into the front door several times, shattering windows and doors. then the thieves took off with a lot of merchandise. shop owners say insurance won't cover all its losses, so they set up a gofundme account. while the store may be boarded up, owners say it will remain open for business. we have reached out to berkeley police for comment but have not heard back yet. it is a cloudy presidents day in the bay area. here's meteorologist kari hall with our forecast on this holiday we are seeing some nice and mild weather. a lot of clouds, but we will eventually work our way toward a mostly sunny sky for the afternoon and temperatures in the low 60s today, comfortable with a light jacket, will be in the upper 50s for the tri-valley, as well as 59 degrees for novato and san

francisco. and tomorrow it comes up a few more degrees as we do get more sunshine throughout the day. looks nice. a high of 64 in livermore and 64 in martinez, as well as 64 in santa rosa. on wednesday, there will be a chance of rain, mainly in the north bay, where we will see a slight cooldown in those temperatures. but we are dry up into that point and going to see that rain quickly moving in and out of her we'll be tracking this and we'll take a look at our 7-day forecast coming up. thanks, kari. tomorrow you have a chance to meet the candidates vying to become oakland's next mayor. a candidate forum for the special election has former east bay congresswoman barbara lee runner up in the 2022 mayoral race. lauren taylor, and ousted chief of staff for former oakland mayor sheng thao rena webb. all talking and taking the stage. webb says she helped build the case against tao, who faces several who faces federal bribery charges. tomorrow's event takes place at 6 p.m. that does it f

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groundstops for all flights. early images showing the aircraft completely upside-down, but the airport authority reporting and this is incredible, that, quote -- all passengers and crew are accounted for. i want to get straight to tom costello our nbc news aviation correspondent, when you see that picture and hear from the airport, everybody survived, what do we know right now, we can clearly see all that snow on ground. >> a regional jet involved in the incident in washington a couple of weeks ago, this was a crj 900, it can carry somewhere between 75 and 80 passengers inbound from minneapolis into toronto, weather at the time 19 degrees and blowing snow, apparently as it came down and landed on the runway something went wrong and somehow this plane ended up upside-down, literally you're looking at the bottom of plane there,

incredible image right there, the plane is upside-down, toronto pearson firefighters on the scene very quickly and hosing it down. the amazing portion of this is the airport tweeting that all passengers and crew accounted for and the question is going to be what happened. was it in the landing did they hit ice when they landing, there are a lot of unanswered questions right now, more than anything i think everybody is grateful, tom, that nobody has been killed according to the airport. the association of flight attendants has just tweeted that the union representing flight attendants is responding to an incident in toronto with delta, the reege fall carrier for delta, crews were working this flight and there are no fatalities according to the union. we've had a series of aviation incidents of late, tom, as you well know, the one here in

washington, a terrible medev a, c crash in northeast philadelphia, ten people killed in a crash just off the coast of nome, alaska, at this time. no fatalities reported. eight people are injured we know that one of those eight is in critical condition. key piece of information, this is flight 4819, a crj 900, the airport also tweeting that in the last week they've got about 20 inches of snow more than received in all of november, december and january combined, you can see tho piles of snow there, talk to me about the rescue effort there. we saw the fire rescue crews out there. we're talking about freezing conditions out. >> reporter: if they have a fuel tank rupture, they have to immediately -- there's some video out there suggesting heavy

smoke immediately after this incident, fire crews will be at the end or the point where that crash occurred, they have to be within 90 seconds but i'm not positive, they're governed by the same faa and the regs are the same, they have a very robust fire response very quickly. you got everybody out and some injuries but no fatalities. as we mentioned, this is operated by endeavor most of the airlines have a sub carrier if you will that handles the regional flights. an regional flight for delta airplanes, minneapolis to toronto, in pretty rough landing conditions in so far as the snow on the ground, tom. >> tom, stand by. i want to get to our aviation analyst, john cox, how do you think this plane flipped over, right, the second

question, walk our viewers through what the protocol is to get all of the passengers out safely along with the crew and the pilots, because we saw that video of people coming out of an upside-down airplane. >> if you look at this video you'll see that the right wing significant portion of the right wing is missing. and that indicates that's what allowed the plane to get upside-down or inverted. so that's going to be one thing the investigators look at. you can see also that the exits are open. once this airplane came to rest and it was going relatively slowly when all of this occurred because it's still in one piece, once it came to rest it let the flight attendants get those exits open and get the people out and as far as the weather conditions, it was quite gusty, so this would have been a challenging environment for any of the airplanes landing at toronto, the question is, what

happened here? flight data recorders, there's a crew they'll be able to interview. it's going take time. but investigators will learn what happened here. >> as a pilot, when you're coming in on a runway that's like that, snow everywhere, what are some of the things you're looking out for so an incident like this doesn't happen. >> controlling the air speed. you want to be at the proper air speed and as soon as the airplane touches down you want to do everything you can to get it slowed and stopped, with this much gusty winds it's pretty much down the runway, so the airplane's going on touch down at a lower speed, ground speed, because it's going into a headwind and at that point once it's on the ground you get the engine's in reverse, spoilers up on the wing to transfer weight to the brakes and you get it

stopped. these are challenging conditions but conditions that professional pilots deal with. >> we have a statement that's come into nbc news from the faa. delta airlines flight 4819 operated by endove your air crashed while landing at toronto pearson around 2:45 local, 80 peopleboard. it departed minneapolis/st. paul international. safely board of canada will be in charge of the investigation. tocostello you've covered incidents like this, it stands to reason there might have been some passengers that were buckled in as this thing turned over and trying to get all those passengers out safely. >> i would hope so, i hope everyone was wearing their seat belts. the regional paramedics service that responded is reporting as

you mentioned eight people injured, one critical, taken to area hospitals in the toronto area, you know, planes are designed that you're supposed to be able to get out of the plane within 90 seconds of a crash, or a serious incident, obviously that becomes very complicated if you've got a fire and if you got exits blocked. but as john mentioned it appears you had multiple exits there that were opened up which suggested once people were able to get out of their seats, they were able to open those emergency exit doors and that really is why, you know, everybody you talk to in the aviation world will tell you, this is why you wear your seat belts, you never ow, in flight, at at altitude in turbulence or god forbid crow have an emergency like this on the ground. it will be the transportation safety board of canada in charge

of this investigation. however, the ntsb will be assisting because this plane originated from the states. the canadian tsb will be running it. they're considered to be one of the world's premier aviation investigative agencies, tom. >> i want to ask you about that because this happened in toronto, we know this toronto's largest airport, just over lake ontario from buffalo, what more can you tell our viewers about this airport and some of the regulations and safety standards there in canada. >> reporter: they're very much in sync with the faa. authorities in canada and faa work hand in glove, they sync up all of their rules and regs. in terms of the response. the canadians and americans coordinate every single day on

aviation, air traffic control, on investigations, their transportation safety boards cooperate on a regular basis not just of course for aviation safety incident but a private plane that went down. there's a very close cooperation and as you would expect this is the busiest airport in all of canada. i'm often -- i often say on the air when we're talking about how airports in the united states are impacted by weather for example, i often say don't forget about toronto it's literally right across the border and it's pay jar airport that's also affected and it's affect airplanes in the united states. groundstop in effect in toronto. it will affect traffic down to the united states. lot of folks going to europe for example from the states they'll go through toronto and then on to europe and vice versa coming back that way. this will have a ripple effect.

if you're just watching right now we're covering the breaking news out of toronto, a plane accident as you can see on your screen, a delta airlines plane flight 4819, crj 90 has flipped over. 80 passengers. pilot and crew onboard. toronto pearson airport saying they have all been accounted for. we understand at least eight people were injured and one in critical condition. >> jeff, talk to me what stands out to you about the accident you're seeing in front of your eyes right now. i'm notice damage of one of the engines. >> hi, tom, so, this is a very serious incident. you don't even see the wings connected to the fuselage. something must have happened during landing, perhaps it

cartwheeled. we don't know. to have a fuselage flying upside-down without its wing box means something that significant happened and it's amazing there was no loss of life. a matter of determining, looking back on what was happening to this airplane as it was on final approach, we know the weather conditions were extremely gusty and perhaps that had been an issue, to have an airplane, tom, there doesn't appear to be a giant fireball, there's some fire damage, but the fuselage looks fairly clean with its wings broken off. >> jeff, we have a shot of the engines upclose, what appears to be the right engine but it's flipped over. you can see the streaks of black there, is that what you were talking about possible fire damage on that side? >> yes, absolutely.

there appears to be some fire damage, tom, we don't know whether that occurred in flight or as a result of the impact sequence. but there's definitely some fire damage there. and it seems to be localized in that area. >> and this happened in the middle of winter, with what airport is reporting 20 inches of snow in the last week, post-accident, does that snow actually help an incident like this or get in the way. >> it's difficult to say, as long as the runways are clean you got a good surface to land on, i'm sure they were clean, it just depends on how much snow pack or snow banks the height could have been as the airplane careened off of the runway, but i don't think it was that much of a factor in this case and as i'm looking at that engine you can see some longitudinal soot

mark, it occurred in flight that's how you would get those marks to translate horizontally. another clue investigators will look for. >> talk to me about the pilot and the flight attendants here. >> that would have been an incredible situation. so, you know, certainly, they know there's a problem, they're sitting upside-down in their seats, so at that point the two flight attendants would have done their best to try to get people out of the aircraft. so, people are going to have to actually unbuckle themselves and perhaps fall down towards what would be the ceiling. and fortunately it's a fairly small airplane, so the fall wouldn't have been that great, but still there could have been some injuries just unbuckling your seat belt and extricate out

of your seat. flight attendants doing their best to yell and to find ways for the passengers to get out as soon as possible. >> lot of american viewers be thinking, there seems to be a lot of accidents, is there just sort of an unfortunate series of events and flying obviously is still very safe, we just had these high-profile incidents back-to-back-to-back. >> i must tell you, now this accident, i can see why the public would be very concerned. i still believe that commercial aviation is extremely safe but it's extremely unusual to have these commercial accidents and we're not talking about, you know, privatepilots, we're talking about scheduled commercial airliners like what happened in washington, d.c., like what happened in nome, alaska, like what happened here, and that's very unusual, we just haven't seen this spate of

commercial accidents in quite a while and it's just going to make people even more sensitized to flying. but, you know, i still think it's safe, obviously there needs to be some attention to be put on this. >> jeff, stand by for us. i want to get back to tom costello. we're told nine people have been injured, one child was transported and one person had to be air lifted to a trauma center. tom, have we heardrd fm the airline, any more statements coming out from the airport about what happened here in toronto. >> the airport has tweeted out the following, they had a plane crash there involving a delta flight coming in from minneapolis and making the point that has everyone has been accounted for, passengers as well as crew members. we heard from the union representing the flight attendants they're responding to toronto to assist their members working that flight, again this is minneapolis into toronto,

kind of a regular, hourly flight that goes back and forth into, from the united states into toronto on a regular basis, i did want to underscore, to pick up on the conversation you were just having, in the terms of the recent string of aviation incidents this will raise the concern about faa staflg. air traffic control staffing. this is a canadian air traffic control and this is under canadian authority once it crosses the border, but there's talk of staff cuts at the faa pass ofrt president trump's effort to trim down the federal workforce, the faa has been complaining for years they're understaffed and critical job positions i was having a conversation with somebody today about whether air traffic control is being affected by the staff cuts so far not to their

knowledge but other positions relating to equipment are being cut. the total of the air traffic system is going to be part of the conversation as we go forward at least on this side of the border. underscore again, this is a delta regional flight, as a result, you're talking about 75 to 85 or so passengers onboard. part of that normal routine, by the way, the regional jet, a bombardier, so it's made in canada, a very robust plane able to handle colder conditions. >> the workhorse of those regional airlines and those air fleets. some audio of when this accident occurred around 2:18 eastern. let's listen in. >> this airplane just crashed.

>> that's basically all we have right now, the moment they realized that airplane had crashed. one thing these major airports like toronto pearson have their own fire departments they can react and get to these planes within seconds, two vehicles from toronto fire over that bombardier. >> a requirement according to the international air transport association, essentially the global airline and airport regulator, if you're accepting and sending commercial flights into the air or coming into your airport you've got to have professional firefighters and updated equipment on site and able to get down to the runway and i forgot the exact number, i want to say it's either 90 seconds, but the bottom line is they have to have a very fast response time.

three-minute response time in order to get to the crash site from wherever that fire station is on site and that's going to be all over the country, all over canada, it's the same response time, tom. >> tom, we appreciate that. if you're just watching right now, breaking news out of toronto, delta jet flipping over. all passengers and crew accounted for. nine injured. that concludes this nbc news special report. much more ahead on our streaming wr if you're living with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis or active psoriatic arthritis... symptoms can sometimes hold you back. but now there's skyrizi, so you can be all in with clearer skin. ♪ things are getting clearer ♪ ♪ yeah, i feel free to bare my skin ♪ ♪ yeah, that's all me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ nothing is everything ♪ with skyrizi, you can show up with 90% clearer skin... and if you have psoriatic arthritis. skyrizi can help you move with less joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue.

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