bret: but, first, breaking tonight, increasing concern over aerial objects that were spotted and then shot down over the u.s. and saturday over canada. the total right now is for china blamed for at least one of these so far says the u.s. has sent multiple balloons over its territory in the past year. the biden administration denies this. more of the chinese spy craft has been recovered and is being analyzed from off the coast of south carolina. but, as for the other objects, there is still very little information about what they are, what they were doing and who is behind them. as the search for those remnants continues tonight. we have fox team coverage, brit hume has analysis of the whole affair. jacqui heinrich is at the white house with the increasing pressure for president biden to address the issue personally. but we begin with chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon with what the defense department is doing and saying tonight. good eve
gathering where his base has seemingly seized control. and the man who tried but failed to overturn the 2020 election results appears to be his party s front-runner at least for now according to recent polls. late this afternoon, cpac released its very own nonscientific straw poll. trump crushed the politician seen as the biggest rival for the nomination, at least at this point, florida governor ron desantis, 62% to 20%. cnn s kristen holmes joins us from the cpac gathering. how s it been going so far? what s the former president saying? reporter: so former president trump still speaking. we re at the 90-minute mark. we expect him to go for a little bit longer now. he is really appealing to this crowd. a mix of old and new. he talked about how he wants to take on the establishment, particularly the republican establishment. he talked about how he got rid of political dynasties, he said the party would never go back to being the party of karl rove, paul ryan, and jeb bush. h
united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program, an exclusive interview with the chancellor of germany, olaf scholz. on putin s war in ukraine, on whether ukraine and russia should start talking about a peace deal, and about the future of europe itself. and, chevron ceo mike wirth on the present and future of oil. which still powers our world. and also just where did covid come from? the so-called lab leak theory just got new life this week. we ll follow the facts with dr. leana wen. but first, here is my take. we re often told that america is deeply divided, that polarization makes it impossible for us to make any progress in policy. that our country is so internally con flicked it cannot project unity and strength to the world. but on the most important foreign policy issue confronting policymakers, the problem is closer to the opposite. washington has embraced a wide-ranging consensus on china that has turned into a classic example of g
schultz. on putin s war in ukraine, on whether ukraine and russia should start talking about a peace deal and about the future of europe itself. and chevron ceo mike worth on the present and future of oil which still powers our world. also, just where did covid come from? the so-called lab leak theory just got new life this week. we ll follow the facts with dr. lena wynn. but first, here s my take. we are often told that america is deeply divided, that polarization makes it impossible for us to make any progress in policy, that our country is so internally conflicted it cannot project unity and strength to the world, but on the most important policy issue confronting policymaker, the problem is closer to the opposite. washington has embraced a wide-ranging consensus on china that has turned into a classic example of group think. to watch tuesday s hearing held by the new house select committee on china was to be transported back to the 1950s. members of both partie
that is interesting, but raises questions about why the feds have not looked into that over the past few years. in some places, it seems like the garland justice department would be the last place you would want to order a pizza from, it might come two plus years later. the context is interesting, although maybe completely unrelated because yesterday, the legal world was rocked by something you don t normally see. you can see the headlights, reactions, and that special grand jury foreperson in georgia just went out in public doing tv out appears interviews , talking sometimes clearly, sometimes indirectly about indictments they recommended. we counted at least five media appearances within 24 hours, a widely unusual spectacle. appearances in a process that would usually be completely secret. we definitely heard a lot about former president trump, and we definitely discussed him a lot in the room. i will say that, when this list comes out, there are no major plot twists wait