Washington DC Plane Crash Live | Over 40 Bodies Pulled Out From Wreckage | Black Boxes Found

Dozens of bodies have been removed from the Potomac River, where the aircraft crashed after the collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter. The plane, flying from Wichita, Kansas, was carrying 64 people, while three soldiers were aboard the helicopter. No survivors are expected. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the probe into the collision, said the plane’s flight data and voice recorders, known as black boxes, have been recovered.

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Trump Calls for 1,500,000 Gazans to Be Moved to Egypt and Jordan

A proposal that deserves serious consideration.

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Trump has described Gaza as a “real mess” and a “demolition site.” He wants two-thirds of the population in Gaza — 1.5 million out of a total of 2.2 million people — to be removed and resettled in Jordan and Egypt.The proposal is startling, but deserves serious consideration. More on his proposal can be found here: “Trump: Jordan and Egypt should take more Palestinians from Gaza,” Jerusalem Post, January 

US President Donald Trump said that Jordan and Egypt should take in more Palestinians from Gaza, when he spoke to reporters on Saturday.

Trump said he spoke about the matter with Jordan’s King Abdullah on the phone earlier in the day and told him that the Gaza Strip is currently a “real mess.”

He said that he told King Abdullah during the call, “I’d love for you [Jordan] to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza strip right now, and it’s a mess, it’s a real mess. I’d like him to take people.”

King Abdullah relies heavily on American aid, which in recent years has made Jordan the third-highest recipient of such aid, after Israel and Egypt (and excluding the extraordinary sums given to Ukraine, which are likely to soon end). It would be difficult for him to refuse Trump’s request; he might have to agree to taking in about a quarter of that number, about 375,000, with Egypt, a much larger country, taking in the rest — 1,125,000.

With only 700,000 people remaining in Gaza after 1.5 million were transferred to Jordan and Egypt, the reduced numbers will make it much harder for Hamas, as a consequence of this transfer, to continue to be a threat to Israel. And with Gaza’s population so greatly reduced, the IDF’s task of locating and killing Hamas terrorists will be made much easier. Is it any wonder that Smotrich and Ben Gvir welcomed Trump’s proposal?

Trump has, in his first week in office, put a hold on all foreign aid, except for military aid to Israel and Egypt. He should make clear to General El-Sisi that he expects to continue to exempt Egypt from the general withholding of aid as long as Egypt shows a willingness to accept Gazans for resettlement. Jordan, like all recipients of American foreign aid, except Israel and Egypt, has just had its aid frozen; Trump could also make clear to King Abdullah that restoring aid to Jordan will depend on his willingness to take in a few hundred thousand Gazans.

The proposal could be presented to the world as what it, in fact, is meant to be: a humanitarian enterprise, helping Gazans out of their current misery, though it would bring geopolitical benefits to Israel as well.

The humanitarian aspect would be clear: Gazans who are now living in tents in what is a vast “demolition site” and hardly able to move through the piles of rubble that we see every night on the news, would be moved to the safety and much greater comfort of homes newly built for them in Egypt and Jordan, which would be paid for, in Trump’s calculations, not by the Americans, but by the fabulously rich Arab states of the Gulf — Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Would Jordan and Egypt be seen to reject helping their Palestinian brothers? And could the two richest of the Arab states, that each possess trillion-dollar sovereign wealth funds, refuse to pay for the building of those 1.5 million prefabricated homes that could be quickly erected? And to sweeten the pot, and overcome any reluctance to take part, Trump could perhaps increase his economic — but not military — aid to both Jordan and Egypt.

Here's how Trump put his proposal:

“You’re talking about a million and a half people, and we just cleaned out that whole thing,” Trump said. “I don’t know, something has to happen, but it’s literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything’s demolished and people are dying there, so I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing in a different location where I think they could maybe live in peace for a change.”

This is one of those Trump surprises that at first glance seem so crazy, but then, the more you think about them, the more sense they make.

NTSB gives update on deadly D.C. midair plane crash

The National Transportation Safety Board gave an update on Wednesday night's deadly midair collision between an American Airlines plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Officials said early Thursday they believe there are no survivors among the 64 passengers and crew on the plane and the three soldiers on the Army helicopter after they collided over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.

Donald Trump full press conference on DC plane crash with Army helicopter near Reagan Airport

President Donald Trump announced there were no survivors after an American Airlines plane carrying 64 people collided with a military helicopter carrying three people near Reagan Washington National Airport and fell into the frigid Potomac River.

President Trump signs executive orders on aviation safety

D.C plane crash update: 28 bodies recovered, officials say they expect no survivors

First responders have recovered the bodies of 27 passengers from the American Airlines jet and one from the helicopter. The body of the plane was found upside down in three sections in waist-deep water. The wreckage of the helicopter was also found. Officials said they were still searching for other casualties but did not believe there were any other survivors, which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly 24 years.

UPDATE: Washington DC Midair Collision AA 3542 & Helicopter

Video, Radar and Audio of the Midair. Latest Updates as of January 30, 7am Central. Dan, talk about what we know about the crash of AA 3542 and PAT 21, a military Blackhawk on a training mission. The crash occurred while the CRJ 700 was on short final to runway 33 at DCA, Washington Reagan.

President Trump addresses DC plane collision 

 

Trump Announces Preparations To Move 30,000 Illegal Aliens To Guantanamo Bay: ‘The Worst Of The Worst’

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 16: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. In a news conference that went over an hour, Trump announced that SoftBank will invest over $100 billion in projects in the United States including 100,000 artificial intelligence related jobs and then took questions on Syria, Israel, Ukraine, the economy, cabinet picks, and many other topics. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

OAN Staff Blake Wolf
5:48 PM – Wednesday, January 29, 2025

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration is preparing to send 30,000 of the most violent and dangerous illegal aliens to Guantanamo Bay.

Guantanamo Bay, also known as GITMO, is a U.S. military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay on the coast of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

“Today I’m also signing an executive order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay,” Trump stated. “Most people don’t even know about it.”

“Some of them are so bad, we don’t even trust their countries to hold them because we don’t want them coming back,” Trump continued. “We’re going to send them to Guantanamo.”

Trump’s latest initiative to crackdown on illegal immigration has resulted in U.S. law enforcement officials removing and returning at least 7,300 illegal aliens since Trump took office, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

“Most people don’t even know that we have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people,” Trump highlighted. “This will double our capacity immediately… It’s a tough place to get out of.”

Trump’s order requires the DHS and the Defense Department to take “all appropriate actions to expand” the facilities “to full capacity to provide additional detention space for high-priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the United States.”

At Gitmo, the U.S. had previously housed hundreds of individuals suspected of terrorism following the September 11th, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. However, only 15 current terrorist suspects remain today.

Additionally, President Trump’s appointed border czar, Tom Homan, added that “there’s already a migrant center” at the Cuban outpost that’s “been there for decades.”

“So we’re just going to expand upon that existing migrant center,” Homan continued, revealing that those sent to Cuba will be “the worst of the worst.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth noted that the facility is going to be used for “temporary transit” — processing and returning individuals to their countries in a safe manner.

Meanwhile, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel slammed the decision, referring to the outpost as “well-known prisons of torture and illegal detention.”

English Translation: “In an act of brutality, the new US government announces the imprisonment at the Guantanamo Naval Base, located in illegally occupied territory #Cuba , of thousands of migrants that it forcibly expels, and will place them next to the well-known prisons of torture and illegal detention,” Díaz-Canel wrote in an X post.

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Trump Admin. To Revoke Student Visas For Anti-Israel ‘Hamas Sympathizers’

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 22: Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a tent encampment during a demonstration in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on April 22, 2024 in Berkeley, California. Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters staged a demonstration in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus where they set up a tent encampment in solidarity with protesters at Columbia University who are demanding a permanent cease fire in war between Israel and Gaza. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a tent encampment during a demonstration in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on April 22, 2024 in Berkeley, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

OAN Staff James Meyers
1:59 PM – Wednesday, January 29, 2025

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday to deport foreign students who take part in anti-Israel and pro-Hamas protests on U.S. college campuses, as his crackdown on anti-Semitism across the nation commences.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will also become the first foreign leader to make a visit to the White House under the new Trump administration.

The new executive order will target “resident aliens, including students with visas,” who broke laws during protests following the October 7th, 2023 attacks on Israel — which were committed by the Islamist terrorist group Hamas.

A fact sheet describing the plans states that Trump will order the Justice Department to “aggressively prosecute terroristic threats, arson, vandalism, and violence against American Jews.”

“To all the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests, we put you on notice: come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you,” Trump says in the fact sheet. “I will also quickly cancel the student visas of all Hamas sympathizers on college campuses, which have been infested with radicalism like never before.”

This comes after many American universities, including Columbia University in New York, became the site of numerous anti-Israel protests last year — as the Israel-Hamas war raged on.

Many Jewish students have reported feeling uncomfortable and that they are being harassed by pro-Palestine protesters while walking on campus, all the while spending a large sum of money in order to get a higher education at a prestigious school. In fact, some Jewish students even feared that they may be assaulted during the contentious time.

At the time, pro-Palestine students involved in the protests had made outrageous demands of their school board and school president — like that their university sever financial ties with Jewish and pro-Israel donors, while demanding that the U.S. end its ally support of Israel.

Now, Trump’s newest order gives leaders of U.S. government agencies and departments a maximum of 60 days to provide the White House with recommendations on how to identify anti-Semitic threats.

Meanwhile, the U.S. is currently pushing Israel and Hamas to keep their ceasefire in place. Netanyahu expressed confidence in Trump to help the process go more smoothly and quickly. Now, the more difficult second phase is reportedly set to begin next Monday.

“On behalf of the people of Israel, I also want to thank you [Trump] for your efforts in helping free Israeli hostages,” the Israeli PM stated earlier this month. “I look forward to working with you to return the remaining hostages, to destroy Hamas’ military capabilities and to end its political rule in Gaza.”

The president signed an executive order last week calling for the removal of foreign visa holders who “advocate for, aid or support designated foreign terrorists and other threats to our national security.”

During a rally in New Jersey last year, Trump promised: “When I am President, we will not allow our colleges to be taken over by violent radicals. And if you come here from another country and try to bring jihadism or anti-Americanism or anti-Semitism to our campuses, we will immediately deport you.”

Since the ceasefire announcement between the two sides involved in the ongoing war efforts, college protests have reportedly “calmed down.”

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Defense Secretary Hegseth Revokes Gen. Milley’s Security Clearance And Protection

RAMSTEIN-MIESENBACH, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 08: General Mark Milley attends a press conference after a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at the U.S. military's Ramstein air base on September 08, 2022 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. The Ukraine Defence Contact Group is a U.S.-led effort to bring together defense leaders from dozens of countries across the globe in order to facilitate military support for Ukraine in its ongoing efforts in fighting Russia's military invasion. (Photo by Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images)
General Mark Milley attends a press conference after a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at the U.S. military’s Ramstein air base on September 08, 2022 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images)

OAN Staff James Meyers
2:58 PM – Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pulling the security protections and clearance of retired Joint Chiefs chairman General Mark Milley.

The new defense secretary is also tasking the new acting Inspector General to conduct a review board to determine if enough evidence exists for Gen. Milley to be stripped of a star in retirement based on his actions to “undermine the chain of command” during President Donald Trump’s first term, officials say.

The inspector general review will include “an inquiry into the facts and circumstances surrounding Gen. Milley’s conduct so that the Secretary may determine whether it is appropriate to reopen his military grade review determination,” Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot said.

“The secretary informed Gen. Milley today that he is revoking the authorization for his security detail and suspending his security clearance as well,” he said.

Milley is known for serving as chairman during President Donald Trump’s first term in office. The relationship started out strong. However, it worsened over time as Milley tried to advise Trump on multiple issues. 

He’s known for pushing back on the president’s interest in using force domestically to stop protestors after the death of George Floyd, and was at the center of a controversy in 2021 when he made independent calls to his Chinese counterpart. At the time, Trump said the calls were an act of treason, but Milley claimed the calls were routine and part of his responsibilities. 

During his final days as chairman, after Trump had left office, he was outspoken about his former boss. He said at his official retirement ceremony “we don’t take an oath to a king or a queen or to a tyrant or a dictator. We don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator.”

“We don’t take an oath to an individual. We take an oath to the Constitution, and we take an oath to the idea that is America, and we’re willing to die to protect it,” he said at the time.

According to Hegseth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, the decision to strip Milley of his clearance and details was taken because “undermining the chain of command is corrosive to our national security, and restoring accountability is a priority for the Defense Department under President Trump’s leadership.”

Additional moves might include getting rid of Milley’s Army chief of staff portrait. Milley’s chairman portrait was stripped from the wall just hours after Trump was sworn in. 

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President Trump signs the Laken Riley Act

Trump Signs ‘Laken Riley Act’ Into Law: ‘America Will Never Forget Laken Hope Riley’

US President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025. The Laken Riley Act -- which mandates the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes -- is named for a 22-year-old student murdered by a Venezuelan man with no papers who was wanted for shoplifting. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025. The Laken Riley Act — which mandates the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes — is named for a 22-year-old student murdered by a Venezuelan man with no papers who was wanted for shoplifting. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

OAN Staff Sophia Flores
12:40 PM – Tuesday, January 29, 2025

President Donald Trump has officially signed the Laken Riley Act into law, making the measure the first piece of legislation to receive the president’s signature and seal of approval since his return back to the White House.

The bill, which was signed by Trump on Wednesday, mandates that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must detain all illegal immigrants who are arrested for non-violent crimes, such as theft, or violent crimes, such as murder, rape, or assault. The bill includes those who are seeking asylum in the United States.

The bill also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government — should they believe that their states have been negatively affected by the country’s failure to enforce immigration laws.

In his opening remarks, Trump highlighted how this bill, as a rare occurrence, successfully brought members from both sides of the aisle, Republicans and Democrats, together.

“This is something that has brought Democrats and Republicans together. That’s not easy to do,” Trump said. “Laken did it. America will never ever forget Laken Hope Riley.”

Additionally, he expressed that during an administration that prioritized undocumented foreigners over U.S. citizens, the courageous 22-year-old woman, who fought for her life but was still tragically murdered by an illegal immigrant– will always be remembered by America. As a kind of remembrance, the bill bears her name.

Following Trump’s message, Riley’s mother took to the podium to speak.

There, she thanked President Trump for keeping his promise to secure America’s borders, stopping any future tragedies of a similar nature from occurring again, at least for the next four years, and for promising to never forget about her brave daughter.

“We want to thank President Trump for the promises he made to us. He said he would secure our borders and that he would never forget about Laken,” Allyson Phillips, Riley’s mom, stated. “He’s a man of his word. We trust that he will fight for the American people.”

The bill is named after the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was murdered in February 2024 by Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan national who was in the U.S. illegally, while she was out for a run.

Prior to murdering Laken, Ibarra was previously arrested for illegally entering the U.S. in September 2022.

According to federal officials, he was also arrested for a second time in 2023 for child endangerment. However, he was released due to Biden’s loose “catch and release” border policies. The last time he was arrested was back in 2023 — for shoplifting.

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