obviously, tensions are already high between the two nations over involvement in ukraine. senior correspondent mike tobin is in kyiv tonight with the latest on this. good evening, mike. good evening, bret. a brazen violation of international law. that s the way the state department describes this contact between a u.s. drone and two russian fighter jets that ended with the u.s. drone being ditched in the black sea. the pentagon says for a half hour this morning two russian su-27 fighter jets harassed a u.s. mq 9 reaper drone in international fuel space. dumped fuel on it and pass sod close struck one of the propellers dropping it down into the southwest of crimea. this is the first contact of this sort since the height of the cold war. this incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional. russian defense ministry denies that the jet impacted the u.s. drone and says the drone was headed in the direction of russia with its transpo
sanchez for cnn s live coverage of the eclipse across it america. that s going to start monday at one eastern, or you can stream it on macs as well. and thank you for joining us, cnn news night with abby phillip starts now did the unconditional just become conditional? that s tonight on news nine good evening. i m abby philip in new york and tonight, the foundation of the most important allied relationship, perhaps on the planet suddenly look really relief iron clad, and now it looks like the picture of instability this is the image rattling around the globe tonight, the president of the united states, joe biden, intense conversation with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he cautioned the leader of the middle east, only democracy, the change is required if you wants to keep america on its side. now the two men have been circling these issues for months now, the private disagreements have always had the potential to throw this decades long marriage off track. now,
but not new offensive aid. bret: quickly there are some democrats uneasy but what is going on. the leader of our party, i am not, and i think you said it best earlier in the show this is going to be a good debate question for the republicans come next year. bret: 100 percent. thank you all. bret: time for tuesday s tweets it s back. sabrina asked will fox be having town halls with candidates and when you think they would start for the presidential race? yes we are. debates start late summer town halls with the individual candidates likely in the spring will get you a date soon. up next, a couple of you asked a question where is john fetterman? the senator from pennsylvania is still at walter reed and he is suffering from severe depression, clinically depression, said to be there a couple more weeks. still running his office out of there. tom asks what do you think of scotty scheffler running the