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Hill. >> im jim sciutto. the moment of impact, remarkable new video shows a russian fighter jet as it forced down a u.s. drone over, we should note, international waters. all of this played out just south of ukraine. 48 hours ago. video proof russia didnt tell the truth about this. im going to walk you through what we learned from the new video just ahead. also today, janet yellen with a direct message to americans, your money, your bank deposits are safe. she is set to testify on the hill nex...

Argentine defence minister and ambassador to China discuss possible procurement of JF-17 fighters and armoured vehicles, according to embassy.

The U.S. military has released footage that depicts a portion of the Tuesday encounter between two Russian fighter jet pilots and the U.S. drone they forced down.

Im lindsey reiser we have breaking news this thursday morning dramatic video released from the u.s. military showing the alarming moment a russian fighter jet clipped a u.s. drone sending it crashing into the black sea. u.s. officials calling the action unsafe, unprofessional, aggressive nbc news confirming those actions were approved from the government >> and janet yellen in the hot seat this morning as regulators race to alleviate fears. the treasury secretary set to begin testifying before t...

The russians. an hour ago, you said it looks like the guy was flying out of control. it was an accident, ultimately. is there any chance that the pentagon would shoot a russian drone out of the sky given the fact that was probably an accident and they didnt shoot our drone down. >> thats correct, steve. officials say there is no chance u.s. military will be shooting downey russian drones. frankly, they show the gray area when it comes to these unmanned platforms. this is is an unarmed drone. thi...

Good morning, everyone. you can see poppy and don are in new york. were going to begin this hour with breaking news. minutes ago we just got dramatic new video from the pentagon released by the military where you can see a russian fighter jet approaching the back of the american drone that has now been down for about 4,000 to 5,000 feet in the black sea. in this video, you can see where the russian fighter jet is going up to this american drone. it is dumping fuel on it. thats what youre seeing ...

And thank you for your time. >> thank you, jim. and now, new video declassified by the u.s. military to show a pair of fighter jets, and look at that, forced down a mq-9 reaper drone over the black sea and the military is able to extract this video in the last 24 hours, and the last video is less conclusive and this one, erica, it shows that he did hit it. >> and this is from the pentagon this morning, and natasha bertrand is in the pentagon, and walk us through what we are seeing in this vide...

Unpacking this, its interesting. the russians -- if that reporting is true -- has certainly used provocative and aggressive measures. but i think theres also a notion that the pilot of that russian aircraft put himself at risk as well this was not some kind of special tactics. dumping that fuel, you know, to incapacitate the sensors on the drone is one thing but clipping the aircraft is pretty serious and its actually more dangerous. we lost a $50 million unmanned aircraft they actually almost l...

Unmanned drone by a russian fighter jet. then it comes back to drop even more fuel. and it ends up clipping the drone, temporarily cutting off the camera feed. when the feed returns, you can actually see the propeller on your upper right-hand side clearly damaged there, and that forced the military to bring the drone back down into the black sea. the u.s. says there were efforts to wipe all of the sensitive data there, so starting us off, nbcs pentagon cont, courtney k kube, monica alba, and hel...

They dump jet fuel, and they dont get close to the drone, and you can see the propeller is spinning there, and it is working fine. it is the second clip that shows what happened here, and the russian denial does not hold water. the jet approaches again, and the russian sq russian fighter, and the drone is disrupted a little bit as well as the bars a little bit, but when it comes back on line, you can see that it is a damaged propeller with the bent end, and this is the telling signal and the tel...