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As it drifted toward restricted air face, emitting a sonic boom that prompted 911 calls from d. C. To maryland. The pilot unresponsive as the jets reportedly repeatedly tried to make contact. At least four now confirmed dead. What went wrong. An nbc news exclusive. The grand jury Hearing Evidence about former president trumps handling of classified documents is meeting again this week. Is that investigation nearing its conclusion . Also ahead, a big week in the 2024 race, three more republicans ...

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as it drifted toward restricted air face, emitting a sonic boom that prompted 911 calls from d.c. to maryland. the pilot unresponsive as the jets reportedly repeatedly tried to make contact. at least four now confirmed dead. what went wrong. an nbc news exclusive. the grand jury hearing evidence about former president trumps handling of classified documents is meeting again this week. is that investigation nearing its conclusion? also ahead, a big week in the 2024 race, three more ...

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Scrambled. we all heard a sonic boom in d.c. that literally shook homes as they fighter jets scrambled to actually try to catch up with this runaway plane. scrambled from joint base andrews near washington sunday, two f-16 fighter jets racing to intercept a private cessna citation jet approaching restricted d.c. airspace. the air force pilots radioed the cessna pilots but got no response. >> this is an armed air defense fighter transmitting on 121.5. you have been intercepted. >> on the ground, ...

I have heard fjb. lets go, brandon. it is where only pilots can hear. and now it is public, too. . >> you have heard that from commercial pilots. . >> its anonymous. you cant tell. it is 121.5, which is called guard. you are supposed to listen to it all the time. it is for mayday calls. ive heard it. . >> pete, well see what happens here. pete muntean, thank you so much. its called the venice of africa. a coastal town is paying a big price for the climate crisis. fred pleitgen has this incredi...

Recorder. so the electronic equipment on the planes, the radio on the planes and the ships will be monitoring frequency 121.5 to attempt to locate that signal and once the black boxes are recovered, then we will have a much better idea of what happened to this ill-fated flight. but at the moment, the primary importance is, since this is still a search and rescue mission, is to locate any possible survivors as slim as the possibility may be. thereafter, to recover the bodies then begin to locate ...

Also on 121.5. so you know, if they did have an emergency, they would have gone to 121.5 with the push of a button. and there it is. it is always there for that reason. >> yeah. >> i look at this right here. it could be confusing to somebody who uses it every day, it is not. there is a lot of buttons and a lot of stuff to enter. >> so he says -- go ahead. >> just to supplement to what he was saying. yes, there was could not faugs and we agree with that possible scenario. but that doesnt preclude...

>> michael, im sure you are familiar with the malaysian prime minister had to say overnight and now the reference to deliberate activity in the cockpit. does it sound to you, including the times report, that the 777 reached an altitude of 45,000 feet that this was manned or unmanned. >> it is impossible to tell. i dont think we can take anything off the table. we have to consider the mechanical aspects and sabotage and hijack. it is looking more like the latter two given the evidence. you have f...

Be on a frequency. there is a guard frequency which they should have monitored. 121.5. it is simple to broadcast a distress signal. the silence is deafening. that does not mean it is impossible for them to be overcome. i dont think it is that likely. i am more in the camp of a third person in the cockpit or both pilots were in on this. >> what do you expect on sun rise there? >> well have more information on what those pieces of debris are. we are hopeful. my family goes out to the