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
this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead, everyone. we start with breaking news at any moment a deal could be reached to release some hostages taken from israel by hamas on october 7th. right now, the full israeli cabinet is meeting to give what is believed to be a final approval of the deal. just moments ago israeli prime minister benning anyone netanyahu asked the cabinet to support the deal and reminded the world we are at war and will continue at war. out of 240 people kidnapped by hamas 50 would be release. hostages will be visited by the red cross. three palestinian prisoners in israel will be freed for every civilian hostage released. it also calls for a four to five day pause in fighting. the majority of hostages who would be released in this deal is children. one is a 3-year-old, the youngest american held hostage whose parents were killed by hamas. her great aunt spoke to cnn today and was understandably emotional at the prospect of seeing her niece come h
sea to have carried out such recovery. so, the u.s. took some steps to protect its own equities, this mq-9 reaper drone, but again, unclear what that is. much of the response so far has been in the diplomatic lane. the u.s. summoning the russian ambassador to the u.s., and carrying out at least a 30 minute conversation at the state department. russia giving an entirely different version of events, saying there was no collusion, there was no russian jets firing at that u.s. around. but russia saying it does not want confrontation. so, at least, it looks as if the response to this right now will be in the diplomatic lane. the national security council saying it will repeatedly, and again, continue continually as it sees fit, fly surveillance drones and other assets in international airspace, as the right to do, as the russians have the right to do. so, the u.s. saying it will continue to do what it has done and will do, which is fly in