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With elections coming up, officials in the u.s. will be looking for a potential thaw in the strained relationship between the two countries. >> mark potter, thank you very much for that. a near midair collision with an unidentified flying object caused a big scare for one airliner on monday. a flight was preparing to land at new york's kennedy airport when the pilot radioed air traffic controllers saying he saw a drone flying over the crowded skies of the big apple. >> kennedy power, just for your information, we just saw a little drone. >> i'm sorry, what did you see? >> a drone. a drone ai...

Cascades and sierra nevada. >> 50s in the pacific northwest. mostly 30s in the midwest. 40s from boston to baltimore. let's go into that faa investigation into the sighting of an unmanned aircraft over new york's jfk's airport. a pilot of a jet says he saw the unidentified aircraft yesterday about five miles from jfk yesterday afternoon. the faa wants to know if it was a remote control or drone that was flying at 1500 feet. the flight landed safely. that's kind of interesting. >> here's the problem with these things. they pose a really big threat. they're remote control, so they can fail if ...

>> what did you say? >> we saw a drone, a drone aircraft. >> roger, what altitude did you see that aircraft? >> about 1,500. >> roger. caution, report of a drone on about a five mile final by the traffic that you are following. >> so drones are becoming more popular, as you know. not only among government agencies but even hobbyists. folks doing it for recreation. because of that the faa has been scrambling to set up new rules and tighten existing restrictions near airports. because, you know, god forbid there's a mid-air collision or any of those drones get sucked into -- into the engine of a...

Mostly 30s in the midwest. 40s from boston to baltimore. let's go into that faa investigation into the sighting of an unmanned aircraft over jfk's airport. a pilot of a jet says he saw the unidentified aircraft yesterday afternoon. the faa wants to know if it was a remote control or drone that was flying at 1500 feet. the flight landed safely. that's kind of interesting. >> here's the problem with these things. they pose a really big threat. they're remote control, so they can fail if the remote control -- because they're not manned by anybody. they cannot only collide with bigger aircraft b...

Is necessary and permissible, even with the law that you would like to have enacted? >> right. the hobbyists i think worried we're trying to take away drones or make them illegal. we're not trying to do that. if you're enjoying a drone. going over at parks or using research for reasonable purposes we don't want to affect you. we're simply saying you need to be careful if you're using a drone over private property and citizens have a reasonable expectation of privacy. this legislation simply says that the government shouldn't be surveilling us indiscrimminantly at all hours of the day just beca...