that the man's name is richard russell. the fbi though right now is not confirming anything. eric: we will have a lot more on richard russell, the apparent suspect. meanwhile it is also -- arthel: phenomenal drop your new reaction washington d.c., to the stolen plane crash. and how this employee was able to take off from the airport. ellison barber is live in washington with that part of the story. reporter: the white house says the president was briefed on this this morning and air monitoring has become available. federal agencies have been involved in this from the very beginning.the department of defense sending norad fighters to intercept the plane. the fbi, faa and ntsb. >> the ntsb is supporting the fbi in the investigation.