of asian men is jailed for eight and a half years. china and russia have denounced a defence pact, agreed by the us, uk and australia, that will provide australia with nuclear powered attack submarines. russia said the pact would bring years of confrontation to asia. the chinese foreign ministry said the three countries were on a path of error and danger, calling the deal a violation of the aims of the international non proliferation treaty. here s the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson wang wenbin speaking at the daily press briefing. translation: china has repeatedly stressed that the aukus pact - and the three countries efforts to advance cooperation on nuclear submarines and other cutting edge military technology is typical cold war mentality. it will only spur an arms race and undermine the international nonproliferation regime and harm regional peace and stability. peace loving countries have expressed their serious concern and opposition. the three countries lates
hello. we ll have much more on our breaking news here in just a moment. a russian jet striking a u.s. drone over international waters in the black sea. first, though, today, a collective sigh of relief after the latest inflation numbers and a market rally have the u.s. stepping back from the brink of economic disaster. inflation has cooled for the eighth straight month with the consumer price index at a level we haven t seen since september of 2021. that doesn t mean the prices are back to normal. any trip to the grocery store makes that very clear. but overall they are trending in the right direction. right now regional banks are rebounding. there you see some of the surging stocks and paired with that deposit outflows are apparently slowing, meaning the collapse of two banks in recent days has not as of now sparked a domino effect. but moodies has just down graded its outlook for the entire u.s. banking sector. matt, what a difference a day makes here, right? first republic
i m bianna golodryga, welcome to cnn newsroom. i m john berman. we begin with breaking news. a russian fighter jet has forced down a u.s. drone over the black sea. the u.s. air force says the jet damaged the propeller of an mq-9 reaper drone. the aircrafts were operating over international waters when one of the jets intentionally flew in front of the drone and began dumping fuel. the white house says president biden has been briefed on the situation. cnn s oren liebermann is at the pentagon. we also have mark kimmitt. what are you learning? this played out early this morning over the black sea according to u.s. air force europe where a surveillance drone, an mq-9 reaper drone, was operating, again, over international waters when the air force says two russian fighter jets conducted an intercept in an up safe and unprofessional manner. but it goes beyond that. after the interpret, the russian fighter jets flew in front of the u.s. reaper drone, jumped dual in an attem
the alarming headline breaking late today. police outside syracuse, new york, say they have stopped a mass shooting threat at another upstate tops supermarket. a suspect in custody at this hour. tonight, how they knew of this threat, and why they took it seriously. tonight, the federal investigations now launched after those two u.s. banks collapsed. the justice department and the s.e.c. did high-ranking bank employees know this was coming? did they take advantage of that information? and the video tonight. one of the bank s ceos and what he asked employees to do as this was unfolding. pierre thomas tonight. the race for the white house. and florida governor ron desantis declaring that supporting ukraine is not in the vital interest of the u.s. instead, calling the russian invasion a, quote, territorial dispute. rachel scott tonight. this evening, the epa proposing new regulations to remove what are called forever chemicals from the drinking water in this country. ton
safeguards to prevent fraud. but critics say, others don t. how do you see people use technology the phishing scams we have all seen but it s going to sound like somebody you know. reporter: going forward because you hear it, doesn t mean you should delete it. gadi schwartz, nbc news. that wasn t me very cool and creepy. we have a lot to cover in our second hour. let s get right to it. at this hour, high-stakes standoff, russia steps up its assault in eastern ukraine, as volodymyr zelenskyy says the stakes couldn t be higher. president biden getting ready to sign an executive order to increase background checks. relief rally it s been a good day for your retirement account stocks are posting solid gaines after a new report on inflation and easing worries on the nation s banks just ahead, we talk to a key member of president biden s economic team. our nbc news reporters are covering all of the latest developments that s where we begin with nbc news business and dat