routine training exercise. the helicopters involved were hh60 blackhawks. they can transport a dozen people at a time. fort campbell is the army s only aerial assault division. number of casualties is not known but there are several. we expect to learn more when they address the media under 60 minutes. a big area in southern kentucky goes up along with border with tennessee. the 101st airborne division sent out a tweet minutes ago. this is the latest we have. we can confirm two aircraft from the 101st were involved in an accident last night resulting in several casualties. the focus is on the soldiers and their families who were involved. that s the latest as of this moment. knowing it happened on 10:00 last night. those families are bill: the bulk of that information will come out in the news conference and hold our breath and say our prayers along with u.s. army families involved there and have a connection to that base. stand by. another breaking news story now. am
no more time for questions conclude the press conference. brigadier general lewis. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being here. i would like to provide a summary of the training accident that occurred last night involving aircraft from the 101st airborne division. at approximately 10:00 p.m. last night two of our blackhawk helicopters were involved in a crash during a planned training flight in kentucky that resulted in the death of all nine service members aboard the aircraft. on behalf of major general mcgehee and command star major knapp currently deployed to southeast europe i would like to express our deepest sympathies to the families of our fallen soldiers. we are currently in the process of notifying their families. until these notifications are complete, we are unable to provide specific details about our soldiers. we appreciate your patience and respect of the process and we will provide additional details once all family members are notified. i
least the end of next month. now as you noted, bill, all this comes amid big tensions between the u.s. and russia. especially about russia s invasion of ukraine. evan is the first american journalist, you are right, to be arrested on espionage charges since the cold war. he could face 20 years in prison. a lot of restrictions on russia journalists in moscow. so far, american reporters have been free to report. apparently not anymore. back to you. bill: thanks. censorship is taking center stage on the house floor today. lawmakers on the weaponization committee are looking into claims the biden administration used big tech to censor public opinion. a lawsuit is filed against the white house. today s hearing will detail evidence collected so far. griff jenkins is live outside the house chamber. what s on deck? it will be a busy morning,
we re watching a crumbling presidency and economy right before our eyes. biden is doing a little better on foreign policy and doing better overall. approval rating on the key issues that voters say will motivate them to the polls are really very poor. on the economy his approval rating is 35%. on border security it s 36%. and among independents, that key and growing group across this country, his approval rating in the fox news poll is 35%. he has a net negative 30% approval rating. 65% disapproval. 35% approval among independents who will decide who the next president is. bill: donald trump is looking better than he did in our last polling. he is at 54 points, up nine points from the previous month. ron desantis ticked lower down four points. tell you much there?
overnight operations yet again. breaking news of another train derailment. this one in minneapolis. what these cars were filled with and why it s forcing people nearby to evacuate. bill: a top democratic senator accusing president biden of political mal practice when it comes to inflation as an alarming number of americans say they are living paycheck to paycheck. maria b is here to break it all down next. vir come on in. but firefighters entering a burning house. will one day save time when lives are on the line. visualizing a patient s most recent scan. will help speed up decision making in the er. and while the woolly mammoth is still extinct. that doesn t mean students can t take field trips to visit them. the metaverse may be virtual, but the impact will be real.