and joining me now is the mayor of wichita, lily wu. you for being with us at this extraordinarily difficult time. i know that the community did come together. you had an opportunity to speak to the people who live in wichita. tell us what folks are thinking and feeling right now. >> as you can only imagine, right now, our entire. >> community is in mourning. >> i've been in office for as long as this. >> flight from. wichita to. >> washington. >> dc has been in operation. >> and we face many challenges. >> but nothing like this. >> and right now our community is praying. our community. is mourning. we're praying. for the individuals. on that flight. the families who. >> are. >> affected. the friends who are unsure. >> if their friends. >> are on that flight. we are still waiting for a lot of information. >> to really be. released and confirmed. >> before we can react to that. but as one community. >> we came together. >> this afternoon. for a community. wide prayer. >> of all faiths. >> coming together. >> and. really praying. >> for h

here's wichita mayor lily wu. we really want ask each and every 10 kansan an american to pray for everyone involved. >> the ntsb will be leading this investigation. of course, we don't know the cause of the crash. it we don't know what went wrong. that is not the focus right now. these are the early hours of the investigation of the rescue efforts. believe it or not, they are still saying rescue efforts trying to find any survivors. keep in mind, though, as we said, that river, very cold. so we'll keep our eyes on that and see if they end up going to recovery efforts. but for now. dan, back to you. >> all right, sarah, thank you. president donald trump reacting to the news tonight on his site. truth social he posted in part, quote, why didn't the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw a plane, this is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. >> joining us now to help us to further understand this situation is ross amer a former pilot for united airlines. th

here's wichita mayor lily wu. we really want ask each and every 10 kansan an american to pray for everyone involved. definitely prayers out to the families involved. the ntsb will be leading this investigation. of course, at this time. we don't know the cause of this crash. we don't know what went wrong. >> and that's not really what they're focusing on right now. as i said, very active scene there, recovering people either possibly survived, recovering those who did not at the press conference. no numbers were given out. of course, they want to know who's okay, who's not? they said that they've been in contact with families of those who were on that american airlines flight and they have brought them to a lounge at the airport there so that they can give them the resources they need as they wait during this really fluid time. so no wild, an active situation, a tragic one at all right, sarah, thank you. >> the white house also reacting tonight, president donald trump in a statement said i've been fully briefed on

here's wichita mayor lily wu. really want ask each and every 10 kansan an american to pray for everyone involved. >> tell us. sara stinson reporting the ntsb is leading the investigation. and if we get any names of the victims throughout the morning here on the kron, 4 morning news. we will definitely pass those along. >> 9.34 is the time turning our attention back here to the bay area. travelers at bay area airports are reacting obviously to the tragic news that we've been following their out of dc area. now we're live at the both the airports in san francisco and oakland. let's go to sfo now with will tran will. >> now darya james. obviously i didn't speak to everybody, but i've been here many times. so many stories this morning feels dramatically different. you don't hear laughter in the air. it's somber is very sad. the flying community obviously well aware of what happened in dc as the investigation unfolds. many of them actually saw the video and those who didn't actually get a chance to show a pilot. the vi

mayor lily wu led a prayer vigil this afternoon. there is no word on how many people from kansas were killed. the accident is also hitting the bay area skating community hard. at least a dozen figure skaters, coaches and family members are among those killed in what should have been a routine trip for their sport. ktvu jesse gary is live in san jose tonight with that part of our coverage. jesse. >> christina, good evening to you. the skating community is a close knit community of parents, athletes, coaches and support staff. everyone in that community across the country and across the bay area feeling the loss from this latest tragedy. [music] >> we say, if you know a skater, you know all of us, you know, six degrees of separation. i think they say. >> at the yerba buena ice rink in san francisco, the joy of gliding along the ice is tempered by the gut punch of grief. 14 ice blue balloons now float on display for the 14 members of the u.s. figure skating community, who were killed when an american eagle flight on final approach to r

here's wichita mayor lily wu.ly want ask each and every 10 kansan an american to pray for everyone involved. >> and that was kron four's. sara stinson reporting the ntsb is leading this investigation. back in the bay area. there are travelers who are at bay area airports and some may be headed to dc at this point of the flights are not at reagan national aren't happening until at least 8 o'clock our time. but no matter where they're headed, everybody's thinking of what happened here in the last 24 hours. a kron four's will tran is live there at sfo. talking to them will. >> are you better believe the flying community? they are fully aware of what happened in dc and by the way, the first flight to dc took off about 30 minutes ago and we have 3 other flights, subsequent flights that will take off sometime this morning and into the afternoon. none of them are canceled. so even though the investigation is still ongoing in that area and it's big area, planes are still landing at reagan international. as far as the flyi

here's wichita mayor lily wu. we really want ask each and every 10 kansan an american to pray for everyone involved. >> and tinson reporting the ntsb is leading the investigation. we will keep you posted on air and on kron 4 dot com. >> course locally. we've got air travelers thinking about what happened there in dc. how can you not as you're about to board a flight today in the wake of what happened? you know, we've been live at oakland airport. an sfo kron four's will tran is in san francisco with the latest from there. i have been to sfo countless times throughout the decades and this is the first time. >> but i've been here that is feels somber, like nobody's laughing. nobody's just slapping each other on the backs. everybody knows exactly what happened in dc and to make matters worse. they are flying hours after it happened. so it is clearly on their minds. washington, d.c., flights not canceled as far as departures from sfo. 2 have already left to schedule for this afternoon. and of course, many more in the

the governor of kansas, governor laura kelly, and the mayor of wichita, mayor lily wu giving what information they can can offer very little to go by right now on this horrific crash. the american airlines flight involved here took off from wichita for washington, dc last night. let's bring in daniel elwell right now. he served as acting faa administrator in president trump's first administration. daniel, thanks for joining us. a source tells cnn that there was one air traffic controller working two different tower positions at the time of the collision last night. one person handling both local and helicopter traffic. what do you make of that information? we're told it's not that unusual, although obviously not optimal. >> jake, thanks. >> for having. >> me. >> no. >> it's not that unusual to have one person doing. >> two stations. >> especially when the traffic load. is not high. and my understanding is at that time it. wasn't a particularly high. >> traffic time. so it's not. >> not. >> abnormal. >> so the reagan national control tower is 85% staffed. we're told, with 24 of 28 positions fi

here's wichita mayor lily wu. we really want ask each and every 10 kansan an american to pray for everyone involved. well, as kron four's, sara stinson reporting the ntsb either going to be leading this investigation. of course. >> we don't know the cause of the crash yet or what went wrong. back here in the bay area. travelers, a bay area airports are reacting to the tragic news out of d c conference will tran is live at san francisco international airport with more. well. >> the flying community is reacting across the globe in san francisco international. no different. you can see all those people right behind me and i talk to many of them and they know right away exactly what happen. and they are flying just hours after that horrific crash out of washington, d.c.. let me show you video of the people moving about. we don't see any delays at this particular time. it looks like the first flight in and out of washington, d.c., as far as sfo is concerned is at around 7 o'clock this morning. and if it's coming in, we

>> this has been a news conference from wichita, kansas, mayor lily wu leading that. obviously, everyone in wichita city of about some 400,000 people has to be concerned this morning about the possibility they know someone that was on that american airlines flight 5342 to washington, dc. no survivors, 64 people on board, 60 passengers, four crew. they did not have a lot of information there. they weren't going to get out ahead of notifying those families, of the people who were on board. and they really were from everywhere as well. we know u.s. figure skating. the federation had a number of people on board that believed to be citizens from outside the united states as well. we will, of course, report when we do learn the identities of those on board. in the meantime, let's go back to washington, dc. rene marsh has been following the latest on the investigation. rene, what are you learning? >> so what we can tell you, john, is obviously as the search is underway, the big question and there are many what went wrong and which aircraft was in the right or wrong position,

here's wichita mayor lily wu. ask each and every 10 kansan an american to pray for everyone involved. >> and that was kron 4 sarah stinson reporting the ntsb is leading the investigation. we will let you know as we get more information about that. >> attention back here to the bay area. travelers at airports are obviously reacting to the tragic news there out of washington as we're all waking up to find out the latest kron four's will tran is live at sfo now with more from their will. >> here's what you need to know. it appears that the flights into washington, d.c., leaving sfo, they're all on time. so not diverted, not canceled. it looks like as far as the investigation scene. it is not hampering as far as the in and out of washington, d.c., at this particular time, the whole flying community obviously are reacting to what happened out of washington, d.c., at 6 o'clock last night. our time when the blackhawk helicopter hit the aircraft coming into the airport. we do know that they are in a recovery mode at this

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joining us now, the mayor of wichita, kansas, lily wu. mayor, thank you for being with us today.ibe how your community is doing today? >> well, thank you for the opportunity to share what is happening here, jose. here in wichita right now, our hearts are broken. i have said this from the get go that this is truly a tragedy. we are the air capital of the world and we just. >> got done celebrating the us. >> figure skating championships being held here in our community. so our community is hurting. >> because i know. >> that there were athletes and family members. who were part. >> of the. >> individuals who were on that flight. we have community members who. >> were born and raised right here. >> in wichita, who. whose families have now identified. and it is just a really heavy time. >> in the city of wichita. in kansas. >> and in. >> the nation. >> you know, what have you heard? what's the latest on the investigation? have you are you satisfied with the cooperation, communication between local, state and federal officials? >> i actually am very. grateful that there is that line o

this is the mayor of wichita, lily wu.s or people? >> the care team. >> was activated last. >> night. and one family. was there. >> and i want to say thank you to our local. >> media partners. who were. >> respectful here. >> in wichita. >> that says. >> a lot. >> about. >> our community. >> the care. team was. >> there to provide comfort. >> for that. >> family. and the council. >> members were. >> also there to provide. >> comfort for them. but at this time, that. >> is all we have in regards to family members. >> do you. >> know. >> how. >> many families. >> did show up. >> last night? only one. pretty normal for the beginning of this flight. >> taking off. >> i'll say that again, is everything. >> is a flight normal. >> taking off? >> i will have jesse. >> yes. to our knowledge, everything occurred as normal. >> so there was no abnormality. >> to the operation. >> that this flight continue. >> as normal tonight. >> where is this flight? on hold. >> you know. >> i know. reagan national was shut down for a while. they ha