republicans have criticised president biden over the amount of time it took to shoot down a chinese observation balloon that flew across the united states. china has said shooting down the balloon was an obvious over reaction. the diplomatic fall out is continuing, as warships try to recover the debris. secretary of state antony blinken was due to be in beijing this week, but he cancelled the trip after the balloon was discovered. barbara plett usher reports from beijing. for days, this solitary object floated serenely through us airspace, putting a diplomatic crisis onto television screens in real time. was it a harmless weather balloon, as the chinese claimed, or a spy in the sky? moments after it arrived over the atlantic, the us brought an explosive end to the drama. that trail of white vapour you see on the left of the screen is an american fighterjet heading for the balloon. the second vapour trail is from a heat seeking missile fired from the jet, easily finding its ta
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russia s invasion of ukraine hits the one year mark. a live update from kyiv as president zelenskyy promises his people will fight on and president biden promises more aid. meanwhile, in the states, we take you inside the battle for control of the wisconsin supreme court with the candidate fix folks say could ship the ballots if she wins. then, to virginia where the first black woman ever elected to congress from that state, congresswoman-elect jennifer mcclelland, joins us to talk about her historic win. and, texas. where state attorney general ken paxton is at the center of a federal investigation that could yield criminal charges. and that is just the start of it. poor thing. i am jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. we we start this morning in ukraine where the brutal invasion by russia hit the one year mark yesterday. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy marked the anniversary with an emotional speech yesterday gave. he declared that ukraine is alive, and a
there and children of friends and there. he treated it as his own little playpen. of course when he stepped down from being vice president, he was paid almost $1 million. tthe biden administration put hs name on that and in return, i suppose his name attracted a lot of chinese money, the amount of money that came in from china to the university after joe biden opened that think tank. quadrupled, almost quadrupled. it went from about 20 million to almost $75 million. so you have to look at quid pro quo there. todd: james comer taking over the oversight committee just launched an investigation into all of this and he is here to tell us all about it hoping to get with lucas tomlinson in washington with all the details, lucas. good morning todd and carley. president biden commenting on the classified documents for the first time publicly on his trip to mexico city. people know i take classified documents and classified information seriously. i was grouped ab briefed abou
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