into former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. former vice president mike pence appears before a federal grand jury offering what could be critical testimony about trump s role in the january 6th capitol attack. and as pence was testifying the former president took his 2024 campaign to new hampshire. trump ignore his legal troubles and instead focused his attacks on president biden and other potential white house opponents. and also breaking this morning, russia launches new attacks across ukraine hitting a residential building in the central part of the country and killing at least a dozen people. we ll have the very latest on the fighting overseas. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with big news from here in the nation s capitol. former vice president mike pence has testified before the federal grand jury investigating the january 6th insurr
less accurate and more anti-american. that happened on tuesday. why are we telling you about it. changes around the world why would we open the show about a story about twitter recategorizing npr as state media? well because it s true. that s the reason. thankfully somebody in authority has told the truth about something and that is thrilling to see on its own terms. in a world defined by lies from our leaders, this seemed like a rare sign of hope and progress. telling the truth is the most revolutionary act of all. far more than taking up arms. and yet, you rarely seeing it. human beings created language, grunting or sign lang, subverting our own creation ever since. not tonight. by calling national public radio what it is, elon musk used english as it was tended to be used to tell the truth. it is all the hallmarks, repetitive dishonesty, authoritarian politics, unwavering devotion to the party in charge. of course that could describe virtually all media in this country. th
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cowardly feckless response to this crisis downs unfold in realtime. how dangerous is this for our national security? we ll have a deep dive into that. let us be clear this balloon wasn t out for a joy ride. chinas was collecting intelligence absolutely testing your president and the u.s. response. day after day went by and any attempt to assure any of us that they didn t collect intel is not credible to me. is it not possible they had technology maybe we don t know about? we stopped them from collecting intelligence. do you know that for sure? i don t think anyone could answer that question honestly tonight but america needs answers. it s about our national security. why did joe biden fail to respond when he became aware of this incident? first on saturday, january 28th, the spy balloon flew over alaska. joe biden did nothing. two days later on monday, january 30th, it was flying over canada. joe biden continued to do nothing. by tuesday of last week, china s eye in the sky
letting their voices be heard. chief patrol agents in charge of the rio grande valley and tucson sectors in extensive detail why millions have been able to cross the southern border since president biden took office and putting the blame squarely on the policies coming from the white house. sandra: will their testimony put more pressure on president biden to secure the border. that is a huge question. brandon judd is here to weigh in. that s coming up. china is the most challenging national security threat america has faced in 30 years. the prc is a learning machine. xi jinping is watching and learning. hopes for a beneficial relationship is misplaced, culminating with the spy balloon over my community. john: sounding the alarm over the growing national security threat from the chinese communist party and whether the u.s. is truly prepared for conflict with our number one foreign adversary. hello, john roberts in washington on this state of the union day. sandra, we