and for those keeping score at home, it s two democratic appointees and one republican appointee who are hearing this case, which i think lends some optimism to the jack smith s team because of that makeup. it s also true, this argument for donald trump is a pretty extraordinary stretch. remember when we covered the mueller investigation. and there was much sdiscussion that there s is a justice department policy. not a law, but a policy, that says a sitting president should not be indicted. implicit in that policy, of course, he could be indicted later for something he did. that s always been the assumption. gerald ford pardoned richard nixon for his crimes in watergate. if he couldn t be prosecuted, there would be no need for a po pardon. for a former president, for conduct while in office. that s what the pardon was for. everyone assumed without the pardon, he could be prosecuted. once you are out of office, you are an order citizen like everyone else. interestingly
the pilot of the passenger plane did not spot the plane on the runway. they had 90 seconds to de-plane, and nobody on the aircraft was seriously injured. some were taken to the hospital saying they did not feel well. this is the passengers seen getting off. will ripley has the latest. the japanese prime minister is sending condolesses to the five coast guard crew members who lost their lives in the fiery runway collision right in the heart of tokyo. look at this in haneda airport shortly before 6:00 p.m. local time. a massive fireball erupted in the runway right in the middle of the busy runway when a crowded jet with 67 passengers including eight children under the age of 2 and 12 crew members on board collided with a coast guard plane that was taking off to deliver leaf supplies to parts of central japan on the western side that are desperately in need of aid right now because of the massive earthquake that struck hours after the country rang in the new year, and began 20
we ll begin with the exclusive of the top general in the u.s. says that ukraine is quote well prepared for the counter offensive as russia claims it just thwarted a large scale offensive from the ukrainian forces. more on that ahead. a dozen migrants stranded on the steps of a california church after they had been flown there from new mexico and why they had documentation suggesting that the state of florida may have been involved. and the accused killer of natalee holloway is to be handed over to u.s. authorities to come back to the u.s. and russia says it has thwarted a large scale offensive from the ukrainian forces. they say they don t have any information to independent ly support this claim. meanwhile, there is video that is circulating on the social media, and the top general mark milley of the u.s. says that he believes that ukraine is well prepared for the next phase of the war. so, i think it is too early to tell what outcomes will happen, and the ukrainians
shed light on why this happened. we re also not showing any faces in the frame. in addition to three guests who will be joining us shortly, all experts in aviation and crash investigations, they will be weighing in on what they see in this video. because whatever brought the flight down on approach yesterday to nepal s second largest city likely happened or became unstoppable in those seconds that you ll see. 72 people were above the twin engine european made airliner, at least 68 are known to have died. now, the last video is difficult to watch. the plane in the sky. we should warn you again so is this video inside the plane. the view is out the left side of the aircraft. you see the wings trailing edge. the back side of the wing as the plane starts to bank to the left. in a moment you ll see a white flash where we do an edit. then the plane levels momentarily and then just a few seconds later, it all goes wrong and the plane banking again drops. take a look. we have live re
we begin in south asia where it s just gone 9.45am in nepal, and a day of national mourning has begun for the victims of the country s worst airline disaster in 30 years. all 72 people on board a yeti airlines plane are believed to have died after it crashed near the town of pokhara, about 145km or 90 miles west of the capital kathmandu. the bbc s rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from nepal. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off course. then you hear it. thunderous roar a raging inferno. the twin engine plane crashed into a gorge, close to the tourist town of pokhara, minutes before it was due to land at the recently opened airport there. translation: we heard a loud, thunderous crash and raised our| heads to see what had happened. we saw a lot of smoke and realised it was a plane crash and we rushed to the site. chaos and confusion, as some sprayed water to douse the flames. but efforts to save the 72 on