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alert and new warning from beijing, and major escalation of rhetoric out of china. suggesting if house speaker pelosi flies to taiwan with a fighter jet escort, the chinese military could shoot her plane down. happy friday, im john roberts in washington. hi, sandra. >> sandra: developing story. that is brand-new, im sandra smith in new york. that stark warning just came from beijing, it happened moments ago. china state media saying a fighter jet escort for pelosi would constitute a "i...

Youre in the middle of a global pandemic. its not exactly easy and that can lead to significant impacts. >> yeah, good point. tell me this. how does the perpetrators being, it would appear, in russia hamper efforts to get on top of this, even if these arent government actors and they might well be? but even if they are just criminal, it would certainly seem that vladimir putin and his government isnt acting against them. how significant is that? >> it absolutely gives them air cover. so a lot of...

Manufacturing. so disruption to them is very difficult to catch up for, especially if you are in the middle of a global pandemic. its not exactly easy, and that can lead to significant impacts. >> yeah. yeah. good point. i mean, tell me this. how -- how -- how does the perpetrators being, it would appear, in russia hamper efforts to get on top of this? even if these arent government actors, and they might well be. but even if they are just criminal, it would certainly seem, you know, vladimir pu...

And state officials, and without the right coordination how does that hamper efforts on the ground? >> oh, youre asking a great question. first of all, what im seeing so far is coordination is excellent. its just what were looking for. what we train for, how we revamped fema, that whole federal side of the system to work with the state and local government. and im very pleased at what im seeing. and it is so critical, because if it doesnt work, you see what happens when you have a katrina where ...

Those, hamper efforts and the fact the whole side is so steep there, the wreckage side is over several hundred meters. thats a concern. access is really only by helicopter. weve seen those helicopters sitting on the ground here throughout the day and the question when daybreaks in the morning, how low is the clouds and will the helicopters be able to fly and get access to the site? the rain has been coming over some of the high mountain passes here. particularly strong also that. falling rain or...

>> reporter: the crash site is above us in the mountains. about 7 miles this way and of those, hamper efforts and the fact the whole side is so steep there, the wreckage side is over several hundred meters. thats a concern. access is really only by helicopter. weve seen those helicopters sitting on the ground here throughout the day and the question when daybreaks in the morning, how low is the clouds and will the helicopters be able to fly and get access to the site? the rain has been coming ov...