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
no more time for questions conclude the press conference. brigadier general lewis. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being here. i would like to provide a summary of the training accident that occurred last night involving aircraft from the 101st airborne division. at approximately 10:00 p.m. last night two of our blackhawk helicopters were involved in a crash during a planned training flight in kentucky that resulted in the death of all nine service members aboard the aircraft. on behalf of major general mcgehee and command star major knapp currently deployed to southeast europe i would like to express our deepest sympathies to the families of our fallen soldiers. we are currently in the process of notifying their families. until these notifications are complete, we are unable to provide specific details about our soldiers. we appreciate your patience and respect of the process and we will provide additional details once all family members are notified. i
china retaliation. we have to start talking about it that way. fox news poll shows trump s lead is growing in the g.o.p. primary race. 64% is disprove. top numbers on the economy, the border, on all kinds of things. elon musk and other major tech leaders calling for a pause on artificial intelligence. bret: they are worried about the risks developing machines smarter than humans. foreign adversaries are still going to be developing it. brian: we begin with a fox news alert and it s not good news. two u.s. army helicopters crashing overnight in kentucky with multiple deaths reported. a parent complication happening during a training mission northeast of fort campbell in trigg county. steve: about 10:00 last night. the blackhawk helicopters crashing in a field. emergency crews are at the scene. the choppers involved are used to transport soldiers to the battlefield and perform medevacs and also deployed for special operations. ainsley: quent s governor rel
it s 10:00 a.m. here in washington. i m garrett haake, and we are following breaking news in kentucky. new details this morning about a deadly crash overnight involving two military helicopters during a training exercise. right now at least nine people are reported to be dead according to the new york times. and we re expecting an update momentarily. an american journalist detained in russia. russia claiming the wall street journal reporter was caught red handed. the paper vehemently denies the allegations. what the white house is saying about this latest escalation. another fiery train derailment, this time in minnesota forcing evacuations of a nearby town. some of the roughly 22 cars carrying ethanol. this just weeks after that toxic disaster in east palestine, ohio. we ll have the latest on the continuing efforts on the ground. and a wild story from the halls of capitol hill, sources telling nbc news a food service worker was arrest ds and accused of recording au
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