start with an arrest of historic proportions. it s the first time an american journalist has been detained by russia since the cold war in 1986 the year after i was born wall street journal reporter evan gersh co ceviche. was arrested and is now in custody in moscow on accusations of espionage. he covers russia, ukraine and the former soviet union for the paper. in a statement, the wall street journal said it vehemently denies the allegations from the fsb and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter. we stand in solidarity with evan and his family. espionage charges in russia can carry prison sentences of up to 20 years. court has ordered 31 year old gorshkov itch to be initially detained until may. 29th the white house says the state department has been in direct touch with the russian government at any moment. now we expect his attainment to be addressed at the white house press briefing. of course, we will take you there when it begins. evan gives
primary transport helicopter, they are also used in special operations. the two black hawk helicopter were conducting training exercise 10 p.m. last night when the crashes occur. status of all crew members is unknown at this time. the crash is under investigation. emergency medical personnel have responded to the crash site, including east golden pond fire department. the crash is between bobby light and lan caster road. kentucky governor releasing the following statement on twitter. we have tough news out of fort campbell with early reports of helicopter crash and fatalities. officials are responding and we ll share more information when available. please pray for all those affected. press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. todd: lucas tomlinson live this morning, thank you. ashley: we know the covenant school shooter manifesto will be made public, it is just a matter of when. police are combing through it and other evidence surround ing audrey hale. yesterday hundreds
to row strict gleech i don t think i have seen anything more disturbing in my career. red threat rising china vowing to fight back if taiwan s president meets with mccarthy. we are in a con flint and we to talk about it that way. trump s lead growing. economy results show 64% disprove of the economy. economy on the border and all kinds of things 7:01 here in new york and a fox news alert. starts this hour. multiple deaths are being reported after two u.s. army helicopters crashed in kentucky about 10:00 last night. the apparent collision between the blackhawks during a training mission northwest of fort campbell in trigg county, kentucky. emergency crews are there on the scene. black hawk helicopters crashing on the field. no houses or buildingies in that area they were not damaged. military helicopters used to transport soldiers to the battle field deploy medevacs and deployed for separations. we l with early reports of a helicopter crash and fatalities are exp
routine training exercise. the helicopters involved were hh60 blackhawks. they can transport a dozen people at a time. fort campbell is the army s only aerial assault division. number of casualties is not known but there are several. we expect to learn more when they address the media under 60 minutes. a big area in southern kentucky goes up along with border with tennessee. the 101st airborne division sent out a tweet minutes ago. this is the latest we have. we can confirm two aircraft from the 101st were involved in an accident last night resulting in several casualties. the focus is on the soldiers and their families who were involved. that s the latest as of this moment. knowing it happened on 10:00 last night. those families are bill: the bulk of that information will come out in the news conference and hold our breath and say our prayers along with u.s. army families involved there and have a connection to that base. stand by. another breaking news story now. am