Helicopters should be barred from a four-mile stretch over the Potomac River when flights are landing on Reagan National Airport’s Runway 33, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said as the NTSB unveiled “urgent safety recommendations” after the deadly mid-air collision in January.

Helicopters should not be allowed to travel over a four-mile stretch over the Potomac River following the deadly air collision near Washington in January, according to urgent safety

The FBI arrested a Texas man, Asterius Rulamka, for allegedly beating one passenger, attempting to strike another, injuring a second passenger and vulgarly berating a flight attendant.

The Senate will vote this morning on the stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. A bill D.C. leaders said means a $1 billion cut to the District’s budget.

The budget battle on Capitol Hill that could have a major impact on D.C. with the decision now in the hands of the Senate. FOX 5’s Melanie Alnwick has the latest.

The NTSB issued its preliminary report on the midair collision between a passenger plane and helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January.