leaders rare and public back and forth over controversial judicial reform plans. good morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin this morning in kentucky, where two blackhawk helicopters crashed overnight. officials say they went down and trigg county, which is just north of the kentucky tennessee state border. the crew was flying a routine training mission at the time. the army has just confirmed several casualties. we don t have an exact number yet. this photo from wk dz radio shows flames from the crash. here s what one witness who lives about a half a mile away from the crash site saw and heard. two helicopters came over pretty low and all of a sudden, soon as i got older house, something loud banging everything shut down just all of a sudden, so we joined the truck came over here. that s what we ve found two helicopters so still waiting for more information from the army about how many people were on board ea
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m abby phillip in today for john king in washington. detained right now in american reporter for the wall street journal, is in russian custody after vladimir putin s government accuses him of spying. plus two army black hawk helicopters crash in kentucky nine service members, all of them killed as military training operation goes sideways. they re lost. today is our loss, and we re gonna stand with both those that are here today and again. we re gonna make sure that these families know that they are loved that they are not alone. and gridlock on guns. tempers flare lawmakers literally shouting at one another over on capitol hill over the nashville shooting. you know what i m saying? dying? but first today s major news an american journalist arrested in russia, evan gorski vich is being accused of espionage after russian security services detained him about 1100 miles from moscow. the fsb, says gertjan, which was trying to obtain state
when the accident happened. kentucky s governor rushed to the soldier s duty station, which is called fort campbell and had this to say this morning. today is a tough and a tragic day for kentucky. for the four campbell and for the 101st. the nine individuals. we lost our children of god. they will be mourned and missed by their families. by their communities. we ve also heard from the secretary of defense lloyd austin, who said in a statement . my heart goes out to the families of these service members and to the members of the 101st airborne division who bravely and proudly serve our country every day each and every day. i m saddened by this tragic loss, and i am working with army leadership to make sure our troops and their families received the care that they need in the wake. of this accident. cnn s dianne gallagher is live at fort campbell. diane what more are you learning about this tragic accident? so alex. there is an aircraft safety team that is on their way from fo
you understand what it s actually worth. then they auction it to their network of professional buyers. get more for your jewelry with worthy .com bill. we re in antarctica and this is cnn. it is the top of the hour and you are live in the cnn newsroom onboard. sanchez and bianna golodryga new developments in last night s deadly military helicopter crash near fort campbell, kentucky, were nine service members were killed, officials say two black hawk choppers crashed over wooded field during a routine training mission. the service members were aboard an hh 60 helicopter and belong to the 101st airborne division. the officials say they are still notifying next of kin and that an army investigation team is en route to the scene. pentagon press secretary karine jean pierre said there are no immediate plans to ground military aircraft, but added this about the dangers of military exercises. when it comes to military training. we re always going to try to take into account mitigati
the judge considers bail for the suspect leaks case. why prosecutors say he is a flight risk. and reports of fighting in khartoum, despite new cease-fires. foreign citizens rushed to evacuate. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. a former vice president compelled to testify about his direct conversations with the president he served. that s a situation mike pence found himself in on thursday before a grand jury in washington former vice president testified before a federal grand jury for more than five hours. that testimony would have been about what happened after the trump the president at the time, at a time when donald trump was pressuring him to overturn the vote. hints pence refused to do so. pence has also spoke about this conversation publicly. he s right about them in his book. the on a tour of really regularly. whenever before as an investigation, as a grand jury and have prosecutors gotten pence under oath to reveal