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FOXNEWSW Americas News HQ August 11, 2018 21:00:00

Heartbreaking situation. Ellison barber is in washington following the response and federal officials and the white house. Less big with jeff paul on the ground in seattle with the very latest. What is the latest on the situation on the suspect that apparently killed himself behind the controls of the stolen airplane . Reporter i want to give a little bit of a better idea what it is like at our location. We are in washington, behind us is the entrance to the ferry. That is we have to take over to get to the site. Now Authorities Say it is sparsely populated island with very few people and they do not believe anybody on the ground was hurt. During the plane crash. We are also learning more about how, a little more about the man that stole the plane. Authorities say is with the airline for more than three years and passed all extensive background checks. The fbi tells us he was allowed to be in the Security Area and they do not believe any security safeguards were compromised. They say would not be out of the norm for a Ground Worker like this man to be around planes in the secured areas. Aviation in america, the doors of the airplanes are not like a car with keys. There is not ignition key like there would be on a car. This set up in aviation is the airfield then we have the mindset is we have employees that are credentialed and authorized to be there to operate. To do their various job responsibilities. Reporter the Port Authority say they do not understand right now is how this man was not only able to get in the plane and take off but how he was able to fly, move around the air and pull off some of the dangerous stunts as long as he did. He was in the air for more than an hour. Eric a lot of questions about security, the fact that he had access and to get on the tarmac even though he had access and a plan like that. Without anyone stopping him. Any word on his motive . Clearly he seemed disturbed in the audio. Reporter the fbi warned us and said it really is super early in the investigation, less than 24 hours away from this but if you listen to some of the recordings that were captured between air Traffic Control and this employee it gets a little insight into his mindset. At one point he told the air Traffic Controller that he is a broken man with a few screws loose. But the air Traffic Controller stays calm throughout this trying to get the man to land safely. There is the runway just off your right side in about a mile do you see that . It is the field. Man, those guys were just trying to find a place for you to land safely. Reporter our local affiliate here in seattle says that they have confirmed the identity of the employee through the local Law Enforcement sources say that the mans 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. I think we all know that this is a stolen aircraft, criminal act. Ntsb s role is supporting, not actually controlling the investigation. We are all going out there shortly and start doing some preluminary documentation of the wreckage. One of the things we will be looking for is the flight data recorders. Then also recovery of the remains. Reporter this plane crashed in the county. The person that stole the plaintiffs from there as well. The congressman that represents a portion of the county, the eastern portion, he is also a former sheriff in washington state. And he told fox news that there are still a lot of questions to be answered but at this moment, we face feelings of gratitude that there was no further loss of life and sadness for the family of the individual involved. He then went on to say the event brings to light, concerns trading charges. The move setting up a scramble for the gop which is now working to legally remove collins from the November Ballot and replaced him with another candidate. Collins issuing a Statement Today saying quote democrats are laser focused on taking back the house. Electing nancy pelosi, speaker and then launching Impeachment Proceedings against President Trump. After extensive discussions ive decided its in the best interest of the constituents of ny 27, the Republican Party and the president s agenda for me to suspend my campaign for reelection to congress. Speedwell meanwhile nasa S Groundbreaking Mission and why it ended up being a no go. And approaching one year since the White Supremacist rally that left dozens dead and injured. How the city has changed. And the president taking a swipe again at the mueller probe. The special request for the president ial sitdown interview. Offered him an opportunity to do a form of questioning. He can say yes or no. We can do it. If he doesnt want to do it, he knows the answers to every question he wants to ask. Mozzarella and parmesan for pizzahyeah kraft. Family greatly. News coverage is provided. Wmust have cost a lot. A fancy hotel. Actually, i got a great deal. Priceline saves you up to 60 on hotels, but thats something the hotels dont really want other guests to know. I saved about 120 dollars a night did you say you saved 120 dollars a night on a room . 120 a night on a hotel room. Thats a lot of savings i saved even more on my flight. Save up to 60 on hotels with priceline. Its the ultimate wifi experience. Xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. Arthel special counsel, Robert Mueller stopped the investigation is putting the heat on longtime trump advisor, roger stone. While the president s legal team rejects robert millers conditions for an interview with the president. Gillian turner has the latest from washington. Reporter the present took to twitter this morning to comment in the ongoing Robert Mueller probe. First ask why the fbi is not handing over Andrew Mccabe s Text Messages to government authorities and then asking whether the fbi will ever regain is quote stellar reputation. This is andrew miller, former during the campaign was held in contempt for defining a subpoena to testify in Court Earlier this month. Meanwhile, cross the river in alexandria virginia, a fraud trial. Paul manafort rolled into his ninth day. Democrats tying this back to the president himself. As far as this and there is no honor among thieves, right . You dont know who to believe. You dont know if you can believe the president , rick gates, Paul Manafort, stone. Dont know that you can believe any of them. This is one of those things where we have to trust the jury system and see what comes out of it. A try get off to a late start essay by nearly 5 hours. Today is still unclear as to why. Because i dont know what the delay is about. But the Robert Mueller team has taken hits this week there is no doubt. The big star witness, rick gates, really got beaten up a little bit. We know the Presiding Judge received a motion for the team at which they complained about a comment that ellis made suggestion that the lawyer should stop asking about loans, because it is it within the 60 day window should they be really doing any kind of active investigation that close to an election . It will be a fight over that. But yes, this is definitely going to at least be on the minds of voters i think into the elections. Because we already just a couple of months out. Eric we so what happened with james comey in terms of the Justice Department coming with the Press Conference. But clearly, Can Mueller Team continue the legal maneuvers and pressing cases without having any type of Press Conference . Theyve not had that for just the coverage. They have a battle over miller. Then going after potentially roger stone. Calling on rogers stone associate who they claimed was a back town to wikileaks. It is going on and on. Clearly past the november election day. Perhaps into next year. We have no idea. I think the real question is, i think if you read the president s tweets it keeps bringing this up again and again. Where is the collision . The trial for Paul Manafort is not about the conspiracy issue with working with the russians ahead of the president ial election. And the president brings up point up again and again. He says what this is an unfair witchhunt because is no evidence ive done anything wrong. So he kind of has his own way of communicating with people through twitter to try and counter the whole investigation and its legitimacy. Also as you point out with the earlier tweets, bring out the inherent bias that may have been going on in the fbi with various people working on the investigation. He keeps bringing that up to twitter. Which will help his cause but i think the big question is what impact will it have on people who either show up at the polls to vote or decide not to show up at all during the midterm elections. Will this way on their minds . Will they be just utterly confused about what exactly the investigation is about . I bet if you ask people they will give you various answers depending whether not they support the president or not. Eric what is your sense of what people think . If they came back and clear the president then of course, it would work potentially against democrats. But you have this looming over the whole midterms. You still have the democrats able to campaign on this and the question of Quote Russian Collision even though the president has united there was any. I think it works both ways because a Democratic Base will say weve got to get out and vote and defeat this president that won the election by including the russians. Then you have the donald trump basis is as a witchhunt and theyre trying to draw the person duly elected that we voted for. We have to get out there and so, you have everyone in their camps sticking to their feelings on it. Im wondering about the people in the gray area who may decide the election. Will they stay home and say i dont know, i lost my enthusiasm for the president. It confuses me. Was he involved . And so you wonder about that. I think the biggest problem for the president really, aside from the investigation is the way the noise from all of this and the constant coverage, completely overshadows in some sense, all the compliments on the economy, all the accompaniments on job growth, the tax reform, things i have done to Rollback Regulations and undo parts of the healthcare law. All of these things he has managed to pull off during his very short time in office. How can we talk about that without talking about this . Eric thats a good point because youve an issue potential collision or conspiracy and the people read about the trump tower meeting with a Foreign Government lawyer, and this sort of thing. Some say is proof of conspiracy. And right there youre not supposed to getting anything of substance or value from a Foreign Government during an election. But at the same time, this does as you say, overshadows some of the Policy Objectives and achievements. It really hands went to the democrats because they dont want to talk about those achievements. Because it hurts their own agenda which is kind of missing any substance and most people argue that. They are, they are running against republicans and against the president and not for anything. The president and republicans have a lot to promote. A lot to tout into the election. It does get drowned out and the noise is really covering up all of their accomplishments. It is never good head of an election because it can kill enthusiasm and it is really the thing that drives victories in a midterm election. Eric we have seen an increase in democratic enthusiasm with the last results. Susan, good to see you. Thank you. Eric we are much more this tomorrow. Rudy giuliani goes on with howard kurtz on mediabuzz at 11 eastern tomorrow morning. Rudy giuliani and howard. Two new yorkers. How about that . Later in the day, Kellyanne Conway will sit down, and martha sitting in for Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. You can watch it here in the Fox News Channel to pm and 7 pm both eastern times. Should be two fascinating interviews tomorrow. Arthel firefighters in california finally gaining ground on the Deadly Wildfires up north and working around the clock to contain a wildfire in the southern part of the state. The Mendocino Complex Fire in northern california. The largest ever recorded in the state nut 60 percent contained. The two week old car fire that killed six people and burned more than a thousand homes up north now 51 percent contained. The crew say it keeps growing for the south near los angeles, The Holy Fire is 29 percent contained and covers nearly 33 square miles. Eric and a nasa launch has been delayed thanks to last necklace. We will tell you how they will try to get back into the sky to potentially touch the son. A lot more the breaking news story out of seattle. And an apparent suicide of a Horizon Airline employee that still in atr from the airport. Raising russians of security at airports on the ground. How easy was it for them to climb in, taxi off the tarmac, take off and fly around for more than an hour . An Aviation Expert will join us on this straight ahead on this saturday afternoon on the Fox News Channel. Managing blood sugar is not a marathon. Its a series of smart choices. And when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. Glucerna. Everyday progress. Something important. Its not going to be easy. Quicksilver earns you unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase, everywhere. Actually, thats super easy. My bad. Thats super easy. Essential for the cactus, but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. 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Officials in virginia reporter none at all, absolutely none at all we have seen no White Supremacist its unfair to say some of them have perhaps gone under cover or incognito. Perhaps some have gone to washington for tomorrows big rally. We also see Note Evidence of open carry. Virginia is an open carry state. You can have a arm on your side in plain view in in the height of the tension through real fear into this community because you saw a lot of the White Supremacists who were openly banishing their weapons. Only one was used on the occasion. The guy who fired into the ground when he was approached by someone with an Impromptu Blowtorch and an aerosol can and from his face. Created real fear year ago. We have seen none of that this year. We did see some people here today that entered the Pedestrian Mall where we now stand through the police checkpoint. Everybody has to go through. Their belongings were checked just like everyone elses belongings were checked. The biggest change weve seen this year is a Massive Police presence. The governor of virginia created a State Of Emergency earlier in the week which allowed him to budget up to 2 Million Dollars for fostering Police Presence. There are quite literally hundreds of people. Only three arrests thus far today. One for Disorderly Conduct another for two cases of trespassing and and other for public drunkenness. A lot of people appreciate that steppedup

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