jet hit the u.s. drone in international airspace where we had every right to be forcing it to crash into the black sea. watch this. this hazardous episode is a part is part of a pattern of aggressive risky and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international airspace. we do not seek armed conflict with russia. i believe that at this point we should investigate this incident and move on from there. we will continue to exercise our rights in international airspace. martha: what about the tone of this news conference that we just got from the defense secretary and from the chairman of the joint chiefs, general jack keane standing by with his reaction. first to mike tobin live in kyiv tonight. hi, mike. hi, martha. lloyd austin just confirmed there was an undoubtedly tense conversation with himself and his russian counterpart, defense minister. they talked about this contact between the mq-9 reaper drone and two russian su-27 fighter jets in international airspace over
mid-terms. cross-country winter storm having a major impact bringing blissard conditions to the upper midwest and significant icing through the great lakes as it heads to the northeast. more than half a million customers losing power so far. transportation secretary pete buttigieg finally visiting east palestine, ohio nearly three weeks after the train wreck there. the ntsb will release its initial findings today and we ll have more on those stories throughout the hour. but first republicans getting a close-up look at president biden s border crisis. the house judiciary committee is holding a field hearing today in yuma, arizona to find out how illegal immigration is affecting the local community there. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. you were just there in yuma. bill: we were down there. i m bill hemmer. good morning. they were getting read at the for this at the time. i was told at least some members of the democratic party or staff would a
the faulkner focus. all the white house talk, the prices for food, energy, getting a haircut, everything going up still consumer price index for february up 6% from last year, coming off that high of 9.1% last june. so this is really slow with housing prices sky high, the fed threatening to ep coo raising interest rates to cool down inflation. new word the fed is using today, maybe they ll do that. who is to blame for america s second largest bank collapse in history and the deep economic mess we re in right now? the old go-to, our democratic president is pointing a finger at former president trump. president biden: thanks to quick action of my administration, americans can confidence the banking system is safe. during the biden administration we put in place tough requirements on banks to make sure the crisis of 2008 would not happen again. the last administration rolled back some of the requirements. harris: republicans demanding accountability and raising concerns th
to proceed. given the biden administration has said one of the key pillars in foreign policy when presented with a choice between autocrats and democracies, they stand with democracies. can you help us understand why the secretary decided to proceed with the trips given the ban and should we expect that going forward? our relationship with egypt is a important strategic partnership. the secretary met with his counter parts and talked about that. i ll tell you when it came to the press coverage of that portion, having looked further into it, the egyptians lived up to what they had greed upon. some of the lessons learned was in terms of making sure that we were on the same sheet when it came to understanding press access. so we will continue to work. the u.s. had agreed beforehand there there would be a band of journalists? we did not agree to a ban. we agreed to have official photographers. we had one reporter come in to one of the sessions but a portion that was going t
first to william la jeunesse live in the rnc meeting in dana point, california. william? voting is almost done. they re on virginia. a few more dates to go. that s it. the voting is taking place over my shoulder. each state and territory has three votes. those will be counted and observers to witness, if you will, the counting of the ballots. they re put in three piles like clubs, spades and hearts. bam, bam, bam. the magic number is 85, which is half the number of members here. ronna mcdaniel has been for six years the chair woman of the party. she was expected to win this thing going away. that is not the case. it s going to be closer than anybody expected. harmeet dylan is a trial lawyer from california. she has put on the full court press in about the last month and repealed off of a lot of those voters, as few as a dozen last night separated the two candidates. very different in terms of their strategy going forward. ronna mcdaniel, there was a conference, for members