responsible for the disposal of waste materials. now disposal sites in the transfer of contaminants will be subject to epa oversight, a live report straight ahead. but first the wall street journal reports the u.s. energy department has joined the fbi assessment that covid-19 most likely originated from a lab leak in china. the department was previously undecided on how the virus emerged. all of this as fox pulling shows president biden underwater when it comes to the job performance. lucas tomlinson live in the white house with details on the stories. president biden s national security advisor jake sullivan refusing to confirm or deny the classified report, he spoke earlier. there is a variety of views in the intelligence community, some of the religious community have reached conclusions on one side and some on the other and never have said they don t have enough information to be sure. house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul releasing a statement a s
welcome to bbc news. our top story today: the us defense secretary says he had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighterjet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the drone which is thought to be twelve hundred metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america s top general said the whole incident was a result of russia s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defense secretary lloyd austin gave this update earlier. as i ve said repeatedly, it s important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. and the united states will continue to fly into operate where ever international law allows. and it is incumbent upon russia to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner. ukraine s foreign told the bbc that incidents such as this are inevitable until russia leaves crimea. our diplomatic corr
welcome to bbc news. our top story today: the us defense secretary says he had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighterjet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the drone which is thought to be twelve hundred metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america s top general said the whole incident was a result of russia s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defense secretary lloyd austin gave this update earlier. as i ve said repeatedly, it s important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. and the united states will continue to fly into operate where ever international law allows. and it is incumbent upon russia to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale has this report from kyiv. this is the kind of unmanned aircraft that crashed
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. bianca is off for the week. just ahead on cnn newsroom. the shifting narrative from the white house on defense now referring all questions to the justice department. everyone was just astounded that it took this long. that period there is what is now going to be an issue for the pres president. a difficult search and rescue operation forcing emergency workers to use ropes and cranes. four investigators from france arriving at the site today, this tuesday, as the search still goes on for two more of those victims. he is now saying he always had questions about george santos s resume. a big question has become what did gop leaders know about george santos and when did they know it? announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, january 17th, the a.m. here in london, 4 a.m. in washington
is a cnn situation room special report. we begin this hour with a growing fallout from classified documents found at president biden s home and former office. the possibility of yet more searches and more discoveries hanging over the white house tonight. let s go to our white house correspondent arlette saenz, tell us more about cnn s new reporting. reporter: cnn has learned that sources believe there are additional locations tied to president biden that could be searched for more classified documents or government records. so far, the president s personal attorneys have searched two homes in delaware and also that former private office here in washington, d.c. but sources believe that there may be additional locations that could be sourced though it s unclear who exactly would conduct those searches or where they would be but those are all matters that could come up as the special counsel s investigation gets underway. president biden refusing to answer questions today a