announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. after a dangerous confrontation in the skies, a warning tonight from russia to the u.s. not to fly aircraft near its airspace throwing the onus on the united states for that midair collision between a russian and american plane over the black sea yesterday. the u.s. making clear its pilotless surveillance plane was flying legally in international airspace when it was knocked from the sky by a russian fighter jet that had been flying close and aggressively the act raising alarms in the pentagon. secretary of defense lloyd austin confirming he spoke by telephone today with the russian defense minister, though not revealing the nature of their conversation. the u.s., however, accuses the russians of reckless and unprofessional behavior, and we have new reporting tonight on just how high up the orders came from in russia. peter alexander is at the white house with more reporter: tonight, for t
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right now on andrea mitchell reports, domestic and foreign crises confronting the white house ahead of the president s anticipated re-election announcement coming soon markets tumbling a multibillion dollar loss sparking uncertainty over a tough interest rate decision this hour, collision the u.s. and russia have their first physical contact off the crimean peninsula since the war began. this hazardous episode is a part of a pattern of aggressive and risky and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international airspace i will speak with ned price about what happened when the department called the russian ambassador on the carpet and other hot topics during his two years at the podium. planned parenthood ceo and texas native cecile davis joins me good day i m andrea mitchell in washington following breaking news on wall street. u.s. and european markets plunging on news that massive global lender credit suisse has been cut off by saudi investors after reporting an $