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you can see the washington monument panning to the north here. you see some search and rescue efforts from 14 th street bridg, lights there, the capitol to the north, washington monument, it is quiet, we do not see anybody in the water. we hear a helicopter orbiting overhead at 3 to 400 feet. we are not seeing activity inside the river here. certainly around the crash site, there will be people there. it is eerily quiet. water temperatures are near freezing, todd, and no report of survivors right not not expecting good news out of the crash. >> ashley: unfortunately not. when i started watching on hannity, the response was exact same live shot and there was a much bigger response, especially at 9:30 or 10:00 last night. for whatever that means, i hope there are survivors, we have not had word of that yet. thank you. now we're going to bring in national security and military analyst dr. rebecca grant. thank you for getting up to talk about this. the biggest question, how in the world does something like this happen in 2025 and what is supposed to

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you could have seen, as i can now, the washington monument, the u.s.a city full of lights. we've also heard helicopters all night and watched them circle this area looking for any possible survivors, any possible rescue. sometimes there were three up there at a time. all had their lights on. it is a very grim night here on the banks of the potomac. byron. >> our thanks to martha. joining me now is greater d.c. resident jamie lynn, who witnessed from her own home some of the frantic search and rescue efforts by first responders. jamie lynn, thank you so much for joining us. you live near reagan airport. what is it like there right now? >> so right now it is still a very active scene. i'm still hearing just as much, if not more noise from emergency response specifically. now, i've heard quite an uptick in the number of aircraft over the area. so just assuming that there's more helicopters assisting in those search and rescue efforts. >> now, i know you said you didn't hear or see the actual collision, but when did you realize something was wrong? >> it w

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. >> the motorcade, by the way, has just driven past the washington monument. a peanut farmer. his staff in georgia were friends and advisors and they were ridiculed by some in congress, even some democrats. there was tension initially. >> and robert byrd too, majority leader in the senate. eugene robinson, you were in washington those years as well and the tension among democrats was pronounced. it is the kind of tension between aggressive democrats that we see resurrected at times and even to this day. >> absolutely. i came to washington to work for the post in 1980 so right at the end of the carter years and in fact, that was the year of course ted kennedy challenged president carter for the democratic nomination and he failed at the end of the convention in new york. there was this famous scene of carter wandering the podium trying to find ted kennedy to shake his hand so he could have that image of party unity and kennedy away from him to avoid giving him that and really, the first national political story i ever wrote for the post was about the split betwe

so called outside the washington monument shrank to 100 feet.t an event, the left losing their minds. rashida to leave so upset she shaved her mustache. liz cheney so despondent she begged her dad to shoot her in the face. he's had practice. >>> trump attended a luncheon that had an entree and dessert in an odd twist jerry nadler don't jumped into the cake. on his first day trump cracked down on the border. reinstating remain in mexico, but he is also reinstating remain in canada but just for a landis morrissette. >>> there was a repeat of the women's march but branded the people's march more balls in the march then after nyt. >>> biden apparently even used teleprompters when visiting donors in private homes hope they were able to give him a kidney. >>> 19 former fox news hosts, commentators and contributors will have a role in the next -- in this administration. cabinet meetings rule regularly break for a word from balance of nature. >> pretty good. >> greg: house speaker mike johnson said his first meeting with biden was scary when asking abou

masonic lodge today may know the masonic lodge at the end of the street on king street that other washington monument. they have a wonderful museum and they also have some artifacts to lafayette tours. they have this gorgeous banner that was used during the storm, but highly recommend you go see it. and they have what is believed to be one of the most accurate portraits of george. it is definitely the photoshop version. his pockmarks. you see a big mole on the side of his face. so for those two things, it's worth the trip away in. february of 1825, lafayette returned to alexandria to go inside that building, actually have a ceremony with. the masons. it was amazing with another thing that connected him to george washington. so we had a ceremony with the washington, alexandria masonic lodge and then they went across the street to gatsby's for a reception. lafayette also returned alexandria during his tour and later, december of 1824. this was a kind of a unprompted visit, not as like glamorous as the october 16th visit, he visited the home and lee, the widow of light horse, harry lee, they lived five

, d.c., and the virginia side of the line and looking further in the distance closer to the washington monument. with the rescue units out there and what happened where the site was and we are hearing some of the radio transmissions and it one point the talk about how it happened very quickly and 60 souls was the language and seeing those helicopters and search and rescue coming across with the big searchlights reflecting off the water. immediately calling for fire boats and waterborne rescue unit in the region heading towards the maryland side there and then to washington, d.c., which are senior congressional producer heading to their and heading down to the republican retreat having meetings with mike johnson. her flight was diverted to one of the are two reports and to the north and for the local congressman this is from the senators mark warner and that's the and i'm in touch with the officials in my thoughts are with the victims and first responders as they addressed the concerning and tragic incident. tim kaine the democratic senator from virginia says i monitoring the reports of the coll

mall, this shot from washington monument at the capitol, normally there are hundreds of thousands gathered there, starting to gather for 12 noon inaugural. they cancelled all of that. inside, though, mayor adams of new york city will be in attendance along with thousand or so people who will be there. >> ainsley: and carrie underwood will be there. >> steve: big show. going back to donald trump of eight years ago, everybody had a different expectation what he'd be able to do. we knew him from the tv show and knew he was a successful business developer and real estate magnet. eight years later, we see what he's done in the past and people have expectations about the future. >> trace: experience has given h him strength. he had advisors that would say this is a good guy, get him. okay, bring them in and he trusted everybody. you can't trust everybody, everybody is not on your team. >> ainsley: even melania said that, i have noticed a change in her. she says she was misunderstood before. she was burned and now choosing people more wisely. >> trace: choosing people they believe are right for t

like the washington monument. >> totally worthy. why did lionel get it?this is -- didn't show up. but this is that was hilarious but the idea that you would give the award to those people such deserving people. and then you would immediately cheapen the value of the reward by giving it to these people who don't deserve it. and then oh, and then one for a couple of hundred to george soros it is really -- and another one and then you're going to politicize all of them, of course, they gave one -- he gave one to rfk sr. which was clearly, i mean, why are you giving one to rfk sr. today it is sort of bizarre except it is a shot to rfk jr. and they sent somebody else to pick up his award. guy: people on the left will say these can get political look at some of trump's honorees like rush limbaugh and republican of congress. rachel: that one brought a tear to my eye. guy: that is the counterpoint. charlie: it is a great point but the thing is that no one can dispute he was the king of radio. and he brought people, he did more to sort of illuminate and by the way

the surrounding prohibited airspace, for example, around the capitol, the white house, the washington monument. so those are the challenge of getting at that airport. >> have you flown in and out of reagan international yourself as a commercial pilot? what's that experience >> yes, i have. i've actually flown that specific procedure, but the candid their regional jet was performing when your approach to runway. one, the north runway to faces 0, 1, 0, degrees. and then breaking off and making a circle. the land on runway 3, 3, which bank northwest, 330 degrees on that specific approach. wow. so. >> it sounds like this is common procedure. what that the passenger plane was was going through as it was trying to land. no. from the video, it looks like the 2 aircraft are flying pretty close together. how common would you say is this for flights coming in and out of reagan international taking that route that you just described there? >> well, in that reagan, i would say pretty common, especially given the weather conditions. the fact is it was 8 sparkly clear winner evening in the washington, d.c.,

lady striking a power pose, leaning slightly forward with her hands resting on a table and the washington monument. it was taken just one day after president trump's inauguration in the yellow oval room of the white house. the portrait getting rave reviews online, one user on x wrote this. easily the most stunning first lady in american history. yeah. all right. there's this. president trump telling reporters yesterday that microsoft is in talks to buy tiktok. >> mr. president, is microsoft in discussion for acquiring tiktok? >> i would say yes. a lot of interest in tiktok. there's great interest in ti tiktok. >> you talked about different companies bidding for it. are you talking about a bidding war? >> i like bit ' bidding wars because you make the best deals. if it's a bidding war, it's a good thing. there's a lot of interest in it. >> microsoft previously tried to buy tiktok back in 2020 but that deal fell apart. trump says he will have a decision on the future of tiktok in about 3 30 days. the president also admitting this. >> i i'm a little biased towars tiktok right now. we won youth by the

a powerful pose, leaning forward with her hands resting on the table, a sharp suit and the washington monumentortrait the world premiere of melania 2.0. this claims the first lady "has an opportunity to reshape a role that is both prominent and poorly defined" during her second stint in the east wing. do you think this portrait portends this 2.0 two perhaps that role itself? >> yeah, i think the fact that they had a gap term and gave her a lot of time to think about what her role is. she got to see her country from inside the white house and on the outside. she watched her husband's take so much criticism and legal and coming. i think they have a sense that they have a job that is unfinished, and she is taking no prisoners. tom homan so selena gomez, she makes no apologies for what she is about to do. >> and that is quite refreshing to the american people especially. >> and going back to this, it's an underutilized arrow in your quiver. first of all, she speaks five or six language, she is beautiful, and she is a migrant pick she has a story to tell. this time around, quite curious about her.

the march goes from the washington monument to the supreme court where they celebrate the overturn ofident donald trump also in recent days pardoned ten anti-abortion activists who had been jailed for blocking access to abortion clinics, and j.d. vance a very popular figure on the mall. >> sandra: appearing in person and delivering his message, and another chilly day in washington, d.c. 38°. thousands rallies at the march for life. john, i believe the rally organizers estimated about 150,000 in attendance. we don't have an official number. but this is obviously -- these are big crowds still building there and taking in the words of the newly minted vice president. >> john: yeah, i remember -- was it last year or the year before? they were there in a snowstorm. they're a hardy group of people. >> sandra: that's right. we will keep monitoring that. meanwhile, this... >> i look forward to being on the tarmac to thank the president and welcome him. and making sure that all of the resources he needs for a successful briefing are provided to him. >> sandra: all right. the governor there in

you also have a tower that's bigger than the washington monument -- lauren: -- lawrence: we like to dobrian: and you apologize later. let's talk about the tone that is going to be set by the president in his inaugural address. remember american carnage? the he talked about the problems when he took over in 2017. i get the sense this one's going to be a lot more optimistic, and he indicated that the nbc. ainsley: yeah. he said he's going the focus on unity, strength and fairness. steve: let's take a look. lawrence: this is what he says, because you have to be treating people fairly. you can't just say, oh, everything's going to be wonderful. you know, we went through hell for four years with these people and so, you know, something has to be done about it. you can't have that happen, and we shouldn't have that happen. brian: so he's going to mention lawfare. he's going to say no more retribution. and i think from here on in, the theme's got to be, okay, whatever happened, happened. america's got to get on the right fool. as a country, we've not to start thinking optimistically again. ai

the washington monument towers in the background. >> this was taken the day after president trump's inauguration taken by the same recover from who took melania's 2017 white house portrait seen here on the right. president trump and vice president j.d. vance official portraits have also been released. those are your headlines. brian, over to you. >> brian: thanks so much for that hollywood minute or two. >> carley: or three. >> brian: a new chinese artificial intelligence app. shaking up the tech world and stock market. the u.s. is winning the tech race. deepseeks a.i. assist app. jumped to the top of the apple app. store and wiped a trillion dollars off the u.s. stock market. kurt the cyberguy joins us now. what is it about this that rocked us. >> kurt: time something number one. so have you this huge innovation where the chinese have developed essentially, which it's like a very similar product that open a.i.'s chatgpt. where we can prompt, asking something like who is brian kilmeade? or solve -- how do i garden in my backyard with this much space? it answers complex, reasoned questions that y

the different cameras we have around the city, the capital, the white house, the top of the washington monumentose cameras were just showing you all the pictures without commentary. you can just watch and get a sense of what washington looks like today. we will be back with you throughout the evening. [♪ army band plays ♪] [♪ army band plays ♪] >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2025 presidential inaugural parade! i am very honored to be requested by our president to be your parade announcer. it is great to be here with you. i have to say it is a bit of a different format, but our president wanted to keep us safe, keep us warm. i can tell you the talent that are going to be going through these doors and into this arena, it is going to get hot in here tonight! thank you for joining us as we celebrate this historic occasion. the ceremony is about to begin. we are going to get things underway. are you with family -- if you are with family and friends, grab a seat and a snack. we are going to get this show on the road. host: you could hear the announcer at capital one arena announced the parad

you can see the washington monument. it's very, very close to washington, d.c. this is not some far off airport. the fact that i, when i was coming in to work this morning, could hear some of those helicopters that i now hear in the background of your live shot, again, for viewers, just gives you the proximity of what we're talking about here. what else are you seeing? erin, i know that we were talking about how the cold and the dark are a condition, making it so much more difficult for first responders who are fanned out trying to rescue anyone that might be in the water. but ice is also a really big condition that they're battling in the water. talk about. i know it's between 5 and 8ft of water there in the potomac, but just talk about what else you're seeing by way of the rescue operation. >> yeah, i mean, it's hard to see anything because it's so dark. and obviously we have lights here so we can illuminate where we are. and there's, as we noted, a helicopter that's flying overhead with a bright spotlight as well. the boats that are in the water have lights,

a live look at the washington monument here in the nation's capital, which, of course, has been in mourning since that horrible plane crash a night or so ago. good morning, everyone. i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with us. there are no survivors. there are only questions after the deadly collision between an american airlines jet and an army helicopter near reagan national airport overnight, cnn obtained exclusive new footage of the moments leading up to and after the tragedy. this cell phone video. it recorded surveillance footage. it appears to have been taken from the airport grounds, and you can see the helicopter approach from the left of the screen as the plane approaches from the right until this incredibly tragic moment of impact, an explosion and the jet appears to turn upside down before crashing into the icy potomac below. cnn's aviation correspondent pete muntean has more on the investigation into how this could have happened. >> the national transportation safety board is now investigating what caused the deadliest aviation disaster in the united states in more than

the blades are the size of the washington monument. nightmare to get rid of them. electric cars. electricity comes from coal. it's fossil fuels that power an electric car. they're four or five times as heavy as a regular car. you'd have to replace every bridge in america if you went electric so, hopefully, they'll stop this. and everybody that's done anything with windmills around the world is now in the process of taking them down. larry: right. >> they don't work. larry: they do unbelievable harm everywhere they go. it was such a terrible idea. and, by the way, to construct these windmill farms, massive amounts of carbon dioxide flow into the sky. okay, i've got another one. this one's even tougher. the last vestiges of weaponization and lawfare. take a listen to this. >> so this is, deringed jack smith. so he dropped the lawsuits -- deranged. they're not allowed to issue the report. so if they're not allowed to issue the report, that's the way it should be because he was thrown off the case in disgrace. we have a judge in new york w

the wider shot of the washington monument, which was someone was running behind you and waved at you. and people who are running in this kind of storm, that you're a real one, you know what i'm saying? >> dc? i'm telling you, i see two runners currently. i have seen like a dozen of them. i'm also like, how are you doing this and not slipping everywhere? i would be busting my butt. it would not be good, i can tell you. i barely walk well, like slipping around, sliding. so good for them. >> so all ten of their toes seem warm. >> they're moving. yeah. i mean, shout out to them. >> yeah. >> thank you. it really is a gorgeous scene this morning. so thank you for bringing it to us and sacrificing your toes. but sometimes, you gotta put on your game face. that's why tylenol provides fast, effective pain relief. that's tylenol. that's care without limits. patients who have sensitive teeth but also want whiter teeth they have to make a choice one versus the other. sensodyne clinical white provides two shades whiter teeth as well as providing 24/7 sensitivity protection. patients are going to l

the washington monument shrank to 100ft. but what an event. the left are losing their minds. rashida tlaib was so upset she shaved her mustache. liz cheney was so despondent, she begged her dad to shoot her in the face. he's had practice. and after the swearing in, trump attended a capitol luncheon that included a seafood dish, a meat entree and dessert. and then, in an odd twist, jerry nadler jumped into the cake. but on his first day, trump was already cracking down on the border, reinstating. yeah, yeah. okay. bite into my time reinstating remain in mexico. but he's also reinstating remain in canada. but that's just for alanis morissette. on saturday, there was a repeat of the women's march, but it was rebranded as the people's march to include all genders. now there are more balls in the march than there are after the inauguration. new york times reports that joe biden used teleprompters even when visiting donors in private homes. >> that's fun. >> well, i hope they were still able to give him a kidney. 19 former fox news hosts, commentators and contributors are poised to

and the washington monument as well. again, why is this even worth a mention? it's because this is something that was incredibly important to donald trump. he was on a little bit of a rant about the fact that he wanted those flags to be all the way up for his inauguration. the fact that the one that we're looking at right now on top of the white house is not, but all of these others around washington are all the way up is interesting. >> i suspect within a couple hours, the one on top of the white house will be at full staff. a number of republican governors have addressed this by saying, for instance, i think glenn youngkin in virginia and greg abbott in texas, they are raising the flags today in honor of inauguration day, in honor of donald trump. then tomorrow, the flags will come back to half- staff for the memorial period. i cull pleatly understand why donald trump wants it up for his inaugural. >> of all the things, i think it's fine. i think it's fine. i mean, donald trump is a man who has a lot of peculiarities about optics and this is one of them. ther

a live look at the washington monument on this thursday morning. still chilly here in d.c. good morning everyone. i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with

in the washington monument, you can see the capitol, you can see the white house. it's an incredible sight as you're coming in for that landing. and, and but it's also so, so very close to all this other traffic. >> yeah. it is i mean it's a i think it's a fantastic airport to come in and out of because you do have such, you know, such a great view as you come in. there are intersecting runways. ronald reagan has three intersecting runways. runway 119, runway 1533 and runway 422. so this allegedly happened as a plane was coming into approaching runway three three, which is not surprising given the constant traffic and what, you know, usually arrivals to runway 33 are flying the approach to runway one, and then they circle to land on runway 33. >> tom costello. >> thank you very much for that report. we're joined now by john cox, nbc news aviation analyst, and a pilot. and the video that you're seeing on our screen there was recorded earlier tonight at the time of the crash. what you see is a plane taking off, and then that bright light that then explodes into a bri

you do a very, very sharp, late right turn just as you pass the washington monument.it's quite a normal arrival procedure, but for passengers not familiar with it, it can be a little stomach churning. so here you have an extremely busy, very experienced, very well managed airport. and i think what you're going to find here, this isn't like the florida air crash of many years ago with deicing or anything like that. technical failures. i don't foresee any issues of those. this is going to be a clear cut case of air traffic management in one shape or another, who was told to beware and who was confused or understood where the other aircraft was because you know, perhaps, as the president said last night, you know, this shouldn't have happened. somebody was where they shouldn't supposed to be, but it will be very quickly established as to what went wrong. >> and even alongside the investigative efforts, as we continue to watch these first responders on on the frigid potomac river right now, many of these airlines, they also have victim services. and i mean, they are they

here's a live look at the washington monument in downtown d.c. good morning, everyone. i'm kayla tausche in for kasie hunt. it is wonderful to have you with us today. donald trump's retribution tour continues. the defense department stripping retired general mark milley, the former joint chiefs chairman, of his security detail and his security clearance. >> but i was really going to talk about the the level of, you know, what's going on, why are we doing this? why are we trying to help a guy like milley? why are we doing milley? he was pardoned. what? he said terrible. what he said. >> it's unclear which remarks president trump is referring to there, but milley, who trump nominated to lead the joint chiefs in 2018, has in recent years made several critical comments that seem to reference his former boss. >> we don't take an oath to a king or a queen, or to a tyrant or a dictator, and we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator. >> in a statement, the pentagon chief of staff saying, quote, undermining the chain of command is corrosive to our national security, and restor

a live look at the washington monument on this thursday morning. still chilly here in d.c. good morning everyone. i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with >> they were treated like the worst criminals in history. and you know what they were there for? they were protesting the vote because they knew the election was rigged and they were protesting the vote. and that you should be allowed to protest a vote. most of the people were absolutely innocent. >> some of the rioters may get more than just a pardon. two sources telling cnn the trump administration is considering inviting some of the convicts who received pardons to the white house for a meeting with the president. and now federal judges overseeing some of the january 6th cases, making it clear they disagree with trump's characterization of that day in an order granting the justice department's request to close an alleged rioters ongoing case. judge tanya chutkan, who presided over trumps election subversion case, writing that the dismissal, quote, cannot whitewash the blood, feces and terror that the mob left in

and duke just had the biggest case of the zoomies last night to come down to the washington monument. and he just had a blast. oh, yeah. >> so so to bingo, we should get duke and bingo together in the snow, right? >> dog day? absolutely. >> dog day. that's right. but you're right. you know, mother nature is in charge. she she she reminds us of that when this stuff happens. absolutely. i love it. and we have another snowstorm this weekend. apparently. so gear up, duke and bingo. we'll get. we'll get the dogs together to play. yeah, he was resistant. >> i had to pull on that leash a little bit to get him out the door yesterday, but as soon as he got in it, he went wild. he went crazy all about it. you're absolutely right. there's another big storm coming. we're going to have to brace ourselves for that, too. but yeah, anyway, i'll let you get to it. but it will be okay. that's right. >> we're going to duke. and one way or another, with duke and bingo, doing the zoomies will be. it will be just fine. all right, jim, thanks so much. good to see you. and we are following two major live eve

most memorable landmarks in washington, the lincoln memorial being one of the closest, and the washington monument. and of course, the capitol building. and these small planes, like the one that was carrying these passengers from wichita, kansas. there are so many of them, they used to all fly out of one gate called 35 x. it's been changed in recent years, but if you're flying in one of these small planes, you can use one of the shorter runways that's available here at ronald reagan national airport. and the approach along the potomac river, that it seems likely that this plane was taking there are there are a number of potential options, but one of the most beautiful approaches, if you're in one of these small planes, is a long the potomac river. and you do actually have a view out the window of all of those beautiful landmarks on the national mall. and it's also the river again, the pentagon also sits right on the same side as the airport. so if you're a black hawk helicopter flying along the river, the pentagon is immediately there as well. and that's part of why there is so much air traffic li

the washington monument right there. nd the scene of multiple people in the water and the search and rescue effort underway right now. >> and, brian, can you just give our viewers some perspective about washington, d.c. airspace? clearly, look, we have a we have a helicopter crashing into a passenger plane. but this is one of the most this is one of the busiest air spaces in the country. >> and omar, you know this. you've been in the d.c. bureau. we have a view of the u.s. capitol, and we see all the planes as well that are coming in for landing or taking off all the time, every day. it seems it never ends. so, yes, this is one of the busiest airports that service seen. it's the closest one here to the nation's capital. so so another eerie, unsettling kind of feeling of not seeing anything in the airspace other than that one helicopter that has been circling here for for most of the night. we are told that the airport will remain closed until at least thursday morning at 11 a.m. and also, we should note that american airl

you are seeing the washington monument. you may have noticed the flights at half-staff. is was from president biden ordering flags around washington, d.c., at half-staff to commemorate the passing of jimmy carter. it is the house speaker mike johnson ordering today and just today for flags to be flown at full staff for the inauguration participant ceremonies. so expect that. we were going to see more activities outside and now they moved inside, but regardless, inauguration day still taking place. c-span brings you that coverage showing you things throughout the morning from various cameras giving you perspectives in and around washington, d.c. charles is in alabama, republican line. charles, go ahead. charles in alabama, hello. caller: hey, can you hear me? host: yes, you are on. go ahead. caller: i just want to give a positive message this morning not just for republicans, democrats, independents. i want to hope everybody is great. everybody eats. everybody has good gas. but he has good benefits and health. i just want everything to be positive. i am from south alabama

. >> you have the washington monument left and the jefferson more on your right. and then. and then you're flying right here by reagan national airport. it's one of the busiest aviation spots in the country, if not the world. >> less than 48 hours after the crash, the federal aviation administration has now shut down the routes for the foreseeable future. a source familiar with the investigation tells me more permanent changes are being discussed. investigators have recovered the so-called black boxes from the passenger plane and are reading them at a laboratory only a mile from the crash site. recovery crews on the potomac river braved rain friday as they turned their focus to the wreckage of the helicopter. >> it's been a tough response for a lot of our people. we've had over 300 responders operating at one time, and i think we've got about 500 people that have worked through the site. >> the latest update from first responders, 41 victims have been recovered from the icy potomac river, 28 of them have been identified so far, although most of the work cannot continue unti

you pass by the washington monument. you can see the white house and the hill. that's how close you get to the city. but there's been a lot of focus about whether or not the airport can handle additional traffic. does it have the resources it needs because there are so many flights going out? they just added new routes out of here. there's a new flight to seattle, a new flight to san diego. so they're still adding air traffic out of this airport. even though there have been fears about congestion, we have no idea if congestion played any role in this crash, jonathan. but there's still going to be this look at what else can change, what could happen. i want to talk also about what we're seeing out here in terms. >> of the. >> scene itself. yes. we're still seeing those emergency vehicles with their lights on, but far fewer of them. the helicopters have calmed down as well. we know american airlines, which was not the operator of this aircraft, but it was their regional carrier, is sending a go team, which is one of the crisis communications teams. so, jonathan, t

so would you give the washington monument? would you give away the statue of liberty? i said, but ten, 15 minutes ago you said you didn't care because i really didn't know. i didn't think about it. and i said, i wish i could have this conversation because this guy, this, this this is this in, i should say, preface know i don't take shots at secular. i mean, these are incredible patriots. they fight for our country. you know, they know what they know. i mean and it's but but it's an of of the educational in israel and i again, it pains me to say it, you know, the book will hopefully be out in hebrew soon. and i hope, you know, i actually hope more read it in hebrew than than in english. but but i can't have that conversation a million times. right. so i think i'll write the book maybe that will you know, the word will get out. but i believe that that the jewish if they really thought long and hard about, they visit it. they understood it, can't give it away. i mean, it's it's this great gift, this treasure that god gave us. and, you know, as i say, the book, you know, o

here on the east coast, here's a live look at the washington monument in downtown d.c. good morning everyone. i'm kayla tausche in for kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you all with us. it's been just one week since the inauguration, and already donald trump is demonstrating that he is not the president. he was eight years ago. no longer is he an outsider, hindered by the norms and traditions of washington. instead, trump's second term is proving that he now knows just how and where to use the powers of the presidency to implement his vision for america's government. >> success will be my revenge. success will be my revenge. >> last night, the white house ordering a pause on all federal grants and loans. it's a decision that could impact trillions of dollars in federal assistance for communities in every state. and the president issuing yet another slate of executive orders, this time designed to reshape the nation's military by barring transgender americans and by reinstating service members who were discharged for failing to comply with covid vaccine requirements. an

and on the other side, of course, we're looking at the washington monument, the capitol. this is unbelievable. >> and what we also want to point out, laura, is some characteristics of the river that we're talking about here. this is information that we just got a short time ago from the u.s. geological survey. this helps us kind of understand the scope and the difficulty of their operation. this is according to the u.s. geological survey. the potomac river has an average depth of 24ft. and it's about, averaging about approximately 400 miles long from the headwaters of the north branch to its mouth in the chesapeake bay, 24ft on average. and you and i have been talking about this near where we are. it's a lot less than 24ft. 24ft is at it's its greatest depth over here in the middle of the river. that is an incredibly shallow bottle body of water. now, is that an advantage for the responders? possibly. but it also possibly could work against them because it's very brackish. a lot of sediment kicks up visibility very, very difficult. >> the conditions working against. and y

you see the washington monument, u you look to the left. you see the supreme court and right in front of you is the capitol rotunda. that's where donald trump and joe biden are right now as they are about to lock up into the united states capitol for the inauguration. point dam made and you know, obviously we're watching this all play out there walking into the inauguration. danny talked about how, you know, working class voters chose republicans over democrats this time. >> republicans have to be very, very careful about the going forward. you have elon musk. you have jeff bezos. you have mark zuckerberg. you a lot of people in power. a lot of people in and influence that don't necessarily represent the working class of working class of this country. that's i think you're going to hear a lot of democrats going forward. that's going to be their criticism of this transition of this administration, seeing what president biden has called admian oligarchy. >> on folding, you know, i think going forward. that's going to be something the administ

here we are on the side and the banks of the potomac river right behind me is the capitol, the washington monument, overlooking what appears to be a dire scene as crews are desperate to try to figure out if they can save any lives of those who may have been in that water. right now, we have the entire crew on board looking to figure out who might have been impacted and whether there are survivors and souls on board. you are live with us here on cnn, and we've got our team in studio. kaitlan collins, along with pete muntean and our entire aviation team ready, waiting to give you the answers that we are all so desperate to learn what has happened tonight. why has it happened tonight? and who will survive what appears to be an unbelievable tragedy? >> yeah, laura, all of this is just breaking. and i should note, we have learned president trump has just been briefed on this. he says he is praying for everyone who is involved. we are waiting to learn more as we are getting in information from the pentagon about this black hawk helicopter that collided with this plane. but laura, just given the response

and the washington monument, visibility is strained. public schools in the d.c. area are all closed as the expectations the snowfall total will rise considerably by the end of the day. overnight, a relentless winter storm snarling our nation's midsection, unleashing mayhem on the roads, particularly in states like missouri and kansas, flexing a combination of ite-out snow, freezing rain and thunder sleet, creating a massive frozen iceland. the system even spawning the tornado in arkansas. more than 60 million americans are under alert and many schools already canceled from philadelphia to d.c. which could see close to a foot of snow. parts of the midwest are already buried in almost 14 inches. >> you can't even see down the dang street. >> reporter: as more than 100,000 customers lost power sunday. nbc's maggie vespa reporting from kansas city. >> this is going to be one of the most historic storms that kansas city has ever seen. >> reporter: plows working overtime as they face challenging conditions. cars struggling to maintain control, and these tractor trailer