have not heard back. but maybe it s because folks with that kind of history are increasingly finding a home in the florida republican party. the new york times reported this sum better the tightening grip that groups like the proud boys have been gaining on the miami-dade gop. until recent will he he was a member of the miami-dade republican executive committee. he claimed to the times that he has been on page to deradicalization and his disavowed his previous racist ideology. but when he ran unsuccessfully for city council last year, he maintained his on line ties to the white supremacist league of the south. the miami new times reports that when members of the media were invited by him and his family to interview him at the hospital this week, they were blocked from his room by proud boys. so again, there are still a lot of questions to be answered about this awful violent attack this week. the police are investigating.
period that is post-brexit while a war happens on european soil. it s a huge task, laila. huge task indeed. salma, thank you so much. the communist party in china has wrapped up its week-long national congress with xi jinping set to be named on sunday to a third term as general secretary of the party. it is the most powerful position in china because the leader of the only ruling party also controls the government and the military. and in a sign of his tightening grip, mr. xi could also be given a new title. and there was also a surprise in the final session. let s bring in cnn s beijing bureau chief, steven jiang. let s start with that. what happened? reporter: laila, in a bit of high drama, at least by chinese standard, during the closing ceremony, former chinese top leader hoe jing to you, who is mr. xi s predecessor, was seen led out of the room accompanied by two male staff members.
themselves right in the crosshairs of it. thank you, jeff paul. we appreciate your reporting. and the big issue now seems to be what the strategy of russia is. the tightening grip in the eastern part of the country, and also these are places where soldiers hang out as well. be that as it may, there is a push for getting heavy weaponry sooner rather than later. that s right, reinforcements as well. they say russia is planning to mobilize up to 60,000 soldiers, reservists, to make up for in warmest losses on the battlefield. 20%, soldiers, tanks, armored personnel and vehicle us. we are beginning to see indications that they are, in fact, they are working on ways
it s the difference between was the president absolutely confident or a coward on january 6th when he didn t do anything, or did he know what was coming? that s a difference between incompetence with your oath and possibly criminal. that s where i want to get more information. we do have obviously some things leading up to that, but the more important we can get obviously the better. adam kinzinger, republican from illinois. i think the last time i had you on i made mention that you represented a part of where my family grew up anyway. it s a wonderful part of the state. thanks for coming on and sharing your perspective with us. it s cold. you bet. when we come back i will stand in this breach. i will defend this nation. i will allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy. president biden during thursday s january 6th anniversary, taking rhetorical aim at former president trump. when we come back, mr. trump s tightening grip on the gop. the panel is next. the p
thank you so much for letting us into your homes in these extraordinary times, the beat with ari starts right now. thank you so much, i am ari melber tonight, following the fight in ukraine and the global crack down on putin. investigators laying out potential crimes by donald trump, we have a january 6th committee member, exactly why they re seeing a criminal conspiracy and not only outrage from parents but students speaking out against florida governor ron desantez, i have my thoughts about freedom for him later by the end of hour. we begin with russia s tightening grip on ukraine, forces continue to bomb civilian areas, part of kyiv engulfed in