very hot topic for the house panel that is probing the most pressing threats that face the u.s. today. we should recognize that beijing seeks to divide the euro atlantic alliance. martha: that is a serious question, beijing seeking to divide us from our allies. we are going to talk about that in moments. house republicans also today busy day on the hill, as things get rolling the beginning of this february, there were grilling former twitter executives, this is quite a lineup they have got come on the company s role in suppressing the hunter biden laptop story and how they came to those conclusions. i think you guys got played by the fbi. five days after you guys take down the hunter biden story, 511 former intel official send a letter and say the hunter biden story has all of the classic earmarks of a russian information operation. the information operation was run on you guys. we could talk about civil rights, voting rights, abortion rights, instead we re talkin
to find survivors trapped in the rubble. we will take you to the turkey. back here in the u.s., president biden is hitting the road this morning to deliver his post state of the union pitch in wisconsin. in his speech, biden defended his accomplishments, took on republicans and pled for unity as he laid out his plans for the future. fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict gets us nowhere. we will speak to congresswoman nn anette barragan and get her message. president zelenskyy is in the uk right now for the first time since the war broke out. what he just told the british parliament. and lebron james making history, breaking the nba s all-time scoring record. we begin this hour with a rising death toll in turkey and syria after those two massive earthquakes and the race against time for rescuers. more than 11,000 people have been confirmed dead, tens of thousands injured, untold numbers still trapped. many
out front next, russians say they re being shot at with machine guns by fellow russians. disturbing claims emerging of what s happened inside putin s army tonight as putin s reputed girlfriend breaks her silence. you ll hear what she s comparing to kalashnikov assault rivals. china vows to fight act after their balloon is shot down. live with a report from the ground in beijing. and congressman george santos addressing today the long list of campaign expenses that don t add up, like spending $22,000 in an eye tall van restaurant. that s almost 1,000 orders of the rigatoni bollignasie there. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, russians shooting russians with machine guns. allegations surfacing in this new video tonight. these are russian soldiers detailing the threats and torture they suffered at the hands of other russian soldiers. you see them there. according to the regional government of tuva, which is where they are, part of russia bore dooring monday dole i can t, a s
and i am at the cheltenham festival, looking ahead to the highlight of the week here, the gold cup. and coming up on the bbc news channel, crystal palace are looking for a new manager after sacking patrick vieira. he leaves after a run of 12 games without a win. good afternoon. a major review of the metropolitan police is expected to heavily criticise the force for racist, sexist and homophobic behaviour. baroness casey was appointed to examine the met s standards and internal culture after the murder of sarah everard by wayne couzens, a serving policeman. the bbc has been told the review published next week will be extremely bad for britain s biggest police force. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has been talking to former partners of police officers who say the met fails to deal with abusive officers in its ranks. sirens. they used to be in uniform, until they were convicted. since wayne couzens was arrested, more met police officers have been sentenced, many
of 30 billion dollar rescue package for the embattled first republic bank in the us. hopes turkey will ratify finland s application for nato membership as the leaders of the two countries meet. and a former professional surfer has broken the world record for the longest surf session in australia. hello and welcome. the chinese president, xijinping, will travel to russia next week for talks with president putin. the state visit follows us claims that china may be considering sending weapons to russia to support its war in ukraine. meanwhile, there s been a big boost for the ukrainian government. slovakia has followed poland with a promise to send it combat aircraft. from kyiv, james landale reports. before the war, they agreed what they called a partnership with no limits. one that next week will bring president xi to moscow in a rare show of solidarity, for a leader in need of allies. china has neither endorsed nor condemned president putin s invasion of ukraine. but it has k