Kazakhstan. At least 12 people are dead. Several others injured. The plane lost altitude after taking off breaking through a concrete fence before slamming into a building. It was headed to the capital of kazakhstan. I want to get to nathan hodge in moscow for more. What are you learning at this point . Ryan, earlier today, the Prime Minister the deputy Prime Minister of kazakhstan said that preliminary investigation into the incident led to a conclusion that it was either pilot error or technical issue, very broad, that led to this crash. And adding that the tail of the plane hit the runway twice during takeoff. Shortly after that takeoff, the plane was only in the air for second seconds before crashing down and careening through a concrete wall and hitting a twostory building. Officials say that a dozen people have died. That casualty count, that death toll is lower than initially feared. And authorities quickly noted the plane did not catch on fire, even though the fuselage was brok
Afghanistans election. Whatever another term for ashraf ghani could mean for the war and peace talks with the taliban. 2 00 a. M. Here in atlanta, ja. Thanks so much for joining us. Our top story, the u. S. Senate democratic leader is again pushing for white house officials to testify in the impeachment trial of President Trump. This comes after newly released documents show that white house official mike duffey emailed other officials to freeze aid to ukraine just 90 minutes after mr. Trumps july phone call with ukraines leader. Chuck schumer says the email demonstrates why Administration Officials need to testify. Until we hear from the witnesses, until we get the documents, the American People will correctly assume that those blocking their testimony were aiding and abetting a coverup, plain and simple. So ill close by saying this. President trump, release the emails. Let the witnesses testify. What are you afraid of . For more on this development, jeremy herb is in washington for u
Days to the iowa caucuses. Breaking news overnight, more than a dozen People Killed in a crash in kazakhstan. 93 passengers and 5 crew members were onboard the bek air flight that went down just after takeoff. Nathan hodge is live in moscow. What do we know about what happened to this flight . Reporter abby, a horrific scene in kazakhstan, where the plane operated by bek air crashed after takeoff. The flight only stayed in the air for seconds, really, before it hit the ground. And fragmented and crashed through a concrete wall and hit a twostory building. First responders have been on the scene and have pulled them out and taken them to local hospitals. At this stage, 15 people have died, including the captain of the aircraft. And were getting more reports about how authorities plan to respond, including barring further flights by that company, bek air, as well as grounding the aircraft. Thanks, nathan. Also breaking overnight, the coast guard is searching for seven people on a missing
Family. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is early start. Im dave briggs. And im alison kosik. President trump is doing everything they can do to down play fears of a recession including knocking down reports that they are considering cutting payroll taxes as a way to juice the economy. For millions of working americans, 6. 2 of their salary goes towards payroll taxes and usually used to finance social safety net programs. White house officials said more tax cuts for the American People are certainly on the table, but cutting payroll taxes is not something under consideration at this time. However, trump has undercut staffers before when they said he was not considering something. The president continued to attack the Federal Reserve tweeting the central bank should cut Interest Rates by 100 basis points to boost the economy. Basis points are a unit of measure for Interest Rates and cutting the rate as much as trump is suggesting amounts to a full p
White supremacy. Theres a distinction without much of a difference. Firing back at the 2020 democrats accusing him of being a white supremacist. I think its a disgrace and i think it shows how desperate the democrats are. Well, good morning to you. Thank you so much for spending your time with us here on a saturday. Im christi paul. And im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. Were hear more details of allegations of jeffrey epstein. He is accused of sex trafficking dozens of under aged girls, some as young as 14. He is currently being held in a federal facility in manhattan. But in a separate case hundreds of pages of Court Documents have just been unsealed detailing the Defamation Case of one of epsteins accusers, at least what she has against epsteins associates. They share similarities to the claims in epsteins criminal case. The names of the alleged victims in the case have not been made public. Now the very latest. Good morning to you. Reporter these documents unsealed just yes