from a historic visit by the house speaker nancy pelosi prompting threats of fierce retaliation out of beijing. good morning. it is tuesday. dana has the day off today. i m bill hemmer. welcome back, sandra. good morning. glad to be with you. i m sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. those chinese fighter jets buzzing taiwan airspace amid local reporting now the speaker could be arriving there in a matter of hours. bill: she would be the highest ranking u.s. official to be in that island in 25 years. china sees it as a slap in the face saying the u.s. should not support a country that beijing views as a breakaway province. the white house has not confirmed her trip but maintains it will not be intimidated. here is what nfc spokesperson john kirby said just this morning. we gave her advice and counsel and gave her information and we re helping with her transportation. this is her decision and we support and respect that decision. what we have said is there is no
11thhour plan would keep the government open for 45 days, but relies on democratic support to pass. Democrats say they need more time to read through the proposal and see whats actually in it. Just moments ago House Speaker mccarthy expressed his frustration about the process. I have tried for eight months. It took me a long time to get the Appropriation Bills on the floor. They were delayed. I tried yesterday with the most conservative Spending Bill you could find and i couldnt get 218 republicans on. This will be on suspension. It takes a higher threshold. What i am asking republicans and democrats alike, put your partisanship away, focus on the American Public. How can you, in good conscience, think of the men and women who volunteer to risk their lives to defend us to say they wcant be paid while we work out our differences . That is unfair. I cannot do that to our Men And Women In Uniform. So were going to keep government open. That was House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy, whos spoken qu
Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We begin the hour with mounting political and policy challenges for President Biden. There is the threat of a looming Government Shutdown in a week, the widening strike by the United Auto Workers union and a growing Immigration Crisis at the u. S. Slmexico burr der. The Nations Capital is buzzing over a new abc News Washington post poll showing biden ten points behind former President Donald Trump in a headtohead matchup among registered voters. Even the Washington Post says it might be an outlier as a new poll shows them tied at 46 . Joining us is democratic dock woman Debbie Dingell of michigan. Congresswoman, thank you for sharing part of your sunday with us. We appreciate it. Youre in a key battleground state. There was a lot of fuss over michigan the last time around. Are you worried about these polls . First of all, jim, you were talking to the woman everybody said was crazy when i told people that donald trump could an
riding high. nikki haley seizes on fresh momentum. you join with me in these caucuses, we ll finish this. and trump pledges to be a dictator on day one. it was entertainment. i think it was a joke. and impeachment fever. anger boils over in congress. this was personal. this doesn t have anything to do with policy or merit or anything else. as the house barrels toward a biden impeachment. could they get anything done. we have meaningful policy making and the utter depths of stupidity. plus balancing act. the president struggles to hold his coalition together. trump just talked the talk, we walk the walk. biden tries to convince skeptics the alternative is worse. and out of world. i m not talking about little green men or flying saucers. the push to shed light on government secrets about ufo s. the best reporting from inside of the corners of power starts now. good morning, and welcome to state of the union. i m manu raju. nikki haley now emergin
america, l.l.j. cool j.. and joan shangang shanga god save the queen, man. sandra: a live look now as we begin a brand-new hour at the white house, press secretary karine jean-pierre and the nsc spokesman john kirby are set to take question a short time from now, the oldest president in history, celebrates his 81st birthday. a new batch of bad polling, and on into the holiday week, john. great to start this week with you, i m sandra smith in new york. john: john roberts in washington. when you have 81 candles on the birthday cake, i m not sure if it s just so hard to blow them out or you know, that could contribute to global warming. either of those things or both could be true. democrats in panic mode as poll after poll shows the issue of biden s age still top of mind for voters, and left leaning media taking notice with headline after headline. biden s donors and fundraisers reported by don t think the campaign has come up with the right response to the age question