that damage. reporter: the newly declassified footage appears to directly concept rah dictate russia s claim that the aircraft did not make physical contact. there was no collision. the problem is that we didn t contact to this drone. the russians have been just flat out lying. flat out lying about their account. reporter: the u.s. has not yet determined whether the pilots intended to directly hit the drone, forcing the u.s. military to crash the drone into the black sea some 80 nautical miles from land. we know that the intercept was intentional. we know that the aggressive behavior was intentional. we also know it was very unprofessional and very unsafe. the actual contact of the fixed wing russian fighter with our uav, the physical contact of those two, not sure yet. reporter: but cnn is learning that the russian pilots did not go rogue. u.s. officials familiar with the intelligence say the pilots were ordered to harass the drone by senior officials in russia s
i d be coming. it s so good to be back in ireland. forgive my poor attempt at irish. i m at home. i m at home. after my aged, as you can see how old i am, i have a little wisdom i have more experience than any president in american history. doesn t make me better or worse, but it gives me few excuses. president joe biden bringing some jokes with him during a speech yesterday to the irish parliament the president wraps up his visit to ireland today, marking 25 years since the good friday agreement, which ended decades of violence. meanwhile, at home, the fbi arrested a 21-year-old air national guardsman who is suspected of leaking national documents. we ll sort through how that young man got his hands on the documents. plus, florida governor ron desantis took a break from his nationwide book tour to sign an extreme abortion ban into law late last night. we will dig into the legislation, and how it could impact his potential presidential campaign. also ahead this mornin
groundhog movie every time the weather man bill murray wakes up in that hotel he is staying at they are playing this song. come on in. ainsley: i wonder if more people watch it today than any other year. i haven t seen that movie in years. brian: the movie or janice dean who is going to be covering it. steve: that s why the connection. bill murray was a tv weather man and every year janice goes to punxsutawney out in pennsylvania. janice, this year, i think it s the coldest day you have been there. currently 14 degrees there and feels like 8. ainsley: what a cute hat. janice: you know it s all about the fashion, are guys. you know what? it may be 15 degrees but i m feeling the love and the warmth here in glob bler s knob. this is the first time i have been here. gets more exciting if that s possible. a town of 6,000 people. on this day 20 to 30,000 people gather on this small little hill in punxsutawney, pennsylvania to see the groundhog, the progress prognosticator
inside an open air drug market to expose what is ravaging our cities and how front line workers are fighting it. sandra: that s all new as america reports heads into a second hour. sandra smith in new york, great to be with you, john. john: good to be with you as well, and it s friday eve. john roberts in washington, begin with the fox news alert. people need to be conscious of the rules regarding classified information and appropriate handling of the, the rules are there for a reason. sandra: that was the fbi director sounding off as classified documents contestants add up in washington. the president facing growing backlash over his mishandling of records. he is expected to take to the podium in virginia a short time from now, to tout the economy. one of the wealthyest counties, by the way, he will be speaking in. john: we expect a lot of the speech will attack republicans economic agenda. no surprise there. sandra: the president s speech will focus on partisa
hello, bill. reporter: hey, mike. good afternoon to you. yeah, the latest information we re hearing is at least eight people dead after two of these suspected human smuggling boats capsized off the coast of san diego. and this just highlights the fact that we ve got more death at our southern border now. any way you slice slice it whether it s people crowning in the river, dying of dehydration out in the desert, boats sinking in the florida keys or off the california coast, it goes to show you the risk a lot of these migrants take as they try to get here to the united states. fiscal year 2022, more than 800 my granter deaths migrant deaths at our southern border, the all-time record. and it goes to show these human smugglers don t care if people get their alive or kid. they get paid either way. we saw that firsthand in san antonio last summer when that horrific incident happened with the trailer of 53 migrants dead, baked to death in the heat, essentially, outside the cit