it s the top of the hour on cnn news room. it s good to have you. i m victor blackwell. president biden just upkdated congress on what his administration sees as the biggest national security threat facing the country. in his new national security strategy, vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine is not the top political challenge according to biden. that distinction goes to china. russia was however at the heart of a key global meeting. there was a meeting with 50 other defense ministers on how to boost ukraine s air defense systems. ukraine is facing a third day of intensified air assault from russia which was condemned by the defense ministers for continuing to target civilian facilities. cnn s kaitlan collins is at the white house. kaitlan, you re up first. let s begin with the president and his just released national security strategy. why is china above russia here? reporter: yeah, it might surprise some people given of course, russia s ongoing invasion of ukraine, but b
joe o dea is an interesting candidate. many people call it leaning likely dem for michael bennett. we ll see what happens there. the president as you know struggles with tough approval numbers. 44% for joe biden right now. and that s clearly why they re staying away, he and the vice president. she s around 37 and change. they re not going near these tight races across the country. fox news sunday anchor shannon bream and david asman both here to analyze what s going on in the race with 27 days to go. let s make a stop with peter doocy who is with the president in cape hail, colorado. what is the focus there today, peter? good afternoon, martha. president biden is not giving in to calls from critics to drill more here in the united states as gas prices go up and up. in fact, he s doing the opposite. today in colorado, he s going to announce new bans on drilling and mining on about 225,000 acres here. he s also going to designate camp hail a monument to the tenth mountain d
as we come on the air, new details coming in about the ninth and maybe last january 6th hearing, now less than 24 hours away. what new evidence the committee is planning to share. who they ll hear from, who we won t, and how the committee might use all of those eternal messages that they have their own internal messages that they have their own hands on. a member of the far right militia group oath keepers is on the stand as we speak, what he told the jurors about the massive stockpile of weapons the group was stashing at a virginia hotel on january 6th. how the abortion controversy is changing the play for the race for senate or not. and spoiler, more not. we re live on the campaign trail. i m hallie jackson in washington. good to be with you. with me is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and former attorney and former cia official chuck rosenberg. let s start with what we know what we think is the last hearing and we have to caveat a little bit. first, al
The mayor Just Announced hell support local legislation to try to reduce gun violence, on january 15th one supervisor will introduce two pieces of legislation first would add ammunition, like hollow point bullets which cause great bodily injury. Second states if you buy 500 or more rounds of ammo it will be reported to police at the time of purchase, ed lee says hes behind both of them. Mayor lee says he will reach out to other bay area mayors to ask them to support similar plans to ban assault weapons. A buy back program yielded several hundred rifles and other weapons. A memorial was held for a 17yearold killed over the weekend. W . A the San Francisco archdiocese organized that event. According to city officials there have been 67 homicides so far in San Francisco this year. Last year, there were 50. In San Francisco, abc 7 news. A number of tributes to the newtown victims are planned for tomorrow a week after the shooting. Church as cross the country, include something here in the
On this special edition of early start, a community and a nation in mourning. Newtown, you are not alone. The president , offering words of comfort and inspiration, to those trying to make sense of a senseless tragedy. The face of indescribable violence. In the face of unconscionable evil. Youve looked out of each other. And you cared for one another. And youve loved one another. Were remembering the victims, 20 children and 6 adults. Some who gave their lives to save others. She was truly selfless. She would not hesitate to save anyone else before herself, especially children. As more details emerge, people in the Small Community search for strength to face the difficult days ahead. We will move on. We will never forget. We will, in many ways, be made stronger for what has transpired. And we will get better. Good morning. And welcome to this special edition of early start. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Were coming to you live from newtown, connecticut, this morning. It is a raw and ra