and i m max foster. just ahead briefing after briefing, phone call after phone call, all behind the scenes letting democrats know that they need their support for once in a long, long time washington is actually going to spend less money. stop passing the buck to subsequent generations to clean up your mess. d.c. has imposed its will on us for far too long. it is time we impose our will on washington, d.c. [ sirens ] this was expected. north korea had said that it was going to try to put a military satellite into space. it does kind of change the dynamics in terms of how we perceive north korea as a t threat. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, may 31, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on capitol hill where the u.s. house is set to vote on a critical bill. while many seem confident that they will get the votes, the house speaker will be busy trying to wrangle last minute support. kevin mccarthy say
unquote. the spokesperson for china s embassy in washington responded to that u.s. military statement saying this, quote, china urges the u.s. to stop such dangerous provocations and stop deflecting blame on china, unquote. and just within the last hour or so, china s ministry of foreign affairs offered a very similar response while adding this line, quote, china will continue to take necessary measures to resolutely defend its sovereignty and security, unquote. now, the latest encounter follows what the u.s. has called a recent trend of increasingly risky behavior by chinese military aircraft. in late december, a chinese military plane came within 20 feet of a u.s. reconnaissance military plane, forcedevasive a. and tensions continue to simmer over tech, taiwan and