during the visit assuring that u.s. and china don t veer into conflict. lucas tomlinson is ticking things off for us, hey, lucas. ahead of the trip to china, proib president biden appearing to downplay the chinese balloon on the week long odyssey across the country. including flying over american nuclear missile bases. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentional. and as aishah mentioned, antony blinken departing last night for beijing months after canceled abruptly after the spy balloon. the first visit by a secretary of state to china in more than five years. intense competition requires sustained diplomacy to assure that competition does not veer into confrontation or conflict and that s what the world expects of united states and china. blinken s trip to china comes after recent provocations in addition to the spy balloon. remember the air force jet tha
languages. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening it is a restless night in kyiv after the ukrainian capital came under a barrage of russian missiles that struck across the country earlier today, killing nearly a dozen. officials say at least 84 cruise missiles and 24 drones were used in today s attacks that russia calls an act of revenge after accusing ukraine of being behind the weekend explosion that destroyed parts of a major bridge and critical supply route connecting russia to annexed crimea the russian strikes hitting ukraine s energy infrastructure, plunging many cities into an unsettling darkness president biden condemning russia, saying it destroyed targets with no military purpose the attack comes as vladimir putin faces growing pressure at home to take a harder stand against ukraine, which has made major gains on the battlefield recently tonight we have teams on the ground both inside ukraine and in moscow let s start with cal perr
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stories of heartbreak. but the storm giving us a glimpse of our better angels, good samaritan saving strangers trapped in cars and delivering hundreds of meals in just hours. this is what we re watching at this hour. good morning, everyone, i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. a big release of new transcripts from the january 6 committee. the full list includes key interviews with donald trump jr., the former fox news anchor kimberly guilfoyle and christina bob and people involved in the state level effort to overturn the 2020 election. including defeated pennsylvania candidate doug mast re ano. the list included the d.c. mayor, muriel bowser and numerous others. cnn will bring you more information as we get it. all right, turning now to the sound and the furure of russian rockets echoing across ukraine today. smoke hanging in the kyiv air. evidence of a massive missile barrage that triggered sirens throughout the country. the aerial assault mixed cruise missiles and d
heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins, good to be back. rich edson is in pennsylvania. and let s go to chester, pennsylvania, hey, alex. hey, yes, this has been a plot twist in pennsylvania. big names and big money at no point had a republican candidate to be the front runner, there s dr. oz and kathy barnett made this a three-way tie. now i m surging. that s their word. [applause] no one thought it. no one thought it. they were all focused on the two men in the race and no one thought it. kathy barnett is at a breakfast this morning and operating on a shoe-string budget. the celebrity mehmet oz held a rally and said this about barnett. we know little about her pass, they cannot win in november. every time kathy tries to answer a question leads to more questions which is why she s not answering more questions. and this is the financial treasure official, mccormick says there s no room on onto job training. any of these into this role on day one, i know what to do,