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hello, everyone. thank you for joining me this sunday. im fredicka whitfield. a dramatic takedown and now a race to recover pieces of that suspected chinese supply balloon. the u.s. military shooting it out of the sky on saturday just off the coast of south carolina. you watched it with us live. president biden on wednesday ordering the balloon to be destroyed as soon as possible. his top military brass advising the president to wait until it was safely over the ocean. efforts are now ...

coast of myrtle beach, south carolina, collecting the wreckage of the downed balloon. republicans are condemning president biden for failing to take action on the balloon sooner. lets get the latest on the balloon and todays recovery efforts, zachary cohen is here. zachary, what more are we learning about this balloon and, i guess, at some point, they need to pull it up out of the ocean and start examining it. >> i think at this early stage, u.s. officials are not buying the chinese go...

their remains. here is spokesperson ned price at the state department just a moment ago. >> i understand we may have more so share from the fbi at the appropriate time. but from the department of state its important for us not to impinge on investigative equities especially in an investigation that implicates the kidnapping of four americans, the death of two americans and two americans who survived what by all accounts must have been a traumatic experience. >> there are still so many ...

bloody war in ukraine. is that what was behind this weeks confrontation with the u.s. drone and what does it say by him asking billionaires to save the russia economy. and the roller coaster on wall street shows no signs of stopping the s&p 500 is actually up what it all means for finances of everyday americans. and donald trump and his allying ramping up on ron desantis. and vladimir putin is under exterior and growing pressure both at home and abroad. mired in a war thats gone ...

♪ but, breaking tonight, the suspect accused of leaking our nations top secrets appearing in court for the first time today. 21-year-old national guard man for leaking and sharing classified information. we learn more about the investigation that led to his takedown as criticism mount to the methods of highly sensitive secrets to thousands of people including a 21-year-old air national guardman from texas. they are tightening the entire process. reaction. we begin alexis mcadams outs...

by the effects of strikes by public sector workers. the office for national statistics said that a rise in construction activity had been offset by walkouts by teachers and civil servants. it follows a surprise 0.4% jump in economic growth injanuary — which brings the uk economy, finally, to a point where it is bigger than it was pre—pandemic. the value of sterling rose to its highest level since june of last year, with £1 getting you i dollar and twenty five cents. despite februa...

war, the u.s. and russia have had confrontations at air and sea. these incounters have only rarely blown up into serious incidents. thats 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 m...

russian fighters who damaged it and was then forced down. >> somebody couldve 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 dont 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 was...

of falsifying business records, typically just a misdemeanor, and district attorneys alvin braggs strategy for elevating the charges is on shaky legal ground. >> heres the "new york post," calling the case trumped up. the paper writes, is that it? braggs historic cases versus don falls flat. >> meanwhile the da defending his controversial decision to bring a case against a former u.s. president. >> your predecessor took a hard look at this case and decided not to charge it. federal pro...

>> good evening, welcome, im earth nature. just ahead on cnn newsroom, russian warplanes are accused of taking down a u.s. drone over the black sea. its a potentially dangerous escalation at a critical moment in moscows war against ukraine. we are tracking two major coastal storms in the u.s.. more flooding in california, and a noreaster dumping feet of snow in new england. plus, coming soon to florida beaches, a giant blob of stinky seaweed. around twice the width of the united states...