the u.s. called this incident everything from dangerous to juvenile, it happened yesterday morning 7 a.m. local time. two russian fighter jets, su-27 fighters went to a u.s. drone over the black sea. the pentagon says the fighter jets harassed the drone, buzzing dangerously close to the drone and one fighter dumped fuel on the drone and during one pass the russian fighter struck the propeller of the drone, breaking off a piece. the drone was unmanageable and the decision was made to ditch that aircraft in the black sea. with tengszs high between the u.s. and russia and china, they said this is the kind of thing that could sent nations spiralling toward a broader conflict. things bumping into each other and causing collision and two great nations sorting it out at 2 in the morning. russia has a different take and says the drone was heading toward russia with transponder turned off. the drone crashed. i want to emphasize the russian fighters didn t use weapons, didn t c
at least seven people are dead in texas and another dozen in arkansas as a powerful storm cripples the south. residents are still without power. speak of voters say the country is more divided than ever. dysfunctional families were 80% say describing america today. when it comes to the economy, 66% disapprove about how president biden has been handling the crisis. it is groundhog day. a shadow on my stage, no matter how you measure! six more weeks of winter weather! steve: well, i don t know about a long, long time, but six more weeks of winter, according to phil of punxsutawney. he saw his shadow. six more weeks of winter, as the lore goes. it was broadcast live around the world. he could have seen the shadows because of the tv lights, just saying. it was 15 degrees there. it s going to be chilly all day long so it feels like a cold cold hard in the deep of winter. ainsley: it looked like a fun place to be. if you have an opportunity to go, you should g
flight and the scope of the beijing surveillance operation raising concerns about our national security. we are getting new images showing federal agents pouring over the remnants of the spy flight as the u.s. continues efforts to see just how extensive the surveillance capabilities were peer sources confirm to fox news at the craft had western made parts with english writing although it s not clear if the writing was discovered before or after it was shot down or in the wreckage. now yesterday the state department revealed that the chinese spy craft shot down by fighter jets was likely capable of listening in on america s munication s. and pinpointing the location of those conversations as it flew across america. official say it was part of a fleet that had flown over more than 40 countries and across five continents. now, that was a far cry from china s claim that it is just a weather balloon. but president biden downplay the incident in an interview with telemundo telling
they have to be presumed you can t presume that this was just something that happens with a bureaucratic snafu, this is outrageous. well, the explanation for the quote, lost data sounds more suspicious this morning based on a new time line from lawmakers, julia insley is standing by with more on this story. plus, new subpoenas for supporters of former president trump. good news out of fulton county, georgia. nearly a dozen fake elects from one state could face criminal charges for election interference. things are heating up. meanwhile, trump hasn t given up on overturning the election he lost, apparently. a wisconsin lawmaker says the former president called him just this month, following a court ruling on ballot drop boxes. also, vladimir putin takes his first significant foreign trip since the invasion of ukraine as the russian president looks for an ally in a nation also isolated from the west. and the bidens meet with ukraine s first lady at the white house ole
whom may be holding the party back. e holding th good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, july 12th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the next hearing into the january 6 attack is this afternoon at 1:00. with a focus on the violent mob. the committee says it will examine how former president trump summoned his supporters to the capitol to threaten the certification of the election when he tweeted, big protest in dc on january 6th. be there, will be wild. the committee says that tweet was the quote siren call for extremist groups such as the proud boys and the oathkeepers whose top members have been charged by the justice department with seditious conspiracy for their roles in the riot. an aide on the committee says it will also present evidence of ties between these groups and trump associates like roger stone and michael flynn. as far as witnesses, a source close to the investigation says we will hear from former oathkeeper spokesman jason