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News Wrap: Crews begin recovering wreckage of passenger jet from Potomac River

PBS News Hour - Segments

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🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, crews started recovering several parts of the passenger jet that collided mid-air with a military helicopter, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Norfolk Southern for the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and Secretary of State Rubio said he welcomes Panama's decision to let its participation in China's global infrastructure plan expire. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

We start the day's other headlines with a salvage operation in the nation's capital.

0:04.0

Crews spent the day recovering several parts of the passenger jet that collided midair with a military helicopter last week at Reagan National Airport.

0:12.0

Video from the scene showed a crane lifting pieces of the regional American Airlines plane out of the water.

0:19.0

Officials say they removed parts of the engine,

0:21.7

fuselage, and wing. Cruise also found additional human remains today. 55 of the 67 people

0:29.0

killed have been identified. In Ohio, a lawsuit was filed today alleging for the first time that

0:35.5

people died because of the 23 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The filing contains the first

0:42.3

seven wrongful death claims against Norfolk Southern Railroad. It also

0:46.7

alleges the railroad and contractors botched the cleanup of the toxic crash

0:51.2

and that federal officials failed to warn people about lingering health risks.

0:56.3

It comes as Vice President J.D. Vance visited the site today on the second anniversary of the disaster.

1:02.4

Vance said the Trump administration would prioritize the community's recovery, even as the administration

1:07.5

cuts federal agencies.

1:09.5

You do now have a government that cares about you that's going to work on these problems.

1:15.0

President Trump's desire to bring some efficiency back to the federal government, that's

1:18.7

not going to be bad for the people of East Palestine.

1:20.8

It's actually going to ensure that the resources we spend on health actually go to people

1:24.9

on the ground rather than bureaucrats.

1:32.2

Norfolk Southern agreed to a $600 million class action settlement with residents,

1:35.5

plus a separate settlement with the government to clean up the mess.

1:41.2

The company also set up funds for medical exams and water monitoring, but did not admit any wrongdoing.

1:42.8

U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio said today that he

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