lethal aid in its war against ukraine. it comes the secretary of state anthony blinken met with china s top diplomat this weekend. exchanging strong words two weeks after the u.s. shut down a chinese spy balloon off the carolina coast. earlier today, and i see spokesperson john kirby stress the importance of repairing the u.s. china relationship. the president said he billing to dock to president xi in the future. and he will. we still have lansing on occasion open with china as you saw yesterday in munich. that s important. particularly when there s times of tension like this. you want to avoid the risks of misunderstanding and miscalculation. secretary blinken issued a warning to china about its spy craft to. key house republicans today amplifying their concerns over the blue and being able to fly across the u.s.. the reality is that the administration admitted that after it had shut down the balloon that it should ve been more proactive. in the three subsequent shutd
Laura coats, and this is cnn tonight. Weve got two huge stories tonight that were following, of course right here in the nations capital, our continuing coverage of the state of the Union Address. Meanwhile, another sided country in los angeles, we have breaking news on another major story, in the world of sports. Entertainment, and frankly american culture. Lebron james tonight breaking the record to become the nbas alltime leading scorer. Passing a fellow laker, Kareem Abduljabbar. Once he broke this record the game was actually stopped for the celebration that was certainly do lebron joined on his court by his family, by the man he also passed, Kareem Abduljabbar. And even the nba commissioner, adam silver. In other words, everyone was watching to see whether tonight would be the night that he actually did it. I came into the game, and watch what happened in this really important, powerful moment. Lebron, for the record, hes got it. Hes done it. Lebron james is now the alltime leadi
hello and welcome to s insie politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. finish the job. president biden provides a state of the union slogan and lays the foundation for a 2024 run. and also republicans booing and jeering him in front of millions. a sick puppy who should quit. an impromptu comment from mitt romney captured on video. and investigating congress. putting twitter executives under oath. hearing number one dedicated to digging into the biden family. a first for us, though, the president s day on the road trip. the president is in wisconsin, the setting quite telling because it follows the state of the union that served as, yes, a 2024 teaser. and as a nod to the election map that mr. biden sees as a map to re-election. the president s speech clocked in at 53 minutes. finish the job. the part said by the president, he wants another term to do it. six more years to do it. we ve been sent here to finish the job in my vie
the 2024 road show has begun. the lead starts right now. president biden leaving the beltway. taking the state of the union message to voters in some key battleground states. will he get cheers or jeers from the american people? then, more than 12,000 people now have been killed. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria continuing to rise to staggering heights as hope fades of finding survivors left in the rubble. and a passenger s battery catching on fire mid flight, forcing a plane to make an emergency landing and sending four people to the hospital. what you need to know about flying with potentially dangerous electronic devices. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. the scene after the state of the union address looks like the campaign trail. president biden is in the crucial swing state of wisconsin, where he is talk ja jobs and the economy. echoing the themes of last night. kamala harris is in georgia, another key battleground state, that you mig
learn more, and view important safety information at inspiresleep.com perhaps you ve seen the little gizmo on screen all day. there it is there. it s right there in the bottom right of your screen, promoting with blitzers interview with president volodymyr zelenskyy. time has now arrived. the cnn prime times but shull, the zelenskyy interview, hosted by with wolf blitzer, starts right now. tonight, a wartime president with the message to the world. [speaking non-english] we will have our victory. volodymyr zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with cnn on the urgent battle. things are looking rather grim for ukrainian forces in and around the city of bakhmut. the execution video of a ukraine you essay to ukraine and republican skepticism about spending more. i said no blank checks. what president biden told him in the war zone. [sirens] and his plea for american warplanes. our western fighter jets, u.s. fighter jets, the weapon that will make or break a ukra