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
the killing of children, or for the lying about it for weeks? now why is that? we think we know. back on september 1st, mark milley explained the drone strike wasn t out of the ordinary, it followed the very same procedures that every other drone strike over the last 20 years in afghanistan. we had very good intelligence that isis k was preparing a specific type vehicle and a specific type location. we monitored that through various means, and all of the engagement was being met, we went through the same level of rigor we have done for years and we took a strike. we had very goodor intelligence. this same kind of intelligence that leden us to believe german educated saudi s would never fly planes into buildings. were a field in pennsylvania. the intelligence that told us the berlin wall was about to fall. the same intelligence that told
one reason, for the last seven months, fox news alone among big media outlets has been operating a drone in that area. in the past few days, those drones were capturing images of the total collapse, and the biden administration hated that. pete buttegieg, who somehow oversees the faa as transportation secretary, grounded our drone. the biden administration said it security concerns, what were the security concerns. the order didn t explain what the special security reason was. they never explained anything because it wasn t real, it was a lie. just like those secondary explosions and the drone strike. it was nothing more than a pretext to shut us down. we reported how the faa has become politicized and this is the most recent example of this. most media organizations didn t see a a problem with any of thi. they didn t care that they were shutting down media access on
the killing of children, or for the lying about it for weeks? now why is that? we think we know. back on september 1st, mark milley explained the drone strike wasn t out of the ordinary, it followed the very same procedures that every othe drone strike over the last 20 years in afghanistan,. we had very good intelligenc that isis k was preparing a specific type vehicle and a specific type location. we monitored that through various means, and all of the engagement was being met, we went to the same level of rigor we have done for years and we took a strike. we had very good intelligence . this same kind of intelligence that led us to believe german educated saudi s would never fl planes into. the intelligence that told us the berwyn clinton was to fall.
no, i wouldn t say that. it s amazing, the people that participate don t seem to remember. well, yes, of course. nobody remembered, but partly, people don t remember because i think first of all, it wasn t out of the ordinary. but all of these people also drank in white-only water fountains and went to white-only soda counters and sat in white-only buses. i think that actually kay ivey was much more forthright than governor northam, i have to say. he s my governor and i m ashamed of him. i respect that she came out and said that and i think that the way that doug jones talked about it was much, much more productive. you know, juana, and i don t want to make short slift, but all of these incidents only reinforce the notion that the new york times report is right, there s a lot more to learn about race in america. it should be required reading for every household in america. that s all we have for tonight. we ll be back next week with more meet the press daily. be sure to