the marine corps said it started with it s calling a mishap with an m-22 osprey. it s a plane that can hover like a helicopter. it does have a troubled history but it s also referred to as a workhorse, highly used in the military. they say the osprey was trying to land on a ship and something went wrong. boats and planes are still working to rescue service members from the water. what you re looking at on the screen is a picture of that kind of craft, the mv-22 osprey. that is not the one that is involved in this incident. but we re working to get more information on this break ing news. we ll get that to you as soon as that becomes available, of course. a northwestern university professor and an oxford university employee in custody in california. police across the country searched for wyndham lathem and andrew warren, and this morning,
has called defense secretary james mattis to offer support. they re calling this a mismap with the mv-22, the osprey. it was apparently trying to land on a ship. on the right side of the screen that is an osprey, but not the one in the incident. it has had troubled history but most recently become classified as a workhorse for the marines. we re working to get more information on this breaking news. obviously, we ll bring that to you as soon as we learn more. that s it for us this hour. we ll see you back here at 10:00 eastern for an hour of newsroom. don t go anywhere. smerconish is with you after the break. stay close.
book now at choicehotels.com live from america s news headquarters, i m leland vittert. hope you re having a great saturday morning. a search and rescue mission is underway for three u.s. marines still missing after their plane crashed off the coast of australia. authorities say they were on board an mv-22 osprey similar to this one. it went down while attempting to land on an aircraft carrier. other marines have been rescued. dozens of venezuelan security crews have seized the office as the newly formed group, vowing to act quickly to anyone opposing the president after four months of deadly anti-government protests there. i ll see you in about 15 minutes
whether mexico pays for this wall is much less important to them than the perception among his supporters that mexico might do so. that is a rare moment of revelation behind the scenes about what actually might be motivating his constant request to mexico to pay for the wall. i have to say these are the kinds of conversations that world leaders need to have with each other without them ending up in the newspaper soon thereafter. well we are glad since they did that you came to talk about it with us, jon finer, appreciate that. we have new information on a breaking story. three marines are missing, 23 have been rescued after their aircraft crashed off the east coast of australia. the marines were riding in an mv-22 osprey heli-plane when it went down in the water. the search and recovery effort is still under way. the case of the incredible shrinking support and the treacherous path for some republican lawmakers, and that next. .it starts a chain reaction. .that s heard throughout
that is being used. this is a picture of one that is similar. this gives an indication of what they re dealing with as they continue the search and rescue there in queensland. thank you both very much. this is obviously a very fluid situation and things can be changing rapidly with it. also now, a cnn exclusive report, sources tell us dozens of fbi analysts monitored social media accounts, facebook, twitter and they did so on election day. tracking suspected spread of fake news. believed to be peddled by russia in an effort to harm hillary clinton during that election. but they risk freedom of speech protections in process of doing so here. also for the first time, the special counsel is asking the white house to turn over documents related to the former