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A russian fighter jet collided with a u.s. unmanned aircraft over the black sea what do you make of that >> it is just the latest in a series of provocations about the chinese and the russians have been harassing american aircraft in their respective regions. i think this one was over the black sea, but the russians have almost collided many, many times with american aircraft over the mediterranean and over the black sea. increasingly theyre using more dangerous tactics to get closer and closer ...

Platform. 66-foot wingspan and it can weigh more than $10,000 pounds. for a russian fighter jet to ram this or collide with it in the air, even puts that russian jet at fairly significant risk. and u.s. air force europe also points this out, that that collision risk downing more than just the drone but the russian aircraft as well. an extremely severe incident here as we wait to find out not only how the u.s. will respond, but also the latest on the recovery incident. u.s. air force europe sayin...

And could lead to miscalculation and unintended escalation. we have watched not only over the course of the war but even before as u.s. aircraft including reaper drones which we could track on flight tracking websites for the most part as well as knowing that russian aircraft were operating over the black sea have done so for more than a year at this point. but this of course is the first such interaction weve heard of essentially a collision, ramming of some sort, between the russian su-27 figh...

Businesses. and it will be months before the homes will be livable. the monterey county sheriff tells me theyve had to conduct about 200 rescues over the last couple days some because people refused to leave their homes. some of them because they just could not get out in time. here is what she had to say. >> our worst nightmare came through. we had failure at the levee. we knew that if there was failure at the levee it would inundate the community. you dont want this to happen to you. >> the ra...

Unreliable and uncontrollable, so we brought it down. >> reporter: the u.s. then crashing the drone into the black sea. the pentagon saying the russian fighter jet that hit it was damaged but managed to land. the big question, was this simply a reckless interception that got out of control? or was the collision done on purpose? unsafe, unprofessional, and i think the actions speak for themselves. >> reporter: the russians are claiming the drone was flying southwest of the crimean peninsula, towa...

Strength. >> thank you for coming, particularly after a red eye. >> well, i try to do it, but thank you. >> we admire your stamina. >> a breaking story that we brought you from the pentagon, a russian fighter jet collided with a u.s. drone and crashed into the black sea. the jet flu in front of the drone in a reckless manner dumping fuel. mike tobin is on this. what more were learning as we await that briefing at this hour, mike. >> sandra, were told this happened at 7:03 local time south and ea...

Will capitulate selling oil for ten cheaper to india and china. >> do you think putin himself is feeling pain from these sanctions at this point or no? >> i think the question is is it going to accomplish the objectives in a neared up term to be relevant? i agree we should have the sanctions to some degree if you keep having sanctions and have to get reluctant allies to go along with you, it may not be as powerful over the longer term. but the most important thing if not whether they affect him ...

Platforms since even before the start of the war. the u.s. defiantly saying if russias intent was to deter the u.s. from flying in international air space it simply wont work and there is no need to use the line between the u.s. and russia to keep carrying out these missions, carrying out these operations over the black sea, and that very much is the u.s.s intent even after a russian fighter jet or two russian fighter jets tried to disrupt a u.s. reaper drone earlier this morning and then damage...

Russian fighter jet over the black sea. lets get live to the pentagon. >> reporter: this played out early this morning over the black sea when a u.s. air force reaper drone essentially a spy drone was operating over the black sea when the u.s. air force europe says two russian fighter jets came in and conducted an unsafe and unprofessional interception. it is not just that. according to the u.s. the russian fighter jets flew in front of the reaper drone and even dumped fuel in front of it in app...

Fighter jets repeatedly flew in front of the mq-9 reaper drone in an apparent attempt to disrupt or disturb its flight pattern, even dumping fuel in front of the u.s. reaper drone. according to the air force, one of the fighter jets damaged the propeller of the reaper drone forcing it down. the propeller on a reaper is behind it so somehow the russian fighter jet managed to damage the propeller, forcing the u.s. to bring down the drone in international waters. this is of course a very severe inc...