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The u.s. marine corps officially ending their search today after making, quote, every possible effort to recover the servicemen following a deadly midair collision. lucas tomlinson live at the pentagon this morning. do you know what caused the crash? >> sandra, officials say it appears the marine f-18 came in too fast and collided with the k c-130 refueling plane. 28 service members have been killed in aviation accidents this year. midair refueling is dangerous especially so because this one took place at 2:00 in the morning. the pilot would have been wearing night vision goggles. it took plac...

Eric: it's astounding, i have been on aircraft carrier, f-18's come in and hit the trip wire, it's incredible awe-inspiring experience to go through that if anyone can do that, the floating cities, if you will of 5,000 men and women out there. >> this is not indictment of young men and women, are we supporting as they should be supported -- eric: how do we make it fairer for them and support them further, what should the president, what should general mattis do at the dod and what should congress do to try and support those men and women as much as possible. >> right. sequestration was intende...

To rest today. it is past 9:00 a.m. in japan. it has been more than four hours and five u.s. marines remain lost at sea in the western pacific. after that marine f18 collided with the refueling plane on a routine training mission, leaving one marine dad, a second was pulled from the icy waters and is expected to survive. the accident took place in the middle of the night, 200 miles off the coast of japan. both marines recovered were aboard the f-18 hornet, the five on board the hercules refuel or remain missing. japanese forces are assisting in the search efforts, it is the latest in a series ...

Marines, after a midair refueling accident off the coast of japan. here's abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz with what she's learned tonight. >> reporter: tonight, with five marines still missing, and the search hampered by strong winds and low visibility, time is running out. the f-18 fighter, like this one, was attempting to refuel in the middle of the night, with the massive kc-130 tanker, essentially a flying gas station, when the two aircraft collided midair. the refueler has retractable hoses with baskets on the ends. the fighter jet must plug its own nozzle into the...

Scandal. hasn't leaked in any sort of extra judicial manner to suggest his findings. every turn is a complete surprise. >> a guy that also could have made a ton of money, mika, but it was always public service first. >> that's right. so to some other stories making headlines this morning, u.s. and japanese authorities are currently searching for five missing marines near gentlemanen pan. it comes after a pair of military planes collided during a refuel training accident about 200 miles off the coast. joining us now nbc news pent concorrespondent hans nichols. what's the latest? >> well, the la...