hearing, has held what the us calls candid and constructive talks with china s foreign minister in beijing. this at the start of two days of meetings with chinese officials. mr blinken emphasised the need for diplomacy and keeping open channels of communication us officials added. the trip to china is the first by a top us diplomat in almost five years and comes months after an earlier visit by the secretary of state was postponed when a suspected chinese spy balloon flew in us airspace. can this trip reboot relations? to discuss this and what s at stake for the world s two biggest economies, i m joined by alicia garcia herrero chief economist at natixis. good to have you on the programme. from your perspective, when we are looking at trade, the two biggest economies in the world, how important is this trip? extremely important. and the main reason for this trip is not even trade, it s about assurance to really avoid a military conflict in taiwan and i think that s th
before that 12 week period. this afternoon the state senate overrode his veto, so now we are waiting to hear from the house where there is all could hinge on a single vote. cnn s dianne gallagher is in raleigh for us tonight. so, where does the effort to override the governor s veto stand now? well, anderson, as we speak at this moment, the north carolina state house s currently debating over this bill, senate bill 20, and whether or not they will override that veto. a little bit earlier today, after about an hour of debate in the senate, they chose and passed that veto override on a party line, 30 to 20 vote. that was the first part of this two part process. now, this is when it gets a little bit tricky here. because it is a numbers game. so in order to override the veto in the house, after this particular debate that is happening right now, they need to have three fifths of the voting and present members there. now if all republicans and all democrats are, they re republi
governor roy cooper said last night in his broadcast would turn the clock back 50 years for women. he vetoed the republican passed measure which could ban abortion after 12 weeks and impose other limitations making it harder to get even before that 12-week period. this afternoon the state senate overrode his veto, so now we re waiting to hear from the house where this all could hinge on a single vote. cnn s diane gallagher in raleigh for us tonight. where does the governor s veto stand now? reporter: as we speak the north carolina house is debating over this bill, senate bill 20 and whether or not they ll override that veto. a little earlier today after about an hour debate in the senate they chose and passed that veto override in a party 30-20 vote. that was the first part of this two-part process. this is when it gets tricky here because it s a numbers game. in order to override the veto in the house after this particular debate happening right now, they need to have thre
success welcome to the programme. in the us, just hours to go until donald trump s controversial immigration legislation title 42 expires. the us homeland security secretary says their borders are not open and warns of tougher consequences for those who try to cross illegally. we ll look at what will it mean for people waiting to cross the us mexico border. also in the programme. the uk is to supply ukraine with long range cruise missiles to help push back russian forces. we ll look at exactly what these missiles are. interest rates in the uk go up again. now at their highest level in the uk for nearly 15 years. what does that mean for the economy? and it s eurovision the second semifinal is getting under way right now in liverpool. we ll be live with the latest from the contest. we re going to start in the us with title a2. that s the name of the legislation that makes it easier to expel people he who cross the border from mexico. it was introduced in covid times, on pub
we ll see you tomorrow. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. i hold in my hands the democrats secret plan to seize power from kevin mccarthy in the house of representatives. it has been hiding in the house of representatives since it was filed on january 30th, and today we discovered how this secret plan is supposed to work, and the secret agent, the secret legislative agent who introduced this plan, is gonna be my first guest tonight. america is going to find out who it was who planted this in the house of representatives, this being the device that can save the country from default for the first time in history. and alex, here s the great thing. i barely understand how this works. and you know from capitol hill yeah, here is the level that s at. when i read it, i understand it while the words are passing through my mind. i couldn t possibly then transfer that knowledge to another human being. but we re gonna do a version of