bill: we have gotten a lot of this video in overnight. precision missile strikes blanketing the waters around taiwan, threatening the democratic republic that the u.s. considers to be a strong ally. dana? dana: china demonstrating its ability to bombard the island by air and sea. the show of force prompting taiwan to put its military on high alert and cancelled dozens of commercial flights. bill: beijing is conducting these drills closer to taiwan than ever before. some of them happening a mere 12 miles away. beijing surrounding the island with helicopters and war ships showing its ability to enforce what could be an all out blockade at some point. dana: meanwhile, republicans are blaming president biden. they say his mixed messaging on pelosi s visit gave china the green light. he sent the wrong message like he did to putin. let s invade a little portion of it. we should be very upfront at the very beginning. do not send a missile across. we should set a fine line
we ll have more in a moment. the revelation comes the same day that the january 6th committee said it may delay further hearings after the one scheduled tomorrow. the reason, according to one of its members, a deluge of new evidence, in his words. he didn t elaborate, saying that only the new information goes beyond what we learned about yesterday, the existence of a documentary crew s interview with the former president and his family recorded before and after january 6th. those recordings have been turned over to the committee. the report of federal subpoenas comes a day after we learned two vital pieces of evidence. first was testimony that directly linked the former president to the plot. what did the president say when he called you? essentially, he turned the call over to mr. eastman, who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors in case any of the legal challenges that were ongoing changed the resul
want change. on the right we see growing evidence of a republican establishment souring on donald trump. two of rupert murdoch s flagship publications, the new york post and wall street journal published articles, including a brutal takedown head lined the president who stood still on january 6th. and he s rapidly losing ground to florida governor ron desantis who in speeches is sounding a lot more like he s running. i can tell you this, i ll be standing my ground. i ll be walking that line. we ve accomplished an awful lot in the state of florida, but we have only begun to fight because we are on a mission to keep the state of florida free and to save our great country! we re seeing a similar pattern on the left, too, with a party base that polls suggests is looking past president biden in favor of a new face for the party. and a number of politicians are clearly making moves to set up a run, either just in case biden doesn t or maybe whether he does or not. for more in
but congress is all ready balking. questioning if americans will get relief from record fuel prices. as gun violence rages, the senate appears poised to pass the first gun safety legislation in decades. but there are major hurdles ahead as house republican leaders are mobilizing against the bill. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we expect to see more disturbing testimony tomorrow when the january 6th select committee takes a deep dive into then president trump s attempts to influence the u.s. justice department but tonight there are new questions. very serious questions about testimony we ve all ready seen from a key witness, ivanka trump. here s our justice correspondent, jessica schneider. tonight, new evidence is emerging as the january 6th committee prepares to hold its fifth public hearing tomorrow. that new information includes extensive footage from a british film maker. who
Countries in asia. Well hear how the money will help in a moment. Voiceover live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Hello and welcome to the programme. We begin in the United States where a key witness at the Hush Money Trial of donald trump has told the court in new york how he suppressed negative stories about the former president to help him win the 2016 election. The court heard today how the then candidate picked up the phone and called this man, david pecker, former publisher of a tabloid, the national enquirer, to discuss whether to pay off a Playboy Model who was shopping around a story of having a year long affair with trump. Before the trial resumed though, thejudge held a fiery hearing to determine if mr trump violated a gag order, which bans the former president from verbally attacking the jury and witnesses. This was Donald Trumps response. Well, i think the gag order is totally unconstitutional. Cant even allow articles to be put in. For example,