a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead on cnn newsroom, the u.s. and canada authorized the takedown of a third high-altitude object in recent days, but just what was it? even as the death toll in syria and turkey climbs, officials are looking for answers. why did so many buildings crumble? ukraine says it shot down 20 drones from iran during a russian attack. ahead, a live report from kyiv. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so it happened again. for the third time in a week, a u.s. fighter jet has shot down an object over north american air space. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, says the latest object violated canadian air space and was taken down by a u.s. f-22 fighter jet over the yukon in the northwest of canada. mr. trudeau and u.s. president joe biden authorized the strike by the country s shared air defense organization, norad. we ll hear mor
object violated canadian air space and was taken down by a u.s. f-22 fighter jet over the yukon in the northwest of canada. mr. trudeau and u.s. president joe biden authorized the strike by the country s shared air defense organization, norad. we ll hear more from canada s defense minister. it appears to be a small, cylindrical object and smaller than the one that was downed off the coast of north carolina. there is no reason to believe that the impact of the object in canadian territory is of any public concern. cnn s natasha bertron has been following this story from washington. reporter: president biden and canadian prime minister justin trudeau jointly authorized the shoot-down of an unidentified object that was flying over northern canada saturday. the shoot-down was the third time in a week that u.s. fighter jets were scrambled to shoot down an object that had entered
the president speaking the way he did of mr. mccabe and his family and his wife, really revolting behavior by the president. would he have recourse? probably not. but, joy, if there are not going to be charges filed against him in the end, in the long run and then he goes on and leads his own life and he doesn t worry about the president or what transpired before this, i hope that happens. i m biased and he s a friend of mine. he s a wonderful man. he was a good colleague. i hope in the end no charges are brought. we will keep an eye on it. thank you very much. coming up new reporting that the pentagon spent far more time and money at donald trump s scottish resort than previously known. natasha bertron has the new details and joins me after this. details and joins me after this. pursuing life-changing cures in a country that fosters innovation here, they find breakthroughs. like a way to fight cancer
talk to your rheumatologist. right here. right now. humira. a week ago we learned that an air national guard crew stayed at donald trump s turnberry resort this spring when they were en route from the u.s. to kuwait. that seemed odd. then we found out that air force crews have stayed at donald trump s resort in scotland at least four times since september of last year. that sounds like a lot, but it turns out that the real number might be much higher. politico report said they sent people there 40 times. natasha, how many times are we talking about? reporter: well, we still don t know exactly how many times the air force had stayed at trump s turnberry report
election interference. potential obstruction of justice, et cetera, et cetera, continue the report as soon as mid february but what comes with the findings all might depend who he hands them over to. currently, that would be acting attorney general matt whitaker, a trump loyalist who has rejected advice that he should recuse himself from the investigation. joining me now, david corn, barbara mcquaid and natasha. the gentlemen first, reversing it off sadie hawkins style. look at what we ve got. we ve got the mueller investigation which is russian influence, wikileaks, mideast influence on the campaign, manafort, trump tower-moscow and firing comey. that s mueller. and obstruction of justice. regarding firing comey and then the southern district of new york. you ve got campaign conspiracy, inaugural funding, the super pac s funding and foreign lobby