Plane. I dont think this was the first flight certainly. And the communications back and forth with the tower at one point asking if there were other pilots on the line, asking about what kind of chop he would get into over the mountain areas. This went on for quite a period of time and it did Emso Liseem E air Traffic Controller had some familiarity with them. So as the picture becomes, you know, more and more flushed out, this is someone who was familiar with the airport. You know, you almost are tempted to say it was someone who kind of snapped because he clearly enjoyed the flight, enjoyed the role and loop that he performed, sounded anyway, surprised that he was able to do that loop. That is difficult do especially in a twin Engine Aircraft that is not made do that. And it sheds a lot of light. And many people heard the clip that we just played, but i want to play a bit more of it. Obviously viewers here in the u. S. , many people just waking up again for this plane that was stolen from Seatac Airport hours ago. Lets listen to a bit more of that Radio Transmission between the mechanic and air Traffic Control. Yeah, that is all i have no idea what all that means. I wouldnt know how to punch it in. Im on autopilot. Im keeping you you awu you aircraft trying to land at seatac. Yeah, I Dont Want To screw with that. Im glad youre not screwing up everyone elses day. On account of me. Im down to 2100. I started like 30 something. Rich, you say you are at 2100 pounds of fuel left . Yeah. I dont know what the burnout is like on takeoff, but yeah, it burned quite a bit faster than i expected. So just listening there to the tone of this conversation, mary, it is bizarre, right, to say the least. It is not confrontational. It seems that the mechanic is having a good time saying, hey, i hope it doesnt mess things up for others. Bizarre, right, to i a the lesa least. And what does it say about how he was able to get up in the airplane in the first place . Well, and that is very typical because at airports all over the world, i mean mechanics have the ability to taxi the aircraft. They are qualified for that, that is one of the things that they are allowed do. You have to separately qualify, be able to run and taxi the aircraft. And sos as i understand in this case, they had taxied it over to a maintenance parking area. And so once at that point, i mean he had the ability to move the plane, he knows how to taxi the plane. To me it sounded like even from the very early clips when we saw the loop and the turn, it looked like he had some experience flying. But here it is almost like he is experimenting, almost like he is doing a Science Project and talking to the air Traffic Controller as he experiments with this aircraft. And clearly hadnt thought the ending through because after the barrel roll or after the loop what he said i thought that would be it, i dont know. To me it just sounds like someone that snapped. Yeah, and you mention that mechanics do test these airplanes as they are known to taxi at airports. But what would the scene be when the ground control, the tower, airport police, realize this person is taking off in a commercial plaenlne . Well, very concerned, upset, all sorts of alarms would be going off. But there is very little that they can do. The key is who has access to the planes. Because you once youre in it and once you know how to start it and taxi it, there is very little that anyone can do to keep you from taking off other than put like you see in hollywood movies, they can put vehicles on the ground in front of the taxi area, but they wouldnt be expecting that because this person was obviously in had the taxi approval. He could taxi planes at the airport. So once he decides to move off the taxi area and into position on the runway, the controllers were doing the best they could to make sure he didnt interfere with traffic in the air because
obviously he could have caused a disaster in the air, although all modern Passenger Aircraft have automatic avoidance equipment on it. We dont know what he had turned on this plane, but the controllers had to keep not only him and others safe on the ground, but once in the air, they had to keep him away from everybody else. And there is so much focus and attention on security, people going into airports, passengers getting on to planes. But look, this really raises another question, another issue that certainly will be flushed out as this investigation is under way. Mary schiavo, thank you so much for being with us and well keep in touch. Again, in breaking story of course well continue to follow it here on cnn. Another major story to tell you about as this weekend pushes forward, a very grim anniversary. In charlottesville, how that city traumatized by racists, White Nationalists, nazis. How it is preparing for this
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full speed into the crowd, immediately put it in reverse and reversed at speed back up the mi hill. Reporter when it was over, Heather Heyer was dead, dozens of others injured. I saw a woman dumb link down tumbling down on my windshield and landing there. I kind of like closed my eyes because i didnt know what i was seeing was real. I remember Heather Heyer being on the ground near the back of my sisters car there were emts all around her, but i remember particularly the emt that was giving her cpr at the time, he was using all of his might, all of his force to try and revive her. Reporter the driver of the car that plowed into the crowd was arrested and charged. He has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. That same day, two State Troopers were killed when their helicopter crashed while patrolling the area. In response to it all, President Donald Trump didnt denounce the hate group involved. Instead, he said this we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. On many sides. Reporter the backlash was swift, yet three days later, the president doubled down on his remarks. You look at both sides. I think there is blame on both sides. Heather heyer they showed up at charlottesville excuse me, you had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. Reporter the images seem to tell a different story. Randi kaye, cnn, new york. It was such a horrible day
for our country. And so far President Trump is ignoring the charlottesville anniversary, at least on twitter. He is actually tweeting criticism of some athletes who are making a quiet protest about Race Relations in this country. On friday mr. Trump condemned a small group of u. S. Football players who kneeled during the national anthem. The president accuse us them of showing fake outrage for something they cant define, but the athletes are explicitly calling attention to Racial Injustice an inequality in the United States. They say the way mr. Trump is handling it is making the whole problem worse. Now, from dog whis i will statements to comments that seem to give the racist groups a pass, it seems that White Nationalists are now emboldened to spread their extremist views. We have one example. Sara sidner has a story of one town that is struggling to figure out how to confront a neighbor who is a knee owe neo
nazi. Reporter in the koum of this rural pennsylvania town, the sign hate lives here. Are you a knee owe nazi . Do i embrace it . I dont try to push it away. Reporter youre wearing a swastika on your shirt and youve got swastika flags. Flags, why the shirt, why the hateful symbols . I dont think they are hateful. I think it is an ideology that has been completely m misinterpreted since the third reich. Reporter i have to stop you. Misinterpreted . 6 million jews were killed. No, you will never sell me on that. Reporter im not trying to sell you. It is reality, it is history. Daniel burnside is a light thing rod of ulysses, pennsylvania. His town is getting attention it does not want. Rural america spoke up when they elected trump. Rural america. Reporter and by rural america, he means white america. Were staring dont barrel of
a gun here in white america. There is still 193 million white americans. Yes, the vast majority of them are in their 60s and 70s, will be in the ground in the next 20 years. And therefore we have the possibility of becoming a minority in our own country. A possibility of becoming a minority. Reporter sounds to me like youre afraid of being me. This is my country. Reporter being me this is also my country. You didnt win the culture war. Reporter he invited us on his property to talk, but when he doesnt like our conversation, he explodes. Get the [ bleep ] out of here now. Reporter we do. Just down the street, were met by A Dozen Residents who say burnside does not speak for this town. There are families in this county that blame politics for people like him sort of being able to come out and be very loud. Is that fair . The president weve got right now hasnt helped the situation a whole lot. You know, hes done a lot of the same beliefs, you know, wont speak against him. This guy feeds off that stuff. Reporter among the crowd, many with fathers and grandfathers who fought the nazis. We are good people and he is stepping on all of us. Were all one tribe. And who does he think he is. Reporter Teacher Debbie Hamilton says she just returned from Touring Concentration Camps in poland. One thing that we talked about was Passive Resistance versus active resistance. Reporter so far they have chosen Passive Resistance with burnside. On the other side of potter county, joe and his wife are convinced Passive Resistance is the wrong choice. Im not saying you should go to their houses with pitch forks and guns, you know. Im saying hold a peaceful protest against them. Reporter after seeing kkk flyers appearing in their neighborhood, and burnsides decorations in their county, joe did protest. Only to receive a threat by one of the supremacists he stood against. They would look at me and
give me the finger and even make little gestures like they were going to shoot me. Reporter joe says the racial hatred intensified when his jamaican bride arrived. In walmart, i get a lot of that [ bleep ]. Reporter in their hinds if more people stood up against hate, the racists would be forced to leave and let love stand. Sara sidner, cnn, ulysses, pennsylvania. Lets bring in our Pop Culture Journalist Jarrett Hill joining us from los angeles. Thank you for your time. Looking at that piece from sara sidner, it shows examples of hate that seem to be more overt and this weekend hate will be on parade in the nations capital. Ive got a 3yearold son and i worry about what he sees and what he hears on a weekend like this, but what are your thoughts about the feeling and the tone of hate in america right now . I think we have to really pause ourselves for a moment and think about the fact that were having a frank uncomfortable
contentious conversation with nazis on a regular basis right now because the president of the United States is not everyone comfortable saying like what they are saying is bad, what they are doing is wrong, the things that they believe are not american values. And were having to take these ideas very seriously because they are coming from all over the place. And were in a time right now where all of these kinds of ideas are people with these ideas are feeling empowered to say whatever it is that they want to say and go to washington, d. C. On the one Year Anniversary of charlottesville. I think it is really, really terrible despicable time for us in america. And what is unexpected at this point, what is to happen could happen in charlottesville and what we know will happen in washington, d. C. This weekend, question ha we have to go back one year to the days after the violence when asked to clarify the false equivalence that he suggested, mr. Trump, between protesters and nazis, again nazis that lost
world war ii, here is what mr. Trump had to say back then. Excuse me. Excuse me. You had some very bad team in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. That was then and now this is now. Here we are a year later, what do you expect . I have the very lowest of expectations and the highest of hopes. I think that this president has shown us time and time again that we cant rely on him to be our moral compass. Hes shown us that we cant rely on him to be a sounding board for what is logical or what is reasonable, what is even comfortable to america in a time where we have nazis that are literally coming to washington, d. C. To protest or to celebrate or to commemorate what happened in charlottesville. There has not been a peep out of the white house. It does seem their strategy is to wait and see if they are forced to do so. But how important is it in your view for the president of the United States to make a clear statement denouncing these hate groups . To be very honest with you, i think it would be really great if the president came out and said i dont believe this, i dont believe in this, i dont affirm this behavior, but i dont even know that i would buy it at this point. Weve sat with donald trump since june of 2015 2015 as a president ial candidate and even before that with the birtherism and all those things. So him coming out right now and saying this is bad or, oh, they shouldnt be doing this, i dont even know that i could buy it at this point because weve had so much come before it. Hes had so many opportunities come before that he has walked by and not said anything. I dont even know that i would be able to embrace it or accept it as something that would be genuine because it would be so countered to everything that has come before it. Although this is a president who is known for saying things that are directly contradictory to the previous thing that he said
before. Mr. Trump again turning attention to Football Players kneeling, he says it is about disrespecting the flag and soldiers which rallies his base. We know however those protests whether one agrees with them or not are really about highlighting social injustice. But lets listen to mr. Trump as he leans in on the rallies his. Get that [ bleep ] off the field right now. Given the tone of what you just heard there, given what we know could happen this weekend, do you see this president as having the ability to pull a nation together on such a critical issue like race . I wish that i even believed that was a priority for this president. I dont believe that this president cares about that. I think this president has shown us since the day he took office or everybody t or even the day of the election that he had no interest of
meeting people in the middle, of even having a dialogue with people who did not vote for him. He has shown us that loyalty to him and loilgity to him looks like being at the ballot box and voting for him. Loyalty to him means affirming everything he does and praising him when you are in person with him. We have seen that time and time again that his priorities lie with those people. So the idea that he would come out and Say Something or try to unify us is something that is so far that is so beyond the reach i believe of this president that it is hard to even really expect that from the president. And it is really difficult because in times like this where we know a major protest like this is about to happen, these are times when were nervous about what could happen. And this isnt even a president that we could to urn to to comft us should something go wrong. Jarrett hill, thank you so much for your time and perspective. Sure thing. Again in washington, d. C. , they are expecting to see neo
nazi rally happen there. Not sure what happens in charlottesville. But what we typically see are more people come out to protest against them. Exactly. And that is when things go awry. Of course well be covering this weekend. Our top story, a commercial airplane is stolen in seattle. Well play the air Traffic Control official trying to get the man in the cockpit to land the plane for you as we come back here. My name is jeff sheldon, and im the founder of ugmonk. Before shipstation it was crazy. Its great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize ive got a hundred orders i have to ship out. Shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everythings pretty much done. Its so much easier so now, were ready, bring on t. Shipstation. The number one ch of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get two months free. Im a small business, but i have. Big dreams. And big plans. So how do i make the efforts of 8 employees. Feel like 50 . How can i share new plans virtually . How can i download an efile . Virtual tours . Zipfile . Really big files . In seconds, not minutes. Just like that. Like everything. The answer is simple. Ill do what ive always done. Dream more, dream faster, and above all. Now, ill dream gig. Now more businesses, in more places, can afford to dream gig. Comcast, building americas largest gigspeed network. Welcome back. This is cnn newsroom. Im natalie allen. And im george how will ouel. A turbo prop plane crashed after a mechanic stole it from the Seatac Airport. An unreal story. It could have been so much worse. Ment plane did go down on Ketron Island southwest of the airport killing the pilot. A few people live on thats land. Thankfully no one on the ground was hurt. The aircraft took off without authorization and thankfully as well without any passengers on that plane. And here is what we know about the person at the controls. Only identified as a 29yearold horizon air mechanic from Pierce County, washington. This according to officials. We also just received some of the radio transitions from the tower. Apparently the mechanic on that plane making some really dangerous stunts there, surprising that he could do it. Lets listen. All right, rich. This is the captain. Congratulations. You did that. Now lets try to land that airplane safely and not hurt anybody on the ground. All right. I dont know, man. I dont know. I dont want to. I was kind of hoping that was going to be it, you know. In that clip you get a sense of the tone of this mechanic who stole that aircraft from seatac. We understand that military jets scrambled from portland, oregon during the incident, but it does not appear that these jets were involved in the crash itself. We still dont know how it crashed or why it crashed. He indicated that he was worried about fuel. The Pierce County sheriff is also stressing this was not linked to terrorism. Lets get more analysis now from a former Accident Investigator for the National Transportation safety board and for the faa. He is on the phone from new mexico. The conversation really between the tower and this mechanic
flying this plane is chilling. And you can certainly understand the measured reaction with the control tower there just trying to encourage him to land this plane. What do you make of it . Well, natalie, i certainly agree this controller almost sounds like a hostage negotiator, like an fbi trained hostage negotiator. He is talking to the guy, trying to calm him down, trying to get him to land. At one point he talks about landing at a Military Base there. He was only like a mile away at that time. And the mechanic said that i guess it would be jail for life. So at different times when you listen to all of the recordings that have been released, it sounds like he goes almost bipolar where he is happy at one time and then he is talking about disappointing people on the ground and jail for life and
so on. So it is bizarre to say the least. And of course this is one of the best arguments for effective Employee Assistance programs. As you know, im a research psychologist, not a therapist, but i just wonder if anybody with horizon even suspected that this guy was going unstable. Right, because mechanics dont even get the scrutiny weve been hearing from Aviation Officials that passengers get. And certainly you would imagine in the investigation they will be speaking with his colleagues, people that work with him, to get a sense of who he was, trying to get in to his mind. But alan, lets listen to a bit more of that audio. Because again, getting a sense of the tone of this he cmechani his feeling about stealing a plane from seatac. It is bizarre to i a tsay the l. Lets listen. Yeah, that is all i have no idea what all that means. I wouldnt know how to punch it in. Im on autopilot. Not taking any jets. Im actually trying to keep you away from any aircraft trying to land at seatac. Yeah, I Dont Want To screw with that. Im glad youre not, you know, screwing up everyone elses day. On account of me. Im down to 2100. Started like 30 something. 2100 pounds of fuel. Youre at 2100 pounds of fuel left . Yeah. I dont know what the burn burnout is like on takeoff, but, yeah, it burned quite a bit faster than i expected. So again, we heard from this mechanic on the plane there, you get a sense of how he felt about stealing a plane from seatac,
flying it, taking it for what seems to be a joy ride in his mind. But here is the bigger question at this point. A mechanic who stole a plane. We understand that mechanics, many of them have what is called run and Taxi Qualification Meaning that they can take a plane, they can move it along the taxi way, you know, that is within the realm of their ability. So do you think that that will be scrutinized a bit more given what we saw happen at seatac . Because it does seem now like a security issue. That is very interesting. Al lats caaska Airlines Just mio go announced that he technically wasnt a mechanic, he was a Ground Service person who helped one of those guys that helps direct the Arn Airplanes Parking and deicing them. So he actually didnt have what they call an amp, airplane and power plant license. Wait just a minute. Repeat that again. Hes not a mechanic . Alaska airlines has announced that he was a Ground Service agent i believe is the exact words they used. I just heard this maybe in the last hour. But basically he is a Service Personnel who has access to the aircraft, your point. And i think that there will have to be more scrutiny on this. But clearly other than perhaps better Employee Assistance programs now, i do believe i know mechanics, controllers and pilots all have to go through random drug testing. That is one of the things that occurred to me. This guy almost sounds like he might be high on something at times in those recordings. But Employee Assistance programs are critical. But other than that, i just dont know how you can i
guess you could put locks on all the aircraft and control the keys somehow. Im in a Military Flying Club and we did that with our little cessnas. I guess it would be feasible on bigger airplanes, but i just dont know if that is in the works. But im sure they will be looking at that and clearly the fbi will lead this investigation, ntsb will be assisting them. But one thing i would say, one of the great mysteries is did he actually want to commit suicide. Depends on where in that tape, where in the tapes that have been released you are listening as to whether or not he has decided this is not going to end well and he may be contemplating suicide. But the black boxes will probably be able to tell whether or not he pushed the nose over of the aircraft and, you know, literally ended the flight or was it some kind of
mismanagement of the controls and therefore an accident. Alan passing along some information that we will of course need to confirm through our sources here at cnn. But suggesting that this is not a mechanic. And that is really important. That is why i stopped you there in your tracks. Because again this is a person, you know, mechanic would typically have that run and taxi qualification. So if that is not the indicate that means this person somehow knew how to takeoff the runway and take this airplane into flight. So well continue to of course so many questions to be answered. Thank you so much. It is evolving obviously. But even a Ground Service agent would have access and a Ground Controller and tower would not know whether this guy is a pickic or Ground Service agent. So if he said 50i789 im going to taxi the runway in for maintenance purposes, i cant manage that they would
would have access, but the question is ability. That is the surprise here. So alan, thank you for being with us. Well of course continue to wait as authorities pass along information. And certainly we will be tracking that information down as well. Thank you for your time. Saudi arabia promises an investigation into an air strike in yemen that killed dozens of children on their way to a camp. The very latest on that tragic incident is coming up after this short break. Youve tried moisturizer after moisturizer but theres one. That blows them all out of the water. Hydro boost water gel from neutrogena®. With Hyaluronic Acid it goes beneath the surface to plump skin cells from within and lock in hydration leaving skin so supple, it actually bounces back. The results will blow you away hydro boost and our gentle exfoliating cleanser from neutrogena®
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they have into lira. The increase comes as the uts. S demands turkey release an american pastor, turkey releases Andrew Brunson of having ties behind a coup attempt. They have not released him as a relate. Lets get response to this from steven e steven urlinger. What do you make of this situation . You are right that it is strange, that well start using sanctions against ally, it will make our friends very nervous. Trump is angry at erdogan, he thought he had a deal for brunson to be released. Vice president pence who is an evangelical is very wrapped up in the brunson case as is Secretary Of State pompeo. And trump feels erdogan broke
his word and did not release brunson. So he is retaliating trying to force turkey to bend and release brunson. There are other americans also being held, but brunson seems to be the case here. It is a sharp use of American Economic power just as with iran. What could be the ramifications, where does this put the u. S. And turkey relationship . It was already rocky before this. Well, it was rocky. And it was rocky for lots of reasons. One is erd with ogan is increas authoritarian, he has been asking for the extradition of a man called Gulan In Pennsylvania who he believes is behind the coup which may or may not be true. And the turks have been cozying up to the russians. And turks are also very angry with The Americans Supplying Arms To Kurds In Syria who the
turks regard as terrorists who want to break away from parts of turkey too. So it is a complicated mess, but it is coming to a real issue for nato i think. Yes, that will be very interesting how nato responds for this situation. The currency as we mentioned has plumm plummeted, so turkeys economy is faltering. Could this hurt other countries . It certainly could because there are a lot of european banks who have loaned money to turkey. Turkey already needs help from the imf. Its economy has been tanking before this. It has too much debt and the economy has been slowing down. So that the other issue, the other leverage is the imf itself as the americans can either help turkey through the imf or can block the imf from helping turkey. So the eu is also watching it. European central bank is also a little nervous about what is going to happen with the loans from european banks. Steven erlanger, thank you for your analysis. Well continue to for him the story of course. The days top stories and Breaking News on the west coast just ahead here. Im george howell. Im natalie allen. Well be right back. This is not a bed. Its a revolution in sleep. The new sleep number 360 smart bed, from 999, intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts. So you wake up ready to train for that marathon. And now, save up to 500 on select sleep number 360 smart beds. Ends wednesday