it s the top of the hour on cnn news room. it s good to have you. i m victor blackwell. president biden just upkdated congress on what his administration sees as the biggest national security threat facing the country. in his new national security strategy, vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine is not the top political challenge according to biden. that distinction goes to china. russia was however at the heart of a key global meeting. there was a meeting with 50 other defense ministers on how to boost ukraine s air defense systems. ukraine is facing a third day of intensified air assault from russia which was condemned by the defense ministers for continuing to target civilian facilities. cnn s kaitlan collins is at the white house. kaitlan, you re up first. let s begin with the president and his just released national security strategy. why is china above russia here? reporter: yeah, it might surprise some people given of course, russia s ongoing invasion of ukraine, but b
joe o dea is an interesting candidate. many people call it leaning likely dem for michael bennett. we ll see what happens there. the president as you know struggles with tough approval numbers. 44% for joe biden right now. and that s clearly why they re staying away, he and the vice president. she s around 37 and change. they re not going near these tight races across the country. fox news sunday anchor shannon bream and david asman both here to analyze what s going on in the race with 27 days to go. let s make a stop with peter doocy who is with the president in cape hail, colorado. what is the focus there today, peter? good afternoon, martha. president biden is not giving in to calls from critics to drill more here in the united states as gas prices go up and up. in fact, he s doing the opposite. today in colorado, he s going to announce new bans on drilling and mining on about 225,000 acres here. he s also going to designate camp hail a monument to the tenth mountain d
as we come on the air, new details coming in about the ninth and maybe last january 6th hearing, now less than 24 hours away. what new evidence the committee is planning to share. who they ll hear from, who we won t, and how the committee might use all of those eternal messages that they have their own internal messages that they have their own hands on. a member of the far right militia group oath keepers is on the stand as we speak, what he told the jurors about the massive stockpile of weapons the group was stashing at a virginia hotel on january 6th. how the abortion controversy is changing the play for the race for senate or not. and spoiler, more not. we re live on the campaign trail. i m hallie jackson in washington. good to be with you. with me is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and former attorney and former cia official chuck rosenberg. let s start with what we know what we think is the last hearing and we have to caveat a little bit. first, al
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