complete chaos at at capitol as more republicans are revolting against kevin mccarthy. >> nobody wins. >> this is a concept of individuals that want to burn the place down. >> any final bill is going to be bipartisan. >> a large group of migrants in texas. the new epicenter of the border crisis. >> they have been robbed, attacked by mexican authorities. >> he does bare some responsibility for this crisis. this is our plan of action. nothing. dozens of students are injured after their bus rolled over an an interstate in new york. two adults were killed in the crash. they believe it was an issue with the front tire of the bus that may have been a contributing factor. the day of terror for 44 passengers, certainly there are familying grieving today. good morning, everyone. it's friday. we made it.

sarasider in is here with us. we're going to speak with a lawmaker from the house to figure out what they will go aless behind had. we're going to start with what we're learning in the horrific pus crash in new york on thursday. the crash killed 2 adults and injured 40 high school students on their way to band camp in pennsylvania. police now say a front tire failure could be to blame. >> omar he men necehawaii me necessary is live for us. what do you know about the investigation? >> reporter: preliminary state police believe that an issue with the front tire may have been a factor in this crash, but it's heart part of why the ntsb is expected to arrive this morning to help with that investigation. our team went by the crash site, and all lanes of the highway are now reopened, but this bus was one of six that was heading from long island outside new york city on its way to greeley, pennsylvania, for a band camp.

40 students on board, 4 adults. two people were killed, both of them adults. five are in kcritical condition. dozens are injured. nothing more than bumps and bruises. take a listen to one student who describe d what he saw. >> i had to jump out the window. as soon as i picked my head up, the kid next to me was covered in blood blood. >> reporter: now i mentioned they were heading to a band camp. two people were killed. one of the people was from massapequa. she was 43 years old. she was the band director at this school leading this group to the band camp. and another woman from farmingdale, she was 77 years old. the letter was sent out to students for people who might need counselling or someone to talk to as they try to process

what happened. where the crash site is, they were 35 miles or so from their destination, from the city where the band camp was supposed to happen. it was supposed to be just a fun trip to band camp, and that all changed in a matter of moments. >> our hearts go out to the families. and the students are having to deal with what they saw. many of them just got scrapes and bruises, so that's good news for the 40 students on that bus. thank you for that report. also this morning, we're following the growing crisis at the southern border. it's been escalating for a series of weeks now. 9,000 migrants crossing in just 24 hours as that surge continues to grow. they are overwhelming border towns like eagle pass, and the white house is sending additional troops to help. we are seeing desperate scenes like this had. families pulling children under razor wire. they declare d a state of

emergency. he says he feels abandoned by the federal government. >> we have never seen this before. this is not normal. you have all these thousands of people just walking in without any consequence whatsoever. so the board is getting out. nobody has bothered to call me or anyone in the city saying this is the federal government. we know what you're going through. we're worried about you. this is our plan of action. nothing. we're here abandoned on the border. we're asking for help. >> this is drone video of the migrants detained at the border just yesterday. ed lavandera is live on the dpround. you were live on air during some of the video we were just watching of families and children trying to get around that razor wire. where do things stand this morning? >> reporter: it was a difficult scene to watch all of that unfold yesterday. this morning, very quiet here. we're standing in the same area where so many migrants, thousands of migrants have arrived in recent days to turn themselves in. the mayor of eagle pass in that

interview told us last night he was told by federal border authorities that 50 to 60,000 people are believed to be in southern ms. speaker. the question is where are all of those people going to end up in the days and weeks ahead. dozens of migrants stand in the rio grand, moments after forming a human chain to cross the river and through lasers of wire trying to reach texas. they tell me they are from venezuela. among them, a woman and her toddler, the danger is real. two people, including a 3-year-old boy, have drown this week after being swept away in the river current. but they accept the risk. how long are you going to wait here? they said they are going to wait here until they let them in. the migrants have been robbed and attacked on the mexican side

of the river. the migrants figure out a way to crawl under the wire in a surreal scene, one man apologized. they wanted to apologize for crossing illegally into the u.s., and they are begging and asking for mercy. i understand they are coming from a country where they are persecuted and they feel like if they were to be returned home, they would be killed. the mass influx of migrants is causing tension between federal and state authorities. texas governor greg abbott posted this video accusing border agents of cutting razor wire at an undies closed location allowing migrants to turn themselves in. dhs officials refuse to comment on the allegation. on wednesday about 3,000 migrants crossed in eagle pass alone. >> it's something strange. i never thought i would see something like it. >> reporter: the local sheriff says smugglers are offering to move them to offer cities if they can get into the u.s. >> i know this because we have smugglers coming from hugouston

florida, austin, everywhere to pick up immigrants. >> reporter: reasons for this surge varied, but migrants say they have grown frustrated with the app that processes formal applications. many waiting months on the mexican side for an appoint the. these two men from venezuela say i they crossed illegally because they have been waiting three months for the appointment to request asylum. it's a risk we had to take, he tells me. we know there's a chance we get deported, but it's in god's hands. now many of the migrants who arrived here at the southern border have traveled through mexico by train, jumping on to freight trains that come north. the operator of that train system has suspended those northbound trains, so that might influence the number of migrants arriving here at the southern border in the days and weeks to colt, but many people down here from texas to california simply

trying to figure out how how long this surge is going to last. it's an ais it going to last for months? >> it's a critical question. ed lavandera, great reporting. keep us post ed. thank you. this morning we are watching two of those big strikes that are bringing two big american industries to a standstill. today there could soon be more strikes against detroit's big three auto makers. more workers will walk off the job at noon unless serious progress is made in those negotiations. and on the west coast, striking writers and heads of four big studios have finished what they call a marathon session of negotiations without being able to reach a deal. but a source tells us that progress was made and they are going to meet again today. we are standing by in los angeles with the latest on the writers strike. but first, we're in day eight of the auto workers strike.

vanessa yurkevich is here. overnight, you had general motors saying they put a fifth big record offer on the table. where does that stand now? a deal has not yet been made. >> the clock is ticking. we expect to hear from the uaw president at 10:00 a.m., where he will announce more targeted strikes with a walkout of those striking members starting at noon. we know the big three have been negotiating with the kwunon over the past week, but we're not hearing about substantial progress, which is what he is looking for. we know stellantis and general motors put new deals on the table, but general motors is saying they don't feel like anything they put on the table is good enough to meet the demands, and that the uaw was going to go on strike re regardless. we also have seen that because there are 13,000 workers now on the picket lines, that's had a

ripple effect on these companies. the companies have announced general motors, 2,000 idled workers, ford, 600 workers, ste lance fits, almost 70 workers laid off with 300 more to come. so as these targeted strikes increase, which we expect them to, they are going to see the residual effects of the layoffs. but the only person who knows the plan is the uaw president. he knows what he's doing. the are targeted, and we expect to hear more in the coming hours. >> we have a few hours left before the next targeted strike may occur. we don't know where. neither do the companies, which is part of the olympian. but you have been on the ground talking to these workers. we're more than a week that the strike has gone on. you were talking about layoffs. what's the mood among the workers who are out there on the picket line and those who may be joining them. >> there's one camp that believes that the union should not concede on any of their demands.

they should hold steady. they see that these companies are making billions of dollars in profits. they look at the ceo's pay, which are tens of millions of dollars, and they believe do not come down from the mission demands. there's another camp of people that believe that negotiations are about compromise. they have seen these companies come up from their initial wage inkrcreases of 10% all the way to 20%. and possibly more at this point. they believe in order to get a deal to get them off the picket lines and back to work, the union will have to negotiate. i have heard they believe they need to come down into the 30% wage increase. but that's still a large gap. 20 and 30, still a long ways to go. the only person who knows that magic number is the uaw president. he will not reveal that to anyone at this point. that's part of the dpoeshting tactic. >> we're looking at some of the workers striking there. vanessa yurkevich, thank you for your reporting. you go from one labor

dispute to another, one that's in day 144. that's the writers' strike. hollywood studios will meet for a third straight day after talks ended without a deal overnight. a source tells us progress was made. we are live in los angeles. there's some optimism from the fact they aren't attacking one another. where do things stand today? >> i would say a lot of the writers are hopeful for that progress and are thankful for that progress. they are telling me we know it's going to stake a long time. they are very confident in the wga negotiators, but they are skeptical. they won't believe it until they see it. they want to see a deal. so that's why you're also going to be paying attention to the leaders of these four major studios we're talking warner brothers discovery, netflix, disney, nbc universal, they are now the at the table for a third straight day trying to hash this out.

and one of the writers say i understand it's going to take a long time because these issues are complicated. they are fighting for residuals, especially when it comes to streaming. they are very focused on artificial intelligence. they want to be the ones writing and not machines. so as you mentioned, more than 140 days and they are still willing to continue this as long as they get what they have been fighting for over the last couple months. they have been out on the picket lines and the union asking them to come out today again as many people as possible as they continue these negotiations. i want you to listen to what one of the writers said on the picket lines. >> we all want the strike to be over. we all do. but we are also determined to be out here as long as it takes to get the deal we need to keep this industry going. >> people want to go back to work not just to save the shows

or movies, this is people's livelihood, people struggling to pay rent or put food on the table. this is a domino effect because it's not just hollywood. it's many industries that have been impacted by this economically. >> it's a critical point. we'll see if there's a breakthrough. thank you. brand new cnn poll shows president biden beating donald trump in a potential rematch in a key battleground state. and a government shutdown is looking a lot more likely a as congress left for the weekend with just eight days left until funding runs out. we'll talk to a congressman about what comes next. stay with us. in the vehicle.] [car traversing over rocky ground, babbling creek in the background.] [minimalist piano enters, plays througughout.] (dad) we got our subaru forestster wilderness [heavy sound of f water coming from waterfall.] [heavy sound of water r stops abruptly.] to discover all of ththe places that make us feel someththing more.

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running mate. 21% say they feel enthusiast ic about kamala harris. 42% say they are satisfied. a government shutdown feels a lot more likely right now after republican hardliners tanked a military spending bill yesterday. kevin mccarthy sent members home for the weekend. there's been no move on a stopgap funding bill. so what is the plan? republicans will work on individual and annual long-term spending bills rather than one big comprehensive one. the trouble is it's extremely unlikely to get it done before the deadline. the conservative measures are dead on arrival in the senate. other than that, everything is going great. join ing us now is congressman from montana. he's a member of that appropriations committee. he's been at the center of this process. that's kind of where i want to start. as an appropriator, you understand the work that goes into spending bills and i think the time it takes to reconcile them with the other side to get

them to the white house. my sense is the plan to pass 11 spending bills. you have 8 days. i'm not sure how this doesn't lead to a shutdown. am i wrong? >> you look at where we're at. as a former navy seal, never go against troops. we had zero democrat help, but we failed protecting our country with the defense bill. the defense bill is important. and the homeland security bill, which is our border. our focus right now is to make sure we get the three most important bills cross ed. that's our defense, our border and make sure we protect our veterans. we get those across and as long as the senate picks them up, we will avert a shutdown. a shutdown is not a good thing.

the troops are not going to get paid. the secretary has a lot of latitude what he deems critical and essential. the administration has a lot of latitude. and the administration, i didn't shut down the parks. so the success tear has a lot of latitude. we do not a shutdown. >> you make a great point. you have been in the executive branch during these moments before. these are arguments that have been made to a number of your members, who sound like they want a shutdown. they are almost urging a shutdown at this point. why do you think that's the case? >> you have a few, a handful, and sometimes it's a media hit, but i was sent here to do two things. curb the spending and remove the woke. the defense bill that needs to pass, i don't think the defense should be paying for sex change oper operations. that's not their job. so nor do i need to understand

we cant allow the military to atry fee. the bill is the lowest per percentage in our history. the ukraine war, i think we should have a plan. clearly identify the biden administration needs to deliver that before we spend more money. but the core of the defense needsed to pass. it did not. >> so i want to get to ukraine funding in a second. it's a separate debate at this point that needs to be rec reconciled at some point. when the last major deal raised the debt limit and set the spending levels, you voted against it, but you commended kevin mccarthy's efforts to get an agreement to get the white house to negotiate. what would you do if he ends up having to go to democrats and say i need your help to get out of this jam? >> clearly, shutting the

government down, there's a few republicans. and what we need to do is focus on the three. focus on defending our country, focus on securing our border. you see the crisis. focusing on keeping our word to veterans. we focus on those, get them to the senate and make sure we do our job here to pass the rest of the appropriations bills. we'll get those done next week. but if we get them done and they go to the floor and a few decide they are not going to put up any appropriations, then they are going to live with sex change operations and make sure our troops don't get paid. >> to the initial point you made, the deal i was pointing to is the deal that mccarthy agreed to that set a spending level that republicans walked away from. this was the house democratic whip. take a listen. >> all of this is complete nonsense, but it's a dangerous

game. back in june, he made a deal with the president of the united states after taking the economy hostage, catering to these extremists and their agenda of burning government down. and what he did then was totally roll it back. >> there was a deal. there was a bipartisan agreement, and you voted against it, but you committed commended him for reaching that agreement. it doesn't seem to be on anybody but the republican conference. >> here's the irony of it. the deal was struck with mc mccarthy. the appropriation bills, we said we would go to 12 appropriation bills, have open amendments and curb the spending. those appropriation bills are lower than what was agreed upon. in some cases, significantly lower. so you're right. the goal line changes, and you

have a few people that won't vote for anything. we're going to get together, because people understand the consequence. and it's right to do our job. congress needs to do the job. the last point is we're talking about 25% of the budget with half of the defense. we're not even talking about the big problem on the 75% of the budget. and on both sides of the aisle, there's agree yans we need to get to the budget to prioritize the spending, where it should be going and make the hard decisions. congress needs to get back in the game and say we're going to look at the entire budget and not just argue about 11% or 12%. >> i do want to ask you before i go. volodymyr zelenskyy was on capitol hill yesterday. he was in the united states over the course of the last week. you mentioned funding should be a separate debate. is there a pathway forward for the $24 billion of emergency funding that the administration

has requested? >> there is. i was a former s.e.a.l. commander. i have been to a lot of battles, but i have never been on a mission where i didn't have objectives and a plan. at the highest levels, we don't have a plant. and i don't believe in blank checks. so the president of the united states has to come to congress and tell us what are the objectives in ukraine, and what's the plan? and the american people should dezeserve that too. we're tiptoeing into a possible nuclear engagement because we don't have at least a plan. so one of the people will step up to make sure we fund in the interest of the united states and global security. we will. >> congressman, a house appropriator, got to find a pathway forward. i'm an optist. >> appreciate that. i appreciate it.

thank you. >> have a good wbd weekend. rupert murdoch stepping down as the chairman of fox news corp. a look at where his media empire will go from here, we have new reporting for you coming up next. also a cnn exclusive, more evidence the coast guard failing to act on allegations of sexual misconduct. this time involving a captain turned college president. stay with us.

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it is the end of an era. the changing of the guard at one of the most influential companies. rupert murdoch is stepping down as the chairman of fox. the media empire he built more than 70 years ago. here's how the announcement was made on fox news yesterday. >> we have now some personal news to share with you this morning. our boss rupert murdoch is transitioning from chair of our parent company fox corporation. rupert murdoch created all of this and so much more across america and the globe. >> the media mogul said he will remain, quote, involved in

everyday and take on the title chairman aer merit tus. emeritus. he tapped his son to take over both of the companies at this point. joining us now is senior media analyst sara fisher. your article hot off the presses. we just got it in. and you have an interesting take at the very beginning. you know rupert murdoch is going to have his hands in this still. you say in naming his eldest son as his successor, murdoch is 92. he has ensured fox will live on, but maybe not with the same vent. maybe not as conservative as we have been seeing. explain. >> i thus that lachlan is going to carry rupert's torch. he praised his son for being the person to do that, to continue on with the populous fight, taking on what he thinks is the

elitist establishment. but the real challenge is that is not a forever thing. rupert murdoch at age 92 is leaving his company after he dies to a trust, in which four of his six children all have an equal say. we know where lachlan stands. he's take i ing over the compan. but do the other three? that's what's going to be the question. if they don't come to cob census, it's unclear what the direction is. but for fox, long-term. >> to be clear, sara doesn't have -- she's reading your digital story, which is very good. i feel like we know that the other three don't agree with lachlan. they certainly aren't ideologically aligned with him. >> all of them have incentive to continue growing a financial empire in which they have a 40% stake. they want this business to continue, but the direction that they want it to continue is so

different. james murdoch stepping down on the board in 2020, citing differences with what their editorial board was saying, giving you a sense of where he stands versus his brother. the two sisters are the wild card. we know that you need a ma majority. it's going to need to be at least three people coming together on the same side here. i think sort of the thing i'm watching is that as lachlan takes over, how is he going to continue rupert's vision for this, but also in the digital era. in the newspaper era are you had powerful op-eds and the cable news where you had a voice, it was easy to carry on that torch. in the digital era, you know it's very different. for streaming, it's hard to command huge attention. it's a frag theed media environment. it's going to be curious to see how he lives on that legacy, but in a very different era. >> it's going to be fascinating to watch. could probably make a television

show based off of it. may have. the irony is not lost on attack ing the elites when you're a multimillionaire. go read the piece. we appreciate it. coming up, a cnn exclusive. a form professor accused of sectioning a cadet and the fallout he's facing. our pnl continues the investigation at the academy. police finding more drugs under a day care, where a 1-year-old boy died of a suspected fentanyl overdose. the new detail, ahead. those. hey jijim! hey! can we talk about your yoga breaks? sure. get fast, powerful coughgh relief with robitussin, anand find your voice. ♪ robitussin ♪ ♪ ("un monde pliable" by jeongpill song) ♪ ( ♪ ♪ ) (camera shutters) ( ♪ ♪ ) (camera shutters) ( ♪ ♪ )

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now to an update in the death of the 1-year-old boy who died after a suspected fentanyl overdose at a day care center. police are now saying they found roughly 8 to 10 kilos of drugs under this trap door. the drugs were in the floor under a play area for the children. the grand jury indicted the daycare center's owners on

murder charges. investigators say they along with other co-conspirators ran a fentanyl business out of that daycare. an ir quit ri has been launched into a secret investigation exposed by cnn. you will remember on this show our pamela brown has done several reports on the investigation dubbed operation foul anchor that found misconduct at its academy that have been i ggnored and coveredp by high-ranking officials. >> this morning she has another exclusive of a college president taking a leave of absence after cnn started asking questions about his past at the academy, where he was accused of suggesting text messages with a student more than a decade ago. pam ela brown is joining us us live now with more. >> good morning to you both. as you know, we have been reporting since june about the coast guard's mishandling of allegations of sexual misconduct

of the '80s until today. our reporting shows another case where the coast guard didn't hold anyone accountable. retired captain has had a long clear career that includes being a lawyer, a captain in the coast guard. now he's the president of nichols college and said he wants to turn it into the business college of choice for women. but a cnn investigation found he allegedly sent lewd or suggestive text messages to at least two of his students more than a decade ago when he was a professor at the coast guard academy. >> he operates with complete im impunity. >> reporter: a former coast guard cadet said when she texted him after graduation asking for a letter of recommendation, he said this. >> only if you sent send me pictures. it doesn't take an idiot to figure out he was insinuating nudes. he then followed up with, and i

will never forget this, i have always loved that tattoo on your left foot. >> to another female student he exchanged more than 1,600 text messages, most of which were sexual or flirtatious. according to this internal document obtained by cnn. an alleged offer to give high grades to the cadet in exchange for sexual banter. listen to what he wrote. do you love turning me on? you really looked great, and the nails were very hot. you're very precious. i i adore you. i really do want you. i'm a good boy. no final for the goddess. attorneys learned about the texts years later after he had retired from service. yet they were so concerned they wrote this prosecution memo recommending two court-martial charges. including willful dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming an officer. the document states the cadet,

who was 20 years younger, denied any sexual contact occurred and appears to have been a willing participate. his attorney saying to cnn, that means texts between them were consensual between two adults. yet the conclusion was prosecution appears to be the only proper course of action. charges were never filed. >> he would get away with all sorts of i object appropriate behavior. >> reporter: her interaction went beyond text messages. he harassed her, making sexual comments to her or about her. >> he made countless comments towards me about my body to my boyfriend, to me, to a classroom. he made comments about how i looked in a suit, in a pencil skirt, in heels. >> did you feel like the power differential between the role you had as a cadet and the role

he had as a captain impacted how he was treated? >> absolutely. i brought it up to multiple people. they told me he was too powerful, and that they could do nothing about it. >> reporter: he retired from the coast guard in 2015. he became an administrator at bryant university in rhode island. he would have access to students for the rest of his career and if no action was taken, the coast guard could be accused of sweeping the case under the rug. yet, that's what the coast guard did. it's another example of the agency internally expressing concern about sexual misconduct, but ultimately, failing to act. in june, cents uncovered a damning investigation that had been kept secret for years. it showed leaders buried dozens of cases of sexual assault. >> i apologize to each victim, survivor. >> reporter: melissa says the culture of the coast guard has been one of silencing victims.

>> the message was loud and clear. keep your head down and shut up. that's what i did. i regret it. >> reporter: his attorney told cnn any allegation made that he harassed her is categorically false. >> what a story, pamela. we understand that he's taken a leave of absence from his post as president of nichols college. is that correct? >> that's right. after cnn reached out nfor comment, the college told us they launched a third-party investigation into the allegations. surks lmasy took a leave of absence. the coast guard said in a statement that it's referring the allegations to its investigative service. cnn has learned that investigation has already begun. >> pamela, despite the memo recommending the court-martial charges, he was never prosecuted. why is that? >> we don't know about the internal discussions, but that

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and in hiding. donie traveled across the country to find out the toll conspiracy theories and cults have on families for a new "whole story with anderson cooper" that airs this sunday. here is a look. >> one time we went to play tennis and he got a phone call. jason believed it was junior calling him. jfk jr. calling him, and was maybe a week before he went to dallas. >> reporter: so you are playing tennis with your brother? >> yes. >> reporter: and he gets call? >> correct. >> reporter: and he thinks it's jfk jr.? >> he does. >> reporter: at that point there is something seriously wrong here? >> yes. but what do you do? >> cnn's donie o'sullivan is joining us now. wow, donie. you talked to so many families going through this. what are they saying about how

they deal with this and how difficult it might be to pull someone out of this rabbit hole? >> of course, you are dealing with two ends of the spectrum. one, it's so absurd, it's laughable in terms of the actual beliefs. but i think qanon, everything else, ity we want to treat it as a joke because it is so absurd, but treating it as a joke, ignoring it isn't going to make it go away. you saw in that clip there, erica, she was kind enough to speak to us, her brother was not a lifelong quack or anything like that. he had a successful construction business, everything, and began down this rabbit hole, she thinks during covid-19 and you see there the helplessness. what do you do if you have somebody come to your kitchen table every night and spouting this nonsense? because if you tell them they are wrong and they are a fool, you are at risk of pushing them

further down rabbit hole. >> and people should really watch the piece on sunday night. what is the theory? how is this the case and why are so many people locked in on? >> it changes depending on the day and who you ask. but the general theme is that they believe jfk jr. did not die, he faked his own death and he is working with trump somehow and is going to come back and save the u.s. from an evil cab all. some believe that jfk himself is potentially alive or was reincarnated. a lot has weird biblical overlaps. look, i mean, you could go down rabbit hole yourself trying to understand this thing. it all fits into the broader qanon belief. another step back fits into the beliefs of these election lies being pushed. these people believe in that stuff and they are seeing famously years ago when president trump was asked to --

then-president trump was asked to a denounce qanon, he didn't. those messages these people are getting, maybe we are on to something here. >> these all connect and trump doesn't know what he is doing when he re-tweets stuff. watch this sunday night. excellent work. you worked on this for a long time. the entire subject matter. can't wait to watch. >> thank you. >> tune in to "the whole story with anderson cooper" sunday 8:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. instead of working through the weekend to come up with solution, republican lawmakers went home. house speaker kevin mccarthy, can he rally his conference to get a deal done before it's too late? and eagle pass, texas, under a state of emergency after a surge of migrants overwhelmed the border city the past week and it's causing tensions between federal and state

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this is cnn breaking news. >> and we want to start with breaking news. ukraine launching a missile attack on russia's naval headquarters. we are going to show you video. you can see the smoke rising in this video. this is sebastopol. it is one of the largest in the korean peninsula of crimea and was illegally annexed in 2014. russian state media says debris is scattered for hundreds of meters. ukrainian officials have not commented on the incident. it has been an area and a specific strategic target the ukrainians have spoken about over the course of this conflict. katie has more. what do we know? this is moving quickly. what is your understanding of things on the crowned? >> reporter: you can see from the video there, this is a quite major attack on russia's naval