residenced, a small aircraft crashed in rural virch virginia, lucas is live with more. reporter: it started with the loud sonic boom here. and felt as far as annapolis maryland, dc national guard, scrambling alert fighter jets, we received a statement from norad, i ll go through the highlights: a business jet. over washington dc, norad aircraft were authorized to tramp at supersonic speeds, the norad aircraft used flairs in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot, the civilian aircraft was intercepted approximately 3:20 p.m. eastern time, the pilot was up responsive. norad attempted to establish contact with the pilot until the aircraft crashed, no radio contact with the pilot, sounds he was unresponsive. the flight path that cessna citation business jet took off from a city in northeast, tennessee, and up to long island, it was supposed to land in islip before it turned and flew back on a southwesterly course. the f-16s were moving at supe supersonic speeds that is 761 m
found the government agencies have been a high alert, since the incident hurried more now we go to fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin and jennifer, tell us what we should know. well try, and it was a dramatic afternoon here in washington dc the president was gulping out of enders air force base when two f-16s, they took off from the air national guard. jennifer: there was that cessna citation, that you mentioned that was flying in a seem to be on autopilot, heading towards the capitol. the f-16s, they product caught up with that cessna, the pilot was unresponsive in a fired players to try to get his attention. in a click of the plane went down in the mountains in southern virginia and we did learn that two other f-16s from new jersey near atlantic city also worked scramble to come of these are protocols put in place for 911. and the president made way back to the white house, about 40 minutes after the plane crash in southern virginia and the capitol
baier, breaking tonight the conflict in the middle east escalates across the region. israeli forces are expanding the war zone, threatening more targeted attacks amid international pressure for a ceasefire. u.s. officials are asking prime minister benjamin netanyahu to deescalate in gaza, as the administration says, it s ramping up pressure on iranian backed groups. we have fox team coverage tonight chad pergram looks at the u.s. response to a drone attack that left three service members injured in northern iraq but we begin with trey yingst live from tel aviv. good evening trey. reporter: bret good evening. there is concern tonight about the possibility of a broader conflict with iran and its proxies as the war in gaza rages on. israeli forces in northern israel are on high alert as attacks from the lebanese militant group hezbollah continue. today a church took a direct hit from an anti tank guided missile injuring one civilian. when israelis troops arrived to evacuate th
boom that s a live shot. sydney, australia where their clocks must be a few seconds off [laughter] it is a happy new year. there you go in australia. if you re watching us from there i hope you are then you are in a different year than we are. you re in the future. rachel: that s awesome. that s will: outstanding. pete: i recognize that symphony building i didn t recognize that bridge. they re doing it up right. rachel: that looks like a party. happy new year we re almost there. pete: would you times square ready to forget 2023. going to be dangerous. cold. talk about last year. warm in australia. joey: it is down under. glad to have joey jones with us this morning. rachel: crocodile dundee down here. spitting jokes during the break and they re making fun of me. if i would have known we were going to use these i would have brought my goose call i can make it sound like. rachel: should get the guys from duck dynasty next year. pete: we did rachel. down spares in the
found the government agencies have been a high alert, since the incident hurried more now we go to fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin and jennifer, tell us what we should know. well try, and it was a dramatic afternoon here in washington dc the president was gulping out of enders air force base when two f-16s, they took off from the air national guard. jennifer: there was that cessna citation, that you mentioned that was flying in a seem to be on autopilot, heading towards the capitol. the f-16s, they product caught up with that cessna, the pilot was unresponsive in a fired players to try to get his attention. in a click of the plane went down in the mountains in southern virginia and we did learn that two other f-16s from new jersey near atlantic city also worked scramble to come of these are protocols put in place for 911. and the president made way back to the white house, about 40 minutes after the plane crash in southern virginia and the capitol