border when the helicopter he was traveling in made a crash landing. fur hours rescue workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. there were no survivors. bad weather impeded the search. u.s. majority senate leader chuck schumer says intelligence authorities informed him there was no evidence of foul play and looks like an accident, but it s still being viewed as an accident. the death comes at a volatile time in this region. iran and israel have exchanged attacks on each other and militant groups attacked israel as well as ships in the red sea. the country s supreme leader still remains in control over iran after this unfortunate news. let s go to nbc chief correspondent richard engel. richard, as you have been following this story, what is the right way to look at this, summarize it, and what are the reactions that you re looking for from the region? reporter: so this was a shocking turn of events. a helicopter crash. i also am hearing from sources that fou
breaking news out of the middle east, a special msnbc our from iranian state tv, they are reporting that iran s president, ebrahim raisi was killed in a helicopter crash on sunday but the president was traveling back from a visit to the iranian border with azerbaijan when the helicopter he was traveling in made a crash landing. for hours, rescue workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. they have found the crash site and there were no survivors. bad weather is believed to have contributed to this crash, and it certainly slowed down a search and rescue efforts, going on for hours. u.s. senate majority leader chuck schumer, earlier on sunday, saying intelligence authorities informed him that there is, quote, no evidence of foul play in this crash, adding that it looks like an accident. it is still being fully investigated. now, the death of iran s president, comes during a volatile time in the region. iran and israel have exchanged attacks directly on each othe
lui. we have a special hour from iran state tv, and they re reporting iran s president, ebrahim raisi, was killed in a helicopter crash sunday. the president was traveling back from a visit to the iranian border with azerbaijan when the helicopter he was traveling in made a crash landing. for hours rescue workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. they have found the crash site, and there were no survivors. bad weather believed to have contributed to this crash and it certainly slowed down search and rescue efforts, which were going on for hours. u.s. senate majority leader, chuck schumer, earlier sunday saying intelligence authorities informed him there was no evidence of foul play in this crash. adding that it looks like an accident, but still being fully investigated. now the death of iran s president comes during a volatile time in this region. iran and israel have exchanged attacks directly on each other just last month. militant groups have also attacked
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