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Theyve treated two people at this point. jon: major, we thank you for the information, know youve got your hands full with all of those -- with trying to get more rescue assets into the site of that plane crash. major, thanks. >> yes, sir, take care. jon: also, go ahead, jenna. jenna: we got a statement as well -- did you want to do this? jon: go ahead, yeah. jenna: statement from john begich, a statement, hes a senator from alaska, i join alaskaans and others across the country waiting for deta...

People out. and i think theyre getting ready to go back again to work on more people. >> okay. so there might be more. there might be more people who could use treatment. in other words, there might be more survivors. >> thats correct. >> okay. major guy harris of the alaska air -- guy hayes, im sorry. thank you very much for joining us. well continue to bring you updates on the situation as we get them. were starting to get a little clearer on it, but i can see why theres confusion about how ma...

>> no details have come out of at this point. im sure the ntsb will do an investigation to get more information out as they can. >> does the alaska air national guard have everything it needs to complete this rescue or recovery? are you calling for more help? are there more people moving in, or is this everything you need? >> absolutely. the alaska air guard is set up for this. we have you know, rescue helicopters, we have fair rescuemen. we do this on a regular basis. but were working in conjun...

One word makes the difference between defining the mission and accomplishing the mission. one word makes the difference in defending our nation and the cause of freedom. how... is the word that makes all the difference. > all right. i want to bring you up to speed with what weve got on the alaska plane crash, which may be carrying former senator ted stevens and is carrying the former nasa head, sean okeefe. lets go right to major guy hayes of the alaska air national

And were rendering aid, but now we understand that the national guard has reached the site. major guy hayes of the alaskan national guard says rescuers reached the site early this morning and were giving medical care to the survivors. we understand that this is a view of the actual plane that went down at the site. yeah, thats the tail number that we have been given, the n number there on the -- just above the stripe, thats the registration of the plane that went down carrying senator -- tommer ...

Guard. he is standing by. major hayes, what can you tell us? is this. >> yeah, we currently have two rescuemen on scene providing medical assistance. we have also got a c 130 providing communication support. what they have just told me is theyre going to take the first two victims off the scene and take them to dillingham for further medical support. and that u.s. coast guard jay hawk is going to come in and land and take another victim out of there as soon as possible. >> okay. so youre -- let ...

Was 1960. he was first appointed to the senate in 1968, and then, didnt leave that body until 2009. ted stevens, the longest serving senator in republican -- longest serving republican senator in u.s. senate history and again, jenna, as you are saying, local reports there from alaska are saying that he has been confirmed among those who lost their lives in that tragic plane crash last night. not far from dillingham, alaska. jenna: heres whats happening now, at that site, as we understand it, the...

Jon: fox news alert, our top story, the crash of a dehaviland otter airplane near dillingham, five of the people on board have expired and among the passengers who was on the plane, although to this point we dont know the condition, former senator ted stevens of alaska, former nasa administrator sean okeefe. lets talk about this with guy hayes, the national guard just got a rescue helicopter on the scene? >> thats correct. its about an hour now, we have the alaska national guardsmen and u.s. coa...