i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. for the second time in less than a week, u.s. fighter jets have shot down an object in u.s. airspace. on friday president biden gave the order to shoot down a, quote, high altitude object hovering ten miles off the coast of alaska. of course, last saturday fighter jets shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon in the atlantic ocean after flying across the entire country. joining me to discuss the retired air force lieutenant general, the air force s first chief of intelligence, surveillance and reconnoissance. he s a fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours. he was the principal attack planner for the operation desert storm air campaign, commander of no fly operations over iraq and served on two congressional commissions focused on america s future defense strategy. these days he s the dean of aerospace studies. so what is norad s responsibility and what s the framework through which it determines a course of action? well, mich
cities around the country. translation: cities around the country. translation: , ., ., . ., translation: they want to panic and chaos, to destroy translation: they want to panic and chaos, to destroy our translation: they want to panic and chaos, to destroy our energy - translation: they want to panic and chaos, to destroy our energy system. | chaos, to destroy our energy system. they are hopeless. the second target is people. such a time in such goals were specially chosen to cause as much damage as possible. it comes as president putin prepares to meet his security council after accusing ukraine of attacking the bridge between russia and crimea. and the attacks continue on other cities in the west of ukraine, following up sunday s missile strike on zaphorizhzhia. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m lukwesa burak. there have been multiple strikes and explosions across ukraine, including the capital. here s what we know so far. a serie
president biden says he believes that s because of how terribly russia is doing on the battlefield. he used the word underperforming, how he believes the setbacks, humiliating and the draft that putin put in place is all factoring into this. it seems to be causing a real sense of concern for president biden tonight who said he believes the world is the closest it has been to the potential nuclear catastrophe since the 1960s. since the cuban missile crisis, of course, we are coming up on the anniversary of that quite soon. president biden said tonight we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. he is talking about putin. a guy we know fairly well, he is not joking when he talks about the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons because his military is, as you might say, significantly underperforming. he made clear, don, washington is trying to figure out what putin s end game is going to be, what h
Im back tomorrow. The lead with jake tapper starts after a short break. Donald trump heading to the scene of the january 6th crimes. The lead starts right now. Sources tell cnn that the former president wants to go to capitol hill, where he wants to add his two cents on the debate over who should be the next speaker of the house. Do republican lawmakers want him there . Ill talk to a republican who has been in touch with him this week. Plus, one of the deadliest strikes in ukraine since the beginning of russias invasion. A horrific scene of putins war. More than 50 civilians killed after a Missile Strike Hit a grocery store. But first, for years, donald trump said build the wall. Now its President Biden picking up on the new construction. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Im going to start today with our world lead. A number of developments happening right now, including the Immigration Crisis and the chaos at the u. S. Southern border. In moments, were going hear from top Biden Cab
The serv the service will also include taped remarks from President Biden. May her memory be a blessing. Thank you so much for joining inside politics. Cnn news central starts now. Russia just unleashed a new brutal attack on ukraine, killing at least 51 people including a 6yearold little boy, after a strike on a grocery store. Cnn is live on the scene. Plus no speaker and a long list of problems. The house frozen until republicans elect a new leader, putting funding for the entire u. S. Government and crucial support for ukraine in serious doubt. And President Biden building the wall after all. He just paved the way for new construction at the southern border despite saying he would not build another foot of the wall. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. We have breaking news out of ukraine. This right here on your screen is new video showing the devastating aftermath after a Russian Missile strike hit a small villag