jacqui heinrich. griff: it s great to be with you, i m griff jenkins. the balloon sighting dashing an attempt by the biden administration to ease u.s.-china tensions, with antony blinken calling off his trip to beijing. and we have coverage in london alexandria hoff in washington and let s start off. earlier some say the chinese balloon should have been shot down when this first crossed over alaska. we could have shot it down over open water, over dense, sparse parts of alaska and should it shot it down then. it leads me to believe that possibly a political decision was made by the white house not to do so for fear of interrupting the relationship with china. that s troubling if that it indeed the case. here at the white house, president biden only wanted to talk about the strong jobs report not that chinese sp, whe will you remove the balloon? when and how will you remove the balloon, mr. president? the chinese spy balloon had been spotted over charlotte, north carol
deadly accidents, scrubbed flights and an ice storm creating chaos. and a woman in oregon kidnapped and tortured and the suspect found dead. and first republican ready to officially take on donald trump and it is not ron desantis. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. an ice storm is wreaking havoc on the roads in at least eight states from texas to west virginia. that crash was in memphis. the national weather service urging everyone to avoid driving if possible. two people have died in texas accidents as sleet piled on top of ice makes roads very slick. vehicles backed up at at least ten miles down in texas highway on monday, flight aware says more than 1300 flights are already canceled today. the freezing rain still threatening parts of the south and central u.s. for at least another day. cnn s chad myers is here with the forecast. the video just tells the story. the roads are icy. where are we seeing the hardest hit
battlefield could one day help ukraine retake crimea. prosecutors now say the accused killer has been of a massachusetts mom googled how to do it and how to hide it. specifically battle tanks. the u.s.-abrams not set to be included in this pack pj. the defense department making it clear this is a practical and logistical concern behind not including those things. a lot of training and maintenance are involved and questions around their compatibility with what else ukraine has in play on the battlefield that it s getting for other european allies. they are not in principle opposed to tanks. we understand from a senior defense official that the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin is set to press his german counterpart to allow re-export for german tanks to ukraine. in terms of long-range missiles, i think there s great perception how russia would perceive these. in the past hour we have heard from the kremlin who said any discussions on supplying ukraine with weapons that cou
warns its next target appears to be bermuda after lashing the turks and caicos islands. we re live in the caribbean in minutes. and new developments in the mar-a-lago investigation. the special master tasked with reviewing those materials seized from the former president s hom water on one of the trump team s key arguments. what it could signal about where the investigation goes next. we begin with the president s speech at the united nations happening this hour. joining me now is erin mclayoff lint in ukraine. ambassador william taylor is with us as well. and michael, let me get to you if i can can. we have a little guidance about the upcoming address. we do expect to hear the president respond to vladimir putin s nuclear threat. we are told that this is not going to be a tit for tat response. what do you expect to hear from the president? what makes this speech unique and significant? presidents give addresses to the united nations general assembly every year. it s an a
inflation that is not going down significantly. we will have the latest on the midterms including a fallout from all this week s debates. but, first up, the preelection economy where it stands. white house correspondent jackii heinrich starts us off from the north lawn. good evening, bret. the president is in syracuse touting the biden administration investment and praising today s economic report. the data is not what it seems on the surface. great economic report today. the g.d.p. report. things are looking good. at first glance today s g.d.p. report suggests the u.s. economy is turning around after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. but a closer look shows the 2.6% growth was driven by flux yaptions in international trade, not reflecting the underlying health of the economy and increased government spending. economists think both will drop off in quarter four. moreover, consumer spending is slowing as inflation climbs faster than wages. moody s chief econom