ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.</s>BERMAN: All right, good morning and welcome to your NEW DAY. We do have breaking news. The U.S. Navy just told CNN that a Russian destroyer almost collided with one of its cruisers in the Philippine Sea.</s>CAMEROTA: The ships same so close together that the Navy says they were forced to throw its cruiser into reverse to avoid hitting the other ship and getting into a crash. CNN's Barbara Starr is live at the Pentagon with what we know at this hour. Barbara, what are they saying?</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to both of you. Not only throw the ship into reverse, but throw it into reverse and hit the gas to avoid a collision with a Russian warship in the Philippine Sea east of China earlier today. There is a statement now from the U.S. Navy and essentially what they are saying is a U.S. Navy warship was operating in international waters, the USS Chancellorsville, and they were conducting helicopter operations. They were on a steady course, according to the Navy. END
Russian Destroyer Almost Collided with U.S. Cruiser.