the, the, it is breaking news us our live on all to you. it's a national look at these pictures. there it goes up, passenger plane colliding made it with a military headache of the over the potomac river and washington d. c. at least 6. the fed that does a massive search and rescue operation is currently underway. these actions are carried out, but through total impunity button and in the late the guard for international the names and the values. these institutions are supposed to defend the president of the biase plumbing un institutions, but disregarding rwanda's, open support of the m 23 military, but still on the east of the nation with capital. the city of goldman tied off for a western amaica, the leader of the ts terrorist group in syria that took over the mass coast is now officially the nation's new transitional president,

ultimate alshaun ra. a mom and l. gilani looks to unify the nation's militant groups, and the one come up, the part of the am locally here in moscow and just off the midnight in the us capital. that's where we begin. now with breaking news for you here on how to international a mid air collision between a passenger plan on approach to live in washington. and a military black hawk helicopter, sending both plunging into the potomac river in a bowl of fire. report late 60 full people on board the plane, a 3 military posted eligible to drop off. the plane was approaching a regular national applewood while the military black hole chopper reportedly had his transponder turned off. the media reports that are full of people have been rescued from the i see waters of the box. i'm not able to rescue operation is on the way, is my 1st respond as a joined by coast guard assets. so the directive of the newly appointed secretary

of homeland security in time donald trump is issued a statement saying it's a terrible tragedy. i'm quote, make god bless that song as well. international security consulting. and as you're not joining us here, live on this breaking news to give us some commentary on these updates url that thanks for joining us. it's so late your time. i understand it's roughly often midnight where you are now. and i know you've got your fingers on the pulse of what's happening here with the developing story, a passenger on plane a positive playing on approach to reagan national. it collides with the military trip. what all the tropic, collides with the plane? clearly it's a tragedy. your thoughts on how this even happened? yeah, this is a, it definitely the trash mean from my understanding the plane was um, on a final final afraid. so probably less than a minute from actually touch down. uh, when the crash happened. a helicopter, a military helicopter black hawk in for a minute and standing a crew a 3 on board. so it's um, yeah, definitely

a tragedy. uh i, i don't know how you can look at it from air traffic controller but, but it's a good transponder on the helicopters turned off. the air traffic controller it's actually night, is blinded that. so it's uh, you know, let's see a blinking laid off off in the distance, but uh, when you get an aircraft on a final approach, that's a, it's difficult to, to deal with. uh, right. you know, and you know, uh, i helicopter that's really not showing up on your screen. so. yeah, exactly. i mean, it's a very good point. i mean we, we all welcome to confirm the reports of the headed copies transponder was, was turned off, but, you know, be like, oh, this is an add ports, right? good. national, i've been in and out of reagan national. so many times in my life, this is going to restricted airspace and the nation's capital, restricted airspace for incoming and outgoing jets. right. and somehow a military helicopter, with a transponder turned off, collides with this incoming airplane, approaching the landing strip. i'm united also by the way, url when in that plan is coming, it's a line who the lights are on,

is split up like a christmas tree. i don't understand how i have a cup to collide within half a like that. and it's not loaded on that side. we'll have to see. and the investigation on that the bowling air force base is right across the river from, from random national. so you've got a military or air base right there. so it's on and you've got just down the river is a, as for the the billboards are in a military base just down the river from that and with a, with a ation center there. uh, keller, basically a hell molar port helicopter base. so who knows what was going on on the on the operational side. yeah. but very dangerous kind of perspective on the who is the 1st crash here in washington since the 1980s. i think $82.00, january 2 we had a air florida crass and basically as they were taking off there's too much ice. we

had a cold snow and everything like that. they got the ice but still they're waiting too much and, and, and it were heavy with ice and crass and the 14th street bridge. unfortunately it had a friend of mine on that flight to so it's, uh, it's a yeah, definitely a tragedy. and hopefully we can understand the rescue to 4 people so far, but there are well, what factors and rescue boats that are on site uh trying to search the river there . what i mean is there, normally the risk authorized in the pictures are showing right now, as you say, it shows an enormous rescue operation there. right along the banks of a very frigid, what sort of malware? yeah, yeah. yeah. yeah. i really wanted to just mention our tim fits on it from uh from uh at nbc washington says the plain split into 2 and 7 feet of water, its infringement of nbc. so it's a heavy cup. there is upside down, is kind of bobbing up and down in the water. what are your expectations for the coming hours or as well, i'm hoping we find more people there there. i mean,

who knows what, who may you know whether such a crash or collision? who may have survived the collision, who didn't? it is the shadow area where the play went down. so maybe there is a, you know, we were lucky there in, in, in finding more survivors. um, but um yeah, it sounds it needs sounds like i don't know for sure on that we'll we'll see mts b, we'll take a look at that. but i mean if it's plain split into and the only chapters down, i mean, sounds like it really looks like a collision and perhaps a helicopter hit the aircraft off as what's going on spinal improves. so yeah, yeah, very um and it's probably flu helicopter or probably flying a low trajectory as well. but if you're on your final quotes, you're on your own, the introductory on the airplane to, you know, kind of a combination of the issues that the probably need to look at a better uh,

better relationship and better communications between the military side and the civilian side. on, on, in this type of area. so, yeah, well, i mean, as you say, you're always being decades since washington's seeing an airplane crash, particularly in the, in the winter months and is right now what plus 7 degrees celsius in the us capital . so it was not freezing temperatures, but the potomac, this time of the earl, we both know everybody for live, that the potomac is icy cold, this time of the year, but very strong carbons as well. would you like, like pictures as we're talking right now this up on getting rid of your operational, those lights right there on the opposite side of the bank of the potomac river. it's a boss, the author you going between maryland and virginia. massive river. sorry. what we will keep y'all think is prosper, successful rescue and recovery operation, earl, and as most in joining us here from washington international security consulting. thank you so much for your time, or thank you. by switching gears now here on the program to africa,

we go where in the democratic republic of congo with them 23 minutes of taken over the eastern city of goma and its main airport. the nation's president takes a, i think un turning a blind item or a one to support of the group. cynthia garley is essentially shredded international law. no one was in his bud regional stability at risk. the one that continued to view lee riddle wanda continues to openly and unscrupulous leave. if i left the fundamental principles of the united directions to charter and regional agreements for still, these actions are carried out with a total little shoot or do you need to add the latent disregard for international manuals to the and the values these institutions are supposed to defend this arrogant attitude which no longer even attempt to conceal its crimes. you know, isn't that not acceptable of challenge to our sovereignty and regional stability? not zipped up the 23 offensive in the east that resulted in violent protests. and the d. c. capital demonstrate as lighting fires, and attacking foreign embassies across can shasta, or the american,

the french rwandan and others will all found them across has of local fury. and they were choosing rwanda. i'm you gun to of actively supporting the m 23 minutes in the sun slamming other nations full diplomatic in action. on wednesday, the un security council meant to discuss the costs. we remain deeply concerned about the human rights abuses, displacement and other impacts on congress. the civilians suffering the brunt of this fighting civilians including the growing number of i, the peas and refugees, and soccer, gama and beyond, must be protected more than ever. humanitarian actors must be allowed to operate freely and deliver live, saving a to the rights of all. gomez, inhabitants, including former combatants, must be respected. louise do group as you will, as you are now in the risk of regional contagion is real. and as the capture of government entails major risk for the security of the population and has led to the

displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in mid club, we must put an end to the most of the francis strong. we condemn as best of friends, cdm 23 must immediately cease its offensive and withdraw from the territory as it has taken control of this. which ogle support for armed groups by all parties must disease. the priority is therefore to return to the cease fire and resume dialog. yep. but just for music, open out with the all talk and no action from the west. washington, as of the un to quote, consider measurements to stop the minutes of defensive and the so you, however, nothing is being proposed and form on a jury. and a presidential hopeful moved off of the 2nd says the united nations is essentially become irrelevant today when it comes to resolving button and a conflicts in africa. it is really very simple that um, i'll put the guns can continue to get off of the guns condition. there's some hold on your boss or some house behind the l. 23. there hopefully be part of the residence. so what piece do have we do have we have a democratic,

the democratically elected government in g, sasha. why not to support the government? dish outdoors. is what piece on everyone news, the data there. those are new schools are by enabling warranty. yeah, no. why did some one that is purchased as well, the model by new wisdom media, a newsroom. so these parts are available online and everyone news in the u. n. commercial point is will be shown on how to consume it due to the listing of some of them brush. and then i think the just starting a new service. that's why i did it over time. you with a new and has to become informed to complete a new one. and that is absolute need for a news to, to, to one to know, to manage the united nations for the war need to ship much more appropriately to

the systems well by the peculiarities of global, seldom visual and cannot get through to within the global. so then your team or community without involving the beneficiaries from the global notes. meanwhile, the south africa says 13 soldiers, most peacekeeping mission, the d. c has been killed by president serial. and i'm a forces that the troops with that to maintain order. while his defense minister want any further attacks will be considered an active will or so the stage window is by the above, i use the present deed one them to. so you feel when can, if i take it as a deal for the extent that people investment divided ones as well. so the fact is defense for signed the defense minister, a once again coming on the fire in the midst of conflict in central africa. this time, the 16 is the democratic republic of congo,

as we heard the news that so that's a good to. so coming, i'm defiant and not for the 1st time in that region, raises a few questions, many all asking, what is it doing to and why is it on the attack? and for a nation at peace, it does seem to be doing an awful lot of upside to central africa. but to answer some of those patients beside the south african national defense force is part of the full intervention brigade, along with troops from pennsylvania. and to my now we allow, we has also been hit by the recent fighting in the d. c, the 3 or 6 soldiers killed as well. so that's the cat has also a lot of history in the d. c. move in 10 years of it. so that african troops were part of the united nations peacekeeping efforts in the country in the early 2, thousands and the split tissues. and the routing parties have also tried their hand to add some mediation on several occasions,

which hasn't really worked out so far. and the dfcs has really been the pay sweetie . so the african government has tried to assume the mantle of african ownership as compared to what they have backed up their commitment on the ground. because there's quite a lot of different match a capital mistake and very important to note as well. so that's a console just to have a united nations mandate to be the they've been involved in many you in peacekeeping missions to the d. c. sanctioned by the united researchers to console, which gave us the rather the presence legitimacy on the international rules. it is a very dangerous commit. troops that the country has made, as we can see, it has really put itself right in the middle of everything. with 13 of its soldiers now killed. numberless add injuries and killings. probably not withstanding. the government is confident that to this is the right thing to do and the public as so that's a cost. but some of the statements that you're seeing coming from south africa side

has been criticized by the one that particularly the one made by defense minister engine was that what happened is until the one does the response. the minister of defense of south africa is lying. this is meaningless, bragging that will not bring peace in eastern di. i'll say in fact, south africa already confirmed that the firing came from aaron congolese, f, a r d c troops. let me be clear, the southern african development community mission is not a peacekeeping force. it is always being belligerent in mandate the attacks on rwanda, by some south african officials, necessitate a response. the role of the south african national defense, both in the d. c, has never been clear up to side with them. protect congolese, president, chief of katy, his genocidal allies, the law, his many local militias and his european mercenaries. to set the record straight, we will probably hear from the defense immunization. so the africa engine will say about what that morning was about, who it was made to, and by whom, specifically, because we also understand places in from a post. i did hold

a to the funny conversation, but he's the one to come to for the president can call me to discuss the recent um, escalation of that conflict. but the mission doesn't seem to be going well so far. i'm really not for so that i forgot. and at this stage the president of the country has reaffirmed pretoria is committed to peace urging everyone to respect the dfcs to retreat and to, to engage in different metrics processes to end the conflict. and when talking about africa, the british foreign secretary says that should be no hierarchy as it pertains to global conflicts. well, a comes as a london seemingly has an open checkbook for kia, fetching to support it for the next 100 years while keeping africa at a pretty safe distance. let's address this task. you attain the reports. so yes, kias has been the sun and the west as revolt around it. money westland support. it's thrown in the lot. but it's suddenly now being decided that the sudden

shouldn't be allowed to blind us to what else is going on in the universe. where is the best shipping? know how complex but there is a human life is of the quote, what the impacts of these was madam deputy speaker is clear to see you only have to be willing to look. i took not facts, atrocities like these, and struck my shoals fresh off the visit piece enough for the purchase for and secretary is taken off a new cools bottling, double standards. i the diluted old on the west that he and his country, or some of the was ages and the batches of that very injustice in 2022 for example, the d all c for a spike in finance and it's nice to provinces 26000000 of its people were food in

secure and all the 5000000 displaced. so the new k lend a helping hand pledging 21000000 pounds. generous. you might say, with just a few weeks arlia london had treated another of its allies to aid ukraine. go to hand out to the tune of 1300000000 pounds. yes. 1000000000. but please, let's fight the hierarchy of complex an o on who lives equal? the whole community must wait sharp and access. lovely to avoid this horrific desktop escalating further in the coming months. driving instability and a regular migration into europe in the u. k. under this government's plan for change, where addressing upstream drivers of migration to secure you keyboard as you pay has opened the store to over $250000.00 ukrainians and is just expended the sanctuary. complete with free health and education. but it seems as now for the up

no space for those victims of atrocities whom allow me wept over in parliament. why? oh, because talk is cheap. no one can resist a show. shame on purchase for pretending to be a partner of the global south while can dubbing black africans to further kidding, further rate for the salvation in a brute. so will, how many more things and these have to be killed a, how many more women have to be wrecked? how many more children have to go without food? while brittany doubles a rush up blocks a access politicians, the boys being good at this pick and choose approach. because while it is true that at the end of last year, not me gifted a $113000000.00 pounds just to dawn on the why to region. it's also true that a few years, anya was $7000000.00 children depended on assistance. and the u. n. was warning of

its fatal funding gap. the u. k. was no friend to call to flashing it said by of a 60 percent. and then a month to so late. so yes, just a month and managed to magic up a $1700000000.00 pounds known to you crate. so the key is not even out real time could be fault, it's navy on the black sea. and did you know that since fighting began the loudest, he's got 12 point a 1000000 pounds from london with no end in sight since the government took office. the u. k. has continued to step up support an international leadership on ukraine, including a commitment to provide $3000000000.00 pounds of military support to ukraine every year for as long as it takes. but that's a little bit, allow me a round of oppose for those pennies. he threw it so your dog note point 88 percent

of what keeps being given to date. so please, let's stop this hierarchy of conflicts. money of course is already one aspect of all this just as an experiment. i googled law me on through dawn. i got 7 pages of results. i googled me on the d l. c. 2 pages. i then googled allow me and hugh crate, 28 pages. but please note that the, you know, hierarchy. i will have it right. all animals, all equal, but some animals, a more equal than up. it's the same, it seems. with most, meanwhile, ukraine's biggest sponsor, washington has stopped only bits, military and economic support programs. the key of this often, donald trump signed an executive order to freeze for an aide for the 90 days of the suspension of funding for key, but supposedly delta, a serious blow to the nation. so cold independent media, some of which you can see on the screen are you crazy?

and media outlets have already started asking subscribers to donate, wanting them to the content may soon be subscription only. have a head of key of the mass information, is that the duty notes? it's outlets depend on weston grunts to survive. the most honest, unfortunately, almost 90 percent of ukrainian media survives on grants as the advertising market has fallen, particularly in the field of online media by 92 percent in the 1st year of the invasion. so far it has not recovered a doors to the navy. we spoke with dr. john with us on your end to the end, who recall the time before the 2014 us sponsored mind on qu when ukraine, the full, by the way, western aid poured into kickstart the whole and teen russia narrative. this is true, it is from the x ray i think by you is 8, what we can read and what we can hear. also, i remember in 2014, when there was the, my duncan, all of a sudden,

all kinds of media full. so and later on i found out that it was actually funded by the you, but a lot of it was funded by the u. s. 8. so that a lot of media, small media groups who are designed to say what they said for the resolution. and later, of course, for the war for the invasion as they call it. so, and now of course america is a school thing. you is 8 for 3 months. so the money is not coming in anymore. and this is the big problem. what's happening now for the media in the ukraine because you have the regular media course that's the big video post and so long. and i think they are still operating normal and still, you know, may be receiving advertisements and money or something. but i think they still receive money from the you because also in december last year, it was somehow a special grant from that you also, you know, providing for the media, give them more money. in december, he led the toppling a bush on

a side in damascus. and now just over a month later, he's officially taken the reigns of power in syria mohammed all delani, now known as alphabet. i'll shut all posts of both to the west and make colbert washington suddenly forgot about the $10000000.00 bounty on his head because he's now the countries interim later. the most of the victory itself is a duty for the task of the victors is heavy and the responsibility is great to fall and regime has left deep wounds, social, economic, political, and otherwise. and the healing them requires great wisdom, relentless work, and doubled efforts. delusional is the one who thinks that the time of struggle has passed and each has arrived. the new authorities have the souls, the people's assembled, the army, all security services and arm gloves, while also suspending the country's previous constitution. charles, entering my administration will now for my legislative council to run the country

and to a permanent constitution is approved. and in another major move devoss party, which will syria for all was 6 decades, is no more. it marks the end of the socialist policies that have shaped serious is 9263 and you government is already talking about privatizing state owned assets, subtracting for an investment, and we open an international trade show the reminder of the shake up and see where it didn't come out of nowhere and they started in late november when armed opposition groups led by how yeah, definitely there's some launched a lightning fast defensive the h t as is a college sion of syria based soon as list and search and groups that result from to i've had that know strong, i've called us for the branch and syria. met them shut off, was a group c fever and just say stacy's fast territories. ultimately capturing damascus eventually by side of the side was forced to step down and left the country, but disliked is sweeping changes in norman's challenges lie ahead,

see where it is in the economic crisis, verges with that's fine. the state of infrastructure rebuilding the country could cost as much as $400000000000.00. experts say it amounts far beyond serious hiring is to dp and politically. the road ahead is just as tricky. some western nations are cautiously optimistic between them to see re, to action on promised political reforms before fully engaging. one major shaped already in motion you asked and you are paying sanctions happening east offer in serious some economic breathing room. but full normalization, still a long way off as the world watches what happens next. the sweeping changes come just a day after delegation from russia, visit the syrian capital russians deputy, form and estimate is clear despite the power shift relations between moscow and damascus will not change in nature. but most of our relations are of a strategic nature. we provide unwavering support for the unity,

territorial integrity and sovereignty of the syrian arab republicans. this is the most important aspect of our relationship. despite recent events in syria, including the change and leadership principles approach remains unchanged. because in our view, only national unity just the key to preserving the sovereignty and unity of the syrian error of republic. we discussed the issues of trade and economic relations as well as the important infrastructure project. we would like to express our gratitude for the fact that our citizens and facilities were not tom during these recent events. and when it comes to series neighbors, one relationship spends out a 0 and a surprise and turns it was new leadership has found common ground was telling me if these really prom and us for a benjamin and yeah. even cold earlier. did you, how does take over a syria actually story day in the middle is crediting israel with helping bring down a thoughts, but there was a catch is really troops have since moved to 6. your key positions in southern

syria, particularly in the switch. you to go on hides and now israel's defense minister says they are not leaving mount had them on there was are we see this still plays anytime soon? so as serious steps into these on trotted waters, the road ahead is anything but smooth. the real test. well, whether this new leadership can unite the country, protects human rights and turn you found international support into last instability. the 2 guys are we go now with the so it hostage swap is, are set to take place later today. home us will free 8, including 5 tie nationals, and 3 is riley is an exchange, but over a 100 percent of students behind bars. and this comes as a sci fi that came into effect 2 weeks ago, remains very shaky at the idea of size is ready to terminated at any moment. the needs of i should, we are an army that takes great pride in implementing the decision to bring the hostages home. and we will be just as proud to return to operating if necessary

during the 2 previous exchangers or israel released the $290.00 palestinians, many serving live sentences are 3, is riley civilian hostages, and full female soldiers over ton through israel. and the jerusalem is accused how massive of breaching the deal while the idea of redeploy is its force it to the west bank and continues to eliminate so full threats. we heard that from one of the freed captives who was a jail by israel, the 4th leave without any charge for try that in. i was administered to be detained on december 26th, 2023. i've been detained multiple times. my last detention last 14 months and i was released as part of the deal. the suffering was immense. everything was terrible. it's worse than just saying it was bind multiples, impressions, malnutrition, and so on. they took our clothes and shoes. some female prisoners was severely beaten by presented ministration and gods. the experience was somewhat difficult. every aspect, food and living conditions, there wasn't much available. i don't know why i was detained, but it was administered attention based on the secret files,

an unknown reasons. during my last hearing, the prosecutor told me my detention was due to security concerns. maybe because people nothing more. of course, all the people prisoners were subject to the physical abuse. just before we were handed over to the red cross to a beach advice where the presence of his forces, some goals have the head job supposed to be removed. others had dogs unleashed on them. we didn't know anything because he will cut off and isolated. we only found out through the prison director who told us to propose and why the great prison uniform. that's when we realized there was a deal. we started to take it seriously fast, the prison forces and to the section. they told us to keep quiet, useful good language and so on. thankfully, you weren't released, not all my detentions were administrative. there wasn't a specific purpose, just to make our lives miserable. you were imprisoned without knowing why. an unfortunate b extensions are issued multiple times to me the extent of my detention 3 times each for 6 months without any evidence.