gravestown, mississippi. around 10:00 a.m. local time. int not all that far from where it took off around 5:00 a.m. this morning. you could see a beechcraft, a twin engine commuter, seats about six or eight people and we know from authorities in tupelo that this plane was stolen by what appears to be an airport employee. police received a call around 5:00 a.m. central daylight time where the pilot of that plane, actually we don t know if it is way pilot. but the person flying that airplane called 911 and said they were going to steal the airplane and crash it into one of the local walmarts in tupelo. the plane circled for about five hours above the area. not only above that walmart, but also above nearby neighborhoods and also over a nearby national forest. what is going to be the big question here is what ultimately brought the plane down. i spoke to folks who have flown this type of airline and they say it holds between four to six hours of fuel when it is loaded so that is
anyone else. and i believe that we had what you would think would be the best case scenario. it was the best case scenario, because nobody was injured. cnn s peteman team and nadia romero joins us now live, thank you both for joining me. pete, first to you, what more have we learned? there were quite a few details in that press conference. reporter: the tupelo mayor said something so interesting, that cory wayne patterson, the person piloting the plane, apparently changed his mind. he wanted to hurt people on the ground after he stole this beechcraft commuter plane. it seats six or eight people. he wanted to crash it into the local walmart. there are two there in tupelo. police negotiates were able to get in touch with him via phone. he initially called 911. nego negotiators were able to get in touch with him and were able to get a pilot to talk to patterson on the phone. at one point they tried to steer the plane back to the tupelo regional airport and get cory wayne pat
party. cnn s kristin holmes is there for us at the rally. kristin, what are pennsylvania republicans saying? are they concerned about these candidates right now? well, they are absolutely concerned. according to both trump advisers as well as state republicans that i spoke to besides the fact that trump has privately criticized both candidates particularly oz, his campaign, his performance, they believe it is too late for him to actually distance himself from these races. as you said, he hand picked oz and despite pleas from state republicans endorsed mastriano in the 11th hour. so the hope now is that trump s popularity in the state will actually boost these lagging campaigns, but i ve got to tell you, jim, it might be a heavy lift, particularly when it comes to oz. i have spoken to a number of republican voters, trump supporters who say when it comes to oz they are still on the fence. they do not feel like they connect with him. they don t feel like they know anything abo
not knowing if you re going to have enough water from one day to another. we re in for another hot day across california. 40 million, 155 plus records expected. it s pretty stifling. even our ac at home can do so much. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington. pamela brown has the night off and you are in the cnn newsroom. a pilot threatens a mississippi community for hours and lands in jail. the bizarre drama playing out in the skies over tupelo. police saying before dawn, the pilot of the stolen plane called 911 and threatened to crash into a local walmart. pete monoteen followed the five-hour drama. reporter: jessica, this is the best possible outcome after a man who worked at a local airport in tupelo, mississippi stole a plane, threatened to crash it into a local walmart and then ultimately crash landed in a nearby soybean field. his name, cory wayne patterson. an employee of tupelo aviation. the operator of the tupelo regional airport, where he fueled ai
a plane, a beechcraft turbo-prop, owned by a local doctor and took it over tupelo and flying around and around and around and flight tracker is keeping track of what he s up to. hope he hasn t been making good on his threat, but he s running out of fuel in the process. charles watson is in mississippi. neil, obviously, this is a developing situation we were here in jackson, mississippi covering the water crisis when we started seeing reports of a man flying low and a plane circling a walmart this morning. we were told from tube low police they started receiving reports this morning of the low-flying plane. people were concerned with what they saw so they decided to put a call in to police. we re told by police that that pilot later got into contact with police and threatened to intentionally crash that plane into a walmart. about two hours later, we re then told the pilot moved out of the tupelo, mississippi air space and headed towards blue springs, mississippi where he be