It may be the most deeply personal cause on president obamas agenda and led to some very powerful moments today at the white house ceremony that ended just a while ago. The president delivering a powerful speech and drawing on his own background, growing up without a father, the president launched a program called my brothers keeper to keep young minority men in school and out of jail and put them on the road to success. I explained to them that when i was their age, i was a lot like them. I didnt have a dad in the house. And i was angry about it, even though i didnt necessarily realize it at the time. I made bad choices. I got high without always thinking about the harm that it could do. I didnt always take school as seriously as i should have. I made excuses. Sometimes i sold myself short and i remember when i was saying chris, you may remember this. After i was finished, the guy sitting next to me said, are you talking about you . I said yeah. And the point was i could see myself in
To switch the blame, but president obamas weak Foreign Policy is the real problem. The debate starts right now. Tonight on crossfire a stern warning to Vladimir Putin. Russias on the wrong side of history on this. But republicans say president obama is mishandling russia. This is the ultimate result of a feckless Foreign Policy where nobody believes in americas strength any more. On the left, sally kohn, on the right, Newt Gingrich. In the crossfire Lawrence Korb who supports the president and Danielle Pletka, one of the president s harshest critics. Is Vladimir Putin pushing around the u. S. Because the president is weak . Tonight on crossfire. Welcome to crossfires breaking News Coverage of the crisis in the ukraine. Im sally kohn on the left. Im Newt Gingrich on the right. In the crossfire tonight, two guests who disagree on president obamas handling of the crisis in ukraine. Were in the most dangerous challenge to the International Community since Saddam Hussein squeezed kuwait and
Near miss between an american airliner and a drone. It happened 2300 feet in the air near tallahassee, florida. The near miss occurred in march, but the incident is obviously just coming to light tonight. Jack nicholas broke the story for the wall street journal. How did it happen . Thats a good question. And thats what many people are trying to figure out. What we know right new and what an faa official revealed on thursday is that a us airways regional jet pilot was flying, approaching into tallahassee and saw a what would be a drone, what probably is a model aircraft come as close as according to the faa official that he had hit it. Now later inspection of the aircraft revealed that they had not touched. But two aircraft coming this close airborne is extraordinary, because under faa regulation, aircraft should be at least one thousand feet apart vertically and several miles apart horizontally. So obviously this is an extraordinary incident. Extraordinary. And how big of a danger cou
Police say theyve narrowed down the search but theyve not found the two remaining passengers. Weve also found kind of a debris field. We found different items that would have been inside the hotair balloon. This is very helpful for us in our search efforts, because now we have an area of concentration. And that appears to be the moment when youre seeing here what appears to be the moment when the burning basket fell away from the balloon. Weve got more on the accident now that happened just before 8 00 last night. Authorities say that hotair balloon participating in the midatlantic Balloon Festival near richmond drifted into power lines and caused the basket to burst into flames. The balloon then continued to fly away and that basket, as we saw, right here looking like a fireball in the night sky. The pictures are unbelievable. One witness reported hearing two people screaming as they jumped from that burning basket. And you could hear them screaming, please, dear god, sweet jeez sujes
Im john berman. Those stories and more right now this hour. Two major stories about computer hackers. One involving criminals who can get into your home computer. The other is an historic case of cyberespionage. Attorney general eric holder announcing for the first time the u. S. Filed charges against Chinese Military officers. Theyre accused of hacking into several major u. S. Companies to steal their secrets. This case should serve as a wakeup call to the seriousness of the ongoing cyberthreat. These criminal charges represent a Ground Breaking step forward in addressing that threat. Well talk about the personal computer hacking story in just a moment. First, evan perez is here. Lets talk about this case with china. Historic to say the least. Thats right. Its the first time that the u. S. Has ever charged Chinese Government officials with hacking. They are talking about the secretive unit of the pla, the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army thats based in shanghai and that specializes in