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
as it drifted toward restricted air face, emitting a sonic boom that prompted 911 calls from d.c. to maryland. the pilot unresponsive as the jets reportedly repeatedly tried to make contact. at least four now confirmed dead. what went wrong. an nbc news exclusive. the grand jury hearing evidence about former president trump s handling of classified documents is meeting again this week. is that investigation nearing its conclusion? also ahead, a big week in the 2024 race, three more republicans set to enter the already-crowded field. this after gop hopefuls roared into iowa for the traditional roast and ride, everyone, that, but donald trump. i don t know. we re not big trump fans. a lot of bluster. some good ideas but a lot of bluster. i m a republican. later, yet another close call with a chinese war machine. the encounter with an american destroyer that s ratcheting up tensions between the u.s. and china. we ll begin with the new details out of virginia, no surviv
documents case against donald trump. it comes as the former president is being condemned for praising a dictator. we ll dig in to both of those stories. and a look at the republican hopefuls campaigning in iowa, as two more names are likely to join the field this week. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. and we ll begin this morning with a deadly plane crash near the nation s capitol. yesterday afternoon the military scrambled two f-16 fighter jets to respond to a private business jet that was flying over restricted airspace in dc. the response caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the region around unsettled many of the residents there. here s some of the sound surveillance cameras captured. the sound was heard across many miles. the cessna was not responding to radio transmissions. it then crashed in the shenandoah wall i have in virginia. officials say ther
all the details for us. hey, peter. peter: good morning. house repub republican have been making big accusations for months about biden family corruption and now they are trying to prove it. they got a tip that the fbi got a tip several years ago alleging a conspiracy where joe biden would get millions of dollars from a foreign national in exchange for making policy decisions that the foreign natural wanted. if this was, in fact, a credible allegation that was made, this was three years ago. that means it s been in the vaults of the fbi for the last 36 months to include a presidential election in which joe biden was the primary candidate for office. and if they took no action on the credible allegation like this, there was not even a preliminary investigation, there should be some major questions about the politic zalings of the fbi. politicization of the fbi. say be the years of experience tracks closely did with what we are seeing into our investigation of the biden
police release new body camera video of the deadly shooting in a new mexico neighborhood, and detailed look at how the officers took down the gunman who shot nine people in the shooting spree. mystery in the amazon and what happened to four young children who might have survived a plane crash. new footprints in the jungle are providing hope this morning. and there are major new developments that could impact the war in ukraine. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in aub right n in saudi arabia right now, and then he goes to japan where he is going to be greeted by the announcement that he has been pleading for. president biden just told the allies that the u.s. will support efforts to train the ukrainian pilots on the f-16 fighter jets. zelenskyy desperately wants the planes inside of his country. we have team coverage with natasha bertrand at the pentagon, and tell us about this announcement that the u.s. is going to support training on the f-16 and what exa