a fiber freelancer. former vice president mike pence joins wolf blitzer, cnn primetime tonight at nine. top of the hour this thursday. i m jim sciutto. great to be with you, jim. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean. and any moment now, officials at fort campbell in kentucky will be giving everyone an update after two blackhawk helicopters collided overnight, killing nine u. s service members that is, according to an army official. we re standing by for that, and we ll bring it to you live as soon as it happens. the governor among those who will speak their plus russia has now arrested an american journalist, it says on suspicion of espionage. even draskovic, a reporter for the wall street journal, detained in a small town east of moscow, the wall street journal strongly defending their reporter, the kremlin says. he was caught red handed, refuses to offer any details their track record on this kind of thing. begs a lot of questions. we re going to have details ahead. we begin this
when the accident happened. kentucky s governor rushed to the soldier s duty station, which is called fort campbell and had this to say this morning. today is a tough and a tragic day for kentucky. for the four campbell and for the 101st. the nine individuals. we lost our children of god. they will be mourned and missed by their families. by their communities. we ve also heard from the secretary of defense lloyd austin, who said in a statement . my heart goes out to the families of these service members and to the members of the 101st airborne division who bravely and proudly serve our country every day each and every day. i m saddened by this tragic loss, and i am working with army leadership to make sure our troops and their families received the care that they need in the wake. of this accident. cnn s dianne gallagher is live at fort campbell. diane what more are you learning about this tragic accident? so alex. there is an aircraft safety team that is on their way from fo
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
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