meantime, matthew, on russian state tv we re hearing from this pilot who is absolutely saying not only, a, was he in enemy but he said there was no warning. reporter: yeah. his words, unlike this recording, were very clear to hear. he said very concisely that, look, there s no way that we crossed into turkish air space. he was the navigator on the plane that was shot down. he said he had the radar in front of him. he could see the line where the turkish border is indicated. he didn t cross it, he said. he also said there were no communications despite this recording we ve heard from the turks, traffic control in southern tarky. he said the first they knew about being intercepted was when the tail of their aircraft was blown off by a rocket fired from an f-16, a missile fired from an f-16, and they started plunging to earth in that fireball.
was shot down. turkey now releasing audio of an alleged warning to those pilots before their jet blew up. the surviving russian pilot, by the way, is telling something completely different. also ahead, more breaking news involving football legend frank gifford. we are now hearing the stunning discovery made after his death involving his nfl career and concussions. you re watching cnn. i m brooke baldwin live in paris. the best of everything is even better during red lobster s ultimate seafood celebration. with jazzed up new dishes like the decadent grand seafood feast and the ultimate wood-grilled feast why wait to celebrate? so hurry in, it ends soon.
oh, the turkey pardoning. time-honored tradition at the white house. we all needed a moment of levity here, didn t we? the president, the daughters, turkey jokes, all happening there at the white house ahead of the big thursday thanksgiving. of course, the president doing this just hours after a much more serious tone at the white house, just reminding all americans in the wake of what s happened here in paris and in fear of what could happen with regard to any other potential attacks saying, listen, take the train, hop on a plane, continue on with your daily routines. there are no specific threats of any kind of attack. so, with that, we re going to take a quick break here from paris. we re back after this. made contact with my right arm and 13,000 volts of