WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS AS SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY AFTER A PASSENGER PLANE COLLIDED WITH A MILITARY HELICOPTER IN MID-AIR OVER THE POTOMAC POE- RIVER. "BOTH AIRCRAFTS ARE IN THE WATER. THE FOCUS NOW IS, RESCUING PEOPLE." MULTIPLE FATALITIES ARE CONFIRMED. WE'LL BREAK DOWN WHAT LED UP TO THE COLLISION ...AS WELL AS THE ONGOING SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS. CHATHAM COUNT YPOLICE INVESTIGATE A SUSPICIOUS FIRE ON WILMINGTON ISLAND. HOW YOU CAN HELP POLICE...AND POTENTIALLY EARN A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OFFICIALLY SIGNS THE LAKEN RILEY ACT INTO LAW. HOW IT CRACKS DOWN ON CRIMES COMMITTED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. US 280 IN CLAXTON THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING -- I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... THURSDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 70. CALM WIND BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING. THURSDAY NIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 52. CALM WIND BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRIDAY MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 78. SOUTH WIND 9 TO 15 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 26 MPH. FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWERS LIKELY, MAINLY BEFORE 1AM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 52 WE BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH BREAKING NEWS. A SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION IS UNDERWAY IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA ...AFTER A SMALL PASSENGER PLANE COLLIDED WITH A MILITARY HELICOPTER. IT SENT BOTH AIRCRAFTS INTO THE POTOMAC RIVER. YOU'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW AT THE SCENE. ACCORDING TO THE F-A-A ... THE REGIONAL JET WAS CARRYING 64 PEOPLE. IT INCLUDED ... 60 PASSENGERS ... AND FOUR CREW MEMBERS. THE JET COLLIDED WITH A MILITARY BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER IN MID-AIR. THREE SOLDIERS WERE ON THE HELICOPTER WE WANT TO SHOW YOU VIDEO ... OF WHEN THE CRASH HAPPENED. OFFICIALS SAY THE PASSENGER PLANE DEPARTED FROM WICHITA- KANSAS. IT WAS HEADING FOR REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR D-C. THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST BEFORE NINE LAST NIGHT AS THE PLANE CAME IN FOR LANDING. A MASSIVE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION INVOLVING OVER THREE HUNDRED EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IS NOW UNDERWAY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THERE ARE MULTIPLE FATALITIES...AS WELL AS SOME SURVIVORS. CREWS THERE SPOKE WITH ONE MAN WHO SAYS HIS WIFE WAS ON THAT PLANE. "I'M JUST PRAYING THAT SOMEBODY'S PULLING HER OUT OF THE RIVER RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK. THAT'S ALL I CAN PRAY FOR. I'M JUST PRAYING TO GOD. "WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SPOKE WITH?" "SHE TEXTED ME WE WERE THAT THEY WERE LANDING IN 20 MINUTES." WE HAVEN'T LEARNED HOW MANY PEOPLE SURVIVED. REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT OFFICIALS SAY ALL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS HAVE BEEN HALTED FOR RIGHT NOW. THIS MORNING -- GARDEN CITY POLICE NEED YOUR HELP LOCATING THIS MISISNG TEEN. THEY SAY 14-YEAR-OLD TRE'VON RIGGINS WAS LAST SEEN ON TUESDAY AT HIS HOME ON MAIN STREET. HE'S FIVE-FOOT- FIVE AND WEIGHS AROUND 1-HUNDRED-30 POUNDS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HIS WHEREABOUTS SHOULD CALL POLICE. NEW THIS MORNING. A SAD ENDING TO A MISSING PERSON'S CASE OUT OF MIDDLE GEORGIA. FORMER SAVANNAH STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH SAMMY JACKSON, WHO WENT MISSING OVER THE WEEKEND, FOUND DEAD IN ATLANTA WEDNESDAY. THE 59-YEAR OLD WAS LAST SEEN SUNDAY NIGHT IN WARNER ROBINS, HIS CAR WAS FOUND IN NEARBY BONAIRE BUT JACKSON WASN'T FOUND UNTIL WEDNESDAY NEAR ATLANTA, HIS DEATH BEING INVESTIGATED AS A HOMICIDE. SAMMY JACKSON A LONGTIME COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH, HE WAS HEAD COACH AT SAVANNAH STATE BACK IN 1999 AND COACHED FORT VALLEY STATE FOR EIGHT SEASONS BEFORE RETIRING IN 2018. THIS MORNING .. SAVANNAH POLICE NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND THE CAR OF A WOMAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE SAVANNAH RIVER LAST YEAR. SHARONNE MAULTSBY'S BODY WAS PULLED FROM THE RIVER BACK IN AUGUST. AT THE TIME ... SAVANNAH POLICE DIDN'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY. NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR PEOPLE'S HELP LOCATING MAULTSBY'S CAR ... WHICH HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE HER DEATH. THE CAR IS A 20-15 SILVER FORD FUSION. IT HAS A GEORGIA LICENSE TAG C-YOU-J-EIGHT- FIVE-TWO-NINE. THE CAR ALSO HAS VISIBLE DENTS TO THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. RIGHT NOW - SEVERAL AGENCIES ARE WORKING TO GET ANSWERS ..AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY SOMEONE SET FIRE TO A HOME ON WILMINGTON ISLAND EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE CHATHAM COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING A $10,000 REWARD TO ANYONE WHO PROVIDES INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO THE ARREST OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE. WE SPOKE WITH ONE NEIGHBOR ...WHO SAYS THEY'RE WORRIED THE SUSPECT MAY STRIKE AGAIN. JOHN SCHLENDER- NEIGHBOR "WE FEEL SAFE ENOUGH WITH OUR CAMERAS AND WHATNOT, BUT, YEAH, THAT'S THE THING ABOUT IT. ILL WILL IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS A POTENTIAL VICTIM NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS." CHATHAM COUNTY P-D IS URGING RESIDENTS TO SECURE THEIR PROPERTY AND ASKING PEOPLE TO CONTACT THEM IF THEY HAVE VIDEOS OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN THE COMMUNITY. THE LAKEN RILEY ACT -- IS OFFICIALLY LAW. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED OFF ON THE BILL YESTERDAY -- THE FIRST SINCE HIS RETURN TO OFFICE. THE LEGISLATION IS NAMED AFTER A 22-YEAR-OLD NURSING STUDENT ...WHO WAS KILLED LAST YEAR ON THE U-G-A CAMPUS. "THE VICIOUS CRIMINAL WHO MURDERED PRECIOUS LAKEN WAS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN.// HE TRESPASSED ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN BORDER IN 2022 AND WAS APPREHENDED BY BORDER PATROL, BUT UNDER THE CRUEL POLICIES OF THE LAST ADMINISTRATION INSTEAD OF BEING DEPORTED AS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN, HE WAS RELEASED INTO THE UNITED STATES." THE NEW LEGISLATION REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ... TO DETAIN UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS ... FOR CERTAIN CRIMES. IT RECEIVED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. NEW THIS MORNING .. THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ADDRESSING PARENTS' CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR IMMIGRATION RAIDS IN SCHOOLS. THEY SAY STUDENT SAFETY IS A PRIORITY AND THAT THEY HAVE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS INTERACTIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE "DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WILL ASSIST THE PRINCIPAL IN EACH SITUATION TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT MEETS ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO COOPERATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT WHILE ALSO RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS." ALSO NEW THIS MORNING -- SAVANNAH MAYOR VAN JOHNSON IS LOOKING TO KEEP RESIDENTS MORE INFORMED -- BY ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. ACCORDING TO JOHNSON...IT WILL HIGHLIGHT KEY CITY PROJECTS, INITIATIVES, AND POLICIES THAT IMPACT RESIDENTS' EVERYDAY LIFE. EACH ISSUE WILL ALSO FEATURE AN EVENT CALENDAR TO KEEP RESIDENTS IN THE LOOP ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SAVANNAH THAT MONT