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two favs for just 7 bucks? gotta be wendy's. this is breaking news from cbs news bay area. >> hello, i am sara donchey, we are following breaking news that is coming to us from across the country tonight. and it is something that is both incredibly rare and in equal measure horrifying. a commercial plane has crashed. it started here. it took off from wichita, kansas, and then it flew out to the east coast and flew all the way to washington, d.c., where it collided with a blackhawk helicopter near reagan national airport. we want to go through some of what we know about what happened there tonight and more information is coming out by the minute. 60 people and 4 crew members were on board american airlines flight 5342. it was approaching the runway at reagan when it crashed with a u.s. army

blackhawk helicopter around 9:00 p.m. eastern time, according to the faa and defense officials. you're looking at some live pictures of the potomac river. there are 300 first responders working there as we speak to handle what has become a major emergency. right now the rescue and recovery mission is very much underway. even from a distance you can see there are a whole lot of people there right now. and take a look at this, this for now is some of the only video we have of what might have been that collision and explosion. this was taken from an observation camera courtesy of earth cam. it's difficult to watch. you saw the airplane's lights blinking in the distance and then that bright light that looked like an explosion. this is the moment replayed for you, right there where you see it. just a little while ago, the ntsb and other officials had this news conference at reagan national airport at this crash. they did not, importantly, confirm any deaths or details about any of the people who were on board. here is what one

kansas senator had to say. >> that flight has been in existence about a year, and it is certainly true that in kansas and in wichita in particular we're going to know people who were on this flight, know their family members, know somebody, so this is a very personal circumstance as well as an official response. >> again, very importantly we do not have information about how many people have been killed. that is what is on everybody's minds right now. now, this crash happened, obviously, alongside a major city. there are highways nearby. there's the airport, of course, buildings, and then there was a park nearby where one man said he was and saw what happened. here's his eyewitness account. >> i noticed the planes start having irregular patterns and they all kind of dispersed from regular landing patterns. and then we looked up in the sky before that and we saw these white flare, like --

>> what did you think when you saw these white flares? >> we didn't think much of it. we thought they were like shooting stars. >> so families are waiting for news of their loved ones who were on board this american airlines flight. one man says that his wife texted him from the plane just moments before it was supposed to land. >> when's the last time you spoke with her? >> she texted me that they were landing in 20 minutes. >> can you show us the text message that you got from her? ? >> landing in 20 minutes. the rest of my texts didn't -- did not get delivered. that's when i realized something might be up. >> you can just imagine the anxiety that man is feeling and all of those families. you now, president trump has been briefed on the crash. he issued a statement saying in part may god bless their souls, thank you for the incredible work being done by our first responders.

commercial airline crashes are incredibly rare, as you know. the latest fatal commercial plane crashes in the united states included an accident that happened right here in the bay area back in 2013 on january 6th of that year. flight 214 crashed at sfo. three people died as a result of that crash. 187 people were hurt. one of the last deadly aviation incidents in the d.c. area happened in january of 1982. an air florida 737 heading for tampa crashed into the potomac only minutes after it took off from reagan. the plane hit a truck and several cars on the 14th street bridge as it came down. 78 people died on the plane and on the ground. ice on the plane's wings and engines and pilot error led to that crash. we spoke with an aviation expert tonight about the crash. scott miller is a lecturer at san jose state's department of aviation and technology, and he talked about what could come next in terms of this massive investigation that is going to

happen and is happening now into what went wrong. >> once the cockpit voice recorder is recovered from the american eagle airliner, we'll be able to hear what the crew talked about. and i guarantee you they talked about the traffic. now, looking at the adsb, the position reports that are automatically transmitted from the aircraft that are received by ground stations, they were exactly where they were supposed to be when they were supposed to be there making their approach to the airport. it appears that the helicopter was given an instruction to pass behind that arriving airliner. we're going to have to look really deeply to try to figure out why that didn't occur. and coming up, the search and rescue mission in the potomac is underway right now. why officials say the weather is making that so incredibly difficult tonight, darren?

>> coming up in this forecast sara, first may gray. we're waking up to gray skies tomorrow and it may stay that way most of the day. but then look what is coming our way. the pacific has finally woken up and there are, like, three separate rainmakers coming our way. and the totals could be good on this, like over a four-day period. forecast on this coming up next. >> all right, darren, thank you. and other headlines we're following, the brother of one of the bay area's most famous rappers was shot and killed in oakland. what we know about the crime and reaction from the community there tonight.

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all right, welcome back, we are continuing to follow that major breaking news that is coming to us from the nation's capitol. an american airlines flight has crashed after it hit a u.s. army helicopter. the plane and the helicopter seem to have crash landed into the potomac river near reagan national airport. you're looking at these live pictures from the search and rescue operation. we heard at a news conference about an hour ago that conditions for this rescue operation are incredibly rough, that weather is making the search very difficult. >> the challenges are access. the water that we're operating in is about eight-feet deep. there is wind. there is pieces of ice out there, so it's just dangerous and hard to work in.

and because there's not a lot of lights, you're out there searching every square inch of space to see if you can find anybody. divers are doing the same thing in the water. the water is dark, it is murky, and that is a very tough condition for them to dive in. it's a highly complex operation. the conditions out there are extremely rough for the responders. it's cold. they're dealing with relatively windy conditions. wind is hard out on the river, so they're out there working. we're keeping -- doing everything we can to keep them safe. first alert weather powered by kia. learn more at kia.com. kia, movement that inspires. >> all right, so darren peck is in for paul tonight on a very busy news night. and so darren, obviously when you have a plane crash like this you look to the weather to see if the weather played a factor in what went wrong here. but it seems to me, at least, that this was a cool,

clear night in washington, d.c. >> yep. >> it wasn't as if there was a storm system over the area or anything like that. so i want to ask you about that first of all, what the conditions were like at the time hoff this crash just a few hours ago and also about the water temperature. i do want to remind our viewers that right now we don't have any information on whether or how many people were killed in this or whether there are survivors, but they did say they have about 300 first responders going into the potomac and around the potomac trying to get people out. >> right. >> and that it's very cold. >> late january on the potomac river. for those of us who aren't on that side of the country, it's bitterly cold. if we look at the water temperatures, where i'm standing off the coast in the atlantic, it's pretty warm out here. but i'm standing in the gulf stream. water temperatures out here are a safe, comfortable 70 degrees. but that's not where this plane is. this plane is actually in the potomac river, which sits over here which is much -- it doesn't have any benefit of getting the

gulf stream waters at all. instead, it's in late january air and late january weather. and even though the weather wasn't a significant impact on this, they did just have a pretty big pool of cool air and windy weather work its way down towards this part of the country. and when we take a look at how this has played out in terms of this surge of cool air that's moved down there, certainly colder for the last 24 hours than the two days before. the air temperature's in the mid-40s, but the water temperature's in the upper 30s. and that really is a major factor in this one. so hopefully there's more good news as we get to the light of day on this one, but it is going to be a long night there. let's come back home. let's talk about our weather and what we want to start off with is what you may have already been seeing and hearing about. there's rain in just about every single one of these terrariums right now. you started on friday, and we're going to look at friday in

specific detail in one second. it gets a bit murkier back here, but as of this point, every single day from friday through tuesday has rain in it. look at the big monitor up there. we're taking a look out in the pacific. it has just finally woken up and remembered where we live in terms of the storm track. and there's about three separate systems coming our way. that one looks particularly good. and if you recognize the pattern on there, these systems are all getting driven in with the potential to have an atmospheric river component to it. particularly the one on friday. let's scale this down. instead of starting out by looking out at the whole pacific basin on this, let's try and get a better handle on what this rain's going to look like. when it finally arrives and starts working its way right off the coast, and by the time we get there, we're going to see a pretty well organized line of rain that shows up. keep your eye on the time stamp down there. we're looking at friday. and by friday now we see a band of rain that starts friday morning. and it'll stay with us for about two days. this is the

first system. so like second half of friday, pretty much throughout all of saturday, rain. and if we look at it a different way, here's something we haven't had much need for to show you over the course of the last several weeks. because we haven't had the influence of one of these. but that's an atmospheric river. so you can see the higher concentrations of water vapor coming our way. the time stamp, that's getting here friday morning. let's look at friday in as much detail as we can, since friday is kind of like the opening round of this. and we do have better clarity on timing out friday's rain so. when we look at, that i'm going to go in order. start this on friday morning. a few like showers in the predawn hours on friday. i'm skipping ahead to friday, because nothing's happening tomorrow. marine layer gray, temperatures in the upper 50s, that's about it. when we look at where we're going to be on friday morning, rain in the north bay in time for the morning commute. so this is the start of what's going to be a pretty active period for us. if we take it from that point from

friday and advance it to the afternoon, let's bring it ahead to about noon on friday. and now we'll watch that line of rain get down to the city and the golden gate, watch time stamp here, middle of the day. and after this point, it gets a little more interesting. because that plume of moisture from the atmospheric river pretty much arrives at about this point. and if we take it from this point and play that forward, what happens is just green. widespread rain. friday afternoon probably into much of saturday. we're not concerned about flooding here. this -- we've got -- the landscape has had so much time to dry out over what was a very dry january that the concern from flooding here is very much on the low end. but if we look at rainfall totals, here's your quick snapshot takeaway. how much rain do we get from second half of friday through saturday, there are your numbers. there's another system coming after this, remember the seven-day's got rain through tuesday. that next tuesday system comes in, and now we start putting in the purples on

here. and we could be looking at anywhere from two to four inches over that period of time. these are very preliminary. the details on this are likely going to adjust as we get closer to it. we're going to refine the timing. we'll get specific on rainfall amounts. but if you're just looking at the weather like in your app right now, and you're seeing what is going on, why is there rain on every day, there's a chance on every day. it won't rain for five days straight and we'll have all the details on this as we get closer. but just get ready, sara, it's going to be a very different february than january. >> yes, it is. fortunately. all right, thank you so much, darren, we appreciate it. all right, if you are just joining us, we are keeping a close eye on this breaking news coming from our nation's capitol where first responders are working right now to find survivors of a midair crash. cbs news correspondent erica brown reports tonight from washington.

>> reporter: urgent search and rescue efforts are underway near the early hours of the morning for survivors in the potomac river after a midair collision between a blackhawk helicopter and a regional passenger aircraft. a police official tells cbs news more than a dozen bodies have been recovered. the faa says preliminary information indicates that a regional jet collided in midair with the blackhawk helicopter while on approach to reagan national airport. video appears to show the midair collision. >> the accident happened in the river. both the helicopter and the plane crashed in the river. east of the approach end of runway 33. >> reporter: american airlines says 60 passengers and 4 crew members were on board. a d.c. police official told cbs that police and fire department divers continue to search water for survivors. >> our fire department, d.c. fire and ems, supported by fire departments and police

departments from across the washington metropolitan region are executing a rescue operation in the potomac river. they are working diligently in very dark and cold conditions, cold water, to execute this rescue operation. >> we noticed the planes start having irregular patterns, and they all kind of dispersed from their regular landing patterns. and then we looked up in the sky before that and we saw these white flare. we didn't really think much of it until we saw the fire trucks start going out to the tarmac and the police cars and the police boats. >> reporter: in a belief statement, american airlines said it is aware of reports of an incident and that it will provide information as it becomes available. the national transportation safety board will lead the investigation along with the faa. president trump says he has been fully briefed on the collision and will provide more detail as it becomes available to him. right now there's no word on the potential cause for the

collision but the ntsb will continue to lead the investigation in coordination with multiple agencies, including the fbi. reporting from reagan washington national airport, erica brown, cbs news. >> all right, we will revisit that breaking news toward the end of this broadcast. for now, some other headlines. remember these scenes earlier this month down in pasadena in elderly people being frantically evacuated. law enforcement and volunteers rushed to get people to safety. some were even put in s.w.a.t. vehicles. two l.a. county sheriff's deputies are being called heroes because they helped rescue a 100-year-old woman found alone in an evacuated altadena assisted living facility. we talked to them about their search. >> where are you? oh, hi. >> reporter: this is when l.a. county sheriff's deputies nicholas martin ez and quin

found a 100-year-old woman. >> i'm trying to find a way out. >> let's get you out of here. >> don't lose me. >> i promise i won't. >> reporter: the time stamp is from the 10:00 a.m. hour on january 8th, the morning after the eaton fire first broke out. >> oh my gosh. >> reporter: the deputies were tasked with going to this living center, one of thousands of places put under an evacuation order. >> we were having to do detours to try to get around these streets that had multiple houses on fire, vehicles on fire. >> it was windy, the amount of smoke thachts coming through was, i would say, i could see maybe five to ten feet in front of my vehicle. >> reporter: when they arrived, they saw a woman out front who told them someone may be inside. >> you can't be walking your dog right now. >> reporter: leading to their search. >> sheriff's department, anybody inside? >> reporter: while power in the building was out. >> we were yelling out is anyone

there and someone yelled out, yes, i'm here. >> she seemed dishevelled. her nose was running. she's breathing heavily. she seemed very scared. didn't know what was going on. >> reporter: and so they got her out. >> thank goodness, we've been yelling. did you hear us? >> i didn't hear. i'm deaf. >> reporter: all while calling for backup and helping clear all of the buildings. >> it was like a five-story facility with two additional wings that are unattached. this was definitely chaotic. >> reporter: in their sweep they found a dog and a cat but no additional people. >> we swore an oath to protect life and property. >> i'm glad we could be there for that lady. >> glad we were at the right place at the right time. >> reporter: we went to the retirement community and found the doors are closed. security stells us there are only maintenance workers inside but no residents at this time. now to some bay area headlines. the brother of an oakland music lend was shot and killed this morning in oakland's melrose neighborhood. 61-year-old wayne shaw was the older brother of rapper too short and the victim of the

city's 12th homicide case this year. andrea nakano has more on that. >> reporter: this is where gunfire erupted on 49th street in oakland. police say the suspects tried to break into this building by ramming a car into the garage door. investigators believe that's when 61-year-old wayne shaw came out to see what was going on and one of the suspects in the car fired several rounds, striking the older brother of rapper too short. shaw becomes the 12th murder victim already this year in oakland. just a few weeks ago two people were killed and one was injured outside a birthday party in north oakland. nicole harrison was born and raised in the city and she says while violent crime is a problem, perception may be worse than reality. >> not really like that in oakland. it's just a name oakland done gave itself. it doesn't make it no better. >> reporter: it is enough of a concern that she plans on moving

out of the city to create a better life for her son. >> i'm not going to raise my son here, i'm not going to lie. >> reporter: oakland reported crime was down in 2024, it's too early to tell if it's going back up again. police are in the early stages of their investigation into who and why the suspects killed wayne shaw. every you have any information, you are asked to call the oakland police department. straight ahead in sports, any time you hear from george kittle, it's a good thing. so what's he got going this time? and if you had a ticket to what happened at chase center tonight, you got your money's worth. warriors got tested by the best team in the confe

nba, what a game tonight. possibly the game of the year for the dubs. all star game is in two weeks at chase center. how about an all star performance tonight in that building against the top team in the western conference. oklahoma city 37-8 when they hit the floor. steph curry and steve kerr got their olympic gold

rings, then they had to figure out the canadian olympian shay. scored 30 in the first half, finished with 52. now, the aforementioned curry had a slow start. four first-half points, but he went off in the second half. third quarter, here comes steph. and a step back. cash money. and then in the fourth, from way beyond the arc, bang. two minutes to go. dubs up three. and curry took this one from staley city. finished the game with 2 points, five second half made threes, and then in crunch time, curry got andrew wiggins involved. wiggins from deep. he scored 27. up seven with a minute left. say hello to gary payton ii. the bench lost their minds. warriors won it

116-109, just the second team in the nba to beat the thunder twice this year. how about some college ball, saint mary's men, they ran into levi's center in santa clara unbeaten in west coast conference play. the gaels, they delivered. acrobatic finish from jordan ross just before the half. end of the send, mitchell saxson, he just muscled on in. saint mary's scored 26 unanswered points, won it 67-54. the gaels 19-3 have won 15 consecutive road game, longest active streak in division one. how about maxine renault? the double-double leader and stanford, they haven't been fooling around. they hosted, attacked, syracuse in acc play. benny puts stanford up by 20 eight minutes into the game. end of the second, renault continuing to make his case for conference player of the year. 21 points, 15 rebounds, his 17th

double-double. stanford now 15-6 won it. cardinal have won six of their last seven and will not be ignored. now, what's 49er george kittle been doing this off-season? well, he's been chugging beer, going to predators games near his nashville home, and then today posted this pic sporting a new look. he shaved his eyebrows. captioned it, off-season vibes. >> oh. >> sara, i can understand doing it maybe if you lost a bet. >> mm-hmm. >> might be a little something else going on. george is a smart guy. he doesn't do anything without it being calculated. >> i actually didn't know what was different. i knew he looked different, but i didn't realize it was that. maybe it's not as drastic as you think it is. you'll see vern with no eyebrows tomorrow. vern, thank you so much. coming up, one final update on that major breaking news coming out of washington tonight. an american airlines plane that has crashed with a

u.s. army helicopter. we'll be right back.

all right, before we go, we want to update you on that major breaking news out of d.c., essentially what is our nation's latest major aviation disaster. an american airlines plane with 60 people and 4 crew members on it colliding with a u.s. army helicopter and then crashing into the potomac river. we want to show you some video tonight, some live pictures and some video, and tell you kind of what we know at this late hour. we do know that search and

rescue operation that you see here, these live images, is very much underway. there are at least 300 first responders working this right now. there is no official word on fatalities or on survivors. we heard earlier that there were not necessarily ambulances coming and going from the scene. obviously, that is a very, very bleak update there. but they are in the water trying to see if they can find anyone after this crash. we don't know exactly what led to this aside from the fact that there was a collision, but darren, you mentioned earlier the water there and the air temperatures are very, very cold. >> yeah, it's -- and the water temperature itself is in the mid-30s. the air temperature's actually, at this point, low 40s, but it's that water temperature that's got to be the primary concern, because you cannot spend a lot of time in water that is that cold. >> right now the investigation with the ntsb and other agencies very much underway into what went wrong here. and we will hope to bring you updates in the morning about any potential survivors, if

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