David Gura hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Much. I want to dig into this more. Josh and lynn is joining me. Lynn, let me start with you. Geoff bennett mentioning the 27 district in new york and this is a district that sort of hugs buffalo, it is in upstate new york. And donald trump won that district by almost 25 points back in 2016. You look at the electoral record for the congressman who has announced he is suspending his campaign. Chris collins won that district 67 of the vote back in 2016. Let me put the same question to you as i put to jeff, what is the import of this as you look ahead to the midterms . It depends if he gets his name off the ballot. That is the next question we have to ask. Local authority determine the rules for elections. If his name stays on the ballot, then it might make it improbable that a democrat would be elected. After all, a long time ago when
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Screws loose, i guess, never really knew it until now. Thinking if i land successfully, alaska will give me a job as a pilot . I think they would give you a Job Doing Anything if you can pull this off. Yeah, right. Can this thing do a back flip you think . Try to do a barrel roll. If that goes good, ill go nose down, call it a night. Lets try and land the airplane safely and not hurt anyone on the ground. All right, man, damn it. I dont know, man, i dont know. I dont want to. I was hoping that was going to be it, you know . Cnns aviation and government regulation correspondent rene marsh joins us, working this story all morning with her sources, chilling to listen to that audio, so calmly the man talking to air Traffic Control. What do we know about this man and his level of access . We know he is a 29yearold,
after the plane took off and took off from the airport, witnesses saw it flying erratically. Tell us what did you see when this airplane was up in the air . My wife and i were in
Disappoint them to hear that i did this. I would like to apologize to each and every one of them. Just a broken guy. Got a few screws loose, i guess. Never really knew it until now. Think about landing this successfully, will alaska give me a job as a pilot . I think theyll give you a Job Doing Anything if you can pull this off. Yeah, right. If you wanted to land, probably the best bet is that runway just ahead to your left. Thats the mccord field. If you wanted to try, that might be the best way to see if you could land there. Or just like the pilot suggested, another option would be over puget sound into the water. Dang, you talk to mccord yet . Because i dont think id be happy with you telling me i could land like that. The ground and dealing with more of a Brush Fire Type of incident, as you know, its been in the washington and seattle area. Theyre dealing with these type of fires quite a bit lately. So how difficult was it to get to the scene . We know this was a heavily wooded ar
Right now. Like a bad hair day. For sure. Well be back at 6 00. Thanks for watching. Plane in seattle terrig people on the ground, as he flew erratically, talking all the way with air traffic control. Just a broken guy. Got a few screws loose i guess. Never really knew it until now. He later died in a fiery crash. The question now, how did he do it and why. The first trump supporter in Congress Suspends his Reelection Campaign amid scandal and a trump agitator explores a White House Run as the president gives his reaction to a former aides tellall book. One year after the deadly day in charlottesville, a memorial for the woman who died as the injured victims struggle on. Heading to the movies, why you may encounter a lot of frustrated fans. And how one man turned heart break and an unused Engagement Ring in a social media quest to help others. This is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening. The scene in the skies over puget sound, washington, last night, made people stop in thei
The latest news and information from around the world with host Ana Cabrera. The latest news and information from around the world with host Ana Cabrera. For the cockpit voice recorder, looking for the flight data recorder. Ultimately what those things could yield we dont know because we have the extensive conversations between the 29yearold and air traffic control. But i want to you listen now to what the ceo of Alaska Airlines said just a few moments ago. Take a look. It was a 3. 5 years employee of horizon air with a Ground Service agent. To answer the question you asked, he was a a Background Check there was a couple of couple different criminal Background Checks we run on employees. He got a badge with the port of seattle. Thats another. He worked his shift yesterday. We believe he was in uniform. His job is to be around airplanes. The c. E. Is tow certified, meant to be be shall did dsh airports have a secure and nonsecure side. He is meant to be on the secure side. Thats part of