Counsel to look into the investigation against the president s son, hunter biden. Lucas tom lynnson has the latest on this story. Reporter it was just a few weeks ago that hunter biden thought he was minutes away from freedom are from any further charges. Of course, that thats not what happened. The plea if deal fell apart, and now it could be going to trial, according to federal prosecutors in a filing yesterday. A Special Counsel has been named. Mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently are. Based only on a facts and the law. Reporter that Special Counsel, david weiss, of course, has been investigating hunter biden for the past five years now and negotiated with what many republicans call a, quote, sweetheart plea deal. President biden left the white house yesterday for the beach, he did not take any questions before Boarding Marine Wunsch the president one. The president has long main
Now to a discussion to boost relations with developing countries amid influence featuring assistant secretary of state for east asian and Pacific Affairs daniel. This is about 40 minutes. Hello, everyone and thank you for joining us in person here today at the Atlantic Council and virtually around the world. For the conference titled china and the Global South Development and influence in the shif global order to better understand and respond to the impact across the global south. My name is dave shulman senior director of the Atlantic Councils global china hub that has the mission of devising solutions to the global challenges posed by the rise leveraged in the atlantic across the 16 programs and centers. Its a true pleasure to kick off the conference on a topic that couldnt be more timely and which is controlled with two Big Questions around the state of the International Order and its intensifying strategic competition as well as to the state of progress towards the goals across muc
Battles for former president donald trump. There were two big developments last night. Maine decided donald trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on the ballot. The Secretary Of State citing the 14th Amendment which bans from office those who engage in insurrection. On the west coast, the california Secretary Of State deciding to keep trump on the ballot. All this putting even more pressure on the Supreme Court to weigh in. We want to bring in Vaughn Hillyard and former rnc executive Committee Member jennifer horn. Vaughn, start us off with maine. Reporter in the state of maine the decision of the Secretary Of State last night was much awaited. She had heard challenges in her role as Secretary Of State. This is where you get into the differences in what state law allows or puts the onus on a Secretary Of State to ultimately agent on. Thats where the role of the maine Secretary Of State says it is her responsibility to determine whether a candidate is qualified to run for presi
Your own. This is where democracy lives. Cspan, powered by cable. U. S. To china Nicholas Burns talks about relations between the United States and china at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution in washington, d. C. This is a little over an hour and 10 minutes. [indiscernible chatter] good morning to all of those who have joan into joined us in the auditorium and online. Im the Vice President and director of Foreign Policy at brookings and im delighted to welcome you to our public event featuring a discussion with the honorable Nicholas Burns, u. S. Ambassador to the peoples republic of china. Ambassador burns and his Hardworking Team at the embassy are on the front lines of one of the most complex and consequential bilateral relationships for the United States. The u. S. Mission he leads includes Public Servants from 47 u. S. Government agencies and sub agencies. He oversees the embassy interactions with china on the full range of political, security, commercial, economic and c
con congresswoman ilhan omar off the house foreign affairs committee. the lead starts right now. my leadership and voice will not be diminished, if i am not on this committee for one term. my voice will get louder and stronger. republicans key committee, b comments that omar has meat critical of israel. some using anti-semitic tropes. comments for which he has apologized or ones she retracted. the minnesota democrat and only muslim refugee in congress asks today, how might this look to the rest of the world? plus, a despicable act. a young new jersey politician shot to death just steps from her own home. was she targeted or was she a victim of random violence? but first, russia ramping up strikes against ukraine, with warnings of a larger offensive on the horizon. cnn is in one town hit more than 70 times in just one day. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. russia s renewed offensive against ukraine may already be beginning. that s the assessment of volodymyr ze