The crash is the latest in a string of deadly accidents for the u. S. 7th fleet. Barbara starr is live with all the breaking details. Whats happening, barbara . Reporter good morning, be alisyn. As you say, a lot this hour, u. S. And Japanese Forces are continuing their Search And Rescue mission 500 miles southeast of okinawa in the philippines sea. A u. S. Navy c2, small passenger plane, was making its way to the deck of the Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, where it was scheduled to land. Something went terribly wrong and it crashed. We know in a state just a short time ago, eight people, 8 of the 11 have been rescued, taken to the Ronald Reagan said to be in good condition. The Search And Rescue now continuing for the other three of course. This has been a difficult year for the u. S. Navy. Lavar is just a poor mans version of don king but without the hair. Just think, lavar, you could have spent the next 5 to 10 years during thanksgiving with your son in china but no nba contract to
day. you, too. chris. obviously very personal for that man that projects on to an issue that voters have to vote on today. we will watch that race very carefully. let s talk about the stakes here with david gregory and chris cillizza. as i was saying, this is an intensely personal issue for this man and that s why he is projecting it on to the race, and that s not so dissimilar from what we expect from a lot of voters, and there s something personal about this election, the role of faith in society and our culture. those are big issues for people down there, and roy moore is banking on them, yes? yes, no question about it. i think he s banking on a sense that voters in the state may feel that many around the country and in the news media and in the establishment in washington are looking down their nose and saying roy moore is not fit to be in this
doug jones is expected to vote this hour. reporter: he is, chris. he s expected to vote in half an hour s time. all of a sudden there s a flury of activity. the polls opening and alabamans eager to come out and vote, and the workers trying to finalize everything to get ready to vote. doug jones needs as many votes as he can get. this was already a competitive race. then those allegations came out against roy moore and it made it all the more tighter. roy moore has a core base of passionate voters who were not turned off by these allegations and will turn out no matter what, even if it s a cold and chilly december morning in an off year for a special election. the big question this morning is the turnout. that s what we are going to be watching closely. the secretary of state for alabama says the turn out should
apart over this race, and that s one of the things here in this race. if he can work his way around because of his own personal experience with his own gay daughter, is there any chance that roy moore s positions on homosexually and blacks and women and jews, and these are things he has said that maybe times have changed in alabama. i do think that tonight will give us some indication of that, alisyn, but david makes an important point, which is this is a december 12th special election. it s two weeks before christmas. this is not a standard issue vote. most voters are not used to voting at this time, so what is difficult, i think, is that this is not i don t think we
million that year. finally the estate tax it taxes inheritances on estates $5 million or more, just four provisions that would benefit president trump and his family. they have gotten rid of it by making limits so high and he would fall into both buckets. christine, as usual. perfect. voting is under way in alabama. voters will make their choice. this has been bitter but it s an important senate election. alabama is in the national spotlight. david chalian joins us with the key factors we should be watching for today. what is the bottom line, brother? let s just remember what a huge uphill climb it is for a democrat in alabama, period. donald trump won by 28 points last year in the presidential election. let me give you three key things to watch as the returns come in