wisconsin, and his reaction to the heckling in the chamber during the state of the union. the moment he had democrats and republicans standing to preserve medicare and social security. mary bruce at the white house. also, that tense exchange before the address even started. senator mitt romney with harsh words for embattled congressman george santos, who made up much of his life story before getting elected. tonight, george santos saying it romney.very and mitt romney explaining why he felt the need to say something. rachel scott live on the hill. as we come on the air tonight, we are tracking severe storms and a tar know dae watch right now. alerts across 20 states. wind gusts topping 50 miles per hour. then the system moving into the northeast. rob marciano timing it out. for the first time tonight, the pentagon confirming four previous chinese spy balloons have flown over the u.s. martha raddatz standing by tonight on where they were, what they flew over, and when.
and with that, i turn it over to our host, russian president vladimir putin. [ applause ] translator: ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, it s my pleasure to welcome all of the participants with the 21st st. petersburg national economic forum. as national institution, heads of state and representatives of the government, leaders of business from dozens of countries from throughout the globe. we appreciate your sincere interest towards the russian federation. your results for dialogue are open for joint work to cooperate involving the most strategic issues of the global development.