It was really just kind of a force of nature.

And about three years ago, saw Nathan Chen in the Olympics and decided, hey, I could do that.

He just was like a phenom and just loved it.

And it wasn't anyone pushing him.

He was just somebody who loved it

and had natural talent, but also just worked every day. Kind of just felt like a nightmare and

was hoping I would wake up and it would be that. But it's a new reality that we just have to work

through together. That was a Rhode Island man who lost his son and wife in the deadly midair crash over D.C.

This morning, we're learning more about the other lives who were lost in that tragedy.

And the question is, what more have investigators uncovered since about the moments leading up to the collision?

Meanwhile, President Trump seemed to have

little interest in the role of Consular and Chief yesterday, shifting quickly instead to partisan

and political attacks during his press conference. The question is, was yesterday a preview of what

we can expect once again for the next four years? Also ahead, we'll go through the big day on Capitol

Hill for three of the president's highly controversial cabinet picks.. Also ahead, we'll go through the big day on Capitol Hill for three of the

president's highly controversial cabinet picks. The question is, will Republicans break with Trump

or just vote all of them through? Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that's

thinking of all the families impacted by the tragedy here in D.C. I'm Ali Vitale on this Friday,

January 31st, and we'll start with

that news. The National Transportation Safety Board has recovered two black boxes from the passenger

flight involved in the mid-air collision with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport here

in the Washington area. The American Airlines plane was coming from Wichita, Kansas on Wednesday night,

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