Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York. An hour and a half from sunset in our nation's capital, where recovered crews are still scouring the Potomac River, following that deadly collision between a passenger plane and an army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Airport last night.

Earlier today, officials confirm what many have feared that none of the 64 people aboard the plane,

nor any of the three people aboard the helicopter, survived.

So while teams work through the wreckage, the rest of us are left to go about three important

undertakings, as laid out and articulated by Virginia Senator Tim Cain earlier today.

Those three things are sorrow, thanks, and questions.

Sorrow for the victims and their loved ones who have lost absolutely everything in an instant.

Thanks and gratitude for rescue and recovery crews who have worked tirelessly in frigid waters and conditions.

And questions for investigators about how this could have happened in the first place

so that we can make sure it doesn't happen again.

Because the cause of this tragedy and what led up to it are still, as far as we know, unknown.

And yet, and yet, from the most powerful podium in the world, the White House briefing room earlier today,

Donald Trump, the new president, citing zero evidence or facts, placed blame

squarely at the feet of previous presidential administrations and programs having to do

with diversity, equity, and inclusion.

DEI. Watch.

I changed the Obama standards from very mediocre at best to extraordinary.

I put safety first.

Obama, Biden, and the Democrats put policy first.

And they put politics at a level that nobody's ever seen.

They put a big push to put diversity into the FAA's program.

They actually came out with a directive, too white,

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