As president electdonald trump continues to work on his adminstrations transition into the white house hell receive his first tase of foreign diplomacy today. Today. Japans prime our future commanderinchief where he will likely look for reassurances that the us will remain committed to being strong allies with japan. He might also try to sway trump on the Transpacific Partnership which is a trade agreement trump opposes. President elect trump is still weighing his options on several cabinent members for his administration. And while hes denying alleged turmoil inside his transtion team he isnt behind schedule for making these appointments. President obama hadnt made appointments until three weeks after the election. President george w. Bush waited until middecember to make his picks. And bill clinton waited seven weeks before announcing cabinent nominees. Trumps former opponent Hillary Clinton made her first public remarks last night since her concession speech a day after the election
Pilot whose plane crashed in rural nebraska over the weekend. Tim the louisiana man was suppose to land in sioux city. But was diverted to the wayne airport because of foggy conditions. Tonight. Well hear some of his final words to air Traffic Control. The pilot is belived to be chris birk of louisiana. Thats according to an area pilot and a coworker of the man. He was flying the cessna 172 when it crassunday evening. Birk is employed by performance contractors, which is the company doing construction on the Cf Industries expansion. One of birks coworkers tells abc 9 that chris family will hold his funeral back home this week. Jenna chris had last stopped in columbia, missouri to fuel up, when he ran into the bad weather. Tonight were sharing the last communication chris had with air Traffic Control before his plane crashed near pender. Approach this is you read me . Jenna chris birk was nearly at sioux Gateway Airport when he was denied because of low jenna he was airport in wayne, ne
Reproting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. Jenna a santee man who was the subject of a manhunt this week has died. The fbi confirms David Hoffman shot himself while police were trying to take him into custody yesterday on the santee reservation. Jenna fbi and knox county Officials Say the 25year old died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Officials says no Law Enforcement officers fired their weapons during the encounter. Hoffman had been on the run from authorities since tuesday when he disarmed an officer in niobrara, threatened him with the weapon. And then fled. Hoffmans body will undergo and autopy and the gun he used is being tested, as well. Tim all miners stuck in an underground elevator at a Central New York salt mine ovnight have been rescued. The miners were beginning their shift around 10 wednesday night when that elevator became stuck. Emergency workers made contact with the miners by radio before the rescue effort began. Crews managed to blankets keeping miners war