drone. welcome to the program, big two hours. i ll bill hemmer, hello, partner. dana: you set that up, i m dana perino. russia downed the drone in the water. russia says the drone was flying too close but it was in international waters. pissed off, the report coming out of our government, this was unprofessional act and environmentally unsound. they shot down a united states warplane, they took it out of action and that is the response we get back? yeah, not very happy about it. bill: from washington, dc with jennifer griffin, 32 million for the reaper drone, the same price of the russian jet, two of which were flying around that drone. we had reaction from john kirby earlier today on cnn, roll the clip that happened an hour ago. they need to be more careful flying in international sparespace near u.s. assets flying in completely legal ways in support of national security interest. they need to be more careful. the black sea doesn t belong to russia, it belongs to many
the u.s. called this incident everything from dangerous to juvenile, it happened yesterday morning 7 a.m. local time. two russian fighter jets, su-27 fighters went to a u.s. drone over the black sea. the pentagon says the fighter jets harassed the drone, buzzing dangerously close to the drone and one fighter dumped fuel on the drone and during one pass the russian fighter struck the propeller of the drone, breaking off a piece. the drone was unmanageable and the decision was made to ditch that aircraft in the black sea. with tengszs high between the u.s. and russia and china, they said this is the kind of thing that could sent nations spiralling toward a broader conflict. things bumping into each other and causing collision and two great nations sorting it out at 2 in the morning. russia has a different take and says the drone was heading toward russia with transponder turned off. the drone crashed. i want to emphasize the russian fighters didn t use weapons, didn t c
u.s. officials who call the incident violation of international law. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: second hour starts now, i m bill hemmer. that incident is first time since the cold war a u.s. aircraft went down after encountering a russ ian aircraf. the white house pins the blame on moscow. the message that we delivered to the russian ambassador is they need to be more careful flying in international airspace near u.s. assets that are flying in legal ways conducting missions in support of our national security interest, they need to be more careful. bill: senator mike tobin stands by. mike.