winds, and flash flooding. the threat expected to last throughout the night, and what millions could face for the morning commute. nearly 2,000 flight cancellations already, and that number is growing. in the southwest, dangerous heat with no end in sight. rob marciano times it all out. the urgent manhunt for a murder suspect in pennsylvania. officials say he has military training and self-taught survivalist skills. they claim they found stockpiles of supplies or campsites they believe are associated with him and consider him armed and dangerous. and in the west, authorities near sacramento desperately searching for another murder suspect, who escaped overnight. alex presha is standing by. president biden touching down in the uk ahead of a crucial nato summit after saying ukraine is not yet ready to join the alliance, and the growing divide over cluster munitions. the biden administration is defending its controversial decision. what president zelenskyy told our martha
week, russian planes flying dangerously close to u.s. unmanned aircraft over syria. the pentagon releasing these rare videos showing russian planes deploying parachute flares in the flight path of an american drone, forcing the drone over syria to engage in evasive maneuvers. the next day, a russian pilot seen here flying just above a u.s. drone and scattering the sky with more flares. the u.s. typically uses a deconfliction hotline to let the russians know when they ll be operating in this area of northwest syria, which makes this behavior so concerning since in theory the russians were given a heads-up that they would be there. linsey. maryalice, thank you. a u.s. marine is in custody after authorities say a missing 14-year-old girl was found in the barracks at camp pendleton. the girl s aunt says that her niece was raped on that base north of san diego. a marine spokesperson told
of their air fort still intact. that is miraculous at this time. but nato forces are not flying inside, even surveillance flights insigned ukraine. what is interesting, neil and we ve been reporting on this, the deconfliction hotline that was established march 1, we got more details about that today. that did confliction line was set up at european command headquarters in stuttgart under the command of the supreme allied commander, general todd walters and staffed by a lower staffer. it goes to the russian ministry of defense. what is alarming that we have no confirmation that that hotline was used last night at that moment of crisis when the fire broke out and the gun fire and attack on that nuclear facility. we don t have any indications that the hotline was used. if any time there was a moment where a hotline could be used, we also learned that the press briefing today that general mark
activity that can spiral out of control. we know patriot air defense batteries are in eastern europe and more are expected to be put there. that will be the main defense of nato say are space in the east. we know there is a u.s./russian deconfliction hotline. where someone in the u.s. can pick up calls, hopes somebody answers it. they have tested it but in an emergency, can they get in touch with russians very quickly. we also know that u.s. satellite and reconnaissance aircraft are able to significantly monitor airspace and understand if something that s launched has gone off its trajectory. so there are mechanisms to try to avoid sudden, inadvertent, unexpected crisis. but keep in mind, nato this week said it wants to beef up its presence in evastern europe, moe
military front. ryan, the russian ambassador says they have these important verbal agreements but according to your reporting u.s. military leadership has no idea what the agreements were. that s right. the u.s. military is not clear what came out of helsinki. we heard from the top u.s. general in the middle east who overseas u.s. forces in the region. he says he s received no specific direction following the helsinki summit between putin and trump. one of the topics that was discussed between trump and putin was the issue of syria. in syria the u.s. military and russian military operate in close proximity to one another and they held a deconfliction hotline that allow them to avoid accidents. we re told that continues but in terms of boosting that any more, something the russians seem to