ahead. i ll speak with the family of paul weiland, another american, the kremlin has locked up on espionage charges and a group of military families gets the tragic news. nine service members killed when two black hawk choppers crashed. cnn has a crew right near that save. plus tension in the house from paper tossing to hallway shouting in your face. debates are getting heated on the hill. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start today with our world lead. top u . s. officials are strongly criticizing russia after an american reporter was detained on charges of spying. evan gersh covic appeared in a moscow court today accused of trying to steal russian state secrets. his employer, the wall street journal, says it quote vehemently denies those claims. but now gorshkov itch faces up to 20 years in prison. and today , lawmakers on capitol hill are accusing russia of using this journalist as leverage, and the white house is dismissing the charges.
grand jury investigating former president trump sources now, say the district attorney there has been asking questions about a second hush money case involving trump and efforts to cover up his alleged affair with a playboy model and as nashville mourns and prepares to bury six victims. new 911. calls from the school shooting were just released. stand by for that breaking story, and i ll get reaction from the national mayor who s joining us this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight another u. s citizen is in custody in russia. this time a journalist for the wall street journal accused of espionage. cnn s alex marquardt has details on the arrest and why this particular reporter may have been targeted by moscow. this video from russian media appears to show american wall street journal reporter evan herskovits arriving at a moscow court today. the russian security services arrested h
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
in the faulkner focus. well, many people are saying there is no way this could actually be a coincidence. lawmakers say it is an example of all-out intimidation by the federal government. republican congressman jim jordan is the chairman on the subcommittee of government weaponization. we still do not have the answers from the i.r.s. about that unlikely coincidence. it appears to be the latest example of the weaponization of the federal government against the american people. harris: matt taibbi testified to that committee on the government s censoring information on twitter. the white house with a game of dodge ball yesterday. i was wondering if you could respond to this taibbi visit by the i.r.s. and say whether it is part of a campaign to harass or intimidate related to the journalism. i have refer you to the i.r.s. harris: i.r.s. has not responded to a fox business request with an explanation. we ll have house oversight chairman comer questions as he comes up
demanding tighter gun laws. and for the first time, the chilling calls for help from inside that elementary school. please. they are coming, they are coming. norah: two black hawk helicopters collide, killing nine american soldiers. why this nighttime exercise went horribly wrong. this is a truly tragic loss. russia has arrested an american journalist on the suspicion of espionage. lsaiovich,s wl street journal, was trying to obtain classified information. as the area is still trying to recover from last week s storm outbreaks risk. hello friends. norah: at sports broadcasting by jen jim nantz reflect on a nearly four decade career covering march madness. being able to have the seat for that long, to tell so many stories, and document some of document some of the great events, no regrets. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this historic night in our nations history. for the first time ever, a former president of the united