obviously, tensions are already high between the two nations over involvement in ukraine. senior correspondent mike tobin is in kyiv tonight with the latest on this. good evening, mike. good evening, bret. a brazen violation of international law. that s the way the state department describes this contact between a u.s. drone and two russian fighter jets that ended with the u.s. drone being ditched in the black sea. the pentagon says for a half hour this morning two russian su-27 fighter jets harassed a u.s. mq 9 reaper drone in international fuel space. dumped fuel on it and pass sod close struck one of the propellers dropping it down into the southwest of crimea. this is the first contact of this sort since the height of the cold war. this incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional. russian defense ministry denies that the jet impacted the u.s. drone and says the drone was headed in the direction of russia with its transpo
katy tur. we re learning more about the shooting attack at the star ballroom dance studio in monterey park, california, including two of the victims identities. we ll bring you the latest from our own jose diaz balart there on the scene. today the community is mourning the massive loss of life, seven survivors remain hospitalized and a second possible shooting was stopped bay bystander. more on that in a minute. police have not released a motive for the shooting. nbc s kate snow spoke with the mayor of monterey park who had this to say. he may have come because his ex-wife was reveling, celebrating the new year, and you know, just sounded like a history of domestic violence, which is unfortunate, and he essentially, you know, committed to violence, and it cast a fog on a celebratory evening. was it your understanding his ex-wife was here that night? i believe so. so perhaps he was targeting her? possibly, yes. that suspect fled in a white van leading police on a
bianca is off for this week. just ahead on cnn newsroom why didn t we hear about this on november 2nd when the first batch of classified documents were discovered? those questions loom as he goes into the new week. storm after storm in california over the last few weeks. the ground and rivers are so sat saturated, it s not going to take much for more flooding. so let s heed the warnings of the officials and remain vigilant. heart breaking coming off of a celebratory week, the entire bulldog nation is at a loss. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. monday, january 16th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington, d.c. u.s. president joe biden is facing more scrutiny over his handling of classified documents. the republican chairman of the house oversight committee asked the white house for more information about the scandal, including visitor logs from joe biden s delaware residence where several classified items have been
million plus according to comer. that needs to be scrutinized. that is illegal. you just can t do it no matter what your last name is. harris: so chairman comer is now saying when he subpoenas president joe biden. when he subpoenas his son, hunter biden. the shift. what is your take on it? well, i think the preponderance of evidence is such now when you look at the $20 million. another key finding that has been overlooked. six policy decisions were connected to this pay for play and influence scheme where you see a corporation sending money to the bidens or one of their shell companies and suddenly a policy that they are advocating is moved forward via joe biden or subordinates. that s a huge concern. it shows that there was an influence scheme at play. if they can prove that and the only way to do is to subpoena
trump, i m not particularly certain of, that to be honest with you. i don t think the average person really carries. in terms of the former presidents legal issues, i think that is certain to be front and center in the midst of the election next year. but this devin our thing most americans don t know where the heck ukraine s. they don t care about this. it doesn t have an impact on them. so i m less certain this is going to be an effective political strategy. i think there are something republicans could focus on that might tend to be more effective for them in the general election. congresswoman, let me ask you about something more sinister here. democratic congressman jamie raskin has pointed this out. he sent a letter to comer, re-up in a claim that he withheld a key transcript from the american public, relating to the triple committee hearing with irs agents who say the department of justice mishandled the hunter biden case. comer pushed this idea of fees