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southwest much crimea near ukraine. russian fighter jet collided with it. stop hostile flights in the area. raising concerns about sensitive u.s. military technology falling into russian hands. there are no u.s. warships in the area. here is reaction from the white house and pentagon officials. we do not want to see this war escalate beyond what it has done. this is inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional by the russian pilots. this is unsafe and unprofessional. the senator did not hold back while speaking to our colleague, jennifer griffin. i would like to get your reaction to what happened today in the red sea. pissed off, be honest, from our government, this is unsound. they shot down a united states war plane. they took it out of action. that is the response we get back? yeah, not very happy about it. lucas: the u.s. drone is worth up to $32 million, roughly same price as a fighter jet that collided with it. pair of russian flankers what the pentagon call ....
ali will be back next weekend. catch him from 10 am to noon eastern. stay right where you are, alex witt reports begins right now. eports begins right now. if you from msnbc headquarters in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we have developing for you this hour, donald trump, trying to keep his hold on the republican party, giving it a nearly two-hour speech to close out cpac, after dominating the stronghold with 52%, the former president has some fiery words. in 2016, i declared, i am your voice. today, i add, i am your warrior, i am your justice. and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution, i am your retribution. the former president was also asked if you are drop out of the 2024 race if he is indicted. here is his answer. i would not even think about leaving. these are fake stories, these are horrible. the press is pressing them to do something. and i think it is very sad for our country, i think it is very dangerous ....
msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, the u.s. racing to recover and learn more about that mysterious object shot down by u.s. fighter jets over alaska. here s what we know at this hour. the high altitude object was described as roughly the size of a small car, it was likely not man. it was flying in 40,000 feet, is for spotted on thursday before being brought down on friday. this comes a week after the u.s. military shot down the chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast after flying over several states. here is what democratic congressman told me in the last hour. i don t know that anyone, on the committees have been briefed. recovery operations are taking place, it is quite possible at 40,000 feet, a very expensive missile shooting down a weather balloon. other than that, we just do not know. it didn t seem to have its own ability to maneuver. that limits it s two more breaking ne ....
of this month as an audio book titled the trump tapes, which runs for more than eight hours. cnn has obtained a copy. what you will hear tonight striking. it speaks to who he was as president, who he is as a person, and how completely intertwined the personal and presidential work for him. and probably still are. something that s not just apparent in what he says, but even more so and how he says it. something the printed were just cannot fully convey. the conversations also speak directly to some of what the former president is now being investigated for. namely how he views classified material. and a presidents responsibility for safeguarding some of the country s deepest secrets. that s why these conversations, which have never been heard before, are so significant. cnn special correspondent jamie gangel has an exclusive tonight. she joins us with some of the audio. what stands out to you the most? i think as you said is hearing trump say these words. and you re in ....
gets underway on this friday night. good evening, i m jonathan capehart in for a stephanie ruhle. the breaking news this hour, the new york times is now reporting that trump endorsed a georgia senate candidate herschel walker, urged his ex girlfriend to have a second abortion, after he allegedly paid for that first abortion which was reported by the daily beast. walker has yet to respond to this latest report. and just a short time ago, the daily beast, added to the story it s been breaking all week. reporting that walker s wife reached out to his accuser earlier this afternoon, and nbc news tonight is reporting that walker is now confirming, for the first time, friday, the identity of the woman, and, quote, in a brief interview, walker said this was also the first time, who is the mother of one of his four children, mentioned to him or his wife that she had had an abortion. we will have more on this still developing controversy a bit later in the hour. but tonight, we ....