new details about what fighter pilots did to get the attention of an unresponsive pilot for his private jet crashed in virginia. new information just in about when the trouble began. we begin with exclusive new reporting on a previously unreported episode in the mar-a-lago documents case. it comes as attorneys for the former president met today with justice department officials and signed signs increasingly indicate that special counsel jack smith s probe could be in its final stage. cnn s kaitlan collins is here with more. so, walk us through this exclusive reporting about mar-a-lago. it s a bit of a bizarre story, so bear with me. it was in last october, we are told that this maintenance worker at mar-a-lago drained april. and when they joined the pool, it caused a flood that flooded this room. we are told it has the computer servers, which store the surveillance footage on them. that s important because we know prosecutors have been looking at the surveillance footage
good evening. tonight on 360 exclusive new reporting on a flood at mar-a-lago in the room where surveillance video logs were kept. today the former president s lawyers meet with the special counsel and an indictment decision could come any day. also tonight, mike pence enters the race. we ll tell you who else just decided to stay out and who might be getting in next. and an f-16 sonic boom was only the first sonic trouble. new details about what fighter pilot did to get the attention of an unresponsive pilot before his private jet crashed in virginia. new information just in. we begin with exclusive new reporting on an unreported episode of the mar-a-lago documents case. it comes as attorneys for the former president met today with justice department officials and signs indicate it could be in the final stages. walk us through this exclusive reporting about mar-a-lago. okay. it s a bit of a bizarre story. so, bear with me. but it was in last october, we were told th
qualifications, the maintenance records, all aspects will be of course, items that we routinely look at. the flight path shows a takeoff in tennessee, at its destination at new york s long island, the plane turns, but doesn t land. instead, it keeps flying at 40,000 feet, right into highly restricted airspace near washington d. c.. the capital briefly placed on an elevated alert, and air national guard pilots scrambled to intercept. causing a sonic boom heard around the beltway. but norad says the pilots got no response to fly by s, players, or radio calls. [inaudible] [inaudible] authorities say the plane was not shot down, but if it appeared to be a threat. they do have the ability to shoot down a civilian aircraft, if that is required. the plane was tracked until it crashed into the mountains of central virginia. there were four people on board, including the pilot and the plane owner s daughter, granddaughter, and her nanny, according to the new york times.
but norrod says the pilots got no response to fly byes, flares, or radio calls. if you hear this transmission, contact us. reporter: authorities say the plane was not shot down, but if it appeared to be a threat they do have the ability to shoot down a civilian aircraft if that is required. reporter: the plane was tracked until it crashed into the mountains of central virginia. there were four people on board, including the pilot and the plane owner s daughter, granddaughter, and hernanny, accor according to the new york times. how might a crash be caused? some sort of depressurization event, likely, rapid or maybe slow, which caused the pilot to be incapacitated and rendered the passengers unconscious. first responders telling cnn there were no survivors. very hard to get to, a lot of
seat, triggering an investigation into a possible loss of cabin pressure as the cause of the crash. we re also learning more about the four victims. the pilot, jeff hefner, on the right, the plane owner s daughter, adina azarian, her daughter and nanny. new details about how wealthy conservative activists helped ron desantis spring a tight relationship with clarence thomas after he called thomas our greatest living justice. fascinating reporting ahead. we re getting new video this morning of that flooding in kherson after ukrainian forces accused the russians of blowing up a critical dam overnight and more than 800 people in the region have been evacuated so far. we ll take you back to ukraine ahead.