is outside the law . it is not the law of the land, it is the law of the jungle. and the uk s biggest horse racing festival is kicking off, with stricter rules around jockeys whipping horses. the us has summoned the russian ambassador to express concern about a collision between russian fighter jets and an american drone over the black sea. washington has accused moscow of irresponsible behaviour, and said the drone was involved in a routine operation in international airspace. russia denied the us claims, instead saying the drone crashed, after it lost altitude while manoeuvring sharply. this was the pentagon spokesman, a little earlier. we are continuing to assess exactly what happened, but i think, based on the actions of the russian pilots, it s clear that it was unsafe, unprofessional, and i think the actions speak for themselves. what we saw again were fighter aircraft dumping fuel in front of this uav, and then getting so close to the aircraft that it actually damaged
i d be coming. it s so good to be back in ireland. forgive my poor attempt at irish. i m at home. i m at home. after my aged, as you can see how old i am, i have a little wisdom i have more experience than any president in american history. doesn t make me better or worse, but it gives me few excuses. president joe biden bringing some jokes with him during a speech yesterday to the irish parliament the president wraps up his visit to ireland today, marking 25 years since the good friday agreement, which ended decades of violence. meanwhile, at home, the fbi arrested a 21-year-old air national guardsman who is suspected of leaking national documents. we ll sort through how that young man got his hands on the documents. plus, florida governor ron desantis took a break from his nationwide book tour to sign an extreme abortion ban into law late last night. we will dig into the legislation, and how it could impact his potential presidential campaign. also ahead this mornin
promises kept. revenge as politics, or both? john berman here in for anderson. in a moment, he will be joined by representative alexandria ocasio-cortez to talk about what happened on capitol hill today. you will remember house speaker kevin mccarthy vowed last year that if republicans took the house, he would strip democrats adam schiff, eric swalwell and ilhan omar of committee assignments. so far he has bounced omar and swalwell and he voted along party lines to remove. the reason, anti-semitic statements which she subsequently apologized for making. at the same time, speaker mccarthy has a reinstated committee assignments for marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar, both of whom have close ties to the far right, including some white nationalists. the congresswoman, as you know, has compared masking rules to the holocaust. she apologized for that. she also posted on facebook a long ramble about california wildfire, solar power, spottings of what looked like laser beams and t
ukrainian authorities later said they believe the missiles were s-300s, normally used to shoot down planes, devastating when launched at urban centers. as medics tended to the wounded, producer tim lister checks in with our headquarters. extremely large detonations really, really close. we re going to stay in shelter. reporter: as we take cover, residents are clearly traumatized by the violence. it is terrifying, natalia tells me. but what can we do? the strikes came as search and rescue efforts were ongoing in exactly the same neighborhood after a russian missile leveled an apartment block on wednesday night, killing at least three and wounding eight. the russians seem to be bringing the cities of this region into their war regardless of the consequences. and russian president vladimir putin is saying there is worse to come. putin spoke thursday at events commemorating the battle of stalingrad, where soviet forces defeated nazi germany 80 years ago, openingly threate
the reason is simple, russia is for big. ukraine is too simple. russia itself is the largest country on planet earth with a relatively huge economy for the region and 145 million people who live there. ukraine has a population of about 40 million. it s the poorest country in europe. it s got an average annual income that s much lower than albania s. so just by looking at the most basic wikipedia numbers, if ukraine remained a sovereign country, ukraine it would have to reach a negotiated settlement with russia. pitch battles were not going to do it. that s not a moral judgment. you can root for the ukrainian military all you want. it s still a fact. the second thing that was immediately evident about this war was how unusually destructive it was, and was going to be. it wasn t just ukraine that was getting pummeled, though it certainly was, it was the entire western economy, including our economy. russian energy fuels europe. a recession in germany was certain to lead to a re