u.s. secretary of state is not a ceo, but what can we expect? our top diplomate, says he s not a politician, but the first visit by a u.s. secretary of state to beijing in five years, neil, and he spoke yesterday before taking that flight. sustained competition, with diplomacy and that s what the world expects of both the united states and china. now, neil, as you mentioned it s sort of like a take two of sorts, this trip. as blinken canceled his trip before that u.s. air force fighter jet shot down the massive 4,000 pound chinese spy balloon that flew across the united states and also, what other people call provocations. a chinese fighter jet across the nose of a u.s. air force surveillance plane in the south china sea used to spy on china. the fighter jet caused massive turbulence inside that air force rc-135. and also on the high seas, a china warship recently cut in front of an american guided missile destroyer in international waters, yes, not far from mainland ch
and he was aware of the proper procedures for handling classified documents. the evidence, his own words. the federal indictment lists five specific public comments trump made about this subject, and here they are. in my administration i m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. [ cheers ] no one will be above the law. we can t have someone in the oval office who doesn t understand the meaning of the word confidential or classified. one of the first things we must do is to enforce all classification rules and to enforce all laws relating to the handling of classified information. we also need the best protection of classified information. service members here in north carolina have risked their lives to acquire classified intelligence to protect our country. cnn s evan perez joins me. what stood out to you the most in this detailed indictment? reporter: one of the things that i think we should focus on is, you know, something that
out and attacked the privileges committee, using very strong language. if we park for one moment, the rights and the wrongs and just leave with the impression that isn t this going to undermine trust in the political institutions? dozen that have echoes of what we have witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? i witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? ., ., , ., witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? ., ., , a, , that? i want to understand your question. that? i want to understand your question, exactly, that? i want to understand your question, exactly, are - that? i want to understand your question, exactly, are you - question, exactly, are you suggesting that his criticism of the privileges committee, in of itself, undermines confidence in political institutions? i undermines confidence in political institutions? institutions? i was referring more to the language. institutions? i was referring more to the language, kangaroo - institutions? i was referring mor
go basically around the clock until the x date. margaret talev, thank you for joining us this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this tuesday morning with us. morning joe starts right now. optimistic we may be able to make some progress because we both agreed default is not really on the table. we have to get something done here. and the consequence of failing to pay our bills would be the american people would have a real kick in their economic well-being. as a matter of fact, the rest of the world would, too. president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy continue to take positive have that positive tone on the debt ceiling and how it is going, but there s still no deal with just over a week until the country could default completely. we ll look at the disagreements that are holding up a deal for now. also ahead, donald trump s comments about e. jean carroll during his town hall could cost him more money, as the writer takes new legal ac