the sky, but they ve now had to do it four times in less than two weeks. what the heck is going on? is today the day the white house gives the public some answers. dramatic video out of turkey where this woman was pulled from the rubble after spending 175 hours buried alive. she s not the only one. the stories that are providing flickers of joy in the midst of an escalating catastrophe coming up. nikki haley is poised to become the first republican to take on donald trump and she won t be the last. it s one thing to run. who is ready to actually go after the former president who is already in attack mode. lots to get to. we start with the extraordinary developments in the sky above the u.s. pentagon and military officials are scrambling to answer the question the entire country is asking. what are those unidentified objects we keep shooting down including three in the last three days. we re hoping to get more answers from the white house briefing set to get under way an
react? terrific hypothetical, we re not there yet. you have the chinese spy issue, chinese buying more oil from russia, china, you know, opening up cases in the u.s. trying to steal u.s. technology from universities, president xi is going to be meeting with the iranian president, at what point do a big review of the u.s. relationship with china, and at what point does the president ask for a call from president xi? again, i don t have a call to talk about today. level set here, and i know i m running close on time, but sorry. no, it s not your fault. the president met with president xi at bali, at the g20. the whole purpose of that discussion was to move this relationship forward in a better way. most consequential bilateral relationship in the world. the president knows that, and he wanted to move that relationship forward in a better way. and secretary blinken was dang near wheels up trying to head to beijing to have those kinds of conversations to get some of the
i m paula reid. jim acosta has the day off. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news. the u.s. military has shot down another high-altitude object, this time over lake huron. this is according to aus u.s. official and a congressional source briefed on the matter. this would be the fourth object brought down by u.s. fighter jets in the past nine days. cnn s kylie atwood is at the state department. kylie, war you learning? that s right, paula. and the third object brought down in just the last three days. of course, we re learning that this high-altitude object was traveling and so the down over lake huron, north of michigan, in between michigan and canada. that is according to a u.s. official and a congressional source briefed on the matter. it appears that members of congress from michigan are learning more about this in conversations with the pentagon today. i want to read to you what congresswoman slotkin tweeted just in the last few hours or so, saying,
ground setting up shelters at local high schools. still no word on what started the flames. thankfully no one has been hurt. for the local on the 8sest on the new jersey fire head to the fox weather app. steve: particularly this time of year in april, the pine are very dry and very acceptable to wildfire. this is the height, the peak of wildfire season in new jersey. brian: going to need new pine trees. ainsley: looks a lot better than it did. we were seeing flames shooting high in the sky this morning. steve: indeed. starting to get a handle on it. brian: smoke is not going to make joe biden happy. speaking of joe biden he is in ireland this morning meaning with prime minister sunak. ainsley: his son hunter is tagging along on that trip just after fox news reveals his business associates visited the white house, hunter s business guys and women over 80 times while joe biden was our vice president. steve: well, peter doocy wakes up today. he s in belfast, northe
thing. the pentagon briefing has begun, let s go there. the pentagon for a variety of reasons our normal call-in options will not be available, for those that have had to call in, we apologize. we will get it up as quickly as possible for reporting purposes and answer questions from the dod press desk. moving forward we ll look at ways to improve briefing operations and expect regular press briefings will resume in the press briefing room in middle to late may. we appreciate your patience and extend our thanks to department of air force for using airmen s hall for temporary briefing home. secretary austin returned yesterday from a productive series of meetings in the republic of korea in the philippines, the secretary and his counterpart reaffirmed measures for deterrence on the korean peninsula, and pledge to closely cooperate regarding assets in the future, as well as further expand and bolster level and scale of combined exercises and training. in the philippines, secret