1 10 Dead In Dallas-area Plane Crash
Officials say ten people are dead after a plane crashed into a hangar in Addison, Texas yesterday. The crash happened at Addison Airport, about 14 miles north of Dallas, just after the twin-engine plane took off. All ten people on board the plane perished, no one was in the hangar at the time of the crash. The crash closed down the municipal airport for about an hour. The NTSB is taking over the investigation, of course, and investigator Jennifer Rodi says a crew is working to gather perishable evidence at this point. As for what exactly we know so far? Specialists are currently reviewing footage of the incident in this fact-gathering stage of the investigation. NTSB Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg says two aircrafts were inside the hangar and both of them sustained damage. A preliminary report is expected to be released in about two weeks.
2 Trump Meets Kim Jong Un, Steps Inside North Korea
President Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to set foot on North Korean soil when he walked over into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides the Korean peninsula. It was there that the president held an impromptu and historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The two leaders met for roughly 45-minute-long and President Trump told reporters he and Kim had agreed to restart negotiations in the hopes of brokering a deal to start the full denuclearization of the peninsula. Trump also invited Kim to the White House to continue talks.The president called the meeting a "big moment" after years of bitter hostility between the two countries and that stepping over the demarcation line was "a great honor," while Kim said the event "has a lot of significance because it means that we want to bring an end to the unpleasant past" and called it a "courageous and determined act."
3 Trump Unveils July 4th Parade Plans, Dismisses Critics
President Trump announced his plans for the upcoming July 4th celebration in Washington D.C. The "Salute to America" event will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. ET at the Lincoln Memorial, ahead of the annually televised July Fourth concert near the US Capitol building.There will also be a ticketed area for VIPs, friends, family, and members of the military in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Those tickets come at no cost but the entire event is free for the general public with no ticket required. The President's event will include an address from Trump, music from military bands and military flyovers. The Blue Angels will participate and the plane used as Air Force One will also fly above the National Mall. Since Trump will be on the ground watching rather than on the plane, the aircraft won't officially be Air Force One.There will also be two fireworks displays lasting a total of 35 minutes, the longest show in the nation's capital, according to the National Park Service. Not everyone is a fan of the new celebration as Washington, DC, mayor Muriel Bowser opposes Trump's changes to the July Fourth celebration format. in a recent interview, she said she prefers it remains the way it has been in years past.She expressed concerns that the increased security presence with Trump's attendance and how it might ruin the experience of the many tourists who visit DC during the Fourth of July celebrations.