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it collided with a us army black hawk helicopter that was carrying three crew members, and tragically, there appeared to have been no survivors of the crash on either aircraft. and in the aftermath of this terrible incident, newly confirmed trump administration defense secretary pete hegseth screwed up. when a service member, any service member, is killed while in service, there is a strict policy at the pentagon that the defense department gives no information about any service member who has been killed until at least 24 hours has elapsed since their death. they do not give their rank their name. they do not give their age. they do not give their rank. they give no information about the service member in question. and the reason they do that is because the defense department, sadly, but also obviously has to deal with delivering terrible news like that way more than any other element of our government does. and so they very much know how to do it. and they have very strict rules about it. they are irreducibly strict, for example, about that 24 hour rule specifically. so they can be

new interviews first aired on cnn are giving us a clearer picture the moments an army black hawk helicopter and a regional plane collided wednesday night. jeff gazetty is an nbc news aviation analyst. so, jeff, walk us through what year seeing in that video in. >> in the first video, you can see the helicopter even though it's approaching the right wing, in my view it strikes the left wing and then you can see the right wing still intact begin to roll, and you can see the airplane roll. and you also see the body of the helicopter continue through. in the second video it shows that the helicopter is flying level while the airliner is descending slightly. after the collision, again, you see the airplane roll almost more than 360 degrees before impacting the water. >> reporter: meanwhile, the u.s. coast guard playing a key support role along the river with about 200 people helping divers, securing the search perimeter, and protecting private boats from debris. >> we have ntsb, army corp engineer, navy supervisory of salvage, all those entities we're just trying to make sure they're protected w

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 recorder that was aboard the black hawk helicopter. they're hoping that will give them more insight into exactly why that helicopter collided in midair with the american airlines plane. thank you. the white house shared new insight into the military helicopter that collided with an american airlines passenger jet. >> near the nation's capital, the helicopter was flying higher than it should have been, which is one of the reasons that led to this collision. white house press secretary karoline leavitt tried to reassure americans it is safe to fly. americans should feel safe traveling our skies. the ntsb is now reviewing 2 flight recorders. the so-called black boxes to try to figure out what caused wednesday night's crash that killed 67 people, including staffing levels in the air traffic control tower. police boats were back

us. >>> a crane will be brought in today to lift the fuselage of the american airlines plane that collided with an army black hawkelicopter over the potomac river near washington, d.c. families of the victims visited the crash site yesterday. all 64 people on the plane and three soldiers on the chopper were killed. the remains of 55 people have been recovered and identified so far. and the investigation into the cause of the collision continues amid concerns the helicopter may have been flying too low. the chopper's black box which contains key data has been recovered. over the weekend the army identified the third soldier killed on the chopper. captain rebecca lobach. she'd served as an army aviation officer since 2019 and just last month escorted fashion designer ralph lauren at the white house when he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. two other soldiers, staff the next face of the hostage meeting. president trump will meet with benjamin netanyahu tomorrow. the two will talk about victory over hamas, dealing with iran's terror acts. we're learning about the conditions in activity after the release

us with more from them. >> yeah, ryan. the u.s. army released the names of two of the three crew members on board the black hawk helicopter. chief warrants helicopter andrew lloyd eaves was the instructor on board. eaves had about 1,000 flight hours. that makes him a really experienced pilot. 28-year-old staff sergeant ryan austin o'hara was also on board. sergeant o'hara was the black hawk's crew chief. cbs news spoke to his father about his tragic loss. >> i don't know. i keep wondering if my wife and i will ever feel we're going to be whole again because we're just broken. you're just broken. >> 28-year-old samuel lily was the pilot and first officer of the american airlines jet that was involved in the crash. we talked to his father as well, who believes that his son fought to save everyone on board. >> if he was the pilot flying, he didn't give up all the way to the water. he would have been moving those controls trying to figure out what's going on. >> you can hear and feel just the heartbreak of those two fathers talking about their sons, the pilots. the figure skating world has been hit especially hard by this trag

us here. we also have updates from washington, d.c, following that deadly midair collision between that american airlines flight and an army black hawk helicopter. we have new video, and we do want to warn you, it may be disturbing. cnn obtained this video showing a different angle of the crash on wednesday night. the american airlines flight from wichita, kansas, was preparing to land at reagan international. that's the plane on the right. it was making a turn toward the runway when it collided with the army chopper above the potomac. all 67 people in both aircraft were killed this afternoon. the ntsb investigators say they believe they'll be able to extract all the data from those black boxes, which they did recover from the crash. they've also interviewed the air traffic controllers that were on duty. doug rice, back with us now. what does that new video tell you about what happened? can you glean anything different? well, there's two two questions here that we need to have answers to. number one, why did the helicopter either misidentify that aircraft or fail to see and avoid the aircraft and travel behind it as he was instructed

us. now to developing news into that investigation into how that american airlines flight and an army black hawk helicopter collided is now intensifying. we just learned the ntsb will hold a briefing on that crash at 3 p.m. our time. so we will continue to follow that. and there is new video we want to warn you. might be disturbing to watch. cnn originally obtained th video showing a different vantage point of wednesday night's crash. the american airlines flight from wichita, kansas, on the right of your screen, was preparing to land at reagan national airport. it was making a turn toward the runway when that army helicopter collides with it over the potomac river. all 67 people in both aircraft were killed. investigators say the information found on the black boxes will be key. yesterday, divers recovered the chopper's data recorder that records both data and voice in the cockpit. the two black boxes were pulled from the wreckage of the american airlines plane the day before that on thursday. meantime, the faa has announced new restrictions for helicopters in that airspace around reagan nation

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