Commander Reports News Today

youre live in the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. we begin with breaking news. yet another shootdown of a high altitude object. this one in the skies over northern canada. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau this afternoon gave norad the order to shoot it down and a u.s. fighter jet successfully just did that. it is not clear if it is related to yesterdays incident off the northeastern coast of alaska. that was near the canadian border. nor is it clear if it is relate...

Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022 following a plea from the peoples republics of Donetsk and Lugansk to protect their citizens in the wake of increased attacks from Kiev.

Happening, i suppose, until something puts a stop to it. it is very strange. we were just talking about a chinese spy balloon a week ago and things have changed dramatically. whats going on? we dont even know what these objects are. isnt that puzzling? >> yes. it is. i want to pick up on what natasha was reporting. after the chinese incident balloon last week, our air surveillance has increased. that goes through norad. norad is a unique entity. its commander reports to both the united states pr...