BALDWIN: Here is breaking news, a Russian spy ship has been spotted on the coast of North Carolina. The ship was seen in international waters about 100 miles southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina. Lets go to Barbara Starr, why is it off North Carolina and what is it doing?</s>BARBARA STAR, CNN CHIEF PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, sort of think as routine espionage. It does harken a little bit to the Cold War, this is a Russian spy ship known as the Viktor Leonov, and it has been out there before. Pretty much swings by the United States once a year or so. It had been telling the Caribbean and now it is moving up the coast. Important to note that it is in international waters, it does not come inside U.S. waters. It is a ship that's full of spying equipment, communications, intercept equipment and that sort of thing. It is routinely of what the Russians are doing. No coincidence, they tend to go up and down the coast. Because there are a number of U.S. military installations, last time they came through they were noticed off the submarine base in Connecticut. The U.S. is very much aware they are there and in fact now a U.S. warship is trailing the Russian spy ship. The USS Cole is out there and is trailing the Russian spy ship for a while, just making sure that everybody is keeping an eye on everybody else. Routine business but make no mistake, it is really another indicator that the U.S. and the Russians are eye balling each other all the time. Brooke.</s>BALDWIN: Barbara Starr, thank you very much. Lets take us back to other breaking news, this final vote on the budget deal to end the government shutdown, expected any moment now. And will we hear from the president? How involved was he in these intense negotiations? We'll be right back.
Russian Spy Ship Off Coast Of North Carolina