Low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. Comcast supports he spent as a Public Service on these other Television Providers for giving you a front receipt to democracy. Now the secretaries of state and commerce testify in from the Appropriations Committee and the president s budget request for the upcoming year. How it would support National Security initiatives and growing competition with china. They also discussed support for ukraine and supply chain issues. The here link is nearly three hours. [background noises] [background noises] the hearing of the senate Appropriations Committee will please come to order. We are here today to discuss the u. S. china relationship the investments we need to keep our nation secure, competitive and maintain our leadership on the stage. Let me make clear from the outset we talked about competing against china encountering chinese influence we are talking about competing against its governments. Not the Chinese People
united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. spy balloon down. a recovery effort now underway after fighter jets launched a precision strike. cnn has reporters across the globe on the latest developments. plus parts of the u.s. finally warming up, this after record-breaking freezing temperatures, the coldest in decades in some areas. we ll look at when people can see relief. and basketball superstar lebron james continues to chip away at the nba s all-time scoring record. we ll break down his latest game with cnn sports coy wire. you re about to see and hear the dramatic moment a u.s. missile took out the suspected chinese spy balloon that caused such havoc in the u.s. last week. have a look. it happened saturday off the coast of south carolina near myrtle beach. the balloon was so high up that it took a few seconds of the sound of the blast
let s go the white house on the breaking news. lucas tomlinson, i understand you have new reporting the share. lucas: that s right, senior official confirms that the u.s. government is weighing options on how to shoot down this chinese spy balloon when it crosses the atlantic, safely off the coast of the united states. now earlier in syracuse president biden was asked to do on the balloon and he said all options are on the table and this is what he said exactly. the chinese balloon we will take care of it. lucas: this morning former defense secretary chuck served under barack obama said this balloon should be brought down gently to exploit it. we don t know what the pentagon is going to do and what the president will ultimately decide and once it gets out over open waters i d be surprised if we would allow this balloon just to float back to china. lucas: both countries spawn each other, of course, just over a month ago the pentagon says fighter jet came to american sp
Oil has been rising for two weeks. Lets get an update on what making headlines. Vladimir putin is condemning the u. S. Strike against syria, calling it and asked of aggression against the sovereign state. 59 cruise missiles were fired at a syrian airfield after accusing a syria of using chemical weapons. Tonight i ordered a target military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. Rush is promising to help beef up air defenses. The kremlin says only 23 of the missiles actually struck the base. Six syrian fighters were destroyed. President trump says he forged a president in the first few hours of his summit with the chinese president. They had dinner and will have discussions today. He is expected to push him to open Chinese Markets to American Goods. He wants china to put pressure on north korea over its Nuclear Weapons program. Employers in london are having trouble finding workers and brings it may make it harder. From the recruitment and Employmen
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