brightest. the effort he had for this community, impeccable. reporter: the crash site is just half a mile from the runway they were trying to reach. tonight, the ntsb and faa are investigating. david? david: victor owen doe, thank you. now, to former president trump, and tonight, a federal judge has now set march 4th at the start date for the federal trial on january 6th and election interference charges. abc s aaron katersky now. reporter: tonight, a federal judge in washington setting a date for donald trump s trial on charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election. march 4th, just one day before super tuesday, smack in the middle of the presidential campaign. special counsel jack smith in court for the decision. the former president had asked to push this trial off more than two years, to april 2026. his lawyers arguing any sooner would amount to a show trial and a miscarriage of justice. in a heated hearing, they pointed to reams of documents to review and the pressures