hello and welcome. let s begin with the tensions around taiwan where chinese military forces are conducting drills for a third day. taiwan s defence ministry says it has detected 11 chinese warships and 59 aircraft around the island, 39 entered taiwan s air defence zones on monday morning. these are some of the latest images of the drills released by china s military and shown on the country s state television. the chinese display of force has added to tension between china and the united states. and the us navy says it has sailed a guided missile destroyer through contested waters claimed by china near the spratly islands to assert navigational passage rights. with the latest on the drills, here s our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo. this is the third day of military drills. drills which china calls operationjoint sword. it is surrounding taiwan, a self governing island. china s military exercises happened hours within the return of the taiwanese president from her
judge blocks the fda approval of a key abortion medication. how the biden administration is planning to respond and china simulating strikes against taiwan after the nation s president visited the us we re live in beijing as tensions escalate. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this is early start this morning. justice department officials are racing to find out how top secret u. s military documents were leaked online. the information is intended only for those with the highest levels of us security clearance documents cover a wide range of topics from assessments of ukraine s military strength and casualty figures to intelligence on american allies like israel and south korea. the documents will reportedly first posted on obscure internet gaming sites. but have now turned up on twitter and youtube in recent weeks, democratic congressman ruben gallego, raising concerns that this leak could jeopardize sources and
have a good one on friday? great one party. you are matching the mood. your name and the spring poppies. great we re so glad you re with us. i m clearly in a great mood. good morning, everyone. hopefully that goes for all of us started. i m gonna make it. so let s get started with five things to know for this monday, april 10th 2023. the department of justice has appealed a federal judge s ruling halting the fda approval of a widely used abortion pill. this case will likely head now soon to the supreme court. also, the pentagon is now investigating a leak of what appears to be classified intelligence. when it comes to russia in the war in ukraine, the alleged documents reveal spying efforts on russia and us allies. also today nationals city council is set to hold a meeting to discuss potentially reappointing justin jones to his house seat. jones and his colleague justin pearson, were expelled last week for breaking rules during a gun protest first for rutgers university facul
numbers and weaknesses as they gear up for a major counter. offensive. a source close to the ukrainian president vladimir zelensky, telling cnn that ukraine has already altered some of its military plans because of this leak. another source says that the crumpled documents that look like they were shoved in somebody s pocket and removed from a secure location. just department has now launched an investigation. there is major concern that america s intelligence sources deep inside the russian government. might be in danger or cut off because of the leak. serious implications here. cnn s chief law enforcement and intelligence analysts is mr john miller. he joins us now, john. good morning to you. morning how does it leak like this happened? what happened? i mean in the intelligence community, and i remember this when i was in the director of national intelligence office, you know you go into your morning cash in the emails and to get up to date just the way we do. there s a lot