president obama flanked by first daughters sasha and malia, pardoned two turkeys from badger, minnesota. he named one of them america s national thanksgiving turkey. watch. the office of the presidency, the most powerful position in the world, brings with it many awesome and solemn responsibilities. this is not one of them. 80 turkeys on john s farm competed for the chance to make it to the white house and stay off the thanksgiving table. it was quite literally the hunger games. and then after weeks of vocal practice and prepping for the cameras, the two tributes, caramel and popcorn, went head-to-head together for america s vote as top gobbler. the competition was stiff, but we can officially declare that popcorn is the winner. proving there you go, proving that even a turkey with a funny
they located two poeds shortly thereafter. reporter: the two bodies immediately brought to shore. it s still an ongoing and very active scene. reporter: the learjet pictures here was part of air vac international. according to ft. lauderdale officials, the patient was cropped off and the plane was returning to mexico with a pilot, copilot, doctor and nurse on board when the accident occurred. now the coast guard is telling us that the debris field is moving to the north, as you would expect with the currents that run along florida and it is moving very, very slowly. but again, even with these optimal conditions, they re having no luck finding the two other people. john zarrella off of ft. lauderdale for us. thanks. moving on now to virginia where police are investigating with the son of a prominent
his town. we re going to check the weather in that area. remember yesterday, everybody was going through the rubble to salvage what they could. welcome to early start. i m zoraida sambolin. and i m john berman. it s wednesday, november 20th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. two people are missing after a frightening airplane crash. a leerjet plunging into the ocean. four people on board, at least two are confirmed dead. john zarrella is live in lauderdale. he s following the story. reporter: well, zoraida, a of ft. lauderdale airport.le off debris strewn throat the water.
people alive. at this time the debris field is four by five, probably 20 square miles and drifting to the north. we continue to carefully model and track the debris and again, we are stressing this is still an ongoing search and rescue case. ongoing search and rescue. cnn s john zarrella live in ft. lauderdale. john, what s the latest? reporter: john, christine, the coast guard is telling us they re going to continue to call it a search and rescue operation throughout the morning and early afternoon and later in the afternoon they ll reevaluate the situation. so far, they say they ve recovered about a thousand pounds of debris from that plane that went down last night. disaster moments after takeoff. terrifying scene. mayday, mayday, mayday. reporter: a frantic call for help. you going back to ft.
an emergency medical plane crashes off the coast of florida. the search is on. we have the mayday calls. plus a freshman congressman caught with cocaine. he s in court today. his apologies to constituents. george zimmerman gets a surprise from his soon to-be ex-wife. we learn more since his high-profile trial. your new day starts right not. announcer: this is new day with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. good morning, welcome to new day. it is wednesday, november 20th. 6:00 in the east. we do have breaks news this morning. people are missing after a medical transport plane went down near ft. lauderdale last night. two bodies have been recovered. let get straight to john zarrella in florida. john, what do we know? reporter: chris, the coast guard just about 40 minutes ago holding a briefing saying they are still continuing their