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D.c. to his beloved home state of alaska, former senator ted stevens is being remembered as a man as large in life as the state he represented for 40 years. president barack obama said, "michelle and i extend our condolences to the entire stevens family and to the families of those who perished alongside senator stevens in this terrible accident." stevens was among five people killed in a plane crash monday evening. the aircraft was headed to a popular fishing destination, over rugged terrain an...

Stevens was killed. >> they say the aircraft hit a mountain with such force it left a 300-foot gash on the slope. abcs don guevara is following the investigation. >> reporter: nine people were on board that plane. it is believed that four of them survived. and those survivors had to wait overnight until search and rescue arrived. the plane crashed near dillingham, a remote part of southern alaska, more than 300 miles from anchorage. the crash killed former alaska senator ted stevens. former nasa...

Including former alaska senator ted stevens, but four survivors. rescue crews, it took them a long time to get to the scene of that crash, because it is a remote area, and because there were very bad weather problems. mr. shay, that commercial pilot who first spotted them said that when he flew over the area, the clouds were so low, they were almost down to the level of where the plane was lying about 1,000 feet up the side of the mountain. hes the -- he said that there was no evidence of fire w...

Abruptly ended his career by swearing at a disgruntled passenger and then triggers the planes escape chute to exit the aircraft. allan chernoff is monitoring this story. whats the latest? >> this flight attendant steven slater has certainly gone viral. its gained thousands of fans by the hour. its now about 40,000 and the free steven slater facebook page has more than 11,000 fans. slater at the moment is out of jail in the south prongs rngs that after appearing in court today to face felony char...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we are following the breaking news of a plane crash in the alaska wild erness that has claimed the life of ted stevens. and sean okeefe is confirmed to be among the survivors. casey wian is working the story for us in anchorage with the latest. what are you picking up, casey? >> reporter: well, wolf, we landed an hour ago in anchorage, alaska, which is a ways away from crash site. but i got off of the phone with a man who is a commercial pilot and he is on...

And country boy in alaska. so levi is loving levi right about now, wolf. >> you are right. thank you for that, lisa. lisa sylvester, and "the situation room" is on facebook, and go to facebook.com/cnnsituationroom, and press on the light button to be a fan, and get exclusives behind the scenes material, and it is now on facebook. desperate hunt for an escaped convict takes a political twist. why the attorney general is warning that more political breaks could be on the way. and president oba...

Represent. you can go to my blog to read more on this. >> jack cafferty with the cafferty file. we are monitoring breaking news. first live report on the deadly crash in anchorage, alaska. chad myers is standing by with details of what was happening when the plane went down. including a 100,000 mile powertrain warranty. thats 40,000 more miles than ford. chevy silverado half-ton. a consumers digest best buy and the most dependable, longest lasting full-size pickups on the road. now get 0% apr fo...

Everybody is circling the wagons. everybody is heading here. i understand the medical teams in dillingham are bringing everything they can back to anchorage, because it is the city -- the states largest city. and were going to take it from there. and i justify got off the air a few moments ago doing breaking news, trying to get the entire state up to speed. >> excellent. well keep in touch with you. matthew felling is a reporter from anchorage. let me tell you what is going on. matthew was just ...

There. >> reporter: once they get a clean bill of health, they are released back into the wild. the rescue and rehabilitation institute of the audubon society, require $500 for each turtle. >> than yug, lk you. and breaking news, ted stevens killed aboard a plane that crashed in alaska. we have found that the former nasa director sean okeefe and his son have survived. and now, colleagues are being challenged to kick him out of the house of representatives. you will hear charlie rangels defia...

Senator stevens and his family, and we just landed at the airportanchorage, alaska, named after senator stevens who is the senator who originally wrote the legislation for alaska to be a state. one of the interesting things that we have learned also is that he had a fear of flying. he said it is a job hazard of being a politician in alaska, because there are so many remote locations here and not good roads and the only way to get around. his first wife died in a plane crash back in the 1970s, an...