hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, russian warplanes accused of taking down the u.s. drone over the black sea. u.s. officials say it was reckless and unprofessional. we ll look at how moscow is responding ahead. and we re tracking two major coastal storms in the u.s. more flooding in california and a nor easter dumping snow on the east coast. plus, u.s. stocks appear to rebound following the collapse of silicon valley bank. this as federal authorities launch investigations into the bank s failure. live from cnn center, this cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, russia is disputing a u.s. claim that one of its fighter jets hit a u.s. drone, forcing it to crash into the black sea near ukraine. the u.s. military says russian warplanes intercepted the american surveillance drone on tuesday, dumping fuel on it, a
today, there are no reports of any toxic chemical spills, but lots of questions about how in the world this happened again. what started out as a wild weather story has quickly turned into a life-threatening disaster. scores of california residents penned in by literal walls of snow more than six feet high. they re trapped and running out of food. we ll have a live report on rescue operations under way right now. today the battle lines for the 2024 republican nomination are being more clearly than we ve seen to date, setting up what may be a long and nasty fight for the republican nomination. we heard it in donald trump s borderline apocalyptic address to a less-than-robust corrode at cpac, while ron desantis amped up his attack on liberals to a packed house at the reagan library. in four years you didn t see our administration leaking like a sive. you didn t see a lot of drama and palace intrigue. what you saw was surgical precision, execution day after day after day a
a warm welcome to all of your viewers in the united states and around the world. i m paula newton. coming up this hour. and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you re about to enter, so help you god? yes, i do. congratulations and god speed. and god speed indeed. with that, kevin mccarthy finally becomes speaker of the house. hear what mccarthy had to say as he takes over that gavel, and how democrats are already responding. all this comes as washington marks a dark day in its history. how the january 6th insurrection was commemorated and the latest prosecutions against those involved. and a school shooting in virginia leaves a teacher badly wounded, parents shocked and a 6-year-old boy in police custody. announcer: live from cnn center, this is kcnn newsroom with paula newton. four days of marathon voting have finally ended with kevin mccarthy as the new speaker of the u.s. house of representatives. right up unt
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