john roberts in washington and so begins another week, sandra. sandra: sets us up for an exciting afternoon. i m sandra smith in new york. the former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe said he had no knowledge of the sky establishment in 2019. were you aware of the cuba spy center? there wasn t one, maria, this kind of surveillance platform was present and allowed is just absurd. john: the china spy base is only about 100 miles from american shores and according to reports, it lets china eavesdrop on everything from phone calls and emails to communications within the u.s. military. sandra: florida congressman mike waltz how the u.s. should stop china from expanding the global footprint. gillian turner, what s the latest? gillian: secretary of state tony blinken wrapped a presser in which he appeared to confirm china has been operating a spy base inside cuba or trying to and it is part of this broader effort by the communist party to ramp up espionage
and to keep america prosperous and secure, we have to move fast, adapt quickly. we have to maintain a combat credible force capable of deterring any potential threat and manage competition with china and meet reality of renewed aggression in europe. we need to make sure to retain our competitive edge in an i think where emerging technologies from ai to 3d printing could fundamentally change the character of conflict. with general brown as chairman, i know i will be able to rely on his advice as a military strategist and leader of military innovation, dedicated to keeping the armed forces, the best in the world, and best in the history of the world and that s a fact. i ll also be able to s line with a leader unafraid to speak his mind, someone who will deliver an honest message that needs to be heard and always do the right thing when it s hard. that s the number one quality a president needs in a chairman. and that s the leader. that s the leader that all americans met three
at this point there are some victims but we do not know the extent of their injuries. this of course very upsetting news we are following closely unfolding here in texas this afternoon. this shooting reportedly happened at 3:30 p.m. and a summer outlet mall some 30 miles north of dallas. at this point you not know much more beyond his initial reports. working together more details. i can cite the mcallen police department intake to social media about two hours after the shooting reportedly first started. talk to social media around 5:30 p.m. to ask him to stay away from the area. images being captured appears to be armored swat vehicles. looks at their multiple agencies on scene this is standard protocol during active situations like this. we have seen officers moving about some with guns again active protocol. we have a situation like this unfolding. i ve been watching social media and i can tell you multiple people who were there who appeared to have made it out okay. they
look at what it is like to take over a long running family business. time now to get down to business. we begin with energy. it will be clean and safe and power 1.8 million homes in the north of england and the midlands. that is the plan presented by the uk government and the netherlands who have announced the world s largest multiuse electricity powerline built under the north sea. the will connect the uk in the netherlands with offshore wind farms providing energy to britain aiming to reduce household bills. this announcement comes at the start of the second north sea summit which kicks off today in belgium, the founding countries are belgium, denmark and the netherlands will be joined by france, uk ireland norway and luxembourg and the largest ever coalition around energy in the northeast off let s talk to jess ralston head of energy at the energy and climate intelligence unit. first of all, uk government is saying it s the s largest of its kind, powerline is delivering c