hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour, with the search for answers after the u.s. shot down what is described as an unidentified high altitude object. the u.s. fighter jet is taking it down, off the coast of alaska this time, on friday, the pentagon officials say they acted swiftly, after the object, about the size of a small car, crossed into frozen territorile waters. the second time in less than a week a u.s. fighter jet has shot an object out of the sky. following the spy balloon that was taken down off the coast of south carolina last saturday. cnn reporter is live in our washington bureau with more on this, so katie, twice, in a week s time, what are we learning about this second object, and who it might belong to? well, at this point, we still really have more questions than answers, and we do know is that on thursday, the u.s. military observed an unknown object in american air space, off of the
fighters. and the former president trump under oath pleading the fifth more than 400 times and ron desantis fights back as one major advantage is emerging. we ll show you one number that really matters. let s go outfront. tonight nuclear break down. russia the breaking nuclear arms control treaty with the nuts for the first time. russia is refusing to allow the u.s. to inspect its nuclear weapons. now this move comes at a moment where the world faces the highest risk of nuclear conflicts since the cold war and it is happening as putin and his military leaders have threatened nuclear war. translator: with regard to the threat of a nuclear war, slet lana, you are right, the threat is growing so why hide the truth. we don t have the resources to defeat the nato block. with conventional means, but we have nuclear weapons for that. there is more where that came from. even two weeks ago putin s top ally and russia s former president medvedev warned the loss of a nuclear power
a legal case, and it s important to remember the context of all the cliches we hear, donald trump fought this and lost this, the video you see on your television screen is something he spent a long time trying to avoid, but he lost and cooperated with this new york attorney general probe, and here s what he said at the start. anyone in my position not taking the fifth amendment would be a fool, an absolute fool. i respectfully decline to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the united states constitution. this will be my answer to any further questions. as. as to the second part he said, fact check, true. we ll get into. that a.g. james drew these answers into what is a civil probe into his taxes. he infamously attacked others who availed themselves of this same right of pleading the fifth. he went from that to himself pleading the fifth over 400 times across apparently four frustrating hours. i decline to answer the quest
cnn has confirmed multiple contradictions, including claims that nichols grabbed an officer s gun which was heard in one of the body camera recordings released last week by one of the officers talking about it, but it s not visible on the video. you were going for my gun too, so i m, like he grabbed my gun. look. got him out the car and i was, like, hey, bro. you good? he swung and hit me. he reached for my gun and slammed into the car. so far, ten city employees have faced consequences in the wake of nichols killing. of the latest, two emts and a fire department lieutenant have now been fired. that s three in the fire department and a seventh memphis officer has been relieved of duty last week. five of those seven officers were charged with second-degree murder and assault for nichols death. cnn s ryan young has the latest from memphis. also here, cnn chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst, john miller. ryan, first, the discrepancies between the video and t
Briefly, but hes not staying for the dinner. Jerry bernard, great to have you do for that and thank you all so much for joining us. Cnn news, node starts right now Donald Trumps pitch to black voters versus the real story thats tonight on these value good evening. Im abby phillip in new york and tonight, the former president goes home. He was right here in new york rallying a crowd of thousands, promising a new york turnaround ive seen new york through good times and bad through boom times and crime waves through Market Crashes and terrorist attacks but ive never seen it quite like this right now. You dont have public spaces. Theyre occupied by migrants, intense that happened in the bronx. What is historically the most democratic burrow in the city, and lead us to say it is an unlikely spot for a republican to Campaign Obama won by 81, 91 let the vote here in 2012, biden won nearly 84 in 2020. But trump sees an opportunity and opening with black and hispanic voters. Even as he makes a