down. it is now falling from the sky. bill: that was an incredible moment only seen live on this channel from over the weekend. american f22 shooting down the chinese spy craft off the carolina coast. the air ship dead in the water. political fallout has just begun. hope you had a great weekend. monday, bill hemmer. nice to see you. dana: a good catch-up already. we ll fill you in as we go along. i m dana perino and america s newsroom. remarkable over the weekend. president biden s decision to shoot down the spy flight drawing a heated response from china. beijing saying it is an overreaction and threatening to retaliation. they insist it was a machine used to track the wets. the pentagon says that s not true. the unmanned aircraft came from mainland china. first defected january 28th over alaska. made its way through canada crossing into northern idaho on the 31st when the white house says the president was first briefed on it and gave the order to shoot it down when
the war in ukraine, inflation, the threat of a global recession. there is plenty for commonwealth leaders in orlando to ponder. but for boris johnson, domestic politics is never far away commonwealth leaders in rwanda. the by election defeats in wheatfield and tiverton and huntington have spooked some tory mps. and oliver dowden s resignation as party chairman has yet again put the spotlight on the prime minister s leadership. some think his behaviour is the problem and want a change of direction. oliver dowden said in his letter it could not be business as usual, i am not hearing you say i have heard what the voters have said and i am going to change. iii what the voters have said and i am going to change- what the voters have said and i am going to change. if you want me, let me be clear. going to change. if you want me, let me be clear. if going to change. if you want me, let me be clear, if you going to change. if you want me, let me be clear, if you are going
from a historic visit by the house speaker nancy pelosi prompting threats of fierce retaliation out of beijing. good morning. it is tuesday. dana has the day off today. i m bill hemmer. welcome back, sandra. good morning. glad to be with you. i m sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. those chinese fighter jets buzzing taiwan airspace amid local reporting now the speaker could be arriving there in a matter of hours. bill: she would be the highest ranking u.s. official to be in that island in 25 years. china sees it as a slap in the face saying the u.s. should not support a country that beijing views as a breakaway province. the white house has not confirmed her trip but maintains it will not be intimidated. here is what nfc spokesperson john kirby said just this morning. we gave her advice and counsel and gave her information and we re helping with her transportation. this is her decision and we support and respect that decision. what we have said is there is no
stations signs climb higher by the day. it could plunge the u.s. into a deep recession. sandra: first america reports with five states holding primary elections today as voters choose their party s nominees, in critical midterm races and the results could say a lot about president trump s influence over the republican party in 2022 and 2024. hello, i m sandra smith on this tuesday in new york. john: john roberts in washington. voting underway in alabama, arkansas, georgia, minnesota and texas. several races could give us clues about trump s grip on the republican party and whether the progressives are gaining control of the democratic party. sandra: georgia gubernatorial race, david kemp is facing david perdue, and who will face stacey abrams in november. john: rick scott, chairman of the republican senate committee standing by. sandra: our team on the ground, aishah hasnie, but mark, what is the latest on the governor s race? hello. hey, sandra, good afternoon.
not the last aid package for ukraine has been overwhelmingly approved by the u.s. congress. a rare and notable achievement given the deep political divisions between democrat and republican lawmakers. on thursday, the $40 billion aid package for both military and humanitarian assistance passed the senate, but not without opposition. 11 republicans voted against the bill in defiance of republican mitch mcconnell. anyone concerned about the cost of supporting a ukrainian victory should consider the much larger cost should ukraine lose. president biden is now heading to south korea and is expected to sign the bill into law once he arrives. but wait there s more. just as the senate approved that $40 billion, the biden administration announced another security package worth $100 million and the flood of money to ukraine comes at a critical moment. ukraine s top military commander claims his troops have broken the russian siege s at kharkiv and miykolaiv and says ukrainia for