. hello. thanks for joining me. i m paula reid in for fredicka whitfield. crimes against humanity. vice president kamala harris not pulling any punches as she describes russia s war in ukraine. speaking at the munich security conference, the vice president laying out exactly where the u.s. stands. in the case of russia s actions in ukraine, we have examined the evidence. we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. the u.s. pledging enduring support for ukraine as the war nears its one-year mark. president biden is expected to visit poland next week, and the u.s. secretary of state also speaking this morning at the munich security conference. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is there. nic, we also heard the vice president call out china for its support of russia during this war. what did you make of that moment? reporter: i think it got a lot of resonance in the room. everyone here recognizes that china is the
connected to that first chinese spy balloon down over the atlantic ocean near the south carolina coast. officials said afterwards that the leading theory is that those three objects downed were likely benign. but, of course, we ll be looking for the president, from the white house and from the biden administration to talk more about the chinese spy balloon as recovery efforts are over and the analysis part continues in virginia. pa paula. jasmine wright, thank you so much. for more, i m joined by california congressman john gary mundy. member of the house armed services committee. vice president kamala harris was in munich speaking at the security conference. she says the u.s. has formally determined that russia has committed crimes against humanity. what should the u.s. response be now in wake of her declaration?
accurately identify what these objects were. over the course of the last week, we really heard some doubts from administration officials saying that it was unlikely that they would be able to find it. now, that doubt became reality last night when they officially called off those searches. president biden really breaking his silence here on thursday about all of the objects that have been shot down. he tried to level with the american people. take a listen. we don t have any evidence that there has been a sudden increase in the number of objects in the sky. we re now just seeing more of them partially because the steps we ve taken to increase our radars. but make no mistake. if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. reporter: so there the president was talking about his main concern, the american people. the president also said it was there was no evidence to say that those three objects downed over the last week were
approach this investigation? he s going to approach it very diligently. rob was the u.s. attorney in maryland. he sat in the seat i succeeded him into, within the deputy attorney general s office with regard to special counsel mueller s investigation. he s just a very thoughtful prosecutor with extreme integrity. what he s going to do, frankly, is follow a similar path. again, there was some investigation that was conducted before rob was named special counsel here. he will evaluate that and then make decisions as to, again, what stones have not yet been unturned, where he thinks avenues of evidence still lie and pursue that. he ll have to get a team assembled as well which i know he is likely doing, and they will ask questions of people around the current president, just like jack smith is asking about officials from the former president. so we may see indeed some
the u.s. pledging enduring support for ukraine as the war nears its one-year mark. president biden is expected to visit poland next week, and the u.s. secretary of state also speaking this morning at the munich security conference. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is there. nic, we also heard the vice president call out china for its support of russia during this war. what did you make of that moment? reporter: i think it got a lot of resonance in the room. everyone here recognizes that china is the next big threat, perhaps not in quite the same way that the united states does, but commonality on that, commonality on the understanding that the way the relationship has been with russia, sort of the world dependent on russian oil and gas, economies tied to russia, if you will. that cannot be allowed to exist with china. i spoke with the european commission, president ursula