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
Tolerate Sanctuary Cities pete what a morning. Abby guess who is back from vaca. Ed i was off for a couple weeks. Abby you look so refreshed. Ed italy will do that for you. Abby were you even vacationing. Ed i missed you guys. Pete Nothing Happened while you were on vacation. Abby big news we will talk about tomorrow. This is our last weekend together. So well make the most of it. Pete we have Sound Effects for you. We have a Big Celebration Tomorrow as well. But we have a lot of news breaking this morning. In fact, we begin with a Fox News Alert. Terrifying moments as a stolen plane flew aimlessly in the air before crashing in seattle. Abby take a look at this video. Alaska airlines employee i dont want to hurt no one. I just want you to whisper Sweet Nothings into my ear. I have a lot of people that care about me. And its going to disappoint them to hear that i did this. Air Traffic Control tried to get the man to land the plane on water. The fighter jets did not shoot the plane dow
Ive got a lot of people that care about me. And its going to 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. You think this will get me a job as a pilot . I think theyll yeah, right. Can this thing do a back flip . Do you think . A barrel roll . If that goes good, and im just gonna nose down and call it a night. Lets try to land that airplane safely and not hurt anyone on the ground. All right. Oh, damn it, i dont know, man,
theyre likely transcribing a lot of what you just heard there to get the full picture here of what was going on in this mans head. Of course social media is going to be important too. We know the Sheriffs Department said he was suicidal, but the fbis going to want a fuller picture. Did some specific event trigger him to do what we saw him do yesterday . The ntsb just gave a briefing. We know theyre on the ground. You saw that plane crashed. He died. It crashed in a very hea
Heartbreaking situation. Ellison barber is in washington following the response and federal officials and the white house. Less big with jeff paul on the ground in seattle with the very latest. What is the latest on the situation on the suspect that apparently killed himself behind the controls of the stolen airplane . Reporter i want to give a little bit of a better idea what it is like at our location. We are in washington, behind us is the entrance to the ferry. That is we have to take over to get to the site. Now Authorities Say it is sparsely populated island with very few people and they do not believe anybody on the ground was hurt. During the plane crash. We are also learning more about how, a little more about the man that stole the plane. Authorities say is with the airline for more than three years and passed all extensive
background checks. The fbi tells us he was allowed to be in the Security Area and they do not believe any security safeguards were compromised. They say w
President trump is publicly reveling in the firing of fbi agent peter strzok who sent antitrump Text Messages during the election campaign. The president using the firing to once again attack the russia investigation as a witch hunt and a hoax. Deadly intentions. Stealing an airliner and taunts controllers flying wildly. How did he pull it off . Did he intend from the start to take his own life . Wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim sciutto and youre in the situation room. Breaking news. Cnn learned that the kremlin was pleased with the helsinki summit of President Trump and russias vladimir putin. While President Trump faced sharp bipartisan criticism at home for that meeting, u. S. And western intelligence assessments find that russian officials find it exceeded their expectations. Ill speak with a congressman and our correspondents and specialists standing by now with full coverage. We begin with our breaking news. Cnn exclusive. The helsinki summit may have been panned everywhere else