a u.s. navy cruiser mistakenly shooting down one of its own. first, millions of americans are on the move with just days to go until the holidays. we are tracking a fast-moving winter storm. will it make for a white christmas? and what could it mean for the millions of people who are expected to travel for the holidays? tsa already expecting record-breaking numbers. but most travellers will head to their destinations by car. abc meteorologist somara theodore leads us off. somara, time this one out for us. >> rachel, we anticipate this bitter cold to stick around through at least tomorrow before egg are lating in time f christmas. states like michigan, wisconsin, and parts of new england for monday and tuesday. that's because we're tracking a snowstorm that will bring snow to chicago and detroit by monday evening. that moves into western pennsylvania early tuesday morning. and 9:00 a.m. christmas eve, snow anticipated along the i-95 corridor. some higher amounts in places like maine, vermont, new hampshire. we could see a coating potentially in

u.s. forces. two navy pilots ejects, both later recovered. one has minor injuries. pilots were under fire by the "uss gettysburg." it's a guided missile cruiser that is part of a u.s. military strike group. the military has been patrolling the area for more than a year, combatting houthi fighters in yemen backed by iran who have been attacking commercial shots in the waters between the middle east and africa. hours before the plane went down, the military conducted precision air strikes in yemen's capital, with targets including a missile storage facility operated by the houthis. during the operation, multiple houthi uncrewed aerial vehicles and anti-cruise missile were not down. it's not clear whether the downed plane was part of that operation. military experts say confusion can happen in combat. >> it's important to point out some of these decisions are just a matter of seconds before they fire and say an incoming houthi suicide drone. so it still should never have happened. multiple things must have gone wrong for this to happen. >> reporter: again, the military

herein lies the true teacher problem u.s. navy -- the strategic problem the u.s. navy must solve. the development of a strategy. our position is this compelling strategy, the most proximate way to resolve command of the sea, is to shore up our existing fleet to maintain a credible deterrent via additive manufacturing. we now stand ready for cross-examination. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for your speech. what is your plan procurement strategy to get this from manufacturing to ship in the near term? >> it has already been done with the example the uss --. what they did was they got the 3d printing company and they installed the 3d printer on the ship so that it could be pre-printing parts that it needs and of going back to port. >> this was a prototype model. at what point can you expand this across the fleet? >> it was not a prototype model. >> at what point could you mass-produce this model? >> while we have done it on one ship, it would be simple to do the same thing on other ships in the future. >> and how much time? >> we don't have an exact time frame, however, the proc

. >> well, the pentagon has launched an investigation after a u.s. navy jet was shot down over the red sea, apparently by friendly fire. the two pilots on board survived yesterday's incident, but it's not clear at this point what went wrong. abc's perry russom has more. >> the u.s. military investigating an apparent case of friendly fire overseas. u.s. central command says an f a 18 fighter jet was mistakenly fired on shot down over the red sea by u.s. forces. two navy pilots ejecting from the plane, both later safely recovered. one has minor injuries. central command says the pilots were hit by fire from the uss gettysburg. it's a guided missile cruiser deployed as part of a u.s. navy strike group. the military has been patrolling the area for more than a year. they're combating houthi fighters in yemen, backed by iran, who have been attacking commercial ships in the waters between the middle east and africa. hours before the plane went down, the military says it conducted precision airstrikes in yemen's capital of sanaa, with targets including a missile

we do in u.s. navyand that's part of our strength. >> i think that's where we unfortunately have to leave it. captain chris chowdah hill, captain of the uss eisenhower, thank you for doing this. >> thank you. [applause] >> here will have a discussion on reproductive rights in military posted again by me.

what we try to do is put into cells in cynical very close to various parts of the u.s. navy, u.s. marine corps, navy seals, et cetera and will start to codevelop and work with that community and try to accelerate pace with technology. it's a cultural thing. this is a people business. business trying to build trust between the different entities. we don't see it as a sop special sourcing. this is our contribution. it's a community effort across national security and defense to try to build the level needed. it's really time to get as close in this case to the operator as possible and bring in amazing minds that are in california, not necessarily with traditionally worked in the defense sector but we have brought and doing things perhaps which has never been seen before. >> mike, i want to turn to bear i was doing amazing work -- hanwha is doing amazing work around the world. working ships and aircraft and it seems like it's generating value across the portfolio of capabilities both in terms of developing effective systems but also quick delivery timelines which is i think increasing

. >>> next, u.s. navy captain chris hill talks about his experience as the commanding officer of the "u.s. dwight d. eisenhower" aircraft carrier amid the recent conflicts with the houthis in the red sea. this is part of the editors conference in washington, d.c. >>> the navy's carrier base all weather tracking planes. he assumed command of the ike in march of 2023. >> we're good. thank you, steve. appreciate it. hijack this q&a so i could give a little speech, get my points across. so the story i'd like to tell is about an underdog crew of 3,000 sailors on the "uss dwight d. eisenhower" and how they changed their culture for one of the most challenging deployments for the u.s. navy since world war ii. it's a story about leadership at all levels, about sailor grit. so i took over the ship in march of 2023 like steve said. about eight months before this unprecedented deployment. in the red sea. the crew had done back-to-back deployments during covid and never saw a real port call. people joined the navy for

at least five people were hurt. >>> the u.s. navys investigating how an american f/a-18 was shot down in an apparent friendly fire incident. the jet landed in the red sea. thankfully the pilot and weapons officer ejected safely with one suffering minor injuries. the military says the u.s. was carrying out airstrikes against the houthi rebels when the guided cruiser uss gettysburg mistakenly fired on the fighter jets. >>> on 60 minutes we heard from the mossad agent who led the attack against hezbollah with pagers. 37 were killed and thousands injured. 60 minutes" correspondent lesley stahl spoke with the agent who says the plot started ten years ago with walkie-talkies and phase two kicked in in 2022 with pagers. >> to make it into a bomb we have to enlarge it a little bit. >> in order to put explosives inside, but not too much. using dummies mossad conducted tests with the pager in a padded glove to calibrate the grams of explosive needed to be just enough to hurt the fighter but not the person next to him. >> if you push the button

now, those attacks also involved u.s. navy navy f, a 18 fighter jets and u.s. air force assets, according to centcom. but two u.s. military officials tell cnn that this downed fighter jet. we have talked about in this incident was not a part of those strikes. mj and victor, betsy klein for us at the white house, thank you so much. >> let's bring in now cnn military analyst and retired air force colonel cedric leighton. colonel, good morning to you. the investigation will determine how this mistake happened. but typically, how do these types of mistakes happen? >> yeah. victor. good morning. yeah. one of the big things here is that you have a very big air space that they're dealing with. and in that airspace, there's a lot of activity, especially when there's a carrier battle group active like there is in the red sea with the uss harry truman. now, when you which is where the f-18 came from. so when you are in a zone like this where there is combat happening at one end of the red sea, and then there are other flight patterns that the folks on the uss gettysburg,

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certainly one of the criticism bombs that u.s. navy observers offered after the fighting in samarra was that sometimes spreads right, because not all. i mean, you'd like all the shells to sort hit in a in a narrow spot but but some of these japanese spreads were so tight that at long range made it even more difficult to hit. if you have a little bit of a dispersion, a sort of a spot, what is the best amount of dispersion? what is sort of your error in your fire control set up? there's a sweet spot in terms of that, of dispersion to some degree, at least the u.s. navy observers felt that the japanese spreads were often too tight. it didn't account for some of the errors in their fire control. i wonder also how some of those errors might attributable to the fact that they were staking ship types, treating destroyers as cruisers, potentially treating the escort carriers as fleet carriers. and so perhaps estimating some things. but i think, you know, when the japanese were on their game, they were very good just at to that the fact that wh

u.s. talks about navy ship building programs. his remarks are part of a hudson institute event on strengthing the industrial military base with the u.s. and allies. >>> welcome, everyone. hudson is known for starting on time, so we're going to do that today. it is a pleasure to be here this morning. i'm grateful for those of you who are here in person and those of you listening online. we have here today representatives from the united states and some of our closest allies and partners. we're here because, unfortunately, with the wars in the middle east and europe, we've been reminded that we must be prepared to protect our interests with military force should deterrence fail. and we have seen what happens when deterrence fails. tragedy, death, destruction. and both of these conflicts have shown us in realtime the importance of scale and adaptability, and cooperation in defense production. allies are emptying their munitions stockpiles, demand for deployed ships and aircraft outstrip supplies. demand for, as i said, munitions. at

the two u.s. navy to eject safely from the aircraft, though one did sur what the military has described as minor injuries. the pentagon says the fighter jet had just taken off from the deck of the uss harry truman aircraft carrier, when one of the ships and its strike group, the uss gettysburg, mistakenly shot it down. the navy has been patrolling the region for more than a year now to combat ongoing attacks on commercial ships from the iranian backed houthis in yemen. several hours before this friendly fire incident, the military says u.s. forces conducted precision airstrikes against a missile storage facility and a command and control facility used by the houthis, and also shot down multiple uncrewed aerial vehicles and an anti-ship cruise missile. that operation included the air force and navy, and included f, a 18 aircraft. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> president elect donald trump is defending elon musk after some democrats say the tech entrepreneur is acting as a de facto president. thi

two u.s. navy pilots are lucky to be alive right now. they were shot down over the red sea in the middle east by an american warship. in an apparent case of friendly fire. u.s. central command says both of the pilots flying an f a 18 jet like this one safely ejected from their fighter jet after being mistakenly fired upon by the guided missile cruiser uss gettysburg. an investigation is underway. joining me right now is cnn correspondent julia benbrook at the white house. julia, what more do we know? >> there are still a lot of questions and a full investigation is underway. but u.s. central command is calling this an apparent friendly fire incident. two u.s. navy pilots were ejected safely after their fighter jet was shot down over the red sea. on saturday and initial assessments show that one crew member did sustain minor injuries. now, according to centcom, the aircraft, an f a 18, was operating from the uss harry s truman when it was mistakenly fired upon by the uss gettysburg. the uss gettysburg, a ticonderoga class guided missile cr

while also possessing the world's largest maritime fighting force operating 234 warships to the u.s. navy's 219. the great 19th century naval historian famously side, whoever rules the water rules the world. and the power dynamics. and there's strong bipartisan support in the u.s. to address this challenge. the bad news is that by working together the capacity exists for korea and the united states to build a stronger industrial foundation and one that will jointly support our friends aallies national security and economic prosperity. korea is the world's second largest ship building country with a 30% market share and reputation for efficiency and excellence. visiting korea's ship yard earlier this year to see our swift ship building, as he mentioned himself during the korea national day reception two weeks ago. of course, challenges remain, there are various-- full cooperation that we must address. for example, u.s. low mandate that u.s. military ships must be built in america which have limited the expands with foreign partners. this is salient as approaching elections, increase the core

on the same night that a u.s. navy jet was shot down over the red sea by apparent friendly fire, a second jet nearly suffered the same fate. a source with knowledge tells fox news the second jet had to take evasive maneuvers after a second missile was fired from the cruiser u.s.s. gettysburg. it narrowly missed the jet by 100 feet as it was preparing to land. let's bring in a navy seal lieutenant and author of warrior to civilian. rob, thank you for being here. how incredible. how does this happen twice apparently? >> well, there will be a formal investigation with what occurred. it could be a mistaken identity, they could have -- they'll have to go back and look at step-by-step what happened. i'm sure there has been a command stand down and a formal navy investigation. >> jacque: the super hornet was flying a few miles behind the hornet that was shot down and forced to take evasive maneuvers. it was attempting to land aboard the truman when it was shot down after performing a refueling mission. a tanker crew returning

. >>> the u.s. navyart in an air raid on yemen when it came under friendly fire. the jet was lost, but the pilots ejected and were plucked from the sea. imtiaz tyab reports from bethlehem in the occupied west bank. >> reporter: while both u.s. navy pilots are safe after ejecting from their hornet fa-18 aircraft, but the friendly fire incident really just underscores how dangerous the red sea corridor has become as yemen's houthi rebels continue to carry out attacks on the vital shipping route and well beyond. a u.s. military aircraft takes off into the night sky in video released the day before the friendly fire incident. according to u.s. central command, houthi military sites near the yemeni capital sanaa were targeted. on saturday the iranian-backed rebels launched a ballistic missile at central israel, where at least 16 people were, quote, mildly injured. prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowed to act forcefully against the houthis. who have been targeting israel for over a year to pressure it to end

we never heard the analogy of converting a merchant marine into the u.s. navy shifting from providing services and remain effectively. when i mention all the time a modern merchant marine is still not a u.s. navy. when you talk about the growth of the space force early it is largely about aggregation of mission, brought satellite communications or missile warning capabilities over and those looked like growth to the space force budget but was really and aggregation of resources. the initial work was operational imperatives put an infusion of investment in but mostly about investment architectures. that was the early money we put against proliferating war fighting architectures and a couple years later we see that in orbit but this counterspace idea, the we have to protect a joint force from an increasingly dangerous space enabled targeted web our adversaries are putting in place. a flat budget doesn't give us the buying paper to put those capabilities in place. i see that as one of the biggest challenges of opportunities moving forward, not a top line that goes

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you may have heard the analogy converging marine into a u.s. navy, a little bit about shifting from providing services in a benign environment to really being able to contest effectively, but what i mention all of the time, modern merchant marine is still not a u.s. navy. are you but it's the counterspace idea, the idea that we have to protect joint force from increasing space enabling web that our adversaries are putting in place. that's a deficiency and the flat budget doesn't give us the buying power to put those capabilities in place and so i see that as one of the biggest challenges or opportunities, if you will going forward, i'm not just asking for a top line that goes up because i think all budgets should go up, i'm asking for it because there's new mission societied with this counterspace capability that we need to invest in and that's going to naturally be an increase in resources. >> all right. let me shift now to what i would consider the deputy 3 biggest benefits that we've achieved today having established separate space force. one of

once in washington, he will make a stop at the u.s. navy memorial, that is of course a tribute to his service in the u.s. navy before continuing on to the u.s. capitol where he will lie in state after a ceremony with members of congress. after that, there will be a national funeral service. that's where we expect president biden to eulogize his predecessor, someone he has known for decades, someone he considers a friend. we are expecting that eulogy on thursday, january 9th. that is also being declared a national day of mourning. that same day after the service, president carter will return to georgia one final time and return to plains for a private funeral service at the church where he was a sunday school teacher for so many years and something he was very well known for in his time after the presidency. and then mourners are welcome to line the route as he travels from the church to his home in plains, georgia where he will be entered in a private ceremony and one of the last moments involved in all of this and one of the more powerful

u.s. navy ship it just doesn't have a the formal end that program for ships anymore and the canadians. can you talk about what the thinking is behind getting folks out on and barks and if there's any conversation about starting up and in bed program again? >> i don't speak speak for the y anymore any more so i can give you the process. the request to get the red sea and why that didn't happen. i couldn't speak to your specific request. broadly speaking we with the national security council to support media access when it's appropriate and when it makes sense for reporters. now i don't know what you mean by a formal embed program. we didn't have a formal program. when we thought it was right thing to do would get them out to sea. the canadians and the french have programs for ships in the u.s. navy didn't have that. are there any and i know we talked generally about embed programs across the pentagon and the military. is that something that's been discussed? you had to remember what the embed pr

what we need to do to make the u.s. navy great again.ing, for example, look at what has happened in the red sea with the houthis at least 25% of the trade that used to transit there has to be diverted to other ways. so it's putting pressure on places like the panama canal. so the only way for us to truly be a great nation to restore a maritime credibility both in commercial shipping and with the u.s. navy. so i think the president, the president-elect is highlighting something incredibly important and fundamental to our national security in both the artic and the maritime space at large. >> bret: yeah, and china is very active in panama. let me turn to capitol hill. >> exactly. >> bret: raised concerns about johnson. republicans had spoken to the president-elect in the weeks before the shutdown showdown airing grievances and raising reservations about johnson's handling of layer isous issues and his management of the house g.o.p. conference the showers said. take you back to december 10th when i asked him this. >> are you worried at all

u.s. navy 1967 to 1973, three combat tours in vietnam. first began serving in political positions early in the reagan administration, secretary in 1983 until 1989 and a number of positions since then. really just an extraordinary career. i have a series of questions but really i want to invite them to talk and share their thoughts about this relationship and the road we have traveled and the road that lies ahead. let me invite each of them to make some opening remarks. rich, can i start with you? amb. armitage: thank you and good morning, everyone. i look at the title of this conference and the term alliance leaps out. for me it wasn't so long ago when prime minister suzuki came here and announced at the press cup -- club that we had an alliance. the foreign minister had resigned, along with some folks. in that respect, we have come a long way. the second thing i want to say is the term architects applied to us frankly i think is incorrect. the architects are ronald reagan , both bush presidencies, joe biden. on the japanese side, prime m

this morning, the u.s. navy pilots ejected safely after their f a 18 fighter jet was shot down over the red sea in an apparent friendly fire incident. >> u.s. centcom says both pilots recovered safely, with one of the crew members sustaining just minor injuries. cnn's betsy klein is live outside the white house. betsy, what have you learned? >> well, victor and mj, an apparent case of friendly fire over the red sea. according to u.s. central command and so many questions this morning. what we know is that this u.s. navy f a 18 fighter jet was operated from the uss harry truman when it was mistakenly fired upon by the uss gettysburg. now the jet was shot down, but both pilots were able to eject safely, and one crew member sustained minor injuries. this incident is now under investigation by the u.s. military, and so many questions about how this could happen, what the uss gettysburg crew saw and why they fired. but the centcom has emphasized this was not the result of hostile fire. of course, it took place over t

a pair of u.s. navyots are shaken, but okay, after one of their own ships apparently shot them down. what we're learning about the incident of friendly fire near the middle east. you're in the cnn newsroom andy, take a seat. >> anderson, look at this. you're wet. disheveled. there's debris hitting you. we need to be ready for new year's eve maybe you are ready. >> new year's eve live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight. >> i've got this. >> hey, susan. toothbrush. big interview, huh? nice new suit, new haircut, ancient bristle stick. make the sonicare switch. all right, now go knock em dead, boss. can i get the wi-fi? am i hang here i feel like new sunglasses. >> like a brand new pair of jeans. i feel like taking chances. >> i feel alive brand new. >> oh. >> learn more about celebrity cruises latest offers. >> my name is braden. i was five years old when i came to saint jude. i'll try and shorten down the story. so i've been having these headaches that wouldn't go away. my mom, she was

two u.s. navylots are lucky to be alive after their fighter jet was shot down over the red sea on saturday. in a statement issued by u.s. central command, the attack was labeled a friendly fire incident. cnn's julia benbrook has more on what we know so far. >> there are still a lot of questions and a full investigation is underway, but u.s. central command is calling this an apparent friendly fire incident. they've said that the two u.s. navy pilots were safely ejected after their fighter jet was shot down over the red sea on saturday. initial assessments show that one crew member sustained minor injuries. here's what else we know right now. according to centcom, the aircraft, an f a 18, was operating from the uss harry s truman when it was mistakenly fired upon by the uss gettysburg. the uss gettysburg, a ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser, is a part of the truman carrier strike group, which entered the waters of the middle east one week ago. now, as i mentioned, this investigation is ongoin

. >>> tonight, the u.s. navy is investigating following the shoot-down of an american f/a-18 by friendly fire. the jet splashed into the red sea. the pilot and a weapons officer on board ejected safely and were recovered. now the aircraft also known as a super hornet was mistakenly hit by the guided missile cruiser the uss gettysburg, part of a strike group that was conducting air strikes against yemen's houthi rebels. >>> today president-elect donald trump returned to the rally stage, speaking to conservatives in phoenix, arizona. he did not address the spending bill chaos in congress or those republicans who defied his demand to lift the debt ceiling, but trump did push back on those president musk claims. >> the new one is president trump has ceded the presidency to elon musk. no, no. that's not happening. but elon's done an amazing job. >> trump spoke on several topics, including threatening to take back control of the panama canal. he called fees to use the critical waterway a, quote, rip-off. today marks tw

. >>> two u.s. navy pilot were forced to evect over the red sea because of an apparent case of friendly fire. central command says the american jet was shot down early sunday morning by the "uss gettysburg." it appears to have mistaken the jet for enemy aircraft. the two pilots ejected safely, and they were rescued by u.s. forces. the f-18 was part of a strike group carrying out operations against the iranian-backed houthi rebels in yemen. officials say a full investigation is now under way. >>> the faa is trying to figure out why multiple drones crashed and fell onto a crowd saturday night during a holiday drone show in orlando, florida. this video shows hundreds of drones in the sky when several of them appear to move out of sync. one person was taken to the hospital. the city of orlando apologized for what it called technical difficulties during the show. >>> will it be a white christmas? i know so many of you want to know. nbc's michelle grossman is tracking wet and snowy weather from the plains to t

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they said that the two u.s. navy pilots were ejected safely after their fighter jet was shot down over the red sea on saturday. initial assessments found that one crew member did sustain minor injuries. now, according to sit com, the aircraft, an f a 18, was operating from the uss harry s truman when it was mistakenly fired upon by the uss gettysburg. the uss gettysburg, a ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser, is a part of the truman carrier strike group which entered the waters of the middle east one week ago. now, as i mentioned, this investigation is still ongoing, but cnn military analyst and retired air force colonel cedric leighton detailed the types of questions that are asked in an investigation like this, including what the sailors on the uss gettysburg saw, what they thought was coming toward them, and why they fired. >> when you are in a zone like this where there is combat happening at one end of the red sea, and then there are other flight patterns that the folks on the uss gettysburg, the sailors on

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