two of those incidents involved helicopters near reagan national airport. third event, also involving a helicopter near reagan, occurred in 2022, and the night before wednesday's crash, another plane approaching the airport changed course after a helicopter flew near its path. >> as a. >> helicopter over georgetown. >> northbound, 300ft. >> we had a rabbit. >> ra 4514 going around. >> go around, turn right, heading. >> 250, maintain 3000. >> we had. an ra with. >> a helicopter traffic below. >> us at this airport. >> it was. >> considered an issue by people who used the airport and who knew about the problems. >> so at. >> this point, no one can say it wasn't a problem. it wasn't. a known. >> about reagan national airport was built to handle 15 million passengers a year. >> it now has about 25 million annually. and just last year, congress authorized five additional round trip routes. >> i fought very. >> hard and tried to convince my colleagues last year that it was a mistake to add more flights. >> because this is. >> an airport that is already. >> among t

there have been about 40 of them on site here at reagan national airport and out in the dark, cold potomac river, looking at the wreckage from american airlines flight 5342 and that u.s. army black hawk helicopter, the human toll is on them as well. and of course, they will very likely be launching to another investigation in less than three days time. >> you talked about a possible mexican registration of this aircraft, and that it may be linked to a company that that that talk about what you know about where this plane may have come from. >> the open source data shows that this plane carries a tail number prefix of x, a x ray alpha. that means it's from mexico. it's not the typical n november registration that you see on airplanes that originate and are registered in the united states. i've not had a chance to dig into the registry data for this airplane. of course, an airplane like this would typically be registered to a company. it's very rare that a private individual would own a large business jet, like a lear 55. like this typically holds two crew, maybe ten passengers, depending on

helicopters are now banned indefinitely in the area around reagan national airport. >> maurice: i'm maurice that is where that u.s. army black hawk helicopter collided wednesday evening with an american airlines regional jet inbound from wichita as it was attempting to land. it appears at this point the helicopter flew into the the plane's flight path. >> john: the 64 people aboard the plane and the three soldiers on the black hawk were killed. more than 20 have yet to be recovered. the washington, d.c., fire chief says that will have to wait until the plane's fuselage is pulled out of the potomac. >> maurice: recovery teams worked under rainy skies today along the banks of the frigid river. all the flight recorders for both aircraft have now been recovered intact. senior transportation correspondent kris van cleave is at reagan airport with the latest on the investigation tonight. kris? >> reporter: maurice, the move to restrict helicopters drew praise from american airlines ceo and several key senators. those recorders that have been recovered, those are crucial pieces of this investigati

is it time for you to separate out helicopter traffic from regular passenger traffic here at reagan airport? >> yeah, look, it's an ongoing investigation. but clearly we can see that helicopter traffic and airline traffic doesn't mix. >> reporter: on board the regional jet, 28 members of the u.s. figure skating community, most of them teenagers, parents, and coaches. today a moment of silence at skating centers nationwide, including wichita, site of last week's championships. >> and tom is joining us now from reagan airport. tom, when do we expect to lrn more about the chopper's black box? >> ntsb is expecting to give us a readout tomorrow. they're trying to synchronize the flight data and the cockpit voice recorders, but the chopper's black boxes were not time stamped, so it's taking some time. in addition, they have finished interviewing all of the air traffic controllers. hallie? >> tom costello, thank you. >>> out west, some 13 million people are under flood watches across california tonight, where an atmospheric river is bringing a lot of rain and flooding, look at that, to tow like th

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anchor: the faa is indefinitely restricting helicopter flights around reagan national airport. airport is now running at a reduced capacity with only one runway open. donald trump suggested the helicopter involved in the collision was flying too high at the time of the crash. but he did not provide evidence to back up his claims. let's get the very latest in this ongoing story. we are joined by our correspondent who is at reagan national. what can you tell us about this recovery operation and what comes next? >> we are getting some updated numbers. 41 are now recovered from the potomac river. 28 people have now been identified. obviously difficult news for the family and loved ones who are still in the region waiting for more news. those recovery efforts are continuing. we saw today many people working in ic conditions. the rain today really slowing down some of the recovery effort. we heard very that press conference, in order to find more of the victims, they will have to take the aircraft out of the river. they say they are waiting on some heavier equipment and that could ta

>> aaron gilchrist at reagan airport, thank you. >>> we are learning more about the 67 victims who died during that crash. family members now speaking out, paying tribute to the lives cut far too short. aaron mclaughlin has their stories. >> reporter: mourning the loss of his wife and 12-year-old son. they were flying back from the elite ice skating camp in kansas. shawn a figure skater with big dreams, julia a devoted wife and mother of four. >> the chances of this happening are worst than winning the lottery, just think of that and it just happened. >> reporter: when beptali heard news of the crash he raced from their home in delaware to reagan national airport. >> i haven't seen any ambulances going to hospitals. in essence, just explained everything. >> reporter: he returned hours later to tell his three surviving children their mom and brother were gone. >> it was critical for me to drive back from the airport before the kids wake up. they understood. their reaction was shock and followed by disbelief. and my 7-year-old asked, you know, can we reboot them? >> reporter: i'm sorry. y

. >> reagan airport last week killed 67 people. today crane started pulling wreckage from the water while crews worked to recover more victims. our washington correspondent maddie bear temple reports. >> crews began lifting the wreckage from the potomac river monday morning. today was a very successful day for the most part, u.s. army corps of engineers. colonel francis para says authorities recovered parts of the american airlines jet that collided with an army helicopter last week and left 67 people dead. those are our goals for today. >> the fuselage, the engine and the paris as the operations tuesday will focus on the cockpit. >> the number of victims identified is still at 55, according to dc fire assistant chief gary steen. he says they recovered more remains today. these remains as well as remains that have been recovered previously. >> in the process of being positively identified. steen says he believes the remaining victims are in the wreckage. this is >> tragic. the recovery efforts come after families of the victims vis

. >> recovery operations are under way after that deadly plane crash near reagan airport in dc killed 67 people today cranes started pulling wreckage from the water while crews work to recover more victims. our washington correspondent maddie beer-temple report. >> crews began lifting the wreckage from the potomac river monday morning. today was a very successful day for the most part, u.s. army corps of engineers. colonel francis para says authorities recovered parts of the american airlines jet that collided with an army helicopter last week and left 67 people dead. those are our goals for today. >> the fuselage, the engine and the wing. paris as the operations tuesday will focus on the cockpit. >> the number of victims identified is still at 55, according to dc fire assistant chief gary steen. he says they recovered more remains today. these remains as well as remains that have been recovered previously. >> are in the process of being positively identified. steen says he believes the remaining victims are in the wreckage. this is >> tragic. the recovery efforts come after families

. >>> also tonight, washington reagan airport scaling back flights after that deadly midair collision. that black hawk involved hoisted today from the icy potomac. >>> the flu explosion, one of the worst seasons in years, leaving classes empty and schools closed. >>> the warning about addiction to nitrous oxide, known as whippits, the popular flavored gas that's easily available. one woman's stark warning after she had to relearn how to walk. >>> our bird's eye view above bourbon street, the epic effort to secure the super bowl after the deadly new year's terror attack in new orleans. >>> and the right stuff. how thousands of people like you are joining the race to preserve handwritten notes dating back to the revolutionary war. ♪♪ >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome. new roadblocks are standing in front of elon musk's efforts to slash government spending. a federal judge today placing a hold on the trump administration's offer to pay federal workers to resign their positions. an offer that was to expire tonight. the buyouts accepte

yes sir. >> if i may ask a question on behalf of the reagan national airport. this is alexariello with news nation. a lot of questions now circulating about the crowded airspace surrounding this airport. also reports about other close calls, including 24 hours before the fatal accident. we've seen the faa take the position of airspace specifically route 1 and 4 for choppers in this area. what is the airport's position about potentially toning down some of the air traffic around this airport and should this have been done sooner, specifically the restrictions on the airspace for choppers on choppers on route 1 and 4? >> you can restate the question. >> sure. the question was regarding air traffic helicopter routes up and down the potomac, right? that is an faa responsibility. the airspace is controlled by the faa. the airport does not have any responsibility outside of the surfaces of the airport itself, but most certainly this has been conversations that you've had. >> when it comes to safety for the airport, for the passengers that come in and out of dc, absol

of the parts in one of the hangars here at reagan national airport.we were really waiting on today is new data from the black hawk black box recorder. it's a combined function. it gathers data from the voice. also a flight data recorder. so it's both in one. it's different. it's separate in a commercial airliner. and the ntsb says it needed to essentially wait to get more data from the black hawk helicopter itself. they're also calling through that data. and ntsb chair jennifer homendy says it's a slow manual process. they're going to try and corroborate that data with the data from the commercial airliner, and they're having to line up those timestamps. but it's very slow and very meticulous. >> and pete, there's been a recovery update. what are you hearing from unified command? >> we've heard today that they have recovered all 67 bodies. remember a major human toll with this crash. they've positively identified 66 of those bodies. the big challenge now for recovery crews is the fact that the weather is going to significantly change here. it was abou

brian todd at reagan national airport, thank you so much. all right, well, as the investigation intensifies, we are learning more about the crash victims. ed lavandera looks at the lives lost. >> the losses are staggering as. >> the. >> stories of victims lost. >> in the midair collision come. >> to light. >> the livingston family. >> was. >> returning to their. home in virginia. >> the family. >> of. >> four was in. >> wichita for the u.s. figure. >> skating championships last weekend. lindsey fields, a. >> community college. >> biology teacher. >> from kansas. >> promising youth. >> skaters. >> angela yang and sean kay and their coach. alexander sasha kirsanov, and. >> luciano and. >> franco aparicio, a father and son from chile. skating champion. lorenzo arellano lost four friends in the crash. >> just really sad. they all have so much potential. >> sadness has reached every corner of the country. young skaters in california. their coach knew. >> many of the. >> victims practiced in silence as a tribute to those that died in detroit. othe

. >> reporter: some 100 helicopters fly in and around reagan airport space. today the faa announced it is restricting helicopter traffic to all but police and medevac flights. new video offers a more clear view of the crash. today, president trump said that the chopper was flying too high. >> it was above the 200 limit by double and should not have been there. >> reporter: investigative sources tell nbc news that it may have been flying at 350-400 feet. >> you have to be at 200 feet and below because lending traffic is coming over the top of you. >> this retired marine colonel spent decades flying and said it was clearly flying out of its zone. and he says air traffic controller should have been much more direct in their commands to the chopper pilot. >> you have to be very specific and directive in this case. he might have made a call like pat 25, turn left at 90 degrees immediately but did not do that. >> the day before another regional jet aborted its landing after receiving a copy morning of helicopter traffic. >> 4514, what was the reason for the go arou

get the fuselage out of the water>> reporter: on any day 100 helicopters fly over and around reagan airport. new video which first aired on cnn offers a more clear view of the crash. today president trump said the chopper was flying too high. >> it was above the 200 limit by double. >> reporter: the chopper may have been flying at 350 to 400 feet when it crashed into the plane. >> you have to be 200 feet and below. >> reporter: he says the blackhawk was clearly flying out of its zone. he says air traffic controllers should have been much more direct in the commands to the chopper pilot. >> you have to be specific and directive. he might have made a call like pat 25 turn left 90 degrees immediately. he didn't do that. >> the day before the crash another regional jet aborted the landing after receiving a cockpit warning of helicopter traffic. >> what is the reason for the go-round. >> reporter: on wednesday just a single controller handled helicopter and plane traffic after a supervisor allowed one controller to leave early. for years the airport struggled with under staffing in the tower. in

airport. the faa said it will no longer allow civilian aircraft to share the same space at the same time, around reagan international airport. sean duffy says the number of military helicopters flying around d.c. will have to be reduced. >> if we have generals who are flying in helicopters, for convenience, through this air space, that's unacceptable. get in a damn suburban and drive. you don't need to take a helicopter. >> yeah, duffy said the administration is working to staff up air traffic control facilities. and elon musk says has doge team will make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system, his words. lester? >> all right, tom. thanks. >>> a suspect is under arrest tonight on a charge of aggravated murder, after a mass shooting at a warehouse in now albany, ohio. maggie weske reports. >> reporter: tonight, a 12-hour manhunt for reginald foster iii, the employee who inn leashed a deadly attack, inside this attack. ending with dramatic arrest. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: newly- released 911 calls, appearing to be from victims, detailing the horror. >> i've been shot on my neck. and my

. >> we are learning new details about the airspace around reagan national airport and complaints from pilots. more than a dozen pilots flying into reagan national filed complaints with federal authorities about near misses with helicopters soar, lack of communication from air traffic control. senators from virginia and maryland have warned for years about congestion at reagan and the air space around it. >> we should not be jamming more flights on to the busiest runway. united states as planes are taking off and landing every minute you are increasing. the resk of accident. >> the ntsb says the crash investigation will determine if congestion played a role in this week's crash boats returned to the potomac river today as part of the recovery effort and and the investigation is well under way now after that collision between the plane and the army black hawk helicopter, our washington correspondent reshad hudson joins us now live from the reagan. >> national airport to rashad. what are you learning tonight? >> vicki grant, good evening to the ntsb say they found the black box data reco

that's exactly what elon musk has been tasked by president trump to do, to get jet near ronald reagan national airport. >> all right. good afternoon. from the u.s. department of engineers district. following up on yesterday's update as far as our progress on the wreckage recovery at reagan national, we continue to be mindful of those impacted and those who lost their lives but also first responders and our local and state and federal partners, we're working diligently behind the scenes for the efforts. yesterday i was in close contact with unified command and our process is committed to the dignified process for recovery of the remains for personnel and passengers of the flight. as part of today's work we dealt with human remains and we will discuss those details further and want to emphasize should any remains be located we'll continue to do an automatic work stoppage until the proper authorities will be contacted. today was a very successful day for the most part. we began the effort toeclip the wreckage in the potomac right at sun rise. we left gravelly point and began a larger enter agency effort.

certainly something that lawmakers, who fly in and out of reagan national airport all the time, are certainly very concerned about the safety implications there. congress will absolutely play a role. it is a little bit interesting, though, in this congress versus last, now with washington under total republican trifecta control. the republican-controlled house and senate are giving more leeway and room for the trump administration to investigate and provide information, both to congress, and publicly what is going on. a little bit of a change in the power dynamic from previous investigations we have seen, such as with the assassination attempt with donald trump. that prompted a whole select committee to investigate the matter. we are not quite hearing of anything up to that standard yet but certainly congress will be investigating and playing a role. host: what could a legislative response look like? local members of congress, chris van hollen here in maryland, some of the virginia members, as well, who have talked about too many flights in and out of reagan national airport, that that is a s

at reagan national airport, near the site of the deadliest aviation disaster in the u.s. 2001, 64 people were on board an american airlines flight from wichita, kansas, to washington, dc on wednesday night when it collided with an army blackhawk helicopter carrying three u.s. service members. no one survived. the investigation into what happened is well underway, and in this next hour, we're going to tell you what we know

meantime, the faa has indefinitely suspended helicopter routes near reagan national airport. and president trump tonight is doubling down on his baseless claims that dui caused this crash. we'll have more on that in a moment. but first, cnn's danny freeman joins us live from reagan airport with more on this investigation. danny, there are some new details that we're learning about the flight path of the helicopter and what was going on there. >> abby, the flight path of the helicopter has been one of the biggest questions for the past 24 hours, certainly, but also since this crash happened. and we may be closer to getting some answers about that flight path after these developments. today, i was in that ntsb press conference earlier this afternoon. you said that news was right up top, that three black boxes have now been found. we knew that the passenger jet black boxes had been found. that's the cockpit voice recorder. and then the flight data recorder. some had water intrusion, like you noted. the ntsb said today they actually had to put it in a vacuum oven to try and get t

cnn's pete muntean is live for us at reagan national airport. pete, what more are you learning from the ntsb? >> the ntsb says. >> brianna, no smoking gun. just yet with that new data. no way to. >> say for sure if there. >> is any sort of big conclusion to draw here so far just yet. but the. >> latest information. >> from the ntsb is. >> this radar. >> data that shows that that black hawk helicopter, at. >> least according to radar. >> screens here in the control tower. was being displayed. at 300ft. the altitude restriction on the special helicopter corridor that goes through the airspace here at reagan national airport is limited to 200ft. so again, one big piece of data. >> as more and more. >> pieces of data essentially are being pulled off of the bottom of the potomac river right now. in fact. >> the recovery. >> operation has really shifted modes today. the floating. >> crane and now. >> flatbed trucks are on the shoreline here on the east side of the reagan national airport property. and that is key to getting all. >> of those. >> parts

joseph olmo with our sister station, nbc four, is at ronald reagan national airport. the progress now underway. hey there. five days since the potomac plane crash, right by reagan national airport here in washington. and take a look at this for the first time. first responders are on the river actively pulling wreckage from american airlines, 5342. that crj 700, that regional jet. earlier this morning, we saw what appeared to be one of the two engines lifted onto a barge. that engines next stop will be a nearby hangar, where the ntsb is going to use it as one of the critical pieces of evidence to figure out what went wrong here. now, first responders and dive crews have been out on the river all weekend long, essentially rehearsing what they're doing now. and remember, as of the last update, there are still victims unaccounted for. so crews have this very, very delicate balance of both removing the wreckage while also trying to recover additional people. now, the recovery operation for the american airlines regional jet is expected to take about three days, three days

certainly that happened in the most recent case over the reagan airport with the collision there and it has happened now at this unfortunate loss of life incident here in pennsylvania as well tonight. both of which -- one on takeoff, the other on landing. oath, again, in those highly more prone to situational risk during this takeoff and landing modes of flight. >> sean: yes congressman barrett, we appreciate you coming with us. if you are just joining us, a learjet jet crashed into a mall also impacting a number of private homes, multiple homes set ablaze. as you can see on your screen. emergency response has been fast and furious and every attempt is being made to save lives. we know six souls were on board. it crashed around 6:30 this evening. after departing from northeast philadelphia airport there were six people on board the plane on route from springfield branson national airport of missouri. we learned that, in fact,, a young girl who just received medical treatment under the age of 18 with her mother was on board with four crewmembers and one of those was a health aid provi

he was going to be talking about what is happening by reagan airport along with don a retired colonel u.s. air force expert on unaircraft systems. what's your reaction to the news and as you see the video we saw from the ring doorbell to the live footage, what are your thoughts? >> oh, brian, it's absolutely terrible, to come on the wake of what we all witnessed in washington, d.c. and now this, i mean we take air travel safety really for granted in this country. so many people have grown accustomed to hopping on their flight and commuting to and from work and to and from loved ones we don't think twice about it. when events like this occur we are reminded it is a feat that we fly through the air every day and we trust that those around us, whether it's air traffic control or the engineers who design the airplane and maintain the airplane are doing so in a safe pattern. so, you know, we have to learn more what happened here. looks like another tragedy unfolding before us. >> brian: yeah. right now steve keeley who is the voice of the reporter that you saw on the scene that had to duck

helicopters are now banned indefinitely in the area around reagan national airport.

cnn's brian todd is joining us live now from reagan national airport. brian, what more are you learning? >> well, fredricka, regarding that information that you just gave about the data from those black boxes and what it could provide specifically, they could learn whether the black hawk helicopter was adhering to the 200 foot height restriction that's in place for helicopter traffic in that helicopter corridor just east of here, just east of reagan national airport. under those rules, helicopters have to be at or below 200ft above the ground when they're flying in that corridor just east of here. the question is, was that black hawk helicopter at that height or below it? and cnn has previously reported that according to flight tracking data, it showed it appeared to show that that helicopter may have been flying maybe as high as 100ft above that 200 foot restriction, and may have been veering off of its prescribed course. so that data from the black boxes that you just described, that we may be getting as early as today, maybe could clarify some of tha

pete muntean thank you for the latest from reagan national airport. we do appreciate it for us. >> now to some of the other headlines we're watching this hour. people and businesses across the u.s. taking part in the so-called day without immigrants. some of these videos are from southern california, showing thousands of demonstrators who took to the streets yesterday, many protesting president trump's aggressive crackdown on immigration. the movement is designed to show the importance of immigrants in the u.s. and decry the president's mass deportation plan. meantime, in albuquerque, new mexico, fists were flying in court when the family of a murder victim attacked the man accused of killing her. watch this. police tell our affiliate koat that the uncle of the victim jumped over the courtroom gate and lunged at the defendant. a second man joined him, prompting the suspect's father to intervene. the two men accused of starting the brawl are now both charged with felonies, and the nfl says it is standing by its diversity efforts, despite many others in

working to remove the wreckage into the potomac river near washington dc. in to land at ronald reagan airportough it but in the short term for tuesday, that will be moving its way eastwards through the day some of the rain will be fairly heavy, but there's some some of the heaviest rain will be flooding and some disruption. also getting into wales, the southwest of england, central and eastern parts of england, seeing some spells of sunshine through the morning. here through the second half of the afternoon. and hefty showers. and patchy rain that will clear the south east corner through the evening. then we see clear skies, some showers, in fact some wintry showers over high ground in scotland. but a relatively bright start. many places will stay dryjust a bit and wales, and a few showers, especially across these northern and western parts of scotland, again be wintry over high ground. that continues into thursday, but it looks like the high flow off the near continent, and that is going to bring some and with that, well, just the chance of one or two wintry showers. but certainly we are goi

. >> tom is joining us now from reagan airport, when do we expect to learn more about the choppers black box? >> ntsb is expected to give us a readout tomorrow, they're trying to synchronize the flight data and the cockpit voice recorders but the choppers black boxes were not time stamped so it's taking time. in addition they've finished interviewing all of the air traffic controllers. >> some routine million people are under flood watch is across california tonight where an atmospheric river is bringing a lot of rain and flooding to towns like these and could even spur mudslides through wednesday. the storm system set to hit cities like san francisco and sacramento. the rain will also affect l.a. where the deadly fires have only just been contained. we will take a break and in 60 seconds the courtroom fireworks in the legal battle between actors blake lively and justin baldoni, the judge is warning to the lawyers and the first hearing in the case. mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating,... vision changes, or eye pain occur. ask your doctor about breztri. (♪♪) heartburn makes you q

and one week after that fatal crash at reagan national airport the faa says it will no longer allow a helicopter and civilian aircraft to share the same airspace at the same time around reagan national airport. transportation secretary sean duffy says the number of military helicopters flying around d.c. will have to be reduced. >> if we have generals who are flying in helicopters for convenience through this airspace, that's unacceptable. get in a damn suburban and drive. you don't need to take a helicopter. >> reporter: duffy says the administration is working to staff up air traffic control facilities and elon musk says his doge team will make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system. his words. lester? >> all right, tom, thanks. >>> a suspect is under arrest tonight on a charge of aggravated murder after a mass shooting at a warehouse in new albany, ohio. maggie vespa reports on the moments of horror and the heroism revealed in 911 calls. >> reporter: tonight a 12-hour manhunt for bruce reginald foster iii, the employee who authorities say unleashed a deadly targete

. >>> also tonight, washington reagan airport scaling back flights after that deadly midair collision black hawk involved hoisted today from the icy potomac. >>> the flu explosion, one of the worst seasons in years, leaving classes empty and schools closed. >>> the warning about addiction to nitrous oxide, known as whippits, the popular flavored gas that's easily available. one woman's stark warning after she had to relearn how to walk. >>> our bird's eye view above bourbon street, the epic effort to secure the super bowl after the deadly new year's terror attack in new orleans. >>> and the right stuff. how thousands of people like you are joining the race to preserve handwritten notes dating back to the revolutionary war. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome. new roadblocks are standing in front of elon musk's efforts to slash government spending. a federal judge today placing a hold on the trump administration's offer to pay federal workers to resign their positions. an offer that was to expire tonight. the buyouts accepted by over

. >>> also tonight, washington reagan airport scaling back flights after that deadly midair collisionlack hawk involved hoisted today from the icy potomac. >>> the flu explosion, one of the worst seasons in years,

tonight the faa also issuing a major change in flight rules for those helicopters around reagan airport. also breaking, president trump signaling he will impose that 25% tariffs starting tomorrow on canada and mentixico, a 10% tar on china. what will this mean for grocery prices and oil? >>> the powerful storm sweeping across the northeast at this hour, heavy rain, ice, snow, from washington, philadelphia, new york right up into boston. lee goldberg has the forecast. >>> tonight dwyane wade just 43 revealing his battle with cancer and his message tonight. the new warning about a chocolate recall. and we remember that two-time olympic gold medallist. he brought joy to so many. ♪ >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> david: good evening as we come on the air in the west tonight, we begin with breaking news. in a week of horrific aviation news already, we have learned of a small plane crash into a busy neighborhood in philadelphia. the small plane coming down late today, multiple cars and buildings on fire. there are re

airport, the reagan airport, air space and the concrete is just way overcrowded. pounds of stuff in a five-pound bag. recent legislation, i think a year ago, basically lifted the ability to restrict aircraft going into d.c. they allowed more commercial flights, hence, why this aircraft was on runway 33. so perhaps another initiative that secretary duffy could take is to restrict airliners landing on runway 33 at night, because that puts them out over the water. david: i'm sorry to have to cut you off. we have a presser beginning right now in philadelphia with the mayor of philadelphia and philadelphia officials talking about what happened last night with the air crash that happened in northern philadelphia. let's go to that live. >> well, that shot apparently is-- oh, there we go. all right. again, this is a press conference happening in philadelphia. that's the mayor of philadelphia there, parker, i believe to give details and i believe that's the governor next to her. let's listen in. apparently they're having mic problems of their own. do we have that fixed? th

pete muntean is out front live at reagan national airport in washington. and, pete, you were at that news conference today with the ntsb. they're talking about these black boxes. and i know you had a chance to ask several questions. you're a pilot yourself as well. so what did you learn? >> well. >> the big. >> thing here. >> erin, is that now the ntsb will also be reviewing the video that we have obtained exclusively so far, the best images of the worst air disaster in decades. this was a relatively news packed briefing from the national transportation safety board that they not only have recovered the black boxes from american airlines flight 5342, but also the black box of a combined function of voice recorder and a data recorder on board that u.s. army black hawk helicopter. this is really critical. it's in a lab right now, not too far away from here. all of those black boxes, they have been water damaged, waterlogged. they've been put into a vacuum of an ntsb board member, todd inman said. and they are drawing those out. and the ntsb now has high conf

nbc's aaron gilchrist is at reagan national airport. aaron, when do we think we're going to learn what exactly was on those black boxes? that it's my understanding they have been recovered. >> well, the ntsb plans to brief us at around 6:00 tonight, eastern time, and we hope to be able to ask some questions about that very thing. we know that the black boxes have been recovered from both aircraft, and there's an expectation that they'll be able to extract information from both of those black boxes. but when exactly will be able to learn exactly full detail about what was on them? well, it may be some time before that's even possible. the ntsb has made it a point to say that they are on an extensive fact finding mission, one that will require them to not only extract and calibrate and read the information on those recorders, but also a mission that will require them to make sure they're able to collect debris from the potomac river behind us here at reagan national airport to make sure that they're able to do interviews with anybody who

"new york times" says the staffing it reagan national airport was not normal for the time of day andolume of traffic that's according to internal preliminary faa safety report. could he offer any more clarity about what was going on that night was staffing? >> to get up take the faa at their word that it was normal. that's part of the review process we have to do. there is a consolidation of air traffic controllers an hour before it was supposed to happen in the time of the crash. what was the appropriateness of that? what are we doing to search our traffic controllers in this country that's a different story we have not have enough air traffic controllers in america for very long time but we are work with the faa to go how do we search the best and brightest air traffic controllers to get into the academy. get trained up and make sure we do not have staffing issues. they are stressed out for they are tapped out for their overwork to put this no excuse at the reality of what we have in the system. we have land that's going to come out to fix the problem. but the issue is you cannot f

airport. but we've been talking about dca with reagan. ts in that area and a lot of subsidiary airports. this area around philadelphia has a lot of them. so this is a busy airport area. it's a busy area for air flights. and it is sadly an area where if a plane does overshoot or something happens and it doesn't land on the pad of the airport, there's a great deal of danger of getting into a an occupied area, people where people live. one of the instructions pilots always have when they're having a problem landing or taking off. when you're that close to the ground. it's the most dangerous aspect of flight, both taking off and landing. and the instruction of pilot always has is you fly that plane until it's not flyable anymore, until it's on the ground. but if you are taking off or landing in an area where you're running out of runway and there's nothing there, you aim that plane to the place where you are going to cause the least amount of damage. they say if there's houses, aim between houses. if there's trees, aim between trees. try and g

was a benefit to us >> we are going to break away from this program and take you live to reagan national airport were local officials are giving an update on the investigation and recovery efforts involving a deadly crash between a military helicopter and passenger jet near washington, d.c. you are watching live coverage on c-span. >> -- from the u.s. army corps of engineers district. i'm following up on yesterday's a bit as far as our progress on the records recovery from the plane crash at reagan national. we continue to be mindful of those impacted by this tragic incident, the families and the loved ones lost lives, but also the first responders, our local, state, and federal partners who are working diligently on scene and behind the scenes to support the rescue and recovery efforts. yesterday i provided some insight into our salvage operations as well as the iterative cycle we used to make sure we are doing that in close coordination with unified command. our process is committed to the dignified process for recovery of the remains for personnel and passengers of the flight. as part of toda

how is it possible that the tower at reagan national airport that turns out to be the busiest airportprobably one of the smallest is understaffed? how is that possible with all the money we are spending? the answer is that we are spending so much money the government is so ubiquitous is so massive so involved in everything that it cannot do anything right. it is impossible to control it. what was to be a relatively innocuous federal government operating from a defined enumeration of specific grants of powers i explained has become an ever present unaccountable force it is the nation's largest creditor, debtor, lender, employer, consumer, contractor, grantor, property owner, tenant, insurer, health care provider and pension guarantor and i'm sure there's much more. with aggrandize police powers what it does not control directly advance or mandates by regulation. that is the problem here is the constitution. the national government is supposed to be limited. governmental powers not mentioned in here belong to the states and beyond that you, the american people you have your fruit in the

the faa has now restricted helicopter flights around reagan national airport, and memorials are going up to remember those who died in that midair collision. we're also learning more about the victims. some were part of the figure skating community. others had promising careers. they were just starting to build. abc seven news reporter tara campbell shares some of their stories. >> as recovery efforts continued friday in the frigid waters of the potomac river. the names of the 67 people killed in this mid-air collision are being revealed. among the 41 victims identified so far, the flight crew, mothers and their young children, figure skating hopefuls and legends alike, and budding civil rights attorney kia duggins, the wichita, kansas native and former miss kansas contestant, a familiar face at the aclu of northern california, where she interned in 2019. >> she had highlighted in her cover letter that she specifically wanted to work in california and work with me so that she could learn more about how to do civil rights work at that time with another black woman. >> a bre. conner was

one is the design of the helicopter routes around this very busy airport, reagan international airport. i don't understand how they could have approved these routes in the first place which puts the helicopter very close to the normal flight path of an aircraft, such as an american regional jet, and there's a lot of supposition that the helicopter may not have been at the proper altitude, but even at the altitudes i've heard are the accepted altitudes, i think it's very, very close to where normal jets would be flying in normal profiles. i just don't understand how that happened. >> yeah. there's a lot of talk about how crowded these runways are and that airspace is. you feel like that could have been a significant factor here and maybe needs to change? >> absolutely. especially with the application of visual separation that was applied, that's where the separation responsibility gets transferred from the controller to the pilot. sounds like the pilot of the helicopter accepted that responsibility and was burdened with the responsibility to see and avoid the specific aircraft and with