is raising eyebrows. the last military crash the pentagon was asked about it and they said no, we re not at a crisis point with this. here is the latest stats. we had our brain room pull them up out of all the branches of the military 2018, 10 crashes so far this year. last year 22. the numbers speak for themselves and clearly there is a trend, a rising number of military crashes. our military leaders will never say we re in a crisis because the face of our country to the rest of the world needs to be a position of strength. but i don t think there is any denying we re seeing a huge spike in the number of incidents. the military times reported there was a 40% spike in manned aircraft, military manned aircraft incidents since the budget control act went into effect and since mandatory military spending cuts went into effect in 2013. they re saying at this point the secretary of the navy has said they can t there is not
third aviation military crash in 24 hours. on the same day in gentleman beauty a military jet crash crashed shortly after takeoff. pilot ejected safely. deadly shooting in california. nasa seem did not seem to be embattled e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt facing off with our own ed henry defending himself controversial pay raises for friends after the white house refused to sign off on them. should somebody have been fired for that. it should not have been done. who did it. they should have not done that. a career person or a political person. i don t know. the agency, president trump said he would drain the swamp. is draining the swamp renting an apartment from the wife of a washington
but it is a politically sensitive issue. he keeps trying to draw the contract between republican and democrat approaches. democrats in particular feel this is a good issue to have more lax enforcement at the border, allow more people to enter the country illegally, follow up with amnesty programs, a huge issue to highlight border enforcement is lax. the more he can highlight the better for him. jillian: an air force pilot is that after crashing during a training flight. the third military crash in two days renewing safety concerns. reporter: the air force thunderbirds tragically losing a pilot after an of 16 fighter crashes in nevada, the statement reads a u.s. air force
two army pilots killed after the helicopter crashes during a training mission. it happened at fort irwin in southern california. apache copter crashing early saturday morning here their names have not been released. this is the first in a deadly military crash of 2018. vice president mike pence meeting this morning with king abdullah of jordan talking about the country s role in israel. palestinian peace efforts marking his second stop during his tour in the middle east. this coming one day after the bilateral meetings at egypt president egyptian president alice sese pledging a united front against terrorism. the vice president will travel later to israel. the government shut down isn t topping interior secretary ryan zinke you from protecting our great outdoors. first cleaning up trash on the national mall in washington d.c. in later welcoming students from illinois to the world war ii
text send me when you make that request. we leave you with tonight, the russian connection. donald trump jr. s e-mails revealed. agreeing to a meeting, told he would get information that would incriminate hillary clinton. those e-mails revealing he was told it was the russian government trying to help his father win. don jr. replying in the e-mail, if it s what you say it is, i love it. also at this hour, the russian lawyer with reported ties to the kremlin who came from moscow to trump tower. she is now speaking out about the meeting with don jr., paul manafort and jared kushner. who is she? what did she bring? and did then-candidate donald trump know? also moments ago on the deadly military crash. the c-130 with 15 marines and a sailor on board, we re on the scene. the close call at san francisco airport. what we have learned about the pilot who was about to land