Hundreds turn out to remember an el paso shooting victim who died with no family other than her heartbroken husband, a plea of social media leading people from far and wide to come together to honor her memory. All that, plus, dale jr. s miracle survival. There was fire all over the place. Newly released 911 call shows how close the nascar legend and his family came to losing their lives in that terrifying plane crash. A bolt of lightning strikes just next to a High School Guidance counselor in south carolina. And remembering hollywood royalty, fans everywhere honoring the life and career of easy rider star peter fonda, today august 17th, 2019. From nbc news this is today from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, and welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. The loss of a hollywood legend part of hollywood royalty. Peter fonda, a lot of people thinking about him and that famous fonda family today. A major new twist in the investigation into the death
Grandson on an extraordinary journey to visit every one of americas 61 National Parks. Love her. It is friday, august 16th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The first person i came in contact with was mr. Earnhardt laying on his back. The airplane was fully engulfed. All the people had gotten out of it. Dale earnhardt jr. And his family escape a fiery plane crash. Just pulled a baby out of there. President trump is taking heat for putting pressure on israel to deny entry to two muslim congresswomen. They said horrible things about jewish people, horrible things about israel. President trump wasted no time in going after other democrats in his latest rally. We have a group of socialists or communists, could be. Projtis into s t extend a recent streak of weapons tests. Five people were shot in philadelphia the day after a man shot Six Philadelphia Police officers. I say to our state and federal lawmakers step up or step aside. New details on the death of jeffrey e
president trump. his lawyers take part in a meeting at the department of justice. the special counsel could be getting closer to a decision on an indictment. plus, scrambled jets, a not sowic boom and now a mystery. what led to a mid air scare over washington, d.c. and a fatal plane crash with four people aboard. a grisly scene now leaving investigators with few clues. and a cnn exclusive. ukraine sabotaged agents inside russia. secret cells orchestrating attacks, armed with drones given to them by kyiv even as the u.s. officially says it doesn t support these attacks. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. we are following major developmentes into the investigation of donald trump. lawyers for the former president just finished a meeting at the justice department. this is video from just moments ago showing trump s attorneys as they left the building after an extensive face to face with doj officials.
people on board the private plane was flying from tennessee to new york. instead of landing it made a sudden u turn and set off alarm bells. dana: it breached the no-fly zone over the capitol. the fighter jets tried to flag down the plane but the pilot was unresponsive and ultimately crashed in virginia. bill: scroti brenner is here with analysis. jennifer griffin is joining us live from the pentagon. well, it was a moment of high drama in washington, d.c. that shook the capitol. new details on who was on board that flight. a 49-year-old was on board with her 2-year-old daughter and nanny, the daughter of john and barbara rumpel. barbara serves on the executive committee of the nra women s leadership forum in florida. my family is gone, my daughter and granddaughter, rumpel wrote in a post. the plane was registered to encore motors of melbourne, florida. their other daughter died in a scuba diving accident. the cessna took off from elizabethton, tennessee en route to lo
welcome to cnn s special coverage of tonight s town hall with republican presidential candidate nikki haley. i m dana bash, alongside kite l kaitlan collins. you are looking at center stage where less than an hour from now, nikki haley, a former governor of south carolina and the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations will take the stage to make her case for why americans should send her to the white house in 2024. she ll be answering questions from a live audience that is filled with voters who will participate in the republican caucuses, and also from tonight s moderator jake tapper. it is still very early in this race, but as of now, haley stands at 6%, trailing her boss donald trump and ron desantis by double-digits. in the 2024 republican field is only growing with mike pence and chris christie both expected to jump in the race this week. it has been a very busy few days in iowa, where most of the republican field spent the weekend. haley during those few day