obviously, tensions are already high between the two nations over involvement in ukraine. senior correspondent mike tobin is in kyiv tonight with the latest on this. good evening, mike. good evening, bret. a brazen violation of international law. that s the way the state department describes this contact between a u.s. drone and two russian fighter jets that ended with the u.s. drone being ditched in the black sea. the pentagon says for a half hour this morning two russian su-27 fighter jets harassed a u.s. mq 9 reaper drone in international fuel space. dumped fuel on it and pass sod close struck one of the propellers dropping it down into the southwest of crimea. this is the first contact of this sort since the height of the cold war. this incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional. russian defense ministry denies that the jet impacted the u.s. drone and says the drone was headed in the direction of russia with its transpo
that kid has touched more lives. if we touch as many lives as he did in the next 20 years, this world would be a better place. he was an amazing kid. gadi schwartz, nbc news we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, the fight of his life, the plane carrying former president trump set to land here in new york city soon, ahead of his arraignment tomorrow we re live from the courthouse, and trump tower where it s all hands on deck. how the nypd and secret service are preparing for the former president s arrival, and how trump is gearing up to walk into the courtroom not just as a defendant, but a 2024 presidential candidate how much money he says he s raised since the news broke, and what we know about his post arraignment, prime time address at mar-a-lago. plus, a day of firsts, including the first time we ll hear the charges read against the former president in court what we can expect tomorrow and for the
americans on tiktok tiktok ceo grilled on capitol hill lawmakers look to ban the platform. tiktok is a weapon by the chinese communist party to spy on you. first of all disagree with the characterization that is spying and warned of possible mental health impacts for kids. kids your technology is literally leading to death. tonight we ll talk to popular tiktokers about why they log on. i m asking politicians don t take away the community that we have all built and answer your questions. what data elements are being collected. teens are finding ways around all these parental controls. cnn prime time is time up for tiktok. good evening. i m abby phillip. it s one of the most popular social media apps on the planet , and it is also one of the most controversial a billion monthly active users over 150 million right here in the united states. they shoot and they share videos on tiktok for fun or they watch them and others earn entire incomes through it. so many of the nations were
very good friday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. friday, not a day too soon. i m erica hill. good to have you with us this morning. a significant milestone to tell but in the justice department s two-year criminal investigation into the january 6th insurrection. former vice president mike pence subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating former president donald trump and his role in the attack on the capitol. just ahead, we will take you closer look at what kind of information the special counsel and what to get from the former vp. plus in the midst of so much devastation there are at least a few miraculous stories of survival in turkey after that massive earthquake. a family of six, two parents and their four children, together, lifted from the rubble after being buried for nearly 102 hours. hope for finding more people alive dwindling, though. the death toll has climbed above 22,000 people. those who survived are facing a secondary disaster. the humanitarian x-cris
mike pence admits that he too had classified material at his house. will the justice department appoint another special counsel as lawmakers react now to the pence news? and california s three mass shootings in three days. the latest, a case of workplace violence. what led a gunman to allegedly target his co-workers as we learn the identities of 19 killed in less than a week. plus reversing course. sources tell cnn the u.s. is now ready to send its abrams tanks to ukraine as germany also softens its opposition. so what changed? welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown. jake tapper is on assignment. we start in our politics lead with a story first reported by cnn. roughly a dozen classified documents found at former vice president mike pence s house. a lawyer for pence found the papers at pence s indiana home last week, according to sources, and turned them over to the fbi. the documents were not stored in a secure area of pence s home and the discovery directly contradic