lethal aid in its war against ukraine. it comes the secretary of state anthony blinken met with china s top diplomat this weekend. exchanging strong words two weeks after the u.s. shut down a chinese spy balloon off the carolina coast. earlier today, and i see spokesperson john kirby stress the importance of repairing the u.s. china relationship. the president said he billing to dock to president xi in the future. and he will. we still have lansing on occasion open with china as you saw yesterday in munich. that s important. particularly when there s times of tension like this. you want to avoid the risks of misunderstanding and miscalculation. secretary blinken issued a warning to china about its spy craft to. key house republicans today amplifying their concerns over the blue and being able to fly across the u.s.. the reality is that the administration admitted that after it had shut down the balloon that it should ve been more proactive. in the three subsequent shutd
yasmin vossoughian. tensions between the u.s. and china reaching a dangerous point. after meeting between both of the country s top diplomats over this buying balloon controversy. i can tell you know, there was no policy, but, what i can also tell you if this was an opportunity to speak very clearly, and very directly, about the fact that china sent a surveillance balloon over our territory. violating our sovereignty, violating international law. and i told them quite simply, that was unacceptable. and can never happen again. on the ground in ohio, lawsuits now starting to be filed by residents worry that government is not telling them the truth. about the danger for that massive train derailment. former president jimmy carter at home and getting hospice care as his family is gathering around him. plus what comes next for mike pence? as the former vice president refuses to testify to the special counsel investigating his former boss. all of that, plus speci first annivers
politicsnation. tonight s lead profiles in courage. on this presidents day weekend, two of our commanders in chief one current and one former are facing perhaps their greatest challenges in politics and in life. tomorrow, president biden will travel to poland where he will mark the one year anniversary of mush russia s invasion and war in ukraine. calls for ukraine s allies to stay the course. as the u.s. accuses russia of crimes against humanity in ukraine and the republican majority in the u.s. house threatens to curtail the billions of dollars in aid that has gone to ukraine. now going into a second here in here at home the earliest electoral challenge in our materializing. on the republican side, former republican south carolina governor nikki haley has joined donald trump in pursuit of the gop nomination in 2024. and 2020 democratic contender marianne williamson is expected to make her own announcement that she is running for the white house again. she would be the first
locations dumped alongside a road the third was stuffed inside a trunk of a car. the police they all three teenagers were likely shot at the same time and in the same spot. and they say the alleged shooters may be part of a gag for the sheriff in marion county is calling for those juvenile suspects to be charged as ad adults. likes the fact the victims are three juveniles and our suspects and murderers are three juveniles, there is nothing good in this scenario. and it breaks my heart it is a 12-year-old involved as well. his life is over. one decision, one decision, his life is done. as he knows it. arthel: s live what more can you tell us? arthel good afternoon. investigators are hoping a cash reward will get people talking they can track down the third of juvenile suspect in this case a 16-year-old. you mention the sheriff says all three suspects were involved in low level gang activity. but he says the killings do not appear to be related to any kind of gang rivalry. i
hand. this warning comes just hours before a republican-led committee holds a hearing on the chain knee communist party s threat to america. let s start with cnn s manu rash. tonight will be the first prime time hearing that any he republican has held since january. what are republicans telling you about why this is such a top priority? this is one of the rare bipartisan initiatives in a very polarized institution, the u.s. house. but kevin mccarthy has indicated to me and others that this is a bug priority of his to make sure that both sides are on the same page when it comes to the threat of china. that is the same approach the lady verse the committee, mike gallagher on the republican side, and the democrat both are trying to pursue this on a bipartisan basis. he indicated to me this will be an overall scene setting hearing to try to make clear about the threat from china poses, not just abroad but also here in the united states. we expect to hear from key witnesses, s