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i m bianna golodryga, welcome to cnn newsroom. i m john berman. we begin with breaking news. a russian fighter jet has forced down a u.s. drone over the black sea. the u.s. air force says the jet damaged the propeller of an mq-9 reaper drone. the aircrafts were operating over international waters when one of the jets intentionally flew in front of the drone and began dumping fuel. the white house says president biden has been briefed on the situation. cnn s oren liebermann is at the pentagon. we also have mark kimmitt. what are you learning? this played out early this morning over the black sea according to u.s. air force europe where a surveillance drone, an mq-9 reaper drone, was operating, again, over international waters when the air force says two russian fighter jets conducted an intercept in an up safe and unprofessional manner. but it goes beyond that. after the interpret, the russian fighter jets flew in front of the u.s. reaper drone, jumped dual in an ....
That s only going to make the power outages more likely. a lot of people will be spending tonight in the dark across the northeast, guys. jennifer, let s go back out west. let s talk about the rain and flooding in california. what are you expecting there? huge flash flood threat. and this one is interesting because we re seeing the rainfall where snow has previously fallen from these atmospheric rivers over the last couple of weeks because the rainfall is falling at a higher elevation. the flash flood threat is very real with this system. we have rain that s falling and we have rapid snow melt so that flood watch is in effect. we have very heavy rain that s going to be expected across much of the state. you can see all across northern to southern california, snow for the very high elevations across the sierra nevada, but we are going to see mainly rain for the lower elevations as that pushes forward, we re going to see that all the way through this evening. should be wrapping up by ....
41 people now confirmed dead from hurricane irene. this hour vermont is still trying to pull people out of the rushing rivers. i ll speak with several people still trapped there. including a groom got married saturday, hoping to leave on his honeymoon in 48 hours. we ll get a live update pr him. also from fema and the governor of vermont. stay tuned for that. in addition to the wildfires, there s talk about a formation off the coast of the yucatan peninsula. chad myers, who is racing back out here. chad myers, as we re looking at this formation, do we need to be worried? we don t need to be worried at this point in time. although, this may be the nicest tropical storm, i hope, that we ever see ever. you consider what we just showed you, all the pictures in oklahoma, that s really, other than the fire, that s what all of texas looks like. completely tinder ground. if we can get a 40 miles per hour storm over the gulf of mexico and run into louisiana and texas and spr ....
hunkered down for the weekend. about 14,000 active duty and national guard troops had been put on standby. that s the view of the storm from the white house. suzanne kennedy has a closer look to the folks who live in the district of columbia and the situation there. in fact, suzanne you ve moved since last we talked. where are you right now? this is 39th and edmonds. this is the first tree that fell. cnn sunday morning, coming to you early. suzanne malveaux joining us for this coverage of irene. thank you for our affiliate wjla there. we re picking it up and will be with you for the next several hours. hurricane irene continues its northern march up the eastern seaboard. irene is still a category 1 storm, pushing 75 miles an hour winds or so. the latest track has the eye of the hurricane 15 miles southeast of atlantic city, new jersey, heading toward new york metro area. very soon. in delaware at least 40,000 people are now without power. just this morning, presid ....
surgery. police in mexico arrested the leader of one of the country s most notorious drug reasons. balderas operated the gang. i talked to a former dea agent a short time ago. this is major. you ve got to remember this gang was responsible for large shipments over a long period of time, over ten years, coming from mexico to united states. you re talking about cocaine, marijuana. also, because they were able to free up the borders and get control over the borders, there is methamphetamine and heroin that crossed the borders as well. barragan was wanted in the united states. the united states offered a $5 million reward for his capture. a suicide bomber attacked an afghan military hospital in kabul. a taliban spokesman claims 51 people died including foreigners. the afghan government puts the death toll at six with 26 others injured. the attack comes as general david petraeus warns of a summer surge in high-profile taliban attacks. the obama administration is se ....