hello. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. any moment now, president biden is expected to update americans on the recent and unprecedented shootdowns of objects over north america. the president has been facing growing pressure to bring more transparency to the issue that has gripped the nation for the last month. let s get straight to jeremy diamond in washington. what are we expecting to hear from the president? this is the first time we hear directly from president biden in a formal setting on the downing not only of that chinese spy balloon but the three objects brought down between friday and sunday. to get to this point, a couple of things had to happen because the white house has really been in discussions over the last several days about the wisdom, the merits of the president potentially addressing this issue. they were wary at first of making this a bigger issue than it actually is. and they were also wanting to make sure the president waited until
good evening, welcome, i m earth nature. just ahead on cnn newsroom, russian warplanes are accused of taking down a u.s. drone over the black sea. it s a potentially dangerous escalation at a critical moment in moscow s war against ukraine. we are tracking two major coastal storms in the u.s.. more flooding in california, and a nor easter dumping feet of snow in new england. plus, coming soon to florida beaches, a giant blob of stinky seaweed. around twice the width of the united states and visible from space. i ll speak to a leading researcher about the dangers it poses on sea and on land, the impact would have on tourism, and what it will take to clean up the mess. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom was rosemary church. good to have you with us. while, the u.s. air force says american and allied jets will continue to operate in international airspace after a confrontation with russia over the black sea near ukraine. the u.s. military says russian fighter
chief of the faa i asked him why do these near misses seem to be happening so often. and the bakery helping young chefs rise to their full potential and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank you for joining us we ll get to that major weather news in a few moments. but first, we want to bring you the latest in what we know about a dangerous aerial encounter in the sky today between the united states and russia the pentagon saying a russian fighter jet poured fuel on an unmanned american drone, then collided with it over the black sea. it sent the american aircraft into the water the confrontation escalating already high tensions between the countries which are telling different versions of today s event. courtney kube has the latest for us from the pentagon. reporter: the stunning showdown happening over the black sea near ukraine and russia when an unmanned american drone like this one called a reaper was c
down the financial sector. coming on the heels of the major collapse of silicon valley pank. we ll dig into the investigations now being launched into svb, including whether bank executives sold any stock before the spectacular meltdown also right now, abortion rights are firmly in the spotlight in a texas courtroom a judge is set to gavel in a high-stakes hearing over whether to pull a major abortion pill off the market we re expecting crowds of support etc. to gather outside the courthouse how soon the judge could make a decision and how tar beyond texas it could reach plus michael cohen heads back in the hot seat he s set to answer even nor questions before the manhattan grand jury probing hush money payments to stormy daniels cohen spent three hours answering questions on moond what more could he have to say today. and the faa is set to host a safety summit after weeks of high profile close calls between planes and terrifying on board attacks. the changes that could
overrespond. i hope it doesn t happen again former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul with his assessment of the russian confrontation of the u.s. drone over the black sea we ll have much more on the diplomatic implications of the incident just ahead. plus, some republican lawmakers are pushing back on comments from ron desantis about russia s invasion of ukraine with comparisons to neville chamberlain. things got tense between ari m melber and donald trump s lawyer an interview that s incredible revealing in many ways a little later on morning joe. it s wednesday, march 15th we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire, david i ignatius mark mckinnon. first, we start with the new information that we re learning about a collision that occurred yesterday between a russian fighter jet and an unmanned u.s. surveillance drone over the black sea. the united states european command reports around 7:00 local time yesterday two russian jets began to track the drone