just ahead russia is saying ukraine sent two drones to kill president vladimir putin. we don t attack putin or moscow. we re strongly committed to bringing inflation back down to the 2% goal. a growing chorus of voices urging the fed to pause with the rate hikes. this investigation is significant and also a reminder that they are not just looking into how the materials are handled but they are also closely examining whether anyone tried to get in the way of having all the evidence. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, may 4. and russia appears to be retaliating for a drone strike on the kremlin. ukraine denies it had anything to do with the attack which moscow calls an assassination attempt on president due con putin. two drones flew above the kremlin early wednesday but there is not evidence that ukraine because behind the attack. drones shot down over ukraine today have the words for the kremlin and mosc
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and a texas showdown, a judge hearing arguments right now in the high-stakes lawsuit over abortion pills. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. the u.s. state department does not call in the russian ambassador every day, but that is what s happened. this is after the pentagon says a russian fighter jets forced down a u.s. spy drone in international waters in the black sea. according to u.s. officials the russians first dumped fuel on the drone similar to the one you see here and then hit its propeller forcing the u.s. then to bring the drone down. the defense secretary slamming the incident as reckless. this hazardous episode is a part of a pattern of aggressive and risky and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international airspace. so make no mistake, the united states will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows. orrin lieberman joins us from the pentagon. you have new reporting als
politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us today an abortion case with implications everywhere. a texas trump-appointed judge will determine if pregnancy pills should be pull ed off the shelf from coast to coast. plus more economic turbulence as american markets tumble on fears a global bank mugt go over the edge. and wrong, disturbed, the chamberlain approach. washington say the florida governor is way off target to suggest the united states should forget about ukraine. up first this hour, a texas classroom that may echo in w women s lives no matter where you live. the case, the alliance of hippocratic medicine versus is the fda. the plaintiffs are five out of state antiabortion groups. the argument that the fda put it ahead of science two decades ago ignoring evidence and safety rules when to go on the market. it s one of two drugs used to terminate pregnancies. it s as important or important than the specific legal arguments. today s h
i m victor blackwell. and i m bianna golodryga. in moments the nation s top defense officials are expected to take reporters questions, this after the pentagon says russia downed an american drone over the black sea. a high-level russian official said russia will try to retrieve the wreckage, while white house officials say finding the debris may be impossible. the u.s. military said on tuesday a russian jet dumped fuel on the unmanned u.s. aircraft which it says was doing routine operations in international air space. the russian jet then hit the propeller of the reaper, forcing its remote pilots to bring it down in international waters. the pentagon says the move was part of a russian pattern of aggression, but the kremlin gives a different version of events and declared today that u.s. and russia relations are at their lowest point and in a deplorable state. cnn s oren liebermann is standing by at the pentagon waiting for the press conference to begin. you have new de