plays out back home. it s forcing him to cut his trip short, raising new questions about how this drama is impacting the u.s. abroad. plus, montana says time is up for tiktok. the state banning the popular social media app. it s the furthest any state has gone to target the chinese-owned brand. is that brand legal? court challenges are likely as tiktok says it will defend itself. a race to rescue children who may have survived a plane crash 17 days alone. we are following these major stories coming into cnn news central. president biden has now met with japan s prime minister in hiroshima. friday they will sit down with other leaders of the world s top economies, as a massive fiscal catastrophe looms, thanks for a stalemate here in washington over the debt ceiling. the discussions appear to be slowly progresses, but the u.s. could default, and anything thinks g7 allies accomplish there could be thrown into disarray from the global financial meltdown that could result.
and a texas showdown, a judge hearing arguments right now in the high-stakes lawsuit over abortion pills. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. the u.s. state department does not call in the russian ambassador every day, but that is what s happened. this is after the pentagon says a russian fighter jets forced down a u.s. spy drone in international waters in the black sea. according to u.s. officials the russians first dumped fuel on the drone similar to the one you see here and then hit its propeller forcing the u.s. then to bring the drone down. the defense secretary slamming the incident as reckless. this hazardous episode is a part of a pattern of aggressive and risky and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international airspace. so make no mistake, the united states will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows. orrin lieberman joins us from the pentagon. you have new reporting als
commission says about 70 more deaths have been reported, eight of them apparently after the recall began. scientists say the weakened ozone layer vital is back on track to recover completely within decades. according to a u.n. backed report, international corporation has helped stem the damage from ozone-harming chemicals. it says the use of chcss have decreased 99% since 1989. thanks for joining me. i m christine romans. cnn this morning ostarts right now. there i see the president of the united states joe biden not commenting after classified documents from his time as vp were discovered in a private office. good morning, everyone. there you see us in this sort of pandemic era boxes, because we re in separate studios. we re having a little technical difficulty with our main studio this morning. so we ll be back in a moment, but it is good to see both of you. did you all make it? we were just rushed up the elevator. don documented it. so check your instagram later, f
top of the hour here on cnn newsroom. good to have you along. i m victor blackwell. i m alisyn camerota. the family of the cinematographer killed on the set of rust, said they support the criminal charges that will soon be filed against actor alec baldwin. today the district attorney in santa fe announced that baldwin and the armorer, hannah gutierrez reed will each get two counts of involuntary manslaughter. in october, 2021, baldwin was holding a prop gun when it fired a live round hitting and killing 42-year-old halyna hutchins. a prosecutor says baldwin is being charged for pulling the trigger, and as a producer of the film. i think it was the totality of the circumstances that this was a really fast and loose set, and that that nobody was doing their job. there were three people that if they had done their job that day, this tragedy wouldn t have happened. that s david halls, hannah gutierrez reed, and alec baldwin. if they had done their basic duties, we wou
our viewers joining us in the united states. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom. cnn has learned that lisa marie presley, the only daughter of elvis presley, has died. i m here today to announce the appointment of robert herr, special counsel. it was in the interest to appoint a special counsel. we need to run. everybody, y all hear me. when we say we are blessed, we are blessed. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, january 13th. 9 a.m. here in london where many people around the world are mourning the loss of lisa marie presley, elvis s only child. here she is singing i love you, pops in a duet with her father, the king of rock and roll. lisa marie followed in his footsteps becoming a musician, singer and songwriter. she released three albums. one of which reached gold. the life with lisa marie presley. reporter: lisa marie presley seen here at the globe a