Tonight, the latest on the deadly mid-air collision between an American airline jet and a U.S. Army helicopter, what we're learning about the recovery effort and control tower staffing at the time of the crash.

Then Tulsi Gabbard and Cash Patel face high-stakes Senate hearings, what we heard from Trump's national security nominees, plus new reporting on top FBI officials being told to resign or face to motion,

what the move could mean for the agency as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.

Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Rule, and it is day 11 of the second Trump administration.

Tonight, two black boxes have now been recovered from the American Eagle flight from Kansas that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport last night.

Today, officials said that all 67 people on both aircraft are presumed dead.

Our own Lester Holt has more on the investigation and the precious lives lost.

Terrifying moments in the skies over Washington, D.C.

Crash, crash, crash. This is a late 3.

An American Airlines regional jet colliding with an Army Black Hawk helicopter, both plummeting

into the frigid Potomac River.

Did you see that?

It was about 8.40 p.m. The American Eagle flight from Wichita, Kansas, was just seconds from landing

at Reagan National Airport, with 60 passengers and four Charlotte-based crew

members on board.

Three people were on the Black Hawk Chopper, including at least one experienced pilot,

according to U.S. military officials.

One of the keys to the investigation will be understanding the level of situational awareness

in both cockpits and the tower.

Were they seeing and talking about the same things?

Was there a shared understanding?

And did they understand the picture rapidly forming around them?

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