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And pentagon concerning the russian downing of a u.s. drone. >> new video shows when a pair of russian fighter jets approached the drone and brought it down. lets bring in oren liebermann and jeremy diamond. lets start with what the pentagon is saying about this new video. >> reporter: the video itself is pretty incredible. a close look at what happened early tuesday morning over the black sea. there are essentially two pieces to it. in the first one, a russian fighter jet makes a pass at a u.s....

White house there, and the pentagon briefing, not quite yet on the russian fighter jet that downed the american drone but big questions as the video was released to the public over what the intention was of russia, where it is reported this decision was made at the highest levels of the russian government, not sure where vladimir putin himself was involved in that decision, according to those reports, john. big questions over what we are doing about the drone that is in the very deep waters ther...

Sea this week. newly declassified pentagon video from the drones camera captured a russian warplane spraying jet fuel directly in the path of the pilotless drone. one of several close passes by russian fighters according to the pentagon, one of which resulted in a collision. part of the american aircrafts propeller sheared off forcing the drone to crash while american officials allow the russian pilot may have accidentally bumped the drone, they say theres no question where the orders to harass ...

Fighter jet did physically hit the u.s. drone. it is important to note here what the russians have been saying about this, which is a denial, essentially, for the last three days, we have been saying that they did not physically hit this drone. and that their pilots acted in a very responsible and professional manner. well, the u.s. has released this video now, according to the white house, in order to show that the russians, quote, flat-out lied about how this incident went down. we should note...

An electrical short circuit they didnt want their fsb to have been attacked. of course belonging to the fsb on fire like this is raising questions and fears in russia and theres lot to get to tonight i want to begin natasha at the pentagon tonight, what more are you learning about the drone incident. >> reporter: were learning that the u.s. believes that the russians have been able to collect some of that debris from the drone that crashed into the black sea, but were also hearing more today abo...

We asked and now the pentagon has delivered this morning the department of defense released video of a russian fighter jet harassing a u.s. drone over the black sea. you can see a spray of fuel and a collision. now nbc news has exclusively learned that the aggressive action was approved at the highest levels of power in the kremlin, according to three u.s. officials familiar with the intelligence joining me now is keir simmons and nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube. so moscow has deni...

Started to set in last week. prescient, prudent or what do you think of that? >> i think they want to say, we told you so. so saying that there is a 1 in 3 chance is hardly a bold move. we have been surveying economists over the past six monthssh and they have been saying that if you are taking the collective wisdom of the economists, and the chances are 50-50 over the coming year, and if anything, kate, the timing of the recession is a greater question, and not whether we have one, because we w...

After the u.s. revealed yesterday a russian fighter jet and u.s. drone collided midair over the black sea u.s. officials summoned the russian ambassador to the state department headquarters late yesterday to take the russians to task for what he called unsafe and reckless behavior russia denied hilting the drone and accused the u.s. of conducting surveillance to help ukraine. pentagon correspondent is with us also join ing us is evelyn farther cuss courtney, this incident really first of its kin...

Congress now that one of our drones has been basically taken out by a russian fighter jet. one, what is our military response going to be and, two, what is the mission and purpose of those surveillance flights and/or if these are armed drones. whats going on there and what decisions is the biden and white house making without the authorization from congress? >> ashley: what do you think biden should do in response? >> well, first of all, i would like to know all of the facts and all of the infor...

For sure. >> thats the acting faa administeror said. >> it is still acting. they dont have a permanent one. >> they had a hearing. well see if it becomes permanent. well get to that later in the show. also, were seeing tension escalate after the pentagon said that a russian fighter jet clipped a u.s. spy drone and forced the u.s. to down it. the dangerous encounter happened over the black sea. a russian jet dumped fuel on the drone several times then clipped the propeller which forced the u.s. t...