He says it didnt happen and you know, you have to listen to him also. No endorsement, but no doubt President Trump wants roy moore in the u. S. Senate despite Sexual Misconduct allegations. And new Sexual Harassment allegations against the dean of the house of representatives. Now the biggest newspaper wants john conyers to resign after he used taxpayer money to settle with another accuser. Welcome to early start. Nice to see you this morning. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Breaking news overniepgght, a u navy plane crashing in okinawa japan. It was headed to the uss reagan carrier. Four u. S. Navy warships have been involved in accidents in asian waters. Ivan watson was in okinawa and hes now following the developments for us from hong kong. What can you tell us. Reporter thats right. This accident took place according to the u. S. Navy within the last three hours. It was a u. S. Navy aircraft that was approaching the uss Ronald Reagan. Thats an Aircraft Carrier thats been operating in
Coast of okinawa, japan. The plane was headed to the uss Ronald Reagan Aircraft Carrier in the philippines sea. Already this year four u. S. Navy warships have been involved in accidents in those waters. Cnns ivan watson was in okinawa on a Different Navy ship. Hes been following the developments all morning from hong kong. There are some survivors but theres still so many questions to be answered. Reporter thats right and we dont know the state the current state of those survivors. Those details coming from the Japanese Defense minister who says that eight of the 11 passengers and crew have been rescued from what he identified as a c2 transport plane. Now, that is an aircraft fixed wing that has two propellers and is used by the nay va to land on board Aircraft Carriers and be catapulted off and the navy says in its statement that the crash took place within the last five hours in the philippines sea, somewhere off the coast of the japanese island of okinawa. It hasnt explained why th
And on this wednesday night, day 307 of the Trump Administration. As the president begins his thanksgiving holiday, there is news tonight on key players and events in the over arching russia investigation. First we begin with National Security adviser and retired gem Michael Flynn, who lasted in hess job 24 days before he was fired. Tonight Julia Ainsley reports for nbc news that Robert Mueller is zeroing in on an associate of flins named bijan kian, one of flynns business partners, according to this, mueller wants to know what role kiaf, if any. Subpoenaed emails show kian joined flynn at a meeting in 2016 with prorussia congressman Dana Rohrbacker, republican of california. As abc news reported that meeting which was fought disclosed when flynn initially registered is under scrutiny by team mueller. Tonights other report comes from vanity writer howard blum, its about the Controversial Oval Office meeting in may between donald trump, russias foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and then Ru
Folks than what the Mainstream Media focuses on . Absolutely, people are happy that the economy is picking up speed. On the russia thing is more fake collusion than actual collusion despite the hearings and accusations and people want to turn that off. They know that Vladimir Putin is a bad guy trying to upset our political system here and they get that and know he used propaganda online, on the cable stations and the like, but, theyre focused americans are focused on, times are getting a bit better. David they are indeed. And david, even a democratic pollster like peter hart, he had a focus group recently and talked to a lot of clinton supporters who were condemning trump on everything except the economy. They did give President Trump credit for a growing economy. Well, i think that we have a new normal, wouldnt you say . In that we have the first time, a president with a Strong Economy inherited, i might add, with the lowest historical modern day poll numbers. Theres a disconnect the
Lets begin with barbara star live at the pentagon with our breaking story. You told us in the last hour that they were still searching for three of the 11 passengers on board. Is that still the situation . Reporter as far as we know at this hour, u. S. And jab is niece forces are continuing their search for three missing people from that aircraft that crashed at sea carrying 11. Eight rescued so far. So three families before this Holiday Weekend waiting for word on their loved ones. And they do not have it yet. The eight rescued have been taken to the uss Ronald Reagan said to be in good condition. This is a small passenger plane that routinely carries people on and off the deck of aircraft carriers. It happened 500 miles off the coast of okinawa, the japanese island in the philippines sea. Rescue forces were there obviously in quick order to be able to get to be able to recover the eight people on board. As you say, this has been a deadly year for the 7th fleet out in the pacific. 17