announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. after a dangerous confrontation in the skies, a warning tonight from russia to the u.s. not to fly aircraft near its airspace throwing the onus on the united states for that midair collision between a russian and american plane over the black sea yesterday. the u.s. making clear its pilotless surveillance plane was flying legally in international airspace when it was knocked from the sky by a russian fighter jet that had been flying close and aggressively the act raising alarms in the pentagon. secretary of defense lloyd austin confirming he spoke by telephone today with the russian defense minister, though not revealing the nature of their conversation. the u.s., however, accuses the russians of reckless and unprofessional behavior, and we have new reporting tonight on just how high up the orders came from in russia. peter alexander is at the white house with more reporter: tonight, for t
incident. as part of a pattern of aggressive, risky, and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international air space. i just got off the phone with my russian counterpart, minister shoigu. as i have said repeatedly, it is important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. the united states will continue to fly and operate wherever international law allows. in a news conference with the defense secretary joint chiefs chairman general mark milley said retrieving the wreckage will be very difficult and that it is now in 4,000 or 5,000 feet of water. the u.s. military said on tuesday a russian jet dumped fuel on an mq-9 reaper drone which officials say was doing routine operations in international air space. the russian jet then hit the propeller of the reaper forcing its remote pilots to bring it down in international waters. let s go to cnn s national security analyst and senior white house correspondent. the general said that it is not clear that th
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tragedy in ukraine. a helicopter crashes near a kindergarten killing at least 14 including a child and the ukrainian minister in charge of security. the growing school lunch crisis. districts across the country are running up thousands of dollars in debt to feed hungry students. here you go. what are you getting, cutie. and history made in maryland. tonight oprah win stree s message to the state s first black governor. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight there are new details in the case of that missing mom. her husband accused of murdering her. while he is being held without bail tonight and investigators are laying out a time line of his alleged google searches and wait until you hear about it. the day of his disappearance at 4:55 a.m., police say brian walshe searched how long before a body starts to smell. plus that tragedy in ukraine, more on that helic