and bracing for severe storms tonight and tomorrow. first tonight, president biden on the world stage with the lessons from the heroes of d-day. the president on the urgent need to defend democracy and freedom and america s alliances, he argued, are more important than ever, saying democracy begins with each of us. mary bruce traveling with the president. the news here at home tonight, that fiery plane crash in a front yard. two adults and two children pulled from the wreckage by good samaritans. the pilot had been desperately looking for a place to land. also, the emergency landing after flames were seen shooting out from a passenger jet moments after taking off. we are also watching the threat of severe storms tonight and tomorrow, the potential for damaging winds. and we re tracking the dangerous heat building across this country so early on in the season. the hunter biden trial tonight. hunter biden fighting back tears today, growing emotional, as his own daught
from a passenger jet, the emergency landing. and bracing for severe storms tonight and tomorrow. first tonight, president biden on the world stage with the lessons from the heroes of d-day. the president on the urgent need to defend democracy and freedom and america s alliances, he argued, are more important than ever, saying democracy begins with each of us. mary bruce traveling with the president. the news here at home tonight that fiery plane crash in a front yard. two adults and two children pulled from the wreckage by good samaritans. the pilot had been desperately looking for a place to land. also, the emergency landing after flames were seen shooting out from a passenger jet moments after taking off. we are also watching the threat of severe storms tonight and tomorrow, the potential for damaging winds and we re tracking the dangerous heat building across this country so early on in the season. the hunger biden trial tonight. hunter biden fighting back tear
The plane, or assisting them away from the plane, because there was a large amount of fire after the crash. reporter: erick garcia was with his 2-year-old son when he saw the plane wobbling and gliding before it crashed. as soon as i arrived to the scene, i seen the, you know, bodies on the floor, unfortunately. reporter: listen as the pilot of the beechcraft single-engine plane tells the tower he s having engine trouble. i m losing power quickly. i might have to put it down somewhere. do you see anywhere that s safe for you to land? i m trying to find a field, a park. i ve got something in sight. i don t know where i am. reporter: there was so much fuel on board, late today after the scene was cleared, it reignited. firefighters beating back the flames once again. david, you can see what s left of the plane there behind me. the ntsb, who s leading this investigation into the crash, says this plane was built in 1969, making it 55 years old, david. david: 1969, all right
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The pilot eject and parachute open and then i saw the plane wobbling and plundering down. i said, man, this is not good. reporter: on this cell phone video, you can see people rushing to help the pilot, his parachute still attached. he went to the hospital but was released. the plane destroyed three homes and five others were evacuated. on this wednesday afternoon, many were home and neighbors say some narrowly missed being hurt. he was in his living room at the initial impact and he said the windows blew out and a gush of fire came in. reporter: this is the second accident in just a month of a harrier jet stationed in yuma, arizona. the marines call the av-8b a multiple jet used in missions around the world and it s able to hover like a helicopter and blast forward with near supersonic scenes and the marine