and not long ago to preview the case and the fight she says not enough people are talking about it. it s devastating that there are women out there who are retiring or changing their events because they are forced to compete against biological males. women s sports should be preserved as just women s sports. gillian: this military whistleblower has gone public with claims the u.s. has a super secret program to retrieve spacecraft they say is of nonhuman origin. wreckage from ufos. john: sending shock waives through the sports world. saudi-backed liv golf now merging with the pga tour, despite some pga players who went over to the tour got grief. all that as america reports rolls into a second hour. good to be spending more time with you. gillian: fox news alert from the white house. john: president biden will hold a cabinet meeting to discuss his next 100 days in office, and selling his legislative wins at the top of his agenda as he fights to win a second term.
a u.s. drone is down after colliding with a russian jet. the lead starts right now. russian fighter jets intercept an unmanned u.s. drone, forcing it down over the black sea. how will the u.s. respond? plus, 2024 is clearly on. donald trump makes his first election stop in iowa, in the cycle. he takes aim at his first florida competitive, florida governor ron desantis is not officially in the race yet. but first, protecting your money, multiple investigations reportedly launched into the collapse of silicon valley bank, or cbb, as panicked tweets are partly to blame for banks losing $40 million in a single day. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. any moment, president biden is expected to speak in monterey park, california, about efforts to reduce gun violence. he ll also meet with families and victims from one of this year s many, many mass shootings. we ll bring you the president s remarks as soon as they begin. until then, we turn to money lead. markets clo
invasion of ukraine. a spokesman for the u.s. air force called the actions reckless, unsound and unprofessional. let s bring in natasha bertrand and melissa bell live in kyiv, ukraine. melissa, what are we hearing today from ukrainian and russian officials ans about this inciden the black sea? reporter: what we are getting from the russian ministry of defense is a direct contradiction to what the united states has said so far. what the russians are saying is that there was no contact at all, and that drone went down into the black sea as a result of sharp maneuvering, moscow accusing that drone of flying without transponders that allow a drone to be tracked, a violation of the temporary measures that were put in place for the special military operation in that area. the euphemism that russia uses for its invasion of ukraine. what seems to have happened is that drone was destected off th coast of the crimean peninsula. russian jets scrambled to get up there, and we have seen
cnn s diane gallagher has a look at this extremely rare move. god save the state and this honorable court. reporter: in a rare move, the north carolina state supreme court is rehearing a case it decided just last year. what has happened over the course of the past 88 days since we issued our opinion in this case that would mandate and compel a different result? reporter: the case itself, which centers on gerrymandering congressional and state legislated maps, hasn t changed. but the political makeup of the court has. flipping from a democratic to republican majority in november. the impact of this judicial redo would stretch past the tarheel state, where the congressional districts are evenly split, each shaping who controls the united states house of representatives in 2024, and beyond. it s extremely unusual. i think it s possible, though, that it may become the new norm.