you are in the cnn newsroom. i m paula reed in washington. jim acosta is off tonight. former president donald trump is stirring the political pot with claims he expects to be arrested on tuesday. his campaign is already fundraising off that allegation and new tonight, trump lawyer blames the media and the district attorney for trump s comments. in a statement to cnn he says no one tells us anything which is very frustrating. president trump is basing his response on press reports and the fact this is a political prosecution and the da leaks things to the press instead of communicating to the lawyers as they should. now the former president has not stated why he expects to be arrested as the investigation continues into hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels but trump s legal team has got no word from the manhattan da s office about the timing of any possible indictment. we also know that at least one witness is still expected to testify before the grand jury on
that damage. reporter: the newly declassified footage appears to directly concept rah dictate russia s claim that the aircraft did not make physical contact. there was no collision. the problem is that we didn t contact to this drone. the russians have been just flat out lying. flat out lying about their account. reporter: the u.s. has not yet determined whether the pilots intended to directly hit the drone, forcing the u.s. military to crash the drone into the black sea some 80 nautical miles from land. we know that the intercept was intentional. we know that the aggressive behavior was intentional. we also know it was very unprofessional and very unsafe. the actual contact of the fixed wing russian fighter with our uav, the physical contact of those two, not sure yet. reporter: but cnn is learning that the russian pilots did not go rogue. u.s. officials familiar with the intelligence say the pilots were ordered to harass the drone by senior officials in russia s
good evening, welcome, i m earth nature. just ahead on cnn newsroom, russian warplanes are accused of taking down a u.s. drone over the black sea. it s a potentially dangerous escalation at a critical moment in moscow s war against ukraine. we are tracking two major coastal storms in the u.s.. more flooding in california, and a nor easter dumping feet of snow in new england. plus, coming soon to florida beaches, a giant blob of stinky seaweed. around twice the width of the united states and visible from space. i ll speak to a leading researcher about the dangers it poses on sea and on land, the impact would have on tourism, and what it will take to clean up the mess. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom was rosemary church. good to have you with us. while, the u.s. air force says american and allied jets will continue to operate in international airspace after a confrontation with russia over the black sea near ukraine. the u.s. military says russian fighter
illegitimate and that is another indication of how difficult it is for the party to move away from him despite the many party leaders, fundraisers, strategists who believe especially after 2022 it has to. thank you. thank you. and coming up, 14 seconds. that s all that kept two planes from colliding on a sarasota runway last month. inside the discussions now happening at the faa to address these close calls. and the family of a soldier at ft. hood says she was sexually harassed before she was found dead monday. and later, how a giant blob of seaweed is threatening florida s vital tourism industry. you re live in the cnn newsroom.
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