politicians. it gives the party in power, not only according plan how the judges are selected but notably it would give politicians in the parliament, the party in power, the ability to overturn court decisions with a simple majority. another amendment would make it more difficult for a sitting prime ministry to be declared unfit for office, directly a way to protect bennett net as he faced an ongoing corruption trial he denies this. >> thank you very, very much, to viewers thanks for watching, burnette out front now. ♪. ♪. ♪. . out front, dramatic video of ukrainian forces storming homes, searching for russian soldiers, comes as we we have the video of russian taking down an american drone, an air force lieutenant general will tell you what he sees, 30 billion dollars life line, largest u.s. bank to be on

the edge of collapse giving a mass cash infusion by other banks, in a moment, i'll speak to a nobel prize winner who saw the banking crisis coming and called for clearly five months ago, and an out front investigation tonight, cnn finding the u.s. coast guard failed to act after two women came forward to say they were sexually assaulted on u.s. ships. the damming report from pamela brown ahead let's go out front. >>. good evening i'm erin burnett. we're seeing for the first time how ukrainians are storming homes in bakhmut homes russians have been hiding soldiers come in and start firing according to the ukrainian unit which recorded this footage, they fire, because they say quote i they they ever know for sure if there's a wounded russian in the house who wants to take you with them. and you can see in this video how they may carefully approach another home. go inside, you see immediately

open fire as they go in. according to the battalion by time they reached the neighborhood in this video the russians moved out. not wanting to die, they say: and you hear the shooting to imagine you know, what it would be like to be there this comes as the wagner chief gives an interview blaming russia's military for the front line failure saying they won't help him win in bakhmut because they're jealous his were the ones who notched russia's win in the tiny town of soledar. >> it's about the shell shortage, the flight can it cut-offs removal military phones, i can't call anybody and nobody can call me leave the phone, put a wire tap on it. you know what i'm talking about? put a to bed. you can't be acting like a child. war is a very serious job.

direct those words kremlin -- and he went on to defend his use of prisoners despite putin's military blocking him from recruiting more. listen to this. >> there was reduced sense of self preservation, just like me. if my time comes, then so be it. you know? i just don't really give a -- that's number one. the second is my cockiness because you won't get me the -- out of here, i came here and i'm staying here. that's the second thing. and the third thing is unpretentiousness. >> interesting the things he says he has in common with the convicts he's recruited he admitted only 7% of convicts he's recruited returned another stint, lower than he previously suggested and by the way to be black clear about this here, they're not returning in most cases because they're dead. the scomplative filled rant coming on day of tension,

tonight the united states accusing russia of lying about taking down an american drone and we're seeing the first time the shock airily yell video of that incident. i'll play for you the video, you see the russian jet swooping in behind the drone. swooping in, appears to drop fuel on it then you see the video glitch. we'll pause for a second because lieutenant general charlie moore will tell us this is the exact moment of impact and he said that there's no doubt this was both aggressive and reckless, in terms of a move by an extremely maneuverable and age imrussian fighter jet. you then will see what appears to be the damaged propeller which ultimately brought the drone down. now, this video catching russian in a lie, which raises the question, whether they're telling the truth about the explosion at an fsb border patrol building in southern russian, it quickly went up in flames, russia immediately claimed this was the result of

an electrical short circuit they didn't want their fsb to have been attacked. of course belonging to the fsb on fire like this is raising questions and fears in russia and there's lot to get to tonight i want to begin natasha at the pentagon tonight, what more are you learning about the drone incident. >> reporter: we're learning that the u.s. believes that the russians have been able to collect some of that debris from the drone that crashed into the black sea, but we're also hearing more today about why the u.s. chose to declassify the video and release it now, we're told according to the white house national security council spokesperson john kirby that the reason is pretty simple. they believe russia flat out lied and they want to correct the narrative. >> this is the moment just before a russian fighter jet collided with the u.s. drone over the black sea. the thick plumes of smoke jet fuel vented by the russian su 27 as it passes, we don't see the

moment of impact but here is the propeller undamaged and here it is later, clearly damaged. >> it had to have been some kind of an impact. i don't think you know, while the fuel spill on top of the on top of the aircraft on top of the mq 9 would have been significant i don't think it would have caused that damage. >> the newly declassified footage appears to directly contradict russia's claim that the aircraft did not make physical contact. >> it was no collision you saw that. the problem is we didn't to this drone. >> russians had been just flat out lying. flat out lie. about their accounts. >> the u.s. not yet determined whether the pilots intended to hit the drone forcing the u.s. military to crash it into the black sea. >> we know that the intercept was intentional. the aggressive behavior was intentional and very unprofessional and unsafe. the actual contact of the fixed wing russian fighter with our uav, the physical contact of those two, not sure yet

>> cnn learning that the russian pilots did not go rogue, you say officials say the pilots were ordered to harass the drone by senior officials in russia's defense ministry, for now the fate of the drone wreckage remains unclear, the u.s. has no naval assets in the black sea that can readily retrieve it and the russians already reached the crash site and recovered some small pieces of debris but the u.s. took steps to wipe the drone's software, officials tell cnn making it highly unlikely that moscow will glean anything valuable from the remnants. >> we took met gating measures so we're confident that whatever was of value is no longer of value. >> we're learning tonight erin as well that the u.s. is conducting an assessment of its drone operations over the black sea. but we should note that does not include a complete more tore young man, apparently the u.s. flown another mission in the area with the same model of drone that previously collided with those russian jets.

erin. >> thank you very much for that reporting. and now, let's go to and andre the russian investigative journalist who's website has been blocked in the russia, he's the author of the com pay transits, russian exiles who fought against the kremlin, and joining me -- thanks very much to both of you, i want to start with the drone and go through the footage. when u.s. officials tell cnn the russian pilots were ordered to harass the drone by senior russian defense officials, it puts this in context. let's show the video again. can you tell us exactly what you're seeing and what it tells you about the russian pilots. here's a video. >> i draw a couple of conclusions first obvious we have definitive proof that we did have contact between the 27 flankers and m q 9 unlike what the russians were telling us the last 24 plus hours. i think that's definitive now. the other thing that i notice in

the tape as we continue to watch it through is that first we get a good look what type of weapons the sue 27 is carrying if you look underneath the wing tips at least four air to air missiles, four and two infrared guided missiles on the aircraft, if they wished to bring this remotely piloted aircraft down the safe thing and efficient and effective way to do that would have been simply to shoot it down using one of those weapons, i think it's pretty illogical to think that the plan would have been to actually remain into the mq9 and risk the sue 27 and the life of the pilot . the other thing that i noticed on the tape starts at the beginning, and you have to look at the intercept just a moment tree, if you were going to intercept, i'm going to set my altitude a pretty far range slightly above that of the

target aircraft, in this case, the mq 9. i'm going to do fine tuning adjustments to make sure i pass as close or far away as i intend. what you see in the video is that this 227 begins altitude the same altitude as the mq 9 as it gets closer it drops an altitude below the mq 9 which means late in that intercept he's trying to climb above the mq 9 doesn't make it and clip as propeller. all of that tells me this incidents in terms of actual collision is most likely simply due to pilot in competency. >> it's pretty clear to use those words and powerful pilot incompetence, how was this being seen in russia, obviously there was a -- there's been a basic lie about what happened, that is now contradicted by the video. >> in military circles what was see a jubilation, lots of

people, they proclaim now we have people collecting money to give some sort of reward, i think the reason is simple. the russian army is quite desperate to find some sign of victory and things in bakhmut are not going well, we're trying to portray these incident as a victory. >> general moore it's interesting when you say look what you see is pilot incompetence and they're portraying it as victory, putin this week was on a helicopter flight simulator pretending to be whatever area he was during a trip to an aviation plant, it's part of trying to make the russian air force look strong. when you see this drone video that you walked us through and talk about pilot incompetence, what does that show you about the true training and ability of russian pilots >> well, what we know is that they won't nearly get the amount of training, the flight hours that u.s. or nifty nato pilots get, weekly monthly or annually. on top, we know the type of

training they conduct when they get the flight hours isn't nearly as rigorous or complicated. so what you end is a pilot that simply isn't at competent as u.s. fighter pilots >> amazing when you see that, as you talk about it, the fact it's incompetence, a mistake the way i played out. andre, i mentioned this fire to fsb headquarters, the governor said it was caused by an electrical short circuit. sometimes the russians are quick to try to blame ukrainians for those things, it's an important site, the, if sb, they said it was an accident. it's unclear right, what do you think happened? . >> i think the problem is that it doesn't actually matter what -- happened here is what matters is how it's seen by people in the military and in the fsb. the problem is. it's not just some regional town in russia.

it is a very important logistic part for the russian army and for the fsb personal to be send to the occupied territory to do the, to the duty. it is seen, and lots of people suspect that it is an attack by ukrainians in the heart of the russian military effort in the south. >> where this war is heading at this moment as we talk about bakhmut, two quick points, general moore first you, we have learned today that ukraine will be getting fortify jets specifically mig 29s from poland in the coming days, they're trained on those, will that change anything for ukraine. >> it will definitely help the effort, they've lost aircraft during the operations over the last year. but i think the best thing about mig 29s coming from uphold ukrainians know how to fly and

perform the maintenance to keep them airborne and in the fight. that's important. they don't have that experience when you start talking about a lot of the western aircraft we're talking about like f16s or typhoons or the like. >> training required. andre, the sanctions obviously crucial to what sort of pressure is being put on russia at home. you have reporting on that and how they're not working in a crucial area. . >> yes, unfortunately the russians cybersecurity industry grew by 20% in 22 mostly because the industry benefitted from the war left by the western companies, leaving the country. and russian cybersecurity countries got contracts and brains, it engineers used to work for western companies and remain in the country, and they said working for the russian scour the companies. we all know that russian

cybersecurity companies are actually working really closely as the russian military and security services. so it's all actually benefits russian military and cybersecurity efforts. >> sobering thank you both very much, appreciate it. and next some of america's biggest banks pumping 30 billion dollars into another bank that was about to collapse, i'll talk to a nobel prize winner who saw the banking crisis coming. is the rescue first republic enough to stop it? plus exclusive new reporting, dozens of people working at mar-a-lago subpoenaed in the investigation into the former president's handling of classified documents, one key staffer testifying, an alarming if you study we'll tell you more about how fast a north korean icbm could reach the united states mainland if america's missile defense system failed. ♪. ♪. ♪. ♪. anything that i say is legalllly indisputable. like... apartments.com has the widest variety of variety.

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a desperate last second move. first republic republic the latest u.s. bank teetering on the edge of collapse rescued by 11 u.s. banks including the big unfailible four, jp morgan chase, bank of america, wells fargo and city group, first republic rebounded jumped more than 10% after the bank shares plunged so much earlier, it was halted to prevent from it completely crashing down more than 80% in the past week or so. the question is.

whether this is the beginning of the end or just a step on the way to something really bad. is every bank about to fail getting a rescue or bail-out up front douglas diamond noble prize winner in economics for research on bank runs he predicted five months ago that the feds rapid interest rate hikes we've seen eight in the past year would trigger massive losses for banks. he's also a professional at the university of chicago booth school of business. and professor diamond i want to the get to the first republic news a moment but first to take a pause here. interest rates are going up. five months ago, you were loud and clear and that interest rates would wreak havoc on those banks. the question is what did you think would happen are you surprised by what we've seen >> i'm quite surprised realized could wreak havoc and i'm

surprised the supervisor made it through the huge interest rate. clearly from silicon valley bank and first republic it's pretty much the interest rate increases that caused their problem, so i'm surprised that we got here i would have thought the fed would have slowed the interest a bit or even better make sure the banks are stable. >> when you put it this way, it's concerning you won a noble prize for setting bank runs, five months ago you're pounding the table. regulators should be seeing that hearing you and appears they didn't, that's concerning. >> i don't think it was rocket science like the very similar thing happened in the united kingdom you know, six, seven months ago, they raised interest rates there and a bunch of

subsidiaries got for a big trouble and had to start dumping off u.k. government bonds causing a crisis, based on on that i could see this could happen here, it wasn't that tricky and i'm shock the that the supervisor didn't deal with this. >> i guess when the solution is and i'm not trying to be cynical, when the solution is let's add more regulation to the banks, it's sort of sounds like what you're saying is, but we didn't -- i'm not saying your against more regulation in this particular case, you're saying they didn't need that to see this? this was right there in front of them? . >> rock ll >> there are some things, there's a funny accounting things that midsize banks can do when they don't have write down losses on bonds that go down in price or profits like that, hold majority accounting but the banks have to tell the regulators and the regulators know what the stuff is worth. within the existing laws, the

supervisor and regulators could have done 1,000 times better. >> i think it's important for everyone to hear, there's always a rush to add more regulation in a situation like this. are you -- in your expertise on bank runs, what do you think about what we've seen so far, the bail-out of two of these banks the depositor, that is, right to make good on them no matter what size deposits and now this basically other banks coming in and giving first republic a whole lot of deposits to try to cushion them, are you satisfied with what you're seeing in terms of the solution or do you think we'll see more failures? >> >> i think it will work, i think the point of having these other banks, quote, unquote, voluntarily lend money is confidence building so they, if, you know, if jp morgan thought they'd fail tomorrow at first republic wouldn't lend them money, first republic seems like a fairly simple bank that didn't have real structural problems other than this interest rate thing. so i think it will work. i can tell you though in 1984,

there was a bank in chicago call continental it was the biggest bank failure in history the reason we have a too big to fail doctrine set up during the bail-out and the first thing they tried was having all the other big banks lend to them. two days later, the bank had to be guaranteed by the fdic for all the uninsured, it doesn't always work. that bank continental had bad lending standards and fraud. i don't see any of that. first republic looks like a fine bank that took bad interest rate, i think this should work. if there's, you know, a whole series of bank failures of the reason we want to bail people out and stop the bank failures once everybody thinks everybody will pull their money out of every bank it will be system-wide chaos, i don't think that's going to happen and i think first republic will survive. >> professor diamond thank you,

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tonight one of trump up's top communications aides appearing before the grand jury

investigating trump's handling of classified documents, she's one of a handful of former white house aides who moved to trump to florida after he lost the 2020 election, and cnn is learning special counsel jack smith is ramping up efforts to obtain testimony from at least two dozen staffers at mar-a-lago. caitlin you got a lot of reporting, what can you tell us about this aide specifically that you're learning about mar go martin and her testimony. >> mar go martin is another person called into this grand jury in washington, dc to testify in this special council investigation into the handling of classified documents, and martin is one of the people that is close to donald trump now, she's been on his payroll since he left the presidency, working in florida along side him quite closely so the prosecutors could be asking her about that, what she's seeing there but one of the few people that stayed with him who had worked in the white house with him prior to that. and so she was a deputy

communications aide quite possible she would also be asked about the packing of boxes or what she may have seen at the end of trump presidency as well, which is a really key piece the prosecutors are probably going to want to draw lines between now be that said, erin, she was only in before the grand jury as far as we can tell for a few hours this afternoon, it wasn't a marathon day of testimony like others have had. and it doesn't appear that she was declining to answer questions but we were able to confirm she did have testimony today. >> so you've also i know caitlin reported she's one of many that you're learning have been subpoenaed as this investigation, i guess, some might think ok, they're almost done but appears from your reporting it's basically still ramping up >> ramping up or winding down or there are still lots of questions that prosecutors want to ask, it's really unclear but at this point in the game, we are able to confirm kristen holmes casey gannon and there have been at least two dozen people at mar-a-lago who have

been sought out by prosecutors, that they want to ask them questions, want to get testimony, many have been subpoenaed to the grand jury or subpoenaed for documents, and from we can tell, the prosecutors the special counsel are scouring grounds for information, there was a source telling us today that they're casting an extremely wide annex anyone and everyone who might have seen something that is who prosecutors wants to talk to or who have -- they have already talked to. and that list is getting longer by day. so mar go martin add her to it. we're learns they want to talk to a housekeeper, restaurant server, all of the people that were on security footage at mar-a-lago and then, of course, donald trump's personal attorney, evan cork written as well. . >> thank you very much let's go to ryan good man former special counsel at the defense department and co developer and chief. as you hear caitlin going through who has been before this

grand jury and obviously you don't know the when of each appearance, you don't know if it's ramping up finishing or where we are. but they spoken to a mar-a-lago staff member and a trump aide two people who are seen on security camera footage moving boxes from the storage room. those stand out to you. >> they do, i thought it was one of the most important parts of the reporting, one of the most crucial episodes, which is that trump's staff apparently are moving the boxes with classified materials out of the storage room after he gets a subpoena, fact that there's two witnesses is brand new fork. >> we thought there was one. >> we thought there was one, we had his name, but it was questionable whether or not he was going to fully cooperate with the special counsel, now there are -- and surveillance video, means that it vet ends the investigator's hands, decreases the incentives for them to lie, because there's another witness and surveillance video means that could be important for a juror. >> so then, matt, that unlike is crucial. then caitlin's reporting that there are at least two dozen witnesses. and that these witnesses include

people that would have seen a lot, but that maybe trump wouldn't have noticed. restaurants servers, people like that. >> i think of it the same way. they might be invisible to him. but they are the eyes and ears and they can see things. or they can know things might even be somewhat rumor but then they can at least give the investigators lead so they can tell the investigators who is present in different conversations. seems as though that's what happened with select community on january 6. there are important lower level white house staff that do give testimony for example, the person that greets trump as he enters the white house after his elipse speech and tells him that there's writing down at the capitol, that's an important marker, but that was a lower level staff person he might not have noticed or thought about that conversation. >> now, this is also in the context of a possible indictment seen as a likely indictment in new york, in the hush money payments to stormy daniels and campaign finance, you were with me last night, when the attorney was on the show.

he was clearly sending a massage to the da saying if you do this indictment it will be great for trump be sure that he wins the white house again, here's how he put it. >> i think it will empty bolden his supporters, will end rage hi supporters, making them feel stronger but i think a prosecutor would say it's a democratic prosecutor, been supported by the far left going after the most far right guy you have out there and i think he's thinking if i prosecute him, i take him out of candidacy. >> now, are you surprised to hear him making a, the political argument? >> yes, he's the lawyer. he should be the trial lawyer, he's making arguments in the political register seems as though he's trying to send a message to an elected official, the da is an elected office and talking about the political ramifications for the situation, which means for him, so i do

think he's trying to send a signal in this closing window before there's probably going to be an indictment, this is like the last opportunity to send that message. >> try to get them off for political reasons, it is a politically elected person making that decision. of thank you very much. ryan, ryan good man and of course, it does appear trump is determined to run for president even if indicted by all account, he's made that loud and clearly tonight there are numbers that show the former president gaining in popularity with a group of highly sought after voters. so harry is out front to talk with me about that. this is when people try to say who is the trump base? we hear about this rapid loyal base but you're looking at trump voters that some people watching may not expect. nonwhite republican voters. that he is gaining with that group more so than anyone else in the gop right now. show me. >> look at the republican primary match-up, look again ron desantis who right now, the two top choices for republicans if you look among white voters in

an average recent polls you see that desantis and trump are basically even, if this was a match-up among white republican voters they'd be tying the polls but trump is ahead by ten points, because trump has a double digits advantage among republican voters of color or nonwhite republican voters i believe this is so interesting because when we think of trump voter right we think of the white work class voter but in fact, voters of color nonwhite republicans are in fact a big part of trump's base. >> which is important you're right. you read about trump and you hear about trump you hear about that white voter. now, obviously that this is important in the primary. can you context what will lies about how big of a share when we think about the trump base, what are we talking about? we mentioned working class voters but if you look amongst gop voters who make less than $50,000, what happens? what do we see? among nonwhite republicans they make up about 45%. but if you look among white

republicans they make up only less than 30% essentially what we've been talking about right is this trump base among working class voters but in fact, it's working class nonwhite voters who make up a significantly larger share of the nonwhite voters in the republican primary compared to white voters in fact most white voters in a republican primary make more than $50,000 a year. >> which is this is fascinating and not what a lot of people may expect. when you look at trump's performance right now or at least how these polls are showing how do they compare with how he's done with minorities groups in past. >> trump did significantly better in 2020 than he did in 2016 among nonwhite voters. he actually did worse among white voters in 2020 than 2016, which of course, is a big shock that's the reason he lost but i think what's so important to keep in mind is voters of color have or nonwhite voters are making up a larger share of the republican electorate than they did eight years ago, we've seen a clear growth, they make up about 18%.

seven years ago they made up only about 13%. the fact is trump is doing better with group of voters becoming a larger share of the republican electorate and that's the reason why he's leading at this point. >> significant. of course, dove tails with other stories we've been talking about asian american voters or african-american voters that there's more of them are taking a look at the gop than had before. thank you very much, harry. next, one woman breaking her silence to cnn saying she was raped on board a ship overseen by the u.s. coast guard. ♪. ♪. >> i week's completely naked in my bed, my room was destroyed. >> what did the coast guard do about it? >> new images of north korea launching an icbm how fast that missile can reach the united stateses? ♪. ♪. ♪. and relentlessly work with you to m make them real. ♪

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out front investigation failure by the u.s. coast guard, two women coming forward to cnn alleging they were sexually assaulted on u.s. commercial ships overseen by the coast guard, none of these cases have been prosecuted and pamela brown has this story first on out front >> i just felt trapped. i had no idea what to do. >> hope hicks was initially excited for her so-called sea year, spending months on a commercial ship as part of her

program at the united states merchant marine academy, but her excitement soon turned to terror. >> was hostile environment, comments made to me every single day and two weeks in the physical touching started. >> she said one night after the crew was drinking, she was raped by a superior officer. >> i woke up completely naked in my bed. my room was destroyed. my sheets were bloody i immediately knew what happened. >> in the middle of the razor bladian sea only woman on board. >> i was scare out of my mind. >> her safety and those of the tense of thousands of people who work on commercial chapatis ships is overseen by the coast guard, which investigates and punishes offenses but a cnn investigation found the coast guard failed to use its power to

prevent and punish sexual assault on commercial ships for decades. >> i had no idea that reporting to the coast guard was even an option. >> this woman who wants to stay anonymous said she was repeatedly groped and harassed by a member of her crew on board the same ship just two years later. >> every joke, every innuendo, every touch always felt like a threat. >> i always slept with my knife, felt like i was constantly hunted. >> the coast guard has not revoked a single credential for a sexual assault at sea if the last decade. yet it revoke it's credentials for other lesser offenses. >> case in point a merchant mariner tested positive for marijuana during a random drug test, acknowledged it was likely caused by cbd oil recommended by pain but permanently revoked anyway, cnn identified more than 25 mariners who held credentials even after convicted of sex crimes on land be many have left

the industry. like michael james, a registered sex offender only had a seven-month suspension and continued working on a ship five more years, and james ryers pleaded guilty to attempted sexual conduct able to return after six months, both men denied the allegations >> i'm tired, angry, i should be, i'm angry that the system didn't protect me at all. if anything, it suppressed me. >> this is something that should have stopped decades ago. >> captain sand born is former associate professor at the academy and the first female captain of a commercial ship, i would describe my feelings on the u.s. coast guard as they have been absentee, intentionally naive >> no accurate numbers for how many have been sexually assaulted on commercial ships.

victims are often bullied and belittled into silence >> he was like we really need to talk and i told him you forced yourself on me. and he told me that mariners get lonely at sea. and if i ever wanted to report nobody would ever believe me. >> they're told nobody will believe you. >> hope hicks wrote an anonymous blog post about her attack in 2021 and that sent shock waves through the industry. >> this problem is the most under reported problem, not enough people have come forward, not enough people have talked about it. >> as for the man who allegedly attacked hope, the coast guard turned over its investigation to the department of justice months ago but no charges have been filed, the coast guard renewed his credential last year. after hope hicks blog post there's new focus on preventing sexual misconduct the coast guard told my colleagues blake

ellis and melanie hick ins among changes they made it easier for people to report incidents at sea and taking part in a new monitoring system with the fbi and tsa, which would alert them to mariners who have been convicted of certain crimes. erin. >> thank you very much. incredible reporting. makes a difference. flex alarming new report which suggests a north korean inner continental ballistics missile could reach the united states fast. we'll tell you how fast. and we're learning how close two passenger jets came to colliding on a runway in florida seconds. we'll tell you. ♪. ♪. roll base base base

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less than 2,000 seconds how quickly a north korean intercontinental missile could reach the united states center of the mainline if the u.s. defense system fail according to new study by chinese defense researchers and the warning comes as north korea launch another missile fourth launch already this years, these images released by state at first showing kim jong-un overseeing with the child thought to be his daughter, will riply is out

front. >> reporter: in the skies near japan f15 on the hunt for a suspected north korean intercontinental ballistics missile capturing what could be last seconds in flight. this rare video released by japan's military, experts say the burning object resemble as ballistic missile boost rocket reentering the atmosphere flying about an hour at hyper sonic speeds. >> if there's no interception, an icbm launched from north korea would take a little bit more than minutes to reach the moment land depending if it's the west coast or east coast will have more time. >> chinese scientists simulate add nuclear attack, according to the south china morning post the simulation shows 33 minutes from the time of launch till the time of impact. if u.s. missile defenses fail to

shoot down the icbm >> missile defense begins mere. >> for years u.s. leaders reassured the public >> the nation should be very confident >> and america's allies >> easily shoot them out of the sky. >> motive defense systems can keep them safe. but virtually all ballistics missiles travel at more than five times the speed of sound. sometimes faster. >> it's been described as hitting a bullet with bullet. trying to hit a war head. >> three, two, one. ignition. >> a report last year finding america's missile defense system the nation's best perhaps only line of defense only succeeds about half the time. >> in north korea were to fire a nuclear arm at the united states, we could not essential our defense system would prevent it. >> a u.s. missile defense agency report last year said the missile defense system demonstrated a measured capability to defend the united

states deployed forces and allies from a rogue nation's missile attack. that rogue nation has a fast growing arsenal. kim jong-un military is mass producing icbm's, he knows a barrage of ballistic missiles could be too much for the u.s. to shoot down. >> well, it's pretty sobering reporting, especially considering so many of these missile defense tests missile defense shield tests have not gone well for the united states. you're talking about north korea specifically with these missiles, what about missiles that would start from china or russia? >> this is the scary thing that a lot of people probably don't know. yes, you know, the u.s. missile defense system might be able to defend against an attack from a rogue state like north korea as long as the program doesn't get too big, maybe iran, but china, russia the size of their arrest analysis to if they launched nuclear missiles just like if the u.s. launched nuclear missiles a them, there would be

no way to shoot anything close to all of them down, this is the definition of to mutually assured destruction, north korea is trying to get to the point that u.s. wouldn't be able to shoot their missiles down then they become a nuclear power, which is what kim jong-un wants. next a new report revealing just how close two passenger jets came to colliding in florida.

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. tonight. 14 seconds how close two passenger jets came to colliding on a runway in sarasota florida according to preliminary report that just come out from the ntsb. this animation revealing what happened last month. air traffic control gives the air canada jet one in red, the all clear to take off. at the same time, an american airlines jet that's the blue was three miles away. obviously, traveling in the air.

and prepared to land on the same runway. the american airlines jet thank goodness saw visually the air canada starting to take off, aborted, thank goodness, the jets ultimately came within .6 miles of each other, think about speeds we're talking about 14 seconds separated the two. terrifying to think about no word as to what was the reason, who was at fault. this is one now of seven close calls we know about at american airports this year. tonight don't miss a special report on america's aviation problems tonight at 9:00. thanks so much for joining us, it's time now for ac360. images that work terrified us during the cold war bringing similar chill. john berman in for anderson. you might have watched thi