Heartbreaking situation. Ellison barber is in washington following the response and federal officials and the white house. Less big with jeff paul on the ground in seattle with the very latest. What is the latest on the situation on the suspect that apparently killed himself behind the controls of the stolen airplane . Reporter i want to give a little bit of a better idea what it is like at our location. We are in washington, behind us is the entrance to the ferry. That is we have to take over to get to the site. Now Authorities Say it is sparsely populated island with very few people and they do not believe anybody on the ground was hurt. During the plane crash. We are also learning more about how, a little more about the man that stole the plane. Authorities say is with the airline for more than three years and passed all extensive
background checks. The fbi tells us he was allowed to be in the Security Area and they do not believe any security safeguards were compromised. They say w
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