at the region, destroying more than 60,000 tons of grain stars and threat noting the global food supply, as well. that s not the only troubling development this week. russia may be getting military aid from china. here s news central s jim sciutto speaking to a top french adviser at the aspen institute. reporter: just quickly, has the the west seen any evidence that china has armed russia in any way in the war tin ukraine? well, yes, there are indications that they are doing things we would prefer them not to do. reporter: delivering weapons to russia for use in ukraine? well, kind of military as far as we know, delivering massively military capacity to russia. cnn s orren lieberman is live at the pentagon with a little more on this for us. how concerned are western allies about china s role right now?
2022 to april of this year. in terms of the information with which he s being charged with leaking, prosecutors say and the indictment says that we looked at last week for the first time that some of these documents contain sensitive and classified information about the war in ukraine including troop movements and the provision of equipment. some of these documents also had information about a foreign adversary trying to target u.s. troops abroad and a foreign adversary trying to compromise information of a u.s. bank. so, john, in terms of what to expect we ll keep you posted on the latest movements in court and where it goes from here. that is later today. or orren lieberman. the sonar picked up banging sounds under the water. expected in a few hour h the u.s. coast guard expected to detail what they now know. we ll have the very latest. special counsel durham facing questions on his investigation of the fbi probe into donald trump s 2016 presidential campaign and its alleged ties
let s get right to orren lieberman at the pentagon. remind us what charges he s facing an how long he might have to serve behind bars? jake, 21-year-old jack teixeira indicted on six counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information related to the national defense. the hearing today starting about on time at 3:45. wasn t all that long. lasted less than 15 minutes by watch, about 13 or 14 minutes here. 21-year-old teixeira, a member of the air national guard was wearing a orange jump suit and rosary beads. he entered a not guilty plea on all six counts, the charge of willful transmission after classified information related to the national defense. after the hearing ends, the familiar spokesperson or put out a statement saying, we remain as committed as ever and our entire family continues to share
give that briefing. we re hearing from senator marco rubio, the top republican, he got information and he said he s not happy with what he s hearing in terms of the transparency from the biden administration and he said there is also no comparison at all between this balloon that went over something like two-thirds or three quarters of the united states, and balloons that crossed into the trump administration that went over only small parts of the united states, according to rubio there. orren lieberman, thank you very much. i know you continue to work your sources. meanwhile, george santos, who could not seem to tell the truth about anything, will be aend itting the first state of the union address today as a lawmaker. the question is will it be his last. as you know, he s already facing a federal investigation as well as one back home in addition to complaints before the house ethics committee. today the house speaker kevinp mccarthy who has stood by santos was asked about it. ev
reagan carrier strike front. on the diplomatic front, antony blinken warned north korea it is welcome to continue down this path but nothing good will come from it going this way. we believe that north korea would be much better served by not only refraining from these actions but actually engaging in dialogue. i think what we re seeing is that if they continue down this road, it will only increase the condemnation, increase the isolation, and increase the steps that are taken in response to their actions. reporter: also at the united nations, ambassador linda thomas greenfield without naming russia and china saying the two countries on the security council were protecting and giving cover for north korea. erica. orren lieberman, appreciate it. thank you. in ukraine, russia hitting