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The Beat with Ari Melber

Confusion Swirls over Whether Trump and Iran are Negotiating

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Confusion is swirling around Donald Trump’s war in Iran, now entering its fourth week, as Trump backs off a potentially illegal threat to “obliterate” civilian power plants. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We have a lot coming up tonight. General Wesley Clark is here as we look at the Iran War fallout, the oil price problems.

0:06.9

Andrew Weissman joins me as we look at Trump's revenge prosecutions and we're going to set aside time to also discuss the passing of his former boss and mentor Bob Mueller.

0:16.5

We can also tell you today that a lot of people, of course, have been very concerned, saddened by that tragic accident, and we are awaiting an NTSB press conference, which will tell us more about what exactly happened.

0:29.1

It was the deadly LaGuardia collision. It was on the ground, but took lives of the pilot there, and we're going to hear from the NTSB.

0:37.3

As you can see,

0:38.0

we are positioned to take this press conference whenever it begins after that, of course,

0:43.1

tragic loss of life. We know that LaGuardia Airport is back open. The New York Airport is one of

0:49.0

the nation's busiest. It was closed when an Air Canada flight collided with a fire truck.

0:55.5

Now, this occurred last night,

1:00.6

late in the evening, about 11.40 p.m. There is video of the incident where you see the plane speeding down the runway. And then you can see it collide there with the fire truck. The NTSB and

1:07.5

FAA are doing the formal investigations. The crash killed the pilot and the co-pilot

1:12.3

of the plane. Approximately 40 other individuals were injured, taken to hospitals, including the two

1:18.1

officers in the fire truck. It was quite a terrible scene, and there were, of course, accounts from

1:23.2

people at an airport. You have people looking out the windows. People could see this. It all

1:27.6

sort of unfolded that way in real time. One of the officers expected to be released today. The other

1:32.5

is being kept overnight for observation. Injured passengers have also been released from the hospital.

1:38.5

Some of those injuries described as minor. This is the first fatal clash at LaGuardia in over 34 years. And while people worry so much

1:46.8

about what happens to planes in the air and in the U.S., they have a relatively good safety record,

1:51.5

this is an example of the other complicated ways that danger can arise, a ground collision

1:57.4

between, of course, an airborne instrument like a plane and a ground vehicle.

2:05.5

Now, the air traffic control audio was captured moments before the collision, and you can hear there's an aircraft

2:10.5

controller discussing making a mistake, which basically involved allegedly or apparently

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