Antigovernor protests in cuba over the weekend. Cubas president is blaming the u. S. For sanctions causing Power And Medicine shortages. President biden issued a statement supporting peaceful protests. Lets begin at the White House with Nbc News white House Correspondent kelly odonnell. First lets talk about the meeting the president is holding today with Police Chiefs the mayor of dc, as well as the democratic nominee for new york city, trying to get a handle on if surge in violence, incoming attacks from republicans as well. Reporter andrea, this is all about the practical issue of dealing with crime as people are experiencing it, and also the political undercurrent that the White House is facing with pressure from the progressive left to do more, as well as criticism coming from the republican right, questioning whether the president is tough enough on crime. All of these forces coming together at a time when these are difficult problems, theres a clear and, without dispute, spike i
A. M. In New York, 11 00 a. M. In geneva switzerland. We begin with breaking news. A historic showdown in geneva that President Biden has framed as a fight for democracy itself. Moments from now the world will witness a high Stakes Summit between President Biden and russian president Vladimir Putin. A man biden once called a kill who are has no soul and who he now calls a worthy add vary. The White House has released the schedule, 7 35 a. M. The stakes for President Biden could not be higher. He will be facing off against one of the worlds most cunning leaders whose main foreign Policy Objective is undermining u. S. Political stability and prestige. Mr. Bidens goal, returning Stability And Predictability to u. S. russian relations. Cnn is live in geneva with Wolf Blitzer, anchor of the situation room. Wolf, a huge day ahead. It certainly s Lawyer Ration christine. This is a truly huge moment in american history, u. S. russian relationship. That relationship between the United States an
Its too soon to ditch them. And the pentagon now confirms these ufo sightings were real. We will have one navy Pilots Story about her out of this world encounter. Good to have you with us. We begin with the fighting between israel and hamas where for the first time in a week no rockets were fired from gaza overnight, but israeli Air Strikes have not let up. These latest strikes toppled a fourstory building in gaza near the u. N. s palestinian Refugee Agency and the islamic university. Israel says its targeting hamas rocket installations, tunnels and the homes of the militant groups commanders. The Hamasrun Gaza Health ministry reports 212 people have been killed since last monday, including 61 children. Israel claims hamas is putting Rocket Launchers and Military Equipment in residential areas near schools and hospitals. Meanwhile, hamas rockets fired into israel have claimed at least ten lives since this fighting began. In a Phone Call with israels Prime Minister u. S. President Joe B
together. they ve been without power, been without water this week and they have a story to tell about what it s been like in texas. i spoke with lina hidalgo and trying to let the country know what s going on because the state needs help from the country. but to see the state collapse there, it is a scary thing with that many people in it. and it is tragically predictable the way that power system is set up there. exactly. thank you, rachel. the one thing the junior senator from texas never has is the element of surprise. no one is ever surprised by how low he can go. in 2016 senator lindsey graham said, if you killed ted cruz on the floor of the senate and the trial was in the senate, nobody would convict you. lindsey graham s willingness to say that publicly about a senator is proof of how universally senator cruz is disliked in the senate, including by some people he may think of as friends. the new york times has obtained text messages from friends of the cru
um yes, desperately. also i want to call the police but maybe you re the police. yeah. just incredible. thank you, my friend. well done. well done. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. tonight we are going to be joined live this hour by the person who is fast becoming one of the most familiar faces and voices of the new administration, jen psaki, white house spokesperson is going to be our guest tonight. even though we re only one week into the administration, i can show you this many pictures of her conducting different white house press briefings because we have daily white house press briefings again. she does these every day. under the trump administration, they started out bad until they disappeared entirely. they seemed not to be able to handle talking to the press every day and bring questions. but immediately day one, president biden brought back the briefings and jen psaki is the spokesperson. they started reversing things that were broken by the