michael smerconish always enjoy having your perspective on the show, sir.nk you so much for being here. see you next week. thank you. do tune in to smerconish. it's tomorrow morning, 9 a.m. eastern, right here on cnn. all right. it's 52 minutes past the hour. here is your morning roundup. a bering air flight with ten people on board is now missing in western alaska. the plane was last seen on the radar flying over the norton sound on thursday evening. the coast guard and the air force, now assisting in the search. the flight was heading to nome, alaska. here are pictures of the conditions at the airport as the plane went missing. alaska senator dan sullivan put out a statement that says, quote, our thoughts and prayers are with the passengers, their families, and the rescue crew. president trump has now removed federal election commission chair ellen weintraub from her position. weintraub, writing a statement on x that says this in part, quote, there's a legal way to replace fec commissioners. this isn't it. end quote. weintraub was first appointed to serve

i'm michael smerconish here. in philadelphia. >> a medical jet carrying. >> six people crashed into a philly neighborhood, causing a massive explosion that affected nearby homes and vehicles. the small. >> plane was carrying a pediatric patient and her mother. >> along with four crew members, a pilot. >> copilot. >> doctor and medic. at this time, authorities. >> cannot confirm any survivors from the crash were awaiting a news conference. >> perhaps this. >> hour. >> from here in philadelphia. as we. >> get updates. >> we'll bring them. >> to you. >> this all coming. >> after the tragic blackhawk and american airlines collision. >> that killed 67. >> people near reagan. >> national airport on wednesday night. >> a chilling collision above the potomac. >> upended after the consoler in chief pivoted and began. >> playing the blame. >> game and speculating while. providing no evidence that diversity and. >> hiring policies of. >> prior administrations somehow. >> caused this tragedy. >> the faa's website states they

michael. >> smerconish in philadelphia. >> yes. >> it's a. >> childhood classic, but it. >> turns out. >> that. >> sesame street is at the center of a much bigger conversation about how your tax dollars are spent, and who decides what stays and what goes. because right now, the u.s. agency for international development usaid, is on the brink of being dismantled by the trump administration. late friday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from putting at least 2200 aid workers on leave just hours before those employees were set to either go on infinite leave or get fired. cnn had reported that the agency planned to keep fewer than 300 of u.s. aid's 10,000 workers as essential personnel. labor groups have sued president trump to stop him calling the slashing of programs, people and funding an unconstitutional power grab that only congress can authorize. but they warn that the impact is already deadly. halting malaria prevention, stopping hiv clinical trials and leaving humanitarian workers jobless overnight. trump says he doesn't need congress. he calls usaid a viper's nest of