Helicopters that were in this aerial convoy and only one of them crashed. But yes, it was carrying the president. It was carrying the Foreign Minister hossein amir of the law at least three crew members, the governor of Eastern Azerbaijan province. Thats again where the ceremony had been taking place on the border with azerbaijan is separate country. Of course and then the friday prayer, imam who leads the friday prayers in the city of tabriz. Thats the Major Metropolitan Center in that part of iran paula, i have done a road trip through this part of iran to the border, to turkey from tehran and i can personally attest to the fact that this area is rugged. It is very sparsely populated as well. We perhaps explain why you would have such a high level delegation traveling by helicopter because any kind of trip by road would have taken hours and hours and also been on potentially the dangerous roads. But this is a rugged and remote place and an indicator of perhaps why the iranian authori
Every weekend join me at john. Com. I had to montgomery and tokyo. And this is cnn cnn Breaking News good morning. Im kasie hunt in washington. This is cnn this morning. Its 5 00 a. M. Here on the east coast and we begin with Breaking News. A helicopter carrying iranian president Ebrahim Raisi crashing early Sunday Morning in a remote area of the country. Iranian state media reporting overnight that he is dead, the Foreign Minister and other Government Officials were also onboard after attending an event near a rons border with azerbaijan rescuers reached the crash site overnight. There are no survivors prompting or rons government to convene an emergency meeting. Cnns Paula Hancocks is tracking the latest developments for us from abu dhabi polo. Good morning to you. What is the latest here . Okc. We know at this point that the conditions at the time of the Helicopter Crash were bad. We know that the weather was challenging. We have been told that the fog and low cloud reduced visibili
Angeles and this is americas late news, fox news at night. And breaking tonight, brand new Exclusive Information Coming into fox news at night showing that a quarter Million Dollars was sent from beijing china to hunter biden. And the Beneficiary Address was the delaware home of president biden. Meantime democratic senator bob menendez has legal and political problems of his own. Now onethird of the senators in his own party are calling for him to step down because of bribery charges. And there is now concern about the Balance Of Power in the senate. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live from dc with more on both of those investigations. Kevin, good evening. Reporter what a night here in the nations capitol trace. Evening to you, House Oversight Committee Chair james comer of kentucky has actually been investigating the biden Family Business dealings and the president s alleged involvement in those ventures, which is why tonight hunter biden, the news that he received w
Countries to Work Together to confront some of the Biggest Challenges theyre facing. But in addition to that large meeting, the president also will be holding oneonone meetings with various World Leaders throughout the week. Some of the most closely watched meetings will include a meeting on wednesday with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. There had been a lot of questions about whether such a meeting would take place since netanyahu came into power last year. The white house has expressed criticism about netanyahus governments plans to overhaul their judicial system. So there had been questions about whether the two leaders would meet at the white house or at unga. It does turn out that that meeting will happen in New York City on wednesday. The president also will be meeting with brazilian president Lula Da Silva for the first time as well. Then after the president wraps things up in New York City, he comes back here to washington for perhaps the most consequential meeting o