this one up here, off the north coast of alaska on friday. then over canada on saturday and sunday, here, lake huron. what s the common theme ehere? they re all coming this direction. that s the direction of the jet stream, the prevailing winds, et cetera. that brings china into play, not only china, but russia is up there as well. and we don t have an answer yet as to what country owns them or even the pentagon leaves open the possibility that it s not a nation state. it could be privately owned and operated. the two big questions are this. why is the u.s. now detecting more of these and are there more of these? t in answer to the first question, we know that, and that is that the pentagon, u.s. military, norad, they re looking more closely. they ve in effect tightened their radars, their sensors to look for smaller options, particularly in that space you mentioned, 15,000 to 20,000 feet and they are seeing more. the big question is, are there more? is this a part of the glo
i m bianna golodryga, welcome to cnn newsroom. i m john berman. we begin with breaking news. a russian fighter jet has forced down a u.s. drone over the black sea. the u.s. air force says the jet damaged the propeller of an mq-9 reaper drone. the aircrafts were operating over international waters when one of the jets intentionally flew in front of the drone and began dumping fuel. the white house says president biden has been briefed on the situation. cnn s oren liebermann is at the pentagon. we also have mark kimmitt. what are you learning? this played out early this morning over the black sea according to u.s. air force europe where a surveillance drone, an mq-9 reaper drone, was operating, again, over international waters when the air force says two russian fighter jets conducted an intercept in an up safe and unprofessional manner. but it goes beyond that. after the interpret, the russian fighter jets flew in front of the u.s. reaper drone, jumped dual in an attem
of pakistan s devastating floods. de facto authorities in four russian occupied or partially occupied regions of ukraine have announced plans to hold referendums on joining russia this week as ukraine continues to recapture territory in the north east. proxy administrations in luhansk, donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia all say that voting will start this friday. this is what the russian appointed head of the region had to say. translation: i will personally a - eal to translation: i will personally appeal to the translation: i will personally appeal to the president. - translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with l translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with ai appeal to the president. with a request for legal approval of the referendum result as soon as possible and i am sure this procedure will not take much time. it has come from very different areas. french president president macron says the referendum will have no legal consequence,
this is perhaps the most anticipated debate of the election season. it s also the only chance for pennsylvanians to see the candidates side by side. they re debating just this one time. the senate is 50-50 and pennsylvania is crucial in the fight to either keep or gain control. cnn s jeff zeleny is in harrisburg where the debate is happening. jeff, what should people expect to see tonight? reporter: well, victor, i think people can expect to see fireworks as we ve seen in debates across the country. more interestingly this has a unique element to it and that is because of john fetterman. of course he s the lieutenant governor of pennsylvania but he s been recovering from a stroke for the last several months. so this debate tonight is going to be slightly different. it s going to have a closed captioning system. john fetterman is still having auditor processing issues. he can t always hear and see things in realtime so he ll be using closed captions as many americans do when
already from china. we ll have much more on that in just a moment. but we re also keeping an eye on the pentagon where in just minutes, top leaders will hold a press conference. this question of military intervention in taijuan, it s very likely to be raised. we ll bring that to you when it begins. president biden is also formally answering an indy pacific trade pact. a lot to get to this hour. let s get started. cnn s jeremy diamond is live in tokyo. jeremy, what are you hearing from administration, from the white house about the president s comments in taijuan? reporter: well, listen, a white house official almost immediately after the president made those comments at a news conference saying that quote, as the president said our policy has not changed and yet, if you listen to the president s words directly, he very much does seem to be tossing away the u.s. s decades long foreign policy of strategic ambiguity as it relates to taijuan and the question of whether or not