points. now the market is basically split 50/50 between either raising interest rates by a quarter point again or doing nothing at all. this is shaping up to be a pretty suspenseful fed meeting. so much is on the line when it comes to the economy. >> fed chair powell in an unenviable position right now. that meeting and decision will come next week. >> and has gotten even harder. >> thank you. don't miss cnn primetime tonight. bank bust. what's next for america's money? that is only here on cnn at 9:00 p.m. eastern. it is the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." hello everyone. >> minutes ago the nation's top defense official condemned russia's downing of a u.s. drone over international territory over the black sea and defense secretary lloyd austin revealed he just had a call with his russian counterpart defense minister sergei shoigu about the

incident. >> as part of a pattern of aggressive, risky, and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international air space. i just got off the phone with my russian counterpart, minister shoigu. as i have said repeatedly, it is important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. the united states will continue to fly and operate wherever international law allows. >> in a news conference with the defense secretary joint chiefs chairman general mark milley said retrieving the wreckage will be very difficult and that it is now in 4,000 or 5,000 feet of water. >> the u.s. military said on tuesday a russian jet dumped fuel on an mq-9 reaper drone which officials say was doing routine operations in international air space. the russian jet then hit the propeller of the reaper forcing its remote pilots to bring it down in international waters.

let's go to cnn's national security analyst and senior white house correspondent. the general said that it is not clear that the actual contact between the russian jet and the drone was intentional, though similar provocations have happened repeatedly in the past. >> that's right. mark milley the joint chairman of the chiefs of staff did say they believe that the russian aggression was intentional in and of itself, that kind of harassment of those drones. however, it is unclear whether they actually intended to hit the drone. whether that clipping of the drone's propeller was actually meant to happen. now, milley characterized it as part of a pattern of aggression we have seen from russian pilots against these u.s. and allied assets in the region multiple times in recent history. take a listen to what he told reporters just earlier.

>> on the intentionality, don't know. i do plan to talk to my counterpart. we have a scheduled call. we'll see if that works out. so was it intentional or not? don't know yet. we know that the intercept was intentional. we know that the aggressive behavior was intentional. we also know it was very unprofessional and very unsafe. the actual contact of the fixed wing russian fighter with our uav, the physical contact of those two, not sure yet. >> so this is part of what the u.s. is trying to discern by speaking to their russian counterparts, whether the russians actually intentionally hit the u.s. drone, because that of course is pretty unprecedented over the course of this conflict they have not seen a russian drone actually come into direct contact with a -- u.s. fighter jets come into contact with u.s. drones. we are learning more about how the u.s. feels they'll be able to carry out a recovery effort

and it remains unclear whether they are going to try. this drone is in about 4,000 to 5,000 feet of water in the black sea and it is going to be very difficult for anyone to retrieve let alone the u.s. because the u.s. does not have any navy assets in the black sea right now. however, they did leave open the possibility they could call on allies in the region to try to recover it. what they have said is that the russians, what the russians have said is they will likely try to recover it but the u.s. ensuring they have taken steps to mitigate any potential intelligence value of that drone so that anything sensitive does not fall into russian hands. we are told that the u.s. actually did wipe all of the sensitive software off of that drone as it kind of plummeted into the black sea. >> what are you learning about the white house considerations of a potential response for this downing of a drone? >> well, what struck me watching this press conference was the fact that they were clearly trying to send a message to

moscow. we heard lloyd austin saying right off the top that regardless of this incident, the u.s.'s conduct is not going to change. you heard him saying there that it is going to continue its drone operations wherever possible. clearly, the message was supposed to be, whatever russia does we are not going to be intimidated or deterred. i mean, take that in the broader context of what a big fallout this is, what a big dispute, an incident this is between u.s. and russia. the u.s. has used words like reckless and dangerous to describe what actually transpired. i mean, keep in mind that this is an incident that involved the russians, fighter jets actually dumping fuel on a u.s. drone and clipping, actually making physical contact with the u.s. drone, which obviously there are parts of that that the russians have simply denied. also keep in mind just the fact that the united states has gone

to real lengths to try to avoid actions that might be deemed by russia as escalatory that they haven't wanted to take any actions that might make things worse between the u.s. and russia even while the u.s. has been aggressively supportive of ukraine in terms of sending security assistance, heavy weaponry in this conflict. so i think we're seeing this administration sort of trying to balance not wanting things to escalate between the u.s. and russia but also sending the clear message the u.s. is not going to be intimidated and is going to stay its course. obviously the big, outstanding question in all of this is whether that physical contact between the russian fighter jet and the u.s. drone was intentional or not. >> thank you both. let's bring in now retired army colonel liam collins. good to have you.

on the question of intentionality, the state department spokesman told nbc today that it is likely unintentional, talking about just the exclamation point at the end, the clipping of the u.s. drone. we heard from the pentagon today that they don't know. what is the relevance? does it matter? >> not really, because it just shows the aggressive and risky behavior by the russians. if you clip it because you are flying too close the intention was there to get close and do the harassment. i will say, it is very risky behavior because that contact could have taken down the russian aircraft, itself. >> talk about the timing here. you have the war in its second year here. we've flown these drones in the black sea even before russia's invasion last year and as a grain deal is being negotiated that would supply a lot of commodities to people around the world. do you think this was orchestrated around a specific

time or as some suspect just a reckless pilot? >> i think it is just reckless pilot and russian action. but the question is why are they flying these planes and doing these harassing actions in international air space when they should be supporting the war effort? the simple answer is they can't fly within ukraine. they haven't been able to achieve air superiority. so instead of supporting the war as they should be doing they are harassing aircraft in international air space really just for putin to distract his domestic audience to show his air force is doing something. >> should there be consequences? should there be, from the u.s., as i just asked mj, any consideration of a response more than just stern words? >> no, not a military response. that is one of the reasons we have pilotless aircraft, right? if it is a piloted aircraft that really changes, increases the fear of escalation that neither russia or the u.s. want. that is one advantage of having pilotless aircraft. but then on the flip side it forces russia or encourages

russia to engage in risky behavior. so in terms of escalation, not military, we need to continue to supply air support to ukraine's ability to defend their freedoms but other than sanctions and traditional political actions, not military escalation. >> that was really the focus of my question. i wasn't suggesting there should be any missiles fired for the clipping of a drone, but we have some members of congress who are suggesting that there should be sanctions against russia for that. is that something you think would be persuasive at all? >> i think at this point a year into the war regardless of this action our sanctions should be maxed out at this point. they've continued to invade the sovereign territory of ukraine. so the sanctions really should be maxed out and if they aren't we should continue to increase those. >> we just know that russia at this point has been able to circumvent some of the sanctions. we may see the consequences in the months ahead.

colonel liam collins, thank you. >> thank you. recent intelligence suggested vladimir putin has plans to orchestrate a regime change in moldova, a small country without eu or nato protection. it shares borders with western ukraine and a nato member. the government was recently given eu candidacy status and is also home to 1500 russian troops. russia has cut off much of the gas and electricity it historically supplied to the country leading to some of europe's highest inflation rates. as you can see from over the weekend outrage among the moldovan people. the u.s. has stepped up efforts to help the country financially namely with some $300 million in energy assistance. the country's minister of foreign affairs was asked about russia's efforts to destabilize his country. >> the ukrainian society and

state are able to keep the front line far from us and we are strongly supporting ukraine in its fight for liberty and peace and security and in the meantime we as a country have also -- we are in a situation where we have to face hybrid threats so whereas in military terms our country is not under threat at this stage we do face a lot of hybrid threats, cyber attacks, fake bomb alerts. we have a series of paid protests supported and instigated by moldovan oligarchs who work together with russia and try to bring violence on our streets. they try to destabilize the political situation, the economic situation. our institutions work day and night and as i said they've proved we can keep the country stable. >> let me ask you about the economic challenges your country is facing because russia is trying to take advantage of that right now. the situation is pretty dire. inflation is at 30%. the worst in europe.

you are a small country of 2.6 million people, largely dependent on russia for natural resources and energy in particular. now, russia has cut back its supply of energy and gas. the united states has offered some $300 million in aid to make up for that. is that enough? >> this is really substantial and we've managed to go through this winter in a way that allowed us to keep the lights on in our flats and the heating on and the economy going but, of course, the longer the war continues the higher the toll on our population, on our economy, and without having clarity on when ukraine can liberate its territories and when our continent, europe can return to a state of peace it is hard for us to think how the situation will evolve. >> fortunately for you it was a mild winter this past one. you mentioned your dependence on

ukraine and ukraine's military for protection there. you have a very small army of about 6,000 troops, a budget of $80 million or so. what happens if ukraine at some point, given the amount of fighting that ukraine is enduring right now, isn't able to offer you the protection they currently do? what happens to moldova? >> it is crucially important for this external support for ukraine to continue. this kind of support, military, economic, is also helping moldova, also helping us to keep peace and stability in our country. at the same time we don't know how the future will be like, so we as the government of moldova have a duty to be preparing for the full spectrum of risks and scenarios and we've been doing that from already before the war and as you know the u.s. has warned also -- we were warned from before the war that such a war might take place, so we have been preparing for all kinds of risks for over a year and a

half. but we know we are not alone. >> finally, mr. minister, you mentioned a few times the aid from the west in particular the united states for ukraine. i don't have to tell you there are growing concerns even here in the united states about how much longer that aid will be available at least at the amount and frequency it has been delivered thus far. there are people in certain parties in the united states, certain voices, perhaps even potential candidates for presidency in the united states questioning russia's real threat to europe and the united states. governor ron desantis just this weekend said that the war and russia's invasion of ukraine is a territorial dispute and not a threat to the u.s. what is your response to that? >> russia's actions are clearly brutal, unprovoked, unjust aggression against a sovereign country. and this kind of precedent creates a threat for everyone in the world. no one wants to live in a world where international law is

brutally put aside and ignored and armies of big countries invade neighbors. that is why i would say with russia's brutal aggression it is a threat to international law, international order, and is a threat for every country that counts on international law, multi lateralism, if we want to keep peace. >> mr. philippines ter, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it today. the country is in such a vulnerable time right now. it was interesting to see president biden called out moldova when he was in poland recently and said he promotes moldova's independence as a democracy. i was born in moldova and it was heart warming to see what this small, poor country was doing with all of these refugees taking if about 400,000 refugees from ukraine. remember a population of 2.6 million people. >> especially at such a vulnerable time. >> yes. >> thank you for that interview.

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the accusations, denied it was too slow to act on that. said he had no knowledge of it. but a republican investigation said that he should have known. that caused some concerns among republicans and some democrats. for the last two years the ambassadorship to india has been vacant. that is a significant position and key part of the world as the white house and garcetti himself tried to convince senators to vote in favor of his nomination. just moments ago he got that vote. 52-42 was the final vote in favor of his confirmation. in talking to republicans and democrats today it was clear they were still divided over his nomination. >> he was very aggressive in defending himself from the charges made against him that they were not true. he gave us as much supporting evidence as was available including people around him. >> read the independent council

report that exonerated him. >> he is not a very good example of somebody that wants to stop sexual harassment. >> reporter: ultimately republicans voted for him. there were seven. lindsey graham, big hagerty, susan collins, steve danes, todd young, roger marshall, and bill cassidy. there were three democrats who opposed him. mark kelly of arizona telling me earlier he does not believe garcetti acted soon enough in these issues. and mazie hirono said new credible information emerged in recent days about eric garcetti. she refused to say what the information was but was one of a handful of democrats voting no. they were not enough to stop the nomination which was confirmed on the support of both republicans and democrats. guys? >> all right. manu raju, thank you. a texas judge just finished hearing arguments in the most significant legal dispute concerning abortion since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade last summer. he is considering a lawsuit filed on behalf of anti-abortion

groups who want to end access to the most commonly used abortion pills. >> the fda authorized the use of mifepristone nearly 20 years ago, but groups are arguing it was not lawfully approved. in today's hearing the trump-appointed judge's line of questioning seemed to suggest he is open to the idea. the judge pledged to issue his opinion, quote, as soon as possible. if he sides with plaintiffs, access to the drug could be eventually cut off nationwide. >> cnn's legal analyst jennifer rogers is a former federal prosecutor and joins us now. jen, this judge who is not a medical doctor, doesn't have any training that is relevant to approval of a medication could overrule the fda, the precedent this sets, and the judge acknowledged and asked the litigants to come prepared to convince him why they are harmed and he can do this. >> that's right.

in fact, that is one of the points the doj was trying to make here. here is someone sitting in the judicial branch with no technical expertise potentially overruling the experts, true experts in the executive branch, the fda who approved this drug 20 years ago. it's been considered and reaffirmed approval many times so that is one of their main points that this is crazy this could happen. yes he could do it and may do it soon. i expect he'll write an opinion on it so as soon as doj goes for the appeal they'll have that in hand. his questioning and statements today, it is hard to read the tea leaves, certainly indicated he is thinking hard about doing that, which is very problematic for women. >> as you noted this drug was approved 23 years ago so what legal standing do the plaintiffs have in trying to knock it down? >> standing is an interesting

thing. if you are an alliance as these plaintiffs are of various groups, they represent various people. you say what is the harm here? unborn children are the harm here. they say the fact these women are using these abortion drugs, they have an interest in that as an alliance of groups seeking to stop abortion and stop the killing of unborn children effectively. >> short of this judge staying his own decision, pending an appeal, say he sides with the plaintiffs, an appeal from the fda. what happens then? are prescriptions invalid? do pharmacists have to pull it from the shelves? >> that is an excellent question. first of all the government can go to the circuit court and ask for a stay. they can appeal and ask for an immediate stay from the appellate court. that might happen. if that doesn't happen, then you're talking about a complete

chaotic situation because no one really knows the answer. there are pharmacies and doctors that have been stockpiling if you will this drug because they don't know whether or not they can continue to use it while this case is pending if an injunction issues, if it is just that no more doses will go out but they can still use what they have, or whether they can't use what they have. one of the problems here is it is going to be very unclear where they stand legally if they try to continue to use what they have or whether they have to stop immediately. >> it is the most common way to end a pregnancy at this point. we should note it is also used at times during a miscarriage. if a woman is having a miscarriage as well. it is important to point out that this doesn't just impact states where abortion is currently illegal. >> that's right. the judge has the right to issue a nationwide injunction. that would apply to states that will continue to allow abortion to be free, legal, accessible to women, protected in their

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a wild day on wall street amid fears about the banking sector overall. right now the dow has come back from its lows of the day just down over 300 points. but it has been a rocky day to say the least. obviously this coming after a big sell-off in european markets over banking concerns over there as well. >> shares of credit suisse dropped by more than 20% today, a record low. joining us now the chief economist at moody's analytics. the u.s. treasury department says it is monitoring credit suisse and the situation there. put the situation -- the saudi national bank and saying we're not going beyond the 9.88% we own already to the 10% that puts us in a different regulatory conversation. in what context should we put credit suisse? >> well, it is a large, global

bank with relationships with large global institutions all over the planet including here at home. so in that context, you know, if it runs into trouble, and can't get the equity that it needs to continue to operate, obviously that would be an issue. having said that, this particular institution crisis, we just had trouble for quite sometime and so it is not surprising. i mean, it is surprising what happened today, but generally not surprising that it is struggling. so i'd be surprised if other large global financial institutions haven't already factored that in, in terms of the business they're doing with credit suisse. you know, it is not great. it is certainly not great in the context of the bank failures we suffered here earlier this week. you know, everyone is on edge and just adds to the angst. in the grand scheme of things i don't think this is going to do us in or be the cause of any kind of recession. >> the timing of course is

unfortunate because as you noted this is a bank that has struggled with its business model for years now. but it comes at a time when there are a lot of people nervous and questioning the state and health of the global financial system. like some of these regional banks, there is concern that some of the european banks though they may be well capitalized and stronger also hold a lot of long term treasury that has been devalued as we have seen interest rate hikes go up around the world. how much should americans be focused on the health of larger financial institutions in europe and the united states right now? >> well, not in the united states. i think u.s. -- large u.s. banks, financial institutions, are on very solid ground. in the world after the financial crisis over a decade ago lots of reforms were put into place and these large institutions have been required to build a lot of capital. that is the cash cushion that they hold to digest any losses

they might suffer on their lend org securities. so they're in really good shape. i don't see any problem there. obviously institutions overseas, it depends. it depends on the -- where we're talking about in the institution but generally even globally i think because of what happened in the financial crisis over a decade ago most places in the world have instituted reforms that make their banking system stronger. you know, obviously what matters most to most americans are our banks, particularly our large, financial institutions. they are on very solid ground. >> so i made a promise before we went to break. i told everyone at home i'd tell you what this means for you. mark, for the average person, peggy in payroll who i always use, who is watching, i wonder if i've got my checking account and my savings account at the first bank of name your moderate sized city, what does any of this mean for my money for me? what does it mean?

>> you know, i say nothing. just relax. i mean -- the fdic, administration, treasury department said point blank on monday that they're going to do whatever it takes to make sure the banking system is on solid ground and that depositors get their money whether small or big. so for the average american household, you know, this is just a drama on the television screen. >> peggy in payroll can relax right now. we'll check back in with her after the federal reserve decision next week. we got the fed announcing his decision next week. maybe we'll check back in with her and mark when that time comes. thank you. very reassuring to hear that from you today. tune in for cnn primetime "bank bust, what's next for america's money." how did the svb collapse happen and what does it mean for the american banking system at large? that is tonight at 9:00 p.m.

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there's been another close call on a u.s. runway, the seventh incident just this year. it happened at reagan national airport near washington, d.c. >> a republic airways jet crossed a runway last week without clearance that a united airlines flight was using for take-off. >> rolling united 2003. >> cancel take-off clearance. >> aborting take-off united 2003. >> that is frightening. faa officials say the republic airways pilot turned on the wrong taxiway. these close calls were the focus of today's emergency faa safety summit with top aviation

officials. >> reporter: we've already heard a range of ideas to make the aviation industry safer. increase funding, more staff, better technology. to be clear, today's summit is really just the start of this sweeping safety review of the entire u.s. aviation industry in the wake of the close calls you mentioned. this morning we heard from transportation secretary pete buttigieg who stressed that the u.s. has the safest, most complex aviation system in the world and, yet, they are seeing this uptick in alarming incidents and more mistakes than usual happening across the system and happening on runways. here is what he told our colleague just a little earlier. >> would be one thing if we found a certain piece of technology in the cockpit or a certain control tower where there were a lot of issues. instead, what we are finding is that pilots, ground crews, and controllers alike seem to be experiencing this uptick.

some have described it a kind of rust. but that needs to turn into a very concrete diagnosis and specific action steps. we're not going to wait for something worse to happen to act now. >> so a couple key takeaways already from this summit. first the head of the air traffic controllers union pointed to an alarming staffing issue that they're down roughly 1200 certified controllers from a decade ago. the acting faa administrator responded to that saying they are now on pace to hire 1500 controllers this year and another 1800 next year. we also heard the chair of the ntsb speak quite critically of inaction by other federal regulators, saying her agency has made seven recommendations in recent years just on runway collisions that at this point have not been enacted. she told the crowd, quote, how many times are we going to have the -- have to issue the same

recommendations over and over and over again? so you can hear the frustration that some of these agencies are feeling as all of these incidents are unfolding. >> you certainly can. gabe cohen, thanks for the reporting. let's bring in our cnn aviation analyst and former managing director at the ntsb. peter, good to see you. rust, the secretary says. >> good to see you. >> what does that mean that there is rust? what does it mean for a pilot for an airline? >> well, you know, the secretary and the administrator, the acting administrator, were largely talking in generalities and platitudes this morning. the only person that went forward with specific steps to be taken today to make the skies safer was jennifer homandi from the ntsb. as mr. cohen pointed out there are seven open recommendations on runway incursions that go back years. the faa needs to either act on

these recommendations or identify why they're not. secondly, she pointed out that the most important step was extending the reporting time of the cockpit voice recorders from two hours to 25 hours. they don't have the information to decipher and determine what happened at these events because the recorders only record two hours and they don't catch the event because they record over them. those two steps alone can advance safety today if they were implemented. >> those are action items, right? things that people can do, be held accountable if they do not. but they're recommendations. why can't they become regulations especially that regardless of party people don't want their airplanes clipping one another, god forbid there is something more serious that happens on the runway.

>> that's right. the system we have in place is the ntsb as an independent agency makes recommendations to the faa. the faa has a period of time to either respond affirmatively or to explain why they're not responding. they frankly have not responded on runway incursions effectively. so there are seven recommendations that the ntsb has sitting out there that have not been acted on. i think if the secretary wanted to take a step immediately, he would ask acting administrator nolan to report back to his office on the status of all open ntsb recommendations that are older than six months and say, why aren't they being implemented? why can't we do these today? >> well, you called most of what

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