traversed the nation before our military shot it down. after china said it is still thinking about arming russia in its war on ukraine. the list is so long. i m harris faulkner. the action against china fully on display. a china select committee held its first hearing in prime time yesterday. just because this congress is divided we cannot afford to waste the next two years. our policy over the next ten years will set the stage for the next 100. we can now allow the ccp to prevail. earlier yesterday democrats called for accountability. democrats calling for it from both china and the biden administration. there is a considerable dispute as to whether covid came from a wet market or came from the lab. the reason for this dispute is that china was absolutely opaque. they failed to cooperate. they failed to come clean. state department has done almost nothing to tell the world how china s responsible not maybe for the virus but certainly for their failure to cooperate afte
why he s taking the risk talking to cnn s christiane amanpour in an interview be behind bars. new details about mitch mcconnell, treated for a concussion in a d.c. hospital now after a fall. i m jake tapper. we begin with putin s brutal war on kroukraine. strikes reaching nearly every corner from kyiv to lviv, the worst russian barrage since january, punctuated by a variety of russian missiles, including six rare hyper sonic missiles, eluding air defenses. officials say in total, 84 missiles were launched. at least 11 people in ukraine were killed. russia claims the strike was retaliation for what it calls terrorist actions by ukraine in a western russian town last week. cnn cannot independently verify russia s claims or confirm evidence of such an attack. for the sixth time, renewed fears of a nuclear catastrophe. europe s largest nuclear power plant in zaporizhzhia shelled, forced to run on backup power. cnn s ivan watson is on the ground in ukraine s capital for us, wher
against sending weapons to russia for the war in ukraine. plus, a newly disputed intelligence report. did a lab accident in wuhan cause the covid pandemic? as house republicans are about to launch a new prime time investigation. and toxic fears. safety concerns spreading far beyond ohio after contaminated waste from that train derailment was shipped out of state without warning. the environmental activist erin brockovich is back with us today. plus, curveball. major league baseball s new rules already changing the outcome of the game. the mlb s dramatic changes to america s favorite past time. good day. tensions with china escalating a beijing accusing the u.s. of quote, fanning the flames in ukraine. china saying the u.s. is using a double standard. arming ukraine while warning china against doing the same. secretary of state blinken and vice president harris had told the world about the possible change in china s policy not to provide lethal aid to putin. national sec
from obesity world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with the growing concern over china s posture on the war in ukraine. three u.s. officials telling nbc news new intelligence suggest china is considering sending artillery and ammunition to russia. this could be the latest in a series of insults. here is an exchange between my colleague, chuck todd, and white house national secretive of jake sullivan on meet the press today. we re sending more troops to taiwan. that shine is ignoring calls from our defense secretary. secretary blinken to cancel his trip. the president wants to have a call with xi, there s no evidence that anything it s been scheduled. this like a communication, how dangerous is the situation with china right now? we have said repeatedly that we need to have military communications channels to avoid escalation, to avoid surprise, to avoid mistake. it is unfortunate that the chinese defense ministry has d
mexico s government and an update on the survivors. this hour, panic in the skies after a united airlines passenger threatens a flight attendant and tries to open an emergency door mid-flight. tackled by passengers and crew, adding to a string of problems confronting the faa. the battle over reproductive rights. california s governor cutting ties with walgreens for refusing to sell abortion bills. they are refusing to sell them across the country, even where it s legal. in texas, they are challenging the restrictive laws. jay powell saying they will raise rates to tame inflation. controlling inflation will require more unemployment. good day, everyone. i m andra mitchell in a busy washington. the local governor in mexico says two of the four americans are dead. merrick garland is addressing it. i ve been briefed by the fbi, which is working with mexican authorities. senior department officials are working closely with our counterparts at the state department. during