war, the u.s. and russia have had confrontations at air and sea. these incounters have only rarely blown up into serious incidents. that s because at least to some extent there are routines that are followed, less so for russia, everyone involved acts professionally. that was not the case today. an american reaper drone was intercepted by two russian fighters. it was damaged and then forced down. somebody could have gotten hurt. nobody wants to see that happen. and it could lead to miscalculations between two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together, but certainly in proximity in the region. we don t want to see this war escalate beyond what it has already done to the ukrainian people, so this is clearly, this was inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian pilots. russia s ambassador to washington was summoned to the state department. we ll also get perspective from mark hertling, but oren liebermann joins us from the pentagon. r
russian fighters who damaged it and was then forced down. somebody could ve gotten hurt. nobody wants to see that happen. and it could lead to miscalculations between two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together, but in proximity in the region. we don t want to see this war escalate beyond what it is already done to the ukrainian people. so this is clearly, it was an appropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian. pilots russians ambassador to washington was summoned to the state department. we ll have more on that shortly. also get a perspective from retired three star general mark hertling. but the latest on the incident rob leaning joins us from the panic. is it clear what happened? this all plays out early tuesday morning over international borders over the black sea, when u.s. air force reaper drone is doing what it has done countless times before. not only the during the war, but before the war, that is surveilling the black sea
inflation. prices fell dramatically last month for manufacturers. of course, those costs passed down to consumers eventually. the flip side, there are still banking fears simmering, futures way down ahead of the opening bell, you can see there. what all of this means as we get another big decision coming, that is, the feds, whether it will raise interest rates again. plus this morning escalating tensions after an alarming encounter over the black sea, a russian fighter jet colliding with an unmanned u.s. drone. that $23 million aircraft then crashing into the sea and the race is now on to recover it. extreme life-threatening weather continues to hammer both coasts this morning. record rain, swamping california, heavy snow, 3 feet in some areas, burying the northeast. this morning nearly half a million people without power. we are going to get to all of that, but we do want to begin with the economy this morning, this new data that just dropped, cnn chief business corres
sandra: kristin fisher has more. president biden will be delivering his first prime time address hours after signing his biggest first legislative accomplishment in to law. this american rescue plan 1.9 trillion. now, remember, this was supposed to be a bipartisan package. in the end, it had zero republican support. now the white house is proudly calling this the most progressive bill in american history. that is not sitting well with republican senator john kennedy. listen here from this morning. we tried with president biden. he said look, i ll meet you halfway. we said okay. well then he just ignored us. if he was meeting us halfway, he s a damn poor judge of distance. in terms of what to expect tonight, the white house says the president will mark the one-year anniversary of the country shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic. he will be talking about the sacrifices that the american people have made over the last year and what they have to look forward to
air. so to have to jets approach this things and knock it off course just, again shows the unsafe, unprofessional way that the russians are doing business. a drone isn t going to react like an f 16 does, where they can counter the maneuver. those are the kind of aircraft that are usually intercepted, are scrambled when the russians and other nato forces get involved in these types of intercepts. is this something that would ve come from high up the chain of command in russia? or would ve just being two pilots who were bored or one rogue pilot? that s the first thing that hit me anderson. i kind of think that patrol planes are out there looking for drones, looking for intelligence collecting assets. but the fact that it collided. i would put money, give it vegas odds at 60 40 that this was just an overanxious pilot who couldn t control his airplane or who did some very dumb thing. i don t think anybody ordered