norah: good evening and thank you for joining us as we start a new week to get approval want to begin tonight with the sonic boom that shook the ground and frighten residents across the washington, d.c., area on suay. the military scrambled six f-16 fighter jets to intercept an unresponsive plane that had entered restricted airspace over the nation s capital. president biden was not at the white house at the time. the small plane eventually crashed in a rural wooded area in western virginia. ntsb investigators are on the scene that they say could take several days to collect all the evidence. four people were killed. cbs news has learned the victims included 49-year-old adina azarian, her 2-year-old daughter, their nanny and the pilot. the u.s. capitol complex was placed on an elevated alert. cbs s jeff pegues will start us off from near the crash site in greenville, virginia. good evening, jeff. reporter: getting new information from the faa.
a chinese fighter jet cutting right in front of a u.s. surveillance plane. kirby saying that the united states plans to continue to operate where international law allows, saying we re going to stay there, and also confirming the united states intense to maintain open communication with china so that an escalation, a terrible independents dent doesn t occur. stay with cnn news central. we ll be right back. smooths the look of fine lines in n 1-week, deep wrinkles inin 4. so y you can kiss wrinkles goodbye! neutrogena® - representative! - sorry, i didn t get that. - oh buddy! you need a hug. you also need consumer cellular. get the exact same coverage as the nation s leading carriers d 100% us based customer support. starting at $20. consumer cellular.
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of the western pacific. and pave the way for an easier takeover of taiwan. eric shawn has more from the new york city newsroom. today there is new ominous warnings about china s escalating aggression. that chinese warship intercepted a guided missile destroyer in the taiwan strait, it happened on saturday, crossing dangerously across the bow of our ship. this alarming maneuvering just days after this happened, you are looking at a chinese jet fighter crossing the path of a u.s. surveillance plane. that caused our plane to shake from the chinese jet s wake turbulence. all this comes as wisconsin congressman mike gallagher, chair of the house select committee on the chinese communist party says the brazen stunts are all part of china s strategic efforts to challenge the american presence in the pacific. he says president biden has to do a couple things, increase the military presence in the region,
rein in that kind of conduct. reporter: when he tried to meet with the chinese defense minister, all he got was a handshake and a speech vowing to use force against anyone who tries to come between china and taiwan. 11 days ago, chinese jet cut across the nose of a u.s. reconnaissance plane over in the south china sea. jostling the crew with its weight. in december, another chinese jet intercept this electronic surveillance plane and the american crew had to change course to avoid a mid air when the chinese plane came within 2. when you have pieces of metal that size, whether it s in the air or on the sea and they are operating that close together, it wouldn t take much. for an error in judgment or a mistake to get made. and somebody could get hurt. reporter: and his speech at the singapore conference, the chinese defense minister accused the u.s. of a. cold war mentality and said relations between the two countries are at