called working area during a routine inspection. it caused a brief evacuation of fire and emergency crews. pointing out that there could be a lot of suspects. where this was discovered is a heavily traveled area where many white house west wing i should be even more specific. the west wing visitors come through this particular area when people visit the west wing. there is the area of the west wing where it is highly traveled. and that is what happens when people come through this particular area. it s highly traveled. i m not going to get into specifics. we have west wing tours. this particular past couple of days happen on friday and saturday and sunday. the white house also dodging questions left and right on the cocaine caper. something that is not magnetic into the white house. i totally understand that question. it is under investigation. does the white house support the prosecution of this individual? i m not going to get into hypotheticals. with the pr
we begin in france, where unions will be staging strike action today against the government s pension reform plans. the government is aiming to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. today marks the sixth day of strikes and protests since mid january, and unions say it will be the biggest yet with workers across a range of sectors expected to mobilise. teachers, gas and electricity workers, train drivers, and industrial workers are all expected to join. part of the french government plan is also to raise the minimum pension to 1,200 euro a month, which is over 550 euro higher than the current minimum figure. but unions want more due to rising inflation. let s go live to paris now and talk to tomasz michalski associate professor of economics at the hec business school in paris. we spoke about these injanuary but they are still continuing into march. but they are still continuing into march. , , . , , into march. the public support is there for into march. the public
hello. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. any moment now, president biden is expected to update americans on the recent and unprecedented shootdowns of objects over north america. the president has been facing growing pressure to bring more transparency to the issue that has gripped the nation for the last month. let s get straight to jeremy diamond in washington. what are we expecting to hear from the president? this is the first time we hear directly from president biden in a formal setting on the downing not only of that chinese spy balloon but the three objects brought down between friday and sunday. to get to this point, a couple of things had to happen because the white house has really been in discussions over the last several days about the wisdom, the merits of the president potentially addressing this issue. they were wary at first of making this a bigger issue than it actually is. and they were also wanting to make sure the president waited until
crohn s disease, et cetera. start at 45 to 76 for most people. get screened with a colonoscopy or there are other tests, ages 76 to 85, talk about whether you should be getting screened. all right. some good advice and guidance. thank you. it is the top of the o hare on cnn newsroom. i m bianna golodryga. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. president biden has finally addressed the national security mystery tens of thousands of feet in the skies. the three unidentified flying objects american fighter jets shot down last weekend. a move never seen before from the u.s. military. he spoke after days of bipartisan calls that he should share more with the american people about the concerns. the president says his experts do not think the aerial objects are chinese spy balloons like the one brought down off the coast of south carolina. he added the best guess since no debris has yet been recovered is that the mystery objects are tied to private research. i want t
thinking about it. pierre thomas with late reporting. in russia tonight, panic following vladimir putin s plan to call up 300,000 reservists to fight in ukraine. tonight, flights out of moscow booked for several days out. russian authorities detaining protesters, some of those protesters now drafted to fight. tom soufi burridge in ukraine tonight. the protests in iran tonight. martha raddatz with the scenes unfodding in iran. here in this country, the midair scare. a united airlines flight taking off from newark, circling over the atlantic for nearly two hours after sparks are seen shooting from the plane. debris falling from the sky. you will hear air traffic control alerting the cockpit. b meantime, the chaotic scene onboard an american airlines flight. the passenger accused of punching a flight attendant. tonight, alex jones, who said the sandy hook shooting was a hoax, that parents of the children who died were actors. he was in court today, and what happened. t