President Trump Holds Press Briefing On Crash Of American Eagle Flight 5342 And Army Helicopter

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (L) takes the podium from U.S. President Donald Trump as they speak to reporters about the collision of an American Airlines flight with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Officials believe that all 64 people on the commercial jet and the three service members on the U.S. Army helicopter died when they collided midair and crashed into the Potomac River airport outside Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)