united airlines says during takeoff, united flight 1382 received an indication about one engine and halted the takeoff. >> which engine was it? >> engine two is our indication. right engine. >> reporter: more than a hundred passengers and five crew members were on board, united airlines says, including darya amaya shelton. >> we heard a big popping sound that was loud enough to startle me out of my sleep. and then the plane jolted to a stop. >> reporter: she and fellow passengers seen here sliding to safety. >> seeing the smoke off the wing was really scary, and then seeing the intensity of everyone just trying to get off the plane orderly was a lot. >> reporter: passengers left waiting on the runway with the plane before officials say they were bussed back to the terminal. the faa says they will investigate. those united airlines passengers finally in the air. after an early morning takeoff scare. that plane will be taken out of service in order to be inspected and repaired before it flies again in the hopes that something like this will not happen again. back to you. >> priscilla, thank

tonight, those united airlines passengers finally in the air after an early morning takeoff scare. >> priscilla joins us now live from george bush intercontinental airport. priscilla, what are the next steps in this investigation? >> yeah, hallie, this plane will be taken out of service to be inspected and repaired before it can fly again in the hopes that something like this does not happen again. hallie? >> priscilla thompson, thank you. >>> new details tonight on what exactly an american airlines flight did just seconds before that crash over the potomac river on wednesday. aaron gilchrist has the latest from washington where victims' families today gathered to honor the lives lost. >> reporter: a somber gathering on runway 3-3 today, dozens of loved ones of the victims of the plane crash attending the memorial service at the river's edge. parents and children, siblings and spouses all in mourning near the site of a crash between a helicopter and american airlines flight 5342. tonight laying out plans to salvage the wreckage with a massivcrane already in position on the water. >> i

. >>> the scare onboard a united airlines flight to new york city. flames seen coming from the engine. the horrific scene in court today. the hearing in a murder case erupting in a courtroom brawl. >>> tonight, the pileup on the highway here in the northeast as we track two major storms. one hitting now, the other a potential ice storm from the midwest right into the northeast. lee goldberg has the new forecast. >>> the driver plunging 100 feet off the highway. the rescue tonight. >>> and california's heroes take center stage at the grammys. ♪ california dreamin ♪ ♪ on such a winter's day ♪ >> david: the tributes to the firefighters, the first responders, and the thousands who lost everything. >>> good evening and it's great to start a new week with all of you at home. we begin tonight with the breaking news, just a short time ago, president trump, after two phone calls with canada's prime minister, putting those 25% tariffs on hold with canada. they were set to go into effect at midnight tonight. on hold now for 30 days, and this comes just hours af

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. >> terrifying moments on this united airlines flight headed from houston to new york city.mes bursting out of the wing. >> i could feel the plane going super fast, like we were about to take off, and all of a sudden it felt like it, like slammed back to the ground. everyone started screaming and the plane felt like it was kind of fishtailing. it was swerving all over the runway. >> smoke filling the plane. >> people were screaming. there were people jumping over the seats trying to get off the plane. >> passengers scrambling down an emergency slide onto the runway. the faa says takeoff was safely aborted because of a reported engine issue. an investigation now underway. meanwhile, new details about this medical jet crash in philadelphia friday. the cockpit voice recorder has been found eight feet down inside this massive crater where the learjet made impact the surrounding scene, littered with burned out cars. an 11 year old and her 31 year old mother, along with these four crew members, were killed. one person on the ground was also killed and 22 were injured, some critica

a united airlines flight catching fire sunday after a reported engine issue, the faa said. more than 100 passengers and five crew members were aboard the new york-bound flight. the video show s a chaotic scen. >> we had a popping noise that was loud enough to jolt me out of sleepe just trying to get off the plane orderly was a lot. >> no injuries have been reported. the faa is investigating. >>> and in philadelphia, a major s y they have found the black box, the plane's cockpit recorder. here's emilie ikeda. >> reporter: new images of the force of impact from the deadly plane crash in northeast philadelphia. investigators standing in the crater left behind. that's where they found a key piece of evidence, the cockpit voice recorder that looks the medevac plane nosedived less than a minute after takeoff before exploding friday night. officials now reporting that furious blast injured 22 people. >>of the victims remain hospitalized. currently, and three of them are in critical condition. >> reporter: andre howard's 10-year-old son remains in the hospital after he was struck i

el aviÓn de united airlines se disponÍa a despegar en el aeropuerto internacional george bush cuandoes estÁ pidiendo que completen un cuestionario. los empleados tendrÁn que responder antes del lunes a las 15:00 de la tarde si participaron en Órdenes de registro, entrevistas o testificaron en el juicio. se cree que unos 4000 agentes del fbi recibieron este formulario. mientras tanto, el departamento de justicia estÁ analizando medidas disciplinarias que podrÍan resultar en despidos. hoy, el presidente donald trump hablÓ a la prensa en el air force one de varios temas, incluyendo los aranceles que ha impuesto a mÉxico, canadÁ y china. el mandatario dijo que maÑana hablarÁ con el primer ministro de canadÁ, justin trudeau, y la presidenta claudia sheinbaum sobre estos aranceles. tambiÉn agregÓ que la uniÓn europea tambiÉn podrÍa ver una sanciÓn similar. >> with the european union i can tell you that because they've really taking advantage of us and you know we have over the three hundred billion dollar deficit. they don't take our cars. they don't take our farm products. they take almos

the faa says the air wisconsin flight was on its way to the gate when it collided with the united airlinese plane's wing striking the car, flipping it over and pinning the driver underneath. the driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition but is expected to survive. >>> federal employees are now no longer allowed to use pronouns in their government e-mail signatures. a memo sent by the trump administration over the weekend included instruction thes for how employees should edit their signatures. we've already seen this work former biden officials like former transportation secretary pete buttigieg remove he/him december egg nations from if his social media -- designations. rachel: that's not all he removed. this is an incomplete headline. he removed chas. [laughter] there was a picture of them holding hands -- charlie: and replaced him with a picture of rocks. joey: i will not be removing "hee haw" -- [laughter] rachel: that was one of the most obnoxious trends. isn't it nice to see it go away? charlie: it was so insufferable. rachel: you know it's happening if pete buttigieg is

we have a scare aboard a united airlines jet bound for new york.m one of its engines after catching fire as it was taking off from houston. our transportation correspondent gio benitez has that story. >> please remain seated. >> reporter: this morning terrifying moments caught on camera. flames bursting out of the wing of this united airlines flight from houston to new york. >> when we were speeding to getting in the air, something happened. >> felt like it slammed back to the ground. everyone started screaming. the plane felt like it was kind of fish tailing. it was swerving all over the runway. >> reporter: the routine flight stopping just moments before takeoff, smoke quickly filling the cabin. >> people were screaming. there were people jumping over the seats trying to get off the plane. >> reporter: 104 passengers and crew safely evacuating. some scrambling down an emergency slide onto the runway. >> i thought i was gonna die. i'm just happy once they said everyone evacuate the plane. once i was outside i was hoping the jet wouldn't blow up in

a united airlines flight was forced to abort its takeoff after engine trouble, and a fire ignited from wing of the aircraft. gloria is tracking all of that from the live desk. >> as you can imagine, a terrifying experience for the 104 passengers on board a united flight from houston to new york yesterday. flames burst from the wing of the plane while smoke filled the cabin. passengers had to evacuate using the emergency slide onto the runway. >> i could feel the plane going super fast, like we were about to take off, and all of a sudden it felt like it, like slammed back to the ground. everyone started screaming and the plane felt like it was kind of fishtailing. >> nobody was hurt. united says that passengers were rebooked on other flights yesterday afternoon. outside washington, d.c. today, crews will begin lifting pieces of the crashed american airlines plane, an army helicopter that crashed into the potomac river last week. 55 of the 67 victims have been recovered. the ntsb is looking into the height of the helicopter before the crash. officials say they have discovered some confli

. >>> united airlines flight was evacuated in houston sunday after an apparent issue with the engine.ng passengers to use emergency exits just before the plane was scheduled to take off for new york. more than 104 passengers and five crew members were on board at the time. all passengers were taken back to the terminal and no injuries have been reported. >>> nbc news has learned some of the immigrants are arrested in the first days of the trump administration have already been released back to the u.s. that is according too sources familiar with the operations. those that have been released are being kept in a monitoring program. immigrations and customs enforcement or i.c.e., can track them by ankle monitors or wristbands. our nbc news correspondent is behind some of that exclusive reporting and joins us now. president trump has promised mass deportations to people in the u.s. illegally. why would some of those arrested be coming back to the u.s.? can you explain? >> it is because they are short on space. even though trump promised to the biggest deportation operation in american his

another scary scene in houston, texas, a united airlines flight forced to abort takeoff after engine trouble and a fire igniting from the wing of the aircraft. gloria is tracking all of it at the live desk. gloria. >> a terrifying experience for the 104 passengers on board a united flight from houston to new york yesterday. flames burst from the wing of the plane while smoke filled the cabin. passengers had to evacuate using the emergency slide onto the runway. >> i could feel the plane going super fast, like we were about to take off, and all of a sudden it felt like it like slammed back to the ground. everyone started screaming and the plane felt like it was kind of fishtailing. >> nobody was hurt. united says that passengers were rebooked on other flights yesterday afternoon and outside of washington, d.c. today, crews will begin lifting pieces of the crashed american airlines plane, an army helicopter that crashed into the potomac river last week. 55 of the 67 victims have been recovered. the ntsb is looking into the height of the helicopter before the crash. officials say they h

then midday on sunday, a united airlines flight from houston to laguardia airport in new york city caught fire on the runway. passengers could see smoke and flames coming from the wing of the plane. look at that. they were initially told to stay in their seats. the passengers reportedly objected to that instruction, because they could see the smoke and flames coming out of the wing of the plane. passengers were then evacuated off that plane using slides and stairs onto the tarmac in houston. so in the space of five days, that's the first major commercial air disaster in this country in more than 15 years. and then another catastrophic and deadly plane crash, and then an airport collision, and then a commercial plane fire that causes an on tarmac evacuation of all the passengers, and a nationwide critical system failure that grounded flights all over the country, all in five days. all in five days. and who knows, maybe. maybe that's just bad luck. or you know what? resign? why don't you resign? why don't the people who caused this mess, who oversaw, who proceeded over this mess, resign? th

. >> investigators are looking into an engine issue that caused a united airlines flight to evacuateefore takeoff. the plane was scheduled to depart from houston to new york early on sunday, when a fire broke out. video from a passenger showing smoke and flames coming from the wing. no injuries reported, nor 104 passengers and five crew members were safely evacuated using slides and stairs. i know these are all isolated cases, but so many people on social are talking about flying and the safety of flying. >> it feels like a lot at the moment. isn't it all coming at once? right? still to come, more on president donald trump's steep tariffs on mexico, canada and china and the things that are expected to get even more expensive in the united states. >> as a result of them. plus, thousands of venezuelan migrants in the united states have lost their legal status. what's next for them? >> it's the news. welcome back. but it's also kind of not the news. >> watch all the information. >> on this show. >> so terrible. >> have i got news for you returns february 15th on cnn. >> a sleep number s

delta airlines announced it would finally restart direct flights to tel aviv in april and i hope united airlines and american airlines will quickly follow suit and resume direct flights to israel. turning back to the topic at hand i'm grateful to president trump for raising public awareness about the state of the panama can now and the threats to american interests. we cannot afford to let american shippers be extorted, we cannot turn a blind eye of panama exploits an asset of michael commercial and military importance and we cannot stay idled by -- we cannot stay idle while china is on the march in our hemisphere. i expect that hemisphere -- i turned to ranking member campbell for her opening statement. sen. kim: ball -- sen. cantwell: access to the panama canal is essential. ensuring our national security. with about 72% of the goods transiting the canal coming to or from u.s. markets, a stable waterway is vital for states like mine where one in four jobs are related directly or indirectly to trade. seattle-based ssa marine operated in an international terminal in panama is our largest u.s. lo

visit purple.com jon: airplane scare and a major airport today united airlines flight had to abort taket houston's george bush intercontinental airport. the passengers had to exit the plane using stairs and the emergency slides. nobody was hurt the plane was headed to new york's laguardia airport. no word yet on what led to the fire the faa is investigating. another investigation underway into the philadelphia medical plane crash that killed all six people on board and one on the ground. identities of those killed are starting to be released as investigators asked the public for help in getting some answers. cb cotton is live in philadelphia with more. >> hi jon, clean up crews have been working all weekend to remove that wreckage from here behind me. this tragedy claiming a total of seven lives. we also learned today that at least 22 people were injured. three of those people remained in critical care today sore thoughts and prayers are with them. city officials also said the road behind me where this all took place will reopen tomorrow by at rush hour. so some sense of normalcy is ret

i mean, i would point out that the prior to this accident, the last time that a united states airlineras in a mid-air collision was in september of 1978. this is a system that operates depending how you count 30,000 airline or bring in the maybe 45,000 instrument flights every day. and so the system works incredibly well. yet this horrific accident happened. so everybody in the community will be absolutely determined to do whatever is necessary to make sure that it can't happen again. and of course, there's discussion of the particular challenges of reagan airport and the mix of, uh, of military traffic. and here also just the use of visual separation. i'm a pilot. it's not unusual. the controller says, have you visually acquired the aircraft? can you maintain visual separation, fall behind? um, you know, these are things. that, um, there's room for human error. and i would just like to say that, uh, among accident investigators is kind of an expression, which is that when you find the human error, that isn't the end of the investigation. that is the beginning of the investigation. mea

my name is sammy broadnax and i represent fillmore united airlines. we are here today asking not telling you what we really want . we really want our rights as being a citizen of america. we have been treated so wrong as black people not only in san francisco but all over the world. it is time for this city to wake up and see what you lose in when you lose the black man you lose everything. this country cannot stand it any more. i myself i'm bringing up the rail all the time. i'm bringing up the real but my friend let me tell you something before you all let's say we're coming here in washington. >> check them out. i did safeway started out a whole then they went to iowa. you store taxes and taxes, rent them out. you know why racism the most racist people in the world there is no safe way is silent california they pass southern california and came to la la california here i now see me as a man instead of a vegetable. i love san francisco. >> oh the reason why is because time is concluded. >> thank you for sharing your comments with the committee. >> c

my name is sammy broadnax and i represent fillmore united airlines. here today asking not telling you what we really want . we really want our rights as being a citizen of america. we have been treated so wrong as black people not only in san francisco but all over the world. it is time for this city to wake up and see what you lose in when you lose the black man you lose everything. this country cannot stand it any more. i myself i'm bringing up the rail all the time. i'm bringing up the real but my friend let me tell you something before you all let's say we're coming here in washington. >> check them out. i did safeway started out a whole then they went to iowa. you store taxes and taxes, rent them out. you know why racism the most racist people in the world there is no safe way is silent california they pass southern california and came to la la california here i now see me as a man instead of a vegetable. i love san francisco. >> oh the reason why is because time is concluded. >> thank you for sharing your comments with the committee. >> could we

people were calling american airlines and delta and united saying, is my flight still on? because they wanted to get on the plane to get to where they have to do, because that's how we do business in america. the reason people went to reagan national airport in washington the morning after that crash is because we trust that these systems will work. the ntsb is investigating the plane crash tonight in philadelphia so that we know what happened. and as a result of knowing what happened, changes may be made, changes to training, changes to the way airplanes operate, changes to air traffic control. that's government. all countries have governments. americans are. we have been so far lucky enough to live with the government of a confident democracy. stuff works in safe and predictable ways. and when something happens, like what happened on wednesday and something doesn't work in a predictable way, we take this very seriously and we try to get to the bottom of it. that's what has historically happened. but donald trump's shtick is that the government is a deep state swamp. the

. >> reporter: that crash between a black hawk helicopter and an american airlines plane, the deadliest crash in the united states in nearly a quarter century. the ntsb working to determine if there were discrepancies in the tower radar seen by air traffic control, which may have shown the helicopter at 200 feet. >> initial data indicates that he may have seen 200 feet. that needs to be verified. our atc group is working it. >> reporter: but some of the most trusted location data shows the crash happening at just over 300 feet. which is above the black hawk's allowed altitude of 200. investigators now bringing in cranes to help lift the wreckage. so far, 55 bodies have been recovered from the river. >> reuniting those lost in the tragic incident is really what keeps us all going. >> reporter: and we're learning more about those 67 lives lost wednesday night. aboard that black hawk, three soldiers. 28-year-old ryan o'hara, 39-year-old andrew lloyd eaves, and 28-year-old rebecca lobach. her family saying rebecca was a warrior and would not hesitate to defend her country in battle. she also serves as a white

united states over recent years. there was also that incident exactly a year ago with alaska airlines, fortunately, there was no lossair transport system. a prayer vigil is held in an auditorium in wichita, kansas, the city in the us midwest where this plane took off from. hello there. well, for many of us, it was a fine second and sunshine on offer on sunday. full week of february too. but it's quite a mixed week of weather ahead. it will turn briefly milder, with many of our temperatures approaching the far north—west of scotland. it's quite blustery here and it's also a mild start to monday morning. we'll keep the largely clear skies here through the night. blustery for the western isles, for north—west scotland, and south—east england. southwards and eastwards. and it's mild, particularly across northern ireland, 12 celsius. some outbreaks of rain. really too cloudy, too windy, too wet for some to see any kind as we head through tuesday. but we're starting off on a wet note for southern scotland, north—west england, down through western wales up nicely here. there will be some sunshine. staying rather grey but l

they have done only barely 48 hours ago at 8:50 p.m., is when the crash of american airlines flight 5342 and that united states army black hawk helicopter happened not far from where i'm standing in the potomac river. it is raining here as well today and or this evening, and that will also be a factor that, of course, investigators will want to look into the weather. not particularly good at philadelphia northeast international airport. low overcast, rain and mist. that will be something that investigators will fold into their investigation as they just begin this. we are at the very opening stages of trying to figure out exactly what happened here. >> and pete, how much fuel do you would an aircraft like this have for? i mean, if it's going to to branson, from from philadelphia, more than a thousand miles. >> um, the gallons would have to be in the hundreds. anderson. i'm not totally sure of the fuel capacity on the lear 55. it usually has a capacity of about 6,000 pounds. um, that's a significant amount of fuel. um, it private business jets measure fuel in pounds, not gallons. that's a bit of a differ

. >> this busiest runway in the united states is just going to increase the chance of a significant incident. >> who cares. >> about the airlines? >> we ought to care. >> about safety. >> we ought to care. >> about passengers. the last thing we want. >> is for there to be something. >> bad happen out. >> at that. >> airport. >> and people. >> stick a mike in our face and say, hey, you. knew all this and you were warned, but you voted for it anyway. >> wow. well, of course it was hard to compete with the decades long lobbying efforts by groups backed by the airlines like this one. congress can. >> help lower prices. >> for consumers. >> by allowing more flights. >> experts agree dca. >> has the capacity to handle more flights. more flights mean more affordable. >> access for all the old. >> rules, drive up prices. >> and stifle competition. >> air travelers. >> deserve better. >> the airline industry's arguments for more deregulation haven't changed since they started in 1978, when congress passed a law giving the airline industry more freedoms, allowing airlines to decide their own routes. the airlines argued that by doing so,

airline crashes. and before wednesday, there was not a major commercial crash in the united states since the colgan air crash of 2009, which left an indelible mark on aviation. the sad reality is crashes involving general aviation airplanes, small airplanes, business jets are much more common, although they rarely do happen in heavily populated, densely populated areas. >> pete, pete, you have a lot of new information here. um, can you just i want to emphasize something here, as the story is, is ongoing. we had initially been told it was a single engine plane. so you're now talking about a lear business jet. >> developing by the minute. >> that's a, that's a that's a dual engine jet. it's a jet. that's more fuel. um, that's a serious jet. it can go a long distance. right? i mean, that also could change how many people we don't know how many people, obviously, a business jet that would limit your number of people on board. we're not talking commercial, but it just shows that even what we've learned here in the past few minutes has changed the trajectory of the story a bit. >> no doubt. i'm just going to

united states of america? >> i don't know specific statistics but it is pretty rare. a majority of airlinersre not rear mounted engines. the learjet is known for being a little more challenging to fly anyway and the close proximity of the two engines to each other, if one catastrophically failed, and it does happen on occasion, it could have infiltrated the other engine or as i said, the rear flight controls which is what it looks like. >> jesse: and the jet is registered in mexico. what would that indicate? just ownership? >> aircraft registration all over the world, just like ships or registered in the bahamas. i'm not familiar with the company. they could have owned it in mexico, leased it to a u.s. company, it could be here on work. it doesn't really mean anything. it would still undergo the same inspections as a u.s. aircraft. >> jesse: got it, think you so much. >>> let's get into our local fox affiliate. getting local coverage on the ground, listen. >> it was a medical flight. >> we're the same thing. >> dr. in patients on board. it is heartbreaking. >> it is heartbreaking for anybody

helicopter collided with american airlines regional jet liner over potomac river at reagan national airport. 67 lives lost. the first major fatal commercial plane crash in the united the wake of the collision, sean duffey had a clear message for american public. >> when americans take off in airplanes they should expect to land at the destination. >>> a recent study found that flying has never been safer, reportg that risk of fatality from commercial air travel, a big improvement from every 7.9 million from 2008 to 2017, a far cry from the one in every 350,000 boardings from 1968 to 1977. a former ntsb and faa aircraft accident investigator. >> there should be no hesitation by any american citizen to get on a major airline commercial flight today. >> captain sully sullenberger became a national hero when he landed u.s. airways plane on the hudson river after a bird strike in 2009 saving everyone on board. she spoke thursday morning and reiterated that flying is the safest way to travel. >> every time you are on a plane there are thousands of people doing important things that in many ways keep us safe. >> reporter: adding complacency isn't an option. >> a lot of p

united states? well, trump had something to say about that just a second ago. and today, crews are removing from the potomac river pieces of the american airlines jet involved in last week's deadly crash. and now that investigators have recovered the black boxes from both that jet and the black hawk helicopter, we could soon get some more answers about what went so tragically wrong. wednesday night. welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper. we're going to start with breaking news in our politics lead. in just a few hours, a full blown trade war could begin just after midnight tonight, president trump's 25% tariffs on most goods from canada and 10% tariffs on chinese imports is scheduled to take effect. the peterson institute for international economics estimates that trump's tariffs will cost the median american household about $600 extra per year, while chinese and canadian leaders are scrambling to try to stop trump's looming threat from becoming reality. now, trump and outgoing canadian prime minister justin trudeau just wrapped up a phone call. we will bring you that readout as soon as we get it. this as canada is announcing its own retaliatory tariffs on u.s.

airline. as i've dug into this even more and talk to a direct source with knowledge in another unit and eventually this is a good news story were lucky to have that part of it to see it can be exploited come get us information help answer some hard questions, the altitude and by the way also the communications between air traffic control and the black box in the blackhawk in trying to sort out was there may be a communication challenge between the two? that remains to be seen but the fact the box exist on this aircraft now that is been discovered is very good news spoke with the upper limit for flight of a helicopter along that river is 200 feet is it not? >> it is yes. flown that same airspace basically got a floor, ceiling got left and right vertical yoyouare supposed to fly withint all times that is a procedural restriction and limitation period but there's nothing physical that stops the pilot from climbing out of that altitude is something happens early stop paying attention for we do not know it happened it would not be hard to climb above 200 feet. >> the accident apparently happened accord

american airlines jet and then absolutely horrific headlines like this offensive conspiracy fueled tweets ensued that went viral. jo ellis was the number two most trending topic in the united states on x late friday morning, with more than 90,000 posts, according to trends 24, a website that tracks trending topics. i suspect the visibility that came from the radio interview, along with the article we published, it's mercola.com put joe's name in play such that she became an easy target for some of the twisted voices that have outsized influence online. joe became collateral damage linked, blamed via high speed internet to a tragedy with which she had nothing to do. collateral in the president's unfounded theories and attempt to divert attention away from real conversations about who's going to lead our country and what truly happened in the crash. and now she'll forever represent a cautionary tale of how the combination of loose talk and trigger fingers on keypads can sully a person's reputation and subject them to online ridicule, scorn and threats. joining me now is joe ellis. nice to see you, joe. how did this all happen? from your perspective, where were you? what were