Latest news and live updates after an American Airline jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.
He indicated 27 bodies had been recovered from the airplane, and one from the helicopter.
Later on, just before 11:30 a.m., the President delivered remarks about the crash to press in the White House briefing room.
A 60-passenger jet collided midair with a Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport and crashed into the Potomac ...