conclude in some sort of an announcement from china. the united states is already preempting that, i want you to take a listen to what john kirby, a top u.s. official said about that. if coming out of this meeting, there s some sort of call for a cease-fire, well that s just going to be unacceptable because all that s going to do, mike, is ratify russia s conflict to date. all that s going to do is give putin more time to re-trip, re-man and provide for the offenses at the time of his choosing. we hope that president xi will call and talk to president zelenskyy. we believe the chinese need to get the ukrainian perspective here. reporter: look, the uss.s. i going to view the deal with a great deal of skepticism. these are power leaders with an anti-american world view, some might say meeting together in a critical moment in a global conflict. salma, thank you.
well. and highlighting it, that the counterintelligence part of this investigation is really one of most significant parts of it. our thanks to katy and natasha. thank you guys. we turn right now to an nbc news exclusive. one of our crews is getting extensive access to the ageless b52 air force bomber in qatar as tensions between the trump administration and iran reach a new high. tehran has been pulling back some ships in the region. but u.s. officials are closely watching the situation. in fact, over the past month, american military stations all across the middle east have been preparing for a possible attack from iran. nbc news s courtney kube is at a post and takes us behind the mission on the nuclear power uss maybe it ham linco u ss s abraham lincoln. hi, kendis. you spoke with general frank mctensy. where do mckenzie. where do they feel things stands now with iran?
no, they haven t. it reveals that the democrats only care about wealth and politics, they don t care about truth or justice. sean: will he win in minnesota? no, he is not going to win in minnesota. no, there is no fbi investigation. neck and neck in the polls. minnesotans are going to go to the polls and retire keith ellison from politics. it will be a great thing for the nation. i would encourage conservatives across the country to visit my website to join the fight to stop keith ellison. sean: please send my regards to our mutual friend. thanks for being with us. all the best, 33 days from now. the president was in minnesota tonight, huge rally there. we have the highlights, we will play that for you coming up next. busy breaking news night. stay with us.s.
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keep the dial on there, please. i ll win you over sooner or later. i know it will take some time. i won t come on too strong. let s talk about our top story and some of the stories we ll follow for you this morning. a terrifying scene in south bend, indiana. a small plane slamming into a neighborhood this morning. two people are dead. three homes are destroyed. also this half-hour, it was an important investigation that revealed the condition of the chicken factories that produce our dinner. now, a proposed bill may keep us from ever knowing what actually happens in the factories. in the skinny this morning, everyone has been speculating on whether duchess kate will have a girl or boy. now she is revealing what she wants to have. we re not so sure about whether that is the case or not. there were a couple of things that happened. slips of the tongue, a couple weeks ago, she said she might be having a d-d-d, now she says she wants a s-s-s. we ll talk about it. we ll see.