reporter: a major point of this trip was to resume face-to-face meetings and to establish military to military channels and secretary antony blinken said that something chinese leadership has not agreed to but speaking to reporters secretary antony blinken said meeting has helped with a moment of instability in relations. they wrapped up with that meeting. something that was not confirmed until 45 minutes before it started lasted half an hour and followed many hours of discussions with the chinese counterparts this comes after weeks of rising tensions last month in a chinese fighter jet came close to a spy plane and a us destroyer was cut off. and in taiwan it was among the broad range of issues that secretary antony blinken raised. listen. we do not support taiwan and dependence and are opposed to any unilateral changes.we continue to expect a peaceful resolution of differences. we are committed to meeting our responsibilities under the taiwan relations act. including th
into the box. i think that is pretty clear. i don t think we can go much further than what we do with that. the last bit is sometimes confidence. the world snooker championship gets underway this weekend and ronnie o sullivan will begin the defence of his title against chinese debutant pang junxu. the world number one is aiming to lift that trophy for a record eight time at the crucible in sheffield and faces one of the rising stars of snooker in pang, who reached his maiden ranking final last month. elsewhere last year s beaten finallistjudd trump takes on former semifinallist anthony mcgill, mark williams will play jimmy robertson, and 2005 champion shaun murphy opens up againat sijiahui. four time championjohn higgins takes on david grace, who last week was battling just to save his tour card. and another four time winner, mark selby, faces another englishman in matthew selt. history made for great britain s gymnasts their first ever women s team gold at the european cha
russian forces that killed at least 19 and wounded dozens across major ukrainian cities. this includes kyiv, lviv, dnipro and this morning, hhelninske. the missiles launched from two russian aircraft and some were shot down. president putin threatening harsher responses following a mass explosion on a strategic bridge between crimea, illegally annexed by putin in 2014, and mainland russia. the top brit intelligence officer sir jeremy fleming is expected to say today that russia is exhausted their forces are returning out of weapons as they face staggering numbers of casualties on the battlefield. cnn s nick paton walsh is live this morning in denipro in ukraine. an emergency meeting what is he expected to say? reporter: two things. referring to in a statement before this meeting how he s going to talk about the terrorist attacks. i suspect repeat calls from ukrainian officials that the u.s. and its allies designate russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. that s one poss
By somebody that is a serial liar . I mean there should be no reason that anybody should listen to this guy. Some of Donald Trumps allies showing their loyalty by saying what the former president cant say because of the gag order in his Hush Money Trial. Meanwhile, in the courtroom itself, trumps former fixer took the stand for blockbuster testimony. Well have expert legal analysis for you on what Michael Cohen had to say. Also ahead well have the latest out of ukraine on a surprise visit from u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken. This as russian president Vladimir Putin will now make a twoday state visit to china later this week. And well go through the new developments in gaza where israeli troops appear to be ready to invade the densely Populated Areas of rafah. Good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 14th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for being with us. Weve got a jampacked show, and well begin here in manhattan where in just hours Michael Cohen, the most p
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