the u.s. supreme court. we re following the protests and the stakes as the nine justices weigh challenges to president biden s loan forgiveness program. and fox news is facing even more scrutiny and questions tonight after the chairman rupert murdock admitted under oath that some of the network s hosts endorsed lies about the 2020 presidential election. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. tonight congress is putting the spotlight on deteriorating u.s. relations with china and the growing threat that the communist regime poses to the united states. the first hearing of the new house select committee on china begins in the next hour. let s bring in cnn s jessica dean. she s up on capitol hill for us. also let s bring in cnn s david culver who has reported from china for years. jessica, i ll start with you. tell us what to expect at tonight s hearing. reporter: wolf, this is the first prime
strong deterrence from china ever having a military invasion there. one of the witnesses who will testify tonight, matthew pottinger, we heard in jessica dean s report, is expected to play a video using chinese president xi jinping s own words to warn china wants to spread autocracy and upend the international order. is that how you view the threat as well? i believe that xi jinping has escalated the tensions, but i do think that if we have defense capability enhancement in taiwan and continue to engage that we can avoid war. one of the things we have to be aware of is xi jinping has met putin 30 times in the last ten years, more than any other foreign leader. he s said putin is his best friend, so we need to figure out how do we separate putin and xi jinping s alliance. your new committee chairman, republican mike gallagher on his select committee on china said the won t focus on covid after
The Japanese government recently announced plans to double the size of its military budget, which is already the 8th largest in the world. It also issued
There is no question that the security environment surrounding Japan has grown more volatile and threatening, and as such supports the case for a steady enhancement of the nation’s defense capabilities.