Sort of guarding the perimeter. 9 20 a. M. , the airport reporting but what you are looking at is a dense fog, only three quarters post office on your right hand of a mile visibility. Side. And in the corner, right in the you are a pilot. Back, there is a car that is upside down, completely burned from your spiperspective, those conditions a cause for a legal of concern . No, ive taken off in o out, debris on the ground, a boarded up window all the way on conditions at that level or the right. Maybe even worse. So a lot of damage here with it is just a matter of being well trained and understanding debris from the plane scattered throughout the parking lot as how instruments fly and operate. Mentioned. But if something happened as well as in that field in the distance. Mechanically to the aircraft as you mentioned, one of the immediately after that it took off and that the crew was in the victims was carly mack cord, s s clo clouds, it is more of a challenge. And when things happen, lets s sports journalist. And they lost another anchor a few months ago. Say an engine failed, you have to do a lot of things quickly and the fire chief here says that one person from the plane correctly and compounded with did survive, and that person is that would be bad weather. It might be a contributing being treated for injuries. Factor. So were still trying to figure out what happened, but we and another three are know that witness told plane lo hospitalized being treated for trying to land in a field but burns considered looked shaky. If the pilot had a serious lifethreatening. And another two are treated for problem after takeoff, would that be the protocol and what smoke inhalation but expected to be okay. So a lot of people expected options would the pilot have to here. Make . And it seems that they were on their way to atlanta and of it did veer sharply to the left. Course when it happened, it created a lot of chaos here, only gained altitude to about 300 feet, so neff realver reall knocked out pow foer for about customers. And some of the utilities are still trying to repair some that far in for the die. So if there was a problem with lines and such. The left side engine for example, the pilot would have so were of course mccords had to scramble pretty quickly to get the planes proch confedera prop feathered is the word. So that it is edged on to the wind as it approaches. And those things have to happen quickly. Of course the attempt to land in a field would be a last ditch effort. And im sure in this case when there was trouble, first thought is to return to the airport if possible. So were obviously at the front end of this investigation, do you expect that officials will learn enough and what type of recording devices on a plane like this will help the investigators piece together what happened . It is highly unlikely that there are any recording devices on this aircraft at all. It depends on the vintage of the aircraft, in this case a 1980 aircraft. And under what rules of faa ownership, whether it was a charter or privately owned. It appears to be a privately owned aircraft. So highly unlikely to be a recording device that would help them in this case. Of course they will listen to the Aircraft Communications and look at the wreckage. One thing that is fairly straightforward, is if an engine proce propeller, if it impacts the ground, it looks different than if it is not spinning. So things like that will give them unusual clues. 3450i7 miles obrien, we really appreciate you being here especially on a saturday to give us insight into this terrible tragedy. Thanks for being here. Youre women come. And as we mentioned at the top of our broadcast, lsu coach at the game after learning of his daughterinlaws passing in that plane crash. You can only emergency how difficult tonight is for him and his family. Joining me now from that game Brian Holland for our affiliate in louisiana. Thank you so much for joining us. You follow this team closely. And this of course the biggest game of the year pliing aying i laufs, lsu tigers the Number One Team in the country. Give us an idea if you can about how this tragedy has impacted the mood of the team and you how they learned much the awful news. Yeah, word started matriculating earlier today. She was friends with so many who cover this team and certainly an ingame host there for the saints, pelicans, and also covered the lsu tigers. And then of course the Family Connection to the offensive coordinator. So when they caulked o edwalked, you could see it on a lot of the staffs faces coming out on the field field le fieldle, it was plain. And they did something with their warmups, they stayed in the locker room. Usually they are very calculated, they dont deviate from their schedule at all. But they did today. And you have to think that maybe this played a part in this. I dont know that for sure. But i talked to several staffers and a lot of people were affected. And tough to go to work for this biggest game, but you ccould se several going up to their offensive coordinator and giving him a hug. Surreal for sur. And i want to show coverage of the peach bowl and you can see steve ensminge represent coaching during the game and they showed a graphic of the two of them together. I can only imagine what is going through his head as he learned that Carley Mccord was killed in this crash on her way to the game. I wonder, if you have heard, was there any consideration that he would not coach today . 2456s spthat was speculated the game. This is his daughterinlaw. But ti but he is through and through a family man. He came back to lsu because he felt like it was family. He could have had different positions around the country but he came back to coach the tight ends in his career when he could have probably done much bett betterrywise or positionwise. He came back because he thoughe staff was family. A louisiana guy. And obviously la fayette just 45 minutes down the road. So very close and certainly his home with a lot of the players knowing what they are going through. He does call most of the plays. But he has someone help him calling the plays. So we thought that maybe joe will call a few more involved. It is so tough to go cuss focus after the loss. But we did catch him coming out of the locker room tears in his eyes. So emotional on the field during the warmups. It has affected hi. He does not wear his emotions on his sleeve, but he certainly has today. And your insight into this wassen veilab invaluable. We appreciate you giving us your time. Brian holland reporting from atlanta as lsu plays despite the backdrop of this awful tragedy. Now we turn to joe biden and a new answer today on whether he would testify if subpoenaed in President Trumps impeachment trial. One day after saying that he would not appear, the former Vice President today now clarifying his position while campaigning in iowa. I would honor whatever the congress in fact legitimately asked me to do. The whole point of this, anyone subpoenaed relating to this investigation of the president has to be able to have some knowledge so whether or not he committed the offenses that he is accused of committing. I have no firsthand knowledge. There is no basis to that. So my point is there would be no basis upon which to call me as a witness. So the former Vice President a little all over the map on this particular issue, but he seems to not real out a legal challenge if he does receive a subpoena. Joining me to talk about this, sarah isner and also joe lockhart. So joe, to you first. Biden not accused of any wrongdoing no bhaer whmatter wh president suggests, but this probably crystallizes the difficult position particularly because he is a candidate for president. How do you think that he should handle a subpoena if one is issued, should he fight it . Well, i mean, i think that the point that he was trying to make, and he probably could have done it better, is the president wants to focus things on issues that have nothing to do with the president and he is not going to help the president play that game. And he also said today that for 40 years ns in public service, has always provided information that he was compelled do. This is a bit of a side show as far as the witnesses that actually would be called. I dont think that there are even the republican votes, you only need four to stop this, so again, i think it took him a day to get the answer exactly right, but i think that he is in a pretty good place now. And the other thing id mention now, trump attacking biden so far has helped biden. Because it has helped coalesce the democratic support around him. So i dont see this, you know, right now as being a negative for him. I also dont expect to ever see him nefr anywhere neanywhere ne floor. So you dont expect the republicans to perhaps throw biden out there as part of a negotiation saying if you want to hear from Mick Mulvaney or john bolton, then we also want the to hear from Vice President biden . You dont think that there are enough republican votes to make that happen . There is not a trial in any court in the world that would allow someone with no relationship to the underlying facts to go. I dont think that the republicans in the senate are slightly different, and i emphasize slightly different than the republicans in the house. In the president opens this pan do upon door i cants box, he may even see his own children talking about the business interests of the trump organization. And president seems to show frustration about the impeachment, tweeting about attacks on pelosi. Overnight he retweeted and then deleted the post with the unsubstantiated name of the supposed whistleblower. This is not the first time hes done that. Do you think the pressure is getting to him . Well i think what weve seen is that when he complains about the president zelensky and is providing talking points to his base, it has helped him. Look at the last 6 to 8 weeks of polling and his base has coalesced behind him after a very rocky september going into early october. I think joe is right on most of what he said except the very end, the president seems to want this to be a circus, believes that he benefits from it being a circus. So in that sense, i agree that he doesnt want his children to have to testify, but if he can make it a circus, i would look for those things to happen. What im more surprised by is that joe biden who had been a senator for so long and i agree he maybe have gotten the answer right now, maybe, im not sure, but to question the legitimacy of a subpoena from the senate sort of goes against i would have thought his institutional instincts which is xwaskly what t basically what the Trump Administration has already done is to say that congressional subpoenas are not legitimate. I thought joe biden would say of course all congressional subpoenas are legitimate, that is a congress tugs contusiostit. So i wouldnt be surprised if we hear one more clarification on this point. And joe, maybe respond. There does seem to be a bit of a disconnect between the way the president himself and how Mitch Mcconnell want this trial to go. It seems that the president is itching for a fight where Mitch Mcconnell would like to be over as quickly as possible. Yeah, listen, i agree with sarah that he does want to be a circus. I dont think that he wants his children to be the third ring of that circus, but he wants to be about issues, not about himself, about joe biden and hunter biden. The leverage that nancy pelosi and the democrats have at that point, the strongest leverage is the disconnect between President Trump and Mitch Mcconnell. Mitch mcconnell wants to more anything protect his vulnerable senators and to stay majority leader. And he has calculate that had doing it quickly and getting rid of it is the most helpful thing doing it quickly and getting rid of it is the most helpful thing. President wants to be vindicated and a place where all the conspiracy theories can be put on trial and be seen in their full glory. That is the last thing Mitch Mcconnell wants and that difference is where the democrats are i think going to be able to win some concessions on the rules. But that will play out i think when they come back. All right. Well have to leave it there. Sarah, joe, thank you both so much. 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But i think that the significance is much less on the military side and more on the political. It really is station iranians want to make it clear that they are not isolated and chinese want to demonstrate their newly found Second Largest Navy power, they have a missile guided destroyer power. And the russians eager to demonstrate that they are the key actor in syria and can also increase their reach into the gulf as well. So the Washington Post is reporting that the u. S. Military has its arsenal a way to fight back against senior russian officials if there is a cyberattack on the u. S. Election system. They seem to be sending a message here that their personal information would be exposed to the world in retaliation. And we she point out that the post believes that Vladimir Putin would not necessarily be one of the targets if this is used as a deterrent. Do you think that this is a strong deter rent, will this prevent russia from interfering in the 2020 election . I dont think so. And if you want to deter, this is a take strategic decision that has to be taken with the utmost sense i have gravity. It strikes me that cia, fbi, may want to deter, but im not sure that the white house is on board. And that is the real way, make it clear to putin that there is some measure of accountability or a cost for intervening in 2016 and of course punitive intervention in 2020. I doubt if you will see that. So one more hot spot to talk with, syria. Violence there is escalating with russia helping the syrian army attack Opposition Forces in one of the northwestern provinces. Hundreds of thousands are displaced. And President Trump sending out a warning against killing civilians there. And this appears to be a pretty wad humanitarian crisis. Can you put it into context for us . It is a horrible humanitarian crisis. You have 3 million people, 1. 5 original inhabitants and an additional 1. 5 that are refugees from the nightmare of seven or eight year Syrian Civil War which the United States both under the Obama Administration and under this administration has willfully decided not to intervene. So i think a warning without teeth is empty words. And frankly, it is rather extraordinary that the president who is essentially giving the turks and russians a free hand in syria is somehow concerned about a humanitarian situation which frankly i doubt if he is prepared or anyone is prepared to do much about. His policy in syria has been pretty contradictory all along and i suspect that this was a momentary impulsive tweet raesh the beginni rather than the beginning of a change in american policy. And many critical of pulling the small group out of syria predicting that exactly what is happening would happen. And so aaron david miller, we appreciate you being on. Thank you so much. Always a pleasure. 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