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
that the man s name is richard russell. the fbi though right now is not confirming anything. eric: we will have a lot more on richard russell, the apparent suspect. meanwhile it is also arthel: phenomenal drop your new reaction washington d.c., to the stolen plane crash. and how this employee was able to take off from the airport. ellison barber is live in washington with that part of the story. reporter: the white house says the president was briefed on this this morning and air monitoring has become available. federal agencies have been involved in this from the very beginning.the department of defense sending norad fighters to intercept the plane. the fbi, faa and ntsb. the ntsb is supporting the fbi in the investigation.
reporter: molly s father said he handed out 1000 flyers and today, despite all the efforts from the family, investigators, their have no suspects named publicly and no arrests in the mystery. arthel: matt finn, thank you for that update. eric: a lot of questions over airport security and investigators are looking into exactly how an airline employee stole an atr, fluid around for an hour and then crashed. we are more covered on the bizarre, strange and chilling tale right here on the fox news channel.
it was compiled by former u.s. attorney by the name of timothy 220 pages of exhaustive condemnation of the conduct of the city of charlottesville police department. a special condemnations held out for the chief of police, then chief of police, thomas who basically allowed the fighting and such to happen so he could declare an unlawful assembly. it also says he tried to silence criticism within his own police department to present a rosy picture. he also deleted a lot of text messages that investigators are trying to find out what really happened last year. he is now long gone as is the city manager and the mayor of charlottesville. back to you. eric: thank you so much. arthel: bachtower top string appeared federal investigators in seattle , looking into how an airline employee was able to steal an empty plane and fly it for one hour before crashing into a small island. the man was not a pilot but a ground service agent, deicing
a lot more the breaking news story out of seattle. and an apparent suicide of a horizon airline employee that still in atr from the airport. raising russians of security at airports on the ground. how easy was it for them to climb in, taxi off the tarmac, take off and fly around for more than an hour? an aviation expert will join us on this straight ahead on this saturday afternoon on the fox news channel. managing blood sugar is not a marathon. it s a series of smart choices. and when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna