residenced, a small aircraft crashed in rural vi 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 su supersonic speeds that is 761 miles
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
have a great day. julie: senior defense official sounding the alarm on a significant escalation in the middle east. u.s. navy using an anti-ship ballistic missile for the first time to stop incoming missile fire from houthis in the red sea. iran problem front and center stoking major fears of a wider war. good afternoon, everyone. the faulkner focus , i m julie banderas in for harris. thank you for joining us today. a lot of news to cover for you. we ll begin with more than 100 attacks on u.s. troops in the middle east since october 17th. iran proxies going after our men and women overseas. one top senate republican not happy with president biden s lack of action. listen. weakness. is there a red line? would you tell our enemies publicly if we tell an american we re coming after you? the houthis are completely backed by iran. i ve been saying for six months now hit iran. they have oil fields in the open. they have the revolutionary guard headquarters you can see from spa
new concerns the reason could become a bigger tineder box. smoke rises over the skyline of gaza this morning. i m mike he manual in for bill hemmer. claudia, great to be with you. claudia: this is a special edition of america s newsroom. the u.s. going after hezbollah targets in iraq after a christmas day attack against american troops. defense secretary lloyd austin says his prayers are with the brave americans who were injured. that attack one of the more than 100 against our forces since the hamas massacre in israel october 7th. trey yengst is live in tel aviv with more. good morning, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. military to strike a series of targets belonging to militants in iraq. we do know according to u.s. central command that three different strikes took place and destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants in response to a drone attack against the erbil air base that houses u.
because they can t keep up with them and track them once they re here. it s gotten to be alarming. so much so in arizona the governor there is sending the national guard to police the whole situation. we ll be talking to the leader of that effort in a second. first, alexandria hoff, how this got so out of hand. alexandria. yeah, certainly got out of hand and now congress feels they have to act particularly on the republican side. emergency aid funding and for taiwan it s contingent on u.s. border policy agreements. it s unclear if it s enough and if there is enough time. homeland security secretary mayorkas arrived on the hill and senators delayed holiday recess to give more time to give framework toward a national security supplemental funding package. i think it was one of the most important things that we re going to decide in this congress and you know, spending a few extra days before the holidays seems a pretty good investment if we can make progress. senate major