january 6th, i issued a tweet demanding that people leave the capitol and end the violence. i said that those that failed to do that should be prosecuted to the fullest exat the present time of the law and i continue to believe that today. we cannot ever allow what happened on january 6th to happen again in the heart of our democracy. and i ll stand by the decisions and the due process of court in our laws. and i have no interest or no intention of pardoning those that assaulted police officers or vandalized our capital. they need to be answerable to the law. former vice president mike pence with one of the ways he is differentiating himself from his former boss. we ll have more from his campaign launch just ahead. it comes as the department of justice confirms what we all suspected. trump is the target of the classified documents investigation. we ll get expert analysis on what it means for an indictment moving forward. plus, one of the pga s top players blasts the organiz
Stuck briefly in russia after their plane made an unscheduled landing. air india had engine trouble and had to land at an airport in russia s far east. a replacement plane arrived later in the evening and successfully took off before midnight, thank goodness, since russia s invasion, the state department has warned americans not to travel to russia, in this case involuntarily. pope francis is expected to remain in the hospital for several days after undergoing successful surgery yesterday. surgeons removed intestinal scar tissue and repaired a hernia in his abdominal wall. the vatican said there were no complications during the three-hour operation which required the pontiff to be under general anesthesia. this comes just two years after the 86-year-old had part of his colon removed, the latest health concern prompted the vatican to cancel his meetings until june 18th. and still ahead on morning
They eventually got a replacement plane and those reporters are now making their way to join us here in the united kingdom where so far i haven t spotted any cicadas. have to leave the belt way to get rid of the cicadas. nice to see you, arlette. have a great trip and report back often. thank you. all right. with the biden agenda called for now on capitol hill democrats are taking a win where they can get one. the senate passed a rare bipartisan bill tuesday aimed at countering china s growing economic might. the measure would invest nearly $250 billion in scientific research, subsidies for chip makers and much more. cnn s david culver is live in shanghai for us. david, good morning to you. the bill is obviously being hailed in the u.s. as a legislative achievement. especially because it s bipartisan which is so rare here, but how is the bill being received by china? reporter: we don t often hear about washington agreeing on much of anything but there is
Last night a swarm apparently messed with the engines of the white house press plane on its way to europe. a replacement plane had to be called in for safety. we re keeping an eye on it but we re glad they haven t caused any more severe problems. that s our final thought on the beat. that does it for us. the reidout is up next. if i look traumatized. you kept saying cicadas and swarm and cicadas and swarm. i m terrified of bugs. i m traumatized. thanks. good evening. we begin the reidout with a very basic question. a serious question. what does today s republican party actually stand for? besides voter suppression, the big lie and taking the knee? if you re a sentient being you would look back at the last five months and try to take stock of what republicans have brought to the table. a quick scan shows that you they re not down for much.
We actually drove by the plant yesterday and saw that enormous plane sitting right there waiting for him to welcome. he s going to tour the facility and talk to the workers and of course to boeing s ceo, which it s very possible they ll continue their talks about a replacement plane for air force one and the high cost of that, something he said during his campaign. he was very critical about that during the time. we also expect the president to make some comments and he tweeted just a few hours ago that he wants to talk about jobs here in north charleston. of course that dreamliner plane made exclusively here at this north charleston plant, something that boeing used to attract business to this particular part of this state. we are expecting some comments from the president. we will say, though, two miles from where he is visiting, where i am right now, we are also expecting a little bit of controversy, some protesters, about 200 or so, maybe even more expected to come out here and pro