address rising crime. chicago will now have another mayor who has previously called for the defunding of police. gillian: what impact will that new mayor have on the windy city s ongoing crime surge? we ll speak with raymond lopez about just what chicagoans say they are expecting. john: begin with the fox news alert, the taiwanese president meeting with kevin mccarthy in los angeles as part of a week long trip to america that has left china threatening to retaliate. those pictures coming in moments ago. hello, john roberts in washington. we live to fight another day. gillian: allegedly. see how today goes. good to be with you, john. john: it s early. gillian: gillian turner in for sandra smith. this is america reports. taiwan s increasingly close relationship with the u.s. is a major source of anxiety for beijing for years, china called it a provocative move that threatens to derail relations and undermine stability across the pacific. john: the biden administra
bottom begins. i never said we re going to close our country up. a lot of republicans, well, florida did. close deny the trump plan to support his vaccination push. i just can t understand his continuous support for this bioweapon injection. i suspect that he will fully support the maga base and the way they feel on this. and why it sure looks like the fbi is investigating george santos for a dog charities game. people in your district [inaudible] and unemotional call to action in memphis is the fan lee of tyre nichols lays his body to rest. this there should be no other child that should suffer the way my son and all the other parents here have lost their children. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, the new house republican mega caucus is making it clear where its priorities lie. they just passed one of the first big substantive pieces of legislation, they re billing is an end to the overly restrictive covid pr
close our country up. a lot of republicans, well, florida did close. and the trump plan to support his vaccination push. i just can t understand his continuous support for this bioweapon injection. i suspect that he will fully support the maga base and the way they feel on this. and why it sure looks like the fbi is investigating george santos for a dog charities game. people in your district [inaudible] and unemotional call to action in memphis is the fan lee of tyre nichols lays his body to rest. this there should be no other child that should suffer the way my son and all the other parents here have lost their children. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, the new house republican mega caucus is making it clear where its priorities lie. they just passed one of the first big substantive pieces of legislation, they re billing is an end to the overly restrictive covid precautions. if you look at the details, you wil
it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with china and taiwan because china s military has carried out another day of simulated attacks on the self ruled ireland of taiwan. chinese state media say operation joint sword is using all elements of the military to prac s simulated precision strikes on key targets. meanwhile, the darwin s defence ministry says it has spotted 70 fighterjets and bombers and ii fighterjets and bombers and 11 navy vessels on sunday. the drills began shortly after taiwan s leader angered beijing by meeting the us house speaker gavin mccarthy in california, a move that china considers to be fuelling calls for independence for the island that it considers its own. for more on this story we can speak to katie silver who has been looking into the details of this for us will not grow to get you on newsday. i understand there has been reaction from the united states about these drills, whatever they said. about these drills, whatever they
we ll have the latest news and analysis from our correspondents in the region. also coming up on newsday. the united states says the chinese balloon it shot down at the weekend was definitely being used for spying. and we ll remember burt bacharach, one of pop s greatest songwriters, who has died aged 94. and rihanna gears up to perform on one of the world s biggest stages the super bowl half time show. representing for immigrants, representing for my country barbados, representing for black women everywhere. i think that s really important, that s key for people to see. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news, it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin this hour in turkey and those powerful earthquakes that have taken at least 20 thousand lives. rescuers in the region continue to work through the rubble, sometimes still finding people alive. i want to show you these pictures, which were taken only a few hours ago, you can see a turkish woman bei