lethal aid in its war against ukraine. it comes the secretary of state anthony blinken met with china s top diplomat this weekend. exchanging strong words two weeks after the u.s. shut down a chinese spy balloon off the carolina coast. earlier today, and i see spokesperson john kirby stress the importance of repairing the u.s. china relationship. the president said he billing to dock to president xi in the future. and he will. we still have lansing on occasion open with china as you saw yesterday in munich. that s important. particularly when there s times of tension like this. you want to avoid the risks of misunderstanding and miscalculation. secretary blinken issued a warning to china about its spy craft to. key house republicans today amplifying their concerns over the blue and being able to fly across the u.s.. the reality is that the administration admitted that after it had shut down the balloon that it should ve been more proactive. in the three subsequent shutd
ahead. i ll speak with the family of paul weiland, another american, the kremlin has locked up on espionage charges and a group of military families gets the tragic news. nine service members killed when two black hawk choppers crashed. cnn has a crew right near that save. plus tension in the house from paper tossing to hallway shouting in your face. debates are getting heated on the hill. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start today with our world lead. top u . s. officials are strongly criticizing russia after an american reporter was detained on charges of spying. evan gersh covic appeared in a moscow court today accused of trying to steal russian state secrets. his employer, the wall street journal, says it quote vehemently denies those claims. but now gorshkov itch faces up to 20 years in prison. and today , lawmakers on capitol hill are accusing russia of using this journalist as leverage, and the white house is dismissing the charges.
started and the response from the u. s and other countries. hundreds of atlanta area inmates are being moved as a jail deals with an outbreak of infectious illnesses. the measures being taken to address the problems plus how one man s family says those conditions contributed to his death. boston marathon s tomorrow with this year s race marking 10 years since the deadly bombing. we re joined by a survivor who s turned that trauma into a cause to help others. we re starting in washington. the debt ceiling deadline just one of the major issues facing congress when members return this week, president biden house speaker kevin mccarthy, they are locked in a standoff over raising the debt limit, and biden s message to mccarthy is show me your budget, mccarthy is holding a conference call with house republicans today ahead of a speech tomorrow at the new york stock exchange. cnn reporter elena train has more on the week ahead for mccarthy and congress. good morning, victor and amra
i m michael steele. chris hayes will be back here tomorrow night. but tonight i m your host. normally i m on the other side of the desk as a guest, because you know i ran the republican party and all that and a little bit of political expertise. so tonight i ve got a message for anyone looking that s at this current republican party. if you are waiting for it to get better, it s not going to happen. republican national committees trying to rein in donald trump and missing the point completely. our chair rural knee macdonnell wants press presidential hopefuls to take a loyalty pledge intern for a spot on the 2024 debate stage. now the policies aimed at making sure that donald trump doesn t tank the parties chances by running as a third party spoiler for the loses the primary. but getting donald trump to sign a loyalty pledges a fools errand. donald trump isn t loyal to anyone but himself. this is a man who turned his back on his own office, that led to a deadly insurrection ag
chris hayes was backer tomorrow night. tonight, i m your host. normally i m on the other side of the desk as a guest, because you know i ran the republican party and all that and a little bit of political expertise. so tonight i ve got a message for anyone looking that s at this current republican party. if you are waiting for it to get better, it s not going to happen. republican national committees trying to rein in donald trump and missing the point completely. rnc chair ronna mcdaniel wants presidential hopefuls to take a loyalty pledge intern for a spot on the 2024 debate stage. now the policies aimed at making sure that donald trump doesn t tank the parties chances by running as a third party spoiler for the loses the primary. but getting donald trump to sign a loyalty pledges a fools errand. donald trump isn t loyal to anyone but himself. this is a man who turned his back on his own office, that led to a deadly insurrection against his own government. and trump has bee