A morning newscast featuring Breaking News and weather reports. Question that goes to congress and reviving congress again next week. Big question. So, rick, with that said, what vulnerabilities did this highlight, do you think . Not just, is it the airport, the airline . I mean, who are they really going to be looking more closely at here . Well, every airport is different. So, theyre going to have to come up with specific guidelines for each airport. And the problem is, once somebody does this, he puts a lot of people at risk. One guy gets in one airplane and he takes off in a crowded metropolitan area and look what happens. Not only deuz oes it tie up the Traffic System but no one knew what his intentions were. He could have easily turned north and gone through downtown seattle. He could have caused countless deaths on the ground. This is a real vulnerability that they have to address. Its not, they say this is one guy, one plane. But the potential damage he could cause needs to be
addressed. Lets go to some of the particulars about Thissu Situatn now. Earlier they referred to him as a mechanic, thats the job title that we were learning in the early moments after the Breaking News. We now know that he was a Ground Service agent. First to you, mary, most people know what a mechanic is. Ground service agent, what would that description consisted of and would he typically have access to the cockpit to pull Something Like this off . No, to have access to the cockpit and taxi an aircraft. Normally youre a mechanic and you to have to specific authority and you have to have Taxi Authority and be trained in the airport and have Taxi Authority and know the Airport Traffic Patterns because lots of collisions happen right on the ground in the taxiways. I have worked air crashes where planes have crashed into each other while theyre being taxied around. A couple years ago a mechanic taxied one off accidentally off
a taxiway in florida. So, its very important. So, thats who is allowed to taxi an aircraft at the airports to and from maintenance and the Ground Service workers usually not an amp mechanic. Which also means doesnt have a licensing and Background Check that a mechanic would have. So, rick, when we talk about the military jets from portland that followed this plane and we need to point out, again, these military jets as is being reported had nothing to do with this crash in terms of the consequences of what were seeing, but you brought up a very good point about intention. Help us understand what those military jets, how they may have been communicating and what may they have been hearing about as they try to follow this guy not having any idea of what his intentions are. You know, they were scrambled out of portland and they were going super sonic. They could close that distance in about nine minutes. So, they were on the scene almost immediately and they took up positions behind and above this aircraft and then they made visual contact with the aircraft. But they were trying to establish voice contact, which i dont think they ever did. Of course, theyre getting information not only from seattle air Traffic Control and also from the western air Defense Sector which just happens to be located at that Air Force Base in seattle. They were gettin a lot of information. You have to realize what these young pilots are facing because they dont know what this guys intentions are. Is he going to fly this into a city and fly it into a school or residential area . So, they go up there and they dont know what theyre going to find. Theyre the first responders. They have to go up and assess the situation. Fortunately, there was only one death and that was the person who stole the aircraft. It could have gotten much worse. If he was headed towards downtown seattle, they would
have had to increase their activity level. And at the end, we were not going to let that aircraft go into downtown seattle. That begs the question, at what point what was the protocol to shoot down the plane. Stay with us, well have more questions including that one in just a few moments. But, first, one year since White Nationalists and counterprotesters faced off on the streets Of Charlottesville. They plan to do it again, this time in the nations capital. Why they have not learned anything about race and hatred. A Bank Employee says his boss wanted a job in the white house and willing to approve a massive loan to Paul Manafort. Week two wraps up. Our new, hot, fresh breakfast will get you the readiest. buzzer sound holiday inn express. Be the readiest. Multiple events are planned to mark the oneyear anniversary
where launched riots and it resulted in the death of 32yearold heather heyer. Two Virginia State troopers who were in a helicopter watching the protest were also killed in a crash. Now, this morning the University Of Virginia will host a morning of reflection and renewal with breakfast and performances and then this Afternoon Charlottesville Clergy Members will lead to Faith Service for remembrance. And this evening a student rally at uvas campus. A cnns correspondent is in charlottesville, joins us now for a look back at what happened a year ago. The Lessons Learned since then, as well. You spoke with the Charlottesville Police chief who says the nation has not had healing when it comes to issues of race. Good morning, victor and christi. With so much of the negative energy this weekend focused in washington, d. C. , the city Of Charlottesville is seeing this weekend as an opportunity to work to heal and reflect. This city is trying to look forward, not look back. But this visual behind me. These barricades, secure perimeter downtown. These images are a sharp reminder of what happened in these streets a year ago. Last summer, charlottesville became a battleground. This is cnn Breaking News. Clashes have erupted between White Supremtists and protesters. Terror in virginia. One person is dead. Reporter one year later a new team of officials are vowing not to let history repeat itself. We have to start owning that we did not live up to our training. We didnt live up to our oath, but we have the opportunity to recover and get it right. Reporter after a sharply critical report places blame on the Charlottesville Police department for its failure to contain the violence and protect the public. This is not a Law Enforcement event. This is a Public Safety endeavor. Reporter chief al thomas
retired. Michelle took over two months ago. I walked into this position y did walk in in some ways with my eyes wide open but i didnt realize probably the extent and the breath and the width of what those responsibilities would be because i had not really had the opportunity to hear how hurt this community was and still hadnt healed. Reporter the first images of hate, america saw in charlottesville came from here. The night before the planned and permitted altright rally White Nationalists marched on the campus with tiki torches. The visual was startling, but that isnt the worst we would see. The next morning, violence in this intersection as police looked on just outside the park where general robert e. Lee statue stands. Reporter socalled altright activists carrying guns and confederate flags clashed with
antifascist protesters. And then the day turned deadly. This street with james alex fields jr. Barrelled his car into a group of counterprotesters remains a memorial to heather heyer. Heather was killed in the attack, 35 others injured, the driver will be tried for murder and federal hate crimes. There was anger and outrage and reaction to not only the violence, but the hateful rhetoric that was openly on display here. I have a message to all the whi, the message is plain and simple. Go home. You are not wanted in this great commonwealth. Shame on you. Reporter then very fine people on both sides. Reporter President Trumps refusal to condemn the racial attack further inflamed the national conversation. When you think about the flash point that charlottesville was in this country. Where the dialogue around race
relations. Where do you think we are one year later . I dont know if we as a city or even as a nation have had that real honest dialogue about equities. In terms of really moving the needle forward. Im not sure that weve actually instituted policies, procedures or even support that could help move the conversation beyond the conversation. Reporter so, the conversation continues this weekend. As the second Unite The Right rally organizes in the nations capital. Here in charlottesville, the focus is on continued healing and the city has an all allencompassing plan. There are no planned or permitted demonstrations allowed in downtown charlottesville. The entire area a secure perimeter. You see these concrete barriers like these behind me blocking any entrance of traffic into the streets of downtown charlottesville. Thats among the Lessons Learnedfrom last year. The police wanting to keep pedestrians and vehicles separate. The only vehicles you see in this secured area are those from Law Enforcement. Victor and christi. Thank you so much. On this oneyear anniversary after charlottesville, President Trump is still being criticized. I mean, you heard it there for fueling the nations divide after defending White Nationalists, you heard him say fine people on both sides of the rally. Berkeley heights near new jersey where the president is staying right now. Any indicati any induction that well hear from him this year . Good morning, christi. So far President Trump hasnt spoken out about the oneyear n anniversary of the charlottesville rally. Considered one of the low points of his presidency so far. Even his allies at the time were critical of him. Trump on this Working Vacation has stayed active on twitter. He has been tweeting about all his favorite subjects the nfl, nancy pelosi and even rapper kanye west who praised President Trump thursday night on the jimmy kimmel show. President Trump Thanking Kanye in a tweet writing, thank you to kanye west and the fact that hes willing to tell the truth. One new and great fact is that africanamerican unemployment is the lowest in our country. Thank you for your support, it makes a big difference. In d. C. Later this weekend, the White Nationalist organization that staged the charlottesville rallies will hold another organization. The white house has yet to condemn that rally. Even though President Trump is here in new jersey while that rally takes place, it will happen in the shadow of the white house and were waiting to see if President Trump has learned from the mistakes of last summer and quicker to condemn this years demonstration. Christi . Sarah westwood, appreciate it, thank you. We have more on this mornings Breaking News story. An Airline Employee is dead after crashing a stolen plane. How air Traffic Controllers tried to talk the man into landing the plane and the response from that employee in the cockpit. I was on the fence about changing from a manual to an electric toothbrush. But my hygienist said going electric could lead to way Cleaner Teeth. She said, get the one inspired by dentists, with a round brush head. Go pro with oralb. Oralbs gentle rounded brush head
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right now. Thanks for being here. Breaking news from washington state. An Airline Employee killed after crashing a plane that he stole from the tarmac at seattletacoma international airport. Authorities have been slow to release details because really early in the investigation. What we know about this man is that he was 29 years old whose name given was rich. We also know that he was a Ground Service agent with horizon air. Regional airline that is based out of seatac. Now, audio between the man, again, the name he uses for himself is rich. We dont know if that is his name or what his full name is and air Traffic Controllers show they tried to help him safely land for nearly an hour before he crashed. Oh, man. Those guys would rough me up if i tried to land in there. I think i might mess something up there, too. I wouldnt want to do that. Oh, they probably have
antiaircraft. They dont have any of that stuff. Were just trying to find a place for you to land safely. Lets bring back cnn Transportation Analyst and cnn Military AnalystLieutenant Colonel rick francona. Let me start with you and a question we left off at the top of the hour. We saw the fighting jets, the f15s that were scrambled to follow and make sure this didnt head to a population area. What is the protocol . At what point would they have to take more aggressive action to protect people on the ground . They ramp up the level of engagement to meet whatever need it is. They want to do it with the least amount of violence, hopefully no violence possible. They were, the next thing they were going to do is they were going to drop flares. Flares are normally used to deflect heatseeking missiles. But they put off quite a show. Punch off a bunch of these
flares and sends a real signal that were serious and you need to start complying with air Traffic Control instructions. We heard, mary, from a witness who said they were trying to figure out on the ground as they watch this thing and that is his video that he took. Trying to figure out if this is somebody who knew how to fly a plane and was trying to show off or if it was someone who did not know how to fly a plane. Talk to us about this horizon q400 as we understand it. Is this a difficult plane to fly . It can be because it is a twin engine turbo prop. When you learn to fly, this fellow had a few hours of flying lessons under his belt. You learn to fly on a single engine. What was called single engine land, your landing gear dozen e retract and you have one engine. And he certainly knew how to retract the landing gear and he coordinated both engines and powered them up to get a coordinated takeoff. If you cant do that, you cant
do a coordinated takeoff and a couple of the turns it looks like what we call in basic Flight Training a coordinated turn, meaning that he used not only the steering wheel, but you also coordinate with the ruttdds and you do the turn so it maintains your attitude and altitude based on the sin trifical forces and even to know how to start a barrel roll which turned into a loop. But, yeah he knew how to fly. Then we get another message. Then the air Traffic Controller had to tell him how to set the, what they call the bugs. Theyre just little sort of little levers or little notches on your indicator for your heading and they had to tell him how to do that, which is kind of basic. Had some knowledge, but clearly wasnt a commercial pilot. We have a File Photograph of the type of plane tha