rosalyn jordan has more. >> saluting the troops is now a regular part of professional sports matches across the united states. but two u.s. senators say teams aren't holdings that events just out of love of country. they are accusing the pentagon of paying the teams to do so. >> there's a lot of good things that professional sports do the men and women who serve in the military. but these millions of dollars are not acceptable. >> according to mccain, the military has spent $1.3 million a year sense 2012 on what he calls paid patriotism. that's almost nothing compared to the $480 million spent on all defense advertising this year. $507 million on advertising next year. >> and contrary to mccain's charge that this is an inappropriate form of outreach, marketing experts say paid patriotism is a sophisticated way of building ties between the public and the military. >> to make them feel positively about it and find more information, so i think that it's incredibly effective and i think it is appropriate, and i think it is actually more efficient and probably a better use of spending tha

rosalyn jordan is standing by us, she joins us now. well, this test that took place at noon local time, another nine g.m.t. was basically designed to make sure that the american and russian fighter pilots could actually talk to each other on a certain radio frequency. according to a pant gone spokesperson, the test took about three minutes to conduct, and it's part of this so called deconflict agreement that was reached in the past couple of weeks between the u.s. and russia, just so that their pilots would not get into their way or some sort of confrontation. it is the rule of the skied agreement. they say they wanted to make certain that everything was working as well as could be. so it's not a matter of alarm, it is actually according to the pentagon the way this memorandum of understanding is being implemented. >> rosalyn jordan with with the latest from washington, d.c., thank you. meanwhile the u.n. is warning of a looming crisis of statelessness it's refugee agency says that around the world a chide is born stateless at least ev