in our world lead, pictures hoping to silence a thousand words. the message here from ukraine s military is a plea for silence around its long-awaited counteroffensive against russian forces. officials are discouraging public speculation or social media posts, saying it could only help the russian enemy. the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff tells cnn that ukraine is very well prepared for that counteroffensive, but it s still too early to tell what the outcome might be. army general mark milley spoke exclusively with cnn pentagon correspondent orin lieberman in normandy, france, where the general is marking the 79th anniversary of d-day. all right. there you go. reporter: general mark milley in normandy, marking the
accusations are flying between the u.s. and china after a dangerous near collision between warships from both sides. the incident happened during a joint naval exercise between the u.s. and canadian the canadian navy in the taiwan strait. video showing the near collision was captured by a news crew on on a nearby ship. you can see the chinese destroyer cutting across the front of the u.s. ship. cnn pentagon correspondent orrin lieberman is with us. both sides are blaming each other for this incident, so what do we know right now? reporter: paula, that s so common. two entirely different narratives. from the u.s. perspective it was
this weekend for fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with a dangerous near collision between chinese and u.s. warships. accusations are flying between both sides after an incident during a joint naval exercise between the u.s. and canadian navy in the taiwan strait. video showing the near collision was captured by a news crew on a nearby ship. you can see the chinese destroyer cutting directly across the front of the u.s. ship. we ve got full coverage of this story. cnn pentagon correspondent warren lieberman is with us. also joining me is dauvid sange, a cnn national and political analyst and a correspondent for the new york times. oren, both sides are blaming each other for this incident. what do you know as of now? paula, it s not uncommon at all when you see an encounter between the chinese and u.s. military to get two entirely
defending ukraine. fred pleitgen, cnn, kyiv. and now an exclusive report, cnn has learned from multiple defense officials that a senior u.s. general ordered his command to announce on twitter that an al-qaeda leader had been targeted and an american drone strike, but without confirming who was actually killed. cnn pentagon correspondent oren lieberman has the story. so john strike on may 3rd in northwest syria targeted a senior al-qaeda leader according to u.s. central command which governs u.s. operations in the middle east and in that region. said calm, as it s known, promised more information as the operation details of that truck had been confirmed, but now here we are nearly three years late weeks later, and it has not put out any information of who the target of the strike was or who was killed in the strike. officials tell us they would knew it would take a few days to confirm who wataga was killed in the strike because at
as a judge decides whether he ll stay there in the leadup to his trial. prosecutors revealing very disturbing new details about the suspect and their case as they argued he should remain in custody. here s cnn pentagon correspondent oren liebermann. reporter: tonight 21-year-old jack teixeira in custody after appearing in court for his detention hearing. his father asking the judge to release his son into his custody. the elder teixeira promised to report him if he violates the conditions of release. but prosecutors portrayed the suspected leaker of classified documents as a risk to flee, incapable of the trust he d promised to uphold as a member of the massachusetts air national guard. there is no integrity in teixeira s character because there can be none when there is such a profound breach of trust, said dean pellegrini from the u.s. attorney s office. in a dumpster at teixeira s home authorities found a tablet, a laptop and an xbox. they d all been smashed. prosecutors said it