alexandria hoff has more. alexandria: by the time the boom was felt and heard, this plane traveled for hundreds of miles on auto pilot. it was close to long island destination when the recession made 180-degree turn and began flying in the other direction and reached washington, d.c. restricted airspace. norad granted permission to two jets to fly at super sonic speed causing the boom. civilian aircraft was intercepted at 3:20 eastern time. the pilot was norad attempted to establish contact with the pilot until the aircraft crashed. virginia state police followed up, 3:50 p.m., virginia state notified of crash in stanton blue ridge region. search by the sheriff office and augusta fire rescue got underway by ground and air across the region shortly before 8 p.m. first responders reached the aircraft. no survivors were located. speaking to new york times, john rumple, the plane owner said his daughter, his granddaughter and a nanny were onboard. mr. rumple said he had lit
documents case against donald trump. it comes as the former president is being condemned for praising a dictator. we ll dig in to both of those stories. and a look at the republican hopefuls campaigning in iowa, as two more names are likely to join the field this week. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. and we ll begin this morning with a deadly plane crash near the nation s capitol. yesterday afternoon the military scrambled two f-16 fighter jets to respond to a private business jet that was flying over restricted airspace in dc. the response caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the region around unsettled many of the residents there. here s some of the sound surveillance cameras captured. the sound was heard across many miles. the cessna was not responding to radio transmissions. it then crashed in the shenandoah wall i have in virginia. officials say ther
gilda hakim. a federaljudge in the united states has sentenced the founder of the far right militant oath keepers, stewart rhodes, to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the storming of the us capitol on january the 6th, 2021. with the latest, here s our north america correspondentjessica parker. he was convicted at the back of last year, and now we ve learned that a federaljudge has sentenced him to 18 years in prison. prosecutors had actually sought a longer sentence of 25 years, but 18 years is what he s been given. in court, we understand he was pretty defiant, saying that he was a political prisoner something that the judge really wasn t having anything of, basically suggesting he still presented a peril to the country. in terms of what happened during the course of the trial, he wasn t the only member of the oath keepers who was on trial, and we expect some further sentencing over the coming days but he is the leader of this far r
colorado supreme court shakes up the 2024 presidential race. donald trump is ineligible for that state s republican primary ballot. we ll have expert legal analysis on the ruling and what could come next. meanwhile, the former president is doubling down on his disturbing rhetoric about immigrants, using more language that mirrors adolph hitler s speeches to nazi germany. plus, congress leaves washington all without passing a foreign aid bill, leaving critical funding for ukraine until next year. we ll break down the chances they can get a deal done once they return. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 20th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. in a historic decision the colorado supreme court has ruled donald trump is disqualified from hold office again after determining he engaged in insurrection in january 6, 2021. the 4-3 ruling reverses a lower court decision and effectively keeps the former president off the state s ballot unti
decision to send troops of the us-mexico border. i didn t customs and border protection needs more on the ground to build the inspected influx. some migrant setting up tents in mexico on the other side of the border. they are just waiting for the policy to officially end, how to 42 ends on thursday. many residents of border cities are getting a test of what is to come they may say they re afraid of some local lawmakers may not be upfront completely about the expected surge. i think when the major issues are dealing with is a lack of transparency for local officials. our america leased a statement yesterday they are not staying here. but anyone who s driving around can see they are staying here. i m actually worried that brett even calls about the stores being burglarized. people being harassed, or panhandling. nash is going to happen we don t have a plan for people. expected to get worse. griff jenkins on the border in brownsville about is happening now. a graph looks good