cue, becoming the second 16-seed team to beat a number 1 in march madness history. and we call this busting the brackets. what because ing this because, it takes everyone s bets and throws them rachel: where s pairleigh dickenson? will: right over the hudson river rachel: it s in new jersey? will: teaneck, new jersey. joey: congratulations to them. i don t know what the sportsmennalty is, but as a guy who s not necessarily a purdue fan p i thinkst the really cool. will: i m sorry, boilermakers, it stinks to be to the on the other side, but that s your cinderella story. we also had a 2 seed go down to a 15 just the other day. unfortunately, for the president of the united states, that 2 seed was his pick to inwith the national championship. we re off and running when it comes to march madness. meanwhile, here in the news cycle we have not a stunning upset e, but an upset nonetheless. matt taibbi continues his reporting on the twitter files. i don t know what number we re
speaker. we do know house republicans joined a conference call to talk about a possible new deal on the table. but multiple people on the call tell nbc news, kevin mccarthy acknowledges he still does not have enough votes to become speaker after 11 rounds. we spoke with kevin mccarthy ahead of that call and this is what he this is all leaving one-third of our government functionally paralyzed just as the nation marks the second anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol. politico making the note that, quote, a handful of republicans who remained in the january 6th sights throughout its investigations are now leading the effort to deny mccarthy the speakership. one officer who defended lawmakers on january 6th pointed out the irony of what s happening on the hill right now. no matter what anybody s thoughts about which way it s going, the right that think the fact that they have the right to be able to do that in a safe environment is kind of what we provided
how washington is working on a plan b to the agreement between russia and ukraine, we will take you live visit to ukraine, london, and nairobi. the fbi raises a red flag over chinese telecommunications equipment on u.s. shores. cnn has an exclusive report. we begin with the scorching temperatures across the northern hemisphere as heat waves blanket china, europe and the u.s. in california, a wildfire raging has burned through more than 15,000 acres, hundreds of firefighters are working to battle the blaze, and thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes to escape the fast-moving fire. in europe the blistering heat is helping fuel wildfires in some areas. this was the scene increase as crews battled the fire there. one of several wildfires raging across the country right now, we are seeing scorching heat across much of china. we are standing by in beijing with those details, let s go to nina dos santos outside of london. at these wildfires continue to be a pro
of course, they have been other exchanges, including with the leaders last bowl in person in indonesia since then but given the downturn, the incredible downturn in us china relations, whether relationship has been the worst it has been in nearly 50 years, it is important to keep up this type of diplomacy and we really hope for the secretary of state to understand and build more ties between the us and china. haw between the us and china. how much though between the us and china. how much though do between the us and china. how much though do you between the us and china. how much though do you think things like the china balloon saga and other things hang over these talks? , ., , ., talks? there s a number of areas of talks? there s a number of areas of disagreement - talks? there s a number of areas of disagreement in i talks? there s a number of i areas of disagreement in the security arena, human rights, trade, technology, many, many more areas of disagreement certainly
including with the leaders last fall in person in bali, in indonesia, since then, but given the downturn, the incredible downturn in us china relations, where the relationship is really the worst it has been in nearly 50 years, it is incredibly important to keep up this type of diplomacy and it will really help for the secretary of state to understand and build more ties between the us and china. how much though do you think that things like the spy balloon saga, for example, also the alleged cuba surveillance operation will actually hang over these talks? there s a number of areas of disagreement in the security arena, human rights, trade, technology, many, many more areas of disagreement, certainly than converging interests between the two powers these days but it is really the view from the biden administration that this intense strategic competition or geopolitical competition, as they call it,